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Dad "Hurled Infant Like a Football"
On August 16, 2013, Montana couple Matthew and Jennifer Blaz were inside the car when their two-month-old daughter, Mattisyn, stopped breathing. Jennifer watched as her daughter took her two last breaths. She ordered Matthew to pull over and call 911.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
Mark Redwine Found Guilty of Son's Murder
On July 16, 2021, a Colorado jury found 59-year-old Mark Redwine guilty of the 2012 murder of his son, 13-year-old Dylan Redwin. Mark murdered his son after the two argued over photos the teen found showing his father wearing women's lingerie and eating f**es out of a diaper. Dylan threatened to expose his father and show these photos to the court and other people.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
Robert “Willie” Pickton, “The Pig Farm Killer”
During the 1980s and 1990s, a spike in missing women in the Vancouver, Canada, area concerned officials and residents alike. Most of the missing women were sex workers or runaways and some suffered from drug addiction.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
The Juror who Fell in Love With Richard Ramirez: "It was His Job"
Richard Ramirez terrorized the Los Angeles area during the 1980s, breaking into homes late at night with a .22 revolver handgun, knives, machetes, and other weapons used to murder his victims. He sexually assaulted most female victims before murdering them and left Satanic messages on the wall written in blood spatter.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
Mom Marries Son's Killer Six Days After His Murder
I cannot say what I really think about this woman. No love in this world would allow me to stand by someone suspected in my child’s death, much less put a ring on my finger and carry their name. In fact, I would likely lose my mind and soon become Inmate #1234567 myself, smiling in my mugshot holding a “Yeah, I did it” sign.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
Quadriplegic Man Dies While in Jail for Marijuana Possession
Jonathan Magbie died in jail on the fourth day of a 10-day marijuana conviction sentence. The 27-year-old was paralyzed from the neck down and needed a ventilator, wheelchair, and 24-hour care. Despite the jail promising they had the necessary equipment and staff to care for Magbie, he was hospitalized within hours of his booking, only for the hospital to release him and refuse to readmit him, despite jail officials pleading for them to do so.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
Parents who Committed Horrific Crimes Against Their Own Kids
Warning: The following true stories depict crimes committed against children, including sexual assault and murder. The stories are not easy to read and not suitable for all readers. Discretion is advised.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
Murder of Victoria Martens
Victoria Martens was murdered on her 10th birthday in 2016 Police found her dismembered body on fire wrapped in a blanket Three people, including her mother, were arrested Victoria’s mother told police she injected the girl with meth, then watched as her boyfriend and his cousin raped and stabbed her daughter Two years later, evidence proved that Michelle and her boyfriend were not home at the time of the murder and her version of events could not be true
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
12-Year-Old Murderer Set Free Age 19
Summary-- Convicted of murder at age 12, Jamarion Lawhorn was fed up with life after enduring horrific abuse from his mother and stepfather. He hoped police would kill him or “take him away” from the abuse. Now 19 years old, Jamarion was released from the juvenile facility he had called home for the past 7 years. Jamarion’s mother and stepfather were charged with child abuse but served just weeks each on the conviction.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
Timothy Coggins Lynching Murder Solved 35-Years Later
On October 5, 1983, Georgia police found the mutilated body of 23-year-old Timothy Coggins underneath an oak tree known as “the Hanging Tree” in a poor white town called Sunny Side -about 45-minutes from Atlanta. He had been stabbed dozens of times, an X like the one decorating the Confederate battle flag carved into his abdomen. Coggins had been assaulted and dragged behind a vehicle before the killers left him for dead beneath the tree.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
Man Fatally Stabs Pedophile Cellmate who Molested his Sister
A Washington man serving time in prison on a murder conviction received an additional 298 months, or almost 25-years, after he fatally stabbed his cellmate, a man whom he learned had raped his sister in the years prior.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
