People do things every day to protect themselves from potential harm. They lock their doors, their windows, buy guard dogs, leave lights on outside their homes. There are so many ways that people attempt to secure their environments from potential predatory behavior from strangers.
Yet everyday thousands of people will go online from inside their cozy homes and they will unlock a different kind of door for strangers to enter through. There is nothing more harmful than a false sense of security in a situation where being clandestine is commonly expected.
NY- In May of 2010, on a Sunday afternoon, a 24 year old woman from the website Mocospace.com answered an internet post regarding employment. The "ad"/forum post was looking for a secretary who could work Monday through Friday. The job paid $600.00 an hour and a car would be provide.
When she arrived at her destination, a 53 year old man named Richard Bailey greeted her. He asked her to follow him upstairs to the second floor. He told her it led to his "office". The woman followed him and when she got up the stairs she began to feel uneasy. The floor was covered in garbage and didn't look like an "office". It looked like an empty apartment. When she began to feel like something was wrong, it was too late. She told Bailey that she was going to leave, but he wasn't going to allow her to go so easily.
For an unspecified amount of time, the woman was at his mercy. He attacked her and then violated her in terrifying and painful ways. She was vaginally and anally raped. Her assault was brutal and painful to say the least.
However, this wasn't Bailey's first sexual offense. In July 1998, he was charged by authorities in Pennsylvania with charges including indecent assault and corruption of a minor. Bailey was on probation when he met, raped and sodomized the woman he met on mocospace.com
Bailey was a registered level one sex offender, serving a six-year term of probation for a sex offense conviction
He had been charged with first-degree rape and second-degree criminal sex act for the attack. Bailey pleaded guilty, in a plea deal in that case, to a lesser charge of sexual misconduct.
A judge sentenced him to six years of probation and then classified him as just a level one sex offender. Level one offenders are considered the lowest risks to commit another sex crime.
March 3, 2011, Bailey plead guilty to two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. He had originally been charged by a grand jury with first-degree rape and predatory sexual assault.
As part of his plea deal, prosecutors have agreed to recommend that the Judge make his sentences in the two separate cases concurrent. However, prosecutors reserved their right to ask for consecutive sentences on the sex abuse charges which could result in a 14-year prison term for Bailey.
“He understands that he could get up to 14 years if the court gives him the maximum sentence,” defense attorney Christopher Privateer said. “He has agreed to take a plea to the two (sex abuse charges) and take his chance at sentencing.”
As a result of his plea, prosecutors will drop the rape charge and a criminal sex act count.
In December, Bailey was convicted after a trial for violating the terms of his state sex offender registration and has been awaiting sentencing on that conviction.
Bailey’s sex offender violation conviction stemmed from his use of a computer without telling his probation officer.
The Waring family no longer has to worry about a second trial for the man accused of murdering their daughter in 2009.
On April 1, 2011 Ethan Mack plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Mack entered a Alford plea. An Alford plea is when a defendant does not admit his guilt but acknowledges a jury would likely find him guilty had his case gone to trial. Mack was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
The prosecution in the case, Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said she had mixed feelings about the plea. But agreed to it because of the unreliability of their main witness, Heather Kamp. Kamp told a jury in October 2010 that she and Mack had murdered Waring. Kamp testified that on June 12, 2009, that she and Mack took Katherine Waring to their home and after tasing her repeatedly hit her in the head with a wine bottle. Kamp said that she and Mack then put Waring in a bathtub filled with water where she drown. Kamp said she and Mack then dumped Waring's body. Kamp led investigator's to the location where Waring's skeletal remains were found in October of 2009. No physical evidence could be linked to the scene where Kamp said the crime had occurred. She told investigators that after the murder, Mack took a nap and she cleaned the bathroom. Waring's body was still inside the home at the time.
Mack's trial ended in a mistrial for murder, but he was found guilty on obstruction of justice and forgery. Heather Kamp plead guilty but mentally ill. Her sentencing is expected later this month. Before leaving the courtroom Mack told the Waring family that he was sorry for the loss of their loved one (Kate Waring) and that she would be missed.
Heather Kamp pleads guilty - Katherine Waring Murder
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Heather Angelica Kamp, 31, plead guilty, but mentally ill in the slaying of Katherine Waring. Kamp's attorney, told the judge the plea was appropriate because a forensic psychiatric evaluation found Kamp's borderline personality disorder rendered her incapable of conforming to the law at the time of Waring's killing. The state doesn't necessarily agree with the mental evaluation referenced, but prosecutors saw no need to contest the mentally ill plea. Stating that the potential sentence remains the same under South Carolina law regardless of the distinction.
