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12-Year-Old Murders Grandparents
On April 9, 1989, 12-year-old Christopher Pittman murdered his grandparents, Joe and Joy Pittman, shooting both to death. Pittman claimed paranormal entities influenced his decision to kill his grandparents, which he said occurred after doctors changed his psychiatric medications. This happened after Christopher moved into his grandparent's home.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
The Murder of Zymere Perkins
Zymere Perkins, better known as ZP to family and friends, was like other 6-year-old kids. He liked to play with his friends, liked video games and cartoons, and wanted the approval of his mother. Sadly, the woman who should have protected ZP did exactly the opposite. The woman allowed her boyfriend to relentlessly abuse 6-year-old ZP for years until his body could not hold on any longer. Experts estimate the abuse began at around age 3.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Sons Beat Down Mother’s Killer at Sentencing Hearing
The two sons of a woman killed at the hands of her ex-boyfriend gave the man a much-needed beat down during his sentencing hearing. The men were each charged with assault after they jumped over court seats and tables to get to Dale Williams.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Parents Abuse Kids to Death After “Terrified” Social Workers Ignored Abuse
Ainlee Labonte died from severe abuse inflicted by her parents AFTER the Department of Children and Family Services received over 55 complaints against the couple in the 18 months leading to the toddler’s death. Thirty-two of the complaints came after concerned neighbors reported domestic violence in the home. On numerous occasions, neighbors heard Ainlee screaming and noticed she was malnourished.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Cowboy Bob: The Unlikely Bank Robber
Cowboy Bob knocked off bank after bank for a one-year period beginning in 1991. Wearing an oversized, 10-gallon hat and pair of black sunglasses, the bank robber with the thick mustache and Santa-like beard committed five bank robberies without a trace before leads led police to Peggy Jo Tallas, a middle-aged woman described as grandmotherly by loved ones. Police never suspected a woman was underneath the disguise. Peggy Jo spent time in prison and went under the radar for years until 2005 when she struck again, this time ending the story of Cowboy Bob after she died by suicide by cop.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
The Murder of 5-Month-Old Raymond Porfil Jr.
In 2010, eight years before Joann McLeod murdered her 5-month-old son Raymond Porfil Jr. by “extreme abuse and neglect,” three of her children were removed by the Department of Children and Family Services due to child abuse, drug use, and neglect. The children ranged in age. All three went into foster care.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Mom's Head's on the Concrete...Over There
“Mum's head is on the concrete over there? Can they sew the head back on?" Jessica Camilleri asked police this question as she stood in the front yard outside her home. Moments earlier, Jessica attacked her mother, Rita, with knives in the kitchen of their St. Clair home.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Woman Convicted of Murdering Infant Son Complains Inmates in Prison "Bully Her"
When inmates at the Correctional Institute for Women in Iowa learned why Cheyanne Harris was incarcerated, they took action. In an interview for a docu-series titled “Locked Up With Lifers,” Cheyanne says inmates at the prison make her life “a living hell.”
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Rebecca Zeni, 93, Died at Nursing Home Due to Untreated Scabies Infection
In May 2018, a forensic pathologist revealed a Georgia nursing home patient died from an untreated scabies infection. He found millions of parasitic mites destroying the woman’s skin and essentially, eating her alive. He listed her cause of death as “septicemia due to crusted scabies.” The woman, 93-year-old Rebecca Zeni died from the infection in 2015.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Man Who Stopped Attack Against Woman Arrested for Murder
As a survivor of domestic violence, this infuriates me. A man known only as Abraham witnessed 41-year-old Leon McCaskre repeatedly stabbing 43-year-old mom-of-two, Yasmin Chikaifi, who happened to be his ex-wife. Several others witnessed the stabbing and tried to intervene to save the woman’s life. Nothing stopped the vicious attack and the man continued stabbing.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Man Brutally Murders Girlfriend's New Lover
Steven Vogle beat Michael Williams to death, hanged the man, and then threw his body in a ditch where he lit it afire after his girlfriend ended their relationship so she could date Williams. Vogle later said he acted in rage. He’ll spend the rest of his life in prison after a court sentenced him on first-degree murder in December 2021, one-year post crime.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
I Wish You Goodbye: The Christine Gelineau Story
In 2013, Christine Gelineau from Concord, Massachusetts pleaded guilty to first-degree assault against her 19-year-old son. Gelineau left her son with permanent damage and lifelong emotional pain after burning his penis and nipples with a lighter. She was sentenced to 9- to- 30-years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree assault and witness tampering.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
