Grote zaken, gruwelijke moordenaars

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Fred en Rose West


Frederik Walter Stephen West (Much Marcle, Herefordshire, Birmingham 29 september 1941 - 1 januari 1995) was een Engelse seriemoordenaar. Tussen 1967 en 1987 hebben hij en zijn vrouw Rosemary naar wordt gedacht ten minste twaalf jonge vrouwen gefolterd, verkracht en vermoord, waarvan de meeste in hun opeenvolgende woningen in Gloucester.

West zocht zijn slachtoffers vooral onder weinig opvallende vrouwen, omdat hun verdwijning niet zo snel veel aandacht van de politie zouden trekken. De Wests vermoordden niettemin ook hun dochter Heather, maar de politie onderzocht haar verdwijning pas na zeven jaar.

West wachtte het proces waarin hij terecht zou staan niet af, maar pleegde daarvoor al zelfmoord in zijn cel in de Winson Green Prison.



De Wests liepen tegen de lamp in 1992. West verkrachtte zijn dertienjarige dochter, filmde het en verkrachtte haar daarna nog twee keer. Het meisje vertelde dit aan haar broers en zusters die het op hun beurt bespraken met vrienden op school. Op 6 augustus ging de politie over tot een onderzoek, wat leidde tot een initiële aanklacht tegen Fred op verdenking van twaalf moorden, met Rose als medeplichtige. Zij werd ook verdacht van kindermishandeling en de kinderen werden bij pleeggezinnen geplaatst. Het huis van de Wests werd in 1994 verder onderzocht en ook de tuin werd omgeploegd. Daarbij werden menselijke beenderen gevonden. Hierbij kwam de grote schaal van de zaak pas echt aan het licht.

Hoewel er uitgegaan wordt van een minimaal aantal van twaalf slachtoffers, hebben de Wests er vermoedelijk meer gemaakt. Na zijn arrestatie bekende Fred tot aan dertig moorden, alleen zijn de vermeende lijken tot op heden niet gevonden. Verschillende experts gaan er niettemin van uit dat er wel degelijk meer doden zijn gevallen. Dit is voornamelijk omdat er tot dusver elf slachtoffers bekend zijn uit de eerste twaalf jaar van het moorddadige tijdperk van de Wests en maar één uit de laatste veertien jaar voor ze opgepakt werden.

Rose West heeft nooit een bekentenis afgelegd. Waar Fred terecht moest staan voor elf moorden, werd zij verdacht van tien dodingen. Rose West werd in 1995 op het Crown Court in Winchester aan alle tien de aanklachten schuldig bevonden en veroordeeld tot een levenslange gevangenisstraf.

Het huis van de Wests - 25 Cromwell Street - werd in 1996 vernietigd, evenals het huis ernaast (nummer 23). Alle stenen werden verpulverd en al het houtwerk verbrand om souvenirjagers te ontmoedigen.

Freds tweede dochter Anne Marie West schreef haar verhaal op in het boek Out of the Shadows (in het Nederlands uitgebracht als "Huis van de angst") . Zij werd jarenlang door haar vader en stiefmoeder mishandeld en seksueel misbruikt, nadat Fred haar echte moeder eerder al vermoordde. Op haar zestiende ontsnapte Anne Marie uit het huis in Cromwell Street.
Journalist Howard Sounes schreef het verhaal van de Wests in The Sunday Mirror (1994) en bracht in 1995 het boek Fred & Rose uit. Daarin doet hij een poging te herleiden wat er precies is gebeurd bij de Wests, ondersteund door interviews met vrienden en bekenden van het stel.

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Tristan van der Vlist



[quote]Familieleden en bekenden van de 24-jarige Tristan van der Vlis zeggen dat de schutter die het bloedblad aanrichtte, leed aan schizofrenie. Daarnaast was hij bovenal een suïcidale en wapenverliefde eenling die woede mee torste tegen autoriteiten als de politie en de overheid. Ook liet hij meerder malen weten dat hij mensen zou neerschieten.

Een oom van Tristan vertelt dat de familie op de hoogte was van zijn psychische problemen, maar deze actie van hem nooit verwacht had. 'Tristan zat al jaren in de knoop, maar dit heeft niemand zien aankomen,' zegt de oom van Tristan zichtbaar geëmotioneerd. 'Hij worstelde met psychische problemen, was schizofreen, maar we weten gewoon niet hoe dit heeft kunnen gebeuren.

