Posted on 10/31/2005 1:20:30 PM PST by emiller
I suggest establishing guilt beyond any reasonable doubt and then a summary execution.
"Houston, you have a problem."
He was right.
no, torture for life.
Of course, if FEMA would have acted more quickly, all could have been avoided...
There are no words to describe how angry this makes me. Makes me not want to bother helping anyone, no matter what their story is. Outrageous.
"Hurricane evacuees killed woman who befriended them"
Mark Twain had it right. If you take in a starving dog, feed it and make it prosperous, it won't bite you. That is the principle difference between a dog and a man.
Hmmm,... be sure the jury of peers is well documented. Some effort might be required if the death penalty is issued to make sure this doesn;t get strung out for years in appeals, but rather strings up the guilty efficiently.
This is the sort of case that makes me glad I favor capital punishment.
For liberals who think that's harsh, be grateful I'm not advocating torture for such scum.
More about the famous New Orleans Democrat base.
Think my thought a little outrageous? Is it any more outrageous to call murderers democrats, or to say that the president of the United States is killing troops for oil? My guess is that speaking statistically(in the case of N.O. evacuees), the first statement has a better chance of being accurate.
Not only are the perps going to receive justice, but future disasters will be met by indifference from people who used to help and donate money.
"Hurricane evacuees killed woman who befriended them"
But the reports of violence and atrocities reported IN New Orleans were figments of the MSM's imagination. /sarc
Ping
Older people grew up with different cultural incentives - and they don't expect people to be monsters... Sad. I feel bad for all of us.
Woman found dead FridayBy:MARCUS TANTILLO, Citizen Reporter
Three evacuees from recent hurricanes have been charged with capital murder in connection with the death of a 77-year-old Pasadena woman.
Roosevelt Smith Jr., 43, of Houma, La., and Stephanie Jacobo, 18, and Jimmy Hoang Le, 18, both of the Beaumont area, were arrested Friday night after they were stopped driving a vehicle reported stolen from the victim. There was also a young child in the vehicle.
The Harris County District Attoney's office has accepted capital murder charges against all three suspects. The suspects are being held with no bail.
According to Capt. A.H. Corbett, spokesman for the Pasadena Police Department, Betty Blair was found dead in the bedroom of her home in the 2000 block of South Memorial Court. Police reported Blair's daughter arrived at the home about 6:30 p.m. and apparently found her mother bound and strangled.
According to Vance Mitchell, a spokesman for Pasadena police, the suspects had allegedly been doing odd jobs for Blair at her home.
Blair's daughter reported to police that items were missing from her mother's home and her mother's car had been taken. Police learned the car was equipped with OnStar, a service provided on certain General Motors vehicles, and contacted the vehicle communication service company. OnStar was able to use its system to track the vehicle.
Harris County Precinct 5 deputy constables stopped the vehicle and took the three suspects into custody at a toll booth on Beltway 8 near Fort Bend County at 8:07 p.m. Friday.
The Pasadena Police Department's Crime Scene Unit completed its investigation of Blair's home early Saturday morning. The Harris County Medical Examiner's Office completed its autopsy Saturday afternoon. A representative of the Medical Examiner's Office said the official cause of death would likely not be released until Monday.
Pasadena police received reports that Blair left a friend's house to return to her home around 6 p.m. Friday.
Blair was an active member of St. Pius V Catholic Church. Father Hubert Kealy said the parish is in shock. He said her contributions to the parish were numerous and she will be greatly missed.
Kealy also said she had recently opened her home to evacuees from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
©Houston Community Newspapers Online 2005
Parish struggles with loss
Slain Pasadena woman always helped people, her friends recall
By RENEE C. LEE
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
Parishioners at St. Pius V Catholic Church who knew Betty Blair well said she would, as always, have been at 9 a.m. Mass on Sunday, ready to lend a hand.
"She was the type of person who would help anybody," said Pennie Bradley, whose eyes welled up with tears at the mention of Blair's name. "She didn't give it a second thought."
"She did everything in the church and in the community," said Mel Sarrat. "She was very lovable."
The 77-year-old Pasadena woman died Friday, possibly a victim of her unselfishness. Charged in her slaying are three people whom she had met at the church food pantry and tried to help by paying them to do odd jobs on her property.
