The building already looked eerie. It's a great gothic structure, a castle on a hill in a town of otherwise modest architecture. With its foreboding stone facade, its dramatic stained glass windows, the Lewiston Civic Theatre was the kind of place that sparked the imagination and inspired ghostly storytelling.
The town of Lewiston, in northwestern Idaho, is situated in a deep....
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Date Published 01.14.10  Looking for Suggestions
Date Published 01.05.10
I'll resume posting January 15, but in the meantime if anyone has a case they'd like me to write about, please email me at michelle@truecrimediary.com.
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Date Published 12.17.09
Legal troubles make people crazy, but for the most part it's litigants and judges, not lawyers, who are caught in the crosshairs.
However, two mysterious murders in the last month, in Oregon and California, suggest that no matter how white-collar the crime, or well intentioned the criminal defense, attorneys aren't always at a safe remove from violence. In the late afternoon of Tuesday, Nov..... Read More Long Haul
Date Published 11.30.09
Why do so many serial killers work as truckers? Does the transient, rootless nature of the job stir in some people a latent potential for violence? Or do the already violent seek out a job that provides the mobility, and soundproof vehicle, to hunt undetected?
The FBI was so alarmed by what they saw as a pattern of long-haul truckers preying on vulnerable victims like prostitutes,.... Read More Update
Date Published 11.30.09
Quick update before a longer post. I wrote about Justin Patrick Welch here.
Welch was suspected of killing Kimberly Smith, 39, who was found bound and stabbed in her home in Oconomowoc, Wisc. on Oct. 1, after his DNA and fingerprints were found on gloves and a knife. Welch, who lived in California, had a criminal record but no clear ties to Smith. That seemed odd,.... Read More |
