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The recent horrific and unspeakable rape and murder of Teresa Halbach has reinvigorated efforts to reinstate the death penalty in Wisconsin. The recent announcements of what occurred to Teresa Halbach at the hands of Steven Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey have shocked the collective conscience of most all.
The release of horrific details about Teresa Halbach’s death likely will reinvigorate efforts to reinstate the death penalty in Wisconsin, say two Fox Valley legislators and a prominent defense attorney.
“I expect that you are going to see people now asking for Wisconsin to reinstate the death penalty because, if these statements are true, this man’s as vicious as they come,” Boyle said. “I’ve already heard that argument being made on the radio.”
The description of how Teresa Halbach was allegedly raped and murdered has upset some by the graphic details but has outraged others to begin to discuss that there must be a greater penalty for those that would commit such heinous crimes other than life in prison.
Boyle, the Milwaukee attorney, said the details of the case have sparked outrage, and that “is going to cause a lot of people to start saying the penalty of life in prison without parole isn’t severe enough.”
(Appleton Post-Crescent)
March 4th, 2006 at 03:41pm
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The International Cruise Victims (ICV), a group of concearned relatives wants greater accountability for cruise lines. Due to the rash of disappearances of which the cruise industry claims is a relatively small number, “ICV says the industry is neglecting its duty to protect passengers from crime and to assist those who are victims of crime.”
Brett Rivkind, a lawyer representing alleged murder victim George Smith’s family, agrees. “When you serve passengers alcohol and encourage them to party, you’ve got a duty to protect those passengers,” he said.
(London Times)
February 18th, 2006 at 07:04pm
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Daphne Wright was arrested and charged with first degree murder of missing Darlene VanderGiesen. Authorities have been searching the landfill for the missing VanderGiesen as they believe she may have been dumped in the trash.
Court papers indicate that Daphne Wright removed carpet and cement blocks from a basement bedroom at her home. Her roommate told police that Wright had left the house with a large plastic garbage bag and may have put the items in a dumpster in the neighborhood.
The home of suspect Daphne Wright was also searched according to court documents and from items found she was arrested.
There, according to court papers, police found samples of human bone, muscle and fat. They matched the DNA from those samples to the DNA of Darlene VanderGiesen. “Evidence found so far has supported an arrest warrant for Miss Wright,” says Sioux Falls Police Chief Doug Barthel.
Court papers show the two women are deaf and knew each other, but the relationship was anything but friendly. Days before VanderGiesen went missing, police say Wright sent VanderGiesen a demeaning and profane message. Wright thought her girlfriend was cheating on her with VanderGiesen.
(KSFY)
February 11th, 2006 at 08:16pm
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In a bit of a shocking turn of events, Neil Entwistle has agreed to be extradited back the United States and face the murder charges for the death of 27-year-old Rachel Souza Entwistle and his 9-month-old daughter Lillian Rose.
LONDON (Reuters) – A man accused of shooting dead his wife and infant daughter in Massachusetts agreed on Friday to be extradited to the United States to face charges of murder.
Neil Entwistle, 27, was arrested at a London underground train station on Thursday by British detectives and later charged with what U.S. prosecutors said might have been an aborted murder-suicide.
During a three-minute hearing at Bow Street Magistrates Court, Entwistle’s lawyer Judith Seddon said his client had signed a waiver giving his consent to return to the United States as soon as possible.
Entwistle consents to return to U.S.
“Yes, that’s right,” Entwistle replied. He glanced briefly at his father, Cliff Entwistle, as he signed the form consenting to return.
“He was always inclined to consent,” Judith Seddon, another lawyer representing Entwistle, told reporters outside court. She said he was likely to return to the United States within a week.
“He wants to cooperate with the authorities in any way that he can, and he is anxious that the delay may cause his late wife’s family and his own additional distress, something he wishes to avoid,” Seddon said. “He believes that he will receive a fair and a proper hearing in the U.S.A. of these very serious allegations.”
Stating that he does not want to cause his late wife’s family and his own additional distress with a delay is hardly solace for a family that has lost their daughter and grandchild. One would think that the damage has already been done, kind of late for Neil Entwistle to suddenly start caring. As Joe Flaherty, the family spokes person said, “It’s going to be a long road for them,” he said. “There will never really be closure in a case like this.”
(Boston Herald)
FOX News: Briton Accused of Killing Wife, Daughter Agrees Return to U.S.
