Esinye sezona zenzo zokubulala zoyikekayo kwimbali yolwaphulo-mthetho eUnited States yayikukubulawa ngokumasikizi kwentsapho yonke e-Illinois ngoNovemba 1987. Umama wayekhulelwe wabeleka enoba ngaphambi, ebudeni, okanye kungekudala emva kokuba ebulewe. Nomntwana wakhe wayefile kakade. Ulwaphulo-mthetho alukasonjululwa unanamhla.
Ngaphezu kwekota yenkulungwane kamva, ukubulawa ngogonyamelo, nokungasonjululwanga konyana kaJoeann Dardeen, umfazi wakhe okhulelweyo kunye nonyana wabo omncinci kumazantsi e-Illinois basamkhathaza kunye nabantu base-Illinois. Egqunywe lilulwane lebaseball kunye nonyana wakhe oneminyaka emi-3 ubudala, uPeter, uRuby “Elaine” Dardeen oneminyaka engama-30 ubudala wabeleka ebudeni kolo hlaselo ngowe-1987 kwikhaya lentsapho kwidolophana enabemi abangama-2,500 XNUMX e-Ina. Umbulali akazange abe nanceba nakusana olusandul’ ukuzalwa, wabuphelisa ngokukhawuleza ubomi bakhe. Usolusapho weli khaya, uRussell “Keith” Dardeen, wafunyanwa efile kusuku olulandelayo kwintsimi yengqolowa, umzimba wakhe wafunyanwa wonakele.
Akukho mntu ugwetyelwe kwityala laseJefferson County apho eyona nkokeli yayithembisayo yaba ngumbulali owaziwayo uTommy Lynn Sells' ukuba uye wabulala - phakathi kwabangama-70 awathatha ikhredithi kumazwe ahlukeneyo njengomntu ohambahambayo. umsebenzi wecarnival. Abasemagunyeni ekugqibeleni bamdibanise malunga neshumi elinesibini lokubulala. Kodwa ngenxa yemibuzo malunga nobunyani besivumo awayecingelwa ukuba wayesenza, ukubulala kukaDardeen kwakungekho phakathi kwabo.
Impendulo kumbuzo wokuba ngaba iiSells zibulele iiDardeens okanye umbulali wosapho usezihlalele kunzima kunangaphambili. Kungenxa yokuba uSells, oneminyaka engama-49, waya kubhubha kwangoko kule nyanga kwigumbi lokubulawa kwabantu eTexas ngo-1999 ngokuhlatywa kwentombi yakhe eneminyaka eli-13 ubudala.
UJoeann Dardeen akakholelwa ukuba uSells nguye owacima intsapho yonyana wakhe. Uyawachitha amabango Sells 'ukuba Keith Dardeen kwenzeka phezu Sells kwisikhululo segesi kwaye wammema ekhaya ngenxa tryst ezintathu kunye nomfazi okhulelweyo Dardeen kaThixo. Ngokutsho kwakhe, uKeith Dardeen, imvumi ekhokelayo kwicawe encinci yaseBhaptizi apho umfazi wakhe wayedlala ipiyano, wayelukhusele kakhulu usapho lwakhe ukuba lonwabe into enjalo.
UJoeann wathumela amapolisa ukuba aye kuhlola intsapho yonyana wakhe ekhayeni labo, iikhilomitha ezingama-80 kumzantsi-mpuma weSt. Abasemagunyeni bafumana u-Elaine Dardeen kunye nonyana wakhe kunye nosana lwakhe olusandul 'ukuzalwa bonke befile kwaye bebekwe phezu kwebhedi yamanzi. Abazingeli bafumana umzimba kaKeith Dardeen ngosuku olulandelayo umgama oziikhilomitha. Inkohlakalo yolwaphulo-mthetho yayigqithise, yoyikeka kwaye imbi kakhulu.
Abarhanelwa babenqabile ngaphambi kokuba uSells abanjwe eTexas ngokubulala uKaylene Harris oneminyaka eli-13 ubudala ngokumhlaba izihlandlo ezili-16. Kungekudala iiSells zaqalisa ukuvuma ukubulala kwenye indawo. Umphandi waseTexas owaqala ukubamba iiSells ekufeni kukaHarris wathi iiSells zihlala zibanga ukuba uya kuvuka kwiindawo ezingaqhelekanga kwaye abe negazi kuye. Uthe izixhobo zakhe zokufa zisusela kwimipu kunye neemela ukuya kwi-ice pick kunye nezandla zakhe.
Ekumangaleleni ukuba wayenetyala lokutshatyalaliswa kwentsapho yaseDardeen, iiSells zichaza ngokuchanekileyo iinkcukacha ezithile zokubulawa kwabantu, ezinye zazo ezazinokuzifumana kwiiakhawunti zeendaba. Xa ubuzwa malunga neenkcukacha ezingazange zenziwe esidlangalaleni malunga nendlela umzimba ka-Elaine Dardeen ofunyenwe ngayo, iiSells zaqala zaphendula ngokungachanekanga, emva koko zakhupha impendulo echanekileyo. Abaphandi bakholelwa ukuba, kunokwenzeka ukuba iiSells zifumane impendulo eyiyo. Uthengisa kwakhona wagxininisa ukuba wadubula uKeith Dardeen kwindawo ethile yemoto yexhoba, kodwa ubungqina buyayiphikisa loo nto. Ukuthi, kwakukho izinto ezininzi ezingaqondakaliyo.
Iintengiso zinikezelwe ukuba zihanjiswe emva e-Illinois ukubonisa apho wayefihle khona ubungqina obuphambili, kodwa kwacaca ukuba iTexas yayingayi kumvumela ukuba ashiye urhulumente. Ke umtshutshisi waye stymied, engafuni pin Sells kunye nokubulawa Ina ngokusekelwe uvumo ethandabuzekayo kwaye akukho bungqina obuphathekayo. Inokuba wayengumbulali, kodwa kukho "ithuba elifanelekileyo lokuba oyena mbulali usenokuba uselapho."
