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In your world, are there details that are hidden and lost to time? Secrets no one in your world will ever find the answers to? How about you? We all obviously like to fill as much stuff as we can in our world, but are there mysteries even you - the creator - don't have an answer to? If so, will you answer them in due time, or will they forever remain an enigma?
In my one world, I have two. The first is the details behind the death of the queen of the Wind Kingdom, ten years before the story takes place. All most people know is that the queen fell ill and died, and that the king's younger brother ran away right after. Most assume the younger brother killed the queen in an attempt to steal the throne, but secretly, he had made a deal with the king to save her, only for her to die of an unrelated accident. The king assumed it was murder and had his brother exiled. Still, even then some details are unsolved, as both the king and the brother later give conflicting accounts of the deal and situation. I myself don't know what really happened, but I believe the truth lies closer to the king's account, in which he is far more remorseful and admits he made a mistake.
The second is about a war that took place hundreds of years ago. Nearly all the details have been lost in-universe, and I intentionally am keeping the full details shrouded in mist, even to me. All that's really known is that three evil kings found the secret to immortality and began a conquest to rule the world. They were only stopped when the Six Kingdoms found a way to undo immortality and managed to slay them and end their crusade. Beyond those details, nothing is known. Where they came from, why there were three of them, why they worked together, did they work together, I have no clue. My sister, who is writing in the same world as I, has characters go to the ruins of where the kings may have once ruled, but even if that's the case I don't plan on expanding their story any further.

Prosecutors said someone unlawfully disclosed the name of at least one witness in a murder case that's scheduled to begin Tuesday in Albany.
ALBANY — Jasper Mills, a longtime criminal defense attorney in Albany, was warned by a judge Friday that he could be subject to a criminal contempt charge if he disclosed — even inadvertently — the identity of at least one witness in a pending murder case who received death threats after the confidential document identifying him was shared with the defendants and others.
The case, which is set for trial next week, involves four men who are charged with murder in the January 2021 shooting of Shanita Thomas, who was pregnant with her third child when she was gunned down at a Central Avenue party. Four others were wounded in the shooting.
Mills, a candidate for Albany County Family Court judge, represents 35-year-old Vramir Branch, who with three other defendants is facing charges of murder, attempted murder, weapons possession and evidence tampering in connection with Thomas' death.
At a hearing Friday in Albany County Court, Judge Andra Ackerman heard arguments from prosecutors on their motion for an order to have the court review boxes of documents that were seized from at least three of the defendants' jail cells at Albany County Jail this week. Prosecutors filed the motion after a witness in the case, who is in federal prison, learned that he had become the target of a death threat and was placed in protective custody.
Prosecutors are asking the court to review the materials to see if there are documents among those found in the cells that were subject to a protective order, and should not have been provided to the men.
As the hearing began, Mills stepped forward and appeared to take responsibility for what he described to the judge as an inadvertent disclosure of the witness information. He said that he had been discussing the witness with another client on Tuesday, a day after he received the information from prosecutors, and then placed the document on a conference table in his office as he juggled a meeting with three other clients who were in his office that day.
“Just so I can be clear here: Did you have documents that were subject to the protective order out on display when you had other individuals that have charges that you’re dealing with and speaking with others on that case … ?,” Ackerman asked Mills. “Who else was in that conference room? Who else had access to that document?”
Mills confirmed that he showed another client — who is not involved in the case — a copy of the document and asked that person what they knew about the witness in the murder case.
“There was a lot going on,” Mills told the judge. “I showed the individual the document. There was nothing in the protective order that said you can’t show it, it just said that you can’t distribute or disseminate it.”
Mills said the next day — Wednesday — an ex-girlfriend of his client in the murder case texted him an image of the document and asked him about the witness listed in the record, and whether that person had given a statement.
But that image, according to prosecutors, is different than another image of the document that was being distributed on social media websites this week.
Assistant District Attorney Jessica Blain-Lewis, one of the prosecutors in the case, told the judge that meant that someone had apparently distributed a second image of the document — and that it was not the image in the photograph that Mills claimed had been taken in his office.
As Mills confirmed to the judge that the image of the document the woman had texted to him had markings on it that he had made, she interrupted him and asked, “(Do) you think it is advisable for you to receive counsel before you continue talking? Because it appears to me that it’s going in a direction, and whether it’s negligence or whatever, but this could be … a severe violation of the protective order which could subject you to a criminal contempt (charge).”
Mills responded that he “didn’t disseminate or give anyone anything.”
“Don’t you think you have an obligation, pursuant to the protective order, to protect those documents?" the judge said. "And you’re telling me that you’re leaving them lying on a conference table in the open and going to another office for about an hour, meeting with other clients, that there won’t be an issue here?”
As Mills began to respond, he was interrupted by Daniel Smalls, another defense attorney in the case, who whispered in Mills' ear for about 20 seconds.
Mills then asked to approach the bench, and moments later he said in open court that he would not say anything more until consulting with an attorney.
As the hearing unfolded, the four defendants — Branch as well as Raa’jiem Coleman, Terrence Anthony and Marcelle Perry — looked on and said nothing. They were clad in jail clothing, and at least one of them had a few supporters in the courtroom.
Blain-Lewis, one of the prosecutors, then asked the judge if she could clarify some of the admissions that had just been made by Mills.
She noted that a thumb was visible in the image of the document that Mills said was photographed, apparently without his knowledge, while it was on a table in his office. But Blain-Lewis said the photo of the document that has been disseminated on social media sites “is not the same photo,” although the markings on the document that were made by Mills are the same.
The document, known as a “witness disclosure,” is often turned over by prosecutors to defense attorneys shortly before a trial begins. They generally list the names of witnesses and summarize their testimony. In this case, that document was subject to a protective order, which meant Mills could discuss it with his client beginning one week prior to the trial that is scheduled to begin Tuesday.
Prosecutors in Albany routinely seek protective orders in cases involving murders, gangs and gun violence. Through the years, the district attorney's office has said that incidents of witness intimidation and death threats have caused many individuals to decline to testify in cases like this one.
The protective order prohibited Mills or any of the other defense attorneys from sharing a copy of the witness disclosure document with anyone, including their clients. Blain-Lewis said it also prohibited them from discussing the contents of that document with anyone but their client, although Mills admitted during Friday’s hearing that he had talked to someone else about one of the witnesses.
“What that means, your honor, is that someone has an actual copy of this document,” Blain-Lewis told the judge as she explained that there are two images of it. “I do believe that this court understands the length at which defendants will go to stop people from testifying, and in this case we had a legitimate, real death threat, and the effect that this is going to have not only on that witness but (the) trial itself concerns … my entire office.”
The case is assigned to acting state Supreme Court Justice Roger D. McDonough; Ackerman presided over Friday’s hearing because he was not available. Ackerman granted the order allowing the court to review the materials that were seized from the defendants' jail cells.
If there are documents in those materials that were subject to the protective order, it could lead to further investigation of how they were disclosed and by whom.
A violation of a protective order could lead to a criminal contempt charge, which is a misdemeanor crime. It may also be subject to review by the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Appellate Division, Third Department in Albany, which investigates allegations of misconduct by attorneys.
Thomas, 35, was an aspiring nurse and a promoter of her friends’ businesses who grew up in Albany. The father of her oldest son, Elijah Jr., was Elijah Cancer. Cancer was a former gang member turned anti-violence advocate for 518 SNUG. He was shot and killed breaking up a dispute at a party in July 2018. No one has ever been charged in connection with his death.
Court records indicate all four defendants charged with killing Thomas have lengthy criminal records, including convictions for violent crimes and weapons charges.
Anthony and Perry previously served time in federal prison after being convicted in a racketeering case against a South End gang known as the Original Gangsta Killas. They pleaded guilty in 2010.
Branch previously served time in state prison for attempted murder, weapon charges and promoting prison contraband.
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The New Bedford Highway Killer, also known as the New Bedford Serial Killer, was an unidentified serial killer responsible for the murders of at least nine women and disappearance of two others in New Bedford, Massachusetts, between 1988 and 1989. Here's a summary of the case:
The victims, primarily young women involved in prostitution or with histories of drug abuse, were found murdered and often left along highways or in secluded areas in and around New Bedford. The killer targeted vulnerable women, taking advantage of their marginalized status and the transient nature of their lifestyles.
The murders began in July 1988 and continued until April 1989, when the body of the last known victim, Robin Rhodes, was discovered. The victims had been strangled to death, and some showed signs of sexual assault. The killer's modus operandi and the similarities between the cases led investigators to conclude that they were the work of a serial killer.
Despite extensive investigations by law enforcement agencies, including the formation of a task force dedicated to solving the case, the identity of the New Bedford Highway Killer remains unknown, and the case remains unsolved. The lack of resolution has left a lasting impact on the community and the families of the victims, who continue to seek justice and closure for their loved ones.
The victims attributed to the New Bedford Highway Killer are primarily young women involved in prostitution or with histories of drug abuse. Here is a list of the known victims:

