MATEEN, OMAR: Stacey Dooley TV - Active Shooter: America. Under Fire TV -
On 12th June America’s worst ever mass shooting – a direct attack on the gay community at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub. It shocked the world and brought the gay community together. Stacey Dooley: Hate and Pride in Orlando short, BBC 2016
Orlando, Florida: The shooter opened fire on the club’s main dance floor with a Sig Sauer MCX assault rifle. The shooter entered the club’s hip-hop lounge and began to shoot victims at point-blank range. 13 minutes after gunfire started it suddenly stopped. The shooter then went to the men’s restroom and fired into the handicap stall where 17 people were hiding. The shooter retreated to the women’s restroom. Active Shooter: America. Under Fire s1e5: Orlando, captions, Showtime 2017
The police made first phone contact with the shooter at 2:35 a.m. Outside the club, first responders began to transport the wounded to hospitals. ibid.
Police discovered an air conditioning unit leading into the dressing room where people were trapped. ibid.
The shooter was hit eight times and died instantly. ibid.
MATOS, ADAM: True Crime Recaps 2022 -
Stacked on top of each other like firewood were Megan Brown, her parents Margaret and Gregg, and her new boyfriend Nick Leonard. But Megan’s four-year-old son Tristan and his father Adam Matos nowhere to be seen. True Crime Recaps: 4-Year-Old Witnesses Family Massacre! Adam Matos Case, Youtube 11.18, 2022
On the stand he confessed sort of; he claimed the massacre was self-defence. ibid.
MATSUNAGA, ELIZE: Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime TV -
2019 Brazil: Without covering her face, Elize Matsunaga left the penitentiary and was greeted by her lawyer … One week of freedom five times a year.’ Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime I: Marital Status: Widow, news, Netflix 2021
A cold woman who killed and dismembered her husband with no remorse. ibid. reporter
I found out he had another woman two years ago. ibid. Elize
I found out I was pregnant. And that changed everything to me. ibid.
No-one demanded a ransom. ibid. woman
2012: My marriage went downhill so fast … My biggest fear was that he would say I was crazy and have me committed. ibid. Elize
When I confessed I was so relieved. Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime II: A Princess Life, Elize
Her statements were completely inconsistent. ibid. prosecutor
She had the life of a princess. ibid.
He said he’s taken me out of the trash. ibid. Elize
And when I grabbed the gun I wasn’t thinking at that moment. ibid.
I had the unfortunate idea of dismembering him. ibid.
She was desperate to stay with her daughter, to protect him. And that led her to make a series of wrong decisions. Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime III: Elize’s Unfortunate Idea, woman
Marcos was alive when she began. ibid. prosecutor
They weren’t just rich, they were eccentric rich. ibid.
Is it possible that this petite skinny woman committed this crime all alone? ibid. TV news
I need to humanise Elize for the jury. Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime IV: Echoes of a Crime, brief
It was obvious she suffered emotional abuse. ibid. expert
The jury decided she did not commit murder with foul motive. ibid.
MATTHEW, JESSE: A Killer’s Mistake TV - Very Scary People TV -
‘Jesse Matthew had the physical physique of a quintessential American football player.’ A Killer’s Mistake s1e4: Jesse Matthew
His first victim was 21-year-old Morgan Harrington, abducted on a prestigious college campus. Eventually, Morgan would be found dead. Matthew snatched a second student ... ibid.
Nobody suspected a cab driver in her disappearance and that’s a mystery. ibid.
A series of sexual assaults on women. And they’re not being reported to the police. ibid.
Jesse Matthews was a danger to women … free to attack again. ibid.
The DNA matched other cases. ibid.
Missing person: Hannah Graham … ‘We were able to discern his [CCTV] image.’ ibid. rozzer
Matthews’ victims fought for their lives … swollen jaw … ibid.
‘They found Hannah’s DNA that places him in her car.’ ibid.
The runaway Jesse Matthew was caught. ibid.
It was just horrible deja vu: another night out, college girl gone. There was a sense of panic that this was happening again. Very Scary People s4e3: Back to School Killer I, comment, CI 2022
Brother, godfather, teammate and calculated killed. A man described by his family as a gentle giant. ibid. narrator
Where is 20-year-old Morgan Harrington? ibid. TV news
The case had gone cold until Morgan’s bloody T-shirt was found near the scene of her disappearance. ibid. narrator
If they fought, they were going to die that night. ibid. comment
Police would identify this person of interest as Jesse Matthew junior. ibid.
The 2014 disappearance of student Hannah Graham … felt all too familiar. Five years earlier another college student had vanished nearby … linked to a third attack four years earlier. Very Scary People s4e3: Back to School Killer II
Jesse Matthews was a victim of sexual abuse at a young age, the fact that he was bullied, had a severe stutter as a child, all of these things compiled to create Jesse Matthews. ibid. expert
MATTHEWS, CATERESA murder [viz Miscarriages of Justice: Dixmoor 5]: True Crime with Aphrodite Jones TV - CBS online - Innocence Project online -
A fourteen-year-old girl brutally assaulted. Five young men convicted of the horrific crime, but twenty years later new evidence surfaces that reopens old wounds. True Crime with Aphrodite Jones s3e10: Confession and Lies, ID 2013
Taylor signs his own hand-written confession implicating himself and the four other boys. ibid.
They become known as the Dixmoor Five. ibid.
The DNA sample that was found in Cateresa’s body belongs to a sole male, and it doesn't match any one of the boys in the Dixmoor Five. ibid.
There’s no physical evidence at all linking the Dixmoor Five to the crime scene. ibid.
None of the Dixmoor Five routinely hung out together. ibid.
The Dixmoor Five are innocent. ibid.
Willie Randolph ... He may have just got away with murder. ibid.
Chicago (CBS) — Once, they were teenagers — convicted of the 1991 rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Dixmoor. Now the Dixmoor Five are adults: freed from prison by DNA, and they are suing authorities who investigated the case.
Four of the Dixmoor Five stood with their lawyers on Wednesday to announce the filing of federal lawsuits against Dixmoor Police and Illinois State Police officers.
‘I spent 20 years locked up for a crime I didn’t commit,’ said James Harden, who is one of the five. ‘I come home to nothing, for something I didn’t do. I just want the people to do the right thing, whatever that is. God bless you.’ CBS online article 17th October 2012