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Last Ride of the “Traveling Rapist”
Serial Burglar Turns Killerby Robert A. WatersIt was 1977. President Jimmy Carter presided over a rising “misery index,” Star Warsblasted movie box office records to oblivion, and Elvis Presley died...
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Whitewashing the Elkhart 4
The Real Victimby Robert A. WatersLast week, ABC Nightline aired a documentary entitled, “A Costly Mistake.” The story is a good example of why I never trust anything I see on television. Heavily...
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Canada's Most Wanted Killer
Sharin' Morningstar Keenan[I'm re-publishing a previous article from my blog to bring attention to this stranger abduction and murder. If you know the whereabouts of Dennis Howe, contact the Toronto...
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"Just a Boy"
Murderer is “afraid of getting killed in prison”by Robert A. WatersTwo years ago, I wrote about the murder of Judi Simpson-Beaver. American justice works slowly and fitfully, if at all, but finally...
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“The Road Goes on Forever…And the Party Never Ends…”
Joe Ely’s stolen guitar is returnedby Robert A. WatersHe’s been called a “Texas country rocker,” and maybe that fits. But for me, Joe Ely’s best songs describe real-life stories with a touch of gritty...
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So Predictable
Joshua Drake, killed in shootout with clerk“I wish he’d treated life a whole lot better…”by Robert A. WatersAt noon on Thursday, August 15, 2014, 22-year-old Joshua Drake lay in a pool of blood,...
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The Thugs are Back
But Ray Rice is finally gone...by Robert A. WatersSo, the thugs are back: the rapists, wife-beaters, mom-beaters, thieves, dopers, drunks, dog-torturers and general purveyors of corruption.The 2014 NFL...
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My Favorite Booksby Robert A. WatersSeveral friends have asked me to list my favorite books. I hesitated for several reasons. One problem is that there are so many great books, it’s almost impossible...
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Short Family Murders Still Unsolved
Twelve years and counting…by Robert A. WatersOn September 25, 2002, Jennifer Short’s sad remains were located beside a stream in Rockingham County, North Carolina. After twelve years, lawmen are still...
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Just Get a Job
Shawn Custis MugshotLife’s a lot easier that way…by Robert A. WatersIf 82-year-old Doris Thompson had worked a steady job, she might have retired decades ago. Instead, she’s back in the slammer. For...
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Cold Cases that Haunt the Soul
Cortney Clayton Stefanie Hill was a “righteous victim.” She did nothing to bring on her murder. A teenage student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, she was savagely beaten to death in the early...
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Kelli O’Laughlin’s Killer is Sentenced
Is it enough?by Robert A. WatersIn March, 2011, Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation to abolish the death penalty in Illinois. Six months later, 14-year-old Kelli O’Laughlin was executed at the hands...
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In the Criminal Justice System, 198 Equals 41
Double killer to be freed early…by Robert A. WatersDavid “Stringbean” Akeman was an anachronism. Born in Kentucky, he grew up destitute during the Depression. He watched the few people who had money...
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Clearwater, Florida’s Coldest Case
Nick and Demetra Jeatranby Robert A. WatersIn 1968, slightly more than 50,000 inhabitants lived in Clearwater. A quiet city located along the Sunshine State’s Gulf Coast, murder was...
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Should Missouri Halt this Execution?
Susan Brouk, Adrian Brouk, and Kyle BroukMark A. Christeson is scheduled to die in Missouri’s execution chamber at 12:01 A.M., on Wednesday, October 29. His attorneys, however, missed a deadline for...
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Compliant Victim Shot Dead
“I shot to kill him…”by Robert A. WatersAs killings go, the shooting at Papa John’s in Columbia, Tennessee seemed more senseless than most. Two robbers got the money from a compliant clerk, and headed...
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Yankee Confederates
Many northerners fought for the Confederacyby Robert A. WatersTens of thousands of northerners fought for the Confederate States of America. These fascinating profiles speak to a side of the conflict...
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The Execution of Herbert Smulls
Murder victim Stephen Honickman“It was a horrific crime…”by Robert A. WatersF & M Crown Jewels was a mom-and-pop jewelry retailer in Chesterfield, Missouri. On July 27, 1991, Herbert Smulls and a...
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When my brother Zack and I began writing The Kidnapping and Murder of Little Skeegie Cash: J. Edgar Hoover and Florida’s Lindbergh Case, our assessment of the FBI’s leader was neutral. That changed as...
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