PERRY, MICHAEL & JASON BURKETT: Into the Abyss TV - The Guardian online
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Michael Perry is on death row at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, for crimes he committed ten years ago. At the time of the triple homicide, he and co-defendant Jason Burkett were teenagers. Perry is now 28. Into the Abyss, director Werner Herzog, caption, Channel 4 2013
After a shootout with police, Perry and Burkett were arrested for the murder of Sandra Stotler. In the ambulance, Perry confessed that he and Burkett had also murdered Adam Stotler and Jeremy Richardson. ibid.
Perry later retracted those confessions and argued that he’d first spoken nonsense while high on drugs and then had been roughed up by police until he falsely admitted guilt. Perry and his lawyers argued, right up until the day of his execution, that he was actually in custody on a traffic violation when Sandra was murdered – as they dispute the estimated time of her death. And they insist that false confessions happen all the time when people are under stress, and are grounds to re-open an investigation.
Burkett and Perry blamed each other for the triple homicide but both were found guilty at trial.
Perry was charged only with murdering Sandra Stotler and was sentenced to death. Burkett was convicted of all three murders but, by a narrow jury vote, was sentenced to life in prison.
Perry is now dead. Burkett first comes up for parole in 2041. The Guardian online article 4th November 2011
PERSICO, CARMINE et al: Mafia Killers TV - Mobsters: Carmine the Snake Persico TV - Los Angeles Times -
Brooklyn, 1961: Mobsters Carmine Persico and Larry Gallo meet in secret to plan a rebellion. Persico and Gallo refuse to pay the stiff kickbacks demanded by their boss Joe Prefaci. Rebelling against a Mafia boss is suicidal. Mafia Killer s1e3: Carmine ‘The Snake’ Persico, History 2019
The Snake’s ruthless ambition would then practically destroy one of New York’s most powerful Mafia families. ibid.
He’s been behind bars since 1987 serving a sentence of 139 years. ibid.
Persico and his leadership were indicted on multiple charges of racketeering. ibid.
The act of betrayal against his former ally [Gallo] earned Persico his nickname: The Snake. Mobsters: Carmine the Snake Persico: Snake Eyes
The street gangs of Brooklyn battled for neighbourhood turf. ibid.
One by one the rebels snatched five top Profaci lieutenants, including underboss Joe Magliocco and Capo Joseph Colombo. ibid.
By March 1963 nine Gallo soldiers had been killed. ibid.
Once again the Colombo family was set on a war path and Carmine Persico would be the last man standing. ibid.
Created in 1970, RICO gave authorities a short cut. ibid.
The so-called Commission Trial began in September 1986. ibid.
New York – Carmine Persico, the 52-year-old boss of the Colombo organized crime family, was convicted along with eight co-defendants today of racketeering, conspiracy and other federal charges.
Persico is the first of several top-level mobsters to face a jury since federal officials launched a drive against organized crime two years ago. The nine defendants, who also included Persico’s son Alphonse and Colombo family underboss Gennaro (Jerry Lang) Langella, were all named in two racketeering counts that each carry a maximum of 20 years in prison. Los Angeles Times online article 13th June 1986, ‘Mobster Guilty of Racketeering’
PETERS, PETER JOHN: Crime Stories
January 24th 1990: In London, Ontario, police enter a basement apartment and find the naked body of a young woman, a plastic bag over her head. Before long the gruesome scene is tied to other violent crimes and a male suspect known as the Tattoo Man. Crime Stories s2e9: Peter John Peters: The Tattoo Man
Police go public with their suspect’s name … On the loose is a 28 year old ex-convict named Peter John Peters, known to many simply as the Tattoo Man: overwhelming evidence singles him out as the violent criminal behind a spree of robbery, abduction, rape and murder. ibid.
PETERS-BERGER, CARSON: True Crime Recaps 2022 -
April 24th 2022, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin: The brutal murder of 10-year-old Lily Peters, and police say her killer is none other than her 14-year-old cousin. This is a developing case. True Crime Recaps: Lured Into the Woods, Allegedly by 14-Year-Old Cousin! Youtube 4.47, 2022
She was found beaten with most of her clothes off and bite marks on her backside. ibid.
PETERSON, DREW: Marcia Clark Investigates TV - True Crime Recaps TV - An American Murder Mystery: Drew Peterson TV
In October 2007, 23-year-old Stacy Peterson disappeared. But this was not the first time something had happened to Drew Peterson’s wives. Marcia Clark Investigates: Drew Peterson, CI 2018
Drew’s third wife Kathleen was found lifeless in her bathtub. The coroner deemed her death to be an accidental trauma. Three years after that, Stacy goes missing. ibid.
Drew’s polygraph test wasn’t administered reliably. ibid.
Drew was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to 38 years in prison for the murder of Kathleen Savio. ibid.
Her [Drew] husband, a former police sergeant, didn’t so much as lift a finger to help find his fourth wife. True Crime Recaps: Drew Peterson: Husband from Hell, Youtube 23.47, 2022
The nation followed along on television. ibid.
There were warning signs and they popped up early. The red flags started waving during marriage number one … She described him as extremely controlling … His controlling nature evolved into something much darker. ibid.
A steady stream of witnesses began to step forward with incriminating statements alleged by the victims themselves. ibid.
February 21 2013, Will County, Illinois: It’s one of the confounding cases of the century. 23-year-old mom Stacy Peterson vanishes from the suburbs of Chicago. An American Murder Mystery: Drew Peterson I, 2018
The man at the centre of this mystery: Drew Peterson. ibid.
‘A cop who was sworn to serve and protect, who was really a wife-killing machine.’ ibid.
‘A man hiding some horrific and dark secrets.’ ibid.
Drew Peterson is a cop with the local police force. ibid.
The media latches on to the story. ibid.
Stacy had recently been texting with another man. ibid.
A massive hunt for the blue barrel … Police find someone who can corroborate the existence of the barrel. ibid.
Stacy isn’t the only one of Drew’s wives who’s died. ibid.
‘This was a man who wasn’t afraid to use and abuse his position.’ ibid. journalist
They discovered troubling through-lines in all of his four marriages. An American Murder Mystery: Drew Peterson II
The scene was never processed like a crime scene. ibid.
‘We took him on now and he lost.’ ibid. prosecutor