Tristan was enig kind in een gelovig gezin, schizofreen en als lid van een schietvereniging in het bezit van wapens. 'Iedereen, ook zijn ouders, zijn er helemaal kapot van,' aldus de oom. Familie omschrijft Tristans ouders Hans en Marieke als lieve en aardige mensen. De gelovige Hans zou Tristans passie voor wapens hebben gedeeld.

Eenling
Familie en bekenden van Tristan spreken van een 'eenling'. Een man zonder vrienden. Nooit een vriendin gehad. Een zieke geest. Altijd bozig. Een jongen die conflicten zocht. Die zich in zijn ouderlijk huis opsloot met gewelddadige videospelletjes. En het altijd maar over wapens had. Hoe dodelijker, hoe beter. Of de Alphenaar medicijnen gebruikte voor zijn psychiatrische problemen, is onduidelijk.

Aankondingingen
Uit verklaringen van bekenden en familie gisteren en vandaag blijkt dat Tristan het altijd trots over zijn wapens had en ook meerdere malen heeft geroepen dat hij mensen zou neer schieten. 'Hij heeft gedaan wat hij altijd al zei dat hij zou doen: mensen neerschieten,' zegt oud-collega Rachid Lima. 'Hij zei meer dan eens dat hij het gemeentehuis of het politiebureau zou binnenlopen en ze allemaal wel eens kapot zou schieten.'

Mensen die anoniem wensen te blijven laten weten dat Tristan nooit buiten was. 'Hij was echt altijd bezig met die spelletjes en zijn wapens. En hij had zijn mond vol over mitrailleurs en M-16's.' Ook was hij gek op zijn auto, een Mercedes die hij van zijn vader kreeg. 'Supertrots was hij daarop. Hij had op een dag verduisterende folie op de ramen geplakt. Die folie is deels verboden en dat wist hij en zei daarover: als ik ooit een agent aan mijn auto zie komen, dan maak ik hem kapot.'

Schuur vol met wapens
Voormalig klasgenoot John van Meeteren keek naar eigen zeggen 'nauwelijks op' van Tristans daad. Ze zaten samen in de derde klas. 'Ik dacht: dat móet Tristan zijn geweest.' Van Meeteren denkt meteen aan wat de jongen in zijn jaren op middelbare school in de berging van zijn flat had liggen: wapens. 'Hij en zijn vader hadden een hele verzameling. Hij was altijd bezig met die geweren. De schuur lag er vol mee.'

Zoals iemand van 18 toeleeft naar het halen van zijn rijbewijs, zo leefde Tristan toe naar het krijgen van een wapenvergunning. 'Toen hij 18 werd wilde hij direct zijn wapens. Hij wilde zo snel mogelijk vijf wapens. Tristan had het nooit over brommers of meisjes, zoals wij op die leeftijd, maar altijd over geweren en pistolen. Hij zei ook heel goed te weten hoe hij aan illegale wapens kon komen,' zegt oud-collega André van de Werken, die met Tristan werkte in het magazijn van Brookland.

Wapenvergunning
Onduidelijk is hoe Tristan met zijn psychiatrische problemen vijf wapenvergunningen kon krijgen. De politie onderzoekt dit nog. Ook wordt bekeken of hij één van zijn semi-automatische heeft omgebouwd tot een volautomatisch. Tristan sloot zich in december 2007 aan bij schietvereniging De Dagschutters in Nieuwkoop. De voorzitter weigert commentaar.

Nieuwe leden van schietclubs mogen niet ernstig in aanraking zijn geweest met de politie en zij moeten een Verklaring omtrent gedrag kunnen overleggen. In Tristans geval was dit waarschijnlijk geen probleem. Op 16-jarige leeftijd verwondde hij zich met een luchtdrukpistool. Tot een strafzaak kwam het niet, dus een strafblad had hij waarschijnlijk niet.

Ontslagen
Na het afronden van het vmbo versleet hij banen als schoonmaker en chauffeur, maar kon ook zijn laatste baan op een magazijn van C1000 niet behouden. Sindsdien was hij werkloos. Laurens Moinier vermoedt dat de neiging conflicten op te zoeken een rol hebben gespeeld. Moinier werkte samen met Tristan bij distributiecentrum Brookland aan de rand van hun woonplaats. 'Tristan was meer dan gemiddeld betrokken bij onenigheid. Daarvoor is hij ook ontslagen. Hij was een buitenstaander.'

