My initial thoughts upon learning that there may be a post-Christmas release of the ailing Andrew Kalajzich to his family's custody: It has been my experience that self-made multimillionaires are rarely so incompetent as to bungle such a job themselves and rarely associate with others who are of such incompetence.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Megan Kalajzich was shot twice through the head as she slept beside her husband, Andrew in Fairlight, Sydney, Australia, at about 1am on 27 January 1986. Her husband Andrew Kalajzich is currently serving a 28 year jail sentence for conspiracy to murder. He maintains his innocence.
11-12 January 1986
Megan Kalajzich is assaulted in her carport. Four more attempts on her life are made in the following 2 weeks.
27 January 1986
Megan Kalajzich is murdered at her Fairlight home.
14 February 1986
Andrew Kalajzich, Bill Vandenberg, Warren Elkins and Kerry Orrock are arrested. Kalajzich is charged with the murder of Megan Kalajzich and conspiracy to murder. Vandenberg is charged with the murder of, conspiracy to murder and feloniously assaulting Megan Kalajzich on 11 January 1986 with intent to murder. Mr Elkins and Mr Orrock are charged with conspiracy to murder Megan Kalajzich.
7 July 1986
Committal hearings begin for the four accused murderers including Andrew Kalajzich.
At first police believed Megan had been the victim of a bungled robbery, but this was soon discounted, as there were no signs of forced entry to the house. An exhaustive investigation fails to come up with any leads until an informant told police he had been offered a contract to kill Megan but had turned it down.[2]
Bill Vandenberg confessed to being the "Triggerman" and subsequently committed suicide in prison. In his confession, Vandenberg claimed he fired two bullets into Megan's head and then two bullets into Andrew's pillow a few centimetres from his head. He claimed he deliberately missed, so that it would look as if Andrew had also been a target.
ADDENDUM: While the above related to my initial thoughts concerning the several attempts on the death of his wife, it is now my opinion that wealthy, self-made millionaire businessmen indeed do commit crimes in an obscenely foolish manner and do indeed make decisions to associate with the most unwisely selected companions.
The verdict was just. The sentence, under Australian law, was just. Guilty! Guilty of murder! Guilty of greed! Guilty of utter stupidity!
Showing posts with label Crime Scene Analysis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crime Scene Analysis. Show all posts
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
How cops get the proper suspect ...
Police actions (or perhaps more properly inactions):
Focused immediately on the missing woman's husband who stated he was on a walkway at the time and passed a surveillance camera. The police waited over six months and then reported that the film for that day had been either lost or recorded over. The only real problem is that the surveillance camera was on the exterior of their own police station and could have been obtained by them in two minutes flat. The police also seized his shoes and after cleaning them, pronounced them to be insufficiently muddy for him to have taken the path that he claimed to have taken.
Conducted three forensic examinations of a motor vehicle but despite it being a major case with over forty officers assigned to it, they claim they never photographed the process and thus the unprecedented fourth forensic test just happened to find an inculpatory blood stain in a highly suggestive location. Of course the reagent used was luminol which is only a presumptive field test never to be relied upon without further serology work at the lab but the police felt there was no need for more detailed serology work. Anyone remember the Dingo Baby case from Australia wherein Luminol reacted with the underlying rust proofing in the automobile and was declared to be indicative of arterial spray?
Discovered the missing woman had withdrawn large sums from a number of banks then visited a man who knew of the withdrawals and shortly thereafter the woman went missing but the police never viewed him as a suspect or investigated his whereabouts even though what little he did tell police was proven to be lies. Despite his attempts to thoroughly clean his car later examination did find traces of blood. Witnesses who came forward to report the boyfriends car in close proximity to the victim's car were ignored. Witnesses who reported seeing the victim alive the day after the husband was supposed to have killed her were ignored despite one of them having known the victim for ten years.
Is it any wonder how the cops get the proper suspect? It is because they are the ones who choose who should be viewed as a suspect.
