Mar 31, 2021
Tyrese Gladden
Two men were today cleared of all charges, including attempted murder, in relation to a home invasion in May of last year when an elderly man was badly beaten and stabbed, then robbed inside his small house in Ladyville. When Tyrese Gladden and Shyiem Casimiro appeared before Chief Magistrate Sharon Fraser today, the man who had made the police statement identifying them as his attackers told the Court that he did not wish to proceed with the court matter. Sixty-one-year-old Michael Avilez took the Bible and swore that he had not been threatened, bribed or coerced into dropping the charges against the men, but that he simply had forgiven them because he has known them since they were children.
Netflix
Unlike many other entries in the true crime genre, Netflix s newest docuseries places its central focus not on the criminal, his crimes, or his victims, but on the police s efforts to collect clues, piece them together, and track him down. Obviously,
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer includes plenty of (very graphic, often disturbing) details about so-called Night Stalker Richard Ramirez s horrific crime spree across California throughout 1985. But, as the show s full title hints, Ramirez s string of murders, burglaries, carjackings, and sexual assaults is retraced specifically through the lens of the detectives who spent months trying to figure out who he was and bring him to justice.