Intellectual perseverance, or a refusing to “give up easily”, should never be confused with bull-headedness, or close-mindedness. In fact, the presence of either of those negative traits may very well indicate a person does not have intellectual perseverance. While this trait does incorporate “sticking with it”, the “it” is not an opinion, but rather the commitment to stick with the standards of critical thinking…even when the going gets tough.
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The issue that a closed case, deemed to be a suicide, still has not had initial police reports published, in accordance with the California open records act, has been a point of contention with this writer for several months now. This leaves us with very little first-hand factual observations to rely on. So I thought I’d compile the first-hand observations/statements as well as any documented evidence we have for this case.
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Baby Lisa is still missing. That’s the first thing that needs to be pointed out. The second thing that needs to be pointed out is that Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin continue to not cooperate with law enforcement who are STILL looking for the couple’s missing baby girl. The third thing is that the Bradley/Irwin duo have consistently, almost from the exact beginning, refused to speak with or utilize their local media outlets to assist in getting information about their missing daughter out so that she can be found. BUT, after weeks of just having a ho-hum life holed up in their house…they’re breaking out, going public…on the Dr. Phil show.
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At least that’s what her attorney is arguing right now. Hemphill Pride, attorney for Zinah Jennings, filed motions yesterday requesting that Zinah be provided medical care for mental illness and provided prenatal care. As one commenter stated on a local news article web page…oh that’s just peachy.
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Posted in Amir Jennings Case, Missing
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Tagged amir jennings, cadaver dogs, hemphill pride, mental illness, Missing, pregnant, prostitution, schizophrenia, searches, the hinky meter, zinah jennings
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D’Andre Lane and Banika Jones, parents of missing 2-year-old Bianca Jones, spoke with Jim Kiertzner of Detroit’s 4 News last week. The uncut version of the interview can be seen here. I still don’t understand why D’Andre Lane thinks that talking about what happened that day, when his car and baby girl were allegedly taken by two carjackers, would be something that he can’t talk about. Are you kidding me?
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In this past week’s edition of the Village Voice a reader’s letter was posted in the “Reader’s Forum”. I thought I’d share one citizen’s opinion, one that apparently has not been tainted by the news of the internet. The brave lady did, in fact, sign her letter, but I won’t be copying that here since I have not obtained permission to do so.
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Posted in Criminal Cases, Dawna Natzke Case
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Tagged dawna natzke, hot springs village, hot springs village police department, hsvpd, laroy cornett, opinion, poa, property owners association, scott randall, village voice
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Judge Enos has just declared a mistrial. Preliminary reports are that the District Attorney mailed out some form of communication to the jurors and the defense filed a motion for mistrial based on tainting of the jury by the prosecution.
UPDATE: The communication is reported to have been some type of survey the DA sent out to the jurors.
UPDATE: KSWO is reporting the surveys were associated with 3 jurors who had served on panels last week. After the trials were over last week, the DA sent out surveys, which is reported to be standard procedure, on how the proceedings were conducted. Two of the three jurors receiving surveys were seated on the Dyer jury.
The following are notes taken from an observer in the gallery:
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Apparently, short of a Tibetan monk with his foot stuck in a craggy Himalayan mountain side for months while he subsisted on lichens and prayed for a long fall season, Casey Anthony has admitted in a civil suit deposition that in September and October of 2008 she was the most clueless person (save the monk) on Earth. She had no idea people were looking for her missing daughter.
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Posted in Caylee Marie Anthony Murder Trial, Unresolved Cases
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Tagged casey anthony, caylee anthony, civil suit, deposition, liar, lisa hoffman, searchers, searches, TES, texas equusearch, tim miller
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Jury selection took place this morning at the Stephens County courthouse to begin the trial for Charles Dyer, who is accused – primarily by his ex-wife – of sexual abuse against his own daughter. Opening statements were scheduled to begin around 3 p.m. this afternoon. However, that didn’t happen, and at this time it’s unclear when it will happen. There may be a fly in the ointment!
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Two search warrants were issued this past Friday in the investigation of the torture, murder and dismemberment of 19-year-old Carina Saunders. One warrant is to obtain the boots of Jimmy Massey in hopes there is blood evidence on those boots. The other is for the cell phone records for Alejandro Rojas who Massey has informed investigators was not only involved, but “decided to carry out, watch, and even help commit the torture and murder of Saunders.”
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Posted in Carina Saunders Case, Criminal Cases
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Tagged alejandro rojas, blood evidence, boots, carina saunders, cell phone, cell pings, dismemberment, drug trafficking, forensics, human trafficking, jimmy massey, murder, search warrant, the hinky meter, torture
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