Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=kays http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=kays 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Tue, 21 May 2013 17:20:00 GMT Omaha Nebraska Police Chief Todd Schmaderer (in a 1 PM Monday press conference) let us know that the public will not get the inside scoop on the mysterious homicides of Dr Roger Brumback and his wife Mary Brumback. The reason why well learn very little, is that Schmaderer also announced hes forming a task force. http://thesop.org/story/20130521/what-ties-the-roger-and-mary-brumback-homicides-to-the-2008-dundee-double-slayings.html http://thesop.org/story/20130521/what-ties-the-roger-and-mary-brumback-homicides-to-the-2008-dundee-double-slayings.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Fri, 17 May 2013 17:27:00 GMT Caleb Kai McGillvary, AKA Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker, was arrested Thursday evening at a Philadelphia bus station for murdering Joseph Galfy, Jr. A second viewing of Kais viral video from February, where he spoke to a reporter (Fox affiliate KMPH) in Fresno, will be viewed more negatively in light of these shocking new developments. http://thesop.org/story/20130517/kai-the-hatchetwielding-hitchhiker-goes-viral-one-last-time-but-for-murder.html http://thesop.org/story/20130517/kai-the-hatchetwielding-hitchhiker-goes-viral-one-last-time-but-for-murder.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Thu, 16 May 2013 17:15:00 GMT As we debate whether it was right for the Justice Department to bypass the courts, and directly subpoena confidential phone records of Associated Press http://thesop.org/story/20130516/who-in-our-government-leaked-vital-information-to-the-associated-press.html http://thesop.org/story/20130516/who-in-our-government-leaked-vital-information-to-the-associated-press.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Wed, 15 May 2013 17:14:00 GMT Why did 19-year-old Akein Scott randomly shoot a gun into a crowd of innocent citizens at a Mothers Day parade in New Orleans, wounding 19? Were there other shooters? Was Akein engaged in a gunfight with a rival gang? http://thesop.org/story/20130515/the-new-orleans-shooting-on-mothers-day-speaks-of-deeper-problems-dating-to-katrina.html http://thesop.org/story/20130515/the-new-orleans-shooting-on-mothers-day-speaks-of-deeper-problems-dating-to-katrina.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Tue, 14 May 2013 17:21:00 GMT Initially, and following the shocking news of Saturdays (May 11) quadruple gunshot homicide in rural Waynesville, Indiana http://thesop.org/story/20130514/was-the-scene-of-a-quadruple-homicide-in-waynesville-ind-really-a-meth-lab.html http://thesop.org/story/20130514/was-the-scene-of-a-quadruple-homicide-in-waynesville-ind-really-a-meth-lab.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Thu, 9 May 2013 17:13:00 GMT Jessica Lynn Heeringa, 25, has been missing since late Friday night, April 25th, when she was working her usual shift at at an Exxon Mobil gas station (1196 E. Sternberg Road) in Norton Shores, Michigan. http://thesop.org/story/20130509/did-jessica-lynn-heeringa-abducted-from-a-exxon-mobil-know-her-assailant.html http://thesop.org/story/20130509/did-jessica-lynn-heeringa-abducted-from-a-exxon-mobil-know-her-assailant.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Wed, 8 May 2013 17:20:00 GMT Unbelievable! Yet, we know it did happen; the kidnapping and captivity of Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight, and Gina DeJesus by the Castro bothers in Cleveland, Ohio was concealed for 10, 9, and 11 years respectively. http://thesop.org/story/20130508/how-could-ariel-castro-conceal-his-kidnapping-crimes-for-a-decade-or-did-he.html http://thesop.org/story/20130508/how-could-ariel-castro-conceal-his-kidnapping-crimes-for-a-decade-or-did-he.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Fri, 3 May 2013 17:16:00 GMT Chaos prevailed yesterday at Houstons Bush Intercontinental Airport, when 29-year-old Carnell Marcus Moore, armed with an AR-15 and a handgun, entered Terminal B and began firing at the ceiling, then shot himself in the head, as well as taking fire from a Homeland Security special agent, who just happened to be close by. http://thesop.org/story/20130503/why-did-carnell-marcus-moore-choose-houstons-bush-international-airport-for-his-rampage.html http://thesop.org/story/20130503/why-did-carnell-marcus-moore-choose-houstons-bush-international-airport-for-his-rampage.