Bruce Brugmann, founder of the . . .
San Francisco Bay Guardian Alt-Weekly
newspaper, is one of the winners of the
Columbia J School Alumni Awards for 2011.
He is currently embroiled in an ongoing
battle with the SF Weekly, an outlet of
Mike Lacey's Village Voice Media chain.
:: Alumni Award ::
:: The $21-million ::
:: Whats next? ::
...
Thursday, December 23
Wednesday, December 22
Best Mysteries Lists (3#) -
Where Sculpture Goes To Die -
A life-sized bronze statue of a spirited horse
was hijacked from the grounds of a SoFlo pub in the
wee hours of Monday morning under the unblinking
gaze of time-stamped surveillance cameras.
It was found today in the Rapid Metals junk yard,
where accused plunderer Zackie Jerome Knox
allegedly delivered it to be destroyed.
...
was hijacked from the grounds of a SoFlo pub in the
wee hours of Monday morning under the unblinking
gaze of time-stamped surveillance cameras.
It was found today in the Rapid Metals junk yard,
where accused plunderer Zackie Jerome Knox
allegedly delivered it to be destroyed.
...
Tuesday, December 21
The Disconnected -
Pieces of his dismembered body were discovered
strewn across two counties and his head in a bucket.
Retired rag trade exec Warren R Danzig, 65, was linked to his accused killer, Jamie Marlon Saffran, 51, by post-mortem credit card purchases made on the dead man's account.
A SoFlo True Crime Mystery -
:: reported by Linda Trischitta at the Sun Sentinel.
...
strewn across two counties and his head in a bucket.
Retired rag trade exec Warren R Danzig, 65, was linked to his accused killer, Jamie Marlon Saffran, 51, by post-mortem credit card purchases made on the dead man's account.
A SoFlo True Crime Mystery -
:: reported by Linda Trischitta at the Sun Sentinel.
...
Sunday, December 19
The Bong Or The Skels (6#) -
The next time Amanda Knox
hits the bong, maybe she can bag a nun . . .
Knox appeared in court for Saturday's session, the outcome of which is being touted by cockeyed optimists as a huge triumph for Defense.
An outside, independent review of the forensic evidence, including the disputed DNA evidence, was granted. And the judge agreed to consider the possibility of additional testimony from two jailed criminals.
Yesterday, Andrea Vogt wrote up a good cheat sheet at TFP about which issues to expect in the upcoming proceedings, but I was too busy refilling my pantry to blog it. If you are unclear, it's worth checking for its crispy analysis.
Is a re-examination of the DNA forensic evidence going to make a crucial difference in the long run? No, I don't believe it will, because Drugs are at the center of this case, not DNA. In all likelihood, if Drugs had not been involved, the tragedy of Meredith Kercher's homicide would never have happened. Why are some people angry drunks? Some people have a couple of drinks and become congenial; others have a couple of drinks and become pugnacious.
Meanwhile, Knox is transmogrifying into a siliconized Hollywood icon, co-mingled with the likes of Mean Girls star Lindsay Lohan, whose ditzy misadventures are dutifully catalogued by starstruck teenyboppers all over the world. Lohan, it's been widely reported, has been in Drugs Rehab lately.
The next hearing is scheduled for January 15th.
:: Andrea Vogt: SPI :: - - - [Nick Pisa: Telegraph]
:: Barbie Nadeau: CNN :: - - [Tom Kington: Guardian]
...
hits the bong, maybe she can bag a nun . . .
Knox appeared in court for Saturday's session, the outcome of which is being touted by cockeyed optimists as a huge triumph for Defense.
An outside, independent review of the forensic evidence, including the disputed DNA evidence, was granted. And the judge agreed to consider the possibility of additional testimony from two jailed criminals.
Yesterday, Andrea Vogt wrote up a good cheat sheet at TFP about which issues to expect in the upcoming proceedings, but I was too busy refilling my pantry to blog it. If you are unclear, it's worth checking for its crispy analysis.
