A multi-state investigation was launched after two severed heads have been discovered in Texas and Louisiana. Detectives and forensic experts on-site declared that there might be a connection between the two homicides. A person of interest is sought in Cameron Parish after an eyewitness claimed seeing an individual discarding a black plastic back.

Severed Heads Belonged to Middle Aged Woman, Forensics Confirm

This week, a multi-state task force consisting of homicide detectives, state troopers, deputies, and forensics experts have established a link between two seemingly random cases of homicides.

On the 1^st of March, Louisiana law enforcement agents were summed to an area near the Calcasieu Lake, after an inmate found a human inside a plain black plastic bag. According to the police report, the inmate who made the gruesome discovery was on the marsh cleanup detail.

Despite detectives deeming the assault random, on the 24^th of March, another severed head would turn up, roughly 150 miles away from the Lake Calcasieu’s marshes.

According to the police report, a volunteer cleanup crew discovered a similar plastic bag, tucked between some loose stones, near Lake Houston.

The human remains were taken to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences to be autopsied.

On the 5^th of April, a Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences spokesperson announced the result of the post-mortem examinations. According to report, which was later forwarded to the authorities, both victims had anywhere between 25 and 40 years of age.

Victims, who had reddish or brown hair, appeared to be either Caucasian or Hispanic. Based on the similarities highlighted by the coroner’s report, the detectives concluded that the assailant might be targeting middle-aged or young adult women.

Link Found Between Severed Heads

Furthermore, according to a Cameron Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesperson, a person of interest is currently being sought, after an eyewitness declared seeing a male throwing a black plastic bag of a Louisiana bridge two weeks before the first severed head was discovered.

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A North Carolina court has begun the hearing in the case of Izell Lewis, a 26-year-old Marin County boxing instructor who was charged with sexual assault in 2017. Bent on representing himself in court, Lewis made derogatory remarks about his victim’s weight.

North Carolina Man Fires Lawyer to Build His Own Defense

On Thursday, Judge Andrew Sweet and the jury have had the dubious privilege of hearing Izell Lewis’s confession. The North Carolina man, who’s also a boxing instructor, told the members of the court that he never touched the victim. More than that, with Izell considering himself a good-looking individual, he could not lower himself to go after someone who “weighs 300 pounds.”

Despite Judge Sweet advising the North Carolina man against self-representation, Lewis refused. As a result, the trial had to continue with Lewis using every dirty trick in the book to discredit his victim.

On the other hand, according to Michael Coffino, Lewis’ former court-appointed attorney, there is a chance the jury might vote in favor of the accused, as the accuser’s testimony has several unaccounted discrepancies.

Based on a court document, the North Carolina man accosted and raped his victim in a stairwell, during his stay at the Corte Madera Town Center, Moreover, the victim claims that Lewis frequently came to the mall where she was employed.

However, as the victim first told the police, the alleged assault occurred on the 27^th of July. After a short while, Lewis’ victim declared that assault did not occur on the 27^th but on the 17^th of July.

Coffino noted that this discrepancy could act in Lewis’ favor. Since the prosecutors never announced that the victim changed testimony, the defense did not have time to come up with proof to discriminate the client.

If found guilty, the North Carolina man can face up to eight years in prison.

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The Maryland authorities recently announced that 51-year-old Fernando Asturizaga, sentenced to more than a century in jail for raping his 10-year-old Spanish student, is now a person of interest in the disappearance and slaying of the girl’s mother in 2000. New DNA analysis revealed that the Maryland man attempted to destroy evidence of the woman’s death.

Maryland Man Was Involved with the Victim for Over a Year

Back in 2010, Fernando Asturizaga, then 33, was taken into custody and charged with sexual assault. According to the court documents, between 1999 and 2001, Asturizaga, who was a Spanish teacher, became romantically involved with Hannah Thresher, his 10-year-old student.

Their sickening relationship came to light after the girl reached the authorities and blew the whistle on Asturizaga. Following his trial, the man was sentenced to spend the next century behind bars for engaging in unlawful sexual relations with a minor.

Still, Hannah’s ordeal was only part of her tragedy. In May 2000, Alison Thresher, Hannah’s 45-year-old mother would vanish without a trail.

According to the authorities, Alison’s sister filed a missing person’s report with the Montgomery Police Department after the woman failed to show up for work. The investigator would spend the next eight months searching for the missing woman but to no avail.

The Maryland man was arrested in 2010 and sentence in 2012. After more than six years, the authorities have decided to reopen the case and, in doing so, named Asturizaga, a person of interest in Thresher’s disappearance and murder.

According to a Montgomery Police spokesperson, new DNA techniques were employed to analyze clues found in Thresher’s apartment. The analysis confirmed that the woman was killed there and that the perpetrator, possibly Asturizaga, attempted to destroy the evidence.

