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Straight Talk in a Crooked World
It has been a busy week in domestic violence and homicide news here in Washington State. You can search this blog (see the box at the upper right corner) for more posts on each case. Robert Yates Last Friday, convicted serial killer Robert Yates filed an appeal in federal court in an attempt to escape […]
Read More WA State UpdateAriel Castro. This name has now joined the ranks of other recent captors and rapists like Phillip and Nancy Garrido, Brian Mitchell and Wanda Barzee, and Josef Fritzl. For over nine years this psychopath mercilessly tortured three young women he kidnapped and kept locked up in his home. Day after day, for about 3400 straight […]
Read More Castro in ClevelandYoung ladies (including those in my life), listen up. It’s time for some straight talk about guys who consider texting a primary form of communication or an appropriate way to get to know you. As evidenced in previous blog posts on grammar and communication skills, I feel that texting is the devolution of the English […]
Read More Text DudeJustice Cafe, a blog following the Drew Peterson case, has posted the transcript of Peterson’s speech to the court yesterday: http://petersonstory.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/i-did-not-kill-kathleen-read-drew-petersons-full-courtroom-speech/. If you’re used to being victimized by, interacting with, or studying narcissists and sociopaths, this impassioned declaration of innocence will be transparent to you. What is the most universal behavior of sociopaths (thank you Martha […]
Read More Drew Peterson: It’s Not His FaultLast night I caught the tail end of The Usual Suspects just before Keyser Söze/Verbal Kint says, “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” The past few days I’ve been quietly observing the case building against Olympian Oscar Pistorius after the brutal death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. From the beginning […]
Read More Weighing in on PistoriusI was 10 years old the first time it happened. She was found dead at a campsite in Eastern Washington. I remember exactly where I was standing, what the weather was like, who was talking to me. I wasn’t sure how to respond. It was not surprising that the suspect was a family member in […]
Read More When You Know It’s MurderLast Sunday, as Hurricane Sandy pummeled the East Coast, a hurricane of a different sort was swept up into her Father’s arms after a courageous battle with cancer. Susan Murphy Milano, a tireless advocate for crime victims, was taken home. When someone who accepts God’s grace passes into that mysterious, timeless realm of joy, there […]
Read More A Job Well Donehttp://www.icecubepress.com/2012-books/holding-my-hand-through-hell Who’s going to believe you? I’m a policeman, I’ll have you locked up, Roberta, and you’ll never see your children again. If you even think of leaving me, I’ll kill you and the kids, set the house on fire and get away with it. Raw, palpable honesty like a Sawzall gnawing furiously down to […]
Read More Holding My Hand Through HellTo celebrate the release of renowned domestic violence advocate Susan Murphy Milano’s biography, Holding My Hand Through Hell, Imagine Publicity has announced a virtual book tour featuring a number of writers who will share their thoughts on this tenacious woman’s memoir. To learn more about the book, and to view the schedule, please visit: http://imaginepublicity.com/2012/10/07/holding-my-hand-through-hell-virtual-book-tour/. Not only is […]
Read More HMHTH Virtual Book TourToday a wife beater, spouse killer, and all-around self-absorbed thug was convicted of first degree murder. Former Bolingbrook, Illinois police sergeant Drew Peterson is no longer untouchable as he faces up to 60 years in prison for killing his third wife Kathleen Savio in 2004. Supposedly Kathleen drowned in her bathtub. But after Peterson’s fourth wife, […]
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