Raven Abaroa: One Juror Caused Mistrial

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For those of you who follow my blog, you might remember a case I covered a few years back. The case of Janet and Raven Abaroa. Janet Abaroa ended up being murdered in her home, and Raven claimed he was out playing soccer and came home to find his wife slumped over.

I didn’t trust Raven Abaroa, and stated such five months before he was arrested.

Raven’s case finally went to trial, but sadly on Friday, the jury hung. There was one hold out juror in the case.

The state says they will try the case again, thankfully.

Yanira Maldonaldo: Do you believe her?

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Do you believe Yanira Maldonaldo?

She has been released because a video showed her and her husband getting on the bus with only two small blankets and bottles of water, which police believe could not hide 12 pounds of drugs.

I find this video fascinating because if you don’t understand the nuances of head shakes and shoulder shrugs, you would likely conclude this woman is being deceptive. 

I truly believe she is being honest.

Expression of the Day

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Photo by Rakesh JV

What do you think this person is feeling and why?

Susan Powell Video Released

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It’s sad to see Susan Powell on this video tape documenting her life–obviously knowing that things are truly wrong, but hoping beyond hope that things will turn around.

From day one, when Josh Powell was still alive, I believed he has lying and I think everyone today believes he took to his grave where Susan lays buried.

Take this as a message, if you read this and have nagging feelings about your own life, that you must listen to that inner voice.

I know many women know something is wrong, but they excuse it away and hope beyond hope things will improve. Whenever there is violence in a relationship,  it is irreparably damaged.  Nothing positive will ever come from violence.

My thoughts are with the Powell family. I hope one day they find their daughter’s remains.

Amber and Josh Hilberling

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Did you catch Dateline this weekend?  It was the story of Amber and Josh Hilberling.  Josh ended up falling out of his 25th floor apartment that he shared with his wife.

In the police interrogation room, before police spoke to her, Amber started talking to her grandmother about what happened, and police not only listened in, but recorded her.

Amber talks about how she pushed her husband and that he fell out the window, but when asked by her grandmother if it was intentionally, she says no.

I do not believe a word out of Amber’s mouth.  She is one scary woman!

I believe, without question, that Amber Hilberling intentionally pushed Joshed knowing it would cause his death.

The clues that Amber reveals are chilling.  One that really stood out to me was this one: Amber said in the police interrogation room shortly after her husband died, “This is gonna turn into a nightmare.”

Think about that.

If your husband just died from a horrific accidental fall wouldn’t that be your nightmare?

It clearly wasn’t for Amber.

I think that says it all.