District Judge Anthony Evans told Entwistle, 27, that his decision to voluntarily return would be irrevocable.
“Yes, that’s right,” Entwistle replied. He glanced briefly at his father, Cliff Entwistle, as he signed a form consenting to return.
Judith Seddon, one of the lawyers representing Entwistle, said he was likely to return to the United States within a week. “He was always inclined to consent,” she told reporters outside the court.
CNN: U.S. suspect agrees to extradition
February 10th, 2006 at 10:50am
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Neil Entwistle has been arrested in England according to reports. Entwistle has
been considered a “person of interest” in the murder of his wife Rachel Entwistle, 27, and 9-month-old Lillian.
British authorities arrested a man Thursday in the shooting deaths of his wife and infant daughter, whose bodies were found in their Massachusetts home last month, officials said.
London’s Metropolitan Police said Entwistle was arrested at a subway station on a provisional extradition warrant issued Wednesday evening. His first court appearance is to be Friday at Bow Street Magistrates Court, the customary venue for extradition cases.
Neil Entwistle had purchased a one way ticket to London and left on the morning of Saturday, January 21 from Boston’s Logan Airport where his vehicle was found. Interestingly enough the Entwistle’s only owned one vehicle and that would have meant that Neil would have left to London with a one way ticket and stranded with wife an 9 month old baby at home without transportation. Also, Entwistle did not return for his wife and daughter’s funeral on February 1. The true sign of a caring father distraught by the loss of his wife and child. Investigators now believe that Neil Entwistle borrowed a gun from his father in law to commit the crime.
Investigators believe Entwistle used his father-in-law’s handgun to shoot his wife and daughter on the morning of Jan. 20, Coakley said. She said he may have intended to kill himself as well, possibly because of financial difficulties as his Internet business ventures failed, but he didn’t follow through.
The next morning, Entwistle bought a one-way ticket and got on a flight to London. His family home is in Worksop, in central England.
Before leaving, Entwistle returned the .22-caliber handgun to his father-in-law’s home in Carver, Coakley said.
(CNN) Briton charged in killing of wife, baby 
Neil Entwistle was arrested about noon (7 a.m. ET) and charged with two counts of murder, one count of illegal possession of a firearm and one count of illegal possession of ammunition, said Melissa Sherman of the Middlesex, Massachusetts, district attorney’s office.
(Daily Mail) Brit ‘killed wife and baby in suicide bid’
A British man killed his American wife and baby daughter in what was believed to be a failed murder-suicide bid, US authorities have said.
“We believe possibly that this was intended to be a murder-suicide, but we cannot confirm that.
“Obviously the murder was effected, the suicide was not.
“What we believe happened next was that Neil Entwistle returned the gun to his father-in-law’s home in Carver, that he then made preparations to leave the country.”
He bought a one-way ticket to the UK on the phone at around 5am on the Saturday, and flew from Boston’s Logan International Airport at 8.15am that day, Ms Coakley said.
What is most puzzling is for it to have been a murder/suicide, Neil Entwistle certainly changed his mind in an amazing turnaround. Going so far as to return the gun used in the crime? There is something insidious to murdering a nine month old child who could never pose a threat to Entwistle in any way as a witness. A just horrific act.
February 9th, 2006 at 12:47pm
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District Attorney John Zakowski will evaluate the sexual assault allegation as a special prosecutor against Steven Avery. Another sexual assault?
“At this point, what we have to do is meet with the victim and then evaluate the case and then decide under these circumstances whether we proceed with charges or wait pending the outcome of the murder case,” Zakowski said. “If (Avery) is sentenced to life without parole, he’s going to be of no threat to the victim and the fact is you know proceeding with charges could expose the victim to a media circus.”
Meanwhile Steven Avery already faces charges in the murder of Teresa Halbach. Why was the man walking the streets?
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Brown County’s top prosecutor said Friday he will evaluate an allegation of sexual assault against Steven Avery, who served 18 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit and now is awaiting trial in a woman’s murder in Manitowoc County.
District Attorney John Zakowski said he was asked to evaluate the sexual assault allegation as a special prosecutor.
The murder case against Avery in the death last fall of Teresa Halbach is being prosecuted by Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz because of Avery’s civil lawsuit against Manitowoc County seeking damages for the rape conviction that sent him to prison.
Avery was freed in September 2003.
