Morning Cup of Murder

October 31st: Annie McCann Disappeared (2008)

When you lose a loved one to something as tragic as a crime, you would do anything to get justice. Even take on an entire police force if necessary. On October 31st 2008 a young girl disappeared from home. A case that, even today, is locked in a bitter dispute between family and a police department.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/mysterious-death-annie-mccann-parents-ongoing-fight-prove/story?id=40559022, https://wset.com/news/local/anniversary-of-teens-death-ignites-calls-to-re-examine-probe, https://abcnews.go.com/US/happened-annie-mccann-runaway-teens-death-remains-mystery/story?id=40586299, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2016/11/02/eight-years-on-the-mystery-of-annie-mccanns-death-by-bactine-keeps-unfolding/, https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/annie-mccann-virginia-teen-dead-baltimore/, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/03/06/parents-of-annie-mccann-found-dead-in-baltimore-of-bactine-poisoning-press-gov-hogan-to-intervene/, https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2016-03-02%20CEG%20to%20Baltimore%20Police%20Department%20(Annie%20McCann).pdf
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October 27th: Walter McMillian Born (1941)

Witnesses who testify on your behalf should, in theory, help your case tremendously. But what happens when the police and the courts don’t listen to those people? On October 27th 1941 a man was born who would be accused of a devastating crime. One in which there was proof of his innocence but, for reasons beyond his control, the legal system was unwilling to listen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_McMillian, https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources/high-school/courtroom-cases/walter-mcmillian-1985, https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3461, https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1993/rt0393/930303/03030219.htm, https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1993/03/03/alabama-frees-death-row-prisoner/8fa8b1d1-6f46-4396-82ea-1a863eda2130/, https://eji.org/cases/walter-mcmillian/#:~:text=In%201986%2C%20an%2018%2Dyear,attention%20focused%20on%20Walter%20McMillian., https://keypennews.org/stories/seeking-a-just-mercy-by-bryan-stevenson-a-story-of-justice-and-redemption,6283, https://www.tricityledger.com/story/2020/12/24/news/morrison-is-still-looking-for-justice-in-rhondas-murder/5091.html

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