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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 7, 2014 8:16:14 GMT -5
Thanx for the reply, Sam. Although we look through the same eyes, we all see different things. Again, I respect and honor all opinions. Most cases that I research involve sexual predators/serial killers; sadistic psychopaths. When researching missing/murdered persons cases, there are obvious indicators which point to the presence of deviant psychopathic behavior. In the Dermond abduction/decapitation/murders, one does not have to look very far for these indicators. Psychopaths, usually of higher intelligence and rapid thinkers, are very calculating, creative, manipulative, and deflective. In a nutshell, they are far from normal, and do not think like we do.. They will often times fool even the most experienced investigators. When 61 year old psychopathic sexual predator/serial killer Gary M. Hilton; an emulator, was arrested in GA-01/04/2008, Law Enforcement/GBI investigators thought that he was only a petty thief and drifter/a vagabond.. His IQ was within the top 10% of the US and he had been actively hunting humans for four decades with no victim profile. GMH shot his first victim; his stepfather, at age 14; the age that many if not most notorious serial predators past, crossed the threshold from fantasy to dark reality. Imo, GMH has many unknown victims up & down the AT and beyond. GMH helped to write the script for a SK movie; "Deadly Run"/hunting humans<warning graphic-brief nudity>, filmed in north GA, and based on AK SK Robert Hansen; 'Butcher Baker', released to video in 1994; 14 years before his eventual arrest.. --> DEADLY RUN trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJosMwx1uxcRE: my question would be why didn't they make sure the woman's body didn't rise to the surface of the lake? 'Mrs Dermond was likely used as a shield/hostage by the perp/s in case of a routine DNR safety/license check while navigating the 5 miles to long shoals boat ramp where their vehicle was located, imo'. Also, one of the perps was possibly witnessed in the D's yard according to Sheriff Sills. It is possible that the perp thought security or 911 may have been contacted by the witness.. RE: why didn't they know how to weight down a body so that it wouldn't rise to the top The perps may have just been buying time, or had thought that her body would get entangled in the underbrush preventing discovery or allowing enough decomposition of the body to destroy indictable forensic evidence. Yes, Lake Oconee is a man made lake and the tree tops protrude above the surface and are visible where Mrs D's body was found. RE: so far as anyone knows, the cult didn't have any reason to target the Dermond couple. DMZ York and the NC held Mr Reynolds, and residents of Reynolds Plantation Gate Water, responsible for the perceived ordinance violation harassment of the NC compound; Tama Ra, by Sheriff Sills. The Dermonds were simply a means to an end, imo. The NC was/is a black muslim hate group. Whites are the "Devils," according to DMZ York. Psychopaths are very deflective. If the NC had targeted 4 term Sheriff Howard Sills, Putnam County Sheriffs/FBI and other investigators would have honed in on them and the Sheriff would not be around to witness the desired results of their well planned and executed crime; loss of perceived safety by the community, loss of tax revenues due to decreased home values and tourism, loss of confidence in PC Sheriff Sills due to this heinous crime's investigation going unsolved/cold..jmo Sheriff Howard Sills said he’s confident of only one thing: “For whatever reason, these people were singled out.” ________ Southern Policy Law Center - Intelligence Report, Fall 2002 www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2002/fall/savior-in-a-strange-land<Page 1 of 4> United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors Meets Its Match in Georgia A black supremacist cult leader meets his match in rural Georgia "Here is this black man who waves the nationalist flag, pushing the black thing and downing the white man," Siddiq Muhammad, who was with York from 1968 to 1980, told Ansar Cult author Bilal Philips, a Jamaican-born Muslim critic who later moved to Saudi Arabia. "The white man is the devil, the blue-eyed are condemned to be despised as apes. Aside from his divinity, York's ever-changing message had one consistent foundation: black people's superiority to white people. Whites are "devils," York taught his minions, devoid of both heart and soul, their color the result of leprosy and genetic inferiority, their ancestors the sexual partners of dogs and jackals. But before long, Putnam County's 19,000 souls would be up to their ears in the Nuwaubians' peculiar brand of race-baiting. And by the time nearly 300 law enforcement officers stormed the compound on Shady Dale Road this May and hauled the savior off to jail on child molestation and RICO charges, local folks' tolerant curiosity had long since hardened into anger at the man who tried to start a race war in Georgia. __________ Building the Empire In the early 1990s, Dwight York started to tell his cult members about a promised land in Georgia. "He had to do something to keep people in the fold," says one of his children, a man who spoke to the Intelligence Report but asked to be identified only by his first name, Jacob. After a remarkable two-decade run, York's pseudo-Islamic cult in Brooklyn, the Ansaru Allah Community (AAC), had started to unravel. Rumors of York's sexual predations had started a "mass exodus" from the AAC, Jacob says. To make matters worse, York's Islamic legitimacy had been battered by an exposé, The Ansar Cult. And now the FBI was on the AAC's trail, looking into atrocities including but not limited to the highly suspicious 1979 murder of a Brooklyn community leader who'd spoken out against York and his cult. <read more @ link>
