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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
10-Years in Prison for Woman Who Burned Sleeping Boyfriend With Boiling Water. Content Warning.
On January 2, 2021, 22-year-old Alexis Sykes boiled a pot of hot water on the stove. She grabbed the pot of water, turned on the camera on her phone, and walked to the couch where her boyfriend slept in their Roselle (about 40 minutes outside Chicago) apartment.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Strange Deaths at The Cecil Hotel
The Cecil Hotel opened in 1924 in the skid row area of downtown Los Angeles. The once upscale 700-room hotel became a budget motel and then a rooming house known for housing undesirables, drug use, and crime. The hotel attempted to rebrand itself and move away from its dark history with a name change in 2011. The hotel became known as The Stay on Main. The former Cecil/Stay on Main now serves as an affordable housing complex.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
The Assassination of Alberta Williams King
On June 30, 1974, Alberta Williams King played “The Lord’s Prayer” on the organ at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta where her father, husband, and son all previously served as pastors. Alberta, her daughter, grandkids, and other family members faithfully attended church and read the Bible.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in FYI
Man Who Killed 13-Month-Old During "Exorcism" Granted Stay of Execution
Blaine Milam called 9-1-1 telling the dispatcher he thought he had killed his 13-month-old daughter. Police found the girl badly injured and unresponsive. She later died from the attack and Milam was sentenced to die. He’s twice avoided death after two separate judges have granted him a stay of execution based on his mental competency.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
3-Year-Old Keep Self, Infant Brother Alive After Parents Murder-Suicide
David Kooros Parsa was 46-years-old when he shot his 38-year-old wife in the head as she slept in the couple’s bed. He then fatally shot himself in the head. The couple’s two children, a 3-year-old girl and 2-month-old boy, were in the home at the time.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Homeless Man Set on Fire While Sleeping in Apartment Building
The Samuel Gompers Houses at 60 Pitt Street on the Lower East Side of New York City houses low-income families. The public housing development, like many low-income neighborhoods, is riddled with crime and violence. Homeless individuals in the area contribute to the crime and danger present at the Samuel Gompers Houses -and residents were fed up with it all.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
The Murders & Botched Execution of Clayton Lockett
Bold and heartless, Clayton Lockett proudly confessed to police, “I murdered that bitch,” referring to 19-year-old Stephanie Newman, a disabled woman whom Lockett and two accomplices kidnapped and shot before burying her alive in a shallow grave. Two other people were attacked that evening but lived to tell the story.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
I am Beyond Good and Evil: Gregory Hale Murders, Dismembers, Eats Body of Mother of Six
Gregory Scott Hale had an obsession with serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka The Night Stalker. A lot of people had an obsession with him after his 1989 arrest. Ramirez terrorized Los Angeles for nearly one year, crawling intothe homes of unsuspecting victims who had left their windows open at night. He raped the female in the house before murdering everyone inside, then ransacking the home for valuables.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
The Disappearance & Murder of Candice Shields
On December 10, 2011, 20-year-old Candice Shields visited loved ones at her grandparent’s home in Graham, Texas. The next morning, she was nowhere to be found, yet her purse and other personal belongings were in the house. She never showed up at the new job she was supposed to start that day. She left behind her 1-year-old son, extremely uncharacteristic of the pregnant woman. Her family reported her missing on December 15, 2011.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Christian Gomez Decapitates Mom's Head
Christian Gomez was a happy child but things changed when he turned 18 years old. He began to isolate himself from friends, spent hours outside the house talking to God and stars, refused to shower under the belief that his mom watched him shower, became angry and could not hold a job.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
