Murder In The Family: Alexandra Ignatovic Pesic murder 8/5/1992 Vancouver, BC Canada *Mother-In-Law, Jelka Pesic, convicted of hiring a hitman to kill her, sentenced to life in prison*

Alexandra Ignatovic Pesic

The Perfect Mother Movie
Woman who hired hitman seeks publication ban
Jelka Pesic spurs more outrage over her daughter-in-law’s murder….
Mother-in-law who set up murder says she feels sorry for victim
An awful, awkward reunion
Mother-in-law seeks parole
Man convicted of hiring hitmen in Pesic murder can apply for early parole: jury

Movies/Documentaries
The Perfect Mother
Evil-In-Law

Defendants
Jelka Pesci – convicted, sentenced to life in prison (eligible for parole after 25 years)
David Segoviano – convicted, sentenced to life in prison (eligible for parole after 25 years)
Milan Nenadic – convicted, sentenced to life in prison (eligible for parole after 25 years)
Lawrence Delorme – convicted, sentenced to life in prison (eligible for parole after 25 years)

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Roger “Butch” Pratt murder 6/17/1988 Munhall, OH *Roommate, Edward Swiger, and 2 others convicted of his murder, sentenced to prison*

Roger “Butch” Pratt

Jury pronounces Swiger guilty of Pratt’s murder
Prosecutor wants to try Ohio inmate
Brother of victim says it’s not hatred of the killers, but hatred of what they did that drives him
Pratt’s killer will return to face Mercer Co. charges
Brother’s Keeper
Pratt brother working to keep Swiger behind bars
Prison term turns man to ministry, literature
Inmate in murder case seeks to cancel plea in store arson
Victim’s family appeals release of Linda Karlen
Linda Karlen seeking early release
Pa. native returning to park for anniversary of brother’s death
Karlen soon to be freed from prison
TV show puts focus on man’s ’88 murder in Mercer County
Roger Pratt’s Murder.
For Roger Pratt’s brother, movie on murder met goal
Movies Based On True Stories Database: Murder In a College Town

Movies/Documentaries
Frenemies: Shattered Bonds
What Happened to Bobby Earl? (aka: Murder In a College Town)
I Killed My BFF: Frat Brother Homicide

Defendants
Edward Swiger – convicted, sentenced to 43 years to life in prison
Linda Karlen – convicted of conspiracey to commit kidnapping, sentenced to 7-15 years in prison in OH, pled guilty to arson; sentenced to 5-10 years in prison in PA, released on parole October 2012
Michael Swiger – convcited, sentenced to 21-53 years in prison, released in 2006

Michael Pratt

INMATE INFORMATION

EDWARD SWIGER
Number: A220709
DOB: 01/20/1966
Gender: Male
Race: White
Admission Date: 03/27/1990
Institution: Lebanon Correctional Institution
Status: INCARCERATED

Offense Information
KIDNAPPING Counts: 1 ORC: 2905.01 3
Committing County: SUMMIT Admission Date: 03/27/1990 Degree of Felony: A1
AGG MURDER Counts: 1 ORC: 2903.01 3
Committing County: SUMMIT Admission Date: 03/27/1990 Degree of Felony: AM

Sentence Information
Gun Specification: 3 years
Indefinite Sentence Min: 10 years
Indefinite Sentence Max: Life Sentence
Expiration of Max Sentence: 01/01/8888

Parole Hearing Information
Next Parole Board Hearing/Review Month: August 2029
Latest Parole Board Hearing/Review Type & Results: FIRST HEARING

INMATE INFORMATION

Offender Name: LINDA KARLEN
Offender ID:666EZ
Date of Birth:12/18/1952
Age: 60
Race: White
Gender: Female

Custody Status: Supervised
Date: 01/24/2013
Reason:Paroled

Alternate ID’s
DOC/PBPP OID#: OJ4982
DOC/PBPP OID#: 666EZ
Other Jail Numbers#: 666EZ
Other Jail Numbers#: 32372317
Aliases
LINDA, JEAN KARLEN
LINDA, KARLEN PIFER
LINDA, PIFER WEAKLAND
LINDA, KARLEN

Monsters Among Us: Ronald Harnois had his second wife, Tammy Petrin, murdered when she was going to testify against him in a conspiracy to kill his first wife, Joann Harnois

Victims
Joann Harnois (first wife), survived
Tammy Petrin, 21 (second wife) [7/30/1991] Burger King murder
Jenner H. Vileda Calderon, 24 [7/30/1991] Burger King murder

Pair charged with bombing that grew out of bigamy
Man tries to kill spouse
Bigamist accused of killing second wife
Bigamist accused of 2nd wife’s murder
Man gets three life sentences for double murder, R.I.
State v Ronald M. Harnois 2004
Movies Based on True Stories: Deadly Vows movie

Movies/Documentaries
Deadly Vows (names changed)
Nightmare Next Door: Murder on the Menu

