Charles Manson's “Prison Buddy”. Could be considered a prison “snitch”. Thanks to Mr. William Harder for his insight into this character who is little known in the system. Pictured at left are: Former fiancee Afton 'Star' Burton, 26, Craig Carlisle 'Gray Wolf' Hammond, 65 and Charles Manson, 80

Chester Allan Poage (1980–2000) was an American man who was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered by three men in Spearfish, South Dakota, on March 13, 2000. Elijah Page, Briley Piper, and Darrell Hoadley were convicted of the torture and murder of Poage. Page and Piper were sentenced to death, while Hoadley was sentenced to life in prison. Page was executed by lethal injection on July 11, 2007, becoming the first person to be executed in South Dakota since 1947. Piper remains on death row,...

A man who took nude photos of a toddler he was babysitting was sentenced to 21 years and eight months in federal prison. Rocky Sonkowsky will remain on supervised release for the rest of his life. Sonkowsky was convicted of producing child pornography. Sonkowsky pleaded guilty to the fact he "knowingly employed and used a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct," the plea agreement states. According to the criminal compl...

Susan Eubanks, a name that evokes a chilling tale of tragedy and darkness. Let me share the harrowing story of Susan Eubanks, a woman whose actions would forever stain her name in infamy. On that fateful day, October 27, 1996, in San Marcos, California, Susan was ensnared in a web of despair, fueled by alcohol and Valium. Her relationship with her boyfriend, Rene Dodson, had reached its breaking point. The argument escalated, and Rene declared that he was ending their relationship and mov...

Colby Delea Martin was a 29-year-old man who was charged with open murder in the death of Melody Rohrer, a 64-year-old grandmother. According to the authorities, Martin intentionally struck Rohrer with his vehicle, took her body, and engaged in sexual acts with it. He was also charged with vehicular manslaughter, failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in death when at fault, and concealing the death of an individual. Martin was arrested and booked into Van Buren County Jail...

Jack Greene was sentenced to death by the State of Arkansas for the murder of a retired pastor. According to court documents, Jack Greene was confronted by the retired pastor regarding an arson in the preceding days. Jack Greene would respond to the allegations by bashing his head with the can of hominy, cutting him from mouth to ear, and firing a .25 caliber pistol into his chest. Jack Greene would be arrested, convicted, and sentenced to death. Jack Gordon Greene, (b. March 13, 1...

Scott Cheever was sentenced to death by the State of Kansas for the murder of Sheriff Matthew Samuels. According to court documents Sheriff Matthew Samuels was heading to a residence to serve an arrest warrant on Scott Cheever and when the Officer arrived he was shot and killed. Scott Cheever was arrested, convicted and sentenced to death.

Samuel Moreland was sentenced to death by the State of Ohio for five murders. According to court documents Samuel Moreland would murder girlfriend, 46-year-old Glenna Green, her daughter, 23-year-old Lana Green, and her grandchildren, seven-year-old Daytrin Talbott, six-year-old Datwan Talbott and six-year-old Violana Green, in their Dayton home. Angry because Glenna would not give him money to buy beer, Moreland shot Glenna, Lana and Violana in their heads and pistol-whipped Daytrin and ...

A homeless man in California recalled how he survived a brutal bolt cutter beating at the hands of alleged serial killer Ramon Escobar – just two days before the six-time deportee bludgeoned another transient to death. Ramon Alberto Escobar (born June 5, 1971) is a Salvadoran serial killer who killed seven people during a month-long killing spree between Texas and California in 2018, most of whom were homeless. After pleading guilty, he was convicted and sentenced to life impriso...

Jonathan Michael Hearn is a convicted murderer who was involved in a love triangle with Sabrina Limon, the wife of his lover. He was arrested for the murder of Sabrina Limon's husband, Robert Limon, in 2014. Hearn agreed to testify against Sabrina Limon in exchange for a plea deal of 25 years and four months behind bars. He was sentenced to prison in November 2017 and was expected to be released in November 2035. However, he may be eligible for parole in November 2028 due to a new law tha...

Around 3:00 a.m. on an August morning, Dalton Aiken and his friend, Cory Fitzwater, set out to “fight a homeless guy”. They searched a wooded area near Ogden’s 21st Street pond for encampments and found the victim asleep next to a campfire. According to Aiken, Fitzwater woke the victim and shot him in the head with a .45 caliber handgun. After the shooting, the pair tried to leave the area in Aiken’s truck, but they were stopped by police on suspicion of marijuana possession...

Bradley Yohn is an American criminal sentenced to 130 years in prison after being convicted in July 2023 of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 77-year-old woman, Christine "Tina" Schmitt Lohmann, leading to her death. Yohn was apprehended on charges of home invasion, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking, residential burglary and aggravated criminal sexual assault, after the discovery of the body of a Virden man, Derek J. Banker Barnett, in the trunk of a "suspicious" ve...

Alexander Rashad Hamilton was involved in a tragic incident that led to the shooting death of a Pittsburgh police officer. Here are the details: In 2005, when Hamilton was just four days shy of his 18th birthday, he participated in planning a store robbery. During the robbery, his cohort, Andrew Moffett, fatally shot Officer Larry Lasater while attempting to arrest them. Moffett was convicted of murdering Officer Lasater and sentenced to life in prison in 2008. However, because Moffett wa...

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The murder of Sophie Hook was a widely reported child murder which took place in Llandudno, North Wales, in July 1995. Sophie Louise Hook (May 27, 1988 – July 30, 1995) was a seven-year-old British child who was murdered in Llandudno, Wales in the early hours of July 30, 1995. She was from Great Budworth, near Northwich, Cheshire, but was staying at the Llandudno home of her uncle, Danny Jones, when she was murdered. She had gone missing from a tent where she was camping in her u...

Allan Wayne McLaurin and Darron Bennalford Anderson were convicted in 1993 of robbery, kidnapping and rape of an elderly woman in Tulsa County. Anderson was initially sentenced to 2,200 years in prison; however, he appealed and won a new trial. His second trial also ended in conviction, but this time, the jury sentenced Anderson to 11,250 years. His accomplice, McLaurin, was sentenced to 21,250 years, but upon appeal, his sentence was reduced by 500 years.

Anthony Lacy pled guilty in court in the 2014 Roan Mountain murder of Danny Vance. Lacy hit Vance in the head with a large rock, with the intent to rob him, killing him. A judge sentenced Anthony Lacy to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

 Inmate dies after 33 yrs on Death Row at Polunsky Unit (TX) A diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic with an IQ of 65, Ray Martinez was one of the state's longest-serving death row prisoners. Ray Martinez had been on death row since July 18, 1984, for a capital murder conviction. Respected death penalty lawyer Patrick McCann, who represented Martinez earlier in the appeals process, laughed upon hearing of his former client's death. "He won then," he said.

Theresa Jimmie Francine Knorr (née Cross) is an American woman convicted of torturing and murdering two of her six children while using the others to facilitate and cover up her crimes. She was born on March 14, 1946 in Sacramento, California. She was married four times and had six children. She was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and is currently serving two consecutive life sentences at the California Institution for Women in Chino, California.

Ennis William Cosby, the son of comedian Bill Cosby, was murdered in Los Angeles, California, on January 16, 1997, by 18-year-old Mikhail Markhasev in a failed robbery attempt. Cosby was 27 years old and was shot in the head. Markhasev was arrested in March 1997 for a $100,000 reward offered by the National Enquirer. He was convicted of first-degree murder and attempted robbery in 1998 and sentenced to life in prison. In 2001, Markhasev admitted to committing the murder and requested that...