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He was desperate, she was terrified! He grabbed her at sunset and held her captive for 14 hours through the darkest of nights in West Texas. The haunting wilderness of the Texas Chihuahuan Desert provided the perfect backdrop for a desperate and demented undocumented alien to strike terror into the heart of a single mother living alone in Terlingua. Through twelve tortuous hours her efforts to stay alive document the incredible strength of a woman determined to outwit her captor and live long enough to tell the story.The heartbreaking events of that night, and the following saga that led to the capture and trial of Refugio Gardea Gonzalez, became a controversial international border incident: El Incidente Gonzalez. With courageous audacity, these events are finally shared by the woman who was dead center of this unprecedented story. Written with gripping intensity, this is a tale that will move you, shake you, and leave you wanting to know more about the extraordinary Texas Spirit.

Violence and crime have existed throughout the world for centuries whether it be murder, assault, robbery, kidnapping, hate crime, bullying, domestic violence, etc.  Back then and today, people have no knowledge as to why violence and crime exists; what causes people to become violent and commit crimes; who's responsible for decreasing/ceasing violence and crime; and will there ever be a solution for them.Whether you know it or not, violence and crime are two satanic tactics that were released from the pit of hell to cause chaos and division among people as a whole (meaning in various states and countries) and as you can see, as of today, violence and crime are rapidly spreading like cancer and people are constantly blaming and pointing fingers at higher authorities and police officers for the demonic onslaught.  Today is time for "change".  The Lord instilled genuine love in the heart of this author and from childhood this author's prayers and cry to the Lord was "Lord, what can I do to stop the people in this world from hurting and killing one another because I'm tired of feeling their pain?"  Well, the Lord finally gave this author the "Root Solution" for violence and crime along with some strategies for ceasing/decreasing the two demonic tactics.  No more do we have to wait for higher authorities to find a solution, it is being revealed in this book and Now we must become knowledgeable, supportive, implement and share the answer to violence and crime with others so that we can make a difference in the world and everybody can live safe, comfortable and share genuine love among each other.

After Shaun Attwood arrived in the Arizona Department of Corrections, his challenges multiplied. His cellmate threatened to cave in Shaun’s skull with a padlock in a sock. A naked neighbour dragged him into a cell for sex. Before a visit with his parents, he was attacked by a drug-crazed biker.Forced to adapt or perish, Shaun made alliances with powerful prisoners, including T-Bone a massive ex-Marine who risked his life saving inmates from rape, and Two Tonys, an old-school Mafia murderer who left the corpses of his rivals from Tucson to Alaska. They showed Shaun how to transcend incarceration and to learn from his mistakes.

In his informative introduction to the volume, translator Everard Meade orients the reader to the broader armed conflict in Mexico and explains the unique role of Sinaloa at its epicenter. Reports on border politics and infamous drug traffickers may obscure the victims' suffering. The Taken helps ensure that their stories will not be forgotten or suppressed.

It was a shattering death bed confession by a heartbroken mother. But would it solve the oldest cold case murder case in American jurisprudence?In January 1994, Eileen Tessier told Jack McCullough's half-sister Janet Tessier that he, her son, kidnapped 7-year-old Maria Ridulph from their neighborhood in Sycamore, Illinois and killed her in December 1957. It was a case that tore the child's family apart, as well as dividing and terrifying the town as the days, then the months, and finally the years passed with no arrest.In 2008 the Illinois State police reopened the case against Jack after receiving an email from Janet Tessier about their mother's deathbed confession. After the Illinois State police interviewed Janet and learned that Jack had also been accused of raping their other sister, Jeanne Tessier, they reopened the case. But would reopening the case solve the question of who killed Maria Ridulph? And was McCullough the killer?In THE LAST MAN STANDING, true crime author Alan Warren writes in exacting detail about the kidnapping, murder and subsequent investigations-both in 1957 and 2008-that eventually led to the murder conviction of Jack McCullough. But the story doesn't stop there as it delves into the years McCullough spent in prison and the efforts to have his conviction overturned.Was McCullough the brutal killer of a little girl? Or was he the last man standing when the justice system decided he needed to pay for the crime? You decide.

