COLOSIO-MURRIETA, LUIS DONALDO murder: viz Assassinations: COLOSIO-MURRIETA, LUIS DONALDO
COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL MASSACRE: see HARRIS, ERIC & DYLAN KLEBOLD
COLVER, STEVEN & TYLAR WITT: Killer Kids TV - People Magazine Investigates TV -
19-year-old Steven Colver grew up just outside El Dorado Hills. Steven met 14-year-old Tylar Witt through a friend and they immediately clicked … Living under the same roof as Tylar and Joanne, Steven soon realised that Tylar’s relationship was somewhat strained with her mom. Killer Kids s3e3: Mommie Dearest & Forbidden Love, LMN 2014
They were going to deal with Tylar’s mother once and for all. ibid.
‘She threw Steven under the bus.’ ibid.
June 15th 2009: Joanne [Witt] still hasn’t shown up for work … ‘Deputies were able to gain entry on the side of the house and they made their way up the stairs to the master bedroom. And immediately discovered a female laying partially on a bed. She had been covered with a blanket. There was no movement but there was a lot of blood.’ People Magazine Investigates s7e10: Star-Crossed Killers, rozzer, QuestRed 2023
‘Joanne had reported statutory rape of her 14-year-old daughter Tylar. So we knew a young girl should have been at the house but wasn’t there.’ ibid.
Detectives have learned that the day before her brutal murder, 47-year-old Joanne Witt was trying to file a statutory rape charge against 19-year-old Steven Colver for having sex with her 14-year-old daughter Tylar. They learned Steven had been renting a room from Joanne for the past six months. ibid.
When Steven learned that Tyler was going to testify against him he did feel betrayed. ibid.
Steven says he took the blame because they had every intention of killing themselves. ibid.
COLVIN, ROD: Meet, Marry, Murder TV -
2015 New York State Supreme Court. A man sobs, a courtroom hears of a woman’s death. It has been a long and arduous trial. Meet, Murder, Marry s2e5, Netflix 2022
NYPD believed Rod’s account that his wife had slipped in the bathtub. ibid.
Colvin wasn’t just sponging off his wife, he was cheating on her too with dozens of women. ibid.
There were unexplained injuries on Shelley’s face and body. ibid.
CONFAIT, MAXWELL murder [viz Miscarriages of Justice: Lattimore, Colin et al]: Catching Britain’s Killers: The Crimes that Changed Us TV - Evidence-Based Justice Lab online -
‘The police were absolutely hostile to begin with.’ Catching Britain’s Killers: The Crimes that Changed Us III ***** introduction, justice lady, BBC 2019
The confession was king and police were a law unto themselves. ibid.
A miscarriage of justice so shocking it exposes the dark secrets of the police interrogation room and transforms the rights of us all. ibid.
‘Establishing time of death is terribly important: it is absolutely vital to get it right or the wrong people could finish up being convicted.’ ibid. Dr Cameron
Radio Times: After the body of Maxwell Confait was found in his south London bedsit in April 1972, three boys were quickly arrested and questioned. Confait had been strangled, and the trio – Colin Lattimore (18) who had learning difficulties, Ronnie Leighton, 15, and Ahmet Salih, 14 – confessed their supposed involvement to police. ibid.
In the early 1970s the questioning of a suspect often took place in a cellblock, and with no independent witness, the only version of what was said came from the police themselves. The three boys were taken to Lewisham police station. ibid.
All three boys were being tried for arson, but Colin and Ronnie were also standing trial for the murder. They all pleaded their not guilty and protested their innocence. ibid.
‘The confession had been obtained under threats, duress, without strong strong evidence … The police behaved badly.’ ibid. brief
‘Colin’s alibi was absolutely superb.’ ibid.
Life sentences with no time limit. ibid.
