Police found more than 1,200 guns scattered throughout the garage and condominium of a Pacific Palisades, California man recently, and it seems there was about two tons of ammunition on the property as well. The discovery was made as police investigated the death of the man who apparently lived in the home, and the find was described as staggering.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the man involved has not been publicly identified, and there has been no official determination as of yet how he died. The man was found dead in a car parked near his home. At this point, the investigation has revealed no signs of foul play, and the man’s death is not believed to be a homicide.

Police have yet to determine why the man had more than 1,200 guns and two tons of ammunition at his home. Reports indicate that the collection included a wide range of gun types from rifles to shotguns to high-end pistols. Some had been fired while others still had price tags attached.

So far, there has been no indication that there was any criminal element to the arsenal of 1,200 guns and reports detail that there has been no criminal motive revealed in the investigation. As the Los Angeles Police Department continues the investigation, they will look to ascertain whether any of the weapons can be linked to any crimes. The authorities will also investigate the history, background and legality of each weapon found in the home.

KTLA shares that the home had a couple living there, and neighbors indicate that they mostly kept to themselves. One neighbor termed the couple as being fairly secretive, and they did raise some suspicions among the other neighbors who had no idea that there were 1,200 guns in the home. Gun ownership and gun control rights tend to be a hot-button topic in California, but this incident seems sure to get people on all sides of the topic buzzing.

The case began last Friday when police received reports about a dead and decomposing man being found in a vehicle on the street near the condominiums. Though the man’s name has not been released, authorities linked him to the Pacific Palisades home. The Robbery-Homicide Division obtained a search warrant for the home, and that’s when the 1,200 guns and tons of ammunition were discovered.

Many neighboring homes were evacuated for about 12 hours on Saturday, and an LAPD bomb squad was brought in to search the home. Luckily, nobody was injured leading up to or through the search, and neighbors will surely be anxious to learn more about what was going on in the home. The woman who reportedly owned the townhouse has yet to be identified publicly.

Authorities point out that it is not a crime to own a large number of guns, as long as they are legally obtained and owned. The LAPD will, however, be spending a lot of time researching to see if that was indeed the case with this man who had 1,200 guns stored in his California home and garage.

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The Cincinnati police are investigating a fatal shooting incident in the city during a traffic stop. According to CNN, the incident happened after a confrontation during what was supposed to be a routine traffic stop. Officials have identified the dead man as 43-year-old Samuel Dubose. Initial reports say that the fatal shooting happened when a Cincinnati University police officer named Ray Tensing stopped Samuel Dubose who was driving a car without a front license plate.

According to a Local 12 report, the incident happened at around 6:30 p.m., local time. It started when officer Tensing spotted Dubose driving in a vehicle that had the front license plate missing. He asked Dubose to pull over. However, he refused to comply and went on to drive a mile further down the road before finally stopping the vehicle. Once the car was stopped the officer approached Samuel and asked for his driver’s license. Dubose again refused to comply and instead, handed over a bottle of alcohol to the officer. It was after this that officer Tensing asked Samuel to get out of the vehicle. Following this, a struggle between the two men ensued. Cincinnati Police Lt. Col James Whalen described the incident to reporters.

“There was a struggle at the door with Mr. Dubose in the vehicle and the officer outside the vehicle, and the vehicle sped away,”

With officer Tensing still holding on to the car, he used his weapon and fired a single shot at Samuel which hit him in the head. The officer fell to the ground as he fired the fatal shot. He bruised his legs and tore his uniform in the process. It was later discovered that Samuel Dubose was not in possession of a weapon. An investigation on Samuel Dubose’s background revealed that he had more than 60 arrests in his name. He is also reportedly father to 13 children. Samuel’s mother, however, has defended her son and said that Samuel was “full of love” and that he was not a violent person.

“Know that my son was not a violent person,” she said. “My son… he got stopped a lot but he never tried to fight.”

Dubose’s son, Samuel, said he was planning to watch a movie with his father on the day he died.

“He was coming home that night and we had a projector so we were going to watch a movie on it but we didn’t get to do that… because he died.”

Officer Ray Tensing reportedly has five years of experience with law enforcement and has been working for the University of Cincinnati Police for over a year. The officer was wearing a body camera during the time of the incident. Police are also analyzing surveillance footage from a nearby building.

The killing of Samuel Dubose, a black individual by a white police officer, is also being given a racial tinge. Meanwhile, a memorial was set up on the site where Dubose died on Sunday by his friends and family.

[Images Via CNN]

Samuel Dubose: Cincinnati Police Officer Shoots Unarmed Man To Death During Traffic Stop is an article from: The Inquisitr News

Crime Stoppers is incredibly successful in using social media to identify suspects and solve crimes. The tools, strategies, and effort used to track down and capture criminals have evolved substantially when compared to past endeavors.

The use of police sketches has been instrumental in identifying suspects in previous years; however, surveillance photographs and video makes it significantly easier to identify suspects.

According to Crime Stoppers, combining social media with surveillance footage is incredibly even more effective.

Crime Stoppers’ role is fairly simple. Their main purpose is to identify suspects that have committed felony crimes.

Years ago, Crime Stoppers used television commercials and newspaper ads to try to find criminals.

Now, social media networks and platforms like Twitter and Facebook play a critical role in the success of Crime Stoppers in tracking suspects or actual perpetrators of crime.

For instance, Crime Stoppers of Michiana, Indiana, began using social media to help solve crimes and round up fugitives about two years ago, according to a WNDU article.

Here’s what Lieutenant Cindy Kilgore of the Michiana Crime Stoppers said to WNDU concerning social media’s role in helping their organization.

“So just imagine posting a photo, say, for the 3,000 that are on our Facebook page and who then share that photo on their Facebook page, and how drastically, exponentially that photo is getting seen by more and more people. It’s really been incredible.”

Lt. Kilgore said the number of arrests has dramatically increased and investigators are not wasting as much time looking for suspects.

Crime Stopper Kilgore explains the effectiveness of social media in solving crimes in their area.

“One thing we have really noticed is how it’s happening quicker. It was further down the line before. We got tips and then the investigators had to go find that person and put the whole case together. But now sometimes we’re getting the tip immediately after we post surveillance photos of after I post information on an unsolved crime, and it just prompts a quicker reaction.”

However, Kilgore adds that some of the reactions have been amusing at times.

