by Aleida K. Wahn | Oct 10, 2018 | My True Crime Articles
Richard Fischer Faces A Mountain of Charges Involving 16 Women Richard Fischer sat quietly in a San Diego courtroom as he listened to the vigorous and at times combative cross-examination by his famed Los Angeles attorney Manny Medrano. Long gone was Fischer’s sheriff...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Sep 25, 2018 | My True Crime Articles
The Snapchat Killer Why did Salvador Sanchez, a youth fresh from high school, who had spent months fully immersed in his church youth group, and filled with a faith he was eager to share suddenly turn into a killer? On the night of April 22, 2017, nineteen-year-old...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Sep 10, 2018 | Crime & Beyond Blog
Should pretrial diversion be granted to individuals who have committed a crime because of a mental disorder, thus enabling them to receive treatment rather than prosecution? California has answered this question with a definitive “Yes.” On July 27, 2018, Governor...
by Aleida K. Wahn | May 22, 2018 | Crime & Beyond Blog
“I implore you to find my client not guilty!” thundered criminal defense attorney Peter Liss as he concluded his fiery closing argument to a jury in a quiet Vista courtroom. The jury did just that in record time. Peter Liss is always impassioned in his representation...
by Aleida K. Wahn | Apr 9, 2018 | My True Crime Articles
It was a gruesome sight. Beautiful Rebecca Zahau was hanging by a noose from the second-story balcony of the Spreckels Mansion. Her body was nude, making the red rope wrapped around her neck, and binding her arms behind her back, and feet even more prominent. A blue...