Is a re-examination of the DNA forensic evidence going to make a crucial difference in the long run? No, I don't believe it will, because Drugs are at the center of this case, not DNA. In all likelihood, if Drugs had not been involved, the tragedy of Meredith Kercher's homicide would never have happened. Why are some people angry drunks? Some people have a couple of drinks and become congenial; others have a couple of drinks and become pugnacious.
Meanwhile, Knox is transmogrifying into a siliconized Hollywood icon, co-mingled with the likes of Mean Girls star Lindsay Lohan, whose ditzy misadventures are dutifully catalogued by starstruck teenyboppers all over the world. Lohan, it's been widely reported, has been in Drugs Rehab lately.
The next hearing is scheduled for January 15th.
:: Andrea Vogt: SPI :: - - - [Nick Pisa: Telegraph]
:: Barbie Nadeau: CNN :: - - [Tom Kington: Guardian]
...
Friday, December 17
FL Snuff Video -
Man with gun at school board meeting . . .
It was bad enough we were experiencing a severe cold snap. Then, to make matters even worse, TV stations here in South Florida were broadcasting a sensational snuff video, showing a man committing suicide in public.
In more normal parts of America, most News Directors and Station Managers, we presume, would ban the airing of snuff videos as a violation of Broadcasting Standards.
The story the news readers on TV were telling us was an obvious fairytale they had fabricated solely for the purpose of justifying their unscrupulous airing of this video, an act which was clearly a breach of public decency.
Their fairytale changed on an almost hourly basis, but about midway through this news cycle, one reporter, anxious to embroider the pseudo-scoop, contributed this pseudo-factoid which added nothing that explained the video:
"The V is from a movie about revenge.
This crazed gunman was bent on revenge."
Oh. Is that why our local TV stations refused to run the audio from that videotape - just in case the real words used on it contradicted the fairytale they were dishing out to us?
Then they "explained" to us that there is no paper record that his wife was ever employed in the school system, he doesn't even have a wife, and it was all in his imagination.
From that point on, instead of reporting facts, they initiated a mysterious campaign to glorify the school board members and demonize the gunman as a criminal, a lunatic, and a bum.
To date, this story has not been reported here in South Florida as a news story filled with verifiable facts.
Remember, remember, the Fifth of November . . .
I found this entire episode very disturbing. It's even more disturbing that they've gotten away with it, but I have to wonder how far across the country this rot has spread.
Anybody even curious about the actual facts yet?
Noooo, of course not. Next story, please.
:: Romenesko ::
...
It was bad enough we were experiencing a severe cold snap. Then, to make matters even worse, TV stations here in South Florida were broadcasting a sensational snuff video, showing a man committing suicide in public.
In more normal parts of America, most News Directors and Station Managers, we presume, would ban the airing of snuff videos as a violation of Broadcasting Standards.
The story the news readers on TV were telling us was an obvious fairytale they had fabricated solely for the purpose of justifying their unscrupulous airing of this video, an act which was clearly a breach of public decency.
Their fairytale changed on an almost hourly basis, but about midway through this news cycle, one reporter, anxious to embroider the pseudo-scoop, contributed this pseudo-factoid which added nothing that explained the video:
"The V is from a movie about revenge.
This crazed gunman was bent on revenge."
Oh. Is that why our local TV stations refused to run the audio from that videotape - just in case the real words used on it contradicted the fairytale they were dishing out to us?
Then they "explained" to us that there is no paper record that his wife was ever employed in the school system, he doesn't even have a wife, and it was all in his imagination.
From that point on, instead of reporting facts, they initiated a mysterious campaign to glorify the school board members and demonize the gunman as a criminal, a lunatic, and a bum.
To date, this story has not been reported here in South Florida as a news story filled with verifiable facts.
Remember, remember, the Fifth of November . . .
I found this entire episode very disturbing. It's even more disturbing that they've gotten away with it, but I have to wonder how far across the country this rot has spread.
Anybody even curious about the actual facts yet?
Noooo, of course not. Next story, please.
:: Romenesko ::
...