“People love looking at the surveillance photos and figuring out, ‘Is that so and so– I think it is,’ and then sharing it to somebody else, ‘Don’t you think that’s so and so?’ There have been times where I posted surveillance photos and I had somebody write in the comments on our Facebook page, ‘That’s my no good father.’ Now we don’t want them to do that because we do want them to remain anonymous.”

Sometimes it is difficult to remain anonymous. A particular case involving a fugitive with a face covered with tattoos is one example.

Nonetheless, Lt. Kilgore says that that person more than likely did more to help increase interest in Crime Stoppers’ social media efforts, perhaps more than anyone else did.

Kilgore offers more on how social media helped Crime Stoppers in that specific case of a suspect covered with tattoos.

“It was unbelievable the traction that got on social media which, the point in doing that wasn’t to create a spectacle about him but whatever we can do to get the conversation going on social media and getting people sharing those photos. It’s not only getting the word out for our site on that particular person, but drawing more people to just keep an eye out on our site for when we’re posting other things, so it’s just been a huge boon.”

Kilgore said she expects to expand Crime Stoppers’ reach by soon using Instagram and other social media platforms.

[Featured image via IACP Center for Social Media]

Crime Stoppers Incredibly Successful In Using Social Media To Solve Crimes is an article from: The Inquisitr News

The story of what happened on the last day of Kailey Vijil’s short life is chilling. Only 12, she was lured by another child, a boy of 15, with an appeal to look for his lost cat. Hours later, her body was found close to her Utah home in a horse pasture.

The boy who lured Kailey has been charged with aggravated murder, and the Salt Lake County District Attorney, Sim Gill, intends to try him as an adult, the Deseret News reported. He’s too young to be sentenced with the death penalty, the Associated Press added.

And in a couple disturbing twists, police say that he tried his cat ruse on two other girls that same night, almost succeeding with another child before her parents intervened, the Salt Lake Tribune added. And the boy charged with her death had spent two stints in juvenile detention, released a mere week before allegedly strangling his victim.

Just before midnight last Thursday, a knock came on the Vijil’s front door. Kailey’s 14-year-old sister answered, but when the older boy asked for her help with his cat, she refused, People reported. He lured the younger girl outside instead. When she told her mom that her sister had left with him, she immediately tried to call her daughter on her cell phone. She didn’t answer, so began to search.

TEARS: This is the first time the #Vijil family has been seen since the death of 12y/o Kailey @KSL5TV #WVC pic.twitter.com/yH7Ml6LDha

— Nicole Vowell (@NicoleVowellKSL) July 20, 2015

Friends and family remember slain 12-year-old Kailey Vijil http://t.co/py5kq8khDK pic.twitter.com/nEFJP0pLar

— Salt Lake Tribune (@sltrib) July 20, 2015

A mere 90 minutes later, she found two cops in a convenience store nearby and reported her daughter missing. Police were able to ping her cell phone, and that led them to the horse pasture.

In that short time, he’d allegedly lured Kailey to the overgrown field not a half-mile from the Vijil home, and strangled her with a t-shirt. Her body was found “lying in the field with a shirt wrapped around her neck.”

Police found signs of a struggle at the scene, and he admitted to being with Kailey in the field after they left her house looking for the pretend cat. He didn’t know the girl.

Two other children had close calls before he came knocking on Vijil’s door. Twenty minutes earlier, he approached another house in the neighborhood and asked the woman who answered if her 11-year-old granddaughter could help him look for a cat. The parents intervened and later, the grandmother pointed out the suspect’s house, the Tribune added.

In another case, he actually lured the girl outside, but she was thankfully called back into the house when her mother spotted her, Deseret reported.

The 15-year-old had been in plenty of trouble in his young life. Last fall, he was arrested on misdemeanor charges of theft, burglary, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He spent 32 days in a juvenile detention facility in February. In May, he was placed in an “observation and assessment facility,” and spent 44 days there. He was released on July 9. Vijil was killed a week later.

Police had hinted at a possible sexual assault. However, he was not charged with a sex crime and prosecutors said they “filed the charges that we think are appropriate.”

[Photo Courtesy of Twitter]

Teen Boy Who Lured Kailey Vijil, 12, With Lost Cat Tried Ruse On Two Other Girls The Same Night is an article from: The Inquisitr News

A man was convicted of attempted murder after repeatedly stabbing a prostitute with a pair of scissors because he couldn’t get aroused, according to the Daily Mail.

On June 27, 32-year-old Kirk Wynter of Harold Road, Stoke Newington was arrested at his home after DNA proved he was Samantha Jamison’s – who is a prostitute – attacker and tried to stab her to death with a pair of scissors.

Kirk Wynter told a prostitute in storeroom ‘you’re dying in here’ before he stabbed her http://t.co/4MvHo79ChY pic.twitter.com/ouP39337sM

— Daily Star (@Daily_Star) July 21, 2015

Wynter picked up Jamison on the street and took her to a nearby room to engage in a sexual act, but when he couldn’t get aroused he asked for his money back. However, the prostitute refused to refund his money and that’s when he plunged a pair of scissors into her before setting her hair on fire and hitting her with a broken tile as well as an umbrella.

“She then began again to give him oral sex but his problem continued and he was unable to get an erection,” said prosecutor Michael Hall.

“Wynter abruptly ran to the corner of the dingy room to vomit, then put his shirt back on and demanded she return his money.”

“At this point things got nasty.”

“He picked up an umbrella and started striking her with it.”

“He demanded not just the money he had given her but every penny she had.”

As he repeatedly stabbed Jamison with the scissors, he screamed “you’re going to die in here b****, don’t think you’re getting out of it,” accoridng to the London Evening Standard.

“She then describes how he tried to light her hair with his disposable lighter and with a candle but, largely due to her efforts, the flame didn’t catch,” Hall continued.

“He kept saying that she was dead and then, while holding her by the hair, emptied her make-up bag. A pair of scissors fell out which he picked up and started stabbing her repeatedly with.”

Sometime during the violent attack, he vomited just before fleeing the scene, leaving the prostitute with “two punctured lungs, stab wounds, and severe bruising.” His vomit is what helped police officials track him down, but he claims they have the wrong man and it is a case of mistaken identity.

“You have been convicted of what appears to be strong evidence indeed,” Judge Nicholas Hilliard told him.

“It can only be met by a long sentence of imprisonment to protect the public.”

“I want a report from the probation service to determine the future risk the defendant poses to the public.”

After 12 jurors deliberated for 10 hours, Kirk Wynter was found guilty of attempted murder.

