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Anyone else think UP10724 could be a match to one of Samuel Little's so-far-unconfirmed victims? There is certainly something of a physical resemblance. Top picture is the reconstruction of UP10724; lower picture is Little's drawing of the woman he killed in Atlanta: There are also a few...

In Virginia, there does need to be some connection between the offenses, but it's not based on same underlying facts -- it's based on "same transaction" or "common scheme". (And some states are much more expansive in what they allow joined). Virginia does have another wrinkle, though, in that...

It's a fairly complicated and very fact-specific issue. Different states and the federal courts have different ways of handling it, and I don't know Virginia's specific rules, but yes, at least in some states, it is possible to consolidate multiple murders that were not part of the same act...

A lawful act can still be the basis of an involuntary manslaughter charge, if the act is likely to cause death or serious bodily harm: Under certain facts, a negligent act can amount to "in an unlawful manner." Additionally, felony murder is a death that occurs during the course of a...

I think I'm too tired to make sense of this article right now. Can someone explain to me what it's trying to say? A fake-McDaniel and a grumpy man went to Wal-Mart and bought "tarp, rope and hacksaw blades," and then five hours later real-McDaniel went to Wal-Mart and bought "rope, two...

Exactly. Ain't no way he left her body out in the trash two days before it was found. I don't think it's even possible it was ever out there during daylight hours. Does anyone have the autopsy report that was released? I think I remember it saying something like there was "some evidence" of...

That letter is a trip. Poor widdle baby, did the mean police officers hurt his feel-feels? So... they used police work to do their jobs? CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION!! Ah, yes, let's not forget about the real victim here. But Stephen, didn't you just get a law degree? And doesn't that mean...

No, it's not -- discussing what was done to Lauren in no way reflects on her, whatsoever. There is no 'benefit' beyond trying to understand the truth of what happened. This wasn't some spur-of-the-moment panic killing, as McDaniel is now trying to portray it. She wasn't killed because a...

I looked up gynophagia. I very much don't recommend it. But the pictures are pretty much exclusively young women being cooked, dismembered, and devoured. And yes, some of the pictures depict torsos that are in precisely the same state as how Lauren was found.

Not according to his computer history. Well he's clearly given the issue some thought, then.

I meant at trial... The plea was definitely for malice murder, but maybe he was hoping he could convince a jury he was only guilty of manslaughter. Once he realized there was no chance of that happening, he might as well take the plea deal. That's how the evidence of the spying might have...

All I can think of is perhaps McDaniel was angling for conviction of a lesser included offense, i.e., voluntary manslaughter. If he could convince the jury that maybe he killed her, but he hadn't planned on it and it was a sudden event, then perhaps they would decide a manslaughter conviction...

Yeah. McDaniel has literally no motivation to tell the truth in this "confession." All he had to do was tell a good enough story so that it can be said that he confessed, that's it. But he wasn't going to (and didn't) confess to anything beyond that. It seems to me that was the whole point of...

It means less than nothing. His confession is useful to the extent that it provides a plausible explanation for known facts, but only if taken with extreme skepticism. There are parts of the confession that I do think are true, actually. But we'll never know one way or another, because there...

I'm not sure I believe the bit about the "creaky floorboard" waking Lauren up. Didn't McDaniel have an internet history showing his interest in "molesting sleeping girls"? :/

Thank god. It's done with. May he rot in prison and suffer every day that he continues to draw breath. Edit: I'd never heard of this before: And he waited this long to plead???

In this case, not an issue, at least, since she used gmail. I pretty much take it for granted that she wrote and sent that email, and anyway, the forensics on her machine would show all activity, not just e-mails, so there will be no problem in nailing down when and how it was last used. That...

I don't think there would be anything relevant from the Zaxby's meal. She went to the drive-through at around 6:30, and probably ate in the car, since the bag/wrapper were found there. Her last e-mail was at 10:30. A meal takes 2-5 hours to digest, so it's unlikely any useful conclusions could...

and I don't think there's really any evidence to support it, but I've wondered if there's some connection. The window and the door of the apartment look to be ~4 ft apart; if the door jam were in place, could a long stick have been used to reach through the window and knock it loose? That...

I think the reason this subpoena seems more "formal" than normal (and why the prosecution has to file a motion with judge to request it) is because these witnesses are out of state, in South Carolina, so they aren't actually subject to a subpoena in Georgia. (For in-state witnesses, you don't...