1. Robbin Lynn Rhodes, 29, also referred to as “Bobbie Lynn” was found on March 28, 1989, along Route 140 southbound in Freetown by a search dog. She is believed to have gone missing sometime in March or April 1988. Rhodes had dated suspect Kenneth Ponte. She had a young child and was addicted to heroin and cocaine. While she was never involved in prostitution, she knew many of the other victims and was friends with victim Mary Rose Santos
2. Rochelle Clifford Dopierala, 28, of Falmouth, disappeared sometime during late April 1988. Her body was found on December 10, 1988, in a gravel pit along Reed Road beneath a tree grove, about two miles from Interstate 195, by people riding ATVs. She was partially clothed and had been beaten to death. She had dated and stayed at the home of suspect Kenneth Ponte, who was arrested for her murder, but the charges were eventually dismissed due to a lack of evidence. This was the only time charges were brought in this case. Rochelle had testified against another man who had raped her, but he is not suspected in this case. She was last seen with victim Nancy Paiva's boyfriend, an ex-convict. He was cleared in both deaths and is not a suspect.
3. Deborah Lynn McConnell, 25, of Newport, Rhode Island, was mother to one daughter. Deborah was last seen sometime in May 1988 by her father after the funeral of her mother at the local cemetery. She is believed to have been the third victim. Her body was found on December 1, 1988, off Route 140 northbound in Freetown, through a cadaver dog search. She was found nude with a bra wrapped around her neck.
4. Debra Medeiros, 29, of Fall River lived with her mother. Debra was known to both police and family to have had long standing substance abuse issues but no record for prostitution. She was last seen by her boyfriend in New Bedford after a fight, and was reported missing on May 27, 1988. She was the first of the bodies found and she was identified in December 1988. Her body was found on July 3, 1988, by a woman who went to relieve herself just in the woods on the side of the road on Interstate 140 in Freetown. Her remains were severely decomposed with her body positioned on her back with her feet pointed towards the highway. Her cause of death was strangulation, she had a bra wrapped around her neck, and she was found only partially clad. Her boyfriend was ruled out as a suspect. After her death, her mother counselled drug and alcohol addicts in honour of her daughter's death
5. Christina Monteiro, 19, was last seen sometime in May 1988 and has not been seen or heard from since. Christina had a child and had a known substance abuse history. She was a Cape Verdean American female with brown hair, brown eyes with scars on both wrists and a scar near her left eye. She was between 5’3 and 5’5 and was 110 lbs. She had initials and words tattooed on her arms. She was wearing a shirt, blue jeans and sneakers when she was last seen.
6. Nancy Lee Paiva, 36, of New Bedford, was last seen walking home from a bar called “Whisper’s Pub” on July 7, 1988, after a reported fight with her boyfriend in the South End in the early hours of the morning. Nancy reportedly had substance abuse issues but was not known to be a prostitute. Nancy had gone to secretarial school, but dropped out. She was married at 19, divorced and had two teenaged daughters. Nancy was known as a very supportive mother and grandmother. At the time of her death, she had a steady boyfriend, who was a drug dealer known to police. Her relationship with her boyfriend had been dysfunctional with domestic violence issues. Her nude body was discovered beside Interstate 195 Westbound in Dartmouth on July 30, 1988, by two men who were riding motorcycles. Her body was found in the same position as victim Debra Medeiro's – on her back with her feet pointing towards the highway. Nancy's cause of death was also believed to be strangulation. Her boyfriend is not a suspect in her death
7. Debra Greenlaw Demello, 35, was a mother of three; a fifteen-year-old daughter, Chandra and two boys who were eight and three respectively at the time of her death. She had struggled with substance abuse issues since her teenage years. She had walked away from a prison work-release program to which she had been sentenced due to a prostitution charge on June 18 and was last seen in New Bedford, on July 11, 1988. Her body was found off the eastbound Reed Road ramp of Interstate 195 by a state highway crew on November 8, 1988. Debra's nude body was in an area with trees with her clothing strewn in the branches. She was found with some belongings of another victim, Nancy Paiva
8. Mary Rose Santos, 26, of New Bedford, was a mother of two, who was dropped off on July 16, 1988, by her husband, with whom she had recently reconciled, near the downtown bus station and last seen dancing at “The Old Quarterdeck Lounge” five hours later. Friends said her husband had no idea she was working the streets to help pay bills, and she was known to have a substance abuse issue. Mary Rose Santos’ nude body was found with a beer bottle on March 31, 1989, along Route 88 in Westport by two boys. Suspect Kenneth Ponte had represented Mary Santos in a civil case and helped her husband make flyers after her disappearance

Along with the confirmed victims, two women went missing during the time period associated with the New Bedford Highway Killer. They are:

1. Christina Monteiro (19 years old) - Last seen on June 20, 1988, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. She remains missing and has not been located or heard from since her disappearance.
2. Marilyn Cardoza (20 years old) - Last seen on June 6, 1988, in New Bedford. She also remains missing and has not been located or heard from since her disappearance.