His sentencing will be held on September 1.

[Image courtesy of John Moore / Getty Images]

Man Repeatedly Stabbed Prostitute With Scissors And Set Her Hair On Fire Because He Couldn’t Get Aroused is an article from: The Inquisitr News

A Georgia murder suicide has left four people dead, including two children, both under the age of 10.

On Tuesday, July 21, sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic violence call in a suburban neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. However, when they arrived, there seemed to be nothing out of the ordinary taking place.

Deborah Monley, operations manager for Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said the officers are trained to ask certain questions “that would trigger a reaction if there was a problem.”

Sadly, the next morning, a man, identified as 32-year-old Matthew Fields, shot and killed four people, including himself, the Associated Press reports.

According to the news site, Matthew Fields had been having issues with his wife, 37-year-old Rebecca Manning, prior to shooting her, and their two children, 8-year-old Jared and 9-year-old Jacob Smith. He also critically wounded Manning’s father, Jerry Manning, after firing a shot at him, as well. Forsyth County Sheriff Duane Piper said all five people lived in the same home, according to Fox News.

This is a 2003 mugshot of Matthew Fields, the suspected gunman in the Forsyth County shooting http://t.co/qlQ9Ghmg3l pic.twitter.com/6aaoCuOFZT

— 11Alive News (@11AliveNews) July 22, 2015

Maj. Rick Doyle of the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said there were no signs of an argument or fight at the home on Tuesday, leaving their hands tied on what they could do. Fields was not home at the time of the alleged dispute, and the family wouldn’t cooperate with the police, saying there was nothing more they could do.

If there are no signs of violence and “everyone there says nothing is going on, you just can’t pick somebody and say, ‘You look like the instigator,’ and arrest the person,” Frank Rotondo, executive director of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, said.

According to the 911 dispatcher documents, released by the sheriff’s office, Fields had contacted his mother after shooting his family, telling her that he planned on taking his own life. A man with Field’s mother was the one who called 911, alerting them to the shooting at approximately 911 about 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 22. He explained that they were on their way to the home, and were approximately 30 minutes away. He also noted that Field’s mother was “the only one that can talk to him.”

Four dead in Atlanta including gunman Matthew Fields in murder-suicide shooting http://t.co/vetVRMm6Ob #news

— Follow @JodyField (@JodyField) July 22, 2015

The children were apparently shot in their beds, but it is not clear where the other people were shot in the home. The children, and their father, were dead when the police arrived. Rebecca and her father were taken to a nearby hospital, but she died en route. As of now, there is no known motive for the murders.

“We’d like to find a motive, Piper said. “There’s no reason that any of us are ever going to understand to wipe an entire family. We have absolutely no clue at this point what precipitated it.”

[Photo via Shutterstock]

Georgia Murder Suicide: Man Kills Wife, Two Children, Then Himself is an article from: The Inquisitr News

A woman was forced to live in a closet for a year after being lured by a man on Facebook. The young woman was physically and sexually abused on a daily basis, according to Richmond, California, police.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents and Richmond police raided the home where the woman was held captive in a closet and arrested a 35-year-old man and his male relative in connection with the alleged crime.

Police say the men enticed the woman and lured her from her home in Nicaragua through Facebook, promising work and a better life in the United States.

After being held captive in a closet for a year, the woman was somehow able to contact an agent from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, who in turn, contacted Richmond police detectives, according to a report by ABC7 News.

Advocates from the organization, STAND! For Families Free of Violence, contacted Richmond police detectives as well.

Susan Kim, spokesperson for the West Contra Costa Family Justice Center, shared her thoughts regarding the woman being abused and having to live in a closet for a year.

“We believe this is a human trafficking case because there was either fraud or coercion involved.”

An unidentified woman spoke with ABC7 News and said she was one of several neighbors who were able to catch glimpses of the woman who was allegedly held captive in a closet and sexually abused.

Gabriel Garcia, a neighbor of the woman living in the closet, described what she saw to ABC7 News, explaining the man who allegedly imprisoned her was a painter who was married with a child.

“But then, I think she moved out and then there was another girl I saw there. I used to see the lady cleaning, opening the doors wide up and she would be cleaning, you know, just hi and bye that’s it.”

After Richmond police received a tip from U.S. Homeland Security, it took 12 hours to make the arrests.

U.S. Homeland Security officials are checking into whether the two men had been trafficking other women as well.

Two men from this Richmond apt arrested on charges of human trafficking. Police say Nicaraguan Woman was victim. pic.twitter.com/OsRJKJceoY

— Vic Lee (@vicleeabc7) July 22, 2015

Richmond police released limited details about 35-year-old Eulogio Constantino-Sanchez, who is one of the men arrested on suspicion of rape, corporal injury, kidnapping, conspiracy, and false imprisonment, according to an L.A. Times article.

According to Fox News‘ coverage, Richmond detectives were able to locate the woman in a house in Richmond’s Iron Triangle neighborhood, about 20 miles northeast of San Francisco, by using the woman’s cellphone and with the support of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Here’s a brief excerpt from the Richmond police statement.

“Evidence at the residence confirmed all the information the detectives had obtained.”

The police are withholding the identity and condition of the woman rescued from the closet. However, they stated that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security might take over the investigation.

[Featured image via Richmond Police]

Woman Enticed By Man On Facebook, Forced To Live In Closet is an article from: The Inquisitr News

The death penalty looks like it may be on the decline due to a victory in the United States Supreme Court. A couple of U.S. Supreme Court Justices are pointing out how the death penalty is unconstitutional, citing the Eighth Amendment–part of the U.S. Bill of Rights, in the U.S. Constitution.

Though U.S. Supreme Court Justices recently upheld the use of midazolam, a sedative that is linked to three botched executions that were carried out in the past 18 months, a few justices contend that perhaps the death penalty is unconstitutional.

On one hand, The Atlantic reports that three condemned inmates in the Glossip v. Gross trial failed to prove that the drug carried a “substantial risk of harm.”

Justice Samuel Alito wrote the following for a 5-4 majority ruling.

“Because capital punishment is constitutional, there must be a constitutional means of carrying it out.”

On the other hand, a principal argument and dissent by Justice Sonia Sotomayor cites her complete rejection of Alito’s stance on the death penalty and argues as follows.

“Nothing compels a State to perform an execution. It does not get a constitutional free pass simply because it desires to deliver the ultimate penalty; its ends do not justify any and all means.”