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James Eagan Holmes



Born (1987-12-13) December 13, 1987 (age 25)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Residence Aurora, Colorado
Nationality American
Education Bachelor of Science (neuroscience)
Alma mater University of California, Riverside
University of Colorado, Denver (incomplete Ph.D. program)
Occupation Student
Known for Accused perpetrator of 2012 Aurora shooting
Criminal status Jailed, pending trial

James Eagan Holmes (born December 13, 1987) is the suspected perpetrator of a mass shooting that occurred on July 20, 2012 at a Century movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, which killed 12 people and injured 58 others. He had no known criminal record prior to the shooting.

Holmes was hospitalized after making several suicide attempts while in jail in November 2012. He is currently held without bail and has entered a plea of not guilty on March 12th, 2013. His attorneys had been expected to enter a plea of diminished capacity (which differs from an insanity plea), but they told the presiding judge in the preliminary hearing that they were not ready to decide on such a step yet, and needed more time to peruse and review the massive documentation on the case. Colorado State District Court Judge William B. Sylvester, who is the trial judge overseeing the case, also was concerned about moving too fast in proceeding to the arraignment, which could produce further issues supporting an eventual appeal. On Tuesday, March 12, 2013, a Colorado judge entered a plea of not guilty when Holmes' attorney claimed that his client was not prepared to enter a plea.

James Eagan Holmes was born on December 13, 1987, in San Diego, California. His mother is a registered nurse. His father is a mathematician and scientist and has degrees from Stanford, UCLA and Berkeley. He has one sister. Holmes was raised in Castroville, California, where he attended elementary school, and San Diego. Holmes played soccer and ran cross-country in high school. He attended a local Lutheran church with his family, according to the church's pastor.[13][14] In Aurora, Holmes lived on Paris Street in a one-bedroom apartment, in a building with other students involved in health studies. In his rental application, he described himself as "quiet and easygoing". He left some digital footprints, like a university email address, an old Myspace photo, a dating profile on Match.com, and a profile on Adult FriendFinder, as well as a resume at the employment website Monster.com. According to a few sources, Holmes may have hired prostitutes and left reviews of them on an online message board.

In 2006, Holmes worked as an intern at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies where he was assigned to write computer code for an experiment. Holmes, who was described by his supervisor as stubborn, uncommunicative and socially inept, presented his project to the other interns at the end of the internship, but never actually completed it. Holmes wrote of his experiences at the Salk Institute in a college application essay: "I had little experience in computer programming and the work was challenging to say the least. Nonetheless, I taught myself how to program in Flash and then construct a cross-temporal calibration model.... Completing the project and presenting my model at the end of the internship was exhilarating."

Graduating from Westview High School in the Torrey Highlands community of San Diego in 2006, Holmes attended the University of California, Riverside (UCR) and, in 2010, received his undergraduate degree in neuroscience with the highest honors. He was a member of several honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa and Golden Key. According to UCR recommendation letters submitted to the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC), Holmes graduated in the top 1% of his class with a 3.949 GPA. The UCR letters also described Holmes as "a very effective group leader’’ and a person who "takes an active role in his education, and brings a great amount of intellectual and emotional maturity into the classroom".

In 2008, Holmes worked as a counselor at a residential summer camp in Glendale, California, that catered to needy children aged 7–14. There he was responsible for 10 children and had no disciplinary problems.

In June 2011, Holmes enrolled as a Ph.D. student in neuroscience at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. He received a $21,600 grant from the National Institutes of Health, according to agency records, which was disbursed in installments from July 2011 to June 2012. Holmes also received a $5,000 stipend from the University of Colorado, Denver. Though Holmes received a letter of acceptance to UIUC, where he was offered a $22,600 stipend and free tuition, he declined their offer without specifying a reason. Reviewers of Holmes' application at UIUC remembered his application because he submitted a picture of himself with a llama.
In 2012, his academic performance declined, and he scored poorly on the comprehensive exam in the spring. The university was not planning to expel him. However, Holmes was in the process of withdrawing from the university. Three days after failing a key oral exam at the university in early June 2012, Holmes dropped out of his studies without further explanation. At the time of his arrest, he gave his occupation as "laborer."