New Bedford Highway Serial Killer Mystery Remains Unsolved More Than 30 Years Later - CBS Boston (cbsnews.com)
The New Bedford serial killer murdered nine women in 1988 and was never caught The Independent
Home The Highway Murders
After 35 Years New Bedford Highway Killings Remain Unresolved (wbsm.com)

I am mostly talking about adults who are over the age of 18 who went "missing" or "disappeared." I am not referring to children or teens who are under the age of 18 who ran away from home or school for whatever reason, because legally the parents or schools officials have to report a missing children or charges could be filed. I am not trying to minimize children who kidnapped or teens who run away from bad home situations and I hoped they're found and safe but they are not the topic of discussion, though they can mentioned if they're found alive years later living their own life.
I want to delve more into the topic of adults who "run away" from home. There's a documentary on YouTube called Japan's Evaporated People, to provide better understanding of this topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF5x_24kKOM . Another prime example of an adult who I think think went to take a break from their daily lives is Judy Smith. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Judy_Smith Judy Smith for some reason was found about 600 miles away from Philadelphia where she was last with her husband. Smith's body was found in North Carolina. I know we don't know Judy's family or her thought process enough to make harsh and crass judgements. But I personally theorize that she wanted to take a break from her daily life and just relax. I watched a YouTube video about Judy Smith's murder and witnesses report that she was in good spirits and didn't seem to be outwardly nervous and scared of anyone in particular. And Smith was witnessed wearing hiking attire and had a backpack on her. So that makes me think she wanted to take break from her daily life or possibly start a new life but unfortunately got murdered in the process. Her murder remains unsolved. Singer-songwriter Connie Converse also comes to mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Converse
There's a focus and rightfully so on children who run away from home but there's not too much research and media attention given on adults who "run away" from home, because in many cases, the police don't or can't afford to spend money and resources on looking for an legal adult who may want to remain keep their privacy and may not want to be found, especially they did disappearing acts before or there's evidence that they're safe and found and or they possibly left their abusive situation for their safety. The only exception would be if the said adult is a fugitive, or involved in a crime somehow or an endangered missing like they're old or mentally ill or disabled where them going missing would be put them in grave danger of getting killed or taken advantage of by a nefarious individual.
I was wondering did anyone know any adults or even teens in some cases, who went missing or disappeared who went on to either start a new life or take a break from their daily lives who either succeeded OR were unfortunately or probably got murdered, committed suicide, or killed in an accident?

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I've been seeing a lot of posts about serious crime on here lately, concerns about violence and the murder rate, and I wanted to share some resources for thinking about crime and maybe some things we could all reference when communicating with local politicians and police who could actually do something about it.
The most compelling and persuasive research I've seen is by Jill Leovy, author of the excellent book Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America, Hanna Love with the Brookings Institution, and John Roman with the University of Chicago. Then Derek Thompson at The Atlantic has also written some good articles and had some good interviews about violent crime. Though much of this research specifically focuses on larger American cities, I think the parallels to Albany will be clear.
First point, which is emphasized by Leovy and Thompson: we are actually not great at solving murders in disadvantaged neighborhoods. In Leovy's book she compares high crime neighborhoods to stateless societies, not in the sense that there is no state presence, but rather that people do not trust police, murders and violent crime go unsolved and unpunished, and thus people in these neighborhoods exist as though they are outside of the protection of the state. In this context, they see justice/retribution as something they must do themselves if they are to see it done at all. Derek Thompson and Jeff Asher, in one of Thompson's interviews (1) also mention that the ubiquity of firearms and their use in violent crimes is making it harder to solve them.
From a less punitive perspective, I'm particulary fond of Hanna Love's research.
Some important excerpts from her essay on investing in place:
"The most consistent evidence on the relationship between violence and place exists in the realm of housing and vacancies, with numerous studies finding that the renovation of housing, vacant buildings, land, and lots in disinvested communities significantly reduces violent crime rates. For instance, in Philadelphia, researchers found that structural repairs to homes of low-income owners in majority-Black neighborhoods were associated with a 21.9% reduction in total crime. Another study in Philadelphia found that efforts to transform and clean vacant lots in high-poverty neighborhoods led to a 29% reduction in violent crime. Evidence also finds that other improvements to the public realm—such as urban greening and tree canopy programs in urban neighborhoods—reduce violent crime, particularly adolescent gun violence. In one Philadelphia neighborhood, a population-based case-controlled study conducted between 2008 and 2014 found that the presence of street lighting, painted sidewalks, public transportation, and parks was associated with at least 76% decreased odds of a homicide." (3)
"But the directionality between a place’s economy and rates of violence goes both ways; by enhancing economic opportunity and reducing inequality within neighborhoods, places can significantly reduce crime. For instance, evidence shows that youth workforce development and employment programs, including summer jobs programs, can reduce youth involvement in violence by as much as 35% or 45%." (3)
I hope we can consider some of this and think about how it can be adapted to conversations with important city figures. If any of you have other studies and articles about programs and inititatives to reduce crime and revitalize communities I'd love to see them.
References:
(1) https://www.theringer.com/2022/7/6/23196091/why-are-the-police-so-bad-at-solving-murders
(2) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12103-022-09714-4
(3) https://www.brookings.edu/articles/want-to-reduce-violence-invest-in-place/
(4) https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-geography-of-crime-in-four-u-s-cities-perceptions-and-reality/
(5) https://www.brookings.edu/articles/as-local-governments-look-for-solutions-to-gun-violence-pandemic-funding-is-an-under-tapped-resource/

1992 AD

• February 7 – The Maastricht Treaty is signed, founding the European Union.
• February 8 – The opening ceremony for the 1992 Winter Olympics is held in Albertville, France.
• March 1 – The first victims of the Bosnian War are a Serb bridegroom's father and an Orthodox priest in a Sarajevo shooting. In the Bosnian independence referendum, held from February 29 to March 1 and boycotted by Bosnian Serbs, the majority of the Bosniak and Bosnian Croat communities have voted for Bosnia-Herzegovina's independence.
• March 12 - The tram accident at Vasaplatsen in Gothenburg
• March 23 - Sierra Leone Civil War begins
• April 5 - Bosnian War: Serb troops, following a mass rebellion of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina against the Bosnian declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, besiege the city of Sarajevo.
• April 29 - Los Angeles riots: The acquittal of four police officers in the Rodney King beating criminal trial triggers massive rioting in Los Angeles. The riots will last for six days resulting in 63 deaths and over $1 billion in damages before order is restored by the military.
• July 25–August 9 – The 1992 Summer Olympics are held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
• November 3 – In the 1992 United States presidential election, Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent Ross Perot.

1993 AD

• January 1 - Czechoslovakia ceases to exist, as the Czech Republic and Slovakia separate in the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
• February 26 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a van bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center) explodes, killing six people and injuring over one thousand.
• December 31 - Georgian Civil War ends
• April 19 – Waco siege: A 51-day stand-off at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ends with a fire that kills 76 people, including David Koresh.
• May 24 – Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia.
• June 25 - Kim Campbell becomes the 19th, and first female, Prime Minister of Canada.
• August 25 – The Sámi Parliament holds its first meeting. The Thing shall "monitor issues relating to Sami culture in Sweden".
• September 13 - Oslo I Accord: Following initially secret talks from earlier in the year, PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands in Washington, D.C. after signing a peace accord.
• November 1 – The Maastricht Treaty takes effect, formally establishing the European Union.
• December 2 - Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is gunned down by police.
• December 16 - Macedonia becomes independent from Yugoslavia.

1994 AD

• February 25 – Israeli Kahanist Baruch Goldstein opens fire inside the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank; he kills 29 Muslims before worshippers beat him to death.
• April 7 - July 19 - Rwandan genocide
• April 26 - Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, becomes the 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
• May 6 – The Channel Tunnel, which took 15,000 workers more than seven years to complete, officially opens between England and France; it will enable passengers to travel by rail between the two countries in 35 minutes.
• May 12 - First Nagorno-Karabakh War ends
• June 17
  • NFL star O. J. Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings flee from police in a white Ford Bronco. The low-speed chase ends at Simpson's Brentwood, Los Angeles mansion, where he surrenders.
  • The 1994 FIFA World Cup starts in the United States.
• July 17 – Brazil wins the 1994 FIFA World Cup, defeating Italy 3–2 in a penalty shootout in the final (full-time 0–0).
• September 18 - In The Swedish general election, Ingvar Carlsson defeat Carl Bildt
• September 28 - The car ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
• October 1 - Palau gains independence from the United Nations Trusteeship Council.
• December 4 - The Stureplan murders
• December 11 – First Chechen War: Russian president Boris Yeltsin orders troops into Chechnya.

1995 AD

• January 1 - Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union.
• January 17 – The 6.9 Great Hanshin earthquake strikes the southern Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan with a maximum Shindo of 7, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
• April 19 – Oklahoma City bombing: 168 people, including eight federal Marshals and 19 children, are killed at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and 680 are wounded by a bomb set off by Timothy
• August 24 – Windows 95 is launched by Microsoft.
• October 3 – Murder trial of O. J. Simpson: Former American Football star O. J. Simpson is found not guilty of double murder in a criminal trial for the deaths of former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
• November 4 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated at a peace rally in Tel Aviv.
• December 14 – The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris, officially ending the Bosnian War.

1996 AD

• July 19 - The 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States/August 4 – The 1996 Summer Olympics conclude.
• September 19 – The American Space Shuttle Atlantis Docks with the Russian Space station Mir.
• November 5 – 1996 United States presidential election: Incumbent Democratic) President Bill Clinton defeats his Republican) challenger, Bob Dole and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot.
• December 13 – Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan is elected by the United Nations Security Council the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.

1997 AD

• Zuban invasion of New York City in Planet Earth for the next 1003 years. (Alternate First)
• January 1 - Malmöhus County and Kristianstad County are merged into Skåne County
• January 25–April 15 – Albania suffers severe riots and teeters on the brink of civil war
• May 23 - The landslide in Vagnhärad: Five villas in Vagnhärad slide into the Trosaån. 33 houses are being emptied due to continued landslide risk
• May 1 – Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as the Labour Party) wins the 1997 United Kingdom general election and returns to government for the first time in 18 years.
• July 1 – The United Kingdom hands sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.
• August 31 – Death of Diana, Princess of Wales: Diana, Princess of Wales, is taken to a hospital after a car accident shortly after midnight, in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris. She is pronounced dead at 4:00 am.
• October 2 – The EU's new "constitution" the Treaty of Amsterdam is signed
• October 27 – Stock market declines trigger the Asian financial crisis.
• December 1 - The Höga Kusten Bridge is inaugurated north of Härnösand in Sweden, and will be Sweden's longest suspension bridge
• December 19 - The movie Titanic ) has premiered in cinemas.

1998 AD

• January 1 - The Västra Götaland County is formed by a merger of the more than 300-year-old counties of Skaraborg, Älvsborg County and Gothenburg County and Bohus County. However, two of Skaraborg County's municipalities, Habo municipalities and Mullsjö municipalities, were transferred to Jönköping County.
• January 17 – The Drudge Report breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him.
• February 7–22 – The 1998 Winter Olympics are held in Nagano, Japan.
• April 10 – Good Friday Agreement: An hour after the end of the talks deadline, the Belfast Agreement is signed between the Irish and British governments and most Northern Ireland political parties, with the notable exception of the Democratic Unionist Party.
• June 3 – Eschede train disaster: an Intercity-Express high-speed train derails between Hanover and Hamburg, Germany, causing 101 deaths.
• June 10–July 12 – The 1998 FIFA World Cup in France: France beats Brazil 3–0 in the FIFA World Cup Final.
• September 20 - In The 1998 Swedish general election. Göran Persson Wins
• 7 October - Oslo's new airport Gardermoen is inaugurated.
• October 30 - Gothenburg discothèque fire
• 6 December - Gävle is hit by a violent snowstorm. Schools are closed and residents are asked to stay indoors.

1999 AD

• April - Digital terrestrial television was launched in Sweden
• April 1 – Nunavut, an Inuit homeland, is created from the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories to become Canada's third territory.
• April 20 – Columbine High School massacre:
• June 10 – Kosovo War and NATO bombing of Yugoslavia: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Yugoslav forces from Kosovo.
• June 10-13 – European Parliament election, turnout is record low in several countries, for example Sweden. The Liberal People's Party is reaping successes that are considered to be due to Marit Paulsen
• August – The gay, bi and trans festival Stockholm Pride is organized for the first time.
• December 20 – Handover of Macau from the Portuguese Republic to the People's Republic of China after 442 years of Portuguese rule in the settlement.
• December 31 – Boris Yeltsin resigns as president of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting president.

I've been a long time lurker on this sub and following the identification of the Does. We know that many serial killers took a break, BTK is probably the most famous, and he did so to raise his daughtebe a family man.

• Rex married Elizabeth Ryan - 1990
• Witness 3 and Rex's mother, Dolores, moved out of his home - September 1993
• Sandra Costilla murdered - Nov 19-20, 1993
• Rex married Asa Ellerup (bringing a step-son, Christopher, into the union) - 1996
  • Rumored she moved in with him prior to marriage, but according to attorney Robert Macedonio she was not living there in 1993 when Sandra Costilla was murdered.
• Fire Island Doe (Karen Vergata) remains found - February, 1996
• Victoria Heuermann born - October 1996
• Peaches (Jane Doe #3) and baby peaches murdered - June 23-27, 1997
• Valerie Mack (Manorville Doe) murdered - Sep 5, 2000
• Valerie Mack (Manorville Doe) remains found - Nov 19, 2000
• Andre Jamal Isaac (Sugar Bear) disappeared - before Thanksgiving, 2002
• Andre Jamal Isaac (Sugar Bear) torso found - Dec 2002
• Jessica Taylor murdered - July 21 - 26, 2003
• Andre Jamal Isaac (Sugar Bear) extremities found - 2003
• Andre Jamal Isaac (Sugar Bear) extremities found - 2004
• Cherries torso found - March, 2007 (I have not found her estimated date of death if anyone has a resource?)
• Maureen Brainard-Barnes murdered - July 9, 2007
• Tanya Rush's remains found - July 10, 2009
• Melissa Barthelemy murdered - July 10, 2009
• Megan Waterman murdered - June 6, 2010
• Amber Costello murdered - Sep 2, 2010
• Gilgo 4 (Amber, Megan, Melissa, & Maureen)'s remains found - December 11-13, 2010
• April 2011 canine and foot searches for Shannan Gilbert
  • Asian Male Doe in women's clothing remains found - April 4, 2011
  • Baby doe (Peacher's daughter) remains found - April 4, 2011
  • Valerie Mack's additional remains found - April 4, 2011
  • Fire Island Doe's (Karen Vergata) additional remains (first located in 1996) found - April 11, 2011
  • Additional remains of Jane Doe #3 (Peaches, mother of baby girl doe) found - April 22, 2011
• LE announce they're looking for connections for all remains except Shannan Gilbert - Nov 29, 2011
• Yet another announcement from LE that they're looking for connections for all remains except Shannan Gilbert - Dec 15, 2011
• Hurricane Sandy hit destroying much of the shoreline - Oct 29, 2012
  • This may have potentially washed away other bodies/evidence
• Pressure began to use genealogy to identify victims - January 2019
• Belt of WH or HM was found and shared with the public - January 16, 2020
• Valerie Mack identified - May 28, 2020
• Andre Jamal Isaac (Sugar Bear) added to the Gilgo News Website - May 29, 2020
• State approves familial testing for DNA - Sept 22, 2020
• Suffolk County pays to receive advanced technology to analyze old phone data in the case and begin using an M-Vac system to improve DNA samples - Oct 23, 2021
• LE look for Elijah "Lige" Howell/Howard. Mr. Howard who passed away in Mobile, Alabama in 1963 in connection to Peaches - Oct 7, 2022
  • Remember they were doing familial testing at this time, I believe this is an identified family member of Peaches or her baby.

I believe that the rapid increase in location of bodies and extremeties in 2011 spooked Rex and he either stopped killing all together or changed his dumping grounds. We know that in 2000-2002 when working on his HK document he was being careful about identification, trying to stay ahead of LE, and planning. However, we also have to consider that as he continued killing he became in less control of his urges. He tried very hard to appear disorganized, but his planning and prep shows he was very organized. Organized serial killers "know right from wrong, are not insane and show no remorse. Based on historical patterns, organized killers are likely to be above average to average intelligence, attractive, married or living with a domestic partner, employed, educated, skilled, orderly, cunning and controlled. They have some degree of social grace, may even be charming, and often talk and seduce their victims into being captured."
There are a lot of comments on this sub and all over the internet about his lack of emotions and his piercing eyes, but we are seeing him with the pre-determined impression that he is going to be a gross man because he allegedly killed all of these women in grotesque ways. He may have appeared educated, attractive, and intelligent to those around him who did not have this pre-conceived notion.
He appeared to have some capability to control his urges between his family's trips or there are less extensive murders out there. I'm thinking of the blunt force trauma, no dismemberment bodies that have been found in surrounding areas. Also there are many times people stop killing or committing crimes due to new sexual relationships, family time, etc... so the 1993-1996 when he was dating Asa may have explained that small gap, then I think there's a much smaller gap between 1996 and 2003 than he's currently charged with.
Or he could be like Joseph James DeAngelo and simply have stopped.

