spendy spitball sessions
There are some crimes that have benefited from true crime enthusiast research and internet forum discussions, but this would be the exception, not the rule. So far as these somewhat downright nasty discussions can go, these often slanderous or ugly discussions between armchair detectives may be just one of the prices that victims families pay while searching for or waiting for justice for their children, as in the case of adorable little Kyron Horman.
How much does this social phenom hurt an investigation?
That is yet to be fully articulated and monetized, but there is a cost to investigations for good or ill. We can recall that obsessed armchair detective pedophile who convinced himself he was JonBenet's killer, costing tax payers tens of thousands of dollars and law enforcement man-hours. Much of the content of that pitiful character's false confession and writings can easily be tracked to (bogus) public domain information he would have found in media articles and interaction on internet forums - -
That is yet to be fully articulated and monetized, but there is a cost to investigations for good or ill. We can recall that obsessed armchair detective pedophile who convinced himself he was JonBenet's killer, costing tax payers tens of thousands of dollars and law enforcement man-hours. Much of the content of that pitiful character's false confession and writings can easily be tracked to (bogus) public domain information he would have found in media articles and interaction on internet forums - -
Armchair detectives:
True-crime websites are nonstop outlets for facts and opinions on Kyron Horman case
Published in The Oregonian
By Kimberly A.C. Wilson
"When word broke Thursday that authorities were putting the squeeze on DeDe Spicher...In real time, members of true crime Internet forums around the country began searching for the woman's footprint in the public domain.
What happened to little Kyron? And the hobbyists' work raises a larger question: Has it helped or hindered the real police work?
That depends on whom you ask. And entering the eighth week since Kyron was seen, it may not even be a fair question.
Or even the right question...
Court of public opinion
Trying to make sense of the morass is nothing new for veterans of unresolved mysteries, including the 1997 death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey in Colorado...the late Richard Jewell, the security guard at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics whose journey from hero to bombing suspect ...The Justice Department formally cleared Jewell of involvement in the bombing, and another man, Eric R. Rudolph, was eventually convicted of the explosion that killed one and injured 111 others. But Jewell, who died of natural causes in 2007, went down as the man wronged by hasty judgment.
And the blogosphere is nothing if not a watering hole for hasty judges..."[read more]
True-crime websites are nonstop outlets for facts and opinions on Kyron Horman case
Published in The Oregonian
By Kimberly A.C. Wilson
"When word broke Thursday that authorities were putting the squeeze on DeDe Spicher...In real time, members of true crime Internet forums around the country began searching for the woman's footprint in the public domain.
What happened to little Kyron? And the hobbyists' work raises a larger question: Has it helped or hindered the real police work?
That depends on whom you ask. And entering the eighth week since Kyron was seen, it may not even be a fair question.
Or even the right question...
Court of public opinion
Trying to make sense of the morass is nothing new for veterans of unresolved mysteries, including the 1997 death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey in Colorado...the late Richard Jewell, the security guard at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics whose journey from hero to bombing suspect ...The Justice Department formally cleared Jewell of involvement in the bombing, and another man, Eric R. Rudolph, was eventually convicted of the explosion that killed one and injured 111 others. But Jewell, who died of natural causes in 2007, went down as the man wronged by hasty judgment.
And the blogosphere is nothing if not a watering hole for hasty judges..."[read more]
Labels: Alexis Valoran Reich, DeDe Spicher, Delia Reich, Eric R. Rudolph, John Mark Karr, JonBenet, JonBenet Ramsey, Kyron Horman, Richard Jewell