Holmes' defense attorneys claimed in a motion he was a "psychiatric patient" of the medical director of Anschutz's Student Mental Health Services prior to the Aurora shooting; however, the prosecution disagrees with that claim. Four days after the release of the defense attorney's motion, the judge required this information to be blacked out. CBS News later reported that Holmes met with at least three mental health professionals at the University of Colorado prior to the massacre.

Some of Holmes' acquaintances suspected prior to the shooting that Holmes suffered from mental illness and could be dangerous. Two weeks before the shooting, he sent a text message asking a graduate student if they had heard of the disorder dysphoric mania, and warning the student to stay away from him "because I am bad news."

It was reported that Holmes was a big fan of superheroes, including Batman, and that his apartment was decorated with Batman paraphernalia. "Diggity" Dave Aragon, an actor from MTV television series Pimp My Ride, stated that James Holmes called him twice the month prior to the shooting. Aragon is the writer, director, and star of an upcoming film entitled “The Suffocator of Sins," which has a plot that involves a vigilante Batman shooting down evil doers, and Aragon claimed that Holmes showed interest in his movie's trailer.

On May 22, 2012, Holmes purchased a Glock 22 pistol at a Gander Mountain shop in Aurora, and six days later bought a Remington Model 870 shotgun at a Bass Pro Shops in Denver. On June 7, just hours after failing his oral exam at the university, he purchased a Smith & Wesson M&P15 semi-automatic rifle, with a second Glock 22 pistol following on July 6. All the weapons were bought legally. In the four months prior to the shooting, Holmes also bought 3000 rounds of ammunition for the pistols, 3000 rounds for the M&P15, and 350 shells for the shotgun over the Internet. On July 2, he placed an order for a Blackhawk Urban Assault Vest, two magazine holders and a knife at an online retailer.

On June 25, less than a month before the shooting, Holmes emailed an application to join a gun club in Byers, Colorado. The owner, Glenn Rotkovich, called him several times throughout the following days to invite him to a mandatory orientation, but could only reach his answering machine. Due to the nature of Holmes' voice mail, which he described as "bizarre, freaky", "guttural, spoken with a deep voice, incoherent and rambling," Rotkovich instructed his staff to inform him if Holmes showed up, though Holmes neither appeared at the gun range nor called back. "In hindsight, looking back – and if I'd seen the movies – maybe I'd say it was like the Joker – I would have gotten the Joker out of it...It was like somebody was trying to be as weird as possible," Rotkovich said.

On July 20, 2012, police arrested an unresisting Holmes next to his car behind the Century 16 theater, moments after the 2012 Aurora shooting, in which Holmes allegedly set off several gas or smoke canisters and then opened fire on the theater audience, killing 12 and wounding 58. The responding officers recovered several guns from inside the car and the theater. According to two federal authorities, Holmes had dyed his hair orange and had called himself "The Joker". Although it should also be noted, that Holmes calling himself "The Joker," was later retracted to news sources such as "Face The Nation," on the CBS News network, by police.

Once apprehended, Holmes told the police that he had booby-trapped his apartment with explosive devices before heading to the theater.Police later confirmed the presence of explosives in the apartment.

Detention and court appearanceHolmes was initially jailed at Arapahoe Detention Center, under suicide watch. He is being held in solitary confinement to protect him from other inmates, a routine precaution for high-profile cases.

Holmes made his first court appearance in Centennial, Colorado on July 23, before Judge William B. Sylvester. He was read his rights and no bond was given. A mandatory protection order was issued by the judge. The judge appointed a public defender. Holmes said nothing and never looked at the judge. His appearance, which was described as "dazed" and "confused" fueled speculation about his mental state.
On July 30, Colorado prosecutors filed formal charges against Holmes that included 24 counts of first degree murder, 116 counts of attempted murder, possession of explosive devices, and inciting violence. The multiple charges expand the opportunities for prosecutors to obtain convictions. For each person killed in the shooting, Holmes is charged with one count of murder with deliberation and one count of murder with extreme indifference. Holmes agreed in court to waive his right to a preliminary hearing within 35 days.

On August 9, Holmes' attorneys said their client is mentally ill and that they need more time to assess the nature of his illness. The disclosure was made at a court hearing in Centennial where news media organizations were asking a judge to unseal court documents in the case.