Jimmy Hoang Le, 18, Stephanie Jacobo, 18, both from the Beaumont area, and Roosevelt Smith Jr., 43, of Louisiana, were hurricane evacuees who lived together in an apartment in the 900 block of Randall in Pasadena, police said. Police said the trio robbed Blair.
They were arrested Friday night in Houston driving Blair's car and are being held without bail in a Harris County jail.
Pasadena police believe Hoang Le and Jacobo, a couple with a 10-month-old son, evacuated to the Houston area after Hurricane Rita struck the Texas-Louisiana border in September. Their son was placed in the custody of relatives Friday.
The couple and Smith were living in a Pasadena apartment in the 900 block of Randall.
"Because they came from Beaumont, we suspect they came after Rita," said Vance Mitchell, a Pasadena Police Department spokesman. "The third suspect (Smith), his original address was in New Orleans. We're suspecting he was an evacuee as a result of Hurricane Katrina."
Blair's absence at church Sunday was emotional for her close friends.
Blanca Nunez picked up a church directory and pointed to a color photograph of a smiling Blair and her husband, Robert, who died in April. She then hugged it close to her chest as she recalled how Blair trained her as a church volunteer.
"She was a wonderful person to work with," Nunez said. "She knew how to work with people. It's what she loved to do."
Blair had formerly worked as the church secretary and taught Sunday school. She was involved in several church groups and was responsible for editing the church directory.
Nunez said she last saw Blair on Thursday in the church office. "She said, 'I'll see you Sunday.' "
"We're always going to remember her. Her smile, her beautiful face," she said.
Deacon Celestino Perez Jr. said Blair was remembered during Mass by Father Hubert Kealy, who said she "died Christ-like, saving others."
"She was the cornerstone of the parish," Perez said. "She was a person everybody looked up to."
Evelyn Frazier said her death, as described by police, was shocking because she was simply doing what she always did — helping others.
"That was her way of life, and that's the way she died," Frazier said.
In Pasadena, Sandra Hernandez, a woman who lives near Smith's apartment, said Hoang Le and Jacobo met Smith at the Greyhound bus station in downtown Houston about a month ago.
"It's weird. It's scary that these people lived right next door to us," she said.
"At first I would talk to the girl (Jacobo), but then they started getting a lot of traffic in their apartment, and I knew they were up to no good," Hernandez said. "They were not good people."
An older woman would frequently pick up Smith, Hoang Le and Jacobo to help them run errands, Hernandez said, but she was not sure whether the woman was Blair.
"My nephew said that woman helped them a lot," she said.
Hate for the second time in a day to rain on the "lets bash Louisiana and NOLA " parade but a few facts. This incident involved three people. One was a evacuee from NOLA however the other two were evacuees from Texas that evacuated from rita. The guy from New Orleans was african american. The Texans I believe were of vietnemese ancestry. My experience is that people of Vietnamese ancestery often vote Republican. I hope if the vietnamese population in Beaumont votes Repub its doesnt show our Repub base there are a bunch of murders. Hate to take the fun out of the generalizations about a whole group of people.
I knew this would be happening. People--don't be so naive about who you hire to do things around your house!
Yes, they didn't grow up with the grievance/entitlement culture and the moral relativism that substitutes for the Ten Commandments these days.
The poor woman probably thought these people would be happy to get some money for some honest work--how tragically old-fashioned! Sigh.
Evacuee killed in robbery try, police say
Louisiana man is stabbed by the owner of a pickup he was attempting to steal, HPD says
By MIKE GLENN
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
The day after three hurricane evacuees were charged with capital murder in the death of an elderly Pasadena woman, a New Orleans evacuee was killed in Houston on Sunday by the owner of a pickup he tried to steal, police said.
Stacy Joseph Johnson, 38, was fatally stabbed about 12:30 a.m. in a struggle that erupted during the carjacking in the 8100 block of Rockhill, police said.
Police said the owner, 18, apparently stabbed Johnson when he tried to steal the pickup at knifepoint. After the confrontation, the owner ran to a nearby apartment complex where he called for help, police said.
The pickup's owner and a friend were wounded in the altercation and treated at area hospitals. A man accused of taking part in the carjacking with Johnson sustained minor injuries during the altercation, Houston Police Department officials said.
"He was actually arrested; (aggravated robbery) charges are being filed," said HPD spokeswoman Joanna Abad.
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Yes, they didn't grow up with the grievance/entitlement culture and the moral relativism that substitutes for the Ten Commandments these days.
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