In addition to Justice Sotomayor’s argument, surprisingly, Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg filed a separate dissent that called on the Supreme Court to re-examine whether the death penalty is, in fact, constitutional.

Here is an excerpt of the argument by the justices.

“In 1976, the Court thought that the constitutional infirmities in the death penalty could be healed; the Court in effect delegated significant responsibility to the States to develop procedures that would protect against those constitutional problems. Almost 40 years of studies, surveys, and experience strongly indicate, however, that this effort has failed.”

The justices pointed out why the death penalty’s constitutionality is in question.

“Today’s administration of the death penalty involves three fundamental constitutional defects: (1) serious unreliability, (2) arbitrariness in application, and (3) unconscionably long delays that undermine the death penalty’s penological purpose. Perhaps as a result, (4) most places within the United States have abandoned its use.”

Justice Breyer’s belief that it was “highly likely” that the death penalty is in violation of the Eighth Amendment is explained in 41 pages of her argument.

“At the very least, the Court should call for full briefing on the basic question.”

The death penalty is referenced alongside the Eighth Amendment quite often, according to Cornell University Law School.

The Eighth Amendment prohibits “cruel and unusual punishments” and reads as follows.

“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”

According to The Atlantic report, the dissents made by the Supreme Court Justices don’t mean the death penalty’s abolition is inevitable.

The justices can easily deny a petitioner’s appeal. They can also raise the legal threshold for method-of-execution challenges and without much difficulty.

Furthermore, it may be an intricate and complex measure for pharmaceutical companies to manufacture new drugs to perform executions.

2015 U.S. Supreme Court Justices. Back: Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito, Elena Kagan. Front: Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Photo courtesy of Bridge Builders)

Nevertheless, it is unmistakable public and judicial support for the death penalty is declining.

[Feature image via Cathleen Falsani]

How A Supreme Court Victory Could Mean The End Of The Death Penalty is an article from: The Inquisitr News

United States Marshals made a significant move this week in the ongoing investigation into Kendrick Johnson’s death in Georgia. The 17-year-old died two years ago, but friends and family have been adamant since his passing that his death was not accidental. Many are hoping after these latest moves that answers may finally be on the way.

CNN reports that federal marshals have now seized emails from the Lowndes County sheriff’s office related to the Kendrick Johnson case. Though Georgia officials initially investigated Johnson’s January 2013 death and determined there was no foul play involved, others have felt certain that Kendrick’s death was a homicide.

Marshals arrived at the county IT offices earlier this week with a warrant for all of the emails related to Kendrick Johnson’s death. The warrant is said to be linked to the federal grand jury investigation into the teen’s death. Jim Elliott, the attorney for the county, declined to share specifics regarding the warrant or the emails seized.

The Lowndes County investigators said that Johnson’s death came from “positional asphyxia” that came as the teen was stuck in a gym mat after reaching in for his shoe. The family hired a forensic pathologist, however, who says that the death appeared to be a homicide and noted blunt force trauma on Johnson.

As the Inquisitr has previously reported, some video footage from the gym where Johnson died was released and there were many felt the footage raised additional questions. An expert analyst said that there was footage missing and many believe that the footage showed enough to indicate that there was more to this case than what the county’s investigation revealed.

CBS News adds that investigators also executed warrants at the homes of two young men who are named in the civil suit the Johnsons have brought forth. Kendrick’s family has filed a $100 million wrongful death suit over the teen’s death. They allege that Brian Bell, 18, and Branden Bell, 20, had been encouraged by their father, local FBI agent Rick Bell, to assault Johnson. The Bell brothers attended school with Johnson.

Attorney Paul Threlkeld is representing the Bell family as well as Brian Bell’s girlfriend’s family and he indicates that warrants were executed on the Bell home as well as girlfriend Taylor Eakin’s home. Brian Bell’s college dormitory room was also searched. Threlkeld says that cell phones, computers and other property were seized after the warrants were executed.

No charges have ever been filed in relation to Kendrick Johnson’s death. The Johnson family alleges that the Bell brothers were involved in the teen’s death and that local officials helped cover up what happened. The Bell family has also filed suit against the Johnsons, denying that the family was involved and claiming defamation.

So far U.S. Attorney Michael Moore, who is behind the federal investigation, has not shared specifics about the moves made this week in the investigation. Little has been revealed at this point regarding the ongoing grand jury investigation, but those close to Kendrick Johnson’s family remain hopeful that answers as to what happened on that January 2013 will be coming.

[Image via Rolling Out]

Kendrick Johnson Case Update: Marshals Seize Emails, Cell Phones And Computers In Ongoing Investigation is an article from: The Inquisitr News

A hefty sum has been offered for information leading to the arrest of “El Chapo,” but even that isn’t enough to entice one professional.

Reality TV star Duane Chapman, better known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, told Fox News that he would not be interested in apprehending El Chapo — for more than run reason.

First, and perhaps most importantly, Dog said that El Chapo is simply “out of (his) league.”

“He probably would be out of my league. In order to take him down, number one, you better have a fully automatic weapon. With my weapon, you have to get really close to him — and you couldn’t get that close to him because he probably has five or six guys with him at all times.”

In addition, Dog prefers to spend his time bounty hunting in the United States, as he was once arrested for practicing his craft in Puerto Vallarta, since bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico.

“I have learned to stay in my own country. You can’t even talk about arresting a [guy in] Mexico.”

Since El Chapo escaped from a Mexican prison on July 11, thousands of Mexican police officers have been searching for the drug lord.

This is the second time that El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquín Guzmán Loera, has escaped from a Mexican prison. This time, El Chapo walked out through a mile-long tunnel that opened into his shower stall, Mexican authorities report.

The last time El Chapo escaped, which was in 2001, authorities believed he did so by riding out in a laundry cart. The prison official pushing that cart later went on to become a high-ranking member of El Chapo’s Sinaloa cartel, according to the New York Times.

After his 2001 escape, El Chapo ran the drug cartel until he was again arrested last year. According to NewsMax, “(El Chapo’s) cartel has smuggled billions of dollars worth of cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamines into the United States.”

If Mexican authorities find El Chapo, Dog doesn’t believe the drug lord will go back to jail peacefully. In fact, the 62-year-old star of Beth and Dog on the Hunt believes the search will end in a gun battle.

“He is going to shoot it out next time,” Dog the Bounty Hunter said of El Chapo.

Currently, authorities are offering more than $3.8 million for information that leads to the arrest of El Chapo.

