Anvil Update

Many of you might remember that, back in May 2012, I told you about discovering that I’d been living within walking distance of a serial killer. Well, the trial for the murder of his neighbor took place. After a little over to days of testimony, the jury took exactly 17 minutes to find him guilty. And then, after almost three hours, he was sentenced to death.

A few of the details of the case slipped out. For instance, he used an ordinary kitchen knife to mutilate and dismember her, and he snapped her neck and back to display her body just so in his garage. But, besides those details, the media kept quiet because of how gruesome his actions were. (That still blows me away, given how the media tends to dwell on gore...)

Anyway, the next trials for the other two known victims will be in January.

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“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them." --Ray Bradbury

....and the world is that little bit safer once again.

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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope. - HELEN KELLER

That is really creepy EW. Glad he was caught and convicted....

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Playing darts with the Condor's feather shuriken...

Eek, EW!

This is truly shocking, and goes to show that you can never really now who are the people living close to you.

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They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally, they became heroes -- Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan.

I'm sad to say that it's common for people to believe that their country/location/whatever doesn't have monsters like this, that only other places do ... ultimately it just blinds folks to what's going on around them or keeps the authorities from looking for patterns, etc. At least, that's my understanding.

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Eagle Whisperer

The news must be of such a relief for you and all your neighborhood, EW! These things are so disturbing!

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To be or not to be a gatchamaniac - that's the dilemma!

Eh, I'm the kind of vengeful b*tch that would rather see people like that have to live the rest of their lives in a miserable little cell. Death is a quick escape.

(Hmm I might be in a mood today ...)

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Eagle Whisperer

Ick, EW. Maybe somewhere along the way he'll be persuaded to give closure to more families.

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Eagle Whisperer

Youch. Did the owner move the bodies, then?

I think what prosecutors hope for is after a few official life sentences with no possibility for parole (or at the end of death row appeals), there's less incentive for the guy to hold back. Things can't really get worse (for the killer) at that point.

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Eagle Whisperer

Oh I'm sure he did. Their cruelty aims not just at their victims. What I mean is that they hope that later in the process, when there's multiple convictions, some of these guys will reveal more of their victims so those families can have closure. It's less likely when they think they have a chance of going free.

Bleh.

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