Tuesday, December 14
Lockdown Lady: No Bail -
The 48-year-old woman accused of sending threats to talk show host Joyce Kaufman and Kaufman's radio station, which resulted in a countywide school lockdown for several hours, was denied bail at her Monday hearing by Judge Lurana Snow.
"Ellisa Martinez" of New Port Richey FL has used several different versions of that name, according to reporter Jon Burstein, who discloses that Martinez may have graduated UCLA under the name Lisa Joan Martinez.
Her use of multiple names suggests that this identity itself may be spurious. The authorities may not know yet who this woman really is, why she is in this country, or what her mission is here. Burstein does not report whether she has a green card or is an undocumented alien.
Her assigned lawyer, Chantel Doakes, seems to be pointing to a possible plea of diminished capacity due to mental defect or disease.
Martinez is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 21.
NB: We are experiencing a severe cold snap until Thursday or Friday. There may be little or no blogging here for the next couple of days.
:: Sun Sentinel ::
...
"Ellisa Martinez" of New Port Richey FL has used several different versions of that name, according to reporter Jon Burstein, who discloses that Martinez may have graduated UCLA under the name Lisa Joan Martinez.
Her use of multiple names suggests that this identity itself may be spurious. The authorities may not know yet who this woman really is, why she is in this country, or what her mission is here. Burstein does not report whether she has a green card or is an undocumented alien.
Her assigned lawyer, Chantel Doakes, seems to be pointing to a possible plea of diminished capacity due to mental defect or disease.
Martinez is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 21.
NB: We are experiencing a severe cold snap until Thursday or Friday. There may be little or no blogging here for the next couple of days.
:: Sun Sentinel ::
...
Sunday, December 12
Enormous Mistake (4#) -
Meredith Kercher Homicide -
Amanda Knox began this session of her appeal process melodramatically by performing a very emotive 17-minute soliloquy from notes.
"The judges and jury showed no emotion." [Vogt]
But Francesco Maresca, the Kercher Family's lawyer, hadn't bought a ticket for this opera and walked out on it.
Knox was convicted by a lower court last year of killing her mixed-race flatmate, Meredith Kercher, while she was zonked on drugs.
Defense is hoping to discredit some DNA and technical forensic evidence, but even if they succeed in eliminating some items, there's a mountain of other evidence.
NB: The press coverage will make a lot more sense to you if you keep in mind that Knox was stoned out of her skull at the time of this homicide.
Proceedings are scheduled
to resume Dec 18th, next Saturday.
:: Andrea Vogt :: at SPI ::
:::::::::: Barbie Nadeau :: at TDB ::
:: Nick Pisa :: at TDM ::
::::: Tom Kington :: at The Guardian ::
...
Amanda Knox began this session of her appeal process melodramatically by performing a very emotive 17-minute soliloquy from notes.
"The judges and jury showed no emotion." [Vogt]
But Francesco Maresca, the Kercher Family's lawyer, hadn't bought a ticket for this opera and walked out on it.
Knox was convicted by a lower court last year of killing her mixed-race flatmate, Meredith Kercher, while she was zonked on drugs.
Defense is hoping to discredit some DNA and technical forensic evidence, but even if they succeed in eliminating some items, there's a mountain of other evidence.
NB: The press coverage will make a lot more sense to you if you keep in mind that Knox was stoned out of her skull at the time of this homicide.
Proceedings are scheduled
to resume Dec 18th, next Saturday.
:: Andrea Vogt :: at SPI ::
:::::::::: Barbie Nadeau :: at TDB ::
:: Nick Pisa :: at TDM ::
::::: Tom Kington :: at The Guardian ::
...
Saturday, December 11
Kicking Up A Storm (5#) -
Kabul Noir: Afghan TV police drama Eagle Four
has gained lots of new fans for the Tolo channel.
It even features a female computer whiz! [LAT]
# Hoder aka Hossein Derakhshan, the pioneering Iranian-Canadian Blogger, has been granted a very brief furlough from his imprisonment for a king's ransom.
# This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo, who was represented at the ceremony by an empty chair.
# Founder of Revolution Muslim website claims to have had a change of heart. These days he's sending out a new message.
...
has gained lots of new fans for the Tolo channel.
It even features a female computer whiz! [LAT]
# Hoder aka Hossein Derakhshan, the pioneering Iranian-Canadian Blogger, has been granted a very brief furlough from his imprisonment for a king's ransom.
# This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Liu Xiaobo, who was represented at the ceremony by an empty chair.
# Founder of Revolution Muslim website claims to have had a change of heart. These days he's sending out a new message.
...
Thursday, December 9
Bookish: Chilly Grabs (4#) -
Ever heard of the writer Bruno Schulz?
Chris Power has posted an appreciative
piece about him on The Guardian Books Blog.
# Sarah Weinman tells us about
Graham Moore's The Sherlockian and other
derivatives of the master detective at the LAT.
# Nathaniel Rich writes about
author Georges Simenon at TDB.
# Librarian Nancy Pearl picks Memoirs at NPR.
...
Chris Power has posted an appreciative
piece about him on The Guardian Books Blog.
# Sarah Weinman tells us about
Graham Moore's The Sherlockian and other
derivatives of the master detective at the LAT.
# Nathaniel Rich writes about
author Georges Simenon at TDB.
# Librarian Nancy Pearl picks Memoirs at NPR.
...
Monday, December 6
Mez: Don't
Open That Door! (3#) -
Andrea Vogt has provided a very meaty dispatch to open the week. She has introduced a whole new set of colorful characters, an intriguing loose end, and some discouraging information about the DNA situation in Italy.
Vogt reports that Italy has not yet reached official certification standards in the field of Forensic DNA, but is lagging behind the European agreement known as "the Prum Convention."
The Intriguing Loose End: a Mafia-connected Neapolitan named Luciano Aviello claims he knows the whereabouts of the murder weapon and Meredith's house keys. Will anyone follow him down that rabbit hole?
Meanwhile, Nick Pisa and others are reporting that the role of Meredith Kercher in the Lifetime Cable TV March offering will be portrayed by Amanda Fernando Stevens. Unfortunately, she appears to be the wrong race. I believe that the part of Kercher should have been portrayed by a Desi actress. Or is Robert Dornhelm trying to whitewash the racial aspect of this situation?
I was quite horrified to see how many emotionally disturbed people responded to John Kercher's heartfelt Op Ed piece recently. Many of the comments were inappropriate and/or out of control. I have never seen anyone in public callously hectoring a bereaved family with such cruelty before.
An ever-expanding body of apocrypha about this case is being posted on the Internet nearly every week by distraught fans of Amanda Knox. What are we to make of it?
The conflation of the real life murder of Meredith Kercher fused together with Hollywood movie tropes familiar from the genre of Teen Slasher movies requires an MiP or Maiden in Peril and a Boogeyman. In this case, the local prosecutor often has been used as the villain. And Amanda Knox has been depicted as the MIP, even though the real life homicide victim was Meredith Kercher.
I believe the origin of this phenomenon may have been the story Amanda Knox told about arriving home to find her front door open and then stripping off all her clothes to take a shower.
Characters in Hollywood movies frequently do things that people in real life would never do. For example: "Don't open that door!" If the movie ingenue would not open the door, that would be the end of that movie. Thus, the ingenue must open the door in order to continue the story.
In real life, when you come home to find your front door open, you would feel violated. In such a state, your reflex reaction would not be to take off all your clothes.
To believe that an ingenue would get naked in that situation would require a suspension of disbelief comparable to that needed for watching a Teen Slasher movie.
...
Vogt reports that Italy has not yet reached official certification standards in the field of Forensic DNA, but is lagging behind the European agreement known as "the Prum Convention."
The Intriguing Loose End: a Mafia-connected Neapolitan named Luciano Aviello claims he knows the whereabouts of the murder weapon and Meredith's house keys. Will anyone follow him down that rabbit hole?