On February 2, 2010, Heather Kamp was indicted for murder by a grand jury in Charleston, SC. Her boyfriend Ethan C. Mack was also indicted based on witnesses that came forward with information according to the Post and Courier. Due to the indictments, the gag order was lifted.
Mack's attorney filed a motion in November seeking to split his trial from Kamp's, alleging that she had made incriminating statements against herself and Mack.
The incriminating statements are unknown at this time. However, due to Kamp’s history and other accusations made against her. Judge Thomas Hughston ordered Kamp to submit to an evaluation by the state Department of Mental Health to determine whether she is competent to stand trial.
The judge's order states that Kamp "has a history of mental health issues" that could affect her competency and ability to assist in her own defense. Her court file does not contain the results of that evaluation.
The witnesses who came forth are still unnamed, but had compelling stories implicating them both for the homicide of Waring.
Kate Waring went missing June 12, 2009, (exactly 8 months ago today) the last place she was seen was at the Wasabi Japanese Steakhouse in Charleston, SC and later her skeletal remains were found by private investigators on Wadmalaw Island in SC on October 10, 2009.
Although no cause of death has been determined, witnesses have convinced authorities that Waring's death was a homicide, 9th Circuit Solicitor Scarlet Wilson said.
"the death was a "slow process" that took time, involving multiple means of assault. Waring was reportedly conscious and aware of most of what was happening. Wilson also said the "overwhelming" motive in the case would be financial gain, but "other threads" played a role, including jealousy on Kamp's part."
Shortly before Tuesday's news conference, a third suspect in the case, Terry Keith Williams, 31, of James Island, appeared before Magistrate James Gosnell, who reduced his bail on obstruction charges from $200,000 to $20,000, court records show. Prosecutors consented to the move.
Williams will be under house arrest upon his release and must report to his probation officer weekly.
A police affidavit stated that Williams is accused of helping to move Waring's body and then lying to police about how he ended up with her iPod. A witness told police that Williams received the iPod for helping Mack move her body, the affidavit stated.
The belief is that “the slow process” would have put Waring’s death on June 13, 2009. Because the body had to be moved, it is easy to speculate that the murder occurred in a place was likely familiar to the accused killers. A place that was private enough to keep them from being caught while committing these “multiple means of assault”.
Authorities allege that both suspects gave false statements about events on the night Waring was last seen, and that they forged checks drawn on Waring's account.
Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen said investigators know of three checks the pair allegedly tried to cash after Waring's death, including one for $4,500.
Wilson would not discuss the witnesses or the specifics of what they told authorities. She did say no deals had been cut in return for their testimony.
After all these months of uncertainty it can be said that there were many sighs of relief when any type of indictment came forth.
The lifting of the gag order gave the public and media the chance to find new pieces of information and it was long overdue.
There are a few points that can be made with a charge of this type. Mainly, if a murder is committed and there were “multiple means of assault” there must be some type of DNA evidence that can be found.
A DNA trail can prove or disprove where a crime was committed. Readmore Mobile
Because some DNA evidence can be destroyed, it does not mean that all traces will be completely erased.
In regards to Heather Kamp’s mental state, the question of “competency” in legal terms requires an evaluation that establishes whether or not a person is capable of three things.
The first of the three is whether or not the person can UNDERSTAND or DENY the charges they are charged with.
They must be able to report the FACTS regarding their behavior in the crime.
The second answer that must be answered is whether or not the person can COOPERATE with his or her lawyer and ASSIST in their own defense.
Finally, the third answer is whether or not the defendant can UNDERSTAND COURT PROCEEDINGS
IF they cannot perform ANY of these things, they can be found incompetent to stand trial.
In our justice system, a person found incompetent cannot be put on trial. That does not mean they open the doors and say, “Good Luck.” It will likely mean being committed to a Mental Institution until they can stand trial.
If there is no progress, they can be held for much longer than simple “treatment.” The treatment may be for a short time and it is for purpose of getting them prepared to stand trial or it could be that they are too ill to go before a jury and a new hearing will be recommended. In these situations, they will become patients for an unspecified amount of time until determined by a judge.
People in general are known for over simplifying things. Most people feel comfortable stereotyping because it gives order to things they can understand. To put people in categories like; “good”, “bad”, “evil”, “crazy”, “nice” etc. It gives others the sense of order they need to feel comfortable with the things around them. It makes the world seem smaller and easier to manage.
