WITNESS FROM CRASH SCENE POSTS ESSAY ON CRAIGSLIST

I received an email from a person who calls themselves ZF informing me of an essay posted by a person who had pulled up to the scene of the Taconic Parkway accident that killed eight people a few minutes after it happened, describing what he saw. This person happens to be a talented writer, and his description of the horrific goings on are both disturbing and haunting.

The point of posting this essay is this; If this doesn’t get the point across about why minimizing what Diane Schuler did is such an evil thing to do, I don’t think anything ever will. The description of the man standing by his car, weeping inconsolably over the things he has just seen, brought it home to me that this isn’t about Diane or Diane’s reputation, it’s about the tragic loss of innocent lives and the effect that’s had on all sorts of people, from the immediate family to total strangers.

JURY: EDENFIELD GETS DEATH SENTENCE
by NEWS4 Jacksonville, FL Staff

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — The Glynn County jury that convicted David Edenfield of murder, molestation and six other charges in the death of 6-year-old Christopher Barrios has decided he should be sentenced to death by lethal injection.

The unanimous decision came at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The jury began deliberations about 4:30 p.m. after a testimony in a sentencing hearing and after emotional closing arguments from both sides.

“I’m happy, very happy,” said LaTrina Keith, Christopher’s mother. “I’m satisfied with the outcome of it.”

“That we got him,” Christopher’s father, Michael Barrios, added. “He’s got his deadline now.”

Michael Barrios said he wanted nothing more than to see a reaction out of Edenfield after the judge read his sentence.

MAN SENTENCED FOR SHOOTING TOT
by Nicholas Ledden, The Daily Inter Lake

06/03/2009–’He put that gun to the baby’s head’

An Evergreen man found guilty for the shooting death of his girlfriend’s 19-month-old daughter was sentenced Tuesday morning to 25 years at Montana State Prison.

Flathead County District Court Judge Stewart E. Stadler ordered Dwayne Scott Smail, 24, to serve the maximum sentence for negligent homicide plus an additional five years for being a persistent felony offender.

No restrictions were placed on his parole.

“This was not simply a case of a child playing with a gun,” said Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan, who asked Stadler to sentence Smail to 35 years in prison with five years suspended. “He put that gun to the baby’s head.”

MICHAEL GAGNON’S APPEAL REJECTED BY APPELLATE COURT

In a decision that all of us here at People You’ll See In Hell have been waiting to hear, the Sixth District Court Of Appeals in Lucas County, Ohio rejected Michael Gagnon’s appeals from his convictions following his no contest pleas in the Lucas County Court of Common Pleas for five counts of aggravated vehicular homicide and two counts of aggravated vehicular assault. Here is the text of the court’s opinion. Even if you can’t understand the legal speak, anyone can clearly make out what the message is in line 33 of this document:

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO
SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
LUCAS COUNTY
Court of Appeals
No. L-08-1235
Appellee Trial Court No. CR08-1056

They’re young, a bit raw, but obviously have good taste in websites.

This item falls under the category of “You can’t make this stuff up”.

Robert Melia Jr. used to be a police officer in Moorestown, New Jersey. There’s a very good reason why Robert isn’t a cop anymore.

Back in 2008, Robert Melia, 38, and his live-in girlfriend, the beautiful and talented Heather Lewis, were indicted for were indicted together on 45 counts of various charges related to the sexual assaults of all three juvenile females between June 2000 and January 2008. It seems Bobby and Heather had diddled a teenaged girl between August of 2007 and January of 2008, until she finally found enough courage to tell her stepfather about the incidents.