Meanwhile, Nick Pisa and others are reporting that the role of Meredith Kercher in the Lifetime Cable TV March offering will be portrayed by Amanda Fernando Stevens. Unfortunately, she appears to be the wrong race. I believe that the part of Kercher should have been portrayed by a Desi actress. Or is Robert Dornhelm trying to whitewash the racial aspect of this situation?
I was quite horrified to see how many emotionally disturbed people responded to John Kercher's heartfelt Op Ed piece recently. Many of the comments were inappropriate and/or out of control. I have never seen anyone in public callously hectoring a bereaved family with such cruelty before.
An ever-expanding body of apocrypha about this case is being posted on the Internet nearly every week by distraught fans of Amanda Knox. What are we to make of it?
The conflation of the real life murder of Meredith Kercher fused together with Hollywood movie tropes familiar from the genre of Teen Slasher movies requires an MiP or Maiden in Peril and a Boogeyman. In this case, the local prosecutor often has been used as the villain. And Amanda Knox has been depicted as the MIP, even though the real life homicide victim was Meredith Kercher.
I believe the origin of this phenomenon may have been the story Amanda Knox told about arriving home to find her front door open and then stripping off all her clothes to take a shower.
Characters in Hollywood movies frequently do things that people in real life would never do. For example: "Don't open that door!" If the movie ingenue would not open the door, that would be the end of that movie. Thus, the ingenue must open the door in order to continue the story.
In real life, when you come home to find your front door open, you would feel violated. In such a state, your reflex reaction would not be to take off all your clothes.
To believe that an ingenue would get naked in that situation would require a suspension of disbelief comparable to that needed for watching a Teen Slasher movie.
...
Saturday, December 4
Panto in LaLa Land (6#) -
If you're on the U.S. West Coast, you might want to catch this production. I wish they'd bring it to South Florida; it looks like a lot of fun. They went to the Panto.
# True Crime: British tycoon extradited to
France over alleged murder of his girlfriend.
"Griffin had claimed Ms Legg attacked
him with a stun-gun disguised as lipstick."
# A SoFlo homeless man intervenes in an
armored car robbery, James Burnett tells us.
# Four readers of The UK Guardian share their backgrounds and explain how they developed their regional accents and dialects. In the comment thread some additional readers participate.
# After 26 years writing
Harper’s Notebook, Lewis Lapham is
retiring. Christopher R Graham interviews him.
...
# True Crime: British tycoon extradited to
France over alleged murder of his girlfriend.
"Griffin had claimed Ms Legg attacked
him with a stun-gun disguised as lipstick."
# A SoFlo homeless man intervenes in an
armored car robbery, James Burnett tells us.
# Four readers of The UK Guardian share their backgrounds and explain how they developed their regional accents and dialects. In the comment thread some additional readers participate.
# After 26 years writing
Harper’s Notebook, Lewis Lapham is
retiring. Christopher R Graham interviews him.
...
Thursday, December 2
Crossing The Pond (3#) -
The besotted Amanda Knox fan club,
Desi Journos, and Christmas Panto in LA . . .
# Los Angeles gets a traditional British
Pantomime this Christmas with a run of
Cinderella, Lisa Marks reports at The Guardian.
# Indian Journalism is lively and thriving, right?
Tunku Varadarajan claims it is a Potemkin
Village which is actually quite corrupt at TDB.
# John Kercher, father of the late
Meredith Kercher, expresses his anguish
over seeing his daughter's convicted killer,
Amanda Knox, being treated as a celebrity.
...
Desi Journos, and Christmas Panto in LA . . .
# Los Angeles gets a traditional British
Pantomime this Christmas with a run of
Cinderella, Lisa Marks reports at The Guardian.
# Indian Journalism is lively and thriving, right?
Tunku Varadarajan claims it is a Potemkin
Village which is actually quite corrupt at TDB.
# John Kercher, father of the late
Meredith Kercher, expresses his anguish
over seeing his daughter's convicted killer,
Amanda Knox, being treated as a celebrity.
...
Wednesday, December 1
Bookish: A Swedish Ghost (5#) -
James Scudamore is an English novelist who grew up here and there around the world. His latest novel, Heliopolis, is described as an updated version of Dickens' London, set in contemporary Brazil. Reviewed here by Paul Constant.
