Tag Archives: Murder Cases

Berkeley Breathed – Crime Fighter?

When I was in college, cartoonist Berkeley Breathed was my favorite. I absolutely loved his “Bloom County” comic strip. Opus – the lovable penguin, Bill the Cat – too ugly to die, Milo Bloom – the brainy ten year old, and Steve Dallas – the former frat boy were among the great characters in that comic strip. It ran from 1980 until 1989. Now, the Pulitzer Prize winning Breathed is trying to help authorities track down a killer from almost 30 years ago. Breathed was a student at the University of Texas, Austin when Michael Cahill was slain in 1979. … Continue reading →

The Sad Legacy of JonBenet Ramsey

She has been making the news longer than she was alive. We all know the face – sparkling blue eyes, long blonde curly hair, perhaps a bit more makeup than most of us would choose to put on our six-year-old daughter. JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in her parent’s basement the day after Christmas in 1996. The beauty pageant contestant’s case was odd from the very start. Her mother Patsy discovered JonBenet was missing from their comfortable home after finding a 2 1/2 page rambling ransom note. It demanded $118,000 – almost the exact amount of her father John Ramsey’s … Continue reading →