On September 19, the prosecution filed a motion to add 10 new charges against Holmes and asked to amend 17 others. The additional charges would bring the total counts Holmes faces to 152. Holmes appeared in the Arapahoe County Court house the following day for the first time without his dyed-red hair, but with cropped hair revealing his natural brown color.

On September 28, court documents released by prosecutors say Holmes was revoked access to the University of Colorado campus because he threatened a professor. The university has said Holmes was denied access to non-public parts of the campus because he had withdrawn from school.

On October 11, 2012, Holmes' attorneys asked Judge William Sylvester to postpone a preliminary hearing scheduled for November. On October 25, the preliminary hearing was set for the week of January 7.

Holmes' lawyers filed an emergency motion on November 14, 2012 to delay a pre-trial hearing, citing an unspecified condition that has left him unable to appear in court. "As a result of developments over the past 24 hours, Mr. Holmes is in a condition that renders him unable to be present in court for tomorrow's hearing," They requested to delay the hearing, which they received. It was rescheduled for December. Evidently, Holmes made various suicide attempts referred to as "half-hearted" in days before the scheduled hearing on November 15.

Holmes was back in court January 7, 2013 and heard 911 phone call recordings and videos from the cineplex as evidence. It's information that up until then had not been released. His defense team believes that Holmes is mentally ill.

On that same day, it is reported that investigators seized four prescription bottles and immunization records from his apartment when it was searched in July 2012. It was not revealed what the prescriptions were or what they were for. The judge ultimately ruled in October that prosecutors could keep the items.

On January 10, 2013 a judge ruled that evidence is sufficient for Holmes to face trial on all counts with which he has been charged. His plea hearing was delayed until March 2013.

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Op zondag 31 maart 2013 19:47 schreef Atmosphere82 het volgende:
Helaas kan ik het exemplaar van BN/De Stem waarin het artikel stond niet meer vinden. Sorry, dan gaat mijn stukje niet door. Als vervanging zal ik binnenkort hier een seriemoordenaar plaatsen die hier nog niet genoemd is...

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Op zondag 21 april 2013 22:22 schreef SEMTEX het volgende:
Zo bizar... Altijd wel vaag van gehoord, nooit het hele verhaal gelezen .

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Gertrude Nadine Baniszewski (September 19, 1929 – June 16, 1990), also known as Gertrude Wright and Nadine Van Fossan, was an Indiana divorcée who, with the aid of most of her own children and neighborhood children, such as Ricky Hobbs and Coy Hubbard, oversaw and facilitated the prolonged torture, mutilation, and eventual murder of Sylvia Likens, a teenaged girl she had taken into her home. When she was convicted of first-degree murder in 1966, the case was called "the single worst crime perpetrated against an individual in Indiana's history".
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Gertrude Nadine Van Fossan was born on September 19,1929 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Mollie Myrtle (née Oakley) and Hugh Marcus Van Fossan Sr., both of whom were originally from Illinois. Gertrude was the third of six children. On October 5, 1939, Baniszewski witnessed her 50-year old father's death from a sudden heart attack. Six years later, she dropped out of school at the age of 16 to marry 18-year-old deputy John Stephan Baniszewski (1926-2007), a Polish-American originally from Youngsville, Pennsylvania, with whom she had five children. (John Baniszewski would later change his name to John Blake.)
Although John Baniszewski had a volatile temper, the two stayed together for 10 years before divorcing.
Gertrude, then 34, moved in with a 23-year-old Dennis Lee Wright, who abused her. She had one child with Dennis, Dennis Lee Wright Jr. (later given the name Denny Lee White by his adoptive mother), but after his birth, Wright abandoned Gertrude and disappeared.[1]
Sylvia Likens [edit]

In July 1965, Lester and Betty Likens, traveling carnival workers, suggested that Baniszewski take their two daughters - Sylvia Marie Likens, 16, and Jenny Faye Likens, 15 - as boarders in return for $20 a week in compensation while they worked across the state. The Likens sisters attended high school and social functions with the Baniszewski children, as well as church with Gertrude Baniszewski on Sunday.
However, when Lester Likens's first $20 payment failed to arrive on time, Baniszewski beat the girls. Shortly thereafter the girls were beaten for having candy that Baniszewski accused them of stealing. Thus began a regular pattern of child abuse.[2]
The torture begins [edit]
In August 1965, Baniszewski began to verbally and physically abuse Sylvia Likens, allowing her older children to beat her, and push her down stairs. Baniszewski also accused Likens of being a prostitute, and delivered "sermons" about the filthiness of prostitutes and women in general. After the Likens sisters reportedly accused Baniszewski's daughters Paula and Stephanie of being prostitutes, Stephanie Baniszewski's boyfriend, Coy Hubbard, and several other classmates and local boys were brought in to assist Baniszewski in beating Sylvia Likens. Baniszewski even forced Jenny Likens to hit her sister.[3]
The basement [edit]
Likens became incontinent; as a result, Baniszewski locked her in the basement. Baniszewski then began a bathing regime to "cleanse" Sylvia, involving dousing her with scalding water and rubbing salt into the burns. She was often kept naked and rarely fed. At times, Baniszewski and her twelve-year-old son John Jr. would make Likens eat her own feces.
Sometime around this period, Jenny Likens managed to contact her older sister, Diana Likens, outlining the horrors that the two sisters were experiencing, and asking Diana to contact the police. Diana Likens ignored the letter, believing that Jenny was simply displeased with being punished and that she was making up stories so that she could come live with her.
Shortly after this, Diana Likens came by to visit her sisters, but Baniszewski refused to allow her into the home. The elder Likens then hid nearby the house until she spotted Jenny outside, and then approached her. Jenny Likens told her older sister that she was not allowed to talk to her and then ran away. Concerned, Diana Likens contacted social services and informed them that Baniszewski told her that Sylvia Likens had been kicked out of the house for being physically unclean and a prostitute, and that she had since run away. When a social services worker showed up at the Baniszewski home inquiring about Sylvia, Baniszewski told Jenny Likens to lie to the social services worker about Sylvia's whereabouts, threatening her that if she did not, she would get the same treatment as Sylvia. Terrified of what Baniszewski might do to her if she told the truth, Jenny told the social services worker that Sylvia had indeed run away. The social services worker returned to her office, where she filed a report stating that no more follow-up visits needed to be made to the Baniszewski home.
Murder [edit]
On October 21, Baniszewski instructed John Jr., Coy, and Stephanie Baniszewski to bring Likens up from the basement and tie her to a bed. The next morning, Baniszewski, enraged that Sylvia had wet the bed, again forced her to insert a Coke bottle into her vagina,[4] before beginning to carve the phrase "I'm a prostitute and proud of it" into her abdomen with a hot sewing needle. When Baniszewski was unable to finish the branding, she enlisted Ricky Hobbs to finish. The next day, Baniszewski woke Likens, and then dictated a letter to her, intended to look like a runaway letter to her parents.
After Likens finished the letter, Baniszewski began formulating a plan to have John Jr. and Jenny Likens take Sylvia to a nearby garbage dump and leave her there to die. When Sylvia overheard this, she ran down the stairs attempting to escape, but was stopped by Baniszewski as Likens stepped out the front door and onto the porch. Baniszewski then pulled Sylvia back inside the house and again threw her down the basement steps and kept her there.
On October 24, Baniszewski came down to the basement and attempted to bludgeon Likens with a wooden paddle, but missed her and accidentally struck herself. Coy Hubbard stepped in and viciously beat Likens on the head repeatedly with a broomstick and left her unconscious on the basement floor. In the early evening of Tuesday October 26, Baniszewski told the children she would give Likens a bath, in lukewarm water this time. Stephanie Baniszewski and Richard Hobbs brought Likens upstairs and placed her in the bathtub fully clothed; as they took her out shortly thereafter and laid her on a bare mattress on the floor, they realized she was not breathing. Stephanie Baniszewski frantically attempted to resuscitate her, but by then, Likens was already dead.
Stephanie Baniszewski, panic-stricken, told Hobbs to call the police. When they arrived, Gertrude Baniszewski gave them the letter she'd made Likens write. In the midst of the commotion, Jenny Likens whispered to one of the policemen, "Get me out of here and I'll tell you everything". Her statement, combined with the discovery of Sylvia Likens's body, prompted the officers to arrest Gertrude, Paula, Stephanie and John Baniszewski, Richard Hobbs, and Coy Hubbard for murder. Other neighborhood children present at the time — Mike Monroe, Randy Lepper, Judy Duke, and Anna Siscoe — were arrested for "injury to person".
Trial [edit]

