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The Lynching of George Armwood
On October 18, 1933, a mob of 2,000 or more white people from the town of Princess Anne, Maryland, beat, hanged, dragged, and burned a Black man named George Armwood, to death. The intellectually-disabled man had been accused of assaulting and raping the 71-year-old mother of a local police officer. He was 22 or 23 years old at the time.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in The Swamp
Remembering the Youngest Victims of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
September 11, 2001, remains one of the darkest days in American history, changing the country forever. Terrorists attacked the World Trade Center towers in New York City by airplane in a series of four consecutive attacks, claiming the lives of 2,996 people. The tragedy claimed the lives of innocent people of every age and background and from all walks of life. The loss of life is always sad but when kids die as the result of senseless adult decisions, the tragedy seems far worse. These children are the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in FYI
The Czech Aileen Wuornos
Dubbed the Czech Aileen Wuornos, Jaraslava Fabianova brutally murdered four men between 1981 and 2003. Like Wuornos, Fabianova had a horrific upbringing that included sexual abuse. She was abandoned by both of her parents at a young age which caused her a lot of heartaches. She attempted to cover up the pain at age 13 when she joined a local group of teens who committed petty thefts and burglaries. They also delved into sex work. She first began sex work at about age 12, later turning to sex with men to earn money to support her life with her girlfriend.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Couple Accused of Torture
Justin Wilson, 31, and his girlfriend, Nicole Elmore, 35, are accused of kidnapping the man’s estranged wife, holding her captive in a trailer for nearly a week, and torturing the woman. The couple was charged in Perth Town Court with kidnapping, whipping, sodomizing, and disfiguring the 37-year-old victim.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
20-Years in State Hospital for Woman Who Sexually Assaulted Ex
Samantha Ray Mears will spend the next 20 years in a state psychiatric hospital after a judge found her guilty of breaking into her ex-boyfriend’s home and raping him while wielding a machete. After raping the man, she urinated in his bed. Luckily, he managed to escape from the home to get help. Mears was 19-years old at the time of the 2018 attack.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
The Disappearance of 9-Year-Old Fusako Sano
Fusako Sano disappeared while walking home from her school where she’d been watching a school baseball game. No one knew what happened to the 9-year-old until many years later when a 73-year-old woman concerned about her son’s mental health called police requesting assistance.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Teka Adams Survived Attempted Fetal Abduction
In December 2009, a nine-month-pregnant Teka Adams lived at a Washington, D.C. homeless shelter when she met a woman who called herself Stephanie, although the woman was really named Veronica Deramous. Claiming to be a social worker who helped low-income women in her situation, Deramous promised her baby clothes and supplies for the baby. All Adams needed to do was pick the items up from her home.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Woman Mutilates, Murders & Dismembers Man During Meth-Fueled Sexual Act
UPDATE: Schabusiness has been deemed competent to stand trial. Wisconsin police charged 24-year-old Taylor D. Schabusiness with first-degree homicide and mutilating a corpse, as well as third-degree sexual assault after she allegedly choked her boyfriend to death, then mutilated and dismembered his body.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Mysterious Deaths at Florida Psychiatric Hospitals
Florida’s mental health system is chronically underfunded, resulting in inadequate and insufficient care to the state’s most vulnerable and medically needy individuals. Whilst the state spends a greater portion of its mental health funding on state psychiatric hospitals, the already low $37.28 SMHA expenditure per capita rate leaves gaps in care -and far too often, patients pay a heavy price. In some cases, patients are abused by staff or other patients, left seriously injured or debilitated, or even die after overworked or improperly trained psychiatric hospital staff make serious mistakes or otherwise act negligently in their duty of care.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Journal
"I'm Going to Die Here"
Lamekia Dockery screamed in agonizing pain through tears streaming down her face. Fellow prisoners tried to help her, but officers, the men and women in uniform who are paid to protect inmates, ignored her pitiful cries and desperate pleas to go to a hospital. Frustrated with her repeated requests, the guards placed Lamekia into solitary confinement, where she died from a sepsis infection caused by an untreated perforated ulcer six days after first asking for medical attention. The mother of five was 36 years old.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
