Criminal Law Stories

A Billionaire Heiress and a secluded Virginia Mansion. A passionate affair with a dashing and charismatic young Polo player. This is a very sexy story. It had money, mystery, wealth, horses and of course a murder that no one could figure out the motive for. Just what was going on behind the closed doors at Ashland Farms? Read on and find out.

One can only assume that the ghost of Murder victims are some of the most restless spirits. And with a history filled with failed dreams and sensational Murders, Hollywood follows some of the most horrific tales followed by some of the most Ghostly Haunts. The Black Dahlia is certainly one of the most haunting of Hollywood victims. She has haunted Hollywood for more than 60 years. This is her mysterious story.

The unsolved murder of a child. The parents under suspicion. Long before the Jon Benet Ramsey case there was the mysterious murder of Jaquelyn Dowaliby. The murder stunned the small town of Midlothean Illinois. Was she taken in the night or was she taken by her own Family? Before it was over her Father would be in prison for her murder and then released. Leaving way more questions than answers. This story serves to illustrate that the person you most likely suspect is not always the suspect and some cases simply don't have any answers.

A famous Actor is accused of murder. A victim with a sleazy past. A media circus and a Hollywood mystery worthy of an Agatha Cristie novel. In a nutshell that was the story of the Robert case. A case that left everyone wondering who killed Bonnie Lee Bakely and started the saying that if you kill your wife in Hollywood you don't have to go to jail you only have to pay a fine. And between Robert Blake and OJ Simpson there seems to be some truth to the saying. This case had it all and illustrates the sordid side of celebrity.

On September 7th, 1997 a black BMW cruises down the Las Vegas strip. Inside film and Rap star Tupac Shakur is sitting in the passenger seat while Deathrow Record kingpin Marion "Suge" Knight is behind the wheel. No one notices the non descript white Cadillac pulling along side or the weapon that is aimed directly at Tupac Shakur. Tupac is hit several times in the chest and is rushed to the University Medical Center but the Doctors can't stop the internal bleeding. Six days later Tupac Shakur is dead. Who killed Tupac Shakur would become one of the greatest Nevada mysteries with theories that abound.

Paris Illinois is a small community, set off the beaten path, of about 9000 people. It is the kind of place where everyone went to the same bars and the people there lived their lives simply and quietly. Mike and Karen Rhodes were a newlywed couple who were very much in love and decided to set up house in Paris. But in the summer of 1986 the couple was brutally stabbed to death and their house set on fire. The town was shocked that something like that could happen there. There was no physical evidence since the crime scene was destroyed by fire. The police didn't have anything for months and then these two witnesses came forward who had been in the home that night and said they could identify who had stabbed Mike and Karen Rhodes. One was the town drunk and the other was a drug addict. And although two were eventually tried and convicted and one sent to prison for life and the other sent to death row, these murder would eventually become one of Illinois most enduring mysteries.

They think he had seen her quite a bit before this night. It was late at night, probably after 1:00 AM when she was walking down the curb. She had no clue that the attack was coming. He circled around her and came up behind her and stabbed her with one deep stab into her back with a long knife which killed her very quickly. You could see a bloody drag trail into the furrows. The body had been displayed and there had been sexual mutilation. such was the murder scene of Peggy Hettrick. And the authorities soon had a suspect in their sights. But this case would turn into one of Colorado's most haunting mysteries.

On Monday November 24th 2005 Tara Grinstead's Mother received a phone call that Tara did not report to work. She had just finished her first year as an 11th grade history teacher at a local High School and loved her work. She was very punctual and dedicated to her work. If for some reason she wasn't going to be at work she made sure she had a substitute lined up. Her Mother, Connie, says she could not have imagined anything like this could have happened. Tara was a beautiful person inside and out. She was a beauty pageant winner who enjoyed competing because she knew it would force her to come out of her comfort zone and make her strive to do her very best. What happened to her and a girl named Jennifer Kesse became two of the greatest mysteries the states of Georgia and Florida have ever known.

Kari Dolan and Matt Baker were a match made in Heaven from the very beginning. He was a pastor of a church and she was a pastor's wife which wasn't always easy but Kari was very good at it. More than anything Kari loved her two Daughters especially her youngest Daughter Kassidy. So when Kassidy passed away, Kari naturally became very depressed. She could not sleep so she started taking sleeping pills. So when she was found dead from an overdose of sleeping pills, her death would ultimately become one of Texas' greatest mysteries. This is a story about a mystery that is hotly debated to this day.

She was 5'1" 110 lbs. She had a butterfly clip in the back of her hair and beautiful gold hoop earrings. She had no drugs or alcohol in her system. For all intents and purposes she was the girl next door. But nobody knows who she is or where she is from. The authorities have to dig up her body to try to figure out who she is. Her body was found in Castro Valley California behind a restaurant in a bag. She had died with a rag stuffed down her throat and had died of asphyxiation. They are hopeful that the new pathologist they have hired can tell them something about her that they have missed. First, however, they have to identify her to even begin a homicide investigation. This story is a mystery from beginning to end with only partial answers.