Criminal Law Stories

This story has it all, a madman Millionaire, a Mafia Princess, and a string of unsolved murders from coast to coast. In September 2001 a man and his boy are fishing in Galveston Texas. The boy looks in the water and there are bags floating and then he sees a human torso. He yells to his father that there is a body in the water. Police are called to the scene. The head is missing. There are three plastic bags. One contains two arms, one contains a leg, and one contains the torso.

Robert Salazar is a married man and a Father on a business trip with his young business associate Sandra Orellana. The trip ended in tragedy on the 8th floor balcony of her hotel room. Sandra's boss, Robert Salazar, swears it was an accident but Sandra's family says she was afraid of her boss and afraid of the trip as well. They also say he made uninvited advances toward her. The police are out to prove that the fall was no accident but rather murder. This case has all the makings of a classic He Said/ She Said except that she isn't here to speak for herself.

In the 90's New York City was the backdrop to a series of nightmare crimes. But the predator is as cunning as they come. This is a story about a Manhattan Mystery with an elusive predator playing a game of cat and mouse with the police with so many twists and turns that it is stranger than fiction.

A patient with an suspicious medical history. A Doctor with a strange bedside manner. A diabolical plot. This story had it all, strange characters, secret identities, and a con so daring it is hard to believe they actually pulled it off. An incredible murder scam, stranger than fiction, and very close to being the perfect murder.

The shoreline on the island of Tortola is beautiful and untouched with the kind of purity that only money can buy. In this Caribbean haven for the privileged, life is usually serene. But on the morning of January 15th, 2000 a passerby came across a shocking scene. The battered body of a woman lying at the water's edge. It was Lois McMillen, dead at the age of 32. The beautiful daughter of a rich American businessman. Within days four young American men, two the sons of millionaires, were accused of the crime. Rich American victim, rich American suspects, and a police force up against money and privilege. The murder of Lois McMillen shocked the island. There was blood on the gorgeous beaches of Tortola.

An Heiress murdered in her sleep. A Family full of suspects. And a team of Investigators who wouldn't let up. This story is about a 7 year who done it with a 7 figure jackpot. When all the usual suspects come up with solid alibis the case goes cold. Even after one of the killers is caught, there are still more questions than answers

A fashion Icon living a life of success. A viscous killer on the run. The largest manhunt in US history. It was if the killer was saying to the whole world "Catch me if you can" and nobody could. This story had it all.. Sex, drugs, celebrity, and murder. It is the story about a celebrity hungry killer and the tragic ending of a fashion Icon. It is a story that had the entire world fascinated, yet ended without rhyme or reason and left everyone wondering why?

A car racing legend and his wife are cur down in a haunting daylight attack in their driveway in what police and prosecutors call a well executed and choreographed execution. The idea was to kill Trudyfirst where Mickey could watch his wife being killed before he is killed. With all the evidence left behind and the number of witnesses the Investigators thought they would have this case wrapped up by dinner. Little did they know it would take twenty years to catch the mastermind and the identity of the shooters would remain a mystery forever. This is an unforgettable tale of life and death in the fast lane.

Monaco is a beautiful country but race cars and royalty aren't the only attraction for the very rich. Monaco is also one of the best places to dodge the tax man and clean up your dirty money. On December 3rd, 1999 at just before dawn the residents of the tiny principality of Monaco are all tucked into bed. Among the richest of Monaco's very rich is banking billionaire, Edmond Safra. What was about to transpire to him and his nurse in the next few hours would put an American in prison in for the next 11 years and create a mystery that causes controversy to this day.

Just after 7:00 AM on a clear July morning in 1978 a customer walks into a Franklin Bradshaw Auto Parts in Salt Lake City Utah. He expected to see the owner, Franklin Bradshaw behind the counter as usual. But no one was there. Curious, he stepped around the corner and there he found Bradshaw lying on the floor, dead. He had been shot twice. When the police got on the scene in the morning it appeared that he had been robbed and that he had been shot during the course of that robbery. The robber had pulled his pockets inside out and opened the cash register. It appeared that Franklin Bradshaw had been killed over the few bucks he had on him and in his store. But this would become one of the most sordid tales in Utah history before all was said and done.