Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem
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The KMM Blog features true crime writer Robert A. Waters’ analysis of cold unsolved cases and commentary about modern and historical crimes. Kidnapping. Murder. Mayhem. They're as old as human history, and as fascinating.
Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem
1w ago
Random Machete Attack Stuns Law-Abiding Citizens in Middle America
By Robert A. Waters
Keris Rieble (pictured above) died on the cold floor of a Dollar Tree store in Upper Sandusky, Ohio on New Year's Day, 2023. She'd been slashed numerous times with a machete. As far as investigators could tell, she had no relationship with her killer.
Below is a partial transcript of the 9-1-1 call that came in at 4:25 P.M.
Dispatcher: 9-1-1. What is the address of your emergency?
Unidentified female caller: The Dollar Tree in Upper Sandusky.
Dispatcher (to responding officers): They're saying there is a g ..read more
Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem
3w ago
Woman Speaks About Attack
By Robert A. Waters
"I knew I was being attacked," Bre Morgan (pictured above) said. "I knew it was something...uh, it was sexual."
On Sunday afternoon, March 3, 2024, in Lacombe, Louisiana, Nicholas Tranchant was prowling for yet another victim. He'd been out of prison for less than three months after serving 15 years for Attempted Aggravated Rape and Aggravated Burglary. Five years before that, he'd been convicted of Indecent Behavior with Juveniles.
More than six feet tall, Tranchant (pictured above), a registered sex offender, towered above his would-be victim ..read more
Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem
1M ago
Guns and Self-Defense: 23 Inspirational True Crime Stories of Survival with Firearms
By Robert A. Waters and Sim Waters
Here's a little-kept secret: liberals, independents, and conservatives own firearms. Gun ownership is one of the few issues that crosses all sides of the political spectrum. The book, Guns and Self-Defense: 23 Inspirational True Crime Stories of Survival with Firearms describes exciting stories in which a cross-section of Americans used guns to fend off violent assaults.
These are real-life stories the mainstream media rarely reports.
Have you ever heard of Harry and J ..read more
Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem
1M ago
The Man who Wouldn’t Die
By Robert A. Waters
On June 2, 1945, Frederic Hensel, born in Virginia and raised by an uncle in Kentucky after he was orphaned, found himself on a small Pacific island called Okinawa. A tank battalion master sergeant with the 77th Infantry Division, Hensel soon learned that Okinawa was a miserable place for tank warfare. Relentless rain, rugged terrain, a doggedly determined enemy, and a vast network of cleverly formed defenses slowed advancement to a crawl. It took American GIs 82 days of brutal fighting to capture the island. 16,000 Americans would die there, and ..read more
Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem
1M ago
Stalin, Mao, Communism, and their 21st Century Aftermath in Russia and China
Dr. Miguel A. Faria, Jr.
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2024
Review written by Robert A. Waters
"To choose one's victims, to prepare one's plans minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then go to bed...there is nothing sweeter in the world." Joseph Stalin
In his far-sweeping book about communism, Dr. Miguel Faria, Jr. describes a hellish nightmare. Almost every page drips with the blood of victims, most unknown, but many high-ranking, or even famous. My thought at the end of the book was, who in his or her rig ..read more
Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem
2M ago
Jugging Victim Paralyzed in Brutal Assault – Attacker shows no Remorse
By Robert A. Waters
On the morning of February 13, 2023, Nhung Truong, 44, drove to the Bank of America on Blackhawk Boulevard in Houston, Texas. She withdrew $4,300 in cash, money she’d saved working at a nail salon for seven years. Truong planned to use the cash to fly her family back to Vietnam to visit relatives.
As she drove to the shopping center where she worked, the petite mother of three didn’t realize she was being followed.
19-year-old Zy’Nika Ayesha Woods trailed behind Truong with her boyfriend, Josep ..read more
Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem
2M ago
(Above is a photo of the McDonald's where Andrew Williams murdered Martha Medina. Also pictured is the convicted killer. It's hard to believe but Williams was out on bail after being arrested for a previous murder. He was even wearing an ankle monitor. The Medina family not only blames Williams, but also the judge who set bond for this violent career criminal.)
The Jugging Murder
By Robert A. Waters
On the morning of September 23, 2021, Martha Medina, 71, pulled up to a Chase Bank ATM in Houston, Texas and made a small cash withdrawal. She then drove to McDonald's at 430 Uvalde Road, par ..read more
Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem
3M ago
Teenage Girl Murdered in Road Rage Shooting
By Robert A. Waters
Do you know this man? $20,000 awaits you if you turn him in.
On Sunday morning, December 10, seventeen-year-old Louise Wilson (pictured below) was traveling from Whitney, Texas to Galveston. Two passengers, one in the front seat, the other in the back, traveled with her. On the Pierce Elevated on I-45 in Houston, she swerved to avoid a braking vehicle in front of her. In doing so, she accidently cut in front of another car.
The unidentified driver (pictured above) of the vehicle that was cut off sped up beside Louise and op ..read more
Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem
3M ago
California Storeowners are Literally Up in Arms
By Robert A. Waters
On January 1, 2024, at about 10:00 A.M., two armed robbers burst into the MSM Jewelry Store in Oakland, California.
The owner, who wished to remain unidentified, told police he saw two men park their car in the wrong direction outside the store. When they exited their car, he noticed they wore masks and held semiautomatic weapons. As they entered the business, the owner opened fire with a 9mm handgun. He said, "They told me, 'don't move or we'll shoot.' So I started shooting at them because they had guns pointed at me. The ..read more
Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem
3M ago
"It's Terrifying Living in California"
By Robert A. Waters
On December 11, 2023, a gang of smash and grab robbers stormed into the Estates Consignments store in Pleasant Hill, California. It was the middle of the day when a "scout," a woman dressed in a business suit, wandered around the shop eyeing surveillance cameras and speaking into her cell phone. A security guard stood at the door, allowing customers to enter.
When the woman left the building, she attempted to hold the door open so six men could force their way inside. One robber held the security guard at bay while another carried a s ..read more