Murder Call

Kidnapping a child has always a tragic outcome for a victim, the child is murdered, assaulted, harassed hours after it has been gone. The case of Amber Hagerman had been long and its end was fatal for her, her closest relatives, everyone who had been involved in the search and help. Amber and her brother were cycling toward the abandoned grocery, Amber was heading for it at the front, her brother, turned back just a block of flats away from it. There were many witnesses who had seen Amber cycling back and forth, all the way long … there was also an eye witness who saw the kidnapping. Shortly after it happened he called the police. The search was instant.  By the time Amber’s brother reached home, the police had already been there, questioning Amber’s grandfather and the locals. The police tried to explain the motive, the reason, the possible Amber's location, they were almost sure it was a random grab, an impulse, the kidnapper simply decide...

She loved jogging and open spaces, she was happy, shortly before the wedding, five month-pregnant. Above all all in Love and full of life. Puerto Rico reflected her soul and spirit, vibrant, happy, spontaneous. Sara was assaulted, grabbed by 37-years old   Eliezer Marquez Nevado. She was able only to make a short call to her fiancé – informing him that she was going to die. She also gave a description of the car. Within an hour Nevado and his truck were found, unfortunately, Sara’s life was no longer on, she was murdered, her throat cut. Nevado still had the bloodstains on his shirt. The motive of the murder is unknown, he claimed he didn’t know she was pregnant.

He was a particularly brutal and vicious assassin, he had many nicknames, one of them was “The Serpent” another one, “The Bikini Killer” (based on the garment items he used to leave by the victims he killed) or “ The Proofreader”. His victims were easy targets, the one who travelled hippie trail all along Asia. His killing scenario except one (he bathtub drowned one of his victim) was the same, drugging the victim, robbing him or her and killing them. He was known to be very intelligent, versatile having flair for languages. After numerous murders he was finally caught and sentenced. „…Sobhraj was finally arrested in 1976 in New Delhi, after drugging a group of French engineering students at a banquet in the Hotel Vikram. He tricked them into taking “anti-dysentery capsules,” which many swallowed on the spot, becoming violently sick minutes later. The hotel desk clerk, alarmed by 20 or more people vomiting all over the dining room, called the police. E...

The Kings went off for holidays – it was not an ordinary pas-time anyone would take annually, they were entrepreneurs who while opening their another business venture yearned for some rest in their private condo in St. Maarten.  They were building a rum factory, knew the business will be nothing but true money-spinner. They were both in their 50s. The island was their second home, they lived there part-time, well known and liked by everyone. The happy life ended abruptly in September, 2012 – when the couple was brutally murdered by three assassins. The murder was very brutal, the couple was tied up, their throats were sliced, the money and jewelry stolen. Altogether the stolen goods were priced for 80.000 dollars.  The trial was hugely publicized, the ringleader was give a life sentence, his accomplices 22 and 28 years respectively. The judge Tamara Tijhuis tried to give a fair verdict.   “These acts of unnecessary and excessive deadly vi...