Someone who will attack anybody for no reason could be considered insane. But someone who ONLY attacks smaller, weaker people is just a predator and a coward.
Unless he had a history of child abuse being inflicted by a woman similar to his victims... [the long answer is below...] Mr. Edwin J. Alemany was both a victim & a violent perpetrator, who should never have timed out of the system at 18. Before he turned eighteen he should have been indefinitely committed to a secure mental hospital. Granted most people in his situation who go off their medications only harm themselves, but in his case there would have been many signs that he was violently aggressive. A kinder & more effective society would have placed him in a secure mental hospital to study why he became so violent, what should have happened to prevent this tragedy, and also used interviews with him to train forensic psychiatrists in law enforcement. He would need to convince three psychiatrists that he was no longer a risk to society in order to be released, which would never ever happen, given the nature of his crimes. If he continued to be dangerously violent in said secure mental hospital, he would be a candidate for psychosurgery, and likely would have received a psychosurgery, the modern equivalent of a lobotomy, to protect the staff & other patients. [ They still have to do this if a patient's violence can not be controlled by medication, as they can't humanly keep patients restrained 24-7. The surgery involved smaller portions of the frontal lobes in increments, so the patients don't end up like poor Rosalyn Kennedy did.] Instead, this violently mental man will likely end up being kept in solitary confinement for the rest of his life, with brief periods of him being transferred into the general prison until he maims or kills other prisoners, and then placed back in solitary again. With nothing being learned on how to prevent another horrible tragedy by the next Mr. Alemary...
Every bank/ATM should allow customers to set up a "panic PIN," which, if entered, will alert authorities, immediately send the video footage, and restrict the amount of money available for withdrawal. ETA: In retrospect, I'd also like to see, if there's still a safe way to implement it that doesn't alert the perpetrator, some sort of GPS tag. Either some advanced tech in the future that looks and feels like money can be dispensed with the rest of the cash, or even just a way to _optionally_ have a small tag be dispensed with the money, if the victim is in a position to conceal it.
The death penalty was offered (rare b/c Massachusetts doesn't have the death penalty) b/c it was so cruel, but his mother spoke about his bad childhood and it was decided that life was better. He'll just screw the taxpayers as usual. Mass. is a liberal and welfare state. I guaratee the state was giving this loser a check every month.
@@moni2624 The problem is that the prosecutor wasn't interested in placing this perpetrator in a secure mental hospital, which would have been the result of his plea. The long explanation is bellow: Mr. Edwin J. Alemany was both a victim & a violent perpetrator, who should never have timed out of the system at 18. Before he turned eighteen he should have been indefinitely committed to a secure mental hospital. Granted most people in his situation who go off their medications only harm themselves, but in his case there would have been many signs that he was violently aggressive. A kinder & more effective society would have placed him in a secure mental hospital to study why he became so violent, what should have happened to prevent this tragedy, and also used interviews with him to train forensic psychiatrists in law enforcement. He would need to convince three psychiatrists that he was no longer a risk to society in order to be released, which would never ever happen, given the nature of his crimes. If he continued to be dangerously violent in said secure mental hospital, he would be a candidate for psychosurgery, and likely would have received a psychosurgery, the modern equivalent of a lobotomy, to protect the staff & other patients. [ They still have to do this if a patient's violence can not be controlled by medication, as they can't humanly keep patients restrained 24-7. The surgery involved smaller portions of the frontal lobes in increments, so the patients don't end up like poor Rosalyn Kennedy did.] Instead, this violently mental man will likely end up being kept in solitary confinement for the rest of his life, with brief periods of him being transferred into the general prison until he maims or kills other prisoners, and then placed back in solitary again. With nothing being learned on how to prevent another horrible tragedy by the next Mr. Alemary...
When people do this kind of stuff, never comply. Always put up a struggle. You not letting them take you to a secondary location or giving them what they're after is the best guarantee of making it out alive. Always. Fight. Back.
Truer words. NEVER GET INT THE CAR WITH HIM (HER)!! You might die now resisting or running away, even if they have a gun, but you are 100% "unalived" if you go with him (her). In public, right now is the time to fight. NEVER GET IN THE CAR - and fight like hell, or run away, screaming and making as much noise as possible, shout "FIRE FIRE!!" as that's something people immediately pay attention to.
I also think Amy could hv been injured, dizzy, no strength, confused due to the beating, and not able to run. Also I suppose in that terror state, one has hope.
Never believe that someone, about whom the only thing you know is they are willing to threaten violence to get what they want, will be satisfied by your submission. Too often, it only encourages them to seek more power and control and debasement of their victims.
He wasn’t insane when he drove her to ATM’s, took her to a secluded area to kill her then torch the car to destroy evidence. Insane people don’t do that. Those in their right mind, trying not to get caught do that. He found her by opportunity but the rest he planned out. RIP Amy ❤️
Yes, the moment someone tried to cover up their crime is the moment that an insanity plea should be made unavailable. That plea is not to determine if they are mentally ill. It is to determine if they were capable of knowing right from wrong at the time.
@@happinesssomewhere18 jfc, sorry for what? He had nothing to do with it other than covering the case and bringing awareness to the masses. Even your username seems to identify the earth as a cruel place. Do you say sorry to everyone you meet?
I am beyond sick and tired of people that are a danger to others getting away with not taking their medication. I am by no means putting down people that have mental illness - I suffer from severe depression, but I am only a danger to myself. If you are a danger to others, you should be forced to take your medication. If you refuse to take it, you should be locked up. Period. End of story. Stop blaming everything except the person that commits these crimes!
As a survivor and a self defense instructor I implore everyone to know that no matter what FIGHT do whatever you have to do to survive because predators only want easy prey and even when they tell you they’re not going to hurt you it’s almost always a lie just to keep you easy prey! DON’T FALL FOR IT!!!!
I once saw a documentary about a bank robbery during which the robber wanted to take a young woman with him after he got the money from the teller. She said no even when he threatened her with a gun. She sat on the floor and said, "I don't care, I am not going with you." He finally gave up and left. We could actually see it happen because there was footage of it through the bank's security cameras. When the reporter showed the footage to an FBI expert on kidnapping, he said that is exactly what you should do, do NOT ever get in a car with a kidnapper because chances are you will be badly harmed if not ki!!ed.