Inspector Rob Hermann of the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department said the sexual assault complaint was filed in August 2004 and immediately referred to Calumet County investigators due to the conflict of interest in Manitowoc County because of the lawsuit.
(Duluth News Tribune)
DA looks at possible new Avery case
“I think we’d be looking at what is in the best interest of the victim, considering all the circumstances,” Zakowski said. “It may be a better route to wait to see what happens in the murder case. If (Avery) is sentenced to life without parole, he’s going to be of no threat to the victim and the fact is you know proceeding with charges could expose the victim to a media circus.
“That could be difficult for the victim and would really result in no additional potential time for Mr. Avery if he is convicted of the homicide.”
(Appleton Post Crescent)
February 4th, 2006 at 03:21pm
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There has been many questions lately as to the goings-on of MySpace.com accounts. The latest craze of individuals, especially teens sharing far to much information has made for many terrible and exploitative situations. Such is the latest scenario out of Connecticut where “police are investigating whether as many as seven teenage girls have been sexually assaulted by men they met through the popular Web site MySpace.com.”
The girls, ages 12 to 16, are from Middletown and say they were fondled or had consensual sex with men who turned out to be older than they claimed. None of the incidents appeared to be violent, said Middletown Police Sgt. Bill McKenna.
He said it was difficult to determine the exact number of victims because some girls have been reluctant to disclose that they met their assailants online.
The social networking Web site allows users to create profiles that can include photos, personal information and even cell phone numbers.
There have just been a continual rash of stories like this where some luckily wind up being a harmless encounter; however, most turn out to be much worse. The concept that teenagers will accept as the truth who they are conversing with on the internet is shocking. The fact that it may not be a 16 year old boy but in fact a 28, 38 or 58 year old man and potential sexual predator just sometimes never comes into their conscious. The following are just some recent internet meetings that went too far with a complete lack of judgment.
Missing St. Paul Teen,Abbi Lee Welch, Reported Found
A 15-year-old girl who was reported missing from St. Paul and who police thought may have left to meet a man she met on the Internet, is home safe, her father said tonight.
Abbi Lee Welch was last seen at about 9 p.m. yesterday in St. Paul’s North End, near Rice Street and Lawson Avenue. She told friends that she met a man on www.myspace.com and he was coming from Kentucky to pick her up, police had said.
Missing Brittany Lynn Lovett, 15, Believed to be with Brian Agnew, 19, who She Met On Internet
The police state that they know the whereabouts of a missing 15-year-old Columbus girl, Brittany Lynn Lovett. She is said to be with Brian Agnew, 19, who she met on the internet.
Police Searching for 27 year old Jason Iannazzi and 14 year old Cheynne DeCicco
Police are searching for 27-year-old Jason Iannazzi of Watertown, MA 14-year-old Cheynne DeCicco of Brea, CA. Her parents reported her missing earlier this month. Where did they meet? The Internet of course.
Erin Nembhard FOUND!!!
A missing teenage girl, who ran away with a man she met on the Internet who then took her to the home of a known sex offender, walked into the Opa-locka police station Monday asking to go back home.
Monica Sharp, a 17 year old from Richmond, has been missing since Sept. 18, 2005
A missing Virginia teenager may be in the company of a man (Jeffery Nichols, 57) from Belleville, according to Richmond, Va., Police.
Sharp’s family and police suspect she may be with Jeffery Nichols, 57, of Belleville.
Then of course there is the tragic case of Taylor Behl: Taylor Behl’s internet blog Aides in the Investigation
All too often teenagers are using MySpace.com, Tickle, Xanga, Zorpia, MSN Spaces and providing far too much information for the world to see and having far too open a conversation with individuals they would never have face to face. The worst part is they actually cross the boundary of cyber space to physical meetings.
Teenagers please use common sense and parents beware; however, companies like MySpace do have responsibility in all of this as much as they would like to think they do not. The following statement was provided by MySpace.com:
MySpace.com said it was committed to providing a safe environment for its users. The site, which includes safety tips, also prohibits use by anyone younger than 14, though a disclaimer says the people who run the site can’t always tell if users are lying about their ages.
Funny MySpace.com, what would happen to proprietors that sell liquor if they took the same tact? They say they are 21, therefore I can sell alcohol to them? Hardly. If you know that predatorial practices occur then it is your responsibility to create checks that will create a safe environment. The law of unintended consequences is that sexual predators gravitate to these sights that are dominated by teens and those in their young twenties. Knowing that, it is your obligation to do much more than just ask if someone is 14 and take their word for it.