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Post by Graveyardbride on Dec 7, 2014 15:02:42 GMT -5
If the killers were afraid someone had called 911, why bother removing the body of Mrs. Dermond? Why not just leave it in the house and hightail it out of there as quickly as possible? The only reason the killers would have for taking the body would be to instill terror in someone, or perhaps, in the community. According to the reports, the perpetrators placed some sort of weight on Mrs. Dermond’s body to ensure it wouldn’t rise, so they didn’t just throw it into the lake, hoping it wouldn’t be found. The weighting and the fact the body was thrown into a section of the lake where divers would have difficulty seeing or maneuvering about indicates the killers wanted to hide the body so that it wouldn’t be discovered.
I’ve read about and studied a lot of murders by serial killers, etc., and I don’t believe these particular murders were committed by some random psychopath. From all indications, more than one person was involved and psychopaths almost always work alone because such people seldom come across someone else with similar inclinations. Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, the Moors killers, and Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, the Hillside Stranglers, are flukes. For a group of adults to commit a murder, there has to be a reason other than killing just for the sake of killing.
The Dermonds are involved in franchise restaurants and this is a very competitive business. They have established and dissolved numerous corporations in the state of Florida alone. At present, Keith Dermond, who lives in Jacksonville, has a corporation called Sunrise Foods, LLC (the address of which is his home) that allegedly has six employees and an annual income of only $330,000. Additionally, numerous franchise restaurants such as Wendy’s, McDonald’s, etc., etc., are sued every year for one reason or another by people who get sick from the food, slip and fall on the premises, etc. and the parent company and their insurance company zealously defend these lawsuits by viciously attacking plaintiffs and making all sorts of accusations in an attempt to prove they are either outright lying or faking their injuries/damages. Some people deal with such tactics more graciously than others and who is to say someone who doesn’t deal very well with such strong-arm tactics didn’t decide to even the score? This may sound farfetched, but some of those who file lawsuits and end up being badgered by the defense are mentally unbalanced and extremely vindictive. I’m not saying this is what happened, but it’s a possibility.
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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 7, 2014 18:36:31 GMT -5
Thanx for the reply and I honor your opinion, graveyardbride..
RE: If the killers were afraid someone had called 911, why bother removing the body of Mrs. Dermond? Why not just leave it in the house and hightail it out of there as quickly as possible?
Imo, Mrs D would have been alive when abducted, if the perp/s intent was to use her as a shield/hostage. If she were deceased, she would not have any bargaining value. If the Dermond murders were committed for any reason other than to send a message. Both of their bodies would have likely been found in the same location; the garage, imo. Transporting her deceased body up the lake 5 miles on a boat would be an unnecessary risk for the perps, imo.
RE: I've read about and studied a lot of murders by serial killers, etc., and I don't believe these particular murders were committed by some random psychopath. From all indications, more than one person was involved and psychopaths almost always work alone because such people seldom come across someone else with similar inclinations.
I agree, there were multiple perps involved in the Dermond abduction/decapitation/murders, that most psychopaths work alone, and that the Dermond murders were not committed by a random psychopath. DMZ York is not your run of the mill random psychopath. DMZ York has many devoted followers; The Mujahid; a well trained paramilitary security force, and although DMZ York is imprisoned for 135 years in Federal Super Max. He is presently calling the shots from behind bars, according to my info and imo.
Graveyardbride, the writing is on the wall, and the devil is in the details....
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Post by steve on Dec 7, 2014 19:38:42 GMT -5
I'm not obsessed with murder, although I do like reading the "Today in History" articles and most of them are about murder. But I do know a little about the franchise business because I have some relatives who own franchises and it can be a cut-throat business. Some mom and pop couple save up to open a franchise and then some conglomerate like what this family owned comes along and buys it out from under them can result in some bad feelings. I don't know how things are down in Georgia, but where I live, some people have mob connections.