Baniszewski, her children, Hobbs, and Hubbard were held without bail pending their trials.
An examination and autopsy of Sylvia Likens' body revealed numerous burns, bruising, muscle and nerve damage. In her death throes, Sylvia bit through her lips, nearly severing each of them. Her vaginal cavity was nearly swollen shut, although an examination of the canal determined that her hymen was still intact, discrediting Baniszewski's assertions that Sylvia was a prostitute and her insistence that she was pregnant. The official cause of death was brain swelling, internal hemorrhaging of the brain, and shock from severe and prolonged damage to her skin.
Baniszewski was found guilty of murder in the first degree. She was sentenced to life imprisonment.[5]
Aftermath and death [edit]
Baniszewski appealed and was granted a new trial by the Indiana Supreme Court largely for reasons of a prejudicial atmosphere due to heavy news media publicity before and during the trial.[6] A new trial was held in 1971, and Baniszewksi was again found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.[7] Over the course of the next 14 years, Baniszewski became a model prisoner, working in the sewing shop and becoming a den-mother to younger female inmates; by the time she came up for parole in 1985, she was known by the prison nickname "Mom".
The news of Baniszewski's parole hearing sent shockwaves through the Indiana community. Jenny Lykens and her family appeared on television to speak out against Baniszewski; the members of two anti-crime groups, Protect the Innocent and Society's League Against Molestation, travelled to Indiana to oppose her parole and support the Likens family, beginning a sidewalk picket campaign. Over the course of two months, the groups collected over 40,000 signatures from the citizens of Indiana demanding that Baniszewski be kept behind bars.[8][9] Despite the efforts, Baniszewski was granted parole. During the hearing, she stated: "I'm not sure what role I had in it ... because I was on drugs. I never really knew her ... I take full responsibility for whatever happened to Sylvia. I wish I could undo it but, I can't and I'm sorry. I'm just asking for mercy and nothing else." The Parole board voted in favor of granting Baniszewski's freedom 3-2. One member stated, "The bottom line is you cannot bring somebody who is dead and gone back to life and, I wouldn't be a member of this board if I didn't believe people can change."
Baniszewski walked out of prison on December 4, 1985, and traveled to Iowa, where she called herself Nadine Van Fossan, using her middle name and maiden name. She died in [[Laurel, Iowa], from lung cancer , on June 16, 1990, aged 60.[4]
Paula Baniszewski [edit]

Paula Baniszewski - Indiana State Prison
Paula Baniszewski was found guilty of second degree murder for her participation in the torture. She appealed her conviction and ultimately pleaded guilty to manslaughter. She served two years and was released from prison in 1972. She completed her parole and moved to Iowa. In 1998, she started working at BCLUW school district in Conrad, Iowa under the name Paula Pace. She did some custodial work and was most recently working as a teacher's aide for special needs students. In October 2012, information about Pace's true identity began circulating around Facebook and an anonymous tipster called police to tell them they should look into her background. Police immediately notified the school and both began doing background checks. Pace's birth date matched Baniszewski's and a current photo of her bore a striking resemblance to the 1965 mugshot. On October 23, 2012, Paula Baniszewski was fired by the BCLUW School District for lying on her resumé when she applied to work for the district 14 years previously.[10] [11]

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Sri Lanka 1979
In 1979 schoot de ambassadeur van Burma (=Myanmar) in de Sri Lankese hoofdstad, Colombo, zijn vrouw dood toen zij uit de auto stapte na een (liefdes)ontmoeting met een muzikant van een nachtclub orkest. De volgende ochtend zagen buren hoe de ambassadeur een brandstapel bouwde in zijn achtertuin. Aan de gealarmeerde politie vertelde de ambassadeur aan de poort dat er niets aan de hand was en herinnerde hij hen eraan dat zijn residentie onschendbaarheid genoot, dus niet betreden kan worden door de Sri Lankese politie. Daarna vervolgde hij zijn werk in de achtertuin die nu omringd was door gefascineerde buren die hem spoedig uit het huis zagen komen met het lijk van zijn vrouw, dat hij op de brandstapel plaatste en in brand stak. Vanwege zijn contacten met hooggeplaatsten in zijn land bleef hij nog in functie, maar vanwege de onhoudbare, paria positie waarin hij was komen te verkeren op zijn standplaats, werd hij na enige tijd teruggeroepen naar zijn hoofdstad, Rangoon (= Naypyidaw).