For more information on the escape of El Chapo, check out the video below.

[Photo by Jemal Countess / Getty Images]

Dog The Bounty Hunter Says He Wouldn’t Apprehend ‘El Chapo’ is an article from: The Inquisitr News

A Philadelphia woman and her 1-year-old baby girl are alive today because their next-door neighbor stopped a knife-wielding attacker from slicing them up early Sunday morning.

The neighbor heard the woman screaming during what police are calling a domestic dispute and ran over to see if she could help. She found the attacker standing over 37-year-old Danecia Burton, stabbing her.

“I heard her screaming, screaming, so it woke me up out of my sleep to the point that I fell off the bed. I went over there and I knocked on the door, and I see him through the window standing over her, slicing her up.”

The next door neighbor said she was the one who called police at 12:30 after becoming concerned when she heard the domestic dispute escalate in intensity.

“I knocked on the door, asked her, ‘Is everything OK?’ She told me no, and I asked her did she need me to call the cops. She said yes, she let me in, and when she let me in, she was leaning against the wall with her arm sliced up, and all I could do was find some paper towels to stop the bleeding.”

The man jumped into a burgundy Nissan Altima and sped off, while the woman and her baby were rushed to a nearby hospital.

The child was later transferred to a children’s hospital and the two remain in critical condition.

Police have yet to make any arrests, but describe the suspect as a “known male.”

The mother and baby girl had just moved into this quiet neighborhood and residents said they kept to themselves and maintained a low profile until Saturday night’s shocking crime.

Woman, baby critically injured in stabbing: PHILADELPHIA – Authorities say a man is being sought after an early… http://t.co/nGnGd25W0Y

— Philly Buzz (@philly_buzz) July 26, 2015

In April, a mom abandoned her 21-year-old quadriplegic son in the woods so she could visit her lover. The boy, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, was left in the woods with a wheelchair and a bible, but was rescued five days later after passerbys saw him lying about 100 yards into the woods.

Later that month, another Philadelphia mom was charged with false imprisonment after locking her four children in the basement without food or water for 14 hours. Neighbors were shocked at the turn of events and described the mother as a loving and caring guardian.

Philadelphia continues to struggle with a high crime rate and researchers have started to blame the some 25,000 abandoned buildings as the cause.

The city has started to force real estate owners to repair their abandoned buildings, and it has started to reduce crime.

Whether or not it will be enough to make 37-year-old mother Danecia Burton feel safe again remains to be seen.

Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images

Philadelphia Woman Stops Mom And Baby From Being Sliced Up By Knife-Wielding Attacker is an article from: The Inquisitr News

Rapper Snoop Dogg was arrested in Sweden over the weekend, though he was reportedly released a short time later. Why was he detained on Saturday? It seems that the attention was over the suspicion of illegal drug use. The rapper has issued a strong response and it seems that another visit to Sweden will not be happening any time soon. What’s the scoop?

As E! Online details, Snoop Dogg was arrested on Saturday and was taken to the police station for a sobriety test. The incident apparently happened after he had performed in the city of Örebro at the Stadsträdgården.

Of course, fans know that Snoop Dogg tends not to hold back when he has an opinion on something, and he most definitely had an opinion on this incident. The rapper posted several videos via his Instagram page over the weekend, ultimately telling fans that he was fine. However, over the course of his posts, he alleged that the incident was motivated by racial profiling and that he was snatched out of his car.

People notes that the rapper, real name Calvin Broadus, ultimately posted five videos detailing the situation. The first video was seemingly taken as he was on the side of the road early on in the interaction with the Swedish police, with the second happening as he sat in the back of a police car. After Snoop Dogg’s arrest, he says that he made it through, but that he’ll never return to Sweden.

Snoop Dogg says that he had to pee in a cup, but that the authorities didn’t find anything. Reports indicate that the rapper was a passenger in the car that was stopped, and police took him to the station because he showed signs of drug influence. He was there for about an hour before he was released.

The results of the drug test ordinarily take about two weeks to come in and should it come back showing any drugs, Snoop Dogg’s case will go to a prosecutor. Typically in these kinds of cases it seems a fine is standard. While Snoop Dogg says the arrest was racially motivated, police spokesman Christer Nordstrom maintains that this is not at all the case.

As fans know, this is hardly the rapper’s first brush with the law. However, this particular incident certainly left Broadus feeling quite agitated.

After Snoop Dogg’s arrest, he said that his Swedish fans can blame their police department for him never heading to the beautiful country again, and he said he’s still smoking. Did Snoop overreact to the incident that happened on Saturday with the Swedish police?

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Sandra Bland’s funeral took place in Illinois on Saturday, just about two weeks after her death in a Texas jail. The services were held at the DuPage African Methodist Episcopal Church, and hundreds gathered to support the family.

As People shares, Sandra Bland’s funeral was attended by hundreds of family members, friends, and supporters. The church is said to have 400 seats, but so many showed up to pay their respects that the church’s basement and lobby were filled with loved ones and supporters, as well. Some wore shirts with messages supporting the inquest into what happened to Bland, and Sandra’s family wore white.

During Sandra Bland’s funeral, her mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, delivered a passionate eulogy. Bland’s family and friends, who called her Sandy, maintain that she would not have killed herself and they say that their confidence is shaken when it comes to what the investigation has detailed so far.

Despite the grief and questions related to Sandra’s death, Bland’s funeral reportedly incorporated uplifting moments, as well. Charles Blow, via the New York Times, details that there was a choir at the service, and Sandra’s mother danced through every song. In addition, one of Sandra’s cousins did a praise dance during the gathering.

Pastor James F. Miller said as follows.

“This is not a moment of defeat; this is a moment of victory. We’re not funeralizing a martyr or a victim; we’re celebrating a hero!”

Many questions remain over Bland’s death, as those close to her maintain that she was a passionate, strong, fearless activist who was happy, settled, and determined. Reed-Veal indicated during the funeral that she was going to take the weekend to relax, as she put it, but once Monday hit, she would be back to digging into the details to try to determine what exactly happened to her daughter.

Bland was arrested after a traffic stop in Waller County, Texas, on July 10. On July 13, Sandra was found dead in her jail cell, with authorities indicating that she had killed herself. The official autopsy released just ahead of Sandra Bland’s funeral ruled her death a suicide, but the family has indicated that they do not believe that the full story has been told as of yet.

