Facts: On November 29, 1994, twelve year old Melissa Middleton was murdered by Daniel Andrew Linton in San Jacinto, California. On November 29, Melissa was sick and stayed home from school. She was instructed by her mom, Linda, to stay in bed and take her medicine. Linda called to check up on her at noon, but Melissa did not answer the phone. Linda just thought that Melissa might have been sleeping. When Linda got home from work that day in the afternoon she unlocked the front door and called for her daughter but received no response. Linda went into Melissa’s room but she was not in there. Everything in the home seemed normal, Linda went into the master bedroom and she saw Melissa sitting…
February 17, 1970 was a horrific and heart breaking night. Police were dispatched to the scene at 3:50 A.M. Macdonald had called about a stabbing incident. When officers arrived to the scene they found Colette, Kimberly and Kristen lying on the floor dead in the family apartment in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. MacDonald claims that he was sleeping at the time of the incident and then was woken up by the sound of his wife and daughter screaming. He states that he had woken up to three intruders attacking him with an ice pick, a knife, and a club. Colette and her two daughters were found dead in their beds, and the word “PIG” was written in blood on the headboard of one bed. Jeffery was found lying on the floor next to Colette unconscious. The girls had been stabbed to death. They were all drenched in blood and so was the floor surrounding them. The stabs of Jeffrey Macdonald were very clean and sharp. But the stabs of the girls were done very violently and were very messy.…
In Chapter 10 “The Virgin of Guadalupe” the book talks about how differencing with the flattening of the world. How China has past Mexico in exports to the United States. How they have also started even making statuettes of Mexico’s patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe. How countries are advancing or getting left behind by the flatting of the world. How governance, infrastructure, and education are helping countries succeed in todays world. Even though every country is going in the same direction they are all doing with many different speeds with China being at the top.…
Jessica Grisez is a single mother, who is a cashier at a market. Living in a big house with her two children, Jack and Michael, she is always worried about her family's safety. Last week, her neighbors reported that there were strangers trying to break into their house. Driven by anxiety, Grisez purchased a 5mm pistol with bullets at a local firearm store. At that time, she had no idea that she would need it so soon (Wright).…
The words above were said by Colombian actress, Sofia Vergara, at the Golden Globes. Even though many laughs were shared, it did not stop many of her Hispanic and American fans to voice their displeasure online. Many were angered that she used her accent, something that made many insecure, as a punchline to a…
Torrey Grey recently lost her sister. She was hit and killed by a drunk driver. The book explains how Torrey is mourning the loss of her sister, Miranda. Looking at the words used in the book, there’s clues that hint that she may be depressed. The author also used dialogue to project to readers that Torrey’s parents are miserable over Miranda's death as well. For example, “”We all need a new start,” my dad says now, looking at my mom.” This supports that everyone in her family is mourning the loss of Miranda. Although, Torrey doesn’t want to express her emotions towards them, she is treating them poorly as if she was taking the anger out on them.…
Being nineteen years old and with two kids, made Sherry wonder what was going to be her next move and as depression sat in the answer was the unthinkable; trying to take her own life. She was at an all-time low trying to commit suicide, and to this day relives that moment time and time again. She may have been able to escape the jaws of death but the demons were still lurking in her soul as a reminder and followed her back to Georgia to settle in for years to…
On September 20, 1911, Alice May Turnham, her six-year-old daughter and three-year-old son were beaten to death with the blunt side of an axe. The dead were discovered by Alice’s sister, who then ran to the road to signal for help. People came from all around, except Henry and Blanche Wayne next door. The neighbors went into their house and found that they had been murdered with the same axe.…
Celie is an African American woman living in Georgia and has lived a lot of her life with a Mona Lisa smile, sources that have interviewed her have pieced together her story. For the first 14 years of Celie’s life, she lived with her abusive father who sexually abused her and her beautiful younger sister, Nettie. She had two children by her father that were stolen by him and presumably killed. Celie’s life took a turn when Mr._____ asked for her sisters’ hand in marriage, but her father refused to let her marry, but offered Celie instead to him. She entered this loveless marriage with Mr._____ and he frequently beat her.…
Five years ago Tina Alvarez was trapped in a sex-trafficking ring. Five years ago she bore a daughter that sold on the black market. But five years didn’t erase her tenacity to get her little girl back … and get even with the ones who took her.…
Werner Herzog declares, “There are deeper strata of truth in cinema.” This “mysterious and elusive” truth that he searches for is “poetic, ecstatic…and can be reached only through fabrication and imagination and stylization” (Minnesota Declaration). His manifesto of sorts aptly explains why the line between documentary and narrative fiction is so blurry in his plethora of films. In this same pronouncement, Herzog denounces “the so-called Cinema Verite’,” which he deems is “devoid of verite” because it and (more accurately to him) direct cinema bungles “fact and truth.” Rather Herzog employs a stylistically diverse skill-set in the seven films that I viewed and explored. In these films, Herzog always explores a fiercely individualistic and personal theme (communication vs. isolation, human beings’ relationship with a harsh and warlike nature, or the…
On May 19th, 1992, Amy Fisher went to the Buttafuoco’s home to confront Mary Jo and confess to her that she was having an affair with her husband. Mary Jo was reluctant to believe that her husband would engage in such an act, so she dismissed the teenager’s words for senseless allegations. Amy became so infuriated with Mary Jo’s dismissive disposition, that she pulled out a gun from her jacket, and shot Mary Jo on the right side of her face. Amy then fled the scene of the crime with a friend in the driver seat. (Lethal Lolita,…
She stated that these events continued happening everyday for the past few months, until she decided to stop it. She told the court about the night she murdered her step dad. She said that he came home really late and drunk with a beer in his hand but instead of going to hide she stayed to protect her mom. “He tried to swing at my mom but I moved in front of her so he ended up hitting me” she explained, her voice shaky. “I…
Katy is a mother of two children, her fourteen year old son David and her six year old daughter Cassie. She lives in Seattle Washington and has a job of being a dentist which she loves. Her kids go two different schools, David at Beaver Lake middle school and Cassie at Greenwood elementary. Both kids love their school and enjoy going everyday. Except for one day, a tall six foot man wearing black Nike shoes, blue pants, and a black long sleeve shirt came to Cassie’s school. He casually walked inside and entered a classroom where the children were listening to their teacher read the book, “The Cat in the Hat”. The teacher stopped and both her and her students looked up at the man when suddenly he whipped out a gun and with no hesitation began…
Margaret is originally from Barbados. She skin brown in complexion and she likes when she hair braided. She does not like dressing up and wearing lots of make-up.…