# True Crime: Catrine da Costa, a 28-year-old heroin addict, sold herself on the streets of the red light district of Stockholm. In 1984, her remains were found hacked up into pieces deposited in abandoned trash bags, although her head was missing and has never been located. The case has haunted Sweden ever since, Julie Bindel reports.
# A posthumous book of Barry Hannah's
stories, is appreciated and reviewed by Brock Clarke.
# Miles Corwin's psychological suspense novel about the murder of an LAPD officer, Kind of Blue, is reviewed by Carmela Ciuraru at LAT.
# Colum McCann's preface to a new
collection of European Fiction is at TDB.
...
# True Crime: Catrine da Costa, a 28-year-old heroin addict, sold herself on the streets of the red light district of Stockholm. In 1984, her remains were found hacked up into pieces deposited in abandoned trash bags, although her head was missing and has never been located. The case has haunted Sweden ever since, Julie Bindel reports.
# A posthumous book of Barry Hannah's
stories, is appreciated and reviewed by Brock Clarke.
# Miles Corwin's psychological suspense novel about the murder of an LAPD officer, Kind of Blue, is reviewed by Carmela Ciuraru at LAT.
# Colum McCann's preface to a new
collection of European Fiction is at TDB.
...
Tuesday, November 30
SoFlo: Road Hog -
Never mind iguana crossings, there's
a new traffic hazard to be aware of this week . . .
A 250-pound wild boar with full tusks has been seen roaming the streets of Coral Springs lately, weaving in and out of automobiles through traffic, and officials want to get rid of it. Toward that end, they have called in a professional trapper, Kevin Garvey.
:: WSVN TV ::
...
a new traffic hazard to be aware of this week . . .
A 250-pound wild boar with full tusks has been seen roaming the streets of Coral Springs lately, weaving in and out of automobiles through traffic, and officials want to get rid of it. Toward that end, they have called in a professional trapper, Kevin Garvey.
:: WSVN TV ::
...
Monday, November 29
Going Deep
Without A Peep -
"Why hasn't the war against terrorism produced any great First Amendment cases?" Dahlia Litwick asks in her article at Slate.
I'd have to guess it's because the American Public is mostly preoccupied with efforts to protect our Freedom of Expression from enemy attacks on it.
Perhaps Litwick hasn't noticed the young Seattle cartoonist who had to go into hiding due to death threats which targeted her. But is that possible?
:: Slate ::
...
I'd have to guess it's because the American Public is mostly preoccupied with efforts to protect our Freedom of Expression from enemy attacks on it.
Perhaps Litwick hasn't noticed the young Seattle cartoonist who had to go into hiding due to death threats which targeted her. But is that possible?
:: Slate ::
...
SoFlo: Staying
Abreast With TV (2#) -
Hope you had a nice holiday. On Thanksgiving Day, I couldn't help but notice that all the actors and actresses who pretend to be TV news reporters locally had taken the day off. There was no TV News at Noon!
Even though it tends to be mostly an extended infomercial, I like to try to catch some headlines if I can at midday.
# Will Fredrica Wilson (Miami-D)
be able to wear her hats in Congress?
PolitiFact Florida takes a closer look at this issue.
:: Wilson said today that she doesn't want
the hat issue to overshadow her policies.
...
Even though it tends to be mostly an extended infomercial, I like to try to catch some headlines if I can at midday.
# Will Fredrica Wilson (Miami-D)
be able to wear her hats in Congress?
PolitiFact Florida takes a closer look at this issue.
:: Wilson said today that she doesn't want
the hat issue to overshadow her policies.
...
Thursday, November 25
Mez: Who Speaks
For The Dead? (2#)
When someone dies unexpectedly and not
from obviously natural causes, who investigates?
It can vary from place to place and from situation to situation. It can be a Medical Examiner or Coroner or even a forensic pathologist working for an insurance company. Sometimes after death an inquiry is held into the state of the decedent's soul or his state of mind as in a psychological autopsy.