Strap yourselves in. This is a long one. I’m so sorry.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is a game that shouldn’t be as iconic as it is. It is an incredibly unique and niche mix of puzzle game, point and click adventure, and mystery visual novel. Yet, this game is still one of the most recognizable out there, especially in the conversation around iconic DS games (even though the original trilogy was on GBA in Japan). Even someone who has never played it has probably heard that iconic “Objection!” sound byte. I have a really soft spot for this game and wanted to break down and discuss basically everything about it.
While the entire original trilogy is fantastic, I do honestly believe that original game still holds up the best. In terms of gameplay, it’s true that the trilogy only ever got better at consistently giving the player engaging puzzles to solve, but the original Ace Attorney not only has the most consistently likable cast of characters, but also stands as the only Ace Attorney game to date in my opinion where every case is either great or fantastic.
In terms of actual gameplay, there isn’t honestly a lot to discuss. This is a visual novel, but it I’ve always seen it primarily as a puzzle game. There is quite a bit of gameplay meat on this game’s bones, but the actual challenge of this game is far less technical and more focused on logic puzzles where you have to examine the correct parts of the environment, figure out what information to show to different characters. In court, the game does begin to ask a little more of you and there’s more of a tangible challenge. There will be parts where you have to present certain evidence to make your case or answer multiple choice questions, but the main event of the game are the cross examinations.
When a witness is brought into court, they will give a testimony. They’ll tell their story and you’ll be given the opportunity to cross examine them. You get to go through each portion of the testimony and you have the option to either press or present. Pressing just means that you’ll ask a pre-set follow-up question to that part of the testimony to get more info. Most of the time, this leads nowhere, but pressing the right statements can give you the leverage you need to do what comes next. There is no penalty for pressing, so you should press every statement.
Presenting evidence is what this game is known for. You have to find exactly what part of the testimony is inaccurate and match it with the evidence that it contradicts. For example, an early witness in the game claims that the victim died at 1:00, but the autopsy report says they died at 4:00, so you present it there. However, you have to be sure when you present evidence. If you present evidence and it doesn’t disprove anything, you will lose a “life” so to speak. You get 5 lives each trial (which can last up to 45 minutes to an hour) and if you lose all 5, you are sent back to your last save (and the game does not auto save).
This sounds really basic and simple, but once you’re working with longer testimonies with like 10-15 pieces of evidence built up over an entire case, the game can get quite tricky. There’s also some beautifully handled moments where you have to make a leap in logic just large enough that it feels like a gamble, but not so big it feels out of nowhere and can’t be solved and reasoned out naturally. This is why when games like Danganronpa try to make the game faster and more exciting, adding layers of more technical gameplay at the expense of the more logical puzzle solving, the game just doesn’t feel as good, even if it does scratch a similar itch (also Danganronpa frequently asks you to run with some pretty batshit logic).
If I had some criticisms of the gameplay, I’d say this. While I enjoy the investigation segments before each trial, they can sometimes just feel like homework until you get to the good part. I said before that the original Ace Attorney has the most barebones gameplay in the series and it really shows in these sections. Thankfully, they never last too long and you’ll be in court soon enough. One last extremely minor critique I have is that if pressing a witness in a cross examination reveals new information, that information is critical to moving forward, so it solves half of the problem. If pressing a witness creates a new statement in the testimony, that statement will be the one you contradict. If you’re given a piece of evidence from pressing a witness, that evidence will be what you use to disprove another claim in the testimony. While I appreciate the work it must have taken to pace these cases in a way to ensure you have to have this information to move forward, my favorite parts of the game are where I make that match of statement to evidence on my own with pressing witnesses just being a way for the game to hint which statement may be fishy.
Now that I’ve gotten gameplay out of the way, I really want to talk about this game’s presentation, because it’s what really makes this special game even more special.
This game looks fantastic. Whether it be the original GBA/DS version or the remastered version on modern consoles within the Phoenix Wright Trilogy, the game still has a strikingly unique style in its characters, backgrounds, and especially animation. This is not a game that at all feels like it was made by like 10 people. If I had to pick a preference, I do think the original DS version still holds up the best visually. The pixel art blends in better, making the presentation even more visually cohesive and playing the game as it was on original hardware really drives home just how impressive this game was. However, the remaster is still a fantastic way to play and a more than worthy remaster.
I really want to highlight the animation in this game, however. The amount and quality of character animation in this game is stellar. For a game where none of the characters have voice acting and you’ll be spending 99% of the time reading, it’s incredible how much character and lively energy still exists within the gams. While the writing does most of the heavy lifting (this game has an incredible script), the way the characters move really makes them feel alive in a way video game characters often don’t.
The cast of characters in this game is incredible. I’d argue this game has the best cast in the entire series. They’re all so fun and quirky while still being somewhat grounded (unlike the Ace Attorney games after the core trilogy, which often have bizarre and cartoonish personalities and behavior quirks). However, these characters are absolutely paper thin and that’s okay. These characters don’t need to be super deep and developed to get the job done. This is still a fairly upbeat and cartoony game with an anime-style aesthetic and the characters and overall tone reflect that. However, that isn’t to say these characters can’t and don’t carry more emotional moments within the game. They’re just not super deep as characters overall.
The core recurring cast are all great. I love how Phoenix is depicted through inner monologues as a complete nervous wreck while acting mainly as the straight man to everyone else. Mia Fey’s calming confidence as a result of experience makes her a great mentor and safety net for Phoenix. Edgeworth acts as a solid rival even if you don’t learn much about him until the end. Gumshoe is really fun in the way that overtime he becomes less of an obstacle in your way and more into a reliable source of information without any part of his character ever actually changing. However, the star of the show is Maya Fey. It couldn’t be anyone else. Your assistant throughout the game, Maya is a ray of bubbly sunshine who adds so much energy to the entire game. She is the sole reason why the investigation segments aren’t a complete bore as her interactions with Nick (I just wrote out his nickname without even thinking about it) allow her character to shine. She isn’t dumb, but she is immature and incredibly energetic. She also acts as the highlight of the 3rd case, being a mega fan of the children’s show that case revolves around while Phoenix just kinda has to put up with her antics. Her arc near the end of the game is also the most emotional and heartfelt part of the entire game and leads to an amazingly sweet finale.
On the topic of presentation, we have to talk about the soundtrack. All the Ace Attorney games have great soundtracks, but this one is truly incredible. It’s such a perfect soundtrack that it feels off going to the next games and hearing it change. Perhaps my favorite tracks (outside the obvious courtroom ones) are both versions of the Turnabout Sisters theme (or the Maya Fey theme). I’d mention more standout tracks, but we’d be here literally all day. It’s good stuff.
But something I really wanted to talk about is the game’s sound design. Now listen. I am an audio guy. I pay a lot of attention to this kind of thing. So keep that in mind when I say Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney has the best sound design in any game ever and the same goes for its sequels as well. The iconic voice clips to the punchy sounds that accentuate certain dialogue moments make each interaction feel like a fight to the death. I love the slash sound used when you catch someone in a lie. Something about the fleshier impact sound compared to the others is so satisfying. I also love how you can immediately tell when an answer you give is correct because the music cuts out.
The result of this stellar presentation on top of the unique gameplay and clever writing is an almost euphoric feeling once you’re in a trial. Each element of this game is outstanding, but it all still blends together into a sum greater than any of its parts and it makes each trial feel like a legitimate battle more intense than most games. The back and forth as you try to make your case and get closer to the truth as Edgeworth just drops new evidence on you that sets you back is such an incredible dynamic that it’s insane to think it’s all told through mostly static character sprites. And the fact the player takes an active role in this battle, making each major move and presenting evidence at each turning point, you feel personally invested in this battle.
The pacing in this game is just so good. After the original trilogy, the later Ace Attorney games and the Danganronpa series (the only other series to my knowledge with similar gameplay) are all so incredibly slow. Trials go on forever with so much bloated dialogue. Not only are investigations and trials in this game nowhere near as long as the later ones, but reveals are dished out as just the right time and evidence is brought to you at a pace where it can be hard to get too ahead of a case. Something I also think adds a lot that other games miss the mark on is that whenever you catch someone openly lying, it’s a turning point in the narrative. The pace feels so brisk and light that there isn’t time for things to feel tired or boring.
Now for the story
Overall, the story in this game is quite good. The story develops over the course of 4 cases, so I’ll give my basic thoughts on each without spoiling anything.
The First Turnabout is a great start to the series. It’s a really simple case that’s purely designed to get you accustomed to how this game will work. It has a fun twist and is short enough to not overstay its welcome.
Turnabout Sisters is where the game properly starts. It has a great advantage as the murder directly follows several plot points from the first case, getting you more involved as you learn the investigation mechanics and begin to learn about some of the larger story. This is also the first case Maya Fey appears in and the first of many times she’ll be accused of a murder she didn’t commit.
A small note, but I like how both these cases open with showing you exactly who the murderer is. This may seem strange for a mystery game, but not only is finding out what happened enough of a mystery itself, but it helps motivate the player. You know who the murderer is, so you feel more of a drive to prove your client innocent and prove that to the court instead of each storyline simply being a basic murder whodunnit with extra steps.
Turnabout Samurai is more or less a filler case. It doesn’t push the main narrative forward, but don’t take that as I don’t like it. Rather, I think this case is a ton of fun with some of the best characters and comedic moments in the entire game. I also think it acts as a great status quo case before things are shaken up for the final act.
Turnabout Goodbyes is the final case in the base game while it was on GBA and it is fantastic. The premise of the case is immediately intriguing and shakes up the status quo immensely. It’s simply incredible working through this already complex case just to realize uncovering the whole truth involves finishing up an unsolved murder from 15 years ago as well. Not to mention this is the case where you cross examine a parrot and it’s incredible.
The stories in these cases and the overarching plot aren’t super complex, but they’re all still fun to piece together and the characters do a good job of keeping things fun and upbeat. It’s a game that’s funny a lot of the time, intense in just the right places, and can blindside you with something unexpectedly sweet or touching. It’s a solid story in its own right and a great jumping off point for the rest of the series.
This is where my analysis of the original Ace Attorney on GBA. However, we are still not done here.
Rise from the Ashes is a 5th case added when the original game made the leap from GBA to DS and is included in all future versions. This case is absolutely insane. Not only is it a weird anomaly in that it takes advantage of the new hardware, using 3D models in places and utilizing many of the DS’s gimmicks, but it stands as maybe the longest case in the core trilogy and easily the most complex and mechanically challenging.
There’s a lot I like about this case. The setup and overall story are great. I love how much the challenge is ramped up, especially in the trials, which are each like 3 times longer than anything in the base game. Even replaying this case, I get stuck constantly and have to make crazy leaps in logic, but ones that still feel satisfying to nail. This case has a cross examination that I was stuck on for literal days playing it the first time and I was a high schooler then, so being stuck on a single part of a game for days didn’t happen often, especially not in a puzzle game. I also like the new cast of characters. Angel Starr handing out random lunches is pretty funny.
The main problem with this case is that it’s in the first Ace Attorney and therefore has to be confined to that game’s simpler mechanics. To be fair, Rise from the Ashes does add to the investigation mechanics. You can now examine pieces of evidence in finer detail, which is great! You also have to sometimes blow into the DS microphone to progress which isn’t. The gimmicks really do bring this case down and it makes it feel a little out of place. Like you spend a whole game playing with these mechanics and NOW they’re adding more? It really makes the case feel tacked on rather than the natural conclusion to the game.
I think ultimately while I love Rise from the Ashes’ ambition and acknowledge it as the most fulfilling gameplay experience you’ll get out of the original Ace Attorney, I don’t like it as much as Turnabout Samurai or Turnabout Goodbyes. And a good part of the reason is Ema Skye. Listen. I love Ema Skye and think she’s really fun and endearing, but since she has to replace Maya Fey’s role as assistant, she simply can’t live up to it and it feels weird that we have to make a bond with this new character on the last case of a game where we spent the rest bonding with someone else. I think Rise from the Ashes is a fantastic case on its own, but it’s weird as the final act here after the game already ended. Ultimately, it is simply more game and at a higher quality in terms of gameplay, but it doesn’t come together quite as much.
If this overly long rant has made anything clear, I love this game. It came at a really formative point in my life and it’s a game that means a lot to me. However, I do think putting nostalgia aside, it’s still an incredibly fun and polished experience that still deserves a place in gaming. Maybe one day, I’ll write another overly long piece about the sequels, Justice for All (which has my favorite case in the series) and Trials and Tribulations (which has the fan favorite case). But for now, I’m gonna stop, because I’ve been writing this for literal hours.

