Category Archives: Homicide Detective

Interesting Facts about Serial Killer Research

What is it about serial killers that fascinate us? I have to admit: I went through a stage where I was obsessed with watching documentaries serial killers. I’m not sure why exactly. Maybe I wanted to gain some insight on …

March for Florida Teen

Thousands participated in a march organized by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People through the streets of Sanford, Florida. They held signs bearing words such as “Mother’s Tears Have No Color,” “I Am Not a Hoodlum – …

Man Charged with Five Murders in San Francisco

According to Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries, a serial killer is someone who commits three or more murders as part of three or more distinctive events; whereas a mass murderer is someone who kills a group of people as part …

Cold Case Solved with Unlikely Suspect Convicted

On Friday, Stephanie Lazarus, a former LAPD detective, was found guilty for the first-degree murder of Sherri Rasmussen. She would have got away with the “perfect murder” if it weren’t for Detective James Nuthall literally reopening the 1986 cold case …

Robert Charles Towery’s Execution

At 11:26 am this morning, Robert Charles Towery was pronounced dead, nine minutes after he was lethally injected. The execution in Florence (60 miles outside Phoenix) marks the second within nine days for Arizona and the thirtieth since capital punishment …

Does Violent Crime Increase During the Holidays?

Back in December, 1978, the Wilmington Morning Star (North Carolina) published an article entitled “Violent crime increases during Christmas season.” At the time, the local chief of police, Captain David Turner, stated that his law enforcementstaff had come to anticipate …

Phony Craigslist Ads Lead to Homicide

It seems likes it comes straight out of an episode of “Criminal Minds,” the crime drama that focuses on the investigative tactics of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). Technical Analyst Penelope Garcia would project a map of Ohio up …

Natalie Wood’s Case Reopened

Homicide detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department unearthed the case file of Natalie Wood’s mysterious death yesterday. The cold case dates back 30 years (November 29, 1981). Back then, the three-time Oscar-nominated actress’, who starred in films such …