No Catchy Titles for Pedos

1988 Cold Case - See Below

Pedophiles. That's the subject of Prof. Taylor's Crime Stories column, tendered for publication in the Gainesville Times, November 22, 1988. (*Note: Dad apparently took the week off November 15, 1988. The NE Georgia section did not contain his column that week. (Yes, I looked throughout the entire edition). Anyway, back to a subject I generally avoid unless stoning someone in my mind for it. 

My father mentioned a deluge of incidences around the time of publication and, after some Googling, yep... sickos aplenty. More on this below the column.

 

For the first time, my father prevented me from running an internet search on something. I'm not about to go on some internet data record for researching the PIE. Nope! You want that on your search record, go right ahead. Seems I'm always reading or hearing of someone's Google search history after a crime was committed, and the victim's behavior was also scrutinized as part of a pretrial discovery. Anyway, maybe somewhat hypocritical to research incidences Prof. Taylor referenced at the top of his column. Indeed, there were many. Here are but a few...

Nov. 6, 1988 - Lawrenceville Father of Six Convicted of Molesting Two Daughters

Summer 1988 - Blurred Lines at Rome Boarding School 

Nov. 10, 1988 - Three Pentecostal Ministers 

June 12, 1988 - Seattle Priest 

And there would be many cases involving the Catholic Church, Boy Scouts and other trusted, sacrosanct organizations for many years to come.

The picture at the top is from a recently-solved 1988 cold case child murder in Georgia. Read about it HERE.

Next week has to do with a one "Hangin'" Judge Parker.
(You see were my father's head was after writing about pedophiles...)

Dead Kennedys — No, not the band.

 

 This guy to the left is J.D. Tippet, a Dallas police officer, shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. Most folks don't know about him or how it happened. More on that in the column below.

Seems quite coincidental and serendipitous that a Kennedy article would materialize the same week another major development in the Kennedy assassination saga makes the news (odds?). Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian militant who executed Robert F. Kennedy for his spearheaded role to provide 50 fighter jets to Israel, has won the recommendation for parole on his 16th attempt. Incredibly, the Kennedy family's opinions are mixed. We'll see how that goes.

Published November 8, 1988 in the Gainesville Times, Prof. Alex Taylor's Crime Stories visits the enigma of President John F. Kennedy's killing. More to follow...

I suppose you're all wondering what the Professor believes... a bottom line, conspiracies, official reports, and personal involvement considered (don't ask, TLDR and loosely connected) —
"What does he think?"

Details and motives vary, but Ret. Det. Sgt. Alex Taylor would sum it up simply as "It was the mob."
No surprise; I'll leave it there.

No Less, No More

Prof. Alex Taylor's column dives in to the legend of Boot Hill and the many incarnations thereof. Originally appearing November 1, 1988 in the Gainesville Georgia Times, he examines some of the famous epitaphs associated with the Wild West, and some insight into other Boot Hills — mafia included.

Indeed, the Lester Moore grave is a contrivance. As well are the puns upon his epitaph. In fairness, it does begin with HERE LIES.

It was reportedly a favorite mention of ZZ Top's deceased bassist, Dusty Hill, who wanted something similar for his own but couldn't come with a favorite. Let's see...

Here Rests    (had to use a musical pun)
Dusty Hill
Four Strings
A Bearded Thrill
He's been up, and now he's down
Oh Lord, take him downtown


I'm sure his were better...