Recent content by Jigoku Dayu

Did LE ever say she had precocious puberty, because I haven't found that anywhere.

She had not started puberty yet, she was simply tall for her age. (That's how LE initially realized she was still a child. They only thought she was older due to her height.) And she had spina bifida occulta, the mildest form. It's often asymptomatic and many people with spina bifida occulta...

As with most unreported and unidentified children, I believe family members were responsible. If she were identified, they would be easily linked to the crime, hence the decapitation. And it's a lot easier to hide just a head where no one will find it than a whole body.

I wouldn't rule it out, but there's not enough to convince me one way or the other. How old was he? Were there any signs of sexual activity or torture? I would agree, though, that the autopsy report sounds incomplete.

It's a real fleabag hotel. There have been a lot of deaths there, particularly suicides. The Austrian serial killer, Jack Unteweger, also stayed there while committing his three confirmed American murders. I don't know why they don't shut it down.

That's an interesting point! Personally, I have an intense dislike of Yeats, so I lack any knowledge of his works that might add to the theory. However, I can point out that the poet I most idolize, Plath, spent her last months, and ultimately committed suicide, in a London flat where Yeats had...

I think they were talking about the gasoline (aka petrol) used to light her on fire. What she inhaled (which contributed to her death) was definitely the smoke. I think the translations just made it a bit confusing.

I've got to say, the Grateful Dead link sounds like wild speculation at best. I've known a few Deadheads and they're all about the skull logo, the skeletons, and the dancing bears. Ditto that it looks more Asian-style, anyway. My feeling is that she just really liked tigers.

Considering her age and the lack of gray hair, I'm betting it was dyed. Unless it's done professionally, eyebrow-dyeing can be dangerous (too close to the eyes). It's more common to use an eyebrow pencil to improve the colour. And her brows were plucked very thin, so there wasn't much to dye. I...

You mean my user icon? It's Christopher Lee as Dracula. (The image in my signature is also of Lee.)

It looks to be a wrinkle on her earlobe. Those crop up very easily, due to things like sun damage, smoking, and heavy earrings, whether pierced or clip-on types.

Who would've kept her alive? Robinson was incarcerated by then.

As both this Doe and Clampitt have fingerprints available, I would think they would've matched already. What's more, it looks like she hadn't been dead long enough to be Clampitt, who was almost certainly dead by the time she was reported missing in June of 1987.

I think this is the same article, but I'm not completely sure as that link asks for a subscription before you can read it. Either way, the interactive map is very interesting and informative...

In '96, there was quite a lot of debate over right-to-die. Dr. Jack Kevorkian was in the middle of legal battles at the time over it.