True crime

[pipistrelle]

I haven't seen anything else here just on this topic, but every now and then I get interested in lurid true crime stories.

Oddly I'd never heard of Darlie Lynn Routier until brought up earlier when talking about the relatives grinning over a soldier's grave.

Innocent, guilty, or no way to be sure either way?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie_Routier

https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr ... arlie.html

Interesting they say she killed both sons, but it sounds like she wasn't tried for the death of one of them.

[AndyinPA]

Could be a very interesting thread.

I remember this case very well. I did see that there were appeals, but nothing seemed to come of them.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Great idea for a thread, pipi!

The Sandra Birchmore case and Karen Read case both involve local police, Massachusetts State Police, and Norfolk County DA corruption. In Birchmore, the feds just charged a local police officer with killing a witness after sexually abusing her since she was 15. Many of the same players are in the Karen Read case. Addictive, obsessive shenanigans.

[Rolodex]

Great idea for a thread, pipi!

The Sandra Birchmore case and Karen Read case both involve local police, Massachusetts State Police, and Norfolk County DA corruption. In Birchmore, the feds just charged a local police officer with killing a witness after sexually abusing her since she was 15. Many of the same players are in the Karen Read case. Addictive, obsessive shenanigans.

whoa! I just heard about the Karen Read case here and am finishing up listening to the Law and Crime pod about the case. And the same cops/cop shop involved in another death?

Meanwhile, down here, we have a body that was found decapitated and missing some other parts. Come to find out his girlfriend got after him with a chain saw.

[pipistrelle]

The boyfriend’s family is suing Read.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/27/us/karen ... index.html

[pipistrelle]

I'd forgotten about the Sarah Boone case. I didn't know the below was a thing.

Boone was subsequently charged with second-degree murder for killing Torres. Held in Orange County jail without bail, she has written letters to the trial judge stating that she has not been represented fairly; eight different attorneys appointed to represent her have withdrawn.[7]

After the withdrawal of her eighth lawyer, Boone has been deemed to have forfeited her right to court appointed counsel and must now represent herself in court.[8][9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jorge_Torres

[John Thomas8]

Very long form videos (also available as podcasts), Simon reads about true crime but keeps the lurid details to a minimum. His delivery isn't for everyone but the research done for the scripts is solid.

https://www.youtube.com/@TheCasualCriminalist

[Rolodex]

I'd forgotten about the Sarah Boone case. I didn't know the below was a thing.

Boone was subsequently charged with second-degree murder for killing Torres. Held in Orange County jail without bail, she has written letters to the trial judge stating that she has not been represented fairly; eight different attorneys appointed to represent her have withdrawn.[7]

After the withdrawal of her eighth lawyer, Boone has been deemed to have forfeited her right to court appointed counsel and must now represent herself in court.[8][9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jorge_Torres

I wasn't familiar with this (suit) case. The last line of that wiki article says that her trial is to start October 7 - today! So I hunted that down, and it's delayed because of the hurricane.

https://www.newsweek.com/hurricane-milt ... da-1965218

The trial was scheduled to begin with jury selection on Monday, but Kraynick sent prospective jurors home after consulting with the prosecution and defense. Jury selection is scheduled to resume on October 14.

Boone's ninth and current attorney, James Owens, had previously requested a delay in the trial but was denied. He told the Orlando Sentinel that the hurricane seems like divine intervention.

"I mean, what are the odds of a hurricane coming to Orlando right in the middle of this trial when the judge had set a fixed date, he was not going to change it, except exceptional circumstances?" Owens said.

Kraynick previously stated that the trial will not be delayed "for any reason, except by extraordinarily good cause and such extraordinarily good cause shall not include retention of counsel by the defendant."

All courthouses in the Ninth Circuit Court will be closed Wednesday and Thursday in preparation for the storm.

[northland10]

I'd forgotten about the Sarah Boone case. I didn't know the below was a thing.

After the withdrawal of her eighth lawyer, Boone has been deemed to have forfeited her right to court appointed counsel and must now represent herself in court.[8][9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Jorge_Torres

I was so close to taking a sip which would ended up all over my keyboard. Eighth?