Mexican Parents Frustrated With Government; Approaches The Cartel For Help In Finding 43 Missing Students

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Drawings of some of 43 missing rural college students are surrounded by flower petals, forming the shape of a heart, during a protest marking the six-month anniversary of their disappearance, in Mexico City. Photo: Associated Press

Some of the families of 43 college students missing in southern Mexico since September say desperation and a lack of confidence in the government drove them to appeal to the leader of a drug gang for help in locating their sons.

After months of investigation, Mexican officials concluded a different drug gang killed and incinerated the young men. But six months after the disappearance, and with only one of the missing identified through a bone fragment, parents are asking the leader of a rival gang to share what he knows. Continue reading “Mexican Parents Frustrated With Government; Approaches The Cartel For Help In Finding 43 Missing Students”

Texas Trooper Ordered To Undergo Counseling After Instagram Flexin’ With Rapper Snoop Dogg

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Texas Public Safety Trooper Billy Spears and Snoop Photo: Snoop’s Instagram

Yep. You are reading correctly, no need for an eye exam.

A state trooper down in Texas has been ordered to receive counseling after unwittingly taking a picture with the rapper, Snoop Dogg –aka “Uncle Snoop D-O-double G”. 

I am assuming DPS feels he needs counseling as a result of  simply standing too close to a rapper? Are taxpayers paying for this?

Any crime experts out there? You’re welcome to chime in at any time.

According to AJC: Continue reading “Texas Trooper Ordered To Undergo Counseling After Instagram Flexin’ With Rapper Snoop Dogg”

Arizona Mom Cleared And Released From Death Row In The Killing Of Her Son

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Debra Milke speaks out after being on death row for 23 years. She was charged with the murder of her son.

Debra Milke is free after spending over 20 years on death row for the murder of her son, Christopher who was 4 years old at the time.

She was accused of killing Christopher because she simply, no longer wanted the child, nor did she want the child to live with his father.

According to investigators, she wanted to cash in on a $5000 insurance policy in the child’s name. Continue reading “Arizona Mom Cleared And Released From Death Row In The Killing Of Her Son”