TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Category: Crime

  • A mutant killed Cassie Jo Stoddart

    State Presents Sentencing Recommendation for Draper:

    I hadn’t heard about the murder of Cassie Jo Stoddart until today. She was a 16-year-old Idaho girl who was brutally murdered by two people she thought were her friends, Brian Draper, and Torey Adamcik. The murder was more than vicious and the two teens actually videotaped the murder.

    “Just killed Cassie, we just left her house, this is not a f***ing joke,” says Brian Draper on the homemade videotape. “I’m shaking,” replies Adamcik.”I stabbed her in the throat and I saw her lifeless body just disappear,” says Draper.

    Both were tried as adults and convicted. Currently, they are going through the sentencing phase.

    And guess what. It turns out one of them, Brian Draper, is a full-fledged mutant.

    This is a passage written by Draper that was shown in court today. Titled Columbine, it reads: “I am becoming more and more obsessed with Columbine. It seems now that that’s all I think about. I would give anything to go back in time, and be a part of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold’s lives. They are my heroes. I will follow in their footsteps and maybe I’ll even meet them.”

    A series of some pictures that were also found on the hard drive of Draper’s laptop were displayed.

    Many were from the Columbine shooting; others depicted various ages and types of people holding a gun to their head.

    Too bad he can’t meet his heroes sooner rather than later.

  • Update on Dunbar Village suspects

    DNA evidence led to teens in Dunbar Village rape:

    One of the suspects in the Dunbar Village gang rape has confessed to his involvement once the police confronted him with the DNA evidence that placed him at the crime scene.

    During a six-hour interview with police, Avion Lawson, 14, the first to be charged in the case, confessed his involvement after being told his DNA was inside a condom found in the victim’s home. En route to the Juvenile Assessment Center, Lawson called some friends and did not sound remorseful, according to police. His lawyer, Bert Winkler, declined to comment on the evidence.

    Next up is one of his accomplices, Nathan Walker…

    The next to be charged was Nathan Walker, a 16-year-old who dropped out of the seventh grade after three attempts to pass. Walker’s latent fingerprint was found at the scene along with his DNA on the outside of the same condom linked to Lawson, according to the documents.

    Walker became so agitated at the police station that he had to be placed in handcuffs and leg restraints after he began throwing chairs at the walls and door, according to documents. His lawyer, Robert Gershman, has asked for a mental health evaluation of his client.

    How the hell did his DNA get on the outside of the same condom that Lawson used? Scratch that. I don’t really want to know.

    And now the best part if there can be a best part in this twisted saga. 15-year-old Jakaris Taylor caught hell from his mother over his involvement.

    Jakaris Taylor, 15, was arrested July 12. A resident of Dunbar Village, he said his brother played with the 12-year-old victim, though Taylor denied ever being in the apartment. His mother, Jacqueline Minor, encouraged Taylor to give police a DNA sample. Lab results showed Taylor’s latent print inside the home, near Lawson’s and Walker’s.

    Minor was livid at her son, according to police.

    “Jacqueline yelled at Jakaris and told him she hoped he would never get one night of sleep and that he sees [the victims] every night when he tries to sleep,” a report stated.

    Such a refreshing change from the usual “not my kid” syndrome.

  • Status of Dunbar Village victim

    Boyfriend of Dunbar gang rape victim speaks out:

    The boyfriend of the mother who was one of the victims in the Dunbar Village gang rape speaks out and tells us the condition of the boy who was forced to have sex with his mother.

    The victim of a reported gang rape is working hard to deal with what happened, but her 12-year-old son is not faring quite as well, according to the woman’s boyfriend.

    “She goes to counseling with the little boy,” the 36-year-old said. “The boy, he’s still grieving. He cannot accept that he had sex with his mama. Nobody can talk to him. He feels like nobody loves him. I don’t think there’s no way that little boy is ever going to forget that.”

    He and the child’s mother have been trying to prepare the 12-year-old for the seventh grade, which starts today

    “He wanted his mama to go to school with him,” he said. “He’s afraid to be by himself. He’s going to go to school, but he’s just not happy.”

    I can’t even imagine the trauma this poor boy is going through. Whatever punishment the animals that did this to them receive will never be enough to make up what they did to this family.

  • Henderson jurors defend decision

    Jurors defend penalty process:

    This is an article about the jury defending its position on not sending Richard Henderson Jr. to death row.

    After hours of determining his guilt, it took the jury fewer than 10 minutes to decide on a recommendation for Henderson’s punishment. Staples said nine jurors voted for life and three voted for death.

    The brevity of the deliberations stemmed from conversations the group had earlier while determining whether to convict Henderson, Staples said. Jury members had discussed issues that would affect the penalty phase.

    “In looking at it, a majority of us found that the death penalty was not appropriate in this case,” Staples said.

    For Staples and the majority who voted for life, these mitigating factors stood out:

    • Henderson’s criminal history: As far as the jury knew, he did not have a violent past.

    • His love for his family: “Not one witness said he had (serious) problems with his family,” Staples said. “There was clear testimony all around he loved them.”

