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"My Dad Ate My Eyes"
This true crime story contains graphic details some readers may find offensive. Reader discretion advised. A Bakersfield, California, man who bit out the eyes of his 4-year-old son during a gruesome PCP-fuelled rage will likely spend the rest of his life in a state psychiatric hospital after a Los Angeles County judge accepted the man’s plea of “Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity or Mental Defect.”
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Joe Metheny: The Man who Made BBQ Out of His Victims
Joseph Metheny claimed to have murdered 10 people although police found evidence of just two of those murders. Heavily into hard drugs, Metheny chose victims of the same stature, oftentimes local prostitutes whom he brutally sexually assaulted before strangling the woman to death.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
I Told You I Was Sorry: The Tragic Murder of Gwen Araujo
Gwen Araujo was always bullied by classmates at school due to her feminine voice. She never really fit in with the other kids who constantly teased and humiliated her. Gwen acted differently than other kids as well. She often played dress-up with her sisters, complete with makeup and hairstyling, loving every minute of the fun. She often told her mom that she was a girl, so when she came out as transgender in 1999 at age 14, no one was surprised by the news.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Son Brutally Murders Parents on Thanksgiving Day
Joel and Lisa Guy were murdered on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 26, 2016. The happily married couple was set to retire soon, but instead, police found their dismembered bodies scattered throughout the home the Monday after the holiday. Joel had been stabbed 42 times; Lisa suffered 33 stab wounds. After stabbing the couple, the killer poured a corrosive substance over their bodies in an attempt to dissolve any evidence.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
That's Methed Up!!
Arkansas leads the way in meth-related busts in 2020. Other states that have held the top spot in years past include Missouri and Michigan. Though, meth certainly causes problems across the United States. The stories here are examples of situations when things got really methed up, man. Sometimes, things get really methed up when drugs play a role in an arrest.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Kentucky Man who Sexually Assaulted 8-Year-Old "Mentally Incompetent to Stand Trial," Set Free-Again
Madden has a history of sexual assault, robbery Crimes occurred within months of one another, shortly after his jail releases Twice declared mentally incompetent to stand trial Ineligible for involuntary commitment; refuses mental health treatment
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Woman Kills Two Kids in Oven. Content Warning.
In 2017, 24-year-old Lamora Williams from Atlanta was a single mother of four children when on Oct. 12, she placed the two youngest children inside the oven, turned it on high heat, and placed the kids inside. She and the children’s father, Jameel Penn, had recently separated and the troubled woman, who suffered from mental illnesses including postpartum depression, spiraled into an emotional bombshell. She even attempted suicide before murdering the children.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Son Arrested After He Defends Mom Against Abusive Boyfriend
Stanley Washington, 43, had 26 prior convictions against him, including two for domestic violence, when in August 2017, he arrived at the Bronx home of his ex-girlfriend around 4:30 a.m.. Washington ‘wanted to talk,’ he promised Lorena Sesma. Despite her ex-boyfriend’s history of violence, Sesma took his word and walked outside the apartment to talk.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
16-YO Arrested After Fatally Stabbing Pedophile 23 Times
Aug. 2021 A 16-year-old teen has been charged with the premeditated murder of a pedophile after the young man visited his home with a knife and stabbed him 23 times. The teen then attempted to burn down the pedophile's apartment to hide evidence tying him to the crime.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
Reeves said he loved Son he beat to death
On March 17, 2010, Niki Reeves watched her husband, John Reeves, savagely beat her 4-year-old-son, Lawrence King III. She did nothing to intervene in the attack. Instead, Reeves said since she could not stop Reeves from beating Lawrence, she went upstairs to her bedroom, turned on the radio and turned the music up loud enough to drown out the cries and screams coming from her son downstairs.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
The Horrific Murder of J'Anaya Thompson
Ja’Naya Thompson disappeared from her apartment at The Palms in Gulfport, Mississippi, on July 16, 2014. Police found the body of the 5-year-old girl hanging from a window crank by a pair of socks inside an abandoned trailer across the street the following day. She had been raped and sodomized before her death.
By Criminal Matters4 years ago in Criminal