Oh, one more point, if someone is trying to kidnap you, yell FIRE, FIRE because sometimes when people hear "help", they think it is a family dispute etc. But, people will pay attention to fire because it might affect them.
Hi TC. What a terrible tragedy for Amy's family. That crazy loser should get the death penalty for the crimes he committed, in my opinion. Hopefully her family & friends can get some closure now that the creep is behind bars. RIP to all he abused. CDV is no joke. More people should convict those idiots to the fullest extent of the law. Peace & splendid times hopefully await you my friend, love, Janine Smiley✌🙂😀🤩😍😉♏💜🎶🎵☕🥧☕🎂👍🌹🌺🌻🌼🌷👍😇
Nicely said brother. It's just so sad! And for what? For some sick no life's temporary pleasure? Taken from this world for nothing! I can't stand these horrible crimes like these, they break a piece of my soul each time I hear about a case like this where innocent people's lives are Stolen by some creep! I hope Amy is at true peace. May she Rest in Paradise.
I use the flashlight on my phone and 9 times out of 10 I can find the dropped contact lens lol but it’s definitely hard and you have to know the general area you lost it 😂
Hey, you. I'm so glad TC is back to two videos per week. The podcast is fun, but a large part of the fun of TC is watching Mike in action. Having Mike tell people to Google something in order to see it, or - the absolute worst - hearing the Life Insurance Dance music without actually SEEING the Life Insurance Dance, was a hard pill to swallow.
Oh damn, I love the life insurance dance too. The first times especially I was imagining the moron killer looking forward to how good spending the three life insurance payouts will be as soon as he gets rid of these pesky coppers. I dunno who diddit officer, but I know know in my heart I diddint do it 😆
Accepting his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity would have made sure that he was never released. It takes three or more psychiatrists agreeing that a patient is no longer a risk to society or themselves to be released, and given his crimes, that would never have happened... A longer explanation is below: Mr. Edwin J. Alemany was both a victim & a violent perpetrator, who should never have timed out of the system at 18. Before he turned eighteen he should have been indefinitely committed to a secure mental hospital. Granted most people in his situation who go off their medications only harm themselves, but in his case there would have been many signs that he was violently aggressive. A kinder & more effective society would have placed him in a secure mental hospital to study why he became so violent, what should have happened to prevent this tragedy, and also used interviews with him to train forensic psychiatrists in law enforcement. He would need to convince three psychiatrists that he was no longer a risk to society in order to be released, which would never ever happen, given the nature of his crimes. If he continued to be dangerously violent in said secure mental hospital, he would be a candidate for psychosurgery, and likely would have received a psychosurgery, the modern equivalent of a lobotomy, to protect the staff & other patients. [ They still have to do this if a patient's violence can not be controlled by medication, as they can't humanly keep patients restrained 24-7. The surgery involved smaller portions of the frontal lobes in increments, so the patients don't end up like poor Rosalyn Kennedy did.] Instead, this violently mental man will likely end up being kept in solitary confinement for the rest of his life, with brief periods of him being transferred into the general prison until he maims or kills other prisoners, and then placed back in solitary again. With nothing being learned on how to prevent another horrible tragedy by the next Mr. Alemary...
I hope his family and defenders get the karma they deserve. These feral savages ONLY care about some family member. WHOEVER that person is should suffer for the scum they championed. Hopefully they are...
There should be a button on ATM's to press in case of emergency!!! This is way too common. It may not work every time, but it certainly has potential to save a life.
@@verabolton And you bet your ass you'd still press that button should you find yourself in that shituation, wouldn't you Verna? I'm not sure, hence the idea. That's the next step. Brainstorm. It could potentially save you, friend, or a loved ones life. Perhaps it could work similarly to a life alert button, or silent alarm many businesses use. Alert a teller? Send the last minute or so of video from when the button was pressed to authorities so they have any crumb of a trail to follow during a crucial time, while the victim is alive? Things don't just exist - we have to come together to create solutions to problems. I hope, if you have children or grand children, you encourage their ideas rather than knocking them down.
@@kourtneyg1957 What's wrong with you? I just stated the obvious and you turned mad on me. Calm down dude, I worked as a first responder and some of you guys tend to think we were superhuman. Life isn't a movie, be real 🤦♀
It always makes me so angry hearing about people who feel like they can do this to others… you’re not insane, you’re a nasty predator! Thanks for bringing this poor woman’s case to light Mike!
Hard to belive he is a father and said to be a good son to his mother, because he seems heartless to me. That poor girl, i cant even imagine what her last few hours of life were like. RIP Amy
Why you abuse dimensions into this. Thats not reality neither and an insult to anyone, which should only be directed, to the one stating this and no one else.
❤! So Wonderful😊 he is a good pick-me-up for my depressive down times. Almost wish he was doing comedy work as well! There's just something about him that is so relatable and genuine😊 of course makes you laugh to your tummy aches, but in a good way. Always respectful to the people he talks about. Except for the bad girls and guys of course. Then they are showing No Mercy.😊🙋🙏😇
Most of them do. Even 'psychotic' people most attack women, children, frail old people, people they know they can overpower. They rarely ever attack large, fit young men who can beat them senseless. They know what they are doing and certainly if they can plan and evade, they know what's right and wrong and that's the basis of prosecuting them normally. If you know what you did was wrong, you're culpable. This guy was worthless, shame he was allowed to grow up that way, but the end product was disposable, about as much worth as a paper cup, in the end. Mental issues aren't a card you can play for sympathy and benefits endlessly. In the end, if you're worthless to society and become a menace to people who are useful to society, society will dispose of you.
Defense attorneys can elect not to defend. Persecutors (spelling intended) don't care when they spin BS tales and with old discovery to endungeon people they KNOW are innocent
Some people are genuinely innocent and need a good defense lawyer. That all being said you're not forced to defend them. If you feel like your possible client is guilty and you feel morally troubled by them you may decline your services on helping them, or you can take the case and purposely sabotage their defense lmao.