When crimes are committed, it isn’t uncommon for people to want to know their motivation and to know what is wrong with that person. Using the word “Wrong” is translated into, “What IS their major malfunction?” And if they walk among us, are there others that we should be watching more closely?
Considering all of the psychological terms that have been mentioned in connection to Heather Kamp, a few of them are worth a closer look. Terms for disorders used in the correct way can help identify people with mental illness.
However, there are other terms such as the word, “crazy.” That does not meet a psychological standard. The word “crazy” has a universal meaning for the general public. The word “insane” is the same way. In a nonprofessional’s term this may be a more comfortable word for the general public to use, but it over simplifies something that requires deeper thought.
You may be surprised to know that the term "Pathological Liar" is not in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. That means it is NOT actually a mental diagnosis, but rather a term to describe a person behavioral traits. There are types of liars. For example, there are “compulsive liars” also known as habitual liars. These types of liars are known for lying about every little thing and the lies are typically pointless. The difference is the reason they lie. A compulsive liar has no motivation or gain for lying. It is just something they do for no apparent reason.
The pathological liar on the other hand is a completely different “breed.” They lie for reasons. They lie to get ahead, to manipulate, to gain respect, to deceive for personal gain. They WILL lie without regard for other people's needs or feelings, many times sacrificing their friends and family members for their own good.
They may become aggressive when cornered and confronted about their lies, and often respond defensively to intense questioning. They can become angry and even violent.
It is often difficult to identify pathological liars at a first meeting, but the symptoms become clear once you get to know them. Most pathological liars have a narcissistic attitude. They will lie even when the lies are transparent and they will stick to their lies even when they are confronted with evidence of their treachery. Often their lies will be dramatic and unbelievable but they will continue the lie.
Not only do Pathological liars have detrimental effects on their own immediate circle of family, friends, and colleagues, they will also bring harm to anyone they come in contact with. Their lies are self-serving so they are most likely to bring other people down with them, particularly if they are caught in a serious lie.
They are more likely to blame someone else for a situation than to take responsibility.
It is important to realize whom you are dealing with. You cannot trust a pathological liar to tell you the truth about anything. It should be known that they have no loyalty and their lies will incorporate anyone or anything around them.
I suggest you Google or Yahoo the term for more definitions, just as I have. I also donated several days to reading several books on psychology. The library is full of simple to read “starter” books that can help get you more acquainted with basic psychologically. If you have a true passion for learning new things, I suggest you try one of them.
Other terms that have been used to define Heather Kamp’s traits are “psychotic” and “bipolar.” It should be noted that pathological liars usually have other major mental disorders and that the pathological lying is just one of many of their other traits.
The most commonly observed disorders with criminal tendencies are the Psychopaths. Not all psychopaths are criminals; however, they have the highest convictions of all the other major mental disorders.
Because psychopaths have so many definitions, I am going to use Robert Hare’s comprehensive list that outlines the most common traits of a psychopath. I should also mention that psychopaths have the most diverse convictions in all types of crimes. The crimes linked to them include kidnapping,arson,tax evasion,murder,forgery, and fraud.
These are only a few of the things they are capable of and this is not a complete list.
Hare’s list for common traits of a psychopath includes:
Superficial charm
Callousness
Lack of empathy
Parasitic lifestyles (living off others)
Prone to boredom (a need for stimulation)
Poor behavior control
Pathological lying
Promiscuous sexual behavior
Manipulation
Conning
Early behavior problems
Lack of remorse
Lack of guilt
Failure to accept personal responsibility
Shallow emotions (no true deep feelings for anyone or anything)
Lack of realistic goals
Impulsivity
Irresponsibility
Criminal versatility
There are two major “hallmarks” for the psychopath and they are their ability to be smooth in presentation and charm.
They are not usually embarrassed easily and they have a tendency to be calm in social settings. They often come across as being full of themselves because of their grandiosity and they see others as inferior.
They will often brag about how much smarter, better looking and more talented than others. Their egos lead them to believe that they are better at most things compared to others.
That view of the world, themselves, and other is what makes them see others as easy prey. They will cheat and manipulate to get whatever it is that they want. Psychopaths carry out these behaviors with no empathy or sympathy for the person that they are doing wrong.
Psychopaths do not feel remorseful or guilty. They find ways around it internally by not seeing it as harmful or because it is necessary to their greater good. They do not feel as though they have to answer for their actions.