It's not unusual for someone to have issues with their parents, but the 15 cases profiled in this book show that sometimes they can't be resolved with a conversation. In some cases, frequent physical and mental abuse led to murder, while other cases were just mentally deranged people taking out their frustrations on the closest person available.These short profiles show what happens when sons and daughters snap and end the lives of those who brought them into this world.

Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is…deadly? For the people in this book, that's certainly the case. They acted out of love and performed some of the most hideous acts of passion in the history of romance.This short book follows several cases of deadly passion, from the celebrated French woman who had enough of her husband's blatant cheating to the woman who made her husband a few inches shorter. These deadly divas and wannabe studs shocked the world and proved that love can be fatal!

Read about one of the most overlooked serial killersThe Zodiac Killer may have been San Francisco's most notorious serial killer, but another equally cruel killer was also stalking the streets at the same time, and, just like the Zodiac Killer, has never been arrested for his crimes. The difference is, while the Zodiac Killer's murder spree was heavily publicized, this other killer, nicknamed The Doodler, went unreported by the media and is nearly unknown today.How did this ruthless killer become almost forgotten? Because he didn't target helpless women or children--he targeted gays--and in the 70s many people believed they had it coming; if they would just stop being gay, then all would be well.In this gripping short book, you will go on the trail for one of the most brutal killers who ever lived.Read about why his victims were disregarded by a homophobic press, and how he was positively identified by three escaped victims...only to walk away free without being arrested.

With all of the attention placed on murderers of the male persuasion, you may be under the mistaken impression that the fairer sex has little if any blood on their hands.Sure, women have killed people over the years, but aside from a poisoning here and there, they couldn't have been that bad, right?Wrong.True, there have been fewer female serial killers than men (that we know of), but as this book shows the women who have taken part in this sickening pastime were every bit as twisted, cruel, and terrifying as their overhyped male counterparts.From bathing in blood to baby-killing, the women profiled in this book have stories shocking enough to make even the toughest, creatine-guzzling he man faint.

Beautiful Alaska--a peaceful, natural land where you know your neighbors and don't have to lock your doors. For most people, it's the perfect place to experience nature; for Robert Hansen, it was the perfect place for murder.Between 1980 and 1983, Hansen went on a murderous rampage killing between 17 and 37 women in the Anchorage, Alaska area. Hansen, a small-business owner, and pillar of the community, was also an avid hunter and used young girls as prey when he decided he needed a more challenging hunt. This book is the gripping account of the hunt and eventual capture of an unlikely killer, who almost got away with it.

¿¿¿ Discover America's First Killers ¿¿¿They murdered. They stole. And they did it all to excess. Unlike other bandits of early America, they didn't do it for the money--they did it for the thrill and love of blood.They were the Harpe Brothers, and they have been called America's first true serial killers.In this gripping narrative, the crimes and the lives of America's most notorious sibling killers are documented like a page-turning novel.

In the crime-ridden Chicago of the Prohibition era, gangsters like Al Capone battled for power, but few went to the extreme lengths that Capone did on Valentine's Day in 1929.The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre is one of the most notorious gang murders of all time. This short book, the first in the "Crime Shorts" series, gives you a page-turning look at one of the most notorious criminals of all time, and the massacre he masterminded to finally gain control of the bootleg liquor trade.

Jack the Ripper may get all the fame, but his 1960s counterpart, Jack the Stripper, will really send shivers down your spine. At least six women, all prostitutes, were murdered at his hand--possibly more. Most intriguing of all...he was never caught.The crimes, though often forgotten today, inspired the crime novel "Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square," which Alfred Hitchcock turned into the 1972 movie, "Frenzy."Go inside the hunt for this brutal killer in this gripping short biography.

