THREE-BOOK TRUE CRIME COLLECTION

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Here is a collection of 36 true crime stories. Most of these cases will be new to the reader. Each year, approximately 23,000 homicides are committed in the United States. The national media selects just a handful to report on. The rest are documented only by local news sources.

I began developing my archives of true crime cases in the 1990s. I started my blog, Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem, in 2008. Since then, I've written about more than 800 cases in my blog. Early this year, I began writing online books to publicize some of the lesser known cases.

Many of these stories are more interesting than those that get all the air play.

For instance, as the whole neighborhood watched in horror, four teens carjacked an elderly woman. After beating her, pepper spraying her, and stomping her, the teens sped away in her car. Unfortunately, the seat belt was wrapped tightly around the victim’s arm. As the car raced down the road, it wrenched her arm from her body. Neighbors raced to help, but it was too late.

 

In another case, two random home invaders left their truck running in the driveway. One of the victims, shot several times, ran out the door, jumped into the truck, and sped off. The robbers, with no other way to escape, found a four-wheeler in the garage. You can guess what happened next--yep, they ran out of gas and were quickly captured.

And there are tons more.

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KILLERS AMONG US - VOLUME 3

Please check out my latest online true crime book. I’ve included 12 under-the-radar murders.

With the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping case in mind, I included the true story of an elderly married couple who depended on medication to stay alive. A young woman, a supposed friend, betrayed their trust, setting them up to be robbed and murdered. After the robbery, the couple was driven to an isolated area and buried alive in a pre-dug grave. The manhunt depended almost exclusively on digital evidence to catch the killers.

In New Orleans, four teenagers carjacked an elderly woman. They pepper-sprayed her, beat her, and stomped her before driving away in her car. The victim, caught in the seat-belt, was dragged through a middle-class neighborhood. As horrified neighbors watched, the victim’s arm was snatched off her body by her seat belt. Ring doorbell cameras provided cops with the evidence to convict the juveniles.

In a chapter entitled, “Dial 9-1-1 and Die,” a young mother was abducted and raped. As the predator transported her to a “killing field,” the brave woman screamed and beat the windows of the car. More than a half-dozen phone calls came in to police dispatchers describing the woman’s efforts to get away. She even took the killer’s cell phone and called 9-1-1 herself. Unfortunately, dispatchers waited for more than an hour before contacting officers on patrol, and the young mother was murdered.

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Shootout at Sam's Place

Illegal Alien Learns a Hard Lesson

By Robert A. Waters

At 7:49 p.m., on December 3, 2024, Teony Umanzor-Juarez (pictured) and his cohort, Cecil Batiz, sauntered into a modest New Orleans convenience store. Sam's Meat Market was located in the 8400 block of the South I-10 Service Road. In just a few seconds, surveillance video captured a gun battle.

Juarez and Batiz both carried handguns. One, a Glock semiautomatic, had been stolen from the trunk of a NOPD officer's car.

The video shows the robbers pointing a gun at the face of the clerk who was seated in front of the cash register. The clerk opens the cash drawer and lays money on the counter. Catiz stuffs the cash into his pocket. Juarez, also armed, provides lookout near the front of the counter. Store manager Diaa Hamed, who provided footage to Fox 8 News, said, "They came in and like, 'money, money, money, money.' That's all they say."

After obtaining the cash, the robbers begin to walk toward the door. Then they turn back and move closer to the clerk. At that time, the unnamed clerk lays out a barrage of fire at the intruders. Cadiz, mere feet from the clerk, falls as Juarez turns and fires one round at the clerk. Juarez, hit in the forearm, races outside.

Cadiz, lying on the floor, seems to be trying to manipulate his gun so he can shoot it, but the clerk is quicker and fires two more rounds, killing him. There had been one customer in the store--he was unhurt.

 

Hamed told Fox 8 that the clerk "was really scared, that's why they use their guns. We all carry guns but we hope not to use it, But in this situation, we have to."

Several of the news outlets reporting on the shooting claimed the robbers were leaving the store. It's plain to see them start toward the door, then turn back around and face the clerk. That is when the clerk opens fire.

Juarez was quickly captured. After being treated at the hospital, he was booked and initially charged with four counts: armed robbery, armed robbery with a gun, aggravated assault with a firearm, and illegal use of a weapon. A few hours later, he was also charged with manslaughter.

Gabriella Killet wrote, "On his booking paperwork, Juarez told authorities he was a U. S. citizen. An ICE spokesperson said earlier that Juarez is a Honduran national who illegally crossed the U. S. border in Texas in April of 2023 when he was a minor." The exact date and place of Juarez's illegal entry was Eagle Pass on April 14, 2023.

During his tenure here in the states, he was a busy boy. He will be charged with additional crimes he allegedly committed in Louisiana and Texas. He also has an outstanding warrant in New York. After serving his time in the U.S., he will be deported. Louisiana Attorney General Liz said, "Multiple crimes in multiple states. It shouldn't take TV coverage for ICE to decide they're going to do their job. He never should have been in this country."

The store clerk was not charged with any crime. 

Killers Among Us - Volume 2

Please check out my latest online true crime book. I’ve included twelve brand-new cases, most of which are not well-known. These are real under-the-radar murders you’ve never heard about.

There’s the home invasion in which a victim, shot three times, steals the truck the intruders drove, leaving them stranded and easily captured. Unfortunately, one of the invaders murdered a second woman in the home, but not before she saved two young children from certain death. If you like stories about heroes, this is the one for you.

Then there’s the lawn mower man who murdered a 94-year-old widow. All her family and friends had died years before. Disabled, the widow was forced to use hired help to get by in life. One of those, a man who mowed her lawn, developed a strange obsession with her. He brutally murdered her, thinking he wouldn’t get caught. But concerned next-door-neighbors quickly disabused him of that notion.  

And there's the carjacking victim of a sexual predator. In the late evening, she and her three-year-old daughter went to the grocery store. As they were leaving, a kidnapper forced them into their own car. As they drove aimlessly through the night, the mother talked the kidnapper into leaving her little girl on the grounds of a preschool. The child, found the next morning cold and wet and traumatized, gave cops enough information about the killer of her mom to identify him.

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FBI Releases Photos and Videos of Suspect in Nancy Guthrie Abduction

 Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Suspect

Earlier today, the FBI released videos and photos of the suspect in the Nancy Guthrie case. He seems to be an amateur. Look at how he carries his gun. Nobody carries a gun like that. He picked flowers to cover the camera while he removed it. He obviously thought he'd covered his tracks. He was wrong.

Let's pray that Nancy is still alive and that she is returned home soon. Let's pray for the whole Guthrie family. If you think you know this suspect, please call 1-800-CALL-FBI.