Recent content by SammiSleuthing

I don't think he was playing a hero. I think he was tormenting poor Xana as she ran from him. Dylan described his tone: "It wasn't, like....I don't know how to explain it. Like...it wasn't in a nice way but it was like in a weird way, like, in a weird tone." (About 24:50 in the video) While...

I'm right there with you! It's in every prison movie ever made, every book, it's part of our collective cultural awareness that we all know that prison has different rules. IIRC, his family didn't discuss the crime with him during the jailhouse calls. I get it to a point but only to a point...

So true. A long time ago, I read an article, I think in The New Yorker, about prison guards. They followed them through training and their first few weeks, etc. Of course it is low paying and really thankless job. Corruption becomes the norm. But they sat through the training, some future guards...

Ah, thank you much. I'm still in the early stages of learning about this. Really appreciate you setting the facts straight.

I know it, me too. It's hard to get your mind around that. This is what I'm wondering, based on what the Sheriff said: "Sheriff Grady Judd said Tillman showed up to the lake first and was killed. Rollins and Springfield arrived together a short time later and were shot." So, as others have...

Hm. I'm still learning the details of this ghastly case but I just don't find this weird. It's the middle of the night, a loved one calls you and says "help". You are now in full-on panic, you have a minor with you, you grab them and get to the where they are at ASAP. I would probably scoop up...

I would absolutely love to see more media accountability across the board. Speculation and fanning the flames, it's absolutely shameful. It's what I meant when I referred to the press overrunning a community with their sensationalism. If it bleeds, it leads. It's shameful. Walter Cronkite...

Appreciate it very much. It's not an easy subject to broach so thank you right back.

A mother has lost her child to murder. No one should lose sight of the world of hurt she is in and all those who cared for this precious young life. When the story broke and there was such a vivid description of the alleged shooter: Sheriff releases sketch of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes' killer...

Honestly, I'm frustrated by the cousin willingness to talk to the media, especially the DM of all outlets. Yes, I know grief makes people do strange things. I've been there actually. I used to to work in media AND I was a close to a victim of murder (the daughter of a close friend was murdered...

With all respect, and thank you for responding, but I don't see this as a possibility. A broken marriage, one partner pays great attention to their physical appearance, has an affair (s), this is so familiar, it's practically a stereotype. The seven year itch. And, yes, I so agree with you...

Last night I spent a lot of time looking at CW video's with police from the POV of body cams, reading endless text messages to his girlfriend, reading SW text messages to CW and her friends, watching SW happily facebook stream, reading unsealed affidavits, etc. I'm not going to lie, friends. I...

Yes! I was going to comment on that, beat me to the punch. They were facebook friends, never met, so it gives a little tiny bit of insight...maybe but still a huge reach. Facebook is usually a highlight reel of your life so I doubt being FB friends did a thing other than supply her with names...

With all due respect, but 29 years old, without children does not equate "desperate". Having an affair with a married man, looking up wedding dresses, okay, really bad choices, and, yes, looking more desperate. But your simple equation: 29 + No kids = Desperate. I reject that. There are...

I wish I could say these heinous crimes surprised me but they only do in how similar they are. As soon as I read that, I was instantly reminded of Justin Barber of Florida, also serving life, no parole (the jury recommended death but the judge gave him life, unfortunately, IMO). He was an...