INMATE INFORMATION

Inmate ID: 82363
Last Name: HARNOIS
First Name: RONALD
MI: M
Race: WHITE
Sex: Male
Age: 6
Last Residence: Woonsocket
Security: MAXIMUM SECURITY

INMATE SENTENCES
Case No. Count Date Imposed Retro Date Sen. Status Term YR-MO-DAY Desc. Good Time Release Date
P1903713A 4 1/24/1992 8/04/1990 EXPIRATION SENTENCE 3-0-0 BURN DWELLING 12/19/1992
P1903713A 3 1/24/1992 8/04/1990 EXPIRATION SENTENCE 5-0-0 POSSESSION OF EXPLOSIVES 6/17/1994
P1903713A 1 1/24/1992 8/04/1990 EXPIRATION SENTENCE 20-0-0 ASSLT W/INT MURDER 9/10/2004
P1981608A 1 4/02/2001 4/30/1998 CONTROLLING SENTENCE 0-0-0 MURDER I

INMATE CHARGES
Commit Date Case Number Bail Type Bail Amount Disposition Description Disposition Date
8/04/1990 P1903713 HELD W/O BAIL $0 SENTENCED CONSPIRACY TO MURDER 1/24/1992
8/04/1990 P1903713 HELD W/O BAIL $0 SENTENCED BIGAMY 1/24/1992
8/04/1990 P1903713 HELD W/O BAIL $0 SENTENCED BIGAMY 1/24/1992
8/04/1990 P1903713 HELD W/O BAIL $0 SENTENCED ASSLT W/DANGEROUS WEAPON 1/24/1992
8/04/1990 P1903713 HELD W/O BAIL $0 SENTENCED MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY 1/24/1992
8/04/1990 P1903713 HELD W/O BAIL $0 SENTENCED ASSLT W/DANGEROUS WEAPON 1/24/1992
8/04/1990 P1903713 HELD W/O BAIL $0 SENTENCED ASSLT W/INT MURDER 1/24/1992
4/30/1998 P1981608A HELD W/O BAIL $0 SENTENCED MURDER I 4/02/2001

Movies Based On True Crimes: Beyond Obsession *Joyce Aparo murder*

Joyce Aparo

Movies Based On True Stories: Beyond Obsession
Daughter’s Arrest in Murder Of Her Mother Shocks Town/a>
Girl Begged to Have Her Mother Killed, Document Reveals
No probation for Aparo
Wheatley granted probation in Joyce Aparo murder case
Statement details death of Mrs. Aparo
Father confirms abuse by mother
Mother’s hatred ‘scared the hell out of me’
Woman Admits She Lied After a Slaying
Aparo murder conspiracy case heads to jury
State asks second Karin Aparo trial
Teen-Ager Cleared as Accessory To Friend’s Killing of Her Mother
A Story Of Sex, Murder — And A Teen’s Acquittal
Coleman says jury read Aparo wrong
High Court lets Aparo conspiracy case end
Sleuth says diary broke Aparo case

Karin Aparo

Books
Beyond Obsession
Kids Who Kill
Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century: Biographies of 280 Convicted or Accused Killers

Movies/Documentaries
Beyond Obsession

INMATE INFORMATION

Inmate Number: 159605
Inmate Name: COLEMAN,DENNIS
Date of Birth: 2/23/1968
Latest Admission Date: 11/28/1989
Current Location: HARTFORD PO-NORTON
Status: SENTENCED
Bond Amount: 0
Controlling Offense: MURDER AF
Date of Sentence: 11/28/1989
Maximum Sentence: 34 Year(s) 0 Month(s) 0 Day(s)
Maximum Release Date: 9/21/2012
Estimated Release Date: Not Applicable
Special Parole End Date: Not Applicable
Detainer: NONE

Movies Based On True Crimes: The Chase (Crimes of Phillip Hutchinson)

Robert W. Wallis

Officer Down Memorial Page: Detective Robert W. Wallis
Detective Robert w. Wallis (about 1/2 way down)
Colorado Law Enforcement Memorial
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fun: Robert W. Wallis
Wanted man is killed by police
Pilot Joined The Chase, Controversy Followed
Thrust into the role of a decider

Phillip Hutchinson Police Chase and Shootout in Denver, Colorado (1988)

Movies/Documentaries
The Chase
FLASHBACK – The Denver Chase (shows the actual chase)

Movies Based On True Crimes: If Someone Had Known (based on James & Cynthia Hutto)

Cynthia Hutto

If Someone Had Known blog (excellent blog, has a lot of information)
Death Ended Stormy Marriage
Woman Acquitted In Husband’s Death
‘Battered Wife’ Acquitted In Husband’s Death
Should Battered Women Punch Back

Movies Based On True Crimes: Murder Ordained (murders of Sandra Stringer Bird & Martin Anderson)

Rocky Ford Bridge (now known as Bird Bridge)

Victims
Sandra Stringer Bird 7/17/1983
Martin Anderson 11/4/1983

Testimony continues in Bird murder trial
Trooper says he found no accident evidence
Deliberations continue in clergyman’s trial
Ex-Minister found guilty of murder
Woman admits role in Kansas murder
Bird’s latest murder trial is under way
Bird’s kids: Free our dad
Parole decision delayed in murder case
Parole for Lorna Anderson Moore
Ex-church secretary wins parole in murder
She’s out, will live in Hutch
Lorna free after two decades
Former minister Tom Bird: ‘He is cunning, he is clever’
Unholy alliance
Who Killed Sandy Bird?

