Lost In Lima Ohio - A true crime blog

This Saturday, at 9 pm on your local Fox station, America's Most Wanted will air the following cases: Terrence Washington: He's one of the slipperiest fugitives we've ever encountered, and Terrence Washington has made a long career out of breaking out of prison and laying low. Most recently, he broke out of prison, seduced a woman, moved into her house, and made her believe that he's a law-abiding tool salesman before disappearing once again. http://www.amw.com/fugitives/ brief.cfm?id=25010 Reigh Storrow Boss: Boston police call Clark Rockefeller, accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter Reigh and going on the run, a "mystery man." Cops say he recently liquidated his assets into gold, possibly preparing for a life on the lam. It turns out the man who claims to be from the famed "Rockefeller" clan isn't a Rockefeller at all. In fact, cops aren't sure who he really is. http://www.amw.com/missing_ children/brief.cfm?id=57690 ...

(Disclaimer--- I'm rambling about a local criminal case, which is the result of a raid in which a police officer shot and killed a woman. It's a main attraction in town these days, with the forth day of the trial being today. The case, while very cut and dry, has opened a floodgate of racially charged articles from our local news, and seems to have removed every bit of common sense from more people than you can imagine.) One of the defense lawyers attempted to 'judge' the racism of a potential juror by asking him which candidate he was going to vote for, Obama or McCain. Evidently the man answered that it was none of his business, good answer. But I think I would have been slightly more rude about it. Because although it really is no one's business- I get rather annoyed with the thought that the color of the person I'd vote for is used as a measuring stick for whether I am a racist. I could spend all day complaining about just that part of the case... but it see...

A while back I told you about David Hardman. He's a 'photographer' who sells his work on the web, in image and video form. While that isn't unusual for a photographer these days- the fact that the 'models' he used were barely dressed minors was. Well, it looks like just when we'd thought that he couldn't sink any lower- pervert opted to gravel a little bit more into the filthy desires of pedophiles. According to recent news, he's once again doing websites- except this time he's selling something other than DVD's and photos. The changes a Melbourne photographer made to his controversial teen modeling web site are raising new concerns. In November of 2006, Channel 9 first investigated parents' fears that David Hardman was sexually exploiting teen models by posting nearly nude photos online. They are the kind of pictures you'd find in a steamy magazine, but the pictures are of teenage girls. Suzanne Mark said Hardman tracked down her...

It seems that Vermont, home to the judge who sentenced a man to 60 days in jail for molesting a child over a span of years- on the pretense that the man needed 'therapy' rather than prison, the same state that allowed a man who repeated sexually abused a boy to go free , the state that is really sex offender friendly - is about to get a little tougher. Maybe. When a state Senate committee begins deliberating later this summer on how to respond to the kidnap and killing of 12-year-old Brooke Bennett, it also will be under pressure to deal with a new federal law named for another slain child. Vermont to Deal with New Sex Offender Laws The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 establishes new mandates for the way states set up their sex offender registries -- mandates Vermont currently does not meet. Lets hope that after years of failing the victims of sexual abuse, the leaders of Vermont can pony up the courage to actually do approve something that resembles justic...

One of four teenage boys who picked a then 16 year old girl up from her home and proceeded to get her drunk before taking turns raping her was sentenced to juvenile custody until his 21 birthday. According to testimony and police, after the four boys raped the girl, they bragged about the incident on various social networks and through email. It was also reported that the boys had discussed killing the victim in order to prevent her from testifying against them. During sentencing of the 3 attacker, the judge cited the boys "utter lack of remorse" as reasoning for the sentencing. While sentencing the boy in King County Juvenile Court, Judge Michael Hayden revealed that the victim, 16 at the time of the attack, became pregnant as a result and later had an abortion. [...] But Hayden said that what "struck me the hardest" was a section of a presentence report in which the boy was quoted as calling the girl a liar for accusing him of rape. Other presentence documents in...

Years ago, there was a rash of missing girls up in Canada. And, there was a seemingly normal young married couple. Then police connected the married couple to the missing girls- and a case overflowing with sheer deviance and inhuman nature was born. And now, the case that captured the attention of a nation, and quite a few of us down south of there, is available on iTunes . KARLA gives an unflinching look at the disturbing true story of “the Ken and Barbie killers.” In stunningly acclaimed performances, Laura Prepon (That 70’s Show, Slackers) and Misha Collins (24, NCSI) breathe perverse life into their real life counterparts, Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. Winter 1990 - the most notorious serial killers in the history of Canada begin their psychological dance with death and depravity as an entire country is held captive in fear. As the gruesome events unfold, and lovely young girls disappear, the utter lack of remorse from Paul coupled with his quirky charisma paint a delusional ...

A sexual offender spending 90 days in jail provides overwhelming proof that just as a cat can't change it's stripes, a sexual deviant can't be cured with a few months in jail. Christopher Dwayne Watson has been locked up in the Malheur County Jail for the past 90 days for a sex crime with a minor. Erin Landis with the Malheur County District Attorney’s office tells NewsChannel 7 that sheriff's deputies found a list titled "people to look up," written by Watson. The list contains the names of various children ages 6 to 17, and also includes the victim in the case he's now serving time for. Police say the list was detailed with information about the children, providing "everything short of an address to look these girls up". But wait, it gets worse. He's still going to be freed, they aren't going to keep him behind bars they are just planning on 'watching him'. I'm sure that brings peace of mind to all the parents of these chil...