Scott Peterson hot for Casey Anthony?

It seems there's a touching romantic development in the Casey Anthony murder case. If you'll remember, and who can forget, Casey was charged last week with murdering her daughter Caylee Anthony. This, after tests of her car proved there was indeed a corpse in the trunk, that it was human and that the hairs found in the trunk, which were determined to be Caylee's were from a decompsing body. Enter wife-killer Scott Peterson. Having apparently recognized a kindred spirit in his fellow psychopath Casey Anthony he reached out. Casey has reportedly recieved mail from Scott Peterson.

Caylee Anthony Dead- Tests Confirm

Tests released today confirm that the hair taken from the trunk of Casey Anthony's car came from a decomposing body. Earlier tests showed that the hair was Caylee Anthony's. So, it appears that all doubts as to Caylee's fate, if there really were any left, have been resolved. She is dead. Casey Anthony is charged with murder, manslaughter and lying to police. What remains to be seen is if, when confronted with the fact that Caylee is known to be dead, she will decide to say what happened to her.

Miss Louisiana Teen Ousted After Dine and Dash

Well, Lindsey Evans, Miss Louisiana Teen USA won't have to worry about all of those supposed duties that go along with being Miss Louisiana Teen anymore. She's been ousted after skipping out on her bill, along with three friends, at Posados Cafe in Bossier City, La.

Unfortunately for our bimbacious Miss Evans, she violated one of the cardinal rules for successful crime: she left her purse, and thereby her ID, behind. (See crime rule #2 here.) But, as it turned out, Evans and her friends now have even bigger problems. It seems that Miss Evans' purse also contained her weed stash. Lindsey Evans and her pals, named as Jordan James, 18, Jennifer Martin, 22, and Morgan Goleman, 18 are all charged with theft over the 46 dollar restaurant tab as well as possession of marijuana. Martin and James were also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. The theft charge was a minor criminal matter compared with the crime of possession of pot and paraphernalia. Oppy.

Turns out they maybe just shoulda paid their bill. "Lindsey Evans has been part of an organization that believes in opportunities when earned and consequences when warranted," said a statement from Paula Miles, president of Miss Teen USA pageant sponsor RPM. "Due to recent circumstances, Lindsey has been relieved of her duties as Miss Louisiana Teen USA 2008 effective immediately." Evans will have to return her Miss Louisana Teen crown and sash, but not the other gifts she recieved when she won the pagent.

She looks pretty pleased with herself in the mugshot, eh?

Kayla Preuss: Terminal Stupidity

This isn't exactly news any more, but having run across a few posts on the demise of Kayla Preuss, in which her friends blast the heartless meanies who note that her passing, caused by drunk text-messaging while speeding, was rather a stupid way to go. But the problem with their complaints is that Kayla Preuss did really, truly die in a very stupid way. The Redlands, California 16 year-old's phone records showed that she had been texting in the moments leading up to the car crash that killed her. Her phone was found still flipped open on the floorboard of her car. Her mother is quoted as saying that she hopes others will learn from this example. It is, in this vein, constructive to point out that text messaging while drunk driving and speeding isn't a good idea. She was an idiot. That was what caused her death. Please, for the rest of you: don't text message while driving. It's moronic.

Librarian Murdered by Libranian Colleague

Yesterday in San Antonio, Tx. violence broke out in a very unlikely place: a college library. Alan Godin, a 62-year-old librarian walked in to his place of employment and gunned down librarian Devin Zimmerman, 37. The library is on the campus of Northeast Lakeview College, a two year school on the outskirts of San Antonio. So far there has been no explanation other than the obvious "workplace dispute." After shooting Zimmerman, who was married with no children, Godin sat down and calmly waited for police, leaving everyone on the small campus stunned. Librarians. Seriously. I we can't trust librarians to be rational and sane, who the hell can we trust?

Casey Anthony Indicted: Charge, Murder

Casey Anthony was indicted on murder charges today in connection with the crime of murder in the disappearance of her 2yr old daughter Caylee. To sum it up the case is this:

1. Casey has no cogent explanation for where her daughter is, as all of her explanations for Caylee's disappearance turned out to be lies. Every single thing. There was no baby sitter.

2. Casey's car smelled of decomposition, as evidenced even by the statement her mother made in the 911 call. That was backed up by a cadaver dog, and investigators.

3. Traces of chloroform were found in the car. Casey is going to have a hard time explaining why she would need chloroform, which is used for rendering someone unconscious.

4. Still no sign of Caylee and no more explanation of her whereabouts than when she disappeared.

In short, Casey did something with her and disposed of the body. But now to prosecute the case without a body? We'll see.

Hammer Vs. Letter Opener: Letter Opener Wins

Two men faced off in Hollywood Fl. yesterday wielding unconventional weaponry. One grabbed his hammer the other, a letter opener. The hammer swinger may have thought he had the advantage, but it evaporated when the letter opener guy stabbed hammer man. When police arrived the "victim," meaning the guy with the hammer, since he was the only one hurt refused to explain what the fight was over and was taken to the hospital. Crime over.

Waiters Serve Karma to Asshole Patron

Some waiters at Club City Restaurant in the Indian resort region of Goa yesterday got fed up with a certain John Kelly, 65, of Australia. So fed up that a group of them lit upon him and beat him to death. Considering what waiters deal with on a daily basis, I would love to know what this guy managed to do that finally earned him deadly retribution, but sadly I find no reports of the waiters' side of the story. Was the beating death of Mr. Kelly a crime or was it just desserts, so to speak? CV has been a waiter and will attest to the fact that there are patrons whom, if news of their violent demise found its way here, would receive no sympathy from this blog. Not many, but a few.

Cool Crime! Robbery, Inner Tube Escape, Craigslist Decoys

Just when you start to get bored with all of the standard criminal fare, when the monotony of the same old criminal misdeads, so thoroughly derivative in their lack of imagination grows stale, someone does something truly outlandish. A crime of great originality and daring that makes the bored crime blogger take note. Today, news out of Seattle reports just such a crime. Now, before we continue, this is NOT an endorsement of crime, but merely appreciation for forethought, planning, and creative use of the available tools. Ingenuity, in other words.

Bank of America, in Monroe Wa. was the scene of the armored car heist at about 11am yesterday. An armed man dressed in a blue shirt and a white face mask approached the armored car personnel and demanded the money. He made away with it to nearby Woods Creek where an inner tube awaited. He floated away, abandoning the inner tube some distance away.

Adding to the confusion in the wake of the crime was that the suspect had arranged for a large group of decoys to be at the bank at exactly the time he was to commit the heist. He apparently placed an add in Craigslist to recruit guys to show up at the bank for a construction project, specifying that they should all wear white masks and blue shirts. Coppers feel he may have had an accomplice waiting for him at the point where he got out of the river, but then again, in my estimation he could have merely parked his own vehicle there and escaped that way. One of the cardinal rules of crime is that the fewer people one involves in a criminal enterprise the better are the odds of getting away with it. Bad crime. Ten points out ten for style, though.