What a horrifying story. This could happen to anyone's daughter or sister. The fact that the second victim was able to injure him got that monster off the street. Because you know he was going to do it again.
yep and again and again and again....no telling how many people he'd already badly attacked, injured, threatened and scared crapless in his life. I'm sure if we saw his lifelong records we'd all be very angry that he was still on the streets back then, to hurt 3 more people in that 1 day; because I guarantee you he'd been arrested, charged with so many other crimes & should've already been behind bars. But our penal code, the justice system's sentences are so inadequate even when they're found guilty of assault, with or without a deadly weapon. Even when a criminal has done their BEST to MURDER a person, if the person manages to escape before their attacker finishes killing them, the system treats it like a victim was smacked once. A guy held a deer knife ( big long sharp knife) on my hroat when I was 15 yrs. old, he beat the he%%out of me, bite mark scars are still on my cheeks from that nut, my face slammed down into the gravel road as he tackled me from behind about 20 times all cause he was determined to ra%e me & this went on for over SIX hours! He was crazy blacked out on moonshine (I found out later). Finally, thank God, he passed out & I escaped. He got 2 years suspended sentence, which meant that he had to serve NO jail time (aside from the 5 days he'd spent in the county jail right after he was found there & arrested) as long as he didn't get arrested for 2 years ! They caught him pants down, passed out, weapon there, the stolen car he'd abducted me in there too, saw my bloody face, body, the deep bites & 3 people had seen him steal the car I was in the back seat of, they saw him abduct me....still that was his punishment for scarring me for life when he dang near DID kill me, easily could've.. .... do you see why the violence does not stop?
it’s so hard to exist as a girl from creeps harassing me in stores to cat calling from ugly old men to having to worry about being r@ped and murdered whenever we are out alone
U know what this just happened to me a day ago some guy was having a mental problem and started cursing at me then rushed on me luckily another shopper saw him and the cashier called the cops right in front of him but thank God I WILL ALWAYS GET SOMEONE ELSE'S ATTENTION R.I.P.AMY
*His primary goal was killing them.* The fact he got money from one was just a bonus for him. The first victim he just hit in the face, dragged her into a parking lot and then started choking her. The second victim he fought with for 15 minutes before she convinced him that she could get him money, then he killed her anyways. Then just a couple hours later he went after a third victim, stabbing her for no reason, other than he wanted to kill her. Nobody truly knows why, but his goal that day was to kill young women (that were all similar age and build to his girlfriend who he was arguing with)
Overdramatic much? It may have been sad to hear but it "made your heartbreak' really? If you believe that's true then you've never experienced actual pain and heartbreak a day in your life
@@rabidwolf You're not the arbiter of who has or hasn't suffered heartbreak or pain in their life just because of what impacts them. That phrase didn't impact you, good for you, it clearly did for OP. That doesn't mean she is overdramatic. Do everyone a favor and go be bitter in your quiet corner, nobody wants to hear it.
Thank goodness Kaylee gave her roommates a physical description of the monster, & future attacks were prevented when they realized he fit that description & quickly notified police.
Poor woman, I think he promised her he would release her if she didn't create a scene and give him her money . Such a beautiful woman who was full of life RIP.
Um... That's pretty much what criminals do...they tell their victims "I'm not going to hurt you, just comply and you'll be fine" and VERY rarely is that what happens . Fact is . If someone is kidnapped / assaulted ,they are murdered because the criminal doesn't want to take the risk of them going to the police with their story. There's. Nothing she could e done. Abd she did nothing wrong .
@@tyrillcelestine7049 have you ever been a victim of a crime??? Just curious? You cannot judge someone on what they do or didn't do when their lives are threatened!. He knew where she lived. He had a knife. He had her car she had already been attacked I'm sure she was in shock. There's no way you can know what you would do unless or until you're in that terrifying situation.. She's not the one who should be judged her. She's no longer here because of him.a monster who already had a history of attacking women and went on to attack again
@@Nicoletta13 I won't allow myself to become a victim of a crime. I am always armed, and always ready to fight. Everyone should be, because a living "victim" is not living at all. I'd rather die trying to kill the criminal. I refuse, and will always refuse, and will enforce my refusal, even at the cost of my own life. It's a price worth paying. But I *expect* to _win_ .
This made me so sad. Such a pretty, sweet, young girl lost her life because of that POS. Seeing her on the footage with her beaten face made me feel so bad for her and what she endured. I’m glad the others survived and helped to get him caught. The closing argument made me tear up, and I absolutely would have voted guilty too.
This world is so scary. I feel so sorry for the survivors of his attacks. They must live in absolute fear. I hope Amy rests in peace, and I hope her family is healing.
@@tinywalnut6337 I used to finish work and pass by a park that had ducks and feed them - it was nice to do after work, let go of any stress! The ducks started to know my schedule and would come to meet me, it was so cute - sorry about the ramble, you just reminded me of them (just for the record, I never harmed any duck or human!)
@@loretta_3843 I certainly didn't mean to imply that everyone who feeds ducks is mentally ill. I think that's amazing! And I love that they knew your schedule! What a sweet thing.
WTF is wrong with people??? 40 stab wounds? REALLY? This is one of the only channels I watch for true crime. Mike's disgust and empathetic nature is always obvious and greatly appreciated. His dedication in getting even the smallest details and his ability to share them with us in his storytelling style helps to make the worst of those details a bit easier to digest. But understanding the why always leaves me beyond baffled 😢💜
Mike’s a very good presenter . It’s his job, just like the presenters on TV . These You Tubers who have a higher amount of subscribers than the average You Tubers , have a team working behind the scenes, a script writer a director, editor, lighting etc .
@@joedennehy386 Yes, did you? I'm sick of defense attorneys using the mentally ill card every time someone decides to take a life or lives. Mental illness doesn't necessarily make a person a monster. If it did millions of us would be in prison or dead. And btw...the condescending response you gave wasn't necessary.
You are f'n awesome Mike! We appreciate everything you do! Loving the podcast as well, I feel so spoiled, videos and podcast episodes. You are amazing!
Thanks Mike for another great episode. I feel bad that so many of your followers choose to make ridiculous comments. I thought we were all like-minded in the true crime genre. Now I can see that we are not. A woman can’t comment about women’s safety without being bombarded with ‘but what about male victims’ rhetoric is just so sad. I’m so tired of the what-about isms.
This is surreal, I went to high school with Amy, I didn't expect to see her face when checking my subscriptions, seeing people from Chaug in these pictures, I can't believe it's been 10 years, I never knew her that well but my few memories of her were fond ones.
@@greghii8093fr that shit so corny, like even if it's true the whole comment boils down to "hey I knew that person" Good for u glad you was blessed to know em but what does stating that u know em contribute to the topic ?