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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 8, 2014 9:16:46 GMT -5
After over 7 months without clues or even a plausible motive, I'm not sure that everyone is aware that Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills, has refused to request assistance by the GBI<Georgia Bureau of Investigation>. Although utilizing the GBI/State's ME and Crime Lab during the Dermond murder investigation, Sheriff Sills is adamant about leaving the GBI's well trained and very experienced special agents out of the loup. The following article explains part of his reasoning for this decision. In the original 2000 investigation of DMZ York and the Nuwaubian cult. For political reasons GA Governor Roy Barnes, refused to allow the GBI's involvement. SS also thought that the GBI may had been infiltrated by NC members, imo. Imo, all available investigative resources must be utilized in missing/murdered persons investigations to insure success.. www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/resident-question-decision-not-call-gbi-help-putna/nfxjF/Residents question decision not to call GBI for help in Putnam Co. beheading Where an elderly man was beheaded say they’re surprised their sheriff hasn’t called the state for help. Russell Dermond, 88, was found dead last week in his Reynold’s Plantation home and investigators believe his wife, Shirley Dermond, was kidnapped. Bill McClain lives in the same neighborhood in Putnam County. “I’m just surprised. I would think they’d be calling in all the help they could possibly get,” McClain said. McClain said he thought the GBI had already been called in. Sheriff Sills said his department has not found many clues to the crime or to Shirley Dermond’s whereabouts, but he said he is not prepared to call the GBI for help, instead relying on his own 40 years in law enforcement. “If you can tell me something the GBI knows how to do that I don’t know how to do then I will be glad and call them,” Sills said. <Video @ link - sniped - Read More> _______________________ www.examiner.com/article/putnam-county-sheriff-howard-sills-profile-of-cop-over-dermond-couple-casePutnam County Sheriff Howard Sills: Profile of cop over Dermond couple case And on a final note, long before he would become involved in one of the most bizarre cases in the state, Howard Sills told his peers at the Georgia Sheriff's Association dinner that "if you're calling the state patrol to work every wreck you have, if you're calling the GBI to work every investigation you have, if you're calling somebody else every time something happens in your community, sooner or later, you're going to see a referendum to do away with you, because they're not going to know who you are," the sheriff said. The Russell and Shirley Dermond case has propelled this Georgia Sheriff Association's Sheriff of the Year front and center in his community in Putnam County and around the nation, so he will probably never have to worry that someone does not know who he is in Eatonton, Ga. and beyond for some time. But whether he is remembered as the lawman who sought and achieved justice for the victims in this case will be determined by the success of his investigation, which is currently one being done in conjunction with many other law enforcement agencies in the country, including the GBI and the FBI. Because the one thing Mr. Sills stressed more than maintaining independence of his office in his speech was that the job must get done--by the sheriff's office. <sniped - read more> <More Story Links> * Dermond couple case update: Sheriff shares more details * Homicide victim, missing wife prompt need of FBI, criminal behavior specialist * Georgia decapitation murder profile: Psychiatrist says suspect is mentally ill
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Post by madeline on Dec 8, 2014 19:12:30 GMT -5
Sam this incident in a suburb of Atlanta, GA was from about two weeks ago; Updated: 8:04 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 Police say a baby that was allegedly starved to death led them to discover a woman who had been missing for years. 2wsb.tv/14orGoMThe woman weighed just 59 pounds and was in need of serious medical attention. I've read a little about the Nuwabian Moors and I read the link about the woman and kid and I agree that these people are a bunch of misfit criminals, but they're still renegade blacks and even if some of them were police officers or correction officers, they're still not smart enough to get away with the murder of the Dermond couple. These aren't the kind of people who wouldn't leave any evidence, no matter how hard they tried to clean up the scene because they're just not that that intelligent. I'll bet anything that when the killers are caught, they'll be white.
Another thing is that everyone seems to think that more than one person was involved, but one healthy man in good physical shape could most certainly overpower two senior citizens in their 80's. In a murder that Lee did one of the Today in History stories on was the murder of the Clutter family in Kansas. In that case, there were two killers and they targeted the family because they thought that there was a safe in the house full of money. It's possible that someone thought the same thing about the Dermonds. In the Clutter case, some of the victims were tied up and beaten by the killers to get them to tell where the money was, but there wasn't any money. If someone thought that the Dermonds had a safe, he could have cut the man's head off while trying to get the old woman to reveal the location of a safe, or where the money was hidden.
