25th August 2020, Kenosha, Wisconsin: Two people killed, a third hurt last night in Kenosha. Authorities are now searching for a possible vigilante. Kyle: The Gunman Who Divided America, news, BBC 2024
A 17-year-old with AR-15 … The Illinois teen facing murder charges. ibid.
After a summer of nationwide unrest sparked by the killing of George Floyd, Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial was to further divide America. ibid.
He acted in self-defence, ladies and gentlemen. ibid. brief
Over three weeks the jury will examine the events of August 2020 when the shootings took place. ibid. caption
Kenosha Police defend their officers. They say they were attending a domestic dispute and Jacob Blake had a knife. Protestors start to gather in the main civic square. ibid.
It’s about lawlessness and looting. Law enforcement just took a step back and decided to let the city burn. ibid. Rittenhouse
Less than half a mile away from Car Source hundreds of protestors have flooded into Kenosha. ibid. caption
With police military vehicles keeping a distance, tension between protestors and armed militia escalates. ibid.
We shouldn’t have 17-year-old running around the streets with AR15s because this is exactly what happens. ibid. prosecution
I don’t know why he [Rey Rivera] disappeared. When they said it was suicide I was, like, he ran out of the house like he was late for something. Unsolved Mysteries s1e1: Mystery on the Rooftop, wife, Netflix 2024
After the car was located all these folks started to organize these kind of searches in that area around the car. The next big thing that happened is that someone discovered this hole in the roof of the Belvedere Hotel. ibid. Jayne
Rey’s autopsy – it was some brutal reading. Multiple, multiple ribs fractured, punctured lungs, contusions and abrasions to the chest and torso, clavicle fracture, puncture of the sternum … fractures to the base of the skull, open fracture of the tibia and fibula, protrusion of bone … ibid. rozzer
This guy just ends up dropping out of the sky, and ending up in a conference room, and no-one knows anything? ibid. journalist
Two weeks before he died there was something that was worrying him. ibid. wife
Some of the most common signs of psychopathy: Grandiose sense of self worth, sadism, glibness/superficial charm, manipulative, callous/lack of empathy etc. Signs of a Psychopath s5e11: How to Spot a Psychopath
Tresco, Isles of Scilly, 28 miles from Lands End: 10 years ago my brother Josh died on this island. The police said it was an accident. We’e never accepted that. The Last Party: Death on Tresco s1e1: The Millionaire’s Playground, brother Ash
How do you go to a rich kid’s party and end up dead? ibid.
Tresco is the only privately owned island in the Isles of Scilly. The island belongs to the Duchy of Cornwall, the Prince of Wales’ royal estate. For almost 200 years, Tresco has been leased to the artistocratic Dorrien-Smith family. The family have transformed Tresco into an island retreat which has become a favourite destination of the super-rich. The visiting elite are served by a large team of seasonal workers. ibid. captions
March 2015: Josh Clayton arrives on Tresco for the summer season. ibid.
Josh’s phone disconnects from the network at 01.36. It is never found. ibid.
Soon after Josh’s family arrive on Tresco they begin to ask questions. They discover that the morning Josh disappeared another worker was also missing. ibid.
‘There are loads of conflicting statements.’ The Last Party: Death on Tresco s1e2: The Disappearance, investigator on behalf of family
‘This is where the cigarettes, the battery charger, were found here. So that’s what? 150 yards away from The Shed [party shed] … The bicyle was found thrown in the hedge here … A decoy? A distraction?’ ibid. brother
01.45: Witnesses say the estate worker is asked to leave multiple times. ibid. caption
01.50: Josh is seen outside the shed. This is the last sighting of him. ibid.
‘The whole thing is a shambles. Total shambles.’ ibid. investigator
‘They [rozzers] didn’t want to have forensics.’ ibid. brother
The estate worker is sacked due to unreliable behaviour and suspicions that he is responsible for damage to the van. The estate worker is told to leave the island. ibid.
‘Some days after his disappearance a body was found on the beach.’ The Last Party: Death on Tresco s1e3: The Fallout ***** investigator
‘I have reviewed many of the documents pertaining to this case. There were elements of the police investigation and the medical investigation that left me speechless …. Professionally unacceptable.’ ibid. Professor Lemos, forensic pathologist
‘They [rozzers] keep trying to get a non-forensic post-mortem investigation undertaken.’ ibid. Lemos
‘The police decide to burn Josh’s clothes.’ ibid. Josh’s mum
The toxicology report returned no trace of any controlled substance. ibid. caption
‘All the effort went into satisfying a narrative.’ ibid. brother
9th January 2017: An inquest into Josh’s death begins. Two days into the hearing, the estate worker takes the stand. He testifies that Josh had an altercation and said he was going to kill himself. ibid.
‘Nobody had mentioned this altercation before.’ ibid. news
‘Who goes to an inquest and changes his story?’ ibid. brother
Two years after Josh’s disappearance a new investigation begins. ibid. caption
The estate worker is reinterviewed by police. ibid.
‘How is this guy not a suspect?’ ibid. brother
2 years, 1 month and 6 days after Josh went missing, police conduct forensic tests on the van, on Josh’s accomodation, and the artists’ chalet where the estate worker stayed. ibid. caption
‘In my opinion is worthless.’ ibid. Lemos
‘Just don’t die in Devon and Cornwall.’ ibid. Josh’s mum
Police officer who found fame with funny Facebook posts from ‘Britain’s cushiest beat’ is slammed for bungling Scilly Isles’ first murder case in 40 years after suggesting using a water diviner fo find the body. ibid. article
‘If I’d had that level of skills and had that guidance then I think potentially I wouldn’t have let the family down as I did.’ ibid. under-qualified and under-resourced investigating rozzer
Tracey [Josh’s mum] texts the estate worker over the course of two years. In 2018 he stops responding. ibid. caption
‘We were left to find answers on our own.’ ibid. Josh’s mum
‘That combination – you had the highest tides of the year, and that would have made that coastline more treacherous than normal … Perhaps he thought he could get round the headland … That I think is one scenario … Did the police do enough investigation of potential suspects? …’ ibid. oceanographic specialist investigator
‘I think it was an accident … He took the wrong way home.’ ibid. friend
‘I still can’t quite picture how he could have got into the sea from where we found his bike. It’s a mystery.’ ibid. friend
It’s estimated that at any given moment more than 25 serial murderers are active in the USA alone. Others say the number could be monstrously higher. Dark Passages s1e2, Amazon 2023
[rozzer]: It’s hard hard graft. The biggest crime that takes place is a murder, and you immediately are carrying the responsibility for it, and for making sure that everything’s done properly. Your head’s racing at a hundred miles an hour. Murder Case: Inside the Inquiry, BBC 2024
Police Scotland deal with around 60 murders each year. ibid.