Smith found guilty~S...

This is a follow up to the post I wrote about Sarah-Dian Heinenman a little over a year ago. I follow a lot of stories about children, but this one is especially close to my heart. Baylee is friends with Sarah-Dian’s older sister, Nick has tutored in Mrs. Heineman’s classroom,...

Ding Dong Ditching t...

Ding dong ditching is something that the kids all seem to be into these days….you ring a doorbell at night and then run. Annoying, yes. A crime…I don’t think so. It’s something most all kids have done at some point…my own have, and if I could remember that far...

John Albert Gardner ...

I suspected that John Albert Gardner was responsible for both of these murders, but am still surprised that he agreed to plead guilty to both. I’m happy that the family of Amber Dubois finally has some closure. And I hope that life in prison is pretty much equivalent to a death...