Recent content by Yemelyan

It's definitely out of the norm to be that age and first time offending (as you say, it could be that he did offend and it has not been tied to him/known). However, before arresting Allen, the investigators in the Delphi case looked into two other older men, one aged 55: Sheriff: Delphi murder...

The "story" does include a "she hit me first." But I don't know if it's self defense they are arguing so much as emotional state of mind. I.e. he has been so "mistreated" by the behavior of this person that suddenly and spontaneously snapped. I have not watched all of day 3 testimony yet.

Further info from the link says the piece of the skull that was recovered was "small, discolored and jawless." Hoping that there is enough there to get a DNA profile. The recovery of teeth in the upper or lower jaw would have been an ideal situation.

I believe the defense attorney is trying to get the jury to think the victim was so "bad" that you can't blame someone for flying into a rage and killing her. It is very victim shaming at the heart of it.

I watched the first day of the trial. From opening statements, it appears that Tuerk's defense is that he did kill her, but only because he was in a state of extreme emotion caused by the fact that they were drinking and (according to him) she hit him first. He then went into "fight or flight...

Tuerk's trial begins today: Trial begins for Massachusetts doctor accused in wife's death

I think every article has been posted and dissected, mainly because the updates have been very few and far between. I'm disappointed that our local news isn't all over this (speaking as someone who lives here).

He might not have considered this "unusual."

Glad to have this brought forward. With this, I think I've seen all I need to see on the topic of the phone.

In an interview, prosecution team member James Luttrell said their case was based on these three things: 1. That Richard Allen is bridge guy. 2. That the bullet at the scene was cycled through Richard Allen's gun. 3. That Richard Allen's confessions are reliable. However, in reading about...

Carter learned that Kathy Shank had uncovered a promising lead when he was in Barcelona. It was his first vacation in 10 years and his first time out of the country other than to Mexico. Nick McCleland called and said "within the next few days, we'll have an arrest." He didn't feel like he...

Doug Carter's dad was a ISP state trooper. His dad instilled a sense of service in Carter during his lifetime. Doug Carter spent 18 years as a state trooper, then ran for sheriff of Hamilton County (which he had never planned to do, but was convinced to do). He served as the elected sheriff for...

Part Two: The prosecutors looked to their experience to guide them, as well as the investigators and the forensics. Luttrull did not pay any attention to social media, just on the case. The families had the right to expect of them, and what the officers who put their all into the case, that...

Luttrull has a really interesting background. He worked for the Marion County (Indiana) prosecutor's office as an intern while in law school. This was the first time he ever thought about going into prosecutorial work. He watched a case where a man was on trial for murdering his child and...

https://patch.com/illinois/oakforest/sick-head-accused-killer-alluded-murder-prosecutors-say Summing up some of the info from this article: On the day Vanessa Ceja Ramirez went missing, as police canvassed the area in search of Ceja Ramirez and her phone, Petrey and his girlfriend watched from...