TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

Tag: murder

  • Facebook group to keep Ashton Glover’s killers in jail

    Online Networking Group Created to Prevent Prisoner from Parole:

    Katie Ellis of Sugar Land, Texas didn’t know Ashton Glover but she knows enough to want to keep her killers behind bars.

    As I’ve mentioned before Sean Brown was sentenced to 10 years to help Matt McCombs try to dispose of Ashton’s body. But Brown could be eligible for parole as soon as January.

    So Ms. Ellis has started a Facebook group called “Keep Ashton Glover’s Killers in Jail!”.

    It has all the information you may need to let the Texas Board of Parole know that in no way, shape or form should Brown be paroled in January.

  • More on Sean Brown’s parole

    Those who want to fax their letters to the Texas Parole Board to keep Sean Huston Brown in jail can fax them at…

    512-406-5482
    Attention: Susan
    Re: Sean Brown TDCJ# 1491487

    Don’t forget the case number as that is critical.

    You can also e-mail the Parole Board at victim.svc@tdcj.state.tx.us

    Remember to keep it professional. It won’t help anybody to have a lot of ranting and raving and cursing.

    For those of you who just joined us Sean Brown was an accomplice in the murder of Ashton Glover. Matt McCombs shot her in the head out of ‘morbid curiosity’. Brown helped McCombs dispose of Ashton’s body and trying to cover up the crime. Both of them tried to flee the country.

    If Sean Brown is granted parole he could be out in January which isn’t nearly enough. Brown was sentenced to 10 years last year but if he were to get out in January that would be less than one year in prison for Ashton’s death.

    Thanks to Chon for the information.

  • Attorneys to use mental defect defense in Katherine Ann Olson’s murder

    Craigslist murder suspect’s attorneys raise possibility of mental illness defense:

    I should have seen this coming yet I was still surprised.

    The attorneys for Michael John Anderson will be filing a motion stating that they might be using a mental illness defense for the murder of Katherine Ann Olson. They’re claiming that Anderson has Asperger’s syndrome. They’re basically claiming that he didn’t know the difference between right or wrong because of his Asperger’s. Last time I checked that’s not one of the effects of Asperger’s and is an insult to people who legitimately have it.

    Asperger’s patients have a hard time interacting socially because they are unable to detect things like sarcasm and some forms of humor. They also can be obsessed over a singular subject. It DOES NOT make you take an ad for a nanny job on craigslist for the sole purpose of shooting someone in the head.

    This is not the first time I’ve read about a lawyer using this defense. For the most part, this defense has been unsuccessful. If lawyers keep using this defense than people will begin to think that Asperger’s does make you criminally violent.

  • Sean Brown eligible for parole

    Sentenced In March, Murder Victim’s Classmate Soon Will Be Eligible For Parole:

    For those of you who have been reading this site for a while now may remember the murder of Ashton Glover. She was the 16-year-old girl from Texas who was shot in the head by her ‘friend’ Matt McCombs. McCombs shot her out of what he called ‘morbid curiosity’. Also in the truck at that time was Sean Brown.

    McCombs was sentenced to 50 years for Ashton’s murder. Brown was sentenced to 10 for helping McCombs try to hide Ashton’s body. But as we all know 10 years doesn’t always add up to 10 years.

    In January of 2009, Brown will be eligible for parole. If paroled that would be less than a year Brown spent in prison on a 10-year sentence.

    Ashton Glover’s mother, Carolyn Sue Smith, is outraged over this and is requesting everyone in her community to write the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Parole Board to try to keep Brown in prison. But why just stick to the community when you can get the whole internet involved.

    Thanks to reader Letha I have all the information you need to send the Texas Parole Board a letter of protest.

    His file has ALREADY been sent to the Huntsville Parole Board Office and they have to respond to him by January 24, 2009. I would write letters and send to both the Austin address and to the Huntsville address or fax to Huntsville.

    Huntsville Parole Board
    P.O. Box 599
    Huntsville, TX 77342
    936/291-2161 Phone
    936/291-8367 Fax

    Texas Board of Pardons & Paroles
    Correspondence Department
    P. O. Box 13401
    Capital Station
    Austin, Texas 78711

    SID # 07789006
    TDCJ # 01491487
    BROWN, SEAN HUSTON
    CURRENT FACILITY: NEWTON COUNTY
    PAROLE ELIGILIBITY DATE 01-24-2009

    You will need to put the offender’s name and TDCJ number under the address and each page of the letter.

    And please people if you are going to write a letter or fax please be professional about it. Please do not use profanity or any kind of threatening mannerisms in your letter.

  • Canadian craigslist murder?

    Police locate 2nd man allegedly lured to Edmonton garage:

    I’m sure a lot of you have heard about the murder of John Brian Altinger. In October he was lured to the garage of Edmonton filmmaker Mark Andrew Twitchell where it’s alleged that Twitchell stabbed Altinger to death.

    The reason the murder made headlines outside of Canada is Twitchell was a fan of the TV show Dexter which focuses on a forensic worker who is also a vigilante serial killer.

    It’s alleged that Altinger was lured to his death under the pretense that he was about to meet a woman.

    What none of the media are telling us is that according to a blogger at Smut and Steff who knew Altinger is that the site he met the ‘woman’ over was craigslist.

    That would make the third confirmed murder where craigslist was involved in some way.