They often view things as if the victim had not been weak they would not have been a victim at all. (Survival of the fittest mentality) However, psychopaths are not oblivious to what society expects from them. They may not feel remorse, but they are very capable of faking emotions.
They are skillful at manipulating others into believing them.
They are known for their ability to con and they are skilled at deception. They are extremely ruthless and capable of an unlimited number of crimes.
Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression)
Bipolar disorder is generally recognized as a disorder of severe mood swings involving both depression and mania. Mania is a state of excessively elevated or irritable mood lasting for approximately one week and co-occurring with the following symptoms:
·Inflated self-esteem or grandiosity
·Decreased need for sleep
·Extreme need to talk
·Racing thoughts
·Short attention span
·Drastically increased activity level
·Excessive engagement in activities involving pleasurable activities that have the potential to harm them
Someone showing signs of these symptoms aren’t bipolar for just one or two of these symptoms. Separately they can indicate other conditions or nothing at all.
We can find ourselves relating to one of them at least once in our life. Who hasn’t felt the need for decreased sleep at least once? The difference is that these symptoms have occurred together more than once in a persons life and it is the combination of severe depression with the mania that separates it from other illnesses. It is primarily a mood related disorder.
Some people theorize that the mania comes from the brain’s need to escape the severe depression. This problem is that someone in the Mania phase often get in a lot of trouble. Financially they can accumulate massive amounts of debt because of their inability to regulate their spending or ability to rationalize. They are also more prone to broken relationships, criminal and illegal activities during this phase. They are at risk during times of mania.
Bipolar disorder is often described as being on a roller coaster of extreme emotion. They feel happiness and sadness beyond the proportion of what would be expected of someone who does not have this disorder.
They may laugh when they hear a loved one dies or cry when a commercial comes on TV. They may become irrationally angry about something that others see as slight and inconvenient.
There are several things to consider when dealing with the psychology of a person who has committed a crime. Were they in a temporary state of irrational behavior? Did the behavior exhibited during a crime define their everyday behavior or was it uncharacteristic of them? In legal terms this is consider “temporary insanity.”It isn’t a medical definition, but it is a term for some legal “wiggle” room in defense cases.
Whatever the evaluation about Heather Kamp reveals, it is important to remember that certain illnesses can be treated with medication and therapy. Unfortunately, for Kate Waring there will be no such opportunities. This is where the law will separate the mental illness from the crime. If it were only forgery or obstruction, perhaps there would be some leniency or provisions for psychological disturbance. However, the responsibility of the law mandates that justice be served for the victim. Whatever Heather Kamp’s alleged part in the crime is, it is unclear whether or not she is even competent to stand trial until the evaluation is revealed.
2009 -A conviction of murder after a couple met on mocospace.com
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In April 2009, Allen Ray Andrade, 31, of Colorado was convicted of First Degree murder with no chance of parole after being convicted of the murder of Justin "Angie" Zapata. The court also deemed the murder as a "hate crime" based on the facts of the case. Other charges were added to the case and he was found guilty of those things as well.
Allen R. Andrade Andrade was arrested in the Denver suburb of Thornton, where he lives. Police responding to a noise complaint found him in Zapata's 2003 PT Cruiser, which had been missing. After more investigating Andrade told authorities that he met a young woman named Angie Zapata (in the picture posted on the left) on a social website called mocospace.com. He said that he and Zapata had exchanged several messages and shared photos of each other.
Mocospace is a social community that is comparable to "myspace" for cell phone users. It has individual pages and the ability to post picture, create backgrounds, chat with other members and leave comments on a friend's page. It's ability to bring together people through the use of a cell phone is not completely unique.
There are other sites that have been created for the same purpose. However, mocospace is increasing it's reaches into other areas to draw a larger group of interested users. Using the the cell phone for the web is easy to do if your cell phone plan has a data plan added. Once you create your account you can be just about anyone that you want to be and some people find that to be completely acceptable.
The chance meeting of Angie Zapata and Allen Andrade came to a gruesome end on July 17, 2008. Andrade told authorities that he and Angie agreed to get together after exchanging contact over several days, according to an arrest affidavit released by Greeley police. The two met July 15 and spent the day together.
Andrade told investigators that Zapata performed oral sex on him but wouldn't let him touch her, according to the affidavit.
He said he also spent the night at Zapata's apartment, but in separate beds. The next day, Zapata left Andrade alone in her apartment, and Andrade noticed several photographs that led him to question Zapata's gender.