You have created the social environment, now control it.
February 4th, 2006 at 12:41am
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Yet another terrible situation in New York City with the child welfare agency. It is reported that Administration for Children’s Services caseworkers had visited the apartment where Quachon lived in November 2005 and reported it “to be in order.” Well, once again with the case of children case workers the term “in order” could not have been further from the truth.
A woman and her boyfriend were arrested Tuesday in the alleged beating death of her 4-year-old son, the latest in a recent series of child abuse fatalities that have rattled the city’s child welfare agency.
Alicia Smith, 26, faces a manslaughter charge in the death of Quachon Brown, police said. Her boyfriend, Jose Calderone, 18, was arrested on a second-degree murder charge.
Investigators believe Calderone physically abused the child, a police official said.
In less than two months from when case workers visited the home of Quachon Brown, “in order” became everything but. When police had entered the Bronx apartment they found Quachon dead with what appeared to be a fractured skull and other injuries.
Police responding to a 911 call early Monday found Quachon dead in the family’s filthy Bronx apartment. Investigators think the boy had died Sunday.
Autopsy results were pending, but police said there was preliminary evidence that the child had a fractured skull, a damaged liver and atrophied leg muscles.
(AP)
When will these stories end and children’s services take their positions more seriously? These people handle cases of the most vulnerable among us. Maybe they should start acting like it.
February 1st, 2006 at 12:06am
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According to court documents there may have a been a witness to the heinous murder of Christine Rudy. Shaun Rudy, is the primary suspect in the case and it appears that there may have been a woman at the scene that witnessed the murder.
In the documents, Walters says 18-year-old Heather Teschler admitted to her that she was with the Rudys. Here’s what Walters says they told her.
Shaun was upset about Christine using meth while she was pregnant with their baby and he was also high on meth at the time. Christine started, “flipping out” and was trying to hurt herself. Shaun stopped the car so Christine could get out, then she threatened to kill herself. He handed Christine a gun, but she reportedly told Shaun, “you do it.”
Walters says Shaun described to her how he stayed in the car, pointed a long gun at Christine and shot her in the head. Walters says Heather Teschler told her she looked away but heard the shot. Again, this is all part of a statement Jacy Walters gave to police.
However, it seems that the prosecution may have some questions regarding Heather Teschler’s credibility.
One of the big questions is if Heather Teschler will be a believable witness. She has underage drinking and disorderly conduct charges on her record, and the Clark County district attorney says that will definitely have an impact.
(WSAW)
UPDATE: Extradition Charges Filed In Connection To Murder Case for Heather Teshler
It is believed that one of these stolen guns may have been used in the shooting of Christine Rudy.
Extradition charges have been filed against a woman investigators say could be a witness to Christine Rudy’s death. This week, charges were filed against Heather Teshler. The Clayton County Sheriff’s department says Teshler was involved in a burglary in Iowa. Investigators say Teshler stole nearly $5,000 in property, including three firearms. Last week, the Clark County Sheriff’s Department said one of those guns may have been used to kill Christine Rudy.
(WQOW)
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To the absolute surprise to know one, Steven Avery will likely enter “not guilty” pleas to charges he abducted and murdered Teresa Halbach this Tuesday in court. Steven Avery is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
Avery’s attorneys plan ask that his $500,000 cash bond be reduced when they make a brief appearance in a morning session before Manitowoc County Circuit Court Judge Patrick Willis.
Willis, who last month ordered Avery to stand trial on charges related to the Oct. 31 disappearance of Halbach, a 25-year-old freelance photographer from Calumet County, will also set schedules for motions, pretrial hearings and conferences and a trial.
It is expected that defense attorneys for Avery will consider asking for a change of venue because publicity influencing a jury pool. Unless the venue is changed to the moon, it will not matter in this most heinous crime with DNA evidence.
Avery’s attorneys, assistant state public defenders Erik Loy and Craig Johnson, have not commented on the case since Avery’s preliminary hearing, except to say not guilty pleas would be entered.
But Loy has said the defense team will consider asking for a change of venue because publicity may have influenced the jury pool.
Calumet County Dist. Atty. Ken Kratz, the special prosecutor, also has declined comment.
(Post Crescent)
January 16th, 2006 at 10:03pm
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