I’ve never cried during one of That Chapter’s videos before but seeing the sisters cry at the candlelight vigil and court got me. Amy seems like she was so sweet. Finding out she was one of three victims that day is so painful.
Perhaps you missed the fact that this man was mentally disturbed. This silly idea that these people should be turned loose on society just because they turn 18 needs to change.
@@carltonbanks5470 Exactly !!! Mr. Edwin J. Alemany was both a victim & a violent perpetrator, who should never have timed out of the system at 18. Before he turned eighteen he should have been indefinitely committed to a secure mental hospital. Granted most people in his situation who go off their medications only harm themselves, but in his case there would have been many signs that he was violently aggressive. A kinder & more effective society would have placed him in a secure mental hospital to study why he became so violent, what should have happened to prevent this tragedy, and also used interviews with him to train forensic psychiatrists in law enforcement. He would need to convince three psychiatrists that he was no longer a risk to society in order to be released, which would never ever happen, given the nature of his crimes. If he continued to be dangerously violent in said secure mental hospital, he would be a candidate for psychosurgery, and likely would have received a psychosurgery, the modern equivalent of a lobotomy, to protect the staff & other patients. [ They still have to do this if a patient's violence can not be controlled by medication, as they can't humanly keep patients restrained 24-7. The surgery involved smaller portions of the frontal lobes in increments, so the patients don't end up like poor Rosalyn Kennedy did.] Instead, this violently mental man will likely end up being kept in solitary confinement for the rest of his life, with brief periods of him being transferred into the general prison until he maims or kills other prisoners, and then placed back in solitary again. With nothing being learned on how to prevent another horrible tragedy by the next Mr. Alemary...
I'm from Boston and this case was all over the news, as it should be b/c a crime this bad hadn't happened since the 50's when the Boston strangler was killing women. One thing Mike left out was that the Death penalty was an option, despite Mass. not having the Death Penalty. But, his mother got on the witness stand and broke down in tears talking about how this POS came from a broken home, etc. Apparently, the jurors felt it was too harsh to put a needle in his arm in 20 years and have him gone from the world. Instead, he gets to live, and Amy will forever be 24. Life can be cruel.
We had a neighbor that lived up the street from us who was abducted in Atlanta, GA. Three guys took her and her car and stripped her nude and did who knows what. Then later the guys went inside a gas station. All of em got out of the car, I guess thinking she'd stay in bc she was naked, but as soon as they went inside she bolted and got away. She still has mental issues from it and it breaks my heart bc she's a nice lady. I feel for her but she's doing better now and we all in the neighborhood tried to help any way we could, it was very sad
I can't believe shorty did not run when she went in to the ATM walked out and a pedestrian walk right by her. I know a girl that jumped out of a car going 40 miles per hour because she was afraid.
Please do check on her when you think of it, just let her know that you care and hate what she's been through & that she should call you if ever she needs you, to walk her to her car or she gets caught out with a flat tire etc. I've been through like trauma & it helps just to know others do care & to havesomeone for help if I need it, if I get scared of noises or something.
@@KathyHussey063 We do and we help bring her groceries in but I'll try not to get anywhere close to her just becuz. We don't live in Atlanta but we want her to feel safe bc she's part of our community here and what happened to her was fcked up. We take care of our own here and I know it makes her feel better when she's not alone
If you like true crime then look into The Toy box Killer. This guy would drug women and do who knows what to them as slaves in his house and trailer. The women had to call him "master" or get a beating. Real sick stuff.
@@ekbanks One thing I've noticed from a lot of stories is that fear is debilitating to a majority of victims who are being held under duress, or who have been attacked - particularly if they have not experienced extreme violence before. It's a normal human reaction to a substantial and very real threat to life. She would have been on a kind of terrified auto-pilot, and just hoping for the best outcome.
LADIES! NEVER let them get you to a second location. If they do then you stand little to no chance of survival. As soon as the attempt happens SCREAM, KICK, BITE, SCRATCH, PUNCH, and whatever else you can do to get attention. Your chance of survival is so much higher at the original location. Yeah, they may kill you there BUT they'll definitely kill you at their chosen second location. Be safe out there. Teach this to your kids too! Age appropriately of course. Men, it happens to you WAY, WAY less, but of course this applies to anyone. Didn't know I needed to explain that to grown men 🙄
As a person who’s watched 100s of cases and reviewed tons of evidence and an amateur true crime addict, I can say this is EXACTLY correct. Fight and die on the spot but never bargain or go to another location
I raised all my kids on this exact statement! NEVER be taken to the second location. If you’re gonna have any chance to get away…FIGHT! You would rather succumb to injuries without additional atrocities being inflicted on you after being taken to places unknown 😢
My heart breaks knowing what Amy's final hours and moments must have been like for her. That video footage is haunting. I can only imagine how much she would have agonized over the decision to either run or comply (over and over in her head) as he drove her around to those ATMs and how she would have felt once his true intentions dawned on her. It's unfathomable how horrifying her entire ordeal would have been. She had her whole life ahead of her and it was just snatched away for _nothing_ . My heart goes out to her loved ones and the other women that were attacked by this POS. Thank you for covering these women's stories with your typical level of respect and sensitivity Mike.
@@leahgolden7242 Don't worry, I didn't read your comment to be victim blaming (I had wanted to add something similar to my comment but was worried about the same thing). Even with the risk of it being misread it's probably always worth repeating on the off chance that it sticks in someone's mind and maybe even helps them survive. While you can never know for sure (in the moment) whether you just happen to be dealing with someone who would be more or less likely to harm you if you comply, I have always heard that overall your best chance at survival is to fight/run/never let someone take you to a secondary location (or somewhere isolated). That said, as someone who has twice been in a situation where I had to agonize over choices like that (with a violent ex rather than a stranger though) I know how difficult it is to think clearly in the midst of that level of terror and violence. That's why thinking of her going over that exact thing in the midst of what she was going through is so heartbreaking. The level of cruelty he put her through is unfathomable.
@@leahgolden7242 Exactly. Never comply. Either way, you’re going to get hurt. So, might as well take the chance of living. The worst that could happen is that he gets out his car and shoots/stabs you. But, guess what? He’s out in public. Someone is going to see something and possibly do something. Besides, he will most likely leave once you start escaping because he knows that he will get caught. Always run, always fight for your life.
