True Crime Stories

It is not unusual to find a case in which there is much disagreement among people as to the outcome.  Regardless of any legal decision you can almost always find people who both agree, and disagree with the outcome.  It is rare however, to have a case legally end in the way that this one has.  We hear of cases of prosecution or investigative misconduct; we hear theories of the planting of evidence; we hear people fight repeatedly that they did not receive a fair trial.  If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that I often fall into these categories myself.  I believe it is basic human nature.  There have often been cases in which I have openly said that the defendant, whether I believed to be guilty or innocent, had not received a fair trial.  Sometimes the court agrees, but more often than not they do not agree with that concept.  Even more rare than seeing a conviction overturned (without another suspect or guilty party waiting in the...

On May 24, 1962, 20 year old Timothy McKillos and his finance', Joyce Sterrenberg had been driving around in her car near Scottsdale Arizona.  They eventually stopped near an area that was considered to be a "lover's lane" of sorts.  It was here that investigators would later find their bodies laying next to the vehicle with bullet wounds. It appears the police had little to nothing to go on and by 1974 the case apparently was not only not solved, but not active as there were no leads.  This is when Maricopa County Sheriff's employee, Carol Macumber told investigators that her husband, William, had confessed to the murders recently to her. According to investigators, they looked back at the evidence and found fingerprints belonging to Macumber on some of the evidence and arrested him a week after Carol informing them of his confession. William was tried for the murders in 1975, convicted and sentenced to two life terms.  The following year his conviction was o...