Aside from the DNA evidence and related hair evidence (more on that in a later post I’m planning), what is the best evidence that ties RH o these serial killing crimes? . What do you think are the top pieces of evidence or ategories of evidence linking RH to these hideous murders ( maybe just top 5 -8 category/ items of evidence) .
Please let’s skip DNA and hair evidence for this list. I realize that dna/hair is the overall best evidence but for it to be useful and admissible (in some cases) there needs to be some significant non DNA EVIDENCE linking RH to crimes. More later on that.
I’ll go first -

1. Conversations, phone calls, fight and spotting avalanche and vague description of a RH like figure on Sept 1 and 2, 2010 at Amber’s home as detailed in first bail document
2. The ad for Amber’s services found from search of Rex house (2nd bail doc?)
3. The sicko “How to” mini manual Rex created around 2000-2002 and found on RH computer (bail docs 3)
4. The similar “MO” evidence linking victims. Prostitutes, small size victims, dump site,. Similar corpse preparation
5. MORE MO: All (most) occur when RH’s wife and family are out of town - which is documented
6. His documented interest in SM and violent porn and his regular use of prostitution , burner phones etc.

Paiche Onyemaechi was a 25 year old Malawian woman who was brutally murdered after leaving her home in County Waterford, Ireland in July 2004. Despite numerous appeals and investigations, her murder has never been solved.
Paiche was the daughter of Leonard Unyolo, the then chief justice minister of Malawi. In the 1990's, she left Malawi to complete a course of study in London after enrolling on a business administration course. In 1999, she moved to Ireland as an asylum seeker with her Nigerian husband, a man called Chika Onyemaechi, and settled in Limerick for a time, where she had worked in lap dancing clubs and as a prostitute. In 2001, she relocated to Waterford with her husband where they had 2 children, Anthony and Andrew. They had both been granted Irish residency following the birth of their first child.
It was reported that prior to her murder, Paiche had gone missing on a number of occasions but had always returned. However, on July 10th 2004, her husband reported her missing for the last time. He told police that she had left on July 8th and hadn't returned. He hadn't worried immediately due to her history of vanishing but that he was concerned that she still hadn't returned. Garda confirmed the last sighting of Paiche was at 5pm on July 8th in Pickardstown, approximately 7.5km from her home in Herblain Park in Waterford City. On July 13th, a woman discovered Paiche's remains by Brenor bridge in County Kilkenny, approximately 30km from her home in Waterford. She had been savagely beaten and decapitated and her decomposing body was wrapped in black plastic bags. Her head has never been found and Gardaí believe it may have been taken as a trophy.
Her husband, Chika, was interviewed by Gardaí but was released without charge. However, when Garda searched their family home, they noticed that areas of carpet had been cut out and removed. Strangely, Chika went missing in strange circumstances mere days after her body was found and no trace of him has ever been discovered. Garda have now stated that they are concerned for his well-being due to the circumstances in which he vanished but to date, he has never been located. Numerous leads were followed, including theories that she may have been murdered due to her work as a prostitute or that her killing was linked to voodoo. However, these didn't lead anywhere and the trail ran cold.
In 2004, Gardaí received an anonymous letter that contained information about her killing and even named alleged perpetrators. Two men were arrested in August 2004 in relation to her killing but they were released without charge. A woman who was interviewed was also released. In 2005, Garda stated that they had submitted a file to the prosecution service and that charges were imminent. However, this never went anywhere and nobody was ever formally charged with her murder. In 2006, a Nigerian man named Chijioke Ezekwem was charged with failing to disclose information in relation to Paiche's murder.
Paiche's father flew to Ireland for her funeral and met with the then justice minister, Michael McDowell. McDowell stated that he would do everything in his power to find her killers. Arrangements were also made for Paiche and Chika's 2 children to return to Malawi to live with her father in light of Chika's mysterious disappearance.
It's been almost 20 years since Paiche's horrific murder and nobody has ever been convicted for the inhumane killing. Despite numerous appeals for information, interviews with her family and fresh eyes examining her case, it remains unsolved with no justice ever being served.
Sources: https://www.munster-express.ie/community-notes/someone-knows-what-happened-to-paiche/
https://irishunresolvedmysteries.home.blog/2020/07/21/paiche-onyemaechi-kilkenny/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Paiche_Onyemaechi
https://m.independent.ie/regionals/herald/anniversary-plea-to-missing-husband-over-headless-body/27919010.html

