Unsolved

John Gotti, the former Gambino crime family boss, is under question to discover the last body that has been hidden or destroyed. The missing man is John Favara who ran over the boss's twelve year old son. He was later shot and his body disposed of, and the police are trying to find it. A man named Charles Carneglia who is also on trial for the murder of five other people has been fingered and said to have dissolved the body in a vat of acid in his basement. Government officials have dug under the Queen's bridge for the body, and they have looked at Sheepshead Bay where it was rumored that the mans body had been put in cement and dropped to the bottom of the bay.

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I wasn't supposed to do a blog until next week, but I saw this one and knew that I couldn't pass it up. Now I know crime is very wrong and immoral, especially murdering someone. But I think organized crime is really cool, and this is the stuff of movies, but in real life. It's probably just my teen boy attitude, but putting a body in flesh-eating acid to erase the body is sick and awesome. I can't imagine how John Favara felt when he hit and killed the mob bosses son. I would leave town, knowing that justice would be swift. Any normal person would press charges on this guy and get him in jail for manslaughter, but not a crime family. How unlucky can you get?! I'm probably taking a bad stance on this story, but I think that organized crime is interesting, and possibly essential.

35 Years

A man was shot in the back 35 years ago and just recently had complications with the wound causing multiple organs to fail, and he died. The legal system is calling his death a homicide after all this time. His wife said that he hasn't really experienced any complications health related up to this point in time, so she was very surprised when it was ruled a homicide. He was seventeen at the time. He had been gambling with some of his peers while on a trip to pick up his girlfriend. He won money and refused to return, and was then shot in the back. His future wife only heard pieces of the story, saying that he had put it behind him. And apparently he ran into the guy later in life and told him to forget about it. The prosecutors are having a hard time turning up any credible evidence.
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I think this is a little ridiculous and extremely far fetched. The odds of them turning up a legit man as the shooter is very unlikely after all this time. Maybe they should get the crew from Cold Case on the scene. Otherwise, let it go. His wife said that he had forgiven the man, which takes a lot of heart to do after being shot. I think they should just let it go because the man that shot is probably like 60 now and totally regrets this incident. I also doubt that his organ problems were solely because of his wound, it seems like this would have happened earlier in his life when the wound was more recent. A blog by Holea B. has an 11 year old boy shooting an 18 year old man. http://holeab.blogspot.com/. I think these two stories are similar, both happened a long time ago and both criminals probably just want to be left alone because they regret what they've done, but the media can't let stories like these go.

Gift Wrapped...Bombs

Four bombs were discovered in Aspen, CO. Two were found in a Wells Fargo Bank and another nearby bank, Vectra Bank. The other two were discovered abandoned in an alley. A note was found that said there was a fifth bomb in a popular "watering hole". All of the bars were searched and no bomb was found. New Years Eve celebrators were forced to evacuate and abandon the festivities. The man accused was found dead in his Jeep. Notes were found with the bombs that said that many people would die if he wasn't paid $60,000. The attack was against the elitists that had taken over the town. James Chester Blanning, the accused, had grown up in the town and watched it change from a silver mining town to a place for the rich to hang out. Earlier in his life he had threatened to take his own life for a similar reason. Most people knew him to be pretty eccentric. 16 blocks were cleared around the area, and the bombs were detonated. People were allowed to return at 4 a.m.
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Now I'm not saying I agree with this threat, because I believe that people have every right to become as wealthy as they want, but it would be sad to see a loved town lost to these rich people. It takes away the feeling of home when its always being invaded by wealthy tourists who sometimes end up staying there to live. I think that the man must have second guessed his plan when he ditched the remaining two bombs in an alley. And it seems like he never really planned to set off the bombs because he left notes in them saying why he had placed them. And then he goes off and kills himself. He didn't seem to have very much confidence in his scheme, even though it was more to make a point than about the money. Some people who knew the man said that he couldn't adapt to the change, and that must have sparked his mistrust for the wealthy who were converting his hometown.

Cyberbullying

This article addresses the growing threat in cyberstalking and cyberbullying. A girl sent a vulgar text message to another who ended up killing herself in Missouri. Missouri recently revised their harassment law to include harassment via cyber sources. 45 states have followed this trend, ever since a thirteen year old killed herself in California because her neighbor set up a fictitious Myspace account. They had a cyber relationship, and when the "boy" broke up with this girl, he said "The world would be a better place without you." The girl killed herself shortly after. The new revision has met a lot of criticism. Some people believe that the law is something that is very hard to enforce, and that what they are saying isn't illegal, but it is unethical and mean. Since the law took effect in Missouri, a few cases have started to pop up, but not an overwhelming amount.
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I don't really know how to feel about this law. For some cases I feel like it will be useful, but then so many trifle cases might pop up that really shouldn't be dealt with, and our court systems might get bogged down. I think everybody should learn some netiquette and respect each other. If the person can't say it to the other ones face, then they shouldn't be texting it or anything like that. The fake a boyfriend Myspace thing is just sick. Especially because the neighbor was a mom, and she caused the death of that girl. I would feel so guilty for the rest of my life, and feel like really lame for using Myspace as an adult. That lady should be ashamed, along with the texter. But I do feel that they didn't really break the law. It's to hard to enforce and unethical not so much illegal.

Finish Her?!

An 18 year old and his 17 year old girlfriend were babysitting the girls 6 year old sister. They beat, kick, and slammed her to the floor, apparently imitating some moves from he game Mortal Kombat. The little girl died, and the sister was accused with negligently causing a death through child abuse, and was sentenced to six years in Colorado's youth offender recovery type of program. The 18 year old man was convicted of causing death through child abuse and is awaiting his sentencing that will take place in January.
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Mortal Kombat is an awesome game, some of the moves on it are really fun to attempt, from back flips to roundhouse kicks. But on a six year old girl? I can't believe that anybody could take an obsession this far. No maybe he didn't pull a Lu Kang finisher and shoot her with a fire bolt, but kicking her would probably be enough. There has been quite debate on violent video games effects on teens, and this just supports one side very heavily. I don't believe that they have a very significant effect, but this incident does start to sway me to believe the other way. So Finish Her?

Sick Teens

Two teenage girls are charged with "assault, abuse of a vulnerable adult by a caregiver, abuse of a vulnerable adult with sexual contact, disorderly conduct and failing to report suspected maltreatment", for spitting in peoples mouths, groping, and abusing residents at a old folks home in Albert Lea, Minnesota. There were a total of eight teenagers involved, some of which were charged with not reporting these crimes. These teens reportedly would laugh about the incidents the next day at school. The two main girls are will get suspended jail sentences, and probation.
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Okay so these two girls were tried as adults, and charged with assault and all those other gross misdemeanors...and they only get a suspended jail sentence and probation?!?! I'm sure if anyone else committed these crimes, they'd probably be in jail for some time. These girls must have had quite the lawyers. This is such a sick crime to, how could someone possibly abuse these old people? They had Alzheimer's and dementia, the last thing they need is some stupid teenage girls poking and prodding them. These girls are sexual predators and I thought Minnesota was cracking down on these kinds of people. I can't believe that they would talk about it at school. I would have to call them some sick freaks and that's not JMHO, its fact.

The Wal-Mart Stampede

A Wal-Mart employee in New York was trampled to death inside the store, on the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday. The man was doing part time maintenance work for the store, and was killed as over 200 people converged on the store at 4 A.M. when the store was opened. The police are watching to security videos, but don't expect to be able to press any charges because it will be nearly impossible to discern who was directly involved in the manslaughter. The lead investigator has called the scene "utter chaos". Several other people were injured as well, leaving them with minor injuries, one of them was a pregnant women. A women summed up the situation in these few words, "Some man lost his life because a VCR was on sale? Please. It's just too sad for words."

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I would never think that I would have to fear for my families life, or mine, when I go shopping. It's sad to think that nobody seemed to care that a man was dying beneath their feet, they were only concerned with the unbeatable deals that they were competing for. It just goes to show the value that America puts on human life. These people seemed to turn into primordial beasts when deals were waved in front of their faces. I think if charges were to be pressed, they should be imposed on Wal-Mart for setting up the circumstances for this killing to take place. They know that America runs on greed, and with a failing economy, sales. Companies took advantage of peoples drive to save money, and in return, many people were injured, and this unlucky man was killed.