by Aleida K. Wahn | Feb 1, 2021 | Crime & Beyond Blog
Sex Offender Hearings & Sexually Violent Predator Release When I walked into the courtroom on March 20, 2019, I took my seat fully expecting to hear the case. As an attorney, true crime writer, and legal analyst of criminal trials, I had been in countless...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Jan 12, 2021 | Crime & Beyond Blog
Police Questioning of Juveniles Arose In A Recent Murder Case When I first heard the news in November of 2020 that a woman had been murdered on a local hiking trail only 20 miles from my home, I was stunned. I soon learned Lisa Thorborg, a 68-year-old widow had just...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Dec 28, 2020 | My True Crime Articles
Lisa Thorborg, a Carlsbad hiker, murdered in broad daylight? It simply could not be! But the 911 call came at 11:23 a.m. on November 23, 2020, to report just that. It was a horrifying sight for anyone to see. A lone hiker stabbed to death on a popular public hiking...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Nov 13, 2020 | My True Crime Articles
Without warning death fell on them from above. First there was an ear shattering bang, screeching, and then a pickup truck fell out of the sky, twisting midair as if in a movie, before nosediving into a vendor’s booth, crushing all life beneath it. It was 3:33 p.m. in...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Oct 10, 2020 | My True Crime Articles
Did Wilber Romero Set the Fiery Blaze? Wendy Romero’s hair was on fire and her desperate screams filled the night. As she stood trapped at her window her hands extended through the metal security bars flailing wildly for help. It was a ghastly scene and her neighbors,...