They never recover a live body at a secondary location. If someone tries to abduct you run. Scream. Bite. Fight. Kick balls. Poke out eyes. Crash their car. Pretend to collapse so they have to drag you. Throw your car keys and money as far as you can and run the opposite way. Or all of these. Anything. No matter what. Don't go. Become determined. (To live.)
It's just wild to see other women like me cut down in their prime. I'm 25, just a year older than her. Stories like these just make me never want to leave the house.
A few things will keep you safe. Never let men walk behind you and never be alone with a strange man at any time no matter how safe you feel around him. Stay vigilant out there.
It's awful that one half of our population has to remain vigilant of attacks by the other half, hope you can feel safe or at least confident. My daughters are young but I'm teaching them to fight like hell, soon self defense classes and always carry something useful in an emergency.
Seeing Amy in the videos is terrifying, especially knowing now what happened to her soon after. It's bad enough she was murdered but what happened to her was overkill, my gosh!
Absolutely. I had to pause the video and just sit there for a moment. When I saw her on the CCTV my heart broke. She must of been so utterly froze with fear she couldn't even run. Ive never wanted to give someone a hug so much. 😢❤
Its crazy, the fact she had the chance to escape multiple times makes me cringe. It reminds me of another story of a mother and father with two kids, someone on the run breaks into the house and holds them hostage. The woman was sent on multiple trips and was allowed to take one of her children even. She decided she would not try and escape even though she was sent to firstly the shop, then a different time to the post office. Cut the story short they all ended up perishing, it is common knowledge that you have to do everything to escape so their is something phycological going on like stockholm syndrome.
@@The_MostHigh This is all so horrible and I agree that, whats going in someone's to not just get away, And I wonder if he hadn't gotten caught at the hospital would he have still gotten caught, And I think there are many many cases where it seems that a person could have, probably gotten away, and this makes me think of when there's like a group of people 3-4 and there's one or two gunman but the people don't All just bumrush the people all at once.!!! But then no one really knows how they would handle that it's just so sad!!
He probably lied that he was apart of a gang that even if he is not around they will come after her if she does not cooperate. Some people can be so self sacrificing for friend or family. I honestly think she thought she was keeping him away and became task oriented. She was trying to finish whatever it was he wanted so she could just go home but that never happened…
Poor Amy. She probably had a pretty bad head injury and may not have felt that she could run well enough to get away. Poor kid and her poor family. When the prosecutor said, “…forever 24,” it broke my heart.
She knew what she was doing as she remembered her PIN number and walked easily without stumbling etc to the banks. She was obviously terrified of the man and too scared to run, which is understandable .
@@cherrymetha3185 I’m a speech-language pathologist who has studied neurology and is qualified to treat people with brain injuries, whether caused by illnesses, traumatic accidents, assaults, or strokes. Head injuries aren’t always visible in a person’s gait or in their ability to recall old/rote info such as bank PINs. Making a plan, remembering it, and executing it are all functions which can be affected when other functions are not impaired at all. Also, the video in which Amy is walking is very brief and tells us nothing about how stable she FELT on her feet. Our observations and her experience are possibly two drastically different things.
@@cherrymetha3185 I think it's unwise to talk about what she could and couldn't have been thinking/feeling/rationalizing in that moment with such certainty. As someone who has lived through an ex breaking into my apartment and attacking me it's _vastly_ different to live through something like that in real time compared to just watching it in a calm environment after the fact. My head injury and fear impacted by ability to think on the fly, but it didn't impact my ability to remember names/numbers etc. (those are vastly different avenues of thought). No sense putting intention behind what she did or didn't do when she's no longer here to refute it, I don't think that's fair to her.
Jesus, what a thought. That would have made it even more horrific, I’ve had head injuries a few times and you already feel detached from reality. Poor kid.
Amy is one of the cases that stuck with me after ID’s See No Evil. I’ve never seen it covered on YT, and of course you’d be the one to do it and the only one who could give Amy the compassion she deserves! RIP to her and I pray her family and friends have found solace. Thanks as always for ALL you do and have a FANTABULOUS weekend, Mike! 💚💛💜
This one was really upsetting. These young women are living their lives, planning their day and in the blink of an eye their worlds are shattered. Amy didn't have a chance. :(
@@cdes1776 Amen. It breaks my heart that she also had to endure the torture of all those hours, thinking if she could just do what he wanted, he would let her go.
I saw the episode on the ID channel and they did an incredible job. One thing left out was one of the girl's who was attacked (not the one in the video) was a very, very strong young lady that laid into him on the witness stand. She embarrassed the a-hole.
This case deeply pains me. Imagine her parents seeing her in that condition beaten with the killer right by her?! I just can’t even imagine! That would haunt me. I showed this video to my daughter who is 26 and told her to FIGHT grabbing the wheel to do whatever she can to escape. I’d rather die there than be tortured somewhere else and have always told my daughter this.
You’re so right - fight and run the very first chance you get and never bet on the fact they’re going to just rob you and let you go. Sucks to think she most likely could’ve just bolted when she got out at the ATM and at least had a chance at survival
Exactly. I'm not saying it's her fault but she should of ran as soon as he let her out of the car. She should of never got in the damn car! You have to fight for your life in these situations a criminal will not attack you in public. If your taken to a park it's over. She was to trusting in people. Remember people said she was "loyal" witch is another was of saying she was to trusting. She could of easily saved herself. How could she be so naive. I guess she was still young and first experiencing the real world. You can't trust anybody.
@@GodsThirdEye what means not her fault? Sure, she didn’t killed herself, but it was her fault, ignoring rule nr. 1. I bet that every commentator in this section know this rule. And especially, she wasn’t hold on gunpoint. She went 15 m away from him, in daylight with pedestrians, even the door to the car closed.if wasn’t suicide but her fault, to not being educated enough (or better to say, knowing common sense) for dangerous situation. She maybe knew 10 high clothing companies, but some standard rules, everyone know we’re ignored by her. But I liked your comment, most of what you are saying is correct, but I do not like ignorance. She learned very much in her young life. College, university…..but not such simple rules? It won’t become understandable to me.