Focused immediately on the missing woman's husband who stated he was on a walkway at the time and passed a surveillance camera. The police waited over six months and then reported that the film for that day had been either lost or recorded over. The only real problem is that the surveillance camera was on the exterior of their own police station and could have been obtained by them in two minutes flat. The police also seized his shoes and after cleaning them, pronounced them to be insufficiently muddy for him to have taken the path that he claimed to have taken.
Conducted three forensic examinations of a motor vehicle but despite it being a major case with over forty officers assigned to it, they claim they never photographed the process and thus the unprecedented fourth forensic test just happened to find an inculpatory blood stain in a highly suggestive location. Of course the reagent used was luminol which is only a presumptive field test never to be relied upon without further serology work at the lab but the police felt there was no need for more detailed serology work. Anyone remember the Dingo Baby case from Australia wherein Luminol reacted with the underlying rust proofing in the automobile and was declared to be indicative of arterial spray?
Discovered the missing woman had withdrawn large sums from a number of banks then visited a man who knew of the withdrawals and shortly thereafter the woman went missing but the police never viewed him as a suspect or investigated his whereabouts even though what little he did tell police was proven to be lies. Despite his attempts to thoroughly clean his car later examination did find traces of blood. Witnesses who came forward to report the boyfriends car in close proximity to the victim's car were ignored. Witnesses who reported seeing the victim alive the day after the husband was supposed to have killed her were ignored despite one of them having known the victim for ten years.
Is it any wonder how the cops get the proper suspect? It is because they are the ones who choose who should be viewed as a suspect.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
MI-6: A Life and A Death in the Shadows. Gareth Williams.
I realize there is never going to be much information available regarding the murder of any MI-6 agent, but I wonder about this thousands of pounds worth of ladies undergarments involved in the Gareth Williams murder. A peculiar hobby? An interest in fashion design? An undercover assignment? I don't know. I do wonder, however, why they were all new. If it were a hobby such as wood working, you could go into his garage and find new tools and old tools. An artist would have a mixture of new paints or brushes and old ones and so on. No hobbyist sinks several grand into anything at once. He builds up over a period of time. He has favorite items and momentos that he hangs on to even though they are past their prime as to usefulness. Nothing about the questionable items the decedent had amongst his effects rings true. Something is quite terribly amiss. And the truth is being suppressed.
With all those bras and panties being brand new, there has to have been some ulterior motive involved. He may indeed have had an unusual lifestyle, but if he had an interest in ladies underwear why is it the items in his possession were all brand new and there was not one that was old. Most hobbyists of any sort acquire various items related to their hobbies over an extended period of time, yet when he was murdered the MI-6 agent had a host of unusual items but each and everyone was suspiciously brand new. I am informed that news reports using the term "new" may have meant apparently unworn but I am also informed that the items in question were in fact new, that is they were both unworn and also of a recent style and recent manufacture. So if the presence of the garments is meant to indicate he possessed certain interests it would seem strange that these interests only arose in the few months prior to his murder.
The evidence indicates rather strongly that the purchases were to be gifts to his sister who had the intention of starting a fashion business.
The intense heat of the apartment indicates someone wanted decomposition to be accelerated which of course suggests a murder rather than death by misadventure.
Recent allegations of working on tying Putin to financial transfers may indeed be correct but are unsupported by any evidence.
With all those bras and panties being brand new, there has to have been some ulterior motive involved. He may indeed have had an unusual lifestyle, but if he had an interest in ladies underwear why is it the items in his possession were all brand new and there was not one that was old. Most hobbyists of any sort acquire various items related to their hobbies over an extended period of time, yet when he was murdered the MI-6 agent had a host of unusual items but each and everyone was suspiciously brand new. I am informed that news reports using the term "new" may have meant apparently unworn but I am also informed that the items in question were in fact new, that is they were both unworn and also of a recent style and recent manufacture. So if the presence of the garments is meant to indicate he possessed certain interests it would seem strange that these interests only arose in the few months prior to his murder.
The evidence indicates rather strongly that the purchases were to be gifts to his sister who had the intention of starting a fashion business.
The intense heat of the apartment indicates someone wanted decomposition to be accelerated which of course suggests a murder rather than death by misadventure.
Recent allegations of working on tying Putin to financial transfers may indeed be correct but are unsupported by any evidence.
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