Colin Lattimore, Robbie Leighton, and Ahmet Salih were convicted of the murder of Maxwell Confait. They came to the attention of the police after being connected to a series of small fires in the area of the murder. All thee falsely confessed and signed false confessions after hours of police interrogation without legal representation or advice. Two of the men were illiterate and of very low intelligence and the third spoke English as a second language. On appeal, new forensic evidence was introduced relating to time of death that challenged the time of death evidence given at trial, and alibi evidence suggested the boys could not have committed the murder at that time. The Court of Appeal quashed all charges. The case was important in bringing about the 1984 Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) which safeguards suspects during police interviews. Evidence-Based Justice Lab online article
CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY KILLER: Dark Minds: The River Valley Killer TV - Criminal Motives online -
Seven women are found murdered. Most have been viciously stabbed. Dark Minds: The River Valley Killer, M William Phelps & John Kelly, Discovery 2012
The Notorious River Valley Killer: police have no active suspects. ibid.
1981 a second victim ... 1988: the killer tried to take an eighth victim but failed. ibid.
In the mid-1980s, three young women disappeared from the Claremont, New Hampshire area. In 1985 and 1986, the skeletal remains of two of the vanished women were recovered within about a thousand feet of each other in a wooded area in Kelleyville, New Hampshire. The condition of the remains made the cause of death difficult to determine, but certain factors pointed to multiple stab wounds. Between the recovery of the first and second bodies, a 36-year old woman was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack inside her Saxtons River home. Ten days later, the remains of the third missing woman were found; postmortem examination revealed evidence of multiple stab wounds.
At this point, investigators began examining prior homicides in the area and found two previous cases, in 1978 and 1981, that further reinforced the presence of a burgeoning serial killer. At the peak of the investigation, and after additional homicides and one non-fatal attack, investigators noted similarities in MO oft-used dump sites, and specific wound patterns that linked many of the murders, suggesting a common perpetrator.
Seven homicides are commonly cited as being conclusively linked to the Connecticut River Valley killer. Criminal Motives online article
CONROY, JASON: When Kids Kill TV -
Two cases where mental health and murder collide in the deaths of two vulnerable young girls: their killers both had mental health conditions. When Kids Kill s2e5: Killed in Care, Channel 5 2016
The case of Jason Conroy with Asperger’s who had profoundly dark sexual fantasies and strangled fellow care home resident Melissa Mathieson … His motive for Melissa’s murder? To have sexual intercourse with her lifeless body. ibid.
He was previously known for being sexually deviant and violent. ibid.
CONSTANZO, ADOLFO [viz Cults]: Clifford L Linedecker - David McLemore - The Godfather of Matamoros TV -
They dug up bodies with their heads were cleaved open with hatchets and this type of thing. Others had arms and legs ripped off. People had been boiled alive. Clifford L Linedecker, author Hell Ranch
He got exactly what he wanted by convincing his followers he had supernatural powers and ability. Clifford L Linedecker
He was plugged into high-ranking police officials to TV producers, singers, movie actors, movie stars who were convinced that he was able to guide their careers. And he made a lot of money. David McLemore, journalist Dallas News 20
Known as El Padrino this cult leader was the kingpin of a Mexican drug-trafficking operation. He murdered people to increase his power over the spirit world. He sadistically tortured and killed his victims and fed their internal organs into his grisly cauldron. Adolfo de Jesus de Stanzo – the Black Magic Murderer. The Godfather of Matamoros, 2008
The authorities soon made a grisly discovery at the ranch: thirteen bodies buried in eight shallow graves. ibid.
The search then began for Adolfo Constanzo – drug dealer, witch-doctor and mass murderer. ibid.
The only thing that would surpass his greed was his lust for blood. ibid.
Constanzo’s clients paid thousands of dollars for cleansings and rituals that they were convinced would ensure healthy lives and successful careers. Among his most devoted patrons were the drug dealers. ibid.
Constanzo’s cult became a campaign of ritualistic terror. ibid.
Soon Adolfo Constanzo’s dedicated followers included a cadre of corrupt cops, dirty politicians and desperate drugs dealers. He would become a powerful cartel boss in his own right. ibid.