TrueCrimeUpdate-Couey,NJ Kids,Wilbanks,Martinez;Quotables;Comments

Arizona Killing
Four adults, two kids, found murdered in Arizona home.

Man seen fleeing from the scene.

No more known at time of this writing. Check Daily Updates for more information on this breaking crime.
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Aruba News
The saga continues every day. Suggest checking yesterday’s Week Just Passed for a compilation of last week’s news. Also check in on the Daily Updates as the mystery continues.
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Michael Schiavo Writing Book
But of course.

And his agent, David Vigliano, thinks it’s the definitive book on dying with dignity.

Poor Terri.

They’ve already killed her.

From the NY Post-6/18/05

SHOPPING MICHAEL SCHIAVO

By Keith J. Kelley

A book about the late Terri Schiavo's life by Michael Schiavo is sure to be as controversial as her death.

Schiavo - a lightning rod in the years-long, right-to-die battle that gripped the nation - is in town, shopping his book proposal among publishers, the Post has learned.

The timing couldn't be better, as his dead wife's just-released autopsy results are front page news.


The autopsy supported Schiavo's contention that his wife suffered permanent brain damage and she had no chance of recovery. She had been in a coma since 1990.

The results refuted the parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, who fought to keep Terri's feeding tubes attached.

David Ritz, who most recently edited the best-selling, "Elvis bby the Presleys," with Priscilla and Lisa Marie Presley, is the writer working with Schiavo.

"I think this is the seminal case in the right-to-die with dignity story," Vigliano said.

The book is being represented by agent David Vigliano

NY Post, 6/18: Michael Schiavo in NY scouting for agent to write book
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FBI Files Released on Case of Runaway Bride
And still nothing that woman did makes any sense.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) - Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks wanted to vanish because she feared she could not be the perfect wife. She picked Austin, Texas, as her original destination after seeing actor Matthew McConaughey talk about his hometown on TV. And she funded her odyssey by cashing a cell phone rebate check and emptying an old bank account.

Those were some of the details that emerged Tuesday from investigation reports by the FBI and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation that detailed Wilbanks' flight. The reports portrayed the 32-year-old nurse as a naive woman whose mother did her banking for her.

Wilbanks also discussed her ordeal in an NBC interview Tuesday night, saying she was suicidal when she fled.

``I had a bottle of pills or I had the bus ticket,'' she said.

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Precious Angels

Found dead in the trunk of a car parked near where they were last seen alive.
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Army Murderer

There’s little info available on Alberto Martinez, the army supply sergeant who is believed to have cold-bloodedly murdered his superior officers.

I thought this to be an intriguing case, in that the setting was so perfect for such a crime.

But the military’s keeping close-mouthed about it. I cannot even find any pics of Martinez’s victims.

One Link to Military Murder
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Lionel Tate
Seems the judge wasn’t buying the change in story by the key witness. A kid who might well have had his life threatened by the lovely Lionel, who already killed a six year old.
From The Ledger.com

A Broward County judge Thursday refused to allow bail for Lionel Tate, who faces life in prison if his probation is revoked in the 1999 killing of a 6-year-old girl when he was 12, after hearing new evidence linking him to the armed robbery of a pizza delivery man.

Lazarus also was apparently not swayed by a new statement from a key 13-year-old witness recanting his earlier identification of Tate as the perpetrator.

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Couey Confession Not Valid?
There’s circumstances to this story which I suspect the public is not aware. Like at the time Couey was doing all this “confessing” authorities were desperately hoping to find a LIVING child.

As for Couey, the guy’s told so many versions of the crime that’s there’s no telling what is the truth.

At some point during his interrogation he allegedly asked for a lawyer. A lie detector test was administered anyway. “Legal experts” say that had Couey gotten his attorney there never would have been a lie detector test.

Perhaps.



I do think they have an ironclad case against Couey. But if this fine fellow walks because of this there will be hell to pay across this United States.





HERE:

Jurors may never hear the confession of a Citrus County murder suspect.

John Couey is charged in the February kidnapping and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford.

Prosecutors said the statements may not hold up in court because Couey asked for an attorney, but wasn't appointed one until days later.

According to transcripts, he asked for a lawyer while investigators interviewed him.