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Op dinsdag 27 januari 2009 22:01 schreef Alet het volgende:
Ed Gein

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Edward (Ed) Theodore Gein (La Crosse (Wisconsin), 27 augustus 1906 – Madison (Wisconsin), 26 juli 1984) was een Amerikaanse seriemoordenaar. Op zijn daden is een aantal horrorverhalen en -films gebaseerd, zoals Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs en The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

Gein en zijn moeder
Gein groeide op in een gezin van vier: een agressieve en alcoholistische vader (George) die regelmatig werkloos was, een zeer dominante en gelovige moeder (Augusta), en zijn broer, Henry. Henry overleed al op jonge leeftijd en het is nooit duidelijk geworden of Ed schuldig is aan zijn dood. Henry kwam volgens de politie om in een vuurzee op het landgoed van de familie (Archer ave, corner of 2nd ave, Plainfield, Wisconsin). Hoewel Ed de politie vertelde niets te weten van de hele gebeurtenis, leidde hij de politie toch direct naar het lichaam van Henry.

Tijdens zijn jeugd had zijn moeder grote invloed op Gein. Ze was zeer gelovig ("vrouwen zijn hoeren, ze zijn het instrument van de duivel, drinken stimuleert het kwaad in de mens, seks is puur voor het maken van wezens") en ze las elke dag voor uit het oude testament (over dood, moord en straf van God voor het slechte wat je doet). Zijn vader en broer kwamen te overlijden, zodat Gein, toen in 1945 ook zijn moeder overleed, er alleen voor stond. Omdat Gein door zijn moeder, met wie hij een haat-liefde verhouding had, afhankelijk was gemaakt, huilde hij als een kind op haar begrafenis.


Krankzinnigheid
Op school was Gein een buitenbeentje. Hij had een gemiddeld IQ, maar mocht van zijn moeder niet met klasgenootjes omgaan. Wanneer hij dit wel probeerde schold zijn moeder hem uit en kleineerde zij hem. Hij werd tijdens zijn jeugd veel gepest. Hierdoor was Gein sociaal-emotioneel niet goed ontwikkeld. De agressie van Augusta kwam hier ook nog eens bij. Op latere leeftijd bracht de eenzaamheid de vreemde Ed Gein tot waanzin. Hij wilde zijn moeder graag uit de dood terughalen en begon studies te doen over anatomie. Het vrouwelijk lichaam begon hem te fascineren. Uiteraard kon hij zijn moeder niet tot leven wekken Daarom begon hij haar huid af te stropen en te looien, zodat hij haar vrouwelijke vormen kon bewaren. Hij kleedde zich soms in deze gelooide huid en trok daarboven zijn moeders kleding aan.

Gein had nog geen enkele seksuele ervaring en verwarde zijn gevoelens voor het vrouwelijke met de wens zelf vrouw te worden. Hij dacht erover zichzelf te castreren, maar besloot tenslotte dat een pak van vrouwenhuid met borsten en een vagina hem voldoende vrouwelijk maakte. Om aan zijn groeiende behoefte naar vrouwelijke lichamen te voldoen, begon hij 'verse' graven leeg te halen om zich te tooien met kledingstukken gemaakt van huid van de opgegraven vrouwelijke lijken.

Gein raakte steeds bekwamer in het bewerken van de huid, en maakte onder andere een riem van vrouwentepels en trommels bekleed met vrouwenhuid, terwijl hij schedels als versiering en als drinkbekers gebruikte.


Gein de moordenaar
Op 10 december 1954 pleegde Gein zijn eerste moord. Het slachtoffer was de 54-jarige Mary Hogan. Kort na de moord op zijn tweede slachtoffer (Bernice Worden, vermoord op 16 november 1957) kwam de sheriff hem op het spoor. Geins huis werd doorzocht, waarbij de lichamen en voorwerpen gevonden werden. Gein hield vol dat hij zichzelf en zijn huis slechts 'versierde', en niet aan necrofilie of kannibalisme deed. Wel bekende hij de dubbele moord. De politie verdacht hem van nog meer moorden, aangezien een aantal gelooide vagina's niet aan begraven lijken gekoppeld kon worden, maar kon verder niets bewijzen.

Gein werd ontoerekeningsvatbaar bevonden en bracht zijn verdere leven door in TBS-klinieken. Op 26 juli 1984 stierf hij in het Waupan State Hospital.