Grandparents Took Her In and Helped Raise Her. Then She and Her Boyfriend Did the Unthinkable Heidi Dutton was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her grandparents, who she confessed to killing at the age of 17. An Oklahoma teenager convicted of murdering her grandparents appeared in court for her sentencing. Heidi Dutton, 19, entered a guilty plea in May to two counts of first-degree-murder, conspiracy, and two counts of desecration of a human corpse in the deaths of Deborah and Larry Dutton, who were her biological grandparents and adoptive parents. On June 6, a Washington County Court judge sentenced Dutton to life in prison on the recommendation of the jury in the case. That comes on the heels of Dutton's boyfriend and accomplice in the murders, Lucas Walker, being sentenced to 35 years in prison after a federal trial. Walker's case was tried at the federal level because he is a member of the Cherokee nation. Deputies with the Washington County Sheriff's Office did not launch an investigation into the deaths of Deborah and Larry until a month after the murders, according to a copy of the criminal complaint. On Jan. 20, 2023, deputies responded to a welfare check at the couple's residence in Dewey, a city located approximately 130 miles southeast of Wichita. Dutton, then 17, and Walker were at the residence when deputies arrived that day, and later left the residence in handcuffs after detectives discovered blood that had seeped under the baseboards of Deborah and Larry's bedroom. Once in custody, both Walker and Dutton confessed to the murders, according to the complaint. Walker told police that he hid out in Dutton's bedroom on the night of Dec. 19, 2022 after taking a .22 caliber pistol from the garage, and then lay in wait outside the door to her grandparents' bedroom once the two were asleep. Deborah died first, according to the complaint, which says that when she "opened the door to the main bedroom, Walker shot her in the face and slit her throat." When her husband "got out of bed and rushed him, Walker attempted to shoot Larry Dutton but the pistol jammed," according to the complaint. Walker said that he decided to repeatedly stab Larry in the face with a knife. Walker and Dutton then dragged the couple out on bedsheets and buried them in the backyard — an act that was captured by the home's Ring Camera — according to a copy of a search warrant request. Two days after that welfare check the bodies of Deborah and Larry were exhumed from the backyard. Larry Dutton, 73, was a retired Master Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force and former manager of Lt. William M. Milliken Airport in Eureka, Kan, per an obituary for the couple. He "had a big heart and would give anyone the shirt off his back," one friend of his remembered in a funeral guestbook entry. His wife Deborah was a retired Staff Sergeant in the Air Force and had also worked as a chef. A lawyer for Dutton did not respond to a request for comment. #Murder, #Crime, #Prison,

In August 1999, two teenage girls: JB Beasley and Tracie Hawlett, were found dead in the truck of a car by the roadside in Ozark, Alabama. They were raped and shot in their heads. The semen collected from the crime scene yielded no positive leads as the DNA was not matched with anyone in the database. The killer, Colley McCraney, who was 26 at the time went back to living his normal life. He even founded a church, and became a bishop with children. About two decades later he was arrested and stands trial for the murder of the two girls. Colley was arrested after the DNA sample collected from the crime scene was submitted to Parabon Nanolabs, a company based in Reston, Virginia. They can predict people's physical appearance using DNA samples. After Colley's arrest, the police collected another DNA sample from him which was a perfect match with the semen collected at the crime scene.

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1997 NYC teacher Jonathan Levin is tortured and killed by his former student. Jonathan Levin, a popular 31-year-old English teacher, is stabbed and shot to death in his Upper West Side apartment in New York City. The son of Time Warner chairman Gerald Levin, Jonathan was known by many to be wealthy. When he did not show up for work, investigators searched his apartment and found his lifeless body bound to a chair with duct tape. Levin’s bankcard was missing from his wallet, and $800 had been removed from his account around the time that he was killed. Police learned from Levin’s answering machine tape that Corey Arthur, a former student in Levin’s remedial English class at William H. Taft High School in the Bronx, called Levin on May 30 to arrange a meeting. Apparently, Arthur and his accomplice, Montoun Hart, tortured Levin with a kitchen knife in order to get him to tell them his debit card code. They turned on the vacuum cleaner and stereo to cover up his screams. Arthur, arrested a week after the murders, first claimed that he had been at Levin’s apartment smoking crack when two other men came in and killed him. However, his story lost its credibility at trial when his fingerprints were found on the duct tape. Even still, Arthur denied being the one who pulled the trigger of the fatal shot. Arthur was found guilty of second-degree murder and received 25 years to life in prison. Hart, despite his 11-page signed confession, was acquitted after convincing jurors that the confession had been coerced out of him when he was drunk. #TrueCrime

