Morning Cup of Murder

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March 12th: Harmony Montgomery Declared Legally Dead (2024)

Children should be protected at all costs. They are innocent, helpless, and need to be cared for. Especially when they are young. On March 12th 2024 a little girl was declared legally dead by the courts. A girl who should have been protected but, instead, was left in the care of a man who let his anger take over.

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March 10th: Sara Kruzan Kills (1994)

Desperate times call for desperate measures. On March 10th 1994 a young girl made a deadly decision out of desperation. And fought like hell to prove her actions were justified.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Kruzan#Killing_and_arrest, https://www.usfca.edu/thacher-gallery/a-matter-of-liberation/sara-j-kruzan, https://www.worldwithoutexploitation.org/bios/sara-kruzan, https://dailyprogress.com/opinion/column/sara-kruzan-child-sex-crime-victims-deserve-justice-not-harsh-prison-sentences/article_9b80a9c2-e0f1-11ee-b1fd-a3feba1a9a08.html, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-02/newsom-pardons-sara-kruzan-woman-sent-to-prison-for-killing-man-who-sex-trafficked-her, https://www.vogue.com/article/sara-kruzan-memoir-interview, https://www.streetroots.org/news/2019/06/21/sara-kruzan-imprisoned-killing-her-sex-trafficker-free-and-fighting-back, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sara-kruzan-pardoned-woman-killed-pimp-1994-california/
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March 9th: Dale Helmig Convicted (1996)

Sometimes the people closest to the case, by proximity, become suspects. On March 9th 1996 a man was convicted for the murder of a very close loved one. A crime he said he didn’t commit.

https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3833, https://krcgtv.com/news/local/dale-helmig-sues-over-wrongful-murder-conviction, https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/missouri/2014/09/19/man-freed-after-murder-conviction-loses-lawsuit/15897847/, https://casetext.com/case/helmig-v-fowler, https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/dale-helmig-wrongly-convicted-of-mothers-murder/article_92552f9f-4b01-5278-b7b4-a3fbcca9fa75.html, https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/crime/2010/11/03/helmig-innocent-in-mother-s/21500229007/, https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/crime/2011/08/16/case-dismissed-against-man-reprieved/64050803007/, https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article300261/Dale-Helmig-sues-after-his-murder-conviction-was-overturned.html
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