When a friend of mine died several years ago, the Church conducted an inquiry to determine whether it as an accidental death or a suicide. They uncovered evidence in his Day Planner Book that he had a full schedule of appointments and other activities planned for the next day and that he was not planning to end it all. That meant that he could be buried in a religious cemetery.
A respected Italian forensic investigator recently shared his assessment of this case with reporter Nick Francis in Perugia. I agree with his basic theory:
"British student Meredith Kercher was murdered in a brutal fight with her flatmates which was then made to look like a random sex attack, according to a top forensics expert, Luciano Garofano."
We may never get an exactly accurate choreography of this homicide, because there was no video camera recording it as it happened, but eventually we may come very close.
"As a spokesman for the dead,
Da Vinci strives to give dignity to untimely death."
...
from obviously natural causes, who investigates?
It can vary from place to place and from situation to situation. It can be a Medical Examiner or Coroner or even a forensic pathologist working for an insurance company. Sometimes after death an inquiry is held into the state of the decedent's soul or his state of mind as in a psychological autopsy.
When a friend of mine died several years ago, the Church conducted an inquiry to determine whether it as an accidental death or a suicide. They uncovered evidence in his Day Planner Book that he had a full schedule of appointments and other activities planned for the next day and that he was not planning to end it all. That meant that he could be buried in a religious cemetery.
A respected Italian forensic investigator recently shared his assessment of this case with reporter Nick Francis in Perugia. I agree with his basic theory:
"British student Meredith Kercher was murdered in a brutal fight with her flatmates which was then made to look like a random sex attack, according to a top forensics expert, Luciano Garofano."
We may never get an exactly accurate choreography of this homicide, because there was no video camera recording it as it happened, but eventually we may come very close.
"As a spokesman for the dead,
Da Vinci strives to give dignity to untimely death."
...
School Threats: False Flag -
Eliza Martinez, the Rachel Maddow Acolyte
who sent the threats to Joyce Kaufman, is
"registered as a member of the Green Party of Florida." Since there are several different spellings of her name being floated about, it may be an assumed name.
Maddow aired some video of a rally in which Kaufman spoke, but an employee of the company assigned to record the rally indicated elsehere that Maddow may not have had the company's permission to use the video and that it may have been stolen. It was selectively edited to be incendiary.
The motivation for making the threats is not yet known; nor is it currently known what relationship, if any, Martinez has with Maddow.
:: Sun Sentinel ::
...
who sent the threats to Joyce Kaufman, is
"registered as a member of the Green Party of Florida." Since there are several different spellings of her name being floated about, it may be an assumed name.
Maddow aired some video of a rally in which Kaufman spoke, but an employee of the company assigned to record the rally indicated elsehere that Maddow may not have had the company's permission to use the video and that it may have been stolen. It was selectively edited to be incendiary.
The motivation for making the threats is not yet known; nor is it currently known what relationship, if any, Martinez has with Maddow.
:: Sun Sentinel ::
...
Wednesday, November 24
Mez: A Higher Stretch (2#) -
Amanda Knox, already convicted
of killing her housemate Meredith Kercher,
appeared in court earlier today to begin her appeal
process in a brief session which was mostly procedural.
Meredith Kercher was a mixed race Erasmus Scholar from Greater Metropolitan London out of Leeds University. Her corpse was found in their shared cottage with deep stab wounds to the throat and signs of brutal torture.
Future sessions have been
scheduled for Dec 11, 18 and Jan. 15.
:: Andrea Vogt for SPI ::
:: Duncan Kennedy for BBC ::
...
of killing her housemate Meredith Kercher,
appeared in court earlier today to begin her appeal
process in a brief session which was mostly procedural.
Meredith Kercher was a mixed race Erasmus Scholar from Greater Metropolitan London out of Leeds University. Her corpse was found in their shared cottage with deep stab wounds to the throat and signs of brutal torture.
Future sessions have been
scheduled for Dec 11, 18 and Jan. 15.
:: Andrea Vogt for SPI ::
:: Duncan Kennedy for BBC ::
...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
