Tot Mom pleads guilty!

Casey Anthony pled guilty on Monday, but that was just for check fraud. She stole her friend's checkbook last summer and wrote some bad checks. She was sentenced to time served. No date set for the murder trial.

Other Crime News...

Virginia...Missing student, Morgan Harrington, went missing in October during a Metallica concert. She left her group of friends to go outside and then couldn't reenter the stadium. She texted her friends inside to say she would get a ride home. She was never seen again. Her cell phone and purse were found not far from the stadium. Her remains were discovered yesterday by a farmer on his property. Today it was confirmed it was her skeletal remains. No word on a motive or suspect. This farm property is not easily accessed to the public. Even the owner said he doesn't go this far back on his farm, but about two times a year. The 700-acre farm is located about ten miles from where the concert was held. I'm wondering if this farmer has a son or nearby neighbor that might become a suspect. The news has said you would have to know this area and this property to be able to get to this area where the body was placed. It's about a mile walk from the entrance. More details to come...

Florida...Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin were arrested last Wednesday for drug trafficking. Ronald's daughter, Haleigh, went missing over the summer I think. He was at work while his teenage girlfriend was babysitting Haleigh and her little brother. At about 3am, a 911 call was made when Misty claimed she woke up to find the little girl gone. Over the course of the investigation, it appeared Ronald had nothing to do with the disappearance, but Misty was withholding information, avoiding the police, and failed a couple of polygraphs. She and Ronald ended up getting married and then divorced. For some reason they were together selling drugs to an undercover officer and are both now in jail. Police are hoping they can now question Misty more about what happened to Haleigh. One speculation from the beginning is that the little girl ingested Oxycontin and died. Ironically, that is the drug that the two were arrested for selling. I think Misty has something to do with the disappearance, but I don't think she actually killed the little girl.

These are three of the cases I have been following the most.

Staaand Up and Geeet Crunk!!!

I haven't been able to watch much other than local news since last night. There's lots of stories going on, but I will have to blog about them another day.

GEAUX SAINTS!!!!

Haiti

It seemed appropriate to write about Haiti in my first blog. It is definitely at the top of the news right now. Last Tuesday an earthquake hit Haiti killing what some believe is 100,000's of people. Even the ones who have survived are still at risk of dying. The people have crushing wounds and are still dying due to the lack of medical care. I honestly didn't know much about Haiti before this happened. I don't understand how these people lived prior to this tragedy without a working government. How is it that the president lived in what looks like an equivalent to our White House and yet now people are living in the parks surrounding that building? I have not seen their president speak since last Tuesday. Where is he? Who is he? Where is anyone in the government? I believe 75 or so people from the UN have died so there is NO ONE to step up and coordinate the humanitarian efforts. Every day and every night I hear Anderson Cooper on CNN talk about the orphanages and the people living in tents. He talks about people still being saved from the rubble and yet the "government" of Haiti called off all search efforts today. If an old lady can survive this long in the rubble, can't a younger, stronger person survive just as long if not longer??

I remember a woman who was standing outside what used to be her house and she was begging for someone to go in and save her child. After hours of using listening equipment and tapping they left telling her the child was no longer alive. How could they know that for sure? I heard on one of the news stories that when one rescue group left a site, another group came and pulled out someone who was still alive.

Like Anderson Cooper also said, in the beginning no one was logging the dead, taking pictures or trying to get ID. He said when he covered the tsunami that there were photographers taking pictures of the dead so at least relatives or friends could identify the bodies and know where they were buried. That's not happening in Haiti. Why every day does the news cover the story of the elderly who lost their retirement facility with the same results? Everyday they are still reporting that these people have no food or water and that they are going to die. Why isn't anyone bringing them supplies? I don't get it!