It's once again time for the Carnival of True Crime Blogs, and I'm lucky enough to have been asked to fill in JD as he deals with computer problems. So, sit down and prepare to see what the best crime blogs have been talking about over the last week:
Home Sweet Home takes a deeper look at couple who give a new meaning to the term "in a family way"...
Kevin Elmarr and Carol Murphy were second cousins and both were still teens when she allegedly became pregnant by Elarr at a family picnic. The two ran away together and were married shortly after their daughter was born in 1977. A son followed in 1979.
As a couple, they had problems. She allegedly had an affair with his brother-in-law.
Crime Scene Blog is pondering over a Case of Contradictions
How is it that on April 24, 2005, police arrived at the house and found Ben Odierno kneeling over his wife, who lay dieing from more than 40 stab wounds?
That is the question before jurors in New York as they hear testimony in the murder trial of Ben Odierno who stands accused of murdering his wife. Defense lawyers claim that he only killed Christine in self defense after she attacked him with a knife.
So how did a couple, seemingly so happy and in love, find themselves in a death struggle on the floor of their home?
The answer to that reveals a tale full of contradictions.
Newcomer MamaRant has the rundown of adult/minor sexual relationships making headlines lately:
Darcie Esson, 32, was arrested and charged with sexual assault on a child for having sex with a 17-year-old male student on the floor of her Glenwood Springs hotel room. The incident took place while her two children and their 17-year-old babysitter slept on beds in the same room, an arrest affidavit stated.
Jay of Parents Behaving Badly has the story of yet another parent doing the unthinkable- murdering their own child.
In Princeton, W.Va., Ronald Holcomb, a federal prison guard was charged with the first-degree murder in the death of his five-year-old daughter, Brooklyn Halcomb.Harding of TO Crime brings us the case of missing Canadian Jessie Foster
Sergeant Detective Poe says this is one of the worst cases of child abuse he has seen in his 21 years on the force. Poe would not comment on the details of the abuse or how long it has been going on.
There have been reports that a hammer was used to beat Brooklyn, but there has been no official report on this. An autopsy will be performed to determine the actual cause of her death.
This is Jessie Foster, a Calgary woman who went to Las Vegas and never came back. She’s been missing for about a year, having last contacted her family in March of 2006. The 21-year old has not been seen or heard from by anyone since. Her bank accounts and credit card have shown no activity. Her regular calls to family members have ceased altogether.
My Life of Crime, which is now recalled Bonnie's Blog of Crime tells a story of a parent involved in the murder of her children:
Jennifer Kukla told one of her sisters as the sister called 911 to report that Jennifer had stabbed her children to death. Not an easy call to make, especially when you could have been a victim yourself, as Jennifer wanted her to stay when she was there the day before. The 911 call is heartbreaking.
The True Crime Blogroll has another interview of a member for you, and this time it's me.
Today our blogger interview is with Lost In Lima Ohio, fondly known as LiLO. A passionate blogger with a wicked sense of humor, she is devoted to bringing attention to crimes against children. So without further ado, here is the interview with LiLO.
Trench of the TrenchCoat Chronicals brings us a troubling story of a family's pain.
Lesli Catsouras hasn't opened her e-mails in weeks.
Her husband, Christos, dreads having to use the Internet – fearful of what he accidentally may see.
They have banned their daughters – ages 15, 13 and 8 – from going online.
Losing oldest daughter Nikki, 18, in a car crash on Halloween has been hard enough on the Catsouras family.
Now, their heartache is compounded by outrage.
The Year 'Round shared the story of Henry Wainwright, and a secret worth hiding.
On the surface, Henry Wainwright was a respectable, hard-working, likeable man of the comfortable Victorian bourgeoisie. He had inherited his father's brush-making business at 84 Whitechapel Road, London, was a temperence lecturer, and he lived with his wife and four children in an upscale house in Tredegar Square. But despite his personal and financial success, Henry also owned a questionable character and a secret -- a secret buried under the floorboards of a warehouse which would ultimately lead him to the gallows.
TCB's very own Laura James seems to be making news with Father Robinson:
For Father Robinson's Persistent Cadre
Last week, I sat down for an interview with NBC 24 in Toledo's anchorman, Jim Blue, Emmy-award winning journalist, voted by his peers the Best Anchorman in Ohio last year. Mr. Blue and his news team are preparing a one-hour special for broadcast later this week on Father Robinson's case. I was asked questions about the possibility that Coral Eugene Watts, the Detroit serial killer named as a suspect in the case in 1982, may have committed this murder. I was also asked questions about the mystery male DNA found on the victim. A date for the special has not yet been announced.
The guys at Crime Rant bring us a moment of star gazing, or staring in disbelief:
We love a good celebrity mugshot, of course.
So here’s this week’s main event: Ryan O’Neal, 65, was arrested on charges of assaulting his son Griffin, 42, at the actor’s Malibu home over the weekend.
Forget gazing at the stars with Steve Huff, as he's busy looking into those who would be traveling to the stars :
Lisa Marie Nowak, a 43-year-old astronaut and married mother of 3, drove nearly a thousand miles from Texas to Florida to meet the 1 a.m. flight of a woman she apparently viewed as a romantic rival.
Missing and Murdered Children tells us about the abuse of a child:
According to a report filed by Lynn Hayes-Freeland of kdka.com Nya’s father, twenty-three-year-old William Page, was charged today with Sexual Assault of a Minor, Indecent Assault, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and Corruption of a Minor. None of the charges are related to Nya. [Video]
Twenty-three-month-old Nya was discovered in an abandonded playground a few blocks from her home late yesterday afternoon after a search for her started on Saturday morning. The coroner has ruled her death a homicide and has ruled she died from hypothermia and exposure. When found she was wearing the sweater she was reportedly last seen wearing and nothing else.
CrimeNews2000 closes
News of Doom by Trench informs crime buffs of the end of times for one of the most well known Crime News Sources:
It used to be that if you wanted links to the latest breaking crime news there was only one place to go and that was CrimeNews 2000. It provided links to all the hot crime stories and some that you may not have heard of without them. Recently CN2000 announced that they would no longer be posting crime news links on their pages. While it is truly sad to see a great resource like that go I’d like to let true crime readers know that there is an alternative for your crime news needs. For the past few months Steve Huff and myself have been running a user submitted crime news site called, oddly enough, Crime News. If you’re familiar with sites like Digg, Reddit, or Netscape than you’ll feel right at home at Crime News. How it works is a user submits a story into the queue. If enough users like the story by voting for it, it eventually is promoted to the front page. My goal is to hopefully fill some of the void left by CrimeNews2000.