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It is safe to say that Russia is losing the war in Ukraine. Up-to-date casualties show that over 120,000 soldiers have been killed in the past 11 months. On top of this, Russia is losing military weapons and equipment on a massive scale. Paired with sanctions from the West and an increasing economic struggle, Russia is finding itself in a position where it might not be able to replenish its stores. RUSSIA IS LOSING ON A MASSIVE SCALE It's no secret that the Russian military has problems with low morale, food shortages, and basic first aid supplies. Soldiers are dissatisfied, badly trained, hungry, cold, angry with their government, their superiors and generally fed up with the war. On the other hand, you have Wagner PMC troops that are made up of convicts, foreign fighters and anyone that wishes to make a buck. Wagner PMC’s owner, Yevgeny Prigozhin , is on a media campaign to fight for the upper seat in the Kremlin. Russian President, Mr Vladimir Putin, hides in a bunker and is mi...

In  Part 2 , we saw how the case was mismanaged by the Boulder police from the very beginning. We also looked into the autopsy results and they revealed that JonBenét suffered a terrible death. She was struck in the head with a heavy object, strangled with a garrote and sexually assaulted. Writing samples from her parents showed that John was not responsible for writing the ransom note, but Patsy could not be ruled out.  In the final part, let's have a look at the DNA sample found and who could be responsible for this wicked crime.  JonBenét's beauty and youthfulness is what makes this case difficult for many people DNA FOUND DNA evidence was found at the crime scene. The sample was from an unidentified person, and it was detected under JonBenét's fingernails. The same DNA was found in her underwear. This DNA is not related to anyone in the Ramsey household or family. John Mark Carr's mugshot   In 2008, a man called John Mark Carr confessed...

JonBenét  Ramsey was killed on 26th December 1996 in a most horrific way. In Part 1 , we took a look at the at the Ramseys an their youngest daughter was found in the basement of the family residence. She was bludgeoned, strangled and sexually assaulted. Her death was not easy, or instantaneous. In Part 2, we will explore how the police botched the investigation and what the autopsy revealed. JonBenét Ramsey posing for a pageant POLICE INVESTIGATION Police repeatedly failed in the JonBenét case. The first instance of negligence was the fact that police officers weren't the ones who actually discovered the body. The cellar door was locked when investigators were looking through the home, and as such, they decided not go there. Behind this door, as we remember, was the covered body of young JonBenét.  When Mr. Ramsey found, picked up and brought the body of his daughter, he contaminated the crime scene. Another failure on the police's part was that they left only one...

JonBenét Ramsey was brutally murdered on December 26, 1996. Her family was asleep upstairs while the poor little girl endured a very horrific death. What happened to JonBenet Ramsey and why are we still searching for answers 26 years down the track?  In this series we will have an in-depth look at the family, the facts of the case and speculate on what could have happened to this beautiful 6-years-old child.     JonBenét Ramsey  (Source: unknown)  THE RAMSEY FAMILY   The Ramseys were a well-known family in Boulder, Colorado in United States of America. The unit was comprised of father John Ramsey, mother Patricia "Patsy" Ramsey, and the two children 9-year old Burke and 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey. She was born on 6th August, 1990. The father also had two children from a previous marriage, another son and daughter.  JonBenét and Burke with their older half-siblings  (Source: unknown)   John worked as CEO and president of  A...

In conflict situations, violence is used against civilians in order to inflict trauma, humiliate, fracture the social and moral fabric of innocent victims, their families and communities. Conflict-related sexual violence (also referred to as CRSV) is a horrific method used by armed actors, terrorist groups, and other malicious parties as a tactic of war, terrorism, or extremist violence.  WHAT IS CRSV? When we talk about CRSV, it can include things like rape, sexual assault, forced abortions, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced marriages, forced pregnancy, and unwanted sterilization. It can mean any kind of sexual violence that is related to a conflict that can be inflicted on men, women, young boys or girls. We can define CRSV by the profile of the perpetrators and the victims.  The perpetrators are often tied to armed groups that can be State, or non-State affiliated. This means that they could be armies, police, and any other authorities that belongs to the country'...

In the summer of 1960, four t eenagers were brutally attacked while enjoying a camping weekend. Police never figured out who the killer was. However, they had many suspects over the years. One such suspect even went to trial. In the first part of the Bodom Lake murders, we looked in-depth at the victims murder scene and subsequent police investigation. In Part 2, we will explore who the suspects were and why police were never able to this anyone to the crime.   SUSPECTS There has been many suspects in the Bodom Lake murders. The first one was a local shop owner by the name of Karl Valdermar Gyllström. His kiosk, located by the lake, was very popular with the campers. Gyllström was also known as "Kiosk man" or "Kioskimies".  Karl Gyllström, the "Kioskimies" Gyllström was very hostile towards the campers. He was known to cut down tents or throw rocks at them. There were some reports of witnesses seeing him leave the campsite, and the witnesses were too afrai...

In previous blog posts of the "Finnish Murders" series, we had a look at the tragic death of Kyllikki Saari , and the unsolved case of the Tulilahti double homicide. At the same time as the trial of Runar Holmström was happening, the horrific murder of the three teenagers in Bodom Lake shocked the already grieving Finnish public.  In this two-part series, we will delve deeply in what is still a fascinating and troubling unsolved murder in Finland. This crime has inspired the name of a very famous Finnish metal band, the Children of Bodom, and has also inspired two horror movies and many other documentaries, podcasts and armchair sleuths.  LAKE BODOM TRIP   On June 4th, 1960, Maila Irmeli Björklund and her friend, Anja Tuulikki Mäki, set out on a camping adventure. Both girls were fifteen years of age and living in the town of Vantaa, Finland. Joining them would be Seppo Antero Boisman and Nils Wilhelm Gustafsson, aged eighteen-years-old. They were the girls' boyfriends. ...