I remember when this happened. I'm from Wilbraham, a few years older than Amy - I had friends who were close to her. Thank you for covering this, and for telling her story. ♥
Mike needs a true crime tv or streaming special. The way he narrates, the way he shows genuine empathy, they way he is able to slide humor into tragic stories without being crude or disrespectful. Truly a joy getting my true crime fix from this Chanel
Thank you for covering this horrific story. I am originally from Southie, I lived right around the corner on 4th Street and worked at the Manor & the Deli when I was younger. This case rocked anyone that was associated with the community. My heart still hurts for this young lady and her family. May she be at peace.
I had lumbar spinal fusion surgery 5 days ago and binging on Mike's videos is my recovery. It's just the right amount of gore and laughs, much needed for me right now! Thanks!
Seeing the fear in her face each time is just heartbreaking and I'm so happy he wasn't allowed to make himself the victim. When you know you need medicine to help you regulate your mood and get through life without harm to yourself and others you don't walk out of a facility and toss the meds in the trash. I've know far too many that self medicate thinking they know better than the doctors or because they don't like the way the meds make them feel. Well people don't like the way you make them feel when you attack them but they don't have a choice like you do.
Did you know that the SSRI drug class does not only fail to do what it claims, but that a lack of serotonin is believed to not even be the cause of depression? Not saying je was prescribed SSRIs, but to pretend we even know enough about the brain to confidently take drugs designed to screw up the chemistry might not always be such a great idea. Especially since side effects of this drug class include suicidal (yes, what most patients are trying to prevent by consuming these) and homicidal ideations.
@@readilium3432 Yeah, your little comment disqualifies decades of research and training. He DIDN'T take the meds, and he DID murder and attack others. If suicide was a side effect (sure can be) this ar*e-hole TOTALLY should have taken the meds, it could have saved Amy's life. I don't think we know a fraction of total knowledge of the brain. I don't disagree with being careful what meds you take, but to assume we are PRETENDING to know enough blah blah blah is quite rude and the type of mentality that causes mentally ill ppl to believe they know better how to self medicate, hence the end result of innocent people being violently murdered. Disseminating false information is dangerous.
@@readilium3432 I know way more about this then you will ever know. I had a family member just like him and the medications were tossed out by my family member as well. People think they know how well they do or don't work but, this guy had no issues while he was under watch by the state. As soon as he aged out and made his own choices he tossed his meds and look what he does. Depression was the most minor thing in the long list of issues he has wrong with him. Clearly I'm not a doctor but I'm going to say from personal experience and 17yrs in Healthcare that he's bipolar, manic depressive, dissacositative disorder, paranoia, schizophrenic, ptsd and a few others in the mix. He made the choice to knowingly throw out meds that were working when taken properly and instead self medicated, the worst choice ever! Most often it's a mix of alcohol, weed or other street drugs and once in awhile they toss in the actual meds they should be taking but without alcohol and that turns into a violent mess. I have many scars to prove it! What's often written up about the medication reactions in patients is from the perfect reacting ones (99 of 100 in the program) and use the negative of (1 person left that the meds didn't work all that great with)... I've been in a few of the study programs for experimental chemo meds and I saw how it was decided. If this guy would had stayed on the meds I don't think he would have hurt anyone, or killed anyone.
Something really struck me here, I see lots of cases involving victims filmed at cash points taking out money under threat. Hopefully this never happens me but going forward I’ll keep it in my mind and also tell my daughter that if ever in a situation like this to mouth as much information to the camera as possible. If someone is taking me down I’m leaving as much hard evidence as possible
Teach her a few sign language signs! Look up videos here on YT, learn the alphabet and "help me". Then you/she could fingerspell the person's name or any other relevant information along with "help" into the camera. Also in a position where the man doesn't have a gun, I would just try to run away into that traffic screaming like a crazy person the first chance I got! Seeing all those cars drive by right behind Amy at the ATMs broke my heart. I also saw a show once where the victim spit all over the backseat she was tied up in to leave her DNA everywhere. I hate that we're even having this conversation, it's extremely sad that as women we have to actively think about this shit and plan for it, but I guess it's never bad to be prepared for the worst this world could have to offer
@@deadendqueen5886 my daughter is 14 and like myself into true crime, we’ve already since she was young had very open discussions and I’ve always taught her about how to get away safely from bad situations, use safe words when texting or phoning me , how to leave as much dna as possible plus other clues. I’ve taught her secret hand signals already but to just mouth words as clues to a cash machine only occurred to me watching this. Someone watching can see sign language being used but from behind they can’t see the mouthing of words for lip reading. This case was beyond heartbreaking, she was obviously so scared it left her frozen and compliant hoping she could get out of it by following his rules. God bless her family
How about teach her to fight or run away? If she could learn a martial art that's awesome but all she needs is a gun. If not give her a tazer or pepper spray. And if you really got nothing RUN! You better be screaming your head off as well. Make a scene.
I understand what you want to say, but in a situation like this it probably would be more helpful to stay in the room where the ATM is located. You know there is a camera, so if the perp comes after you, it'll all be on video. There's at least a 50 : 50 chance that the perp will leave you alone and not enter the room to avoid being caught on video. You also could combine the two strategies: mouth as much information to the camera as possible and then stay in the room afterwards. Perhaps it would help if every ATM had some kind of "get help!"-button. Connected to the nearest police and only usable after you identified yourself by inserting your card, so it couldn't be missused for prank calls. In Amy's this could have worked. Greetings from Germany :=)
Maybe " God " should have been there to protect her ? If you believe in " God " then you believe he is in charge for your every move , he has a " Destiny ' for each person, that then means " God " was responsible for her being stabbed. I don't know how people can see what goes on everyday on this planet and still believe a " God " controls it or is real ?? I worked as a Nurse for 15 years and saw Kids dying of cancer in extreme pain as they're parents screamed and begged " God " to help , and everytime all I could do was comfort them , even though I just wanted to scream " stop putting your faith in a imaginary being !!" I have also seen the idea of " God " comfort those dying and in that respect I get it as they have nothing else
Thanks Mike for covering this sad story. I mentioned this case in the comment section a couple times. Even if you never read my comment thanks for covering this case. No other True Crime channel has covered this one and i figured your audience would find it interesting. Thanks, and keep up the fine work!!!