  • Still no justice for Chanel Petro-Nixon

    Strangled teen left on Brooklyn curb with trash:

    I feel dirty linking to a Nancy Grace article, however, it at least it serves a purpose.

    It’s been over 2 years since the body of Chanel Petro-Nixon was found. She was a 16-year-old girl from Brooklyn whose strangled body was found in a garbage bag like so much trash.

    Her killer has still not been caught. Police are still asking for help…

    Police are asking anyone who finds Chanel’s cell phone or sneakers to call the anonymous tip line at 1-800-577-TIPS. The cell phone is a Silver Sanyo Sprint phone, model 8200. The shoes are size 6½, white Nike Air Jordan retro sneakers with green trim and the number 14 on them.

    A reward of $34,000 is being offered for any information leading to the arrest of the person or people responsible for Chanel’s death.

    I know the odds are slim that someone reading this site would have information into her death but it never hurts to try.

  • 3rd arrest in Brooke Bennett case

    S.A. man tied to Vermont sex assault case:

    A 3rd man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance and death of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett of Vermont.

    58-year-old Kevin D. Grosenheider of San Antonio, Texas was arrested for helping Brooke’s former stepfather, Ray Gagnon, dispose of evidence. Gagnon rented a room from Grosenheider and had asked him to dispose of Gagnon’s computer which is alleged to have contained child porn.

    Now here’s where it gets into Whiskey Tango Foxtrot territory…

    Gagnon had showed him and a co-worker images of child pornography that Gagnon had received on his cell phone. The affidavit said the images were of a girl in Vermont whom Gagnon claimed to have had sex with. Grosenheider also told agents he later saw the images on Gagnon’s computer at the home on Timber Pond Road, and that Gagnon detailed the sexual assault of the girl to Grosenheider.

    Why the hell didn’t Grosenheider go to the police then? If I was renting a room out to someone who turned out to be a pedophile the cops would be there so fast he wouldn’t have known what hit him. Maybe if he called the police Jacques would have heard about Gagnon’s arrest and would have been scared off from kidnapping and killing Brooke Bennett.

  • More on Marko

    Slaying Suspect Mother Says Son Should Get Death Penalty:

    The mother of Robert Hull Marko believes her own son should get the death penalty for what he allegedly did to Judi Lawrence.

    If you’ll recall 21-year-old soldier Marko met 19-year-old Judi Lawrence over MySpace. He’s accused of taking the developmentally challenged girl up to the mountains in Colorado, having ‘rough sex’ with her (ie, rape) and slitting her throat.

    On Marko’s MySpace his mom, Elizabeth Hull, left the following comment on his MySpace…

    “Open (your) eyes up. This could have been one of you. I am devastated by what my son has done and I will never know how her poor mother must be going through right now, but he has not only destroyed his (life) but he has destroyed her family and his own family. I believe with all of my heart even though I am his mother I will always love him, but he deserves the death penalty for what he has done.”

    If you’ll remember yesterday when I checked Marko’s MySpace there was at least one female who was swearing her undying allegiance to him.

    In interviews with Ms. Hull, she reiterated her stance even though she removed the comment from his MySpace.

    Marko also bragged of killing people in Iraq but there is no proof that ever happened.

    Colorado does, in fact, have the death penalty but have only executed 1 person since 1977.

    Personally, I think Marko should be #2 but I won’t hold my breath on that one.

  • The rape and murder of Judi Lawrence

    Decatur soldier accused in rape, murder led chilling life online:

    I’m sure by the time I post this you’ve already heard about the arrest of 21-year-old Robert Hull Marko. He’s a soldier who was stationed at Fort Carson and had served in Iraq.

    He was arrested in the rape and murder of 19-year-old Judilianna “Judi” Lawrence. The pair had met and communicated through MySpace. Lawrence was said to have had a learning disability. She met Marko for the first time on Friday and never returned.

    When police approached Marko about her disappearance he claimed they got into an argument and he left her in the mountains. He eventually led police to her body.

    When you look at Marko’s MySpace it seems that he lived in a fantasy world. From his ‘About Me’ section…

    I’m pure blooded Black Raptor born as human and one day will join the ranks of my fellow people, until till them i will keep fighting against humans and will do so till the day i die, i’m becomeing a true Black Raptor already, i’m becomeing a cold hearted killer and can kill without mercy or reason. Also it is my lifes goal to bring down the word of god by fear and by doing all those that belive in fucking false god will come to fear my name and the name of my people The Black Raptors.

    The article states that this was based on an online role-playing game (RPG) but I think that it’s half from the game and half Marko’s own sick fantasies.

    According to some of the comments left on his MySpace in the wake of his arrest one woman says that she still loves him and will stick by him (fool) but another recounts the horror of the accusations.

    Scum like Marko are the lowest of the low. He took advantage of a trusting girl who didn’t know any better with a loving family. I wouldn’t doubt it if he planned on raping and killing her all along. Another social site profile of Marko’s said he was looking “for any kind of female that likes pain”. I’m thinking that Judi Lawrence was not that woman.

    Thanks to Tony for the tip.

  • Jacques pleads not guilty

    Jacques Pleads Not Guilty:

    Michael Jacques, the accused killer of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, had his lawyers plead not guilty for him yesterday. The scumbag couldn’t even man up and show his face in court.

    It could be six months before the feds decide on pursuing the death penalty or not.