The questioning continued along with a polygraph test.

Couey reportedly admitted to investigators he killed Lunsford. That was after taking the test.

Legal experts said Couey never would have taken the test if he had counsel.

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Every Child Needs a Father

HAPPY FATHERS DAY...WHEREVER THEY ARE

"...(A)mericans should ponder the appalling fact that an estimated 40 percent of our nation's children live in homes without their own fathers. Most of our social problems are caused by kids who grow up in homes without their own fathers: drug abuse, illicit sexual activity, unwed pregnancies, youth suicide, high-school dropouts, runaways and crime. Where have all the fathers gone?"

- Columnist Phyllis Schlaffly

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The Quote This Week That Says It All

"War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil."
George Orwell

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More on Gitmo

PLEASE LOVE ME!

"Liberals who want to shut down Camp X-Ray (the terrorist prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba) suffer from the biggest case of 'Oh, please love me!' attitude that mankind ever has witnessed. To fret over whether we are admired or not by those who live in a land where women are still stoned to death for venturing out of the house without a male family member is about as close to the absurd as I care to get."

- Columnist Frank Salvato

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On Baltimore’s Gwynn Oak
GWYNN OAK POST HERE

Pat,

I grew up not more than a couple of miles from Gwynn Oak Park, and I’ve been there many times. Saw Fats Domino there once, at what was called the Dixie Ballroom, and I was with Barry Levinson and a couple of other guys. By the way, Barry did not write Hairspray – it was written by another Baltimore boy, John Waters, who I knew slightly, but later. We must’ve been under 16 that night at Gwynn Oak Park.

Miles

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On That Aruban Case

I definitely have to comment on the teen missing in Aruba. What the heck was she doing out late a night with 3 guys she obviously did not know. Where the heck were the chaperones. Why wasn't there a room check the night before to find out that she was still out.

I find it interesting that her family and friends do not want to address the fact that the teen was out with 3 men. I also find it interesting that the school has not commented on why one of the students that they were responsible for was out without anyone knowing.

I feel badly for the Hollaway family and would not wish that upon anyone, but they should take some responsibility in regards to the way they have raised their child. I'm sorry but being 18 and stupid by choosing to drink and go off with strangers does not bring up a lot of sympathy from me.

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Posted by Anonymous to The Kaitlyn Mae Book Blog at 6/14/2005 08:45:22 PM

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Comment's First Sentence Refers to Missing PA Prosecutor Ray Gricar

sighted with "older" woman - We know he liked antiques!

Natalee most probably "agreed" or at least, didn't fight sex with the one of the boys she liked but objected / fought when the other(s) began to "get in on the action".
Perhaps she threatened to tell and they ended up silencing her.

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On John Conyers and the Missing Turkeys
From Blogcritics, this commenter took exception to my post about John Conyers. The comment came in, I offered the commenter a chance to rebut my post.

ORIGINAL BLOG POST HERE

"Thus I must, in the interest of fair and balanced, respond to Conyers' letter to the editor and defend Dana Milbanks. From an unabashedly amused conservative perspective.."

You need to invest in a dictionary, look up words prior to use, because you are neither fair or balanced.

Commenter Rebuttal in this post.
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COMMENT OF THE WEEK

Commenter Points Out the Obvious on the Schiavo Autopsy

Pat--Heard some surrogates of Michael Schiavo and/or the ME on the case declare "The autopsy showed no brain activity." Ipso facto, she was brain dead, as they claimed. I wonder though, how much brain activity is usually present during a routine autopsy.
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Posted by Anonymous to The Kaitlyn Mae Book Blog at 6/20/2005 11:53:10 AM

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On Fox’s “Hell’s Kitchen”
Blog Review HERE

Comments: Last night\'s episode was really interesting to me. I thought most of those folks would have basic cooking skills.

My favorite contestant is Ralph. I hope he wins. He knows the business and from what I read has worked hard for the past 15 years. He\'s deserving in my opinion.

The show is so crazy. I wonder how I would handle being in that situation. I do know this...

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On “Dancing With the Stars”
BLOG REVIEW HERE

Comments: #1 in its time slot? Try #1 rated show for the whole week (at least last week)!

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