True Crime Stories

Ok, I will give you guys a little bit of a break on the neighbor murders. However, almost all of my cases come from television shows and this one comes from the series Evil Lives Here. The episode was titled My Son should Die in Prison. It was told from the perspective of Jon Eason. Jon's son from a previous marriage, Dylan, along with his friend Isaiah Churchwell were accused, and later convicted, of murdering Jon's wife, Cynthia. Much, well pretty much all, that you will hear here involving Dylan's childhood came from the television show as I found little in my research. And, because of the “sensational” point of view that Cindy was murdered by her own step-son there is not as much about Dylan's accomplice. To add to that Isaiah Churchwell was the foster son of a prominent Burlington Colorado couple but in 2011 another foster son of the couple, Joshua, had gone missing and his body was later found in a suitcase. That case is unsolved but with the two cases ...

  This is a story I heard on the Investigation Discovery show “Evil Lives Here.” I was a bit disappointed in my research that I did not find anything about Kevin Duck's childhood. His brother, John, was interviewed for the television show and spoke of their life growing up. By the sound of things they lived basically on a religious commune and their dad was the leader. I was left to wonder how much that upbringing had molded Kevin Duck. John kept insisting in the interview that Kevin was born evil but I am not sure I subscribe to that theory completely. I think who we are and everything we become are neither solely nurture or nature. I believe it is all a combination. John Duck told the story of how early on Kevin was showing basically psychopathic signs. It was described that at about ten years old he had “faked” his suicide. I do not think I find that an accurate description of what happened necessarily. He had ran into his room and locked the door while his broth...