Andrade confronted Zapata when she got back. Zapata answered: "I am all woman." He grabbed Zapata's crotch area, felt male genitalia and became angry, the affidavit states. He took a fire extinguisher off a shelf and struck Zapata twice in the head, telling investigators he thought he "killed it." "It" was not dead however, Andrade told investigators. Andrade said he covered Zapata with a blanket and started gathering evidence he thought might link him to the crime when he heard gurgling sounds and noticed Zapata was sitting up. That's when he picked up the fire extinguisher and hit her again, police said. He left the scene in her sister's PT cruiser.
Justin's body was bloodied and battered. A gruesome sight according to investigators.
He admitted that he felt deceived and tricked. He said his reaction was unplanned and out of rage. He disagreed that it was a hate crime although he continued to refer to Justin as an "it". The public defender in his case said that Andrade was tricked. The defender went on to say that Andrade had not solicited a man and that he truely thought he was meeting a woman. When he found out differently he snapped.
"Angie, she was a fun-loving young woman who was taken from us far too early," said Crystal Middlestadt, director of training and education for the Colorado Anti-Violence Program. Middlestadt is working with Zapata's family.
The Colorado Anti-Violence Program condemned the crime as possibly motivated by an anti-transgender bias. Zapata's sister, Monica, was quoted in a press release from the Colorado Anti-Violence Program as saying,
"We want to let everyone be aware that all she wanted was to be beautiful. We want this violence to end. Transgender people deserve to be treated with respect."
“Justin Zapata lived like a female, looked like a female, sounded like a female,” said one defense lawyer, Annette Kundelius. “That’s what Mr. Andrade believed. And when he found it wasn’t Angie, it was actually Justin, he lost control.”
I have some friends and family who supported President Trump from early on in the process. From time to time they will ask me when I will admit that I was wrong about him. "If Trump does x... If Trump gets y... If Trump supports a policy that results in z... will you admit that you were wrong?" My answer is always "no", because I wasn't wrong. To be clear, I could be wrong in practical application, but that isn't what an election is about. Elections are about theory and speculation and, generally speaking about judging records. Trump had no record to speak of, and his history of stances on issues was all over the map. I opposed his candidacy for several major reasons, all of which are proven valid in this single issue we now refer to as the "travel ban". Here were my reasons.
If you're not familiar with Justice with Judge Jeanine, it is a show on the FOX News Network starring Jeanine Pirro. She is known for her over-the-top rants where she serves up gobs of fresh red meat for her largely hard right wing audience. While it's not unusual for her to be a little fast and loose with the facts, she has been known to occasionally return from the break with a correction from her producers. Last night, however, there was no such correction to an outright lie she told on the show, and the matter being discussed should have (at the very least) contained a disclaimer from the host. I would cut her some slack, but as a former prosecutor and judge, she should be well aware of what proper protocol should have been here.
It's not cute anymore, Republicans. The President of the United States is completely detached from reality, and you can't fix that. You can't cover it up, you can't explain it away, and let me make this as clear as I possibly can for you. You cannot possibly undo the damage you are doing to the party brand by trying to pretend this man is anything other than completely unhinged. I'm watching Sean Hannity borrow guests from the Alex Jones show in an attempt to bolster Trump's conspiratorial claims. I'm seeing relatively mainstream conservatives make themselves look like the crazed fringes of the paranoid right wing. Don't believe me? Look at this.
People do things every day to protect themselves from potential harm. They lock their doors, their windows, buy guard dogs, leave lights on outside their homes. There are so many ways that people attempt to secure their environments from potential predatory behavior from strangers.
Kamp told a jury in October 2010 that she and Mack had murdered Waring. Kamp testified that on June 12, 2009, that she and Mack took Katherine Waring to their home and after tasing her repeatedly hit her in the head with a wine bottle. Kamp said that she and Mack then put Waring in a bathtub filled with water where she drown. Kamp said she and Mack then dumped Waring's body. Kamp led investigator's to the location where Waring's skeletal remains were found in October of 2009. No physical evidence could be linked to the scene where Kamp said the crime had occurred. She told investigators that after the murder, Mack took a nap and she cleaned the bathroom. Waring's body was still inside the home at the time.
Allen R. Andrade Andrade was arrested in the Denver suburb of Thornton, where he lives. Police responding to a noise complaint found him in Zapata's 2003 PT Cruiser, which had been missing. After more investigating Andrade told authorities that he met a young woman named Angie Zapata (in the picture posted on the left) on a social website called mocospace.com. He said that he and Zapata had exchanged several messages and shared photos of each other.