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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 8, 2014 19:48:27 GMT -5
Madeline, there are many indicators pointing to well planned and meticulously executed crime by organized offenders.. I have learned to never ever underestimate a psychopath. DMZ York & the NC fooled the FBI and NYPD for over two decades in Brooklyn, NY... I would luv to see the criminal behavioral profile provided by the FBI BAU2.. ___________________ Homicide victim, missing wife prompt need of FBI, criminal behavior specialist 05/10/2014 <sniped - Read More> www.examiner.com/article/homicide-victim-missing-wife-prompt-need-of-fbi-criminal-behavior-specialistAn 88-year-old Putnam county man's homicide death, as well as his missing 87-year-old wife, has resulted in the local sheriff requesting assistance from the FBI in the case, and the possible need for a criminal behavior specialist's assistance, too, according to a May 9, 2014 report from the Macon Telegraph. The behavior specialist, also known as a criminal profiler, could help shed light on the confusing and mysterious case using a number of profiling techniques and tools currently available. And while the FBI is not the only law enforcement agency with with access to profilers--and it is not mandatory that a profiler work for any law enforcement agency in order to operate successfully in the field--the FBI will have more access to the investigative information gathered by the Putnam County Sheriff and his staff at this time than any outside entity not invited to prepare a criminal profile report. Did the decapitation of Russell Dermond result as a precautionary act meant to confuse, hamper or defeat investigative or forensic efforts? If so, was it removed in order to conceal Mr. Dermond's identity or the suspect's connection to the crime? Or, as Fox News' contributor Mark Fuhrman posits on Happening Now with Jenna Lee, maybe the removal of the victim's head was because "obviously, his body left in that condition, is a message." The most important aspect of a criminal profile; however, especially one in which there is no known suspect, is the need to conduct a thorough victimology.
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Post by jason on Dec 8, 2014 21:36:17 GMT -5
Madeline, there are many indicators pointing to well planned and meticulously executed crime by organized offenders.. I have learned to never ever underestimate a psychopath. DMZ York & the NC fooled the FBI and NYPD for over two decades in Brooklyn, NY... I would luv to see the criminal behavioral profile provided by the FBI BAU2.. I don't think it's "psychopaths" she's underestimating! To each his own, but I don't have any confidence in criminal profilers because they're wrong about as often as they're right. I remember a case in Zachary, Louisiana, a few years ago in which a man raped and killed several women. I attended a talk by Ann Rule (who sees serial killers behind every bush), who, along with some FBI hack and a local police officer, discussed the case. Both Rule and the FBI profiler were absolutely certain the perpetrator was white, between 25 and 35, awkward around women and likely lived alone or with parents or other older relatives. The local guy was skeptical, but the FBI agent and Rule were dismissive of everything he said. Turned out the perp, Derrick Todd Lee, was black, gregarious and lived with his wife and children. Lee would have been caught sooner if law enforcement in different jurisdictions would have shared information, cooperated with each other and paid more attention to witnesses and less to profilers.
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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 9, 2014 8:27:30 GMT -5
Ironic that Gwinett County DA's office is helping Sheriff Sills analyze the newly received phone record data, and the FBI is also still assisting in the Dermond abduction/decapitation/murders investigation seven months later.... Seems, someone may be reading our mail here, huh? ________________________ New Evidence released in murder of Lake Oconee couple - WSB TV 2 www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/investigators-hope-new-evidence-may-lead-arrest-sl/njN97/ATLANTA - Investigators are sorting through thousands of pages of potential new evidence in the beheading of an elderly man and the murder of his wife. Someone killed Russell and Shirley Dermond at their home near Lake Oconee in May. The killer or killers beheaded Russell Dermond and investigators found Shirley Dermond's body in the lake. Now the Putnam County Sheriff has phone records that could provide new clues. "We're still actively investigating," said Sheriff Howard Sills. "Most people of this age are not murdered, much less murdered in this manner." <sniped - read more>
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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 9, 2014 8:29:27 GMT -5
Madeline, there are many indicators pointing to well planned and meticulously executed crime by organized offenders.. I have learned to never ever underestimate a psychopath. DMZ York & the NC fooled the FBI and NYPD for over two decades in Brooklyn, NY... I would luv to see the criminal behavioral profile provided by the FBI BAU2.. I don't think it's "psychopaths" she's underestimating! To each his own, but I don't have any confidence in criminal profilers because they're wrong about as often as they're right. I remember a case in Zachary, Louisiana, a few years ago in which a man raped and killed several women. I attended a talk by Ann Rule (who sees serial killers behind every bush), who, along with some FBI hack and a local police officer, discussed the case. Both Rule and the FBI profiler were absolutely certain the perpetrator was white, between 25 and 35, awkward around women and likely lived alone or with parents or other older relatives. The local guy was skeptical, but the FBI agent and Rule were dismissive of everything he said. Turned out the perp, Derrick Todd Lee, was black, gregarious and lived with his wife and children. Lee would have been caught sooner if law enforcement in different jurisdictions would have shared information, cooperated with each other and paid more attention to witnesses and less to profilers.