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Thu, 2 May 2013 17:27:00 GMT 50 year old Raminch Behbehanian swaps out two plastic bottles of Evolution Fresh orange juice from the ubiquitous refrigerated display case with two bottles teeming with fingernail polish remover and rubbing alcohol. An observant fellow customer spots her, suspicious with the Switch-A-Roo! http://thesop.org/story/20130502/starbucks-attempted-poisoning-of-raminch-behbehanian-recalls-tylenol-tamperer-of-1982.html http://thesop.org/story/20130502/starbucks-attempted-poisoning-of-raminch-behbehanian-recalls-tylenol-tamperer-of-1982.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Wed, 1 May 2013 17:24:00 GMT I didnt know that there was such a thing as a Mafia Historian, but apparently there is, with British writer and journalist John Dickie. I read one of his pieces ( 'Ndrangheta: Exploring the mafias underground world) with absolute astonishment and fascination this morning, when I noticed it was Number One on the BBCs Popular Page. http://thesop.org/story/20130501/bbc-journalist-john-dickie-is-a-mafia-historian-with-a-great-deal-of-courage.html http://thesop.org/story/20130501/bbc-journalist-john-dickie-is-a-mafia-historian-with-a-great-deal-of-courage.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:13:00 GMT With this past Saturdays scrape, what is the truth behind the row on Mount Everest (Chromolungma) between climbers and Sherpas? Have the press releases seen in the news been massaged ever so cleverly, just to put a bandaid on a very unpleasant situation, that seemingly escalated out of control? http://thesop.org/story/20130430/does-the-mount-everest-row-between-climbers-and-sherpas-originate-in-tenzing-norgays-treatment.html http://thesop.org/story/20130430/does-the-mount-everest-row-between-climbers-and-sherpas-originate-in-tenzing-norgays-treatment.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:19:00 GMT The homicide of highly successful orthodontist, Dr. Rachael Maidens, committed by her (apparently troubled) husband, Randolph Maidens, is beginning to assume the contours of a doubled-tiered, appearance verse reality type saga, with some gaping holes in what we see verses what we know for certain. http://thesop.org/story/20130426/murder-of-dr-rachael-maidens-by-her-husband-randolph-maidens-an-appearance-vs-reality-saga.html http://thesop.org/story/20130426/murder-of-dr-rachael-maidens-by-her-husband-randolph-maidens-an-appearance-vs-reality-saga.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:35:00 GMT A sidebar story to the central Boston Marathon bomber episode, is the September 11th, 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Mass., which included Brendan Mess (purportedly a good friend to Tamerlan Tsarnaev) as one of the victims. http://thesop.org/story/20130425/could-brendan-h-messs-9112011-murder-be-the-work-of-boston-marathon-bombers.html http://thesop.org/story/20130425/could-brendan-h-messs-9112011-murder-be-the-work-of-boston-marathon-bombers.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:16:00 GMT While, reportedly, Curtis is perhaps a bit unhinged in his behavior on social media, Im beginning to believe he is innocent of mailing these most malicious ricin letters (postmarked from Memphis, Tennessee). http://thesop.org/story/20130424/did-james-dutschke-frame-paul-curtis-for-the-ricinlaced-letters.html http://thesop.org/story/20130424/did-james-dutschke-frame-paul-curtis-for-the-ricinlaced-letters.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays) Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:19:00 GMT A new HBO documentary, 'Which Way is the Front Line from Here?, directed by Sebastian Junger, is mainly about the life and career of war photojournalist Tim Hetherinton, but on another level is about so much more. Its hard to say, exactly what that other level is, but for me its the Art of Photography or the raw power of images (in a war setting), as Tim Hetherington conceived it. http://thesop.org/story/20130423/hbo-documentary-which-way-is-the-front-line-from-here-opens-your-eyes.html http://thesop.org/story/20130423/hbo-documentary-which-way-is-the-front-line-from-here-opens-your-eyes.html jkays@austin.rr.com (John G. Kays)