One of the worst cases of sex slavery happened during the most violent time in modern history....Japan during the Second World War. The Rape of Nanking is well known, but what isn't is the systematic kidnapping and murdering of young girls in Korea, Indonesia, and all over Asia. Different estimates say between 20,000 and 400,000 women from all over Asian were forced into prostitution to "comfort" the soldiers. Some survived to tell their stories. The majority did not. This book gives the often forgotten history of how it happened, who was involved, how they were treated, and apologies that came years later.

There is little more terrifying than those who hunt, stalk and snatch their prey under the cloak of darkness. These hunters search not for animals, but for the touch, taste, and empowerment of human flesh. They are cannibals, vampires and monsters, and they walk among us. These serial killers are not mythical beasts with horns and shaggy hair. They are people living among society, going about their day to day activities until nightfall. To make the information usable for investigators, this monograph is divided into a number of different sections. There are sections that provide law enforcement with an overview of serial murder investigations, as well as sections that address the implications of the various body disposal scenarios used by serial killers and discusses how this information can be used to highlight certain offender characteristics. The study parameters and results section contains the statistical data of the study. The data was substantial enough to allow the authors to search frequencies and common occurrences between the body disposal scenario, other behaviors at the crime scene, the criminal history of the offender, and the relationship between the offender and the victim. Included within these sections are comparisons between individual offenders based upon how many victims were killed by each serial killer. Age, marital status, pre-offense stressors, and arrest history were also compared between the offenders' first and last murder. About the Author:Robert J. Morton Supervisory Special Agent National Center for the Analysis of Violent CrimeFederal Bureau of Investigation.

What made them do it? What were they thinking? Was it nature or nurture, that is, were they born evil or were they the products of their environment? And why are we so fascinated with crime?Journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams have been spoilt for choice selecting stories for the fifth Grave Tales book and the first Grave Tales: True Crime volume.As our nation developed, the bush prospered and the cities grew, these were some of the terrible crimes that took away our innocence, crimes destined never to be solved that live on in our history… crimes that confound us with their cruelty, stagger us with their brilliance and amaze us with their sheer audacity.Grave Tales: True Crime Vol. 1 features those people who were often unwilling participants in the events that would make local and national headlines at the time.Thoroughly researched by journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams, who between them have years of experience in newspapers, radio and TV, the book has uncovered hundreds of primary resources which help re-create the lives of those whose graves they have featured.

Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises run by criminals who intend to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for money and profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist groups, are politically motivated. Sometimes criminal organizations force people to do business with them, such as when a gang extorts money from shopkeepers for so-called "protection". Gangs may become disciplined enough to be considered organized. A criminal organization or gang can also be referred to as a mafia, mob, or crime syndicate; the network, subculture and community of criminals may be referred to as the underworld. European sociologists (e.g. Diego Gambetta) define the mafia as a type of organized crime group that specializes in the supply of extra-legal protection and quasi law enforcement.

Not since flamboyant, fringed-sleeved Gerry Spence has the courtroom seen anyone who can compare to Tony Buzbee. His fame and reputation increases with each successive judgment-including multi-million dollar victories against mega corporations, such as BP and the Ford Motor Company, and government entities such as FEMA and the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. Tony Buzbee-a product of a small-town upbringing in East Texas, an education at Texas A&M, the training of the United States Marine Corps, and the experience at the University of Houston Law School-is driven to succeed. He has created the reputation and the reality of a man not to be crossed in the courtroom or elsewhere by working extremely hard to be the best prepared lawyer in any trial and at every settlement discussion. He is a loyal friend and a ferocious enemy. He cares about what is right; his goal is doing the right thing. In his mid-40s now, Buzbee is still a young man-especially among the ranks of highly lauded trial lawyers. Still Buzbee seems almost obsessed with continuing to be one who represents the unrepresented and who gives hope to the hopeless in the legal arena. He is totally immersed in and exhilarated by the contests that he sees as David v. Goliath, poor v. rich, small v. big, the haves nots v. the haves, and good v. evil. Tony Buzbee's defining moments are most often the result of the codes by which he lives, many of which he extracted from the book he keeps on his desk and requires all his associates to read, a book he believes is a must-read for every current and future attorney. A summary of this "guidebook" is included among the chapters that detail courtroom performances that rival the fictional Perry Mason. Tony Buzbee is the real thing.