The footage of Amy at the ATM is haunting. She looks scared, hurt, disorientated, confused, alone and in disbelief. I wish she had tried to run when she left that car to use the ATM. She may not have survived but she stood a better chance than she did getting back in that car and at the very least she would have suffered far less than what did eventually happen to her. I’m sure it’s not that straightforward in reality though, when your ability to think rationally is paralysed by fear. No doubt you hope they’ll just let you go if you do as they say and you’re convinced if you run they’ll catch you. It was a dilemma she should never have had to face though, rest in peace Amy.
Yea it sucks because you think if you do what they say they’ll let you go , but that isn’t always the case. I’ve been carjacked before by an ex friend and you do kind of freeze and not want to do anything fast incase they hurt you . But in this case he already had hurt her so I’m not sure why she didn’t get that boost of adrenaline to boost it but idk .
I am very familiar with this case b/c I'm from the same area. I can't understand why she didn't run, or flag someone down b/c it happened in busy downtown Boston and not some rural area. I guess she was scared and he probably convinced her that he only wanted money.
No doubt she was disoriented, and confused. 10/15 minutes of a blitz attack and beating would take its toll on anyone. No everyone goes into fight or flight, some fawn, become submissive and comply in an effort to survive. RIP Amy.
I absolutely love your accent and listening to you talk about these horrific crimes with such compassion and a caring style. Thank you for doing what you do and keep up the great work! ❤❤❤
*NEVER* follow the commands of a kidnapper, even at gun point. The instant you follow the kidnapper to an isolate area where he is in full control, you're dead. It's better to try to run away even if it gets you shot, you have better chances of surviving, as there might be witnesses and the kidnapper may not pursue. Amy had multiple occasions where she could've bolted, but didn't probably reasoning that the man would let her go after robbing her. Don't take that chance. That man was demented, and while his life was pretty rough, it's no excuse for the excess violence he let out that day.
gotta wonder why the one girl didnt run while at the ATM She prolly figured if i do what he says, hes not gonna kill me over 900$ robbery.. but then he prolly realized kidnapping is a LONG sentence I think the the person kidnapped is unharmed, released, and its a short period of time, they really should have lighter sentences for it. As it stand now, he might as well killed her, since he was already looking at 20 years for kidnapping. I think the severness of that law puts people in danger.
@@scorch4299 you put yourself in her shoes and insult her choices. You put yourself in his shoes and rationalize that he made the right decision by killing her… Are you a rapist killer?
I'd just like to say i love your honesty to tell it how it is. The way you tell the facts about the case & that you call the perpetrators excatly what they are
I remember this guy. It's terrifying partially because these horrific crimes are so random. It's what we all fear, the "boogey man" right? Thanks for this!!
@@KellyfromMemphisDD214 I live in Ontario, Canada in a very safe neighbourhood. I didn't literally mean it's what we "all" fear, but a lot of us do fear random attacks/murder, as in, you're just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
@@DystopianUtopia8 True, but I'm not paranoid about being murdered. It's just an expression really, when I say it's what we all fear; many people as I said, fear random homicide, which isn't to say they sit around thinking about it all day long, lol.
I'm from Massachusetts as well. I love you too Mike!! You and Bailey were the first two true crime people I started listening to. My friend died in the hands of her husband but made it look like an accident so he's free. You all have inspired me to go to school so I can put the bad guys away.
Absolutely luv this channel. Mike is just a brilliant story teller. Perfect timing between down right seriousness and the comic punchline. As soon as he says let’s give it a goo! My attention span is locked in to his presentation. The worrying thing is he’s never short of material. 😮😂
This one hit too close to home. Thanks for the reminder to just be extra cautious out there everyone. Much love to you Mike. Everyone have a good, safe weekend.
@@wildlyunrulyadventures3942 i mean I’ve been assaulted and I know taekwondo, took it up 10+ years ago as self defense. Didn’t do much against a man 100lbs heavier than me.
i hate that when i looked up amy lord, related searches included "why didnt amy lord run away".... because she was deathly afraid? confused? shocked? i hate that we're questioning why she did/didn't do something because truthfully we don't know what we would do unless we were in her situation (god forbid).
Amy probably believed in the best of people. He must have promised not to hurt her anymore and she believed him. He probably threatened to shoot her if she ran
This is why I wish we learnt more about fear responses because some people just freeze or go along with their attacker's demands (friend/fawn) in the hopes of surviving that way. As someone who's been in the friend/fawn response before, it's just as confusing for us. Our brain just shuts off and we just do as we're told. If we just knew more about that we'd have more compassion for each other and themselves
I dont think its meant as victim blaming, but as trying to understand what happened within this crime; if theres something to learn, some way to stop it from happening again. If we dont try to find answers, understand and discuss them, the crime doesnt bring any good in its wake. Im sure even Amy wouldnt want that.
Rewatching this (you're welcome Mike) and seeing her face when she's at the ATM.... darn man that felt like it was my baby girl. Broke my heart seeing that I can't imagine how thrilled family would feel.
Man Mike… You are everywhere. This is awesome. Two videos a week and two new podcasts per week? "He is a machine"!!! 🤣🤣 Thanks for all the consistency with your content!!!!
Totally love listening to your voice & watching your facial expressions telling these stories. Makes them easier to hear. You’re awesome at telling these stories and IMO presenting the victims as lovely & real people and showing the perps as the monsters they are
Mike- as always you are incredibly respectful in how you narrate the victim's stories but you're still able to make us laugh and smile at the same time. Don't change.
@@susandevoe3524 everything is easier in hindsight. there have been people who survive being kidnapped and taken to ATMs. we just hear about the fatalities because we watch true crime.
I've watched a channel where he said " no matter heat you do don't ever get in the car" I get it who know what he said to her or what she thinks why she didn't run she had the opportunity.
@@addisonlane2508 That's the problem, assuming a criminal who is by definition a shitty person, a dishonest person and a violent person, will keep their end of the 'bargain'. They won't. She had the chance to run multiple times .. he wouldn't have come after her with others around. You allow a violent man to move you around, he will eventually move you to the killing site and end you. They aren't normal, they don't look at you as a human with rights or feelings, they just want to see your fear and get hard on it, take your stuff and likely see killing you as an extra fun thrill or as necessary because you can identify them later. Never ever cooperate with violent men and allow them to transport you around with some promise to release you later. They won't. Amy was smart enough to bargain him into letting her live once .. it's a shame she was likely so terrified that she didn't use the opportunity the moron gave her to escape into a place with people around, yell and make a fuss and call the police.
