Only Georgian Woman sent to the Electric Chair: Lena Baker / Ernest Knight

Poison Prevention Week 

Golden Rule: Admitting when you are wrong takes courage, doubling down on your lie takes fear.

Come with me as we dive into the case of how one man was convicted and exonerated of taking his 7 kids' lives.

Victims: Betty 8, Alice 7, Susie 6, Dorreen 5, Vanessa 4, Dianne 3, James Jr. 2
Suspect: James Joseph Richardson 
Alternative Suspect: Bessie Reece, The babysitter 

Sources

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/james-richardson-obituary?id=53127281
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Joseph_Richardson
https://www.thejacksonmortuary.com/obituary/james-richardson
https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2009/03/09/case-of-7-killings-is-back/25998752007/
https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3577
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32246344/james-richardson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261381292/betty-richardson/photo
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32246214/alice-richardson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32246321/diane-richardson/photo
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32246264/dorine-richardson/photo
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261381228/susie-richardson/photo
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32246298/vanessa-richardson
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2009/03/08/wrongly-convicted-mans-murder-case-raises-questions/28698049007/
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/194/BillText/Filed/HTML
https://www.freedommag.org/magazine/201702-the-data-demon/investigation/poisoned-justice.html
http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2013/05/bessie-reeses-devastating-career-as.html

Antoinette Frank | Police Killed Her Partner | 3 Victims

Golden Rule: Everything that is good to you, is not good for you.

Victims: Cuong Vu, Ha Vu, and Ronald William II 

Suspects: Antoinette Frank and Rogers Lacaze

Come with me as we find out why a police officer turned on her partner and community

Sources

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/28/antoinette-frank-louisiana-woman-death-row

https://www.wbrz.com/news/la-pardon-board-denies-requests-from-5-death-row-inmates-seeking-clemency-hearings/

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/12/us/new-orleans-officer-is-convicted-of-3-killings-in-robbery-attempt.html

https://deathpenaltyworldwide.org/antoinette-frank-facing-execution-while-the-crimes-mastermind-serves-life/

https://murderpedia.org/female.F/f/frank-antoinette.htm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoinette_Frank

https://torontosun.com/news/world/crime-hunter-antoinette-frank-worst-of-the-big-sleazy/wcm/d658218e-2653-429f-b3b7-7c61e053850c/amp/

https://www.fox8live.com/story/29622091/victims-family-in-cop-killing-triple-murder-stunned-by-retrial/?outputType=amp

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/la-supreme-court/1244475.html

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/20-years-ago-restaurant-killings-rocked-city-nopd/289-153596801

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/12/us/new-orleans-officer-is-convicted-of-3-killings-in-robbery-attempt.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/09/us/human-bones-found-under-house-of-a-killer.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/louisiana/supreme-court/2002/99ka0584-opn.html

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/03/06/partner-charged-in-officer-s-murder/

https://www.wdsu.com/article/rogers-lacaze-antoinette-franks-co-conspirator-no-longer-on-death-row-after-resentencing/30222316

Let's Help Find: Eleanor Williams Baby (April Williams), Daffany Sherika Tullos, Relisha Tenau Rudd, Merkedes Jordan, Aarone Thompson, Doris Brown Sr., LaRece Simone Hawkins, and Pearl Washington. 

SOURCES 

Eleanor/April Newspaper Clippings
https://imgur.com/gallery/Uf3yZI0
April Williams Facebook Search
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Are-you-the-kidnapped-April-Williams/353579374656576
Merkedes Jordan Missing Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/MerkedesJordanMissingFromMeridianMs?mibextid=ZbWKwL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2590935/amp/DC-police-Search-girl-recovery-operation.html
https://rollingout.com/2017/03/30/remembering-black-missing-girl-relisha-rudd-dc/
https://www.missingsippi.org/merkedes-jordan
https://www.wlbt.com/story/36360572/3-on-your-side-investigates-the-disappearance-of-daffany-tullos/?outputType=amp
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/01/12/missing-baby-cold-case-washington-dc/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1983/12/04/missing-babys-abductor-called-friendly-nice/344a6b37-6eb0-4f03-8ad9-480b58346e6b/
https://letsfindthem.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/dc-baby-kidnapped-30-years-ago-still-missing-today/
https://www.wjtv.com/news/in-depth-reports/missing-daffany-tullos-last-seen-in-jackson-in-1988/amp/
https://charleyproject.org/case/daffany-sherika-tullos
https://www.doenetwork.org/cases/4631dfms.html
https://int-missing.fandom.com/wiki/Merkedes_Jordan
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/draft-relisha-rudds-mother-speaks/78981/
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/where-is-relisha-rudd/65-213791182
https://charleyproject.org/case/relisha-tenau-rudd
https://charleyproject.org/case/aarone-thompson
https://charleyproject.org/case/doris-brown-sr
https://charleyproject.org/case/larece-simone-hawkins

DOC: November 17, 1978

Golden Rule: Not every mistake is a foolish one, but some could definitely be avoided. 