Those who support the family and believe that there are still outstanding questions that need to be answered have signed MoveOn and Change.org petitions asking for a federal investigation into Bland’s death. As My Fox Chicago details, Senator Dick Durbin has reached out to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch asking for a federal investigation, as well. Though Lynch has now spoken publicly about Bland’s death, so far, no official federal investigation has been launched.

Those who attended Sandra Bland’s funeral make it clear that they are not going to quietly go away. Rather, they will continue to speak out and ask for answers, and from the looks of things, they have a great deal of support.

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A woman who spent a lifetime studying and writing about killers, author Ann Rule, died Sunday at 83 after years of declining health. Now, she’s being remembered not just for her prolific career, but her relationship to America’s most famous — and dashing — serial killer.

Rule’s daughter, Leslie, announced on Facebook that her mother had died in a Seattle-area hospital, Seattle PI reported. She’d been in the hospital since July 19, in intensive care with pneumonia.

“My mom died peacefully last night. She had congestive heart failure and many other health issues.”

Ann had been in poor health since late 2013. Before she died, her daughter said she was able to see all five of her children and all five of her grandchildren.

The author of more than 30 books, Rule is credited with revamping the true crime genre, which until she came along was dominated by men, the Associated Press added. Though fascinated by her entire life, Ann’s books focused on the victims, which set them apart from the norm.

“By deciding to focus her books on the victim, Ann Rule reinvented the true crime genre and earned the trust of millions of readers who wanted a new and empathetic perspective on the tragic stories at the heart of her works,” said Carolyn Reidy, Simon & Schuster’s president and CEO, in a statement.

That fascination kept Ann in Washington State’s court rooms up until recently, researching future books. And it began when she was very young.

Born to a school teacher and sports coach in 1931, Ann spent her childhood moving around, following her father’s coaching career. She was always fascinated by killers, and enjoyed looking for hints in the details of their lives to discover what motivated them to kill. The obsession followed her to the University of Washington, where she earned a bachelor’s in creative writing, augmented with minors in psychology, criminology, and penology.

By 21, she was working with the Seattle Police Department and wrote for the magazine True Detective starting in 1969. Eventually, she became an expert in serial killers — taking workshops in subjects from DNA to arson — and was relied upon by the FBI and Justice Department.

But Ann Rule is perhaps most famous for her friendship — both personal and professional — with serial killer Ted Bundy, a man she liked immediately when she met him by chance in 1971 (before she knew he was a murderer) and whose “physical attractiveness helped to make him a mythical character, an antihero who continues to intrigue readers,” she wrote in her most famous book, The Stranger Beside Me, according to The Washington Post.

Ann and Bundy began a friendship when they both volunteered at a suicide crisis hotline one night a week. Rule continued the relationship even as Bundy became the prime suspect in the murders of 30 women starting in 1974. Untold women died at his hand.

Before Rule even knew her friend was responsible, she followed his murders with professional interest and noticed authorities’ description of the suspect matched Ted. She called in the tip, but he wasn’t convicted until 1979; during his arrest, incarceration, escape, and re-arrest, she continued the relationship. Afterward, Rule said she tried to save his life by getting him to confess, and found his death sentence too swift to be just. He died by electric chair in 1989.

Though she concluded her book about him with a touching postscript (“At long last, peace Ted.”) years later, she admitted that “People like Ted can fool you completely.”

“I’d been a cop, had all that psychology — but his mask was perfect. I say that long acquaintance can help you know someone. But you can never be really sure. Scary. I felt sick when Ted was executed — but I would not have stopped it if I could. He was going to get out, and he would have killed again and again and again.”

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By now, everyone’s heard that presidential candidate and billionaire Donald Trump was accused of raping ex-wife Ivana Trump 30 years ago.

Since the old allegations, made during their divorce and hashed out in a book published in 1993, were brought to light by the Daily Beast, Ivana has back-pedaled a bit, the New York Post reported. But she downgraded her accusation of rape back in the 90s, as well.

According to Think Progress, Trump told her friends that her husband raped her, but that description was modified to claim that she “felt violated.” The amended statement came from Donald’s lawyers (not hers) to the publisher before the biography was published — that statement was ultimately printed on the first page.

The allegation sounds brutal. The author of the book, entitled Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump, Harry Hurt III said the alleged incident was instigated by Mr. Trump’s unsatisfactory trip to a cosmetic surgeon recommended by Ivana. He allegedly ripped her hair from her head, then “tore off her clothes and unzipped his pants” and then “jams his penis inside her.”

In the statement Mr. Trump’s lawyers issued, Ivana described the incident as a session “marital relations in which he behaved very differently toward me than he had during our marriage. As a woman, I felt violated, as the love and tenderness which he normally exhibited towards me was absent. I referred to this as a ‘rape,’ but I do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense.”

Now Ivana, 66, said the allegations were made at a time of “very high tension,” the story is “without merit,” and not only is her ex a good friend, but would make an “incredible president.”

Accompanying her recant of the allegation is a truly stunning claim — since retracted with an apology — made by Michael Cohen, the man running Trump’s campaign and his lawyer.

“By the very definition, you can’t rape your spouse. It is true. You cannot rape your spouse. And there’s very clear case law.”

But the fact that Ivana, both shortly after the alleged incident and today, has minimized her experience in the press isn’t flying with CNN contributor Sally Kohn, according to Real Clear Politics. She noted that the Daily Beast’s reporting was based in facts, and the reports were credible.

Kohn suggested the public look upon Ivana’s change of tune skeptically, as the former Mrs. Trump “can’t speak without Trump’s permission on this” due to a court order. She also noted that Ivana called it rape in court.

“I’m uncomfortable that in all this we seem to be letting slide the suggestion that the entire story wasn’t true. No one has actually reacted the fact of what happened. They’re changing the characterization of it. Let’s be clear about that.”

Of course, no one but Ivana and Donald know what happened that day in 1989. And what Cohen has claimed — that you can’t rape your spouse — is a disturbing sign that our culture is a little confused about the definition, the Guardian pointed out.

First of all, marital rape is illegal, and it has been in all 50 states since 1993. It was illegal at the time Ivana alleges her own assault took place. But past cases have shown the confusion that underlies such accusations.

A politician said of similar allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julien Assange, “I mean, not everybody needs to be asked prior to each insertion.” And who could forget Missouri Congressman Todd Akin’s 2012 gem, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.”

And even though marital rape has been illegal for decades, the law still treats it differently from other forms of sexual assault, Think Progress added, and 26 percent of all sex offenses aren’t even recorded as crimes.