You can have mental health issues and still know what you're doing is wrong, as he undoubtedly did. No excuses. Thank god he will never get paroled. RIP Amy 💜
We love you too, Mike! Lots and lots! I know that researching these stories must be tough on you. I can see it. Thank you very much for all of the blood, sweat, and tears you put into your videos!
Mike you're a much better story teller than even Mr Ballan! I truly believe the only reason you don't already have at least 10,000,000 subs is UA-cams biased algorithm! ❤ You'll be there soon in spite of them. Luv ya dude
But Mr. Ballen has gimmicks! He hides some object in every video, and everyone that can spot it chimes in the time stamp. Anyway, yeah, Mr. Ballen seems like a spoof of himself, sorta. Like Wayne from Wayne's World doing a crime podcast.
Mr. Ballen needs to get rid of the stupid backwards baseball cap. He only wears it because he is ashamed of his huge forehead. You can see it in older pictures of him on the innerwebs!
These videos are sad but remind us, life is what you make it and what you do with it is important. It takes a lot to get through it and all the love and support gets you there. Great Job Mike.
I'm from Massachusetts and I remember when this happened,I lived in that area at the time.When this POS was arrested,his POS brother said "My brother didn't do this."just like family members of monsters always do.
Sure we doubt our family could be monsters, but can't you tell between relatives who are decent, and those who aren't? I have family that I love but know not to trust, or at least recognize the sleaziness. How are people do blind to it?
Aren't 14 convictions, of which some for assault, enough to understand that a scumbag is just a danger to society and shouldn't never walk free? The law is effed up.
There should not be a plea of "not guilty for reason of insanity." If an individual commits a crime that leads to the death or maiming of another person, they should be given a guilty sentence. The severity of the crime can then determine the length of time for which the sentence will be set. Enough! No one should be subjected to losing a loved one because of psychotics like this one.
Mike, you are SOOOOOO GREAT at your research, retelling of events and the humor is superior. Well done! I love your videos and even thought the podcast is video-free, my ears are very much captivated as if i can see you. Im very happy for your continued success. "Take care of yourself because i love ya!"
Someone who will attack anybody for no reason could be considered insane. But someone who ONLY attacks smaller, weaker people is just a predator and a coward.
And he took great pains to try and cover up his crimes. He may be crazy, but he knew what he did was wrong. Fry him.
Unless he had a history of child abuse being inflicted by a woman similar to his victims...
[the long answer is below...]
Mr. Edwin J. Alemany was both a victim & a violent perpetrator, who should never have timed out of the system at 18.
Before he turned eighteen he should have been indefinitely committed to a secure mental hospital.
Granted most people in his situation who go off their medications only harm themselves, but in his case there would have been many signs that he was violently aggressive.
A kinder & more effective society would have placed him in a secure mental hospital to study why he became so violent, what should have happened to prevent this tragedy, and also used interviews with him to train forensic psychiatrists in law enforcement.
He would need to convince three psychiatrists that he was no longer a risk to society in order to be released, which would never ever happen, given the nature of his crimes.
If he continued to be dangerously violent in said secure mental hospital, he would be a candidate for psychosurgery, and likely would have received a psychosurgery, the modern equivalent of a lobotomy, to protect the staff & other patients.
[ They still have to do this if a patient's violence can not be controlled by medication, as they can't humanly keep patients restrained 24-7. The surgery involved smaller portions of the frontal lobes in increments, so the patients don't end up like poor Rosalyn Kennedy did.]
Instead, this violently mental man will likely end up being kept in solitary confinement for the rest of his life, with brief periods of him being transferred into the general prison until he maims or kills other prisoners, and then placed back in solitary again.
With nothing being learned on how to prevent another horrible tragedy by the next Mr. Alemary...
He will now be surrounded by people bigger, stronger, and more violent than him... for the rest of his life, and with no way out.
Lucky for him, he was an incredibly stupid predator & coward 🙄 how many more times might he have tried had he kept getting away
Exactly! He was "sane" enough to pick "easy" targets.
Every bank/ATM should allow customers to set up a "panic PIN," which, if entered, will alert authorities, immediately send the video footage, and restrict the amount of money available for withdrawal.
ETA: In retrospect, I'd also like to see, if there's still a safe way to implement it that doesn't alert the perpetrator, some sort of GPS tag. Either some advanced tech in the future that looks and feels like money can be dispensed with the rest of the cash, or even just a way to _optionally_ have a small tag be dispensed with the money, if the victim is in a position to conceal it.
That's a great idea!!!
This is such a simple, yet brilliant idea!!!
That is an excellent idea!!
If you put your code in backwards it does exactly that.
Awesome idea for protecting peoples money 👏🏼 👏🏼 do you have any great ideas for protecting women from being raped and killed
My first thought about his insanity plea was if he didn’t realize what he was doing was wrong, why‘d he cover his face in the ATM video?
Survey says: Good answer.
Good point
The death penalty was offered (rare b/c Massachusetts doesn't have the death penalty) b/c it was so cruel, but his mother spoke about his bad childhood and it was decided that life was better. He'll just screw the taxpayers as usual. Mass. is a liberal and welfare state. I guaratee the state was giving this loser a check every month.
Because he knew exactly what he was doing and is pure lying and wants to get away with his crimes like the disgusting scumbag he is 😡
And why did he prey on women if he was so frikken nuts he'd go after ANYONE not only young women.
The roommate who recognized the guy and called police, what a hero.
Wow that prosecutor was good!
The way he said the victims' names and ages, ending with "forever 24" sent chills up my back.
Yes
@@moni2624 The problem is that the prosecutor wasn't interested in placing this perpetrator in a secure mental hospital, which would have been the result of his plea. The long explanation is bellow:
Mr. Edwin J. Alemany was both a victim & a violent perpetrator, who should never have timed out of the system at 18.
Before he turned eighteen he should have been indefinitely committed to a secure mental hospital.
Granted most people in his situation who go off their medications only harm themselves, but in his case there would have been many signs that he was violently aggressive.
A kinder & more effective society would have placed him in a secure mental hospital to study why he became so violent, what should have happened to prevent this tragedy, and also used interviews with him to train forensic psychiatrists in law enforcement.
He would need to convince three psychiatrists that he was no longer a risk to society in order to be released, which would never ever happen, given the nature of his crimes.
If he continued to be dangerously violent in said secure mental hospