Issue 34, December 21, 2023

Pregnant Woman and Unborn Child Killed, 3 Suspects Charged for Stabbing and Setting a Woman on Fire

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Who Coined the Term "Serial Killer" in the 1970s?
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What’s Happening Now

Disturbing Details in Homicide Case Involving Pregnant Woman: Unborn Child Also Fatally Attacked.

New Hampshire authorities have provided new information about the homicide of 33-year-old Christine Falzone, who was found unconscious and not breathing in her home shared with 38-year-old William Kelly.

The autopsy revealed that Falzone, who was about 35-37 weeks pregnant, was killed just before giving birth and that the unborn child did not survive.

The cause of death for Falzone was determined to be multiple blunt force injuries.

Kelly has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, though a decision has yet to be made regarding the death of the unborn child.

Further investigation and an autopsy on the fetus may be necessary.

Three Suspects Charged with Murder of a Riverdale Woman Who Was Stabbed and Set on Fire

Three people have been charged with first-degree murder in the homicide investigation of a woman who was set on fire in Riverdale, Illinois.

The victim, whose identity has not been released pending forensic results, was discovered on December 9th with multiple sharp force injuries.

The suspects, Scotty Jobe-Scott, Keith Bassett, and Latoya Laramore-Milons, have all been arrested in connection with the incident.

Authorities have described the victim as a small Hispanic or African American woman with a silver wristwatch and a tattoo of praying hands on her upper right arm.

Anyone with information about the case is urged to contact Riverdale police.

🔒 Safety Tip of the Day: Answering your front door

Never automatically open the door
If you don’t have a peep hole, install one (wide angle) - be sure to look before opening your door.
Consider getting a security camera
While it may be uncomfortable to NOT open your door, if you don’t feel safe, that’s all the justification you need.

Cold Case Highlights

Knife-wielding cyclist accused of attacks in Philadelphia park also linked to infamous cold case rapes and murder.

A man accused of carrying out a series of knife attacks on a popular park trail in Philadelphia has also been linked to several notorious cold case rapes and a murder in the city.

Elias Diaz, 46, was apprehended on Sunday after three individuals were reportedly assaulted by a knife-wielding cyclist on the Pennypack Trail.

While two victims were slashed by the suspect, the third managed to escape unharmed.

Law enforcement sources have identified Diaz as the "Fairmount Park Rapist," a notorious criminal who has instilled fear in the city since 2003.

Diaz has been charged in connection with the knife attacks.

Arrest made in 38-year-old Grand Rapids murder case with the help of DNA evidence.

This article reports that an arrest has been made in a murder case that took place 38 years ago in Grand Rapids.

Ronald Davis, aged 68, has been taken into custody in connection with the killing of Burnett Frierson, who was found stabbed to death in his home in 1985.

Investigators were unable to find the killer at the time, but DNA from the suspect was recently matched to Davis, who had provided his DNA in an unrelated arrest.

Davis has been arrested and is currently in custody at the Kent County Correctional Facility.

The police are still seeking any additional information related to the case.

CODIS, the national Combined DNA Index System, has aided in over 520,000 investigations across the US as of September 2020.

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Robert Ressler popularized the term "serial killer" in the 1970s while he was in the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit. He used the term serial homicide in 1974 in a lecture at Police Staff Academy in Bramshill, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom.