True Crime Stories

Before I delve into this next story I want to point out that the spelling I have used for his name, Agustin, came from every article or piece of information that I could find. However, the New Jersey Department of Corrections spell his name as Augustin. That being said I imagine that you found your way here either by just reading through the blog itself or clicking on the link based on a search you made. I had initially done the search based on how I have spelled it here and then later when I attempted to do a search using the second spelling it still reverted back to the first. This is another one of those cases that I am surprised that I have not done prior to now for a few reasons. For one it is a rather drama filled case that had a bit of a unique twist to it. Secondly, as a result of this case domestic violence issues were brought back into the forefront. This case shows you that no matter who you are; how together your life is; how high your community holds you,...

Yesterday I proved to myself why when I go to write these blogs up things have to be quiet. I cannot watch or listen to the television, or do anything really, and still compile everything with my notes. I get distracted and then I forget where I was and if I had mentioned something already. Depending on the case sometimes even without distractions it may take a few hours to pull together, with distractions it can take all day. So, after having much of this blog done I ended up erasing it and deciding to start again today. It will be a challenge because again I may add something not realizing I already have, thinking of the last draft, or I may not add something I should because I thought I already had. If any of that happens I apologize now. But, enough of that and on to the story. This case was odd and interesting. There were some legal proceedings done that I did not quite understand completely also. This case took place in Massachusetts and it is one of only fou...

Once again I have come across a story that I am surprised I have not discussed here. As of January 2019 this story has generated at least four books and a television movie. This story had it all... a wealthy suspect, a young attractive girl, and a mystery to solve. From a legal standpoint it is also very interesting. The body of Anne Marie Fahey was never found, nor was the weapon that caused her death. Anne Marie Fahey, a scheduling secretary for the Governor of Delaware, was last seen on June 27, 1996. She had apparently gone to dinner that night with prominent attorney Thomas Capano. Anne Marie was twenty-eight when she began dating the much older, and married Tom in 1994. The following year Tom and his wife, the mother of his four daughters would separate. My recent research did not specify the reason for the separation but as I recall through all my previous knowledge that while Anne Marie herself would not be the reason, Tom's affairs played a role. ...

The media often described this case as a love triangle case but that is not what this case was about. A love triangle involves people that know what is going on. The only person involved in this alleged love triangle that knew what was going on or what would happen is Brenda Delgado. No, this was not a love triangle; this was a case of a jealous woman who wanted to get an old boyfriend back and was convinced that the only reason she did not have him was because his new girlfriend stood in her way. Brenda Delgado had dated Dr. Ricardo “Ricky” Paniagua, a dermatologist in the Dallas Texas area. They dated from the fall of 2012 until the summer of 2014. Then they tried again late in 2014 but it only lasted a few months. Officially, at least to Ricky and others the relationship ended in February of 2015. After the split Ricky met Kendra Hatcher, a thirty-five year old pediatric dentist. They met on a dating website and the relationship seemed to get serious very fast....

This is one of those crimes that just seems especially senseless and while we can argue today that domestic issues are not taken as seriously as they should by law enforcement that in the 1980's it was worse. I have blogged about several cases that involved domestic issues in which no matter what the abused (overwhelmingly, although not exclusively women) person tried to do to prevent a tragedy they had been unsuccessful. Now, I will say that nothing in my research necessarily indicated that the adult victim in this case, Angela Clay, had sought help through legal means, that does not necessarily mean law enforcement were not aware or had a duty. Also to be fair I have posted cases before from this era in which I have stated that at least for a time period when it came to domestic violence the laws almost went too far, giving the alleged abused person, more power than they should have as not all cases are always as they seem. It appears today in 2020 we have backed of...

I am surprised that I have never blogged this case as it is one of the first stories I remember seeing when I started watching shows and reading things that involved true crimes decades ago. That being said the part I remembered the most was the fact that the perpetrators had apparently not found all the money they were expecting to find in the home and instead the money was found more than two decades later hidden in the wall of the home. David “Stringbean” Akeman was a man well known in the country music community. At the time of his murder in 1973 he was a regular on the popular television series “Hee Haw” but he had been around for decades. He had obtained his name because while he was an accomplished musician, known for his “old fashioned” style of banjo picking, he was also a comedian. He began going on stage dressed in a long night shirt with a pair of shorts that were held by a belt just above his knees. This made it appear that he had an especially lo...

This case is quite interesting at not just a crime level but also at a legal level. One of the problems I came across researching the case was getting a lot of details of the crime itself as well as what was presented at trial. I think this is because there has been so much about the case since that time through appeals and yet the appeals that I read also gave few details. In general an appeal is the best place to get the details. News articles are often not just skewed but also it is not unusual to find inaccuracies. An appeal often will not only go through the story of what happened in the crime but also presents things that were given to the jury. If give you an idea as to how the jury likely came to their decision but also keep in mind that only really occurs when the jury has found the defendant guilty. It is “rarer than rare” to find a case where a jury has acquitted someone and the prosecution has appealed. More often then not in severe cases you will find ...

This is one of those cases that before I went through all the effort of researching I had to double check that I had not already done so. That has happened from time to time here. I think the idea that I may have already blogged about this case may have stemmed from the fact that I have seen many television shows and read numerous articles about this case over the years. It is one that has fascinated me so the fact that I had not done this case already does surprise me a bit. That being said I am glad that I did wait. My research today revealed that after Tracey Richter's conviction in 2011 there seemed to be a conspiracy in which some of her friends and family, including her mother, worked with Tracey to spread false information across the Internet about people who had testified against her at her trial. It does not appear that any of the articles, many published by Ripoff Report, are still available. I did find articles that related to warrants being served a...