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I lived on the Russian River for two years and can tell you it is a beautiful, serene body of water.  To have that bucolic paradise shattered by a heinous – and unsolved – double murder is horrible.  This crime has gone unsolved for several years and the case even made on America’s Most Wanted.  Now, it appears this guy – who did this type of crime  before – may be the perp of an unsolved double murder in Sonoma County, a case that came to be known as the Jenner Beach Murders.  He was shot to death by police after breaking into a cabin.  The investigation continues, but it looks like this guy fits for the crime.

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A double coward: a murderer and a draft-dodger.

Sonoma County investigators are looking into whether a burglary suspect who was living in the wild before he shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy in New Mexico last week was responsible for two of the Bay Area’s most mysterious unsolved killings.

The investigators want to know whether Joseph Henry Burgess, 62, who was killed in Thursday’s shootout at a mountain cabin, shot a young couple from the Midwest who were camping on a beach in Jenner in 2004.

Sgt. Tim Duke, a spokesman for the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department, said Tuesday that Burgess had been “up near the top” of a list of suspects in the slayings of Jason Allen, 26, of Zeeland, Mich., and Lindsay Cutshall, 22, of Fresno, Ohio.

The couple, who were engaged, were on a break from performing Christian ministry at a camp in El Dorado County when they camped on a beach at the mouth of the Russian River.

Their bodies were found Aug. 18, 2004. They had been shot to death with a .45-caliber Marlin rifle that was never found…

Technorati Tags: Double Homicide, Jenner Beach

I remember watching this case on AMW.  It was creepy in that one of the victims scraled a seemingly unitelligble clue in her own blood.  Police have arrested the son but the article makes no mention of a motive.  I can’t imagine how angry and deranged a person must be to kill his own parents.

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The Jabalees were stabbed and beaten to death in their garage.

An arrest has been made in a three year old double homicide that rocked a small town and garnered national attention.

The son of a New Baltimore couple that was found beaten and stabbed to death in their garage in October 2006 was arrested Friday in connection with his parent’s death.

Ron Jabalee Jr. was arrested at the family businesses, just hours after a grand jury wrapped up meetings to decide if charges were to be levied in the case.

Ron Jabalee Jr. was charged with two counts of premeditated first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, Christine and Ronald.

He is being held at the New Baltimore police station and will be arraigned Saturday morning. Richard Jabalee is also scheduled to appear before Macomb County Circuit Judge Richard Carretti on July 6…

Technorati Tags: Double Homicide, Familicide

Nevermind his name, this guy is a monster.  He impregnated one of his sisters – twice.  Then for unknown reasons, he went into a frenzy and killed both of his sisters, sexually assaulting them both before AND after the attack.

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Both women suffered for years at the hands of their brother.

A man dubbed by police as a monster has been convicted of murdering two sisters in a “depraved” attack in which he broke the blades of two knives.

Mohammed Ali, 29, of Old Snow Hill in Birmingham, continued to rearm himself as the blades shattered.

Sabrina Larbi-Cherif, 19, was stabbed 35 times and sustained extensive head injuries.

Her sister Yasmine, 22, the killer’s on-off partner, was stabbed three times and also suffered head injuries.

Birmingham Crown Court heard the sisters were subjected to sexual attacks before and after they were killed in September last year.

The fourth floor flat shared by the women close to Birmingham city centre was described as a scene of carnage…

Technorati Tags: Double Homicide, Incest

I congratulate the parents in this situation.  They actually took a tour of the prison to see what a life sentence would be like for the accused.  Then they decided to ask the prosecutor for the death penalty.  I agree but would take it one step further.  These four should be ground up like sausage then liquefied and sprayed over ant hills.

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The parents have rejected any plea deals from the defendants.

Two families facing four defendants accused of killing their children are committed to see the cases through to conviction and execution.

However, frustration from court delays and piles of legal paperwork have motivated both familes to break their silence about a proposed plea deal and a trip to Riverbend Maximum Security Prison.

“One of the suspects was offering, advancing the plea bargain of possibly accepting two life sentences without parole,” Chris Newsom’s father Hugh said.

Channon Christian and Chris Newsom were carjacked, raped and killed in January 2007.

A year later, their parents were called to the Knox County District Attorney’s office to talk about a potential plea deal with one of the four people accused of killing their children.

Both families said they were told life in prison would be 23 hours in a small cell with one hour to walk around, but a trip to Riverbend contradicted that statement and fortified their commitment to see the trials through.

Channon’s father Gary said he remembers asking to see what life at Riverbend would be like.

Prosecutors called the governor’s office and organized a trip to the Nashville prison.

Hugh Newsom said Knoxville’s police chief as well as other local officers and federal agents joined the families on their journey to see what the male defendants would face should they be convicted for the crimes.

“We were told it would be in a cell 23 hours a day with only one hour out for a break. Well that was not the case when we got down there. We were shocked at what we found,” Chris Newsom’s mother Mary said. “The prisoners on death row that we were able to talk to were playing racquetball at the time. The ones on the other side were playing poker.

The Christians said the prison reminded them of a resort…

Technorati Tags: Carjacking, Double Homicide

Another bizarre, seemingly random crime.  This is particularly horrible in that one of the victims was pregnant and one of the children of the victim’s witnessed the crime.  This is a usually very quiet and crime-free area.

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The Husteds were murdered in their home in front of one of their children.

An intruder fatally stabbed a man and a pregnant woman in their Faria Beach home, and authorities Thursday were still searching for the attacker and trying to determine what motivated the killings that shattered the quiet waterfront community northwest of Ventura.

Brock and Davina Husted, both 42, were killed about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at their home in the 4200 block of Faria Road, authorities said.

Davina Husted was in the kitchen and her 9-year-old son was watching “American Idol” in the living room when a man wearing a motorcycle helmet came in through the open French doors facing the beach, sheriff’s spokesman Capt. Ross Bonfiglio said…

Technorati Tags: Double Homicide