Jean Ellory was born Geneva Hilliker in 1915 in Wisconsin. After graduating High School, she moved to Chicago to study nursing. After *that*, she moved to Los Angeles in the late 1930s. She got married in Arizona in 1940, but the marriage was quickly over, and none of Jean’s family ever met her first husband.
In 1947 she married Armand Ellroy, a man who existed on the fringes of Hollywood - he was briefly Rita Hayworth’s manager, and also claimed to have had an affair with her. For her part, Jean claimed she’d seen John Dillinger be killed. Two months pregnant on the day she got married, her son Lee Earle Ellroy, was born in 1948.
Lee would later claim his mother “majored in booze and minored in men.” In 1954, Jean and Armand would divorce, and Lee moved with his mother first to Santa Monica, where she worked at Packard Bell, and then to El Monte, east of Los Angeles.
Though Lee would spend three weekends a month with his father, Armand would apparently watch Lee and Jean in their new home at night.
One Saturday in June 1958, with Lee with his father, Jean went out. She was seen with a blonde woman and a “swarthy man” at the Desert Inn in El Monte. The man may or may not have been Mexican, and only one person there heard him speak: a waitress he ordered coffee from. Later, Jean and the Swarthy Man - but not the Blonde - at Stan’s Drive In. Staff there were supposed to get the license plates of cars, in case they dined and dashed, but in this case, it didn’t happen, and nobody knows who the dark green Oldsmobile they were in belonged to. Neither the Blonde nor the Swarthy Man have ever been identified.
The next morning, Sunday, 22nd June 1958, Jean’s body was found by Little Leaguers outside Arroyo High School. She’d been strangled and her body dumped in bushes about a mile and a half from the Desert Inn.
Armand Ellroy believed his wife had been murdered by the Swarthy Man after turning down a threesome with him and the Blonde, and that’s probably as close as we’ll get to an answer to what happened; Jean was raped and murdered by a man who will never be identified.
Steve Hodel believes that Fred Sexton, a friend of his father, George Hodel, killed Jean, but there’s no evidence they ever met, and I’m wary of Steve Hodel given that he thinks his father killed Elizabeth Short.
There *is* however one connection with the Black Dahlia murder. A few years after Jean’s murder, Armand Ellroy gave his son a copy of the book *The Badge* by Jack Webb, which featured Short’s murder. Attempting to come to terms with the unsolved killing of his mother, the young Ellroy would transfer his feelings onto another Los Angeles unsolved murder. Lee would grow up, change his first name, and write some books about murder, the LAPD and the 1940s and 50s.
Who was the Swarthy Man? Did he kill Jean? Why did the Blonde never come forward? Was she scared? Did the Swarthy Man ever kill again?
Here’s a longer look at the murder https://venetianvase.co.uk/2022/04/16/the-murder-of-jean-ellroy-the-search-for-answers/
And here is an article written by Jean’s son in 1994 https://www.gq.com/story/james-ellroy-murder

It’s a point of praise in vampire media when a vampire “feels old”. How often do you see on this sub praise for Elijah for “actually feeling like a 1000+ year old vampire”? Or how old Godric from True Blood feels?
I think there are two main things that goes into us perceiving a character as older, even if they look young.
One: characters who are established as old fearespect them. Before we even see Elijah, Rose and Trevor, who are established as being about as old as Katherine, speak about him in fearful tones. This is also where the TVDU rule of older=stronger comes in clutch, because if this Elijah has power over these two old-ass vampires he must also have quite a bit of years on them as well.
Two: indicate that they have undergone some sort of process, or change. As we age, we change. This is Mikael in TVD vs Mikael in TO. In The Vampire Diaries Mikael shows regret, and speaks softly towards his daughter. He became a vampire to become superior, but then trained himself to not feed on living beings because they were “innocent”. The Originals’ Mikael is the same shouty, angry dude he was over a thousand years ago. He doesn’t care who he kills, just like he didn’t care when he was human. Godric, out of every vampire character, is probably the easiest to show “process” with. Even when we first meet him in the 10th century when he’s already a thousand, he comes across as old by virtue of looking like a teenager who’s speaking authoritatively to a 30-something Viking. And when we meet him in the present he’s undergone yet more change. Far from the murdering psychopath we first saw, he commands Eric to spill no blood and to spare the humans. In fact the term evolution, which is basically another word for change, is brought up constantly with regard to Godric. He sadly observes how most vampires haven’t changed while he has. Russell and Warlow are vampires who are even older than Godric, but a central idea within both these characters is that they haven’t changed.
But I think we’re all missing the obvious when talking about this subject. Firstly, as OneOnOne points out, is that we don’t even know what someone that old would act like because we simply have no frame of reference. The oldest person ever was 122. But even if there was, I still don’t think a vampire would act like this theoretical old-ass human, because we’re all forgetting the most fundamental thing about vampires. They’re immortal. We as humans change and grow (well, most of the time) because we have to as a matter of circumstance. If we’re trouble makers we’ll get caught and face consequences and either become smarter about how we make trouble or we simply stop. If we’re alcoholics we’ll either change or fuckin die. If we become parents our whole outlook and sense of priority changes. But a vampire is immortal. As much as they have the opportunity to change, they don’t actually HAVE to. Why bother? In the TVDU none of the ancient vampires we meet seem to have really undergone “process” or change. Kol’s the same guy we meet in 2010 as he is in 1002. Aya is as unflinchingly committed to The Strix in 2014 as she was in, uh… 1204? Klaus mentions crusaders in a deleted flashback scene and it looks like they’re in a church so maybe this is the fourth crusade where they sacked Constantinople?
What’s my point with this? Well, if somehow we extended a human’s lifespan to 2000, I still think a 1000 year old mortal human would act very differently from your garden variety 1000 year old immortal vampire. Because the same pressures that make a human change don’t necessarily apply to vampires. So I think it’s very reasonable when ancient vampires in fiction don’t necessarily seem old. Because being a vampire means you don’t even need to grow up.

I was going to do a podcast about a former classmate at my high school (been over a decade and no new leads) and with Paul Flores finally getting charged for Kristen Smart’s murder, I thought maybe a podcast could bring more attention to the case and maybe get new tips too… but their family let me know that they would prefer if I didn’t and I want to respect the family’s wishes.
Any unsolved murders in Virginia that could use some spotlighting on a podcast?