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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 9, 2014 9:14:12 GMT -5
Yes, Jason, Criminal profiling is only one tool of many utilized in homicide investigations, and is primarily used to point investigators in the right direction.. Imo, the reason that many profilers of today lead investigators astray is due to their refusal or inability to enter the unknown suspects heads..It is very easy to enter the abyss, but very difficult to exit sometimes... Long gone are the days of FBI BSU/BAU2 R. Depue, J. Douglas, and R. Ressler.. I'd luv to attend a presentation by Ann Rule. Read most of her books. Seems, she and Kings County, WA, is analogous to a serial killer magnet.. Believe that I read where Gary Ridgeway; green river SK, had attended some of her book signings, yet never purchased a book.. Just honing his skills, huh? RE: Derrick Todd Lee Investigators knew the ethnicity of Derrick Todd Lee, early in the investigation due to DNA forensics results, yet didn't release this info due to political correctness. There was also a stealth copycat sexual predator/serial killer active in Baton Rouge at the same time as DTL; SP/SK Sean Vincent Gillis, who was competing with DTL. Lafayette, LA Sexual Predator/Emulator Serial Killer Brandon Scott Lavergne, dumped abducted ULL Student Mickey Shunick's bicycle in the waters of Whiskey Bay, one of Derrick Todd Lee's body dump sites. This was a deflection by BSL intended to confuse the investigators, imo. BSL utilized jurisdictional linkage blindness over a dozen times in an attempt to escape justice in the Mickey Shunick abduction/murder. BS Lavergne was an emulator of serial killers prior honed his evil skills for years or decades before being apprehended by learning and taking advantage of the mistakes made by others.. BSL was a thinker..imo.. During the psychological evaluation, which took place on or before Aug. 8, Lavergne "was cooperative but very serious," Benoit wrote. He appeared to be mildly depressed and "became tearful when discussing events leading to his arrest." Intellectually, Mr. Lavergne performed in the High Average range on the WAIS-ill for a Full Scale I.Q. of 116 (VlQ= 108; PIQ= 125). This represents a significant VIQIPIQ difference. His Verbal Comprehension Index (116) was at the 86 thpercentile, corresponding to the High Average range and his Perceptual Organization Index (145) was at the 99.9th percentile, corresponding to the Very Superior range. Was psychopathic sadistic sexual predator BS Lavergne emulating Serial Killer Allen McDuff "? It wouldn't be the first time this happened.. 'Deja vu' ? 'Some folks say that history repeats itself, while others say that it only rhymes'. Kenneth McDuff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_McDuffBAD BOY FROM ROSEBUD www.garylavergne.com/badseed.htmThe Bad Boy From Rosebud, a serial killer named Kenneth Allen McDuff, was executed on November 17, 1998. McDuff’s notoriety results not just from the frightening nature of his crimes, but also from the journey that returned him to death row AFTER having been paroled from the first death sentence he received for murders he committed in 1966. (death sentence commuted to life & then paroled) McDuff is the only convicted killer in American history to have been assigned two different death row numbers and sentenced to two different forms of execution by three different juries.
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Post by jason on Dec 9, 2014 19:53:06 GMT -5
I went to the presentation by Ann Rule either in late 2000 or early 2001, while I was a student at Loyola. It wasn't until 2002 that DNA testing revealed that the killer was black. At that time, there were only two known victims, or three, if you count Connie Warner, who was murdered in Zachary in 1992. The reason I said that he should have been arrested sooner was because people who lived in the Oak Shadows subdivision, where Randi Merrier was abducted -- her body was never found -- had reported seeing a black man lurking about after dark, but for some reason, the police didn't pay much attention. After Merrier went missing in 1998, five other white women and one black woman were killed in the Baton Rouge area in the same manner. A friend of mine knew one of the victims, Charlotte Pace, whom Lee murdered in May 2002. He stabbed her more than 80 times as if in a frenzy. The location where she was killed was in the same neighborhood where Gina Green was murdered in September 2001. If Lee did kill Connie Warner in 1992, that would mean he waited six years to kill another victim and that's unusual for a serial killer.