    • His mental illness: “He didn’t get the care he needed,” Staples said, referring to Henderson’s psychiatric history. “Some, he sabotaged or didn’t want, yeah, but he was a kid and there was some responsibility on his parents and society to help him.”

    Some testimony during the punishment phase of the trial also had an impact on why the jury did not recommend death, Staples said.

    For example, Henderson’s grandfather, Loyal Stringer, described Henderson as “good guy.”

    “It’s a tragic loss, but when his grandparents took the stand and proved they could still love him despite what has happened – that speaks toward what we had already thought.” Staples said. “That confirms our belief he wasn’t a cold, calculating monster.”

    How could the death penalty not apply? How many of his family would he have had to bludgeon to death before the death penalty applied? If he really loved his family HE WOULDN’T HAVE BEAT THEM TO DEATH WITH A PIPE! He did have a violent criminal history. He planned to shoot up a high school or was the jury not told that part? And the juror basically contradicted himself in the quote about mental illness. If he sabotaged his own treatment then he was well aware of what was going on around him.

    It’s not the gravest of injustices because Henderson did receive four life sentences. However, I think Henderson more than deserved the death penalty and the jury’s reasoning behind not giving it to him was flawed.

  • Possible motive in Dunbar Village rape

    Untold details of horror unfold in new report on Dunbar attack:

    Here is allegedly the motive as to why a gang of thugs gang-raped a mother and forced her to have sex with her son…

    “She believed they were targeted because she called the police some time ago because three people threw garbage around her apartment complex,” according to the report.

    That, and she would not allow her son to associate with residents of another apartment in her building.

    Take this whatever way you want but these thugs are nothing more than savages that should be removed from society anyway possible.

  • Bulletproof Backpack Video

    I’ve already mentioned that I think the idea is profit through fear mongering but am I the only one who thinks this video is distasteful?

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1iJRDffNMc]

    Your thoughts?

  • 4th suspect in Dunbar Village gang rape

    4th teen indicted in West Palm Beach gang rape of mom, son:

    18-year-old Tommy Lee Poindexter has been arrested and indicted as the fourth suspect in the horrendous Dunbar Village gang rape.

    “He has denied any involvement but the physical evidence we have from the scene speaks to the contrary,” police spokesman Peter Robbins said Friday. “We’re certainly developing more suspects and anticipate more arrests.”

    Poindexter’s mother, Harriet Rogers, 44, said her son was home with her on the night of the attack.

    “My son didn’t have anything to do with that stuff,” Rogers said.

    And a mother has never lied for her criminal son before I’m sure.

  • Henderson sentenced

    Judge sentences Richard Henderson Jr. to life in prison:

    As I predicted the jury recommended that Richard Henderson Jr.’s life should be spared. On that recommendation, Judge Diana Moreland sentenced Henderson to four life sentences. One for each of the family members he killed. Henderson will never be eligible for parole.

    I’m not surprised but I’m still disappointed. If anybody deserved the death penalty it’s Henderson. However, I get the feeling that Henderson will be a troublemaker in prison and you know what that can get you.

  • Henderson guilty

    HENDERSON FOUND GUILTY:

    It took jurors 15-hours of deliberations but in the end, they did the right thing. They saw through Richard Henderson Jr.’s excuses and convicted him of slaughtering his family.

    The five-man, seven-woman jury found Henderson guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of his father, Richard Henderson Sr., 48; his mother, Jeaneane Henderson, 42; and his grandmother, June Henderson, 82. Jurors found Henderson guilty of second-degree murder for killing his 11-year-old brother Jacob, who was attacked first.

    There was never any doubt in my mind that he wouldn’t be convicted. Now comes the hard part. The same jury will determine whether or not Henderson gets the death penalty. I’m not as sure about this. I think that now the mental illness excuse will come into play. Also, take into consideration that Henderson wants to be put to death. I think those two factors will probably result in life without parole.

    I hope I’m wrong but that’s how it will probably play out.

    And even he if he’s sentenced to death he’ll probably be old and gray before it gets carried out because of the appeals process. Not to mention that the trial was almost thrown out so I’m sure we’ll be seeing an appeal based on these grounds.

  • Order of death

    Order of Deaths Key to Wrestler’s Estate:

    The mother of Nancy Benoit, Maureen Toffoloni, has had her lawyer ask the court to determine the order of deaths of Nancy and her son Daniel. Why you may ask? Take a guess. I’ll give you a hint. It’s green, rectangular, and has the pictures of guys in powdered wigs on it.

    It’s widely believed that Chris Benoit killed his wife first and then his son. That would be bad for Ms. Toffoloni. If it’s determined that the order of deaths as they stand right now is correct Chris Benoit’s assets would belong to his two children from his previous marriage. If Nancy was killed last the assets would go to her family.

    That’s because of a forfeiture statute that takes into account the fact that Benoit was the killer. As such, the law for purposes of estate distribution would consider Benoit to have died before his wife and son.

    Chris Benoit’s living children are 14 and 10. It takes a real humanitarian to take some financial security away from them.

    Not only that but do you really think that Nancy Benoit would have allowed her only son to be killed and not have fought back?