Word of the Day: Heuristic ADJECTIVE 1. Enabling someone to discover or learn something for themselves through methods such as experimentation, evaluation, and trial and error. 2. (Computing) Proceeding to a solution by trial and error or by rules that are only loosely defined. NOUN 1. A rule or piece of information used in or enabling problem-solving or decision-making. 2. (Heuristics) The study and use of heuristic techniques. Example Sentences. 1. "The pottery professor's heuristic techniques helped students discover their individual sculpting style." 2. "Following this heuristic will help you complete the assignment." 3. "I recommended some heuristic classes to help Pedro develop his creativity." Word Origin. Greek, late 18th century "Heuristic" developed from the Greek word "heuriskein," which means "find." When used as an adjective, it describes a method of discovery — a heuristic process allows a person to learn something for themselves. A self-taught artist, for example, is someone who has developed skills in a heuristic manner through experimenting with different materials and styles.

The tragic story of Shaniya Davis Shaniya Davis was a five-year-old girl who was sold by her mother, Antoinette Davis, to a man named Mario McNeill on November 10, 2009. This shocking event would lead to a series of events that would ultimately result in the death of Shaniya, a preschooler who had her whole life ahead of her. After being sold to McNeill to cover a debt of $200, Shaniya was taken to a hotel, where she was sexually assaulted and murdered. Her body was later discovered in a wooded area in North Carolina. The details of her death are truly heartbreaking, and it is difficult to imagine the pain and suffering she must have endured in those final moments. The tragic nature of Shaniya's death led to widespread media attention and both Antoinette Davis and Mario McNeill were arrested and charged in connection with her death. Antoinette Davis was charged with human trafficking, felony child abuse, and filing a false police report, while McNeill was charged with first-degree murder, rape of a child, and kidnapping. The trial was emotionally charged, and the details that emerged during the proceedings were nothing short of horrific. Shaniya's death is a reminder of the unimaginable cruelty that can be inflicted upon innocent children, and her memory will continue to serve as a call to action to prevent such tragedies from occurring in the future. Shaniya's family and community mourned her loss deeply, with many calling for justice and accountability. The case also brought attention to the issue of child trafficking and the need for greater awareness and intervention to protect vulnerable children from such atrocities. In the end, McNeill was sentenced to death, while Antoinette Davis received a sentence of 17 years to life in prison. While justice was served in some sense, the loss of Shaniya's life remains a tragedy that will never be forgotten. Her memory will serve as a reminder of the importance of protecting children and preventing such senseless acts of violence from occurring in the future. #TrueCrime

Texas woman sentenced for luring man to remote area where MS-13 gang members murdered him A Houston Texas, woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison for luring a man to a remote area to be attacked and killed by gang members who allegedly felt the victim disrespected them in a rap battle. Karla Jackelin Morales, 24, pleaded guilty Friday to charges in connection with the July 29, 2018, murder of 24-year-old Jose Alfonso Villanueva, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. Morales was scheduled to go to trial in October 2021, but she jumped bond and cut off her ankle monitor to escape detection and was arrested in Houston about nine months later. "This defendant jumped bail in 2021 to escape the consequences of her actions, but she was re-arrested and, on the eve of trial this week, pleaded guilty for what she did," Ogg said in a statement. "This was a premeditated and planned out attack and we have now been able to get justice for the victim’s family." Morales lured Villanueva to a field in Spring, Texas, where she told him they would smoke marijuana to celebrate his birthday. But Morales had taken him to the area so five MS-13 gang members waiting there could kill him.! The gang members attacked Villanueva with a machete and shot him as he attempted to run away. The gang members were allegedly angry at Villanueva because he disrespected them in a rap battle. His body was found about a week after the killing. "This women knowingly lured an innocent man to be murdered by five MS-13 gang members in the most brutal and depraved manner that you could imagine sending shockwaves and fear throughout the Houston community," Homeland Security Investigations Houston acting Special Agent in Charge Robert Kurtz said in a statement. "By working in conjunction with our local law enforcement partners and the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, we were able to hold all of the individuals responsible for this horrifying tragedy accountable and hopefully bring some closure to the victim’s family." Jose Alfonso Villanueva was lured to a field in Spring, Texas, where five MS-13 gang members were waiting to kill him. The gang members have all been convicted in Villanueva's murder. Assistant District Attorney Jason Sanchez, a chief in the district attorney's Organized Crime Division, with Assistant District Attorney Neha Mehtaji. "This should be cautionary tale to anyone who thinks they may want to join a gang that it doesn’t matter your age, gender or anything else," Sanchez said in a statement. "We will prosecute you for the crimes you commit." #TrueCrime