Books
Caged Bird

Movies/Documentaries
Murder Ordained
On The Case: Murder Ordained

INMATE INFORMATION

BIRD, THOMAS P, (KDOC # 0041458)
Name(s)
Name Type Name
Conviction BIRD, THOMAS P
True BIRD, THOMAS PAUL

Birthdate(s)
Birthdate Type Birthdate Age
True Jun 01, 1950 60

Demographics
Eye Color Hair Color Height Weight Gender Race
Blue Gray or Partially Gray 5′-10″ 155 Male White

Current Status reported by Dept. of Corrections
Current Status Discharged Date
Discharged Jul 21, 2006

Conviction(s)
County Case Number Offense Date Sentencing Date ACS Criminal Conviction Description Counts Crime Severity Level Case Status
Lyon 84CR111 Aug 30, 1984 Solicited Solicitation Murder 1st degree 1 Class D Felony Inactive
Lyon 85CR55 Jul 17, 1983 Aug 07, 1985 N/A Murder, 1st degree 1 Class A Felony Inactive
* – Denotes Active for Post Release Supervision Only.

KDOC Physical Location History
Location Movement Date Movement Reason
Unknown or N/A Jul 21, 2006 Discharge From Parole
Wyandotte County Jun 14, 2004 Paroled In-State

INMATE INFORMATION

ANDERSON, LORNA , (KDOC # 0043114)
Name(s)
Name Type Name
Conviction ANDERSON, LORNA
True SLATER, LORNA
Alias ELDRIDGE, LORNA
Alias MOORE, LORNA GAIL

Birthdate(s)
Birthdate Type Birthdate Age
True Feb 10, 1953 58

Demographics
Eye Color Hair Color Height Weight Gender Race
Green Brown 5′-8″ 125 Female White
Current Status reported by Dept. of Corrections
Current Status Released Date Current Location Supervision Level
Post Incarceration Feb 09, 2007 Reno County Low Mail-In

Conviction(s)
County Case Number Offense Date Sentencing Date ACS Criminal Conviction Description Counts Crime Severity Level Case Status
Lyon 85CR54 May 10, 1983 Sep 24, 1985 Solicited Solicitation Murder 1st degree 1 Class D Felony Active
Lyon 85CR54 Sep 07, 1983 Sep 24, 1985 Solicited Solicitation Murder 1st degree 1 Class D Felony Active
Geary 87CR316 Nov 04, 1983 Jan 05, 1989 N/A Murder, 2nd degree 1 Class B Felony Active

KDOC Physical Location History
Location Movement Date Movement Reason
Reno County Feb 09, 2007 Paroled In-State

Movies Based On True Crimes: Bed of Lies (Marion Price Daniel Jr. murder)

Marion Price Daniel, Jr.

Wikipedia: Price Daniel, Jr.
Baylor Alumni: Price Daniel Jr.
Texas House Speakers Oral History Project – Marion Price Daniel, Jr.
Price Daniel Jr. shot Monday
Wife Indicted in Price Daniel’s death
Daniel’s wife pleads innocent, says shooting was accident
Wife Denies Willful Killing
The Trial Of Vicki Daniel
Vickie Daniel ruled not guilty
Vickie Daniel Found Innocent in Shooting Death of Husband
Wife acquitted in Daniel death

Vickie Daniel

Books
Deadly Blessing

Movies/Documentaries
Bed of Lies

Movies Based on True Crimes: Empty Cradle (based on the crimes of Norma Jean Armistead)

Empty Cradle Movie (has a lot of information – including photos)
Baby boy cut from uterus, nurse charged in mom’s death
1975 case of killer/baby-snatcher Norma Jean Armistead: Any more information?
A nurse steals another woman’s unborn baby
Did nurse-murder suspect steal ‘stillborn’ baby?
Mrs. Childs reunited with ‘dead’ baby
Nurse guilty of murder

Boyfriend wins custody of baby of slain woman

Books
Alone with the Devil : Famous Cases of a Courtroom Psychiatrist

Movies/Documentaries
Baby Snatcher

INMATE INFORMATION

Name CDCR # Age Admission Date Current Location Map Link
JACKSON, NORMA JEAN W11492 80 03/25/1976 Women’s Facility Directions
(Apparently her maiden name is Jackson)

Breaking News: Frank ‘Lefty’ Rosenthall dies of a heart attack

  Frank ‘Lefty’ Rosenthall

Lefty was the central character in Casino, renamed as Ace Rothstein (played by Robert DeNiro). He was also a friend of my grandfather’s many, many years ago!

Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal dies at age 79
Remembering Gambling Legend Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal
Inspiration For Movie ‘Casino’, Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, Dead