Carnival of the True Crime Blogs No. 120

Update in the case of Dr. Peter Normann is a new post on Crime, Interrupted. After 3 of Dr. Normann's patients died and 2 families filed lawsuits, Normann disappeared. The doctor, who performed liposuction procedures on the 3 patients that died, was apprehended at an international airport and has been indicted on two counts of second degree murder and one count of manslaughter.

American Idol never gets old and neither does Crime Rant's article, American Idol Chatter, Slammer-style. Amazingly enough, the crime ranters correctly deduced that Clay Aiken is in fact gay. Other Idol contestants were discovered to have had run ins with the law, ranging from Corey Clark's claims that he had had an affair with Paula to the uppity Brittenum Twins and their charges of forgery, theft by deception, and financial identity fraud.

The Michelle Says So blog features a new article entitled Mother of the Year -- Amy Marie Reed. Reed was charged with multiple offenses after her children were discovered to have ingested drugs. The 26 year old mother, who has two children and is pregnant with her third child, admitted to using marijuana. Her youngest child, 1, had ingested cocaine and meth. If found guilty she could face up to 35 years in prison.

There has been an AMBER alert issue filed for missing Chicago child. When a child goes missing reports that Julian King is missing after his father and grandmother were found shot to death. King is the nephew of singer and Dreamgirl Jennifer Hudson. His vital statistics are as follows:

• male
• black
• 7 years old
• 4 feet 11 inches
• 130 pounds
• black hair and brown eyes

Carnival of the True Crime Blogs No. 119

A quick update on the Caylee Anthony case; David Lohr writes in his blog, Breaking News: Caylee Anthony Search Set to Resume, that Texas Equusearch has decided to continue looking for the missing 2 year old. Meanwhile, Casey Anthony, the girl's mother, has been charged with first degree murder and six other counts. You can also read her indictment on the Criminal Report Daily.

The Malefactor's Register posts a short entry regarding the execution of Robert Cooey. The aptly titled post, Cooey is dead, states that Cooey died on October 10 at 10:30AM. The convicted murderer and rapist argued that he was so obese that it would be difficult to find a vein in order to administer the lethal injection.

Mysterious death of Dorothy Kilgallin to hit book, screen is a new post on Corey Mitchell's Blood of the Scribe. Dorothy Kilgallin was a true crime reporter who mysteriously died. She had just submitted a book she wrote about the death of a friend when she died. Paul Alexander wrote both a book and now a screenplay about the life and death of Kilgallin.

When a child disappears features a new post entitled "AMBER alert for missing Las Vegas child." Cole Puffinburger was abducted from his home after two suspects allegedly gained access to the apartment and started looking for money. There are currently 3 descriptions of Hispanic suspects.

Carnival of the True Crime Blogs No. 118

It's been a busy week and our bloggers are there to capture it all.

Haters in The Times is a new post on Laura James' blog, CLEWS. She writes that The New York Times has criticized the genre of true crime writing and even a true crime author, Kate Summerscale, has gone as far as to call the genre "sleazy" and state that it will prey on "suffering and ... their readers' darkest fantasies." Although, after the author spoke up about the entire genre, she then goes on to talk about her true crime publication, The Suspicions of Mr. Wicher.

Some good news over at Crime, Interrupted; Missing: Anna Carver found! Carver vanished from her Arizona home on Sept 29th. She returned home, unharmed, a few days later. There weren't any reasons given for her disappearance.

When a child goes missing features a new post entitled No ID Required. The article references two instances where kidnappers were able to transport their victims using Greyhound buses. The mother of a young girl that disappeared would like for buses to require picture IDs for all passengers.

October 4th -- 2 murders and 2 women killed after being hit by 2 cabs in East village is the latest installment in Paul LaRosa's Murder Book 2008. Two women, Stephanie Dees and Ann Sullivan, were struck by one cab, then propelled into the opposite side of the street where they were struck by another cab. One woman died on the scene while the other was declared dead at a nearby hospital. Two men were also murdered. One was shot in the chest in front of a building, the other was found strangled and presumably robbed.