Judge Refuses To Dismiss Charges Against John Mark Karr

Maybe John Mark Karr should have taken the plea deal previously offered to him. A Judge on Friday refused to dismiss the child pornography charges against him. Karr remains in jail in lieu of a $200,000 bail. John Mark Karr faces 5 misdemeanor charges of child pornography.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday refused to dismiss child pornography charges against John Mark Karr, the former suspect in the killing of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, after prosecutors admitted losing key evidence.

Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Cerena Wong criticized prosecutors and sheriff’s deputies for “mistakes and missteps,” such as losing the computer on which police said the five suspected images were stored and failing to tell her about the loss immediately.

Who Knew Real Estate Agents Needed to Own a Gun?

First there was the much publicized and tragic case of Sarah Anne Walker, The Real Estate agent who was murdered in Texas while doing an “open house. Now comes this story from Maine, “Vacationland”. A convicted rapists posing as a home buyer is trying to appeal his sentence. Who knew that being a Real Estate agent was such a high risk profession?

Oliver Hooper, who posed as a home buyer and then raped a 19 year old, is appealing his consecutive 50 to 100 year sentences.

Read the full story at The Real Estate Bloggers.

Natascha Kampusch Discusses Her 8 Years of Captivity by Wolfgang Priklopil to Media

For 8 1/2 years Natascha Kampusch was held captive in  a tiny, windowless cell in the dingy basement of Priklopil’s home in the Vienna suburb of Strasshof. She barely got enough to eat as when she escaped she weighed 92 pounds. Her exact weight that she weighed  8 years earlier when she was abducted at the age of 10 on her way to school. On August 23, 2006 she escaped from her captor.

Read the full story and her first dealings with the media at Missing & Exploited. The story of Natascha Kampusch  Ã‚  has  taken Austria by storm.

Mother Receives Picture of son (Johnny Gosch) Missing for 24 years

This one has to be read to be believed.  Ã‚  Noreen Gosch received two photos of her 12 year old abducted son, Johnny Grosh, that were left on her door step. Sound strange?  How about  when you factor in the fact that Johnny Grosh has been missing for 24 years? Johnny Grosh was abducted on September 5,  1982. For those who do not remember, Johnny Grosh’s case was one of the first high profile missing person  cases and his photo was one of the first to be on a milk carton in the 1980′s.

Read the rest of this truly bizarre happening, read the case and see the photos that they mother was sent at Missing & Exploited. Sad that the mother has to relive the case all over again.

Sex Offender Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. found guilty of kidnapping resulting in Dru Sjodin’s death

Today a jury found Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. guilty in the kidnapping of Dru Sjodin that lead to her death. This paves the way for the sentencing hearing that will take place next Tuesday where Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. could be sentenced to death. The first such case in North Dakota in a century.

Read the full story at Missing & Exploited.