May 07, 2008
Hellspawn III
A Texas father who is the lone survivor of the massacre of his family which was planned by his 16-year-old daughter and carried out by her boyfriend, has asked the judge to let her come home with him:
16 year old Erin Caffey made her first appearance before a Rains County Judge Monday.Caffey and three co-defendants are all accused of killing her mother Penny Caffey and her brothers Matthew and Tyler Caffey, before setting the family's house on fire in Emory. Erin Caffey's father Terry was shot several times in the attack, but survived. Ironically, he was one of those in court asking for Erin to be allowed to come back home.
Before the judge issued a gag order, defense attorneys confirmed that Terry Caffey testified on his daughter's behalf, asking that she be allowed to go home with him rather than staying in juvenile custody in Hunt County.
The judge said no.
It was probably a wise decision considering both the severity of the crime and the fact that she'd only known the guy a couple of weeks before deciding he was worth killing her interfering parents for. I guess the little brothers' murders were something of a freebie.
Ah, daughters. They're so tough to raise. Sometimes the best you can do is put them on the pill and point them in the direction of the football team.
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Prior posting:
I Love You, Hellspawn
May 06, 2008
Do Look In The Basement
In 1914 The New York Times published a special cabled article out of Italy of a Baron who'd kept his sisters locked in the dungeon for 18 years. Almost a hundred years later, there are two cases in nearby Austria of commoners aping their betters by imprisoning girls in secret basement rooms.
In olden days there were laws about this sort of thing. No matter how rich you were, there were certain things that just weren't allowed for those not of royal blood -- like wearing beautiful clothing or immuring people. Truly an age has passed.
Unfortunately for the sister who managed to survive the full 18 years in her brother's dark, dank prison, bad timing and complete insanity prevented her from getting any couch time with Oprah Winfrey.
May 01, 2008
There Ought To Be A Law
Oh wait, there is. But we all knew that Disney's "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus wouldn't rest easy until she'd exposed herself in public. Despite all the recent brouhaha about her image, she's managed to succeed. Here's the photo for the inevitable "Miley Cyrus in Bare-Breasted Pic" headline.
April 30, 2008
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April 25, 2008
Motor City Mummy
It's interesting how death rites differ in various regions of the country:
Detroit police say they've found the partially mummified body of a woman in her 80s on the kitchen floor of a house where her mentally troubled sister was living.Police say they believe the surviving sister had been living with the body for one to three years. They say the body was partially covered with newspapers and that a cat and dog apparently ate part of it.
Down here we usually bury our dead. It might be that way though because, it being so darn humid around here, mummifying just never got a chance to catch on.
April 23, 2008
Wednesday's Duane Allman Pic
"Duane's keen ears pick up the sound of rustling tinfoil in the photographer's pocket."
A great photo that I'm reposting.
Wail on, Skydog!