All of which raises the question: Why does our culture seem so confused about what sexual assault is? What are your thoughts?

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Jimmy Kimmel may typically be a man of jokes and pranks, but he used his Tuesday night show to address the Cecil the Lion killing that has been making international headlines. Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer killed the protected lion during a hunting trip to Zimbabwe earlier this month, and Kimmel said what many others have been thinking as he opened his July 29 show.

As ABC News shares, Walter Palmer insists that his Zimbabwe hunt was “legal and properly handled and conducted.” However, Jimmy Kimmel, and many around the world, aren’t convinced. Kimmel spent more than four minutes talking about Cecil the Lion’s death on his recent show.

Most would say that Kimmel managed to strike a difficult balance as he talked about Cecil the Lion’s killing. Jimmy managed to insert some jokes throughout the segment, but he also got emotional and held back tears toward the end of the piece.

Kimmel joked that as he first read about the story, it had been believed that the hunter was a Spaniard, and Jimmy was relieved it wasn’t an American. As everybody knows at this point, however, Cecil the Lion was killed by American dentist Walter Palmer.

The talk show host walked through the alleged details of Cecil’s heartbreaking death and what the hunting team has said since then. Kimmel noted Palmer’s statement that has just come out, and then questioned the manhood of those who feel they have to pursue trophy hunting like this. Kimmel even slipped in a Bill Cosby joke along the way.

As the segment went on, Kimmel got more and more worked up, and he also shared a bit about Palmer’s prior hunts and troubles. Though the public outrage has been intense, Jimmy says that he’d like to see some good come out of this story.

As Jimmy Kimmel teared up, he said that he would like for Americans to show that they are not all “jackholes” like Palmer. He shared the website address of the University of Oxford Wildlife Conservation Unit, the group that had been studying and tracking Cecil the Lion prior to his death. Kimmel urged people to donate to WildCRU to try to turn this heartbreaking story into a positive in some way.

The clip of Jimmy Kimmel’s segment already has nearly 10,000 likes on YouTube. In addition, it looks like the WildCRU website has been getting some very heavy traffic, as it seems to be experiencing some crashing. Reports indicate that the hunting guides in Zimbabwe who worked with Palmer are facing charges, and the Minnesota dentist may, as well.

Palmer’s dental practice website and other online pages seem to be down, and both Palmer and River Bluff Dental have been deluged by bad reviews on Yelp. Will Jimmy Kimmel’s passionate segment about Cecil the Lion propel people to donate to WildCRU as a way to try to right the wrong that happened when the beloved creature was killed? He clearly hopes so, and those following the story may be anxious to embrace a way to make a positive impact.

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Eric Warfel is being charged after his child’s body was found rotting in her crib.

According to NBC News, the Ohio father was arrested after a cable installer found the body of his baby girl severely decomposing in her crib while updating equipment at Warfel’s apartment complex at the 500 block of East Reagan Parkway in Medina. The infant’s body is believed to be that of Warfel’s 1-year-old daughter Ember Warfel, who would have turned two this October.

The Medina Police Department reports that the horrific discovery was made on Wednesday morning. The cable worker immediately notified the police, who then arrested Warfel at a shopping center in Westlake, Ohio. Eric had his 7-year-old daughter with him at the time of his arrest, who is now in the custody of her grandparents.

Police just released new info on Eric Warfel arrested after 2 year old daughter’s decomposed body found in Medina. pic.twitter.com/UVQKWPFryl

— Scott Taylor (@ScottTaylor19) July 30, 2015

On Thursday, July 31, Eric, 34, was charged with abuse of a corpse, a fifth-degree felony, and is being held on a $1 million bond. He reportedly told the police that his ex-wife, and the mother of his children, currently lives in New York and he placed bags of garbage in Ember’s room to mask the smell of her decomposing body. Additional charges are expected to follow once Ember’s autopsy, performed by the Cuyahoga County Coroner, results come back, explaining her cause of death.

“It’s a smell you never forget,” the Medina police chief said, fighting back tears.

Ohio Father #EricWarfel Charged After Child’s Rotting Body Found In Crib! #EndChildAbuse http://t.co/4PFtJz9xhs pic.twitter.com/oS4pmx03nE — @NuBlackVision (@NuBlackVision) July 31, 2015

In a video, Warfel can be seen at the Medina County jail standing before Magistrate Linda Leggett, who said Warfel had told police officers that Ember had died on or around June 18. According to the statement read by Leggett, Warfel did not call for emergency help or notify the police of his daughter’s death. Rather, he simply tried to conceal it.

Medina father’s previous baby’s death raises ‘suspicion,’ prosecutor says http://t.co/UWWyWfbZy5 | pic.twitter.com/2k8Bwo9vTw

— WEWS NewsChannel5 (@WEWS) July 31, 2015

According to the judge, Warfel and his ex-wife had another child that passed away in March 2013 in Cuyahoga County. The Associated Press reports the death was ruled as sudden unexplained infant death with with manner undetermined, according to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office. However, the discovery of Ember’s body has prompted the police to launch a further investigation into 5-month-old Erin Delynn Warfel’s death.

Eric Warfel arrested after finding 2 year old Daughter’s decomposed body in crib also had 5 month old die in 2013. pic.twitter.com/Kd0xYhgm4i — Scott Taylor (@ScottTaylor19) July 30, 2015

What punishment do you think Eric Warfel should receive? Leave your comments below.

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A good Samaritan family was gunned down by 18-year-old Jesus Deniz Mendoza after they stopped to help him on a Montana Indian reservation, costing two members their lives, and leaving one member critically injured.

The shooting took place on Wednesday, July 27, after a couple and their daughter returned to help Mendoza after noticing his car was broke down on the Crow Indian Reservation, according to CNN.

Jorah Shane, the daughter of the Jason Shane, 51, and Tana Shane, 47, who were both killed, said her mother “came to her house and told her that there was a guy that needed assistance.” Trying to be good Samaritans, the trio returned to the location of Mendoza’s car and offered their help. However, upon arriving, Mendoza pulled a gun on them, ordered them to get out of their vehicle, and then demanded them to give him money. They then explained that they didn’t have any money with them.

Small % illegals kill? Jesus Deniz Mendoza, ILLEGAL- killed 2 ppl stopped get him gas for his car & he kills thm. pic.twitter.com/aBg9N1r3AS

— Blanche V. Mercaldi (@tammytabby) July 31, 2015

According to the FBI, Mendoza then told the family to start walking away from the car. That is when Jorah heard the first gunshot, and looked back to see her father lying on the road. Moments later, she heard a second gunshot and heard her mother scream. Jorah then started running, after Tana told her to in their Native American language, not stopping to look back, and felt bullets hit her in the face and back. The chaos caught the attention of people near St. Charles Mission School. A car then approached Jorah, and when the driver exited the car, she jumped in and sped off. Her family later took her to a Billings hospital to receive treatment.

Jesus Deniz Mendoza, also known as Jesus Deniz, was arrested at around 12:30 p.m. about eight miles north of… http://t.co/YvdQIHUi34

— AngryAmericansUnited (@LastWave2014) July 31, 2015

Jesus later told the police that he shot the three individuals with a.22 caliber rifle because he got tired of waiting around on them, and then Jorah laughed at him, upsetting him even more, the Associated Press reported, via Fox News.

According to the FBI agents, the shooter “admitted to shooting three people with a.22-caliber rifle and then driving away from the scene in the victims’ vehicle.”

A Park County Sheriff’s Office deputy arrested him several hours later in Meeteetse, about 120 miles away from Pryor, where he murdered two of the family members.

Family shot after offering help to stranded driver http://t.co/zOwSaPzj9M – what do you want to bet KILLER Jesus Deniz Mendoza is illegal…

— LenaSiberian (@LenaSiberian) July 30, 2015

Prior to going into surgery Wednesday night, Jorah, who has four sisters and two brothers, was not aware of her parents’ tragic fate. According to her aunt Ada Shane, she repeatedly asked for them to go find her mother, who she believed to be hiding in the fields near where the shootings took place.

Ada said she wasn’t sure how to tell her that her parents were gone.

“Jorah is one always attached to her parents,” she said. “She’s always with her parents and her grandmother.”

The FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs are handling the investigation because the victims were members of the Crow Tribe, and the murders took place on the Indian reservation.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Carolyn Ostby scheduled Mendoza’s initial hearing for Friday afternoon in Billings. He is currently being held at the Park County, Wyoming jail.

What punishment do you think Mendoza should receive for gunning down the good Samaritan family? Leave your comments below.

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An escaped jail inmate went on a crime spree that included killing a woman, stealing guns and vehicles, and ramming a police cruiser, NewsMax is reporting.

Police say 38-year-old Robert Crissman, who was in custody on a parole violation, simply walked away from a work-release program at about 6:30 a.m. Thursday. Sheriff William Rupert said that the inmate was delivering meals to other inmates, taking food off of a delivery truck, when he escaped.

“The doors were open so he could carry in meal trays, and he just walked away.”

Following his escape from the Kittanning jail, Crissman made his way about a mile to the home of an acquaintance, 55-year-old Tammy Long, according to CNN. Long and her boyfriend, Terry Slagle, barely knew Crissman, says Armstrong County District Attorney Scott Andreassi. But they knew him well enough that when he knocked on their door asking for help, they let him in without question.

“They were familiar to the point where he was allowed in voluntarily. They only knew him as a friend. They didn’t even know he was in jail.”

Unfortunately, that acquaintance with Robert Crissman would ultimately cost Tammy her life; police say when Slagle got home from work Thursday afternoon, he found his girlfriend dead in their home, allegedly strangled and beaten about the head by Crissman.

The escaped inmate then stole Slagle’s truck and drove off with it, but didn’t manage to get very far — police say he never went more than 10 to 12 miles from the jail. He apparently ran out of gas at some point, as 911 dispatchers in the area received several calls from area residents of a man matching Crissman’s description carrying a gas can.

Crissman’s undoing ultimately came when he picked the wrong house to approach to ask for help. He knocked on the door of a home in nearby Boggs Township, and the woman inside recognized him from news reports and refused to let him in. She called 911, and police converged on the area. Crissman fled in a stolen truck, leading police on a high-speed chase for about seven miles, before ramming the back of a police cruiser and losing control of his vehicle. He was apprehended at the scene.

Crissman had originally been jailed for a non-violent drug offense and was not known to have a tendency toward violence. An acquaintance, Barry Crytzer, who had worked with Crissman, described him as “nice.”

“He was a very nice guy. This all seems really out of character from the guy I knew. He seemed like a pretty passive guy.”

The escaped inmate now faces a variety of new charges, including murder, theft, and vehicular assault.

[Image courtesy of Armstrong County Jail via NewsMax]

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Recent discoveries of the remains of unidentified children in Australia and Massachusetts have brought the mostly-unknown problem of unidentified children into the public eye. But just how bad is it?

First, the term “child” needs to be defined. For purposes of this analysis, “child” will mean any unidentified victim who was estimated to be 12 or younger when they died. (Unidentified adolescents are a very different group, with very different complicating issues.) It’s difficult to say just how bad it is because it was only recently that a central database for unidentified victims — the Namus database — was set up and open to entries. Even after that, many cases still remain locked in file cabinets, all but forgotten. The Doe Network site, set up in 2001 for international missing persons and unidentified victims cold cases, has existed for longer, but even their database is limited to cases members are able to find on their own.

Likewise, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children‘s “unidentified” category is a list of cases elected to be entered by law enforcement. But all can give an idea of the numbers. Out of over 10,000 cases of unidentified victims listed as open on the Namus site, 388 are listed in the “infant,” “pre-adolescent,” and “fetus” categories. NCMEC lists 302 unidentified victims, and 44 of them are estimated to be 12 or younger. The Doe Network’s more extensive database lists 139 unidentified victims that are estimated to be 12 or younger. (While the other databases are limited to the U.S., the Doe Network lists them from all over the world, although only those who have been unidentified for more than two years.) That seems like only a few, especially compared to the lists of missing children in the U.S. Unfortunately, most of the unidentified children who are found are not listed as missing.

The lists are also heavily weighted towards older cases. In the past, dental records, fingerprints, or x-rays were the only ways to identify any unidentified person. The lack of central databases, until recently, are an additional concern. Today, most identifications of children come from DNA matches. The internet and social media also allow the circulation of the information about the unidentified victim more easily than before. Even years later, those photos can be found and lead to a crucial clue.

So, how bad is it in terms of unidentified children? Although they’re a small amount of the number of unidentfied victims, they are an especially saddening one. Fortunately, modern technology makes it more likely that a case will be solved.

[Photos via NCMEC/CNN]

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