So the 4th anniversary of the So the 4th anniversary of the Shacknai incidents at the Spreckels House is coming up.
What always bothered me about this case (besides the findings) was how fast the case was closed. From the finding of a nude, bound body with head trauma hanging in the Spreckels House to the case being closed after being ruled a suicide was a period of less than two months.
In watching episodes of New Detectives, Forensic Files, and the like – Even small town detectives will leave the case open for years, why was this closed so quickly?
What do the Piggs think?
poorgradstudent
July 9, 2015 @
11:56 AM
I voted “I don’t know enough I voted “I don’t know enough about the case”, more on the basis that unfortunately I think this will be one of those cases that is never truly “solved”.
What we know doesn’t really add up either way. If you wanted to commit murder and make it look like a suicide, is this really how you would do it? At the same time, it’s a very odd way to actually commit suicide.
I’m inclined to believe the poor little boy probably died from some form of neglect (but probably not intentional foul play). Children run, children do unsafe things, children can fall, sometimes horrible accidents occur. It’s pretty easy to imagine a staircase in a mansion that isn’t exactly child-proofed properly.
Perhaps ruling it a suicide was a way for the police to punt and not have to leave a case open that wasn’t likely ever going to produce enough evidence for an inditement, much less conviction.
XBoxBoy
July 9, 2015 @
6:03 PM
Anne Rule did a nice job of Anne Rule did a nice job of covering this case in her book, “Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors”. I highly recommend it for those of you with a taste for true crime.
And while I’m at it, if you’ve never read, “The Stranger Beside Me.” by her (it’s the story of Ted Bundy who she was friends with) it’s well worth reading.
July 8, 2015 @ 10:42 AM
So the 4th anniversary of the
So the 4th anniversary of the Shacknai incidents at the Spreckels House is coming up.
What always bothered me about this case (besides the findings) was how fast the case was closed. From the finding of a nude, bound body with head trauma hanging in the Spreckels House to the case being closed after being ruled a suicide was a period of less than two months.
In watching episodes of New Detectives, Forensic Files, and the like – Even small town detectives will leave the case open for years, why was this closed so quickly?
What do the Piggs think?
July 9, 2015 @ 11:56 AM
I voted “I don’t know enough
I voted “I don’t know enough about the case”, more on the basis that unfortunately I think this will be one of those cases that is never truly “solved”.
What we know doesn’t really add up either way. If you wanted to commit murder and make it look like a suicide, is this really how you would do it? At the same time, it’s a very odd way to actually commit suicide.
I’m inclined to believe the poor little boy probably died from some form of neglect (but probably not intentional foul play). Children run, children do unsafe things, children can fall, sometimes horrible accidents occur. It’s pretty easy to imagine a staircase in a mansion that isn’t exactly child-proofed properly.
Perhaps ruling it a suicide was a way for the police to punt and not have to leave a case open that wasn’t likely ever going to produce enough evidence for an inditement, much less conviction.
July 9, 2015 @ 6:03 PM
Anne Rule did a nice job of
Anne Rule did a nice job of covering this case in her book, “Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors”. I highly recommend it for those of you with a taste for true crime.
And while I’m at it, if you’ve never read, “The Stranger Beside Me.” by her (it’s the story of Ted Bundy who she was friends with) it’s well worth reading.