Incendiary Devices: Investigation and Analysis is the first book on this subject written by an actual arson investigator and profiler with decades of experience.Historically, there have been numerous myths and Hollywood exaggerations regarding the entire world of arson investigation. Chief among these myths is the notion that all arsonists are deeply intelligent, sinister plotters who sit around all day scheming and creating exotic incendiary devices. While there is the odd case of this exact type of offender, the bulk of the arsonists in the world are fairly mundane criminals not unlike a typical burglar.Nordskog combined his twenty-plus years as an arson/bomb investigator in Los Angeles with an intense three year study of actual incendiary devices found at arson events. He has separated the realities of his world from the myths of Hollywood and firehouse war stories. He has compiled a list of nearly 3,500 actual devices used in true cases and has provided comprehensive analysis of each item.Using his unique skills as a profiler of arson events, Nordskog has compared the incendiary devices in the book to the various sub-types of arson offenders. The entire purpose of this document is to use this unique information to identify, apprehend, classify and prosecute arsonists through the exploitation of their incendiary devices.Nordskog laboriously dredged up the historical use of incendiary devices in military actions, and followed the use of those items into the murky world of anarchists, Irish terrorists, animal rights movement extremists, anti-abortion fire bombers, and modern international terrorists.Nordskog explains the concept of learned behavior as incendiary device use expanded into the world of wild land arsonists, serial arsonists, and firefighter arsonists. He breaks down the mystery of Signature vs M.O. in device analysis and describes step by step how to exploit and analyze a device and its deployment by investigators, scientists, techs, and crime analysts.This book is a must read for any prosecutors, profilers, investigators, and crime scene specialists operating within the world of arson and bomb investigation.The details of this study and book have been culled from underground manuals, government documents, military manuals, and the case histories of thousands of arson attacks. The finished book was vetted and underwent technical review by several of the most experienced bomb and arson experts in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Fraud and Corruption is at the core of financial crime by white-collar offenders. This book provides an introduction to the shadow economy and presents the theory of convenience for white-collar crime. It explains why so few are willing to blow the whistle on people in the elite for misconduct and crime. The book is aimed at readers who are training for and working in control functions. The book illustrates challenges in controlling public administration by political bodies. Readers will learn the definitions of fraud and corruption, the convenience perspective, the role of whistleblowers, and the importance of fraud and corruption investigations. In addition, it presents updated research on white-collar crime as explained by convenience theory and illustrated by problematic issues such as whistleblower retaliation.

The Cold Gates of Hell is based on the true story of how Lorenzo Spencer, Sr. was called to preach by God but ran from his calling because of his lack of knowledge. Spencer believes that it was because of God's will that he was punished not only for the crimes he committed but also for his disobedience. During his time in prison, Lorenzo fought many fights, which are detailed in this story. However, God still showed him favor by allowing him to win every single one. Ultimately, Spencer was given a message by God entitled, "You Cannot Serve God and Satan." This message caused many incarcerated gang members to withdraw from their gangs and give their lives to God. Eventually, gang leaders felt that Lorenzo was taking over their organizations, and ten gang members jumped him for preaching the gospel.This story chronicles prison life from Spencer's eyes and explores the actions of some of the hardest convicts that came through the dirty south prisons. Spencer exposes corrupt officers and convicts who ran the jail with a heavy hand, sometimes leading to death. He also gives an in-depth look at the infamous 1991 riot that took place inside the Memphis jail located at 201 Poplar. Read the autobiography of how God worked countless miracles through Lorenzo Spencer, which unto this day are hard for him to believe.

Captain Will Smith was a successful self-made man and loving father who worked his way through flight school to become a well-respected pilot. After his divorce, single again and often flying off to work in the skies, Will was rarely home. He generously allowed his friends in need of a place to stay to sue his house in his absence. His one mistake was to allow the wrong person in.When a detective came to his door to announce he was being accused of rape, a shocked and confused Will hired legal help and was sent on a journey no innocent man should have to endure.This book chronicles Will's climb to success, his mockery of a trial, wrongful incarceration, and fight to prove his innocence. He had no idea he would come face to face with a circuit judge responsible for sending many other innocent people to jail. From the inside of a state prison, Will Smith took the fight to the judicial system, a fight he was told he could not win. But a fight he knew he had to fight.

Joe Silvestri was a tough kid from the mean streets of New York. He went from street brawler to wearing a tux at the glamorous Copacabana. He eventually provided "muscle" for the Mob, a highly respected and feared fixer-the guy you went to if you had a problem that needed to be resolved. He followed Mob protocol when having a sit down with an adversary: You never break bread with the enemy.Award-winning Mob author Dennis Griffin joins forces with Joey "the Fixer" Silvestri to tell a tale of a bygone era when organized crime dominated New York City. It was a time when neighborhood bosses controlled their turf and some cops would look the other way for the right price. Your best friend one day might want you dead the next. It was a violent life in which only the strong survived.

Tales of contemporary mobs, criminal activity among Russian immigrants, and claims of KGB involvement in American crime have long been reported in the news, but what of the "Russian mafia" is real, and what is a creation of sensational media? With research conducted in collaboration with the Tri-State Joint Soviet-émigré Organized Crime Project, Russian Mafia in America was the first in-depth study on Russian organized crime following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Authors Finckenauer and Waring focus on criminal networks in the New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania area, as well as a nationwide survey of law enforcement agencies and major criminal cases.Russian Mafia in America is a compelling look into the phenomenon of crime among Russian émigrés over generations, creating a fascinating contrast to commonly held assumptions.

This is a true story of a deadly search for truth and justice in the obvious murder of his son and a botched police investigation that evolved into an apparent police cover-up. A father puts his life on the line, risking possible death from the gang in his quest for fairness! This is the story of murder and street justice that could be sanctioned by the police, or so it seems! Testimony from medical experts as to the manner of death are given, supported by authentic autopsy reports and police and witnesses reports. This book is a must read!

In 1988, as the fallout from the infamous Fitzgerald Police Crime and Corruption Inquiry echoed around the country, a beautiful, 25-year-old actress and model was found viciously beaten and strangled to death near a Gold Coast golf club. Her husband, a handsome and charismatic Islamic freedom fighter, whom she had met in Cyprus and bigamously married in Athens a year earlier, was soon arrested and charged with her murder. But after a long, protracted trial that suggested other unseen forces may have come into play, he was acquitted and set free. Four hours later he was re-arrested as an illegal immigrant and set free while awaiting deportation.However before this could be carried out and because of anomalies in the trial, 6 months later he was again arrested on three counts of perjury and one count of perverting the course of justice for providing a false alibi. Australian legal history was made when he was convicted and sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment for lying to the court on the charge of beating and murdering his wife. Owing to the fact that the second trial had basically been another murder trial, the sentence was successfully appealed against on the grounds of double jeopardy, despite the judge at the second trial's summing up that it was inferred that he had obviously committed the murder, charges were dropped and he was again released.This is the intriguing story based on the victim's mother and co-writer, Patti Allen-Price, a well-known Australian performer, and her struggle to bring her daughter's murderer to justice and a new theory as to why her killer walked free.