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Post by catherine on Dec 11, 2014 7:37:18 GMT -5
I'd luv to attend a presentation by Ann Rule. Read most of her books. Seems, she and Kings County, WA, is analogous to a serial killer magnet.. Believe that I read where Gary Ridgeway; green river SK, had attended some of her book signings, yet never purchased a book.. Just honing his skills, huh? I've read a lot of Ann Rule's books, but I don't like the fact that she started her writing career by claiming that she knew Ted Bundy a lot better than she did. She also blamed him for several murders that he didn't commit. She makes a lot of mistakes in her books and her latest "crime files" books have way too much detail about some characters and hardly any about others and they are BORING! Like Jason said, she sees serial killers everywhere. My opinion of her is that she's an ugly, dumpy little woman whose entire writing career is based on a lie.
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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 11, 2014 19:37:13 GMT -5
I have been searching for the interview article of Sheriff Sills, where he states that Mr D's beheading was done with precision; 'Not the work of an amateur'.. That would be something that a person couldn't fake, imo.. Another thing that confuses me is that SS states that both Mr & Mrs D's cause of death was blunt force trauma, but not with the same weapon. If Mr D's head is still missing, and no weapon was found with Mrs D. How could the weapons used to murder them be determined to be different by investigators? 88-Year-Old Georgia Man Decapitated, Wife Believed ... www.allthingscrimeblog.com/2014/05/11/88-year-old-georgia-man-decapitated-wife-believed-kidnappeded-authorities-baffled/May 11, 2014 - Homeowner Russell Dermond, 88, was found beheaded in his Georgia garage attached to his 3,300 square-foot home on Tuesday ... Sheriff Sills believes that the apparent precision of, first, the decapitation of Russell Dermond, and second, the kidnapping of his wife suggests that the killing wasn't random. _______________ www.11alive.com/story/news/local/investigations/2014/11/10/lake-oconee-murder-putnam-county/18811169/A Lake without Leads: Putnam Co. murders remain a mystery (http://www.11alive.com/story/news/lo...unty/18811169/) Catherine Beck, WXIA 12:14 a.m. EST November 11, 2014 [...] Everyone who has been interviewed has been cleared. There's still no suspect. But Sills believes it was planned, pre-meditated and gruesome. Russell Dermond was killed and then beheaded, left on the cement floor of his garage. Shirley was killed by blunt force trauma to the head, before being weighted down and dropped in the lake. "You can't make me believe there was any kind of randomness to this crime," Sheriff Sills said.
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Post by wolfscratch on Dec 11, 2014 19:57:02 GMT -5
In the days and weeks since early May 204 when his elderly parents were killed, Keith Dermond has been as puzzled as anyone else. Russell and Shirley Dermond had been married 62 years. Both in their late 80s, they fell prey to unspeakable violence in Georgia - savagery as Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills has called it -- and whoever inflicted it seems to have left nary a trace. <snip> As the investigation into the couple's death reached its three-month mark, Sheriff Howard Sills said the case still weighs on him. Sills said he rose at 4 AM the other day to make note of an investigative angle that came to him in the night. 'Myself and one detective continue to work on this every day,' the sheriff said. <Read more @ link> www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2719387/No-clues-beheading-murders-elderly-couple-three-months-grisly-deaths-lake-house.html____________________ The Pulitzer Prizes | Angels and Demons www.pulitzer.org/archives/7892Pulitzer Prize 1998 — Feature Writing Angels and Demons Sunset - Chapter 1 By: Thomas French "I believe there are demons all around us," he would say, "just as I believe there are angels all around us." One year had gone by since the murders, and then another, and now the investigators were deep into a third. They were working day and night, working weekends, putting off vacations, losing weight, gaining weight, growing pale and pasty and haggard, waking at 3 a.m. with a jolt and scratching notes on pads beside their beds. Their sergeant did not know if they would ever find the answer. As far as he was concerned, the case was not even in their hands.
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