Archive for the ‘Death + Crime’ Category
“What About Morals?”
4, Apr 2011An instant was all it took to post the photo. The photo I am referring to is the one taken by Mark Musarella. In March of 2009, Musarella—a then retired police officer and EMT from Staten Island, NY—snapped a photo of the beaten and strangled body of Caroline Wimmer in her apartment and posted it [...]
Postmortem on Frontline’s Post Mortem
10, Feb 2011Post Mortem: Death Investigation in America Frontline, NPR, and Pro Publica (February 01, 2011) Go Go Frontline. There are moments in this documentary on postmortem examinations in America and the attached medical-legal investigative personnel that made me physically groan. Out loud. And then slap my forehead. None of the dead body images elicited any kind [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Crime|Death + Technology|Death + the Law
- Tags: decomposition, forensics, video
Happy Homecoming for Widow Who Lived with Corpses Authorities found out and took the embalmed corpses away. She is having a mausoleum built on her property to get them back. Michael Rubinkam, Associated Press (January 04, 2011) A quick update on the July story about 91-year-old Jean Stevens in Pennsylvania. Stevens, many people will recall, [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial|Death + Crime|Death + the Law
- Tags: corpse abuse, living with the dead
Stay Classy, AccuQuote and CNN
9, Jan 2011In the wake of Saturday’s shooting in Arizona, leaving among the dead a federal judge and a 9-year-old, with Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition among the many wounded, life insurance company AccuQuote reminds surfers of CNN that our family’s future is uncertain (even if widowhood turns women into FOXES… part of the threat of [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + Crime|Death + the Web
- Tags: insurance, marketing
And the Corpse Rides Shotgun Follow-Up
30, Oct 2010Portrait Emerges of Woman Whose Mummified Body was Found in Car Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times (October 28, 2010) Last week I wrote about a California news item which involved the police finding a dead body in a car. A few days ago, the Los Angeles Times did a follow-up piece and as I suspected [...]