True Crime Stories

The most difficult cases to understand are the ones in which there is no known motive. While I understand the courts obtaining plea deals and trying to unclog the courts I like a case that has a trial. That is where you get a lot of the information and evidence. Many plea deals include a provision in which prevents an appeal being filed and that also prevents a lot of information being released. But, then there are the cases that do make it to trial and still there is no known motive. In most cases the prosecutor will come up with a theory as to why the crime was committed but in the case of Kyle Flack it appears that even the prosecutors were at a loss. In general every murderer has to have a reason. Sometimes that reason is money; sometimes it is anger, sometimes it is opportunity; and even sometimes it is simply for the thrill. Serial killers are often thought to be thrill killers. They do it for the “high” that they get. Your mass murderers, something we ar...

This case begs the question of just what is insanity and just what does it take to be considered insane. I know what the courts say, but that is not something I have ever really agreed with. The courts simple answer to that question is whether the perpetrator knows the difference between right and wrong. If they do, they are sane.... period. Seventeen years ago when Andrea Yates drowned her children in their bathtub one by one the issue of insanity, as well as postpartum psychosis, was brought to the forefront. I have noticed that over the years it seem that people have softened on their thoughts of Andrea. It used to be that I was in the minority in my thinking and considering her mental illness. Either that has changed or I just surround myself with people more in line with my thinking because I see more people today understanding her issues and realizing that knowing the legal difference between right and wrong does not mean you are sane. But, Andrea Yates clearly suff...

On Friday, January 12, 2007 Russell Lucht got word first that neither of his grandchildren, seventeen year old Nichole Lentz and her fourteen year old brother, Scott had gone to school.  When he learned that his daughter, thirty-eight year old Danyetta Lentz had also not gone to her job as a daycare teacher he truly became worried and headed over to his daughter's mobile home in Janesville Wisconsin. When Russell entered the home the first thing he noticed was there was blood all over the place.  He would ultimately find the three bodies of his daughter and grandchildren inside the home. As with most cases no one knew for sure who had committed this crime and so investigators started where they always do.... those closest to the victims.  In this case they started with the father of children and ex husband of Danyetta. He would ultimately be cleared of all involvement.  The bigger problem comes when there are multiple victims.  Sometimes that is made easier if...