The evidence seemed to favor this lead, as the woman’s recently-discovered journals reveal that she was aware, to some degree, that her daughter and the Maryland man might be romantically involved.

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On Tuesday, the Polk County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 23-year-old Florida Burger King manager for having sex with a 10-year-old girl. The man was caught in a Polk County motel room while telling the victim to put on a dog collar.

Florida Burger King Managed Groomed His Victim on Facebook

According to Grady Judd, the Polk County Sheriff, the accused was arrested on the same day the girl’s parents reported her missing.

Several weeks ago, 23-year-old Jonathan Diaz Fundora, a Burger King manager, began chatting online with the 10-year-old girl. However, their conversation took a completely different turn when the man started to talk about his sexual fantasies.

The online chat history reveals that before meeting the girl, the Florida Burger King manager convinced her to send naked picture and clips of her performing sexual acts.

When the girl agreed to meet Fundora, the man allegedly took a three-day leave from the Miami Burger King and drove straight to Polk County, where he rented a motel room.

According to Sheriff Judd, before leaving the house, the 10-year-old girl left a note to her parents in which she wrote that she’d be spending the next couple of days at a friend’s house.

Believing that something might be terribly wrong, the girl’s parents called the authorities. Within 35 minutes, according to Judd’s claims, the sheriff’s deputies managed to determine that the girl left home to meet Fundora at the motel.

When the deputies arrived at the location, they’ve discovered the Florida Burger King manager naked and the girl in the bathroom, wearing a pink dog collar around her neck.

Both Fundora and the child confessed having sex before the authorities arrived. The individual was taken into custody and charged with multiple counts related to having sex with a minor. A search of his computer revealed dozens of movies and pictures of children being sexually abused by adults.

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Although Nikolas Cruz, the individual responsible for one of the bloodiest school shooting since Columbine, has murdered 17 people in cold blood, it would appear that there are people out there who appreciate his ‘work’ and would even like to date him. Broward County Jail, the prison where Cruz is kept pending the outcome of his trial, declared that the man has been ‘showered’ with fan mail since his imprisonment.

Nikolas Cruz Becomes Teens’ Subject of Adoration

More than a month has passed since 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire at the Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17 students and injuring 17 others. Despite the grieving families growing tired of hearing about Cruz’s troubled past and his alleged ‘mental condition’ the latest piece of news coming from Broward County Jail, the establishment where Cruz is being kept, comes as a slap in the face to everyone who has lost a loved one that day.

According to Howard Finkelstein, the Broward County Public Defender, the Stoneman Douglas high school shooter is literally showered with letters of appreciation each day, some of them bordering on lewdness.

In one of these letters, an anonymous 18-year-old girl from Texas wrote to Cruz what appears to be a love letter, with lots of hearts, smiley faces, and a mention that she’s skinny and she’s wearing a 34 cup.

Another woman, from California according to jail officials, sent Cruz a picture of her wearing a bikini and slurping on a popsicle.

However, it would seem that the high school shooter is not short on male fans, a man sending him a postcard of him and his cat riding a Nissan convertible.

More than that, ever since his imprisonment Nikolas Cruz received approximately 800 bucks in donations.

Conclusion

As Finkelstein pointed out, the authorities reserve the right to open and censor correspondence that could contain inappropriate material or endanger public safety. Thus, Cruz received only mail from fans who wished him well or prayed for him.

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A Polk County fourth-grade teacher was recently taken into custody and charged with child endangerment, drug possession, and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to the woman’s arrest warrant, she left the house for a couple of hours to purchase marijuana and to have sex with a ‘friend.’

Child of Teacher Found Wandering Outside Woman’s Apartment

On Saturday, the Polk County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 26-year-old Marsha Dolce, an elementary school teacher after they’ve discovered that the woman left the child unattended in order to purchase drugs.

According to the authorities, an individual dialed 911 and told the emergency dispatcher about a child who dressed only in underwear and a T-shirt wandering outside a Davenport house. The authorities later arrived, took the child into protective custody, and arrested Dolce. It’s unclear whether the infant is Dolce’s child or she was babysitting him.

During her police interview, the woman first claimed that she left the house after the child was fast asleep in order to help a friend in need who lived in Winter Haven.

However, after searching the fourth-grade teacher’s house, the authorities discovered an undisclosed amount of marijuana and a grinder. Furthermore, the woman’s phone contained a message, presumably from a dealer who told her to come at the designated place at 2:32 a.m.

Conclusion

After being confronted with the newly-discovered evidence, the fourth-grade teacher confessed that she actually went to purchase some marijuana from a man who she identified as Dre.

The woman also told the sheriff’s deputies that after purchasing the pot, they drove to Dolce’s Davenport house where they had sex. Later, Dolce drove Dre to his Winter Haven home.

Following her confession, the fourth-grade teacher was booked into county jail and charged with marijuana possession, possession of drug paraphernalia, and child endangerment.

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The Louisiana authorities announced that four suspects have been arrested and charged in the submerged case. As stated in the court records, two bodies were recovered from the vehicle pushed into the river. The authorities believed that they might be dealing with a carjacking case gone out of hand.

Submerged Car Case Involved At least Four, People

On the 15^th of February, the families of 28-year-old Dustin R. Hartline and 20-year-old Raegan Elizabeth Day contacted the authorities believed that something might have happened to the couple after they’ve failed to show up home.

According to the Louisiana authorities, the couple left their home earlier that day, and were, presumably, heading to a Baton Rouge where they should have met another family member.

The investigation revealed that the couple had left home under pretense. Instead of meeting a family member, Day and Hartline went to sell a car to Brittney Savell.

According to a Louisiana Police Department spokesperson, once the couple reached their destination, something must have happened during their talk with Savel over the 2011 Chevrolet Camaro car they intended to sell.

Moreover, following the botched business transactions, Day and Hartline were assaulted by Savell and three other suspects who attempted to steal their car. However, instead of driving away with the stolen car, the suspects shot Hartline and Day in the head, placed their bodies inside the vehicle, which they dumped in the river.

The car was discovered on Wednesday when police divers searched the area. According to the coroner’s office, IDing the body was challenging since they were in an advanced stage of decomposition, but, in the end, managed to get a positive ID using Hartline’s tattoos for reference.

Following the discovery of the car, the authorities arrested Brittney Savell and her associates Jason Landry, Derrion Lemoine, and Steven Olivieri.

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On Friday, the Florida authorities arrested a 35-year-old man who allegedly attacked a gas station clerk with a hot dog and a corn dog stick. According to the victim, the Florida man began behaving erratically after the gas station clerk refused to sell him a pack of beer. No one required medical attention after the attack.

Florida Man Had an Outstanding Arrest Warrant for Violating Terms of Probation

The author of the recent cornish attack which allegedly took place at a Florida gas station is 35-year-old Cavan McDaniel, a man who, according to authorities, was wanted in Pasco County for violating the terms of his probation.

McDaniel’s attack was captured on the gas station security tape which authorities used in order to ID and to track down the author. In the first few seconds of the tape, McDaniel’s can be seen walking aimlessly through the gas station, stopping for a moment in front of the beer fridge from here he picked up a pack.

After getting his ale, the man walked up to the counter in order to pay for it. Minutes later, a woman gas station clerk can be seen talking to the man. According to the other gas station worker who witnessed the event, his colleague told McDaniel that she refuses to sell him alcohol. The police have yet to reveal why the woman refused to the beer pack to the Florida man.

The tape reveals an irked and agitated McDaniel, apparently trying to reason with the gas station clerk. At one point, the man can be seen grabbing a hot dog and lunging at his victim who pressed the panic button.

Before the authorities arrived to take the Florida man into custody, McDaniel tried to stab the gas station clerk in the eye with a corn dog stick.

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Aaron Lopez, the construction worker accused last year of beating to death a coworker with a metal pipe was formally charged with first-degree murder. While in court, the man pleaded not guilty because of insanity. Lopez’s attorney declared that his client was diagnosed with multiple mental disorders, including schizophrenia.

Heated Argument Leads to Metal Pipe Murder

During his court appearance on Monday, Aaron Lopez pled not guilty of committing first-degree murder, by reason of insanity. Gerald Schwab, Lopez’s attorney, declared that the events that led to the death of Otti Hick, the man’s coworker, is the inevitable result of his client’s mental issues.  He also mentioned that was diagnosed with multiple mental illnesses, including post-traumatic stress disorder.

Lopez also told the court through his attorney that he has been struggling all his life with schizophrenia, a fact that might have fueled his assault.

According to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department, last year, Lopez, who was working on a construction site, got into an argument with Outi Hicks, his coworker. Allegedly, the two of them were arguing about a piece of scaffolding Outi asked Lopez to move.

Following their discussion, Lopez picked up a metal pipe and hit the woman until she lost consciousness. The authorities were alerted, and the woman was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead later that day.

According to the police report, Lopez behaved oddly after the murder, as the law enforcement officers found him inside the company’s truck, waiting for the authorities.

Conclusion

Despite the lawyer declaring that his client is not mentally fit to stand trial, court documents indicate that after his arrest Lopez underwent therapy in county jail and received medication for his conditions. Court-appointed psychiatrists declared that the patient’s condition has improved, deeming him fit for trial.

If proven guilty, the man accused of committing the metal pipe murder could spend the next 25 years behind bars.

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