Victims: Jayne Friedt, Daniel Davis, Mark Flemmonds and Ruth Ellen Shelton 

Suspects: Still Unknown

SOURCES

Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/917873765018922/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

https://www.wrtv.com/lifestyle/history/40-years-ago-four-burger-chef-employees-kidnapped-and-killed

https://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/news/2023/12/28/from-the-indystar-archives-the-1978-burger-chef-restaurant-murders/72054036007/

https://cbs4indy.com/news/indycrime/new-book-explores-1978-burger-chef-killings/amp/

https://fox59.com/news/burger-chef-witness-it-could-have-easily-been-me/amp/

https://fox59.com/indiana-news/podcasters-unearth-original-fbi-file-on-burger-chef-killings/amp/

https://www.wthr.com/amp/article/news/local/site-of-1978-burger-chef-murders-to-be-torn-down-speedway-indiana-indianapolis-5725-crawfordsville-road/531-5f0c51dd-f92d-469c-b64d-94970bc74497

https://www.indystar.com/story/life/2017/11/20/burger-chef-murders-theres-still-detective-assigned-case/836573001/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burger_Chef_murders

https://indystar.newspapers.com/newspage/105898684/

https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/longform/next-in-line-the-burger-chef-murders/

https://vault.fbi.gov/speedway-indiana-burger-chef/speedway-indiana-burger-chef-part-01/view

Golden Rule: The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Come with me as we dive into the case of a gentle giant who had a hidden dark side.

Victims: Zina Bowser, Neima Williams, Toya Smith, Tasmia Allen

Suspect: Erbie Lee Bowser

SOURCES 

Domestic Violence Resources 

800-799-7233

SMS: Text START to 88788

https://www.thehotline.org/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=domestic_violence

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DKOZ8ogti0nM&ved=2ahUKEwj-mManmJqEAxVyhIkEHfL4DQo4tAEQtwJ6BAgUEAE&usg=AOvVaw3INM8gBjCmYPBIAQJ0iMkL
SCREENSHOT

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2017/04/24/former-mavericks-maniaac-acted-out-military-delusion-the-night-he-killed-four-wounded-four-attorney-says/

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/texas/news/sentencing-phase-erbie-bowser/

https://www.11alive.com/amp/article/news/local/veteran-ex-mavericks-maniaac-gets-life-for-killings/287-439317298

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/multiple-people-killed-in-dallas-desoto-shootings/1954494/?amp=1

https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news/nation-world/2013/08/09/ex-teacher-charged-killing-2-dallas-suburb/15561567007/

https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/state/2013/08/10/gentle-gaint-odds-bowsers-violent-past/15079969007/

https://www.kltv.com/story/23082552/suspect-in-overnight-shooting-dallas/

https://www.police1.com/corrections/articles/suspect-charged-in-texas-shooting-that-killed-4-abKsYDO1pRmVPjp2/

https://www.fox4news.com/news/injured-brothers-testify-at-mavs-maniaac-capital-murder-trial.amp

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bowser-erbie.htm#google_vignette

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4470198/amp/Quadruple-murderer-says-low-sodium-caused-killing-rampage.html

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/courts/2017/04/24/former-mavericks-maniaac-acted-out-military-delusion-the-night-he-killed-four-wounded-four-attorney-says/

https://www.cbsne

Sources

 https://www.wjtv.com/news/local-news/wednesday-marks-nine-years-since-myra-lewis-disappearance/
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fbi-joins-search-for-missing-mississippi-toddler-myra-lewis/
https://www.wapt.com/amp/article/mother-of-missing-girl-released-from-jail/2088557
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/10/21/psychic-detectives-missing-mississippi-toddler-report/17658821/
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2014/03/10/fbi-20000-reward-for-information-leading-to-the-location-of-myra-lewis/6267577/

Facebook Page for Myra Lewis

https://www.facebook.com/MyraLewisHelpFindMe?mibextid=ZbWKwL
FBI Tips online

https://tips.fbi.gov/home

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna131378https://www.wtae.com/article/friends-family-hold-vigil-for-missing-22-year-old-woman/30399829
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/pittsburgh-girl-tonee-turner-joins-unfortunate-list-of-missing-black-girls/
https://ourblackgirls.com/2020/01/12/tonee-turner-pittsburgh-missing/amp/
Tonee's Gofundme Link

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-tonee-turner039s-family?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR19VjCIgd91UF3txsBFkevIihrc0Y4YEF4PduKEZL12jeyQbFMyHn5B1AI

https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/family-desperate-answers-1-year-after-young-pittsburgh-artist-vanished/KW24C7L7KNGOBMPAB3MTLNDST4/?outputType=amp
https://www.pghcitypaper.com/news/how-newsrooms-police-departments-and-social-media-fail-missing-people-of-color-20443311?media=AMP+HTML
https://blotter.sites.phillypolice.com/2024/01/missing-juvenile-dijonah-purnell-from-the-25th-district/
https://blackandmissinginc.com/missing-person-details/?mp_id=6829

Golden Rule: What’s done in the dark, always comes to light. 

Come with me as we determine was justice really served?

Sources

Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Link
https://dod.defense.gov/News/Special-Reports/0118_National-Slavery-Human-Trafficking-Prevention-Month/
https://truecrimedaily.com/2024/01/10/dekalb-county-georgia-teresa-bailey-black-convicted-guilty-concealing-death-william-hamilton/
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/teresa-black-charged-son-death-killed-jimmy-samuels
https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2022/this-is-william-cold-case-solved-after-23-years
https://hoodline.com/2024/01/decades-old-dekalb-county-murder-mystery-nears-conclusion-as-jury-deliberates-teresa-ann-black-s-fate/
https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/breaking-mother-found-not-guilty-of-sons-murder-in-dekalb-cold-case/T3QMNYPXNZHGFJJGW6Q634WFDY/
https://www.dekalbda.org/news_detail_T6_R180.php
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/william-dashawn-hamilton-idd-dead-georgia-child-1999
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/trials/teresa-ann-bailey-black-murder-charge-son-william-hamilton-cold-case/85-9970276f-e035-4e48-a113-4037b478bfc1
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/mother-charged-with-felony-murder-after-authorities-identify-dead-child-found-near-cemetery-in-1999/amp/
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/william-hamilton-cold-case
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/teresa-black-charged-son-death-killed-jimmy-samuels
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/shocking-testimony-friday-in-dekalb-cold-case-murder-of-child
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/teresa-ann-black-murder-trial-mother-breaks-down-during-interrogation-reveals-sons-death
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/jury-reaches-verdict-against-woman-accused
killing-6-year-old-son-decades-old-cold-case/TJNTBAUD4RFWDNDTCAYEOQZCYA/

Golden Rule: Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today. 

Come with me as we honor Martin Luther King Day by highlighting a lesser known Civil Rights Activist husband and wife duo who made a huge impact on Black Floridian's.

Victims: Harry and Harriet Moore
Suspects: Ku Klux Klan

Case Sources
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/the-groveland-four-1949/

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/moore-home-bombed/

httpshttps://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1076141993/black-history-harry-hariette-moore

https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/civil-rights-leaders/harry-t-and-hariette-moore

https://www.biography.com/activists/harry-t-moore-timeline-accomplishments-artifacts

https://www.justice.gov/crt/case-document/harry-t-moore-harriette-v-moore-notice-close-file

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/02/23/brevard-school-board-acknowledges-unjust-firing-civil-rights-leaders/4554057001/

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1076141993/black-history-harry-hariette-moore

https://www.newspapers.com/
https://www.pbs.org/harrymoore/harry/mbio.html

https://www.holidaysmart.com/holidays/monthly/january/personal-self-defense-awareness-month

https://www.wucf.org/community/themooreproject/the-investigators/

https://www.justice.gov/crt/case-document/harry-t-moore-harriette-v-moore-notice-close-file

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/harriette-vyda-simms-moore-1902-1952/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6820079/harry-t-moore

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6820096/harriette-vyda-moore

Golden Rule #28: The love of money is the root of all evil. 

Come with me as we try to figure out why a group of young adults would terrorize a city during the Christmas holiday. 

Victims: Danita Gullette, Richard Maddox, Joseph Wilkerson, Sarah Abraham, Wendy Cottrill and Marvin Washington
Wounded: Jones Pettus and Jeffrey Wright
Suspects: Marvallous Keene, Laura Taylor, Demarcus Smith, Heather Matthews

SOURCES
Awareness Link
https://www.stalkingawareness.org/stalking-awareness-month-2024/

https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k1/keene-marvallous.htm

https://www.dayton.com/news/local/merry-christmas-shocking-things-detailed-book-dayton-christmas-killings/v5UrSMcQ0yg4NWrGM9HUSK/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/christmas-killing-spree-terrorised-small-25658288?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/the-christmas-killings

https://www.journal-news.com/ohio/29-years-after-southwest-ohio-christmas-murder-spree-it-will-never-be-forgotten/VXESJEQ6VFGW5PSQKBDZGZTJEY/

 https://www.oxygen.com/homicide-for-the-holidays/crime-news/dayton-ohio-christmas-crime-spree-explained

https://murderpedia.org/male.K/k1/keene-marvallous.htm

*Danita's Memorial
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133517664/danita-danielle-gullette/photo

*Marvin Washington's Memorial https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230464761/marvin-lee-washington/photo

*Wendy Cottrill's Memorial
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151139290/wendy-ren%C3%A9e-cottrill

*Joseph Wilkerson's Memorial
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14992360/joseph-wayne-wilkerson

https://michaeljesse.net/projects/Dayton/factfiles/Crime/History/1992_Christmas_killings/Christmas_killings.html

https://medium.com/@natasha.leigh/the-christmas-murder-spree-of-the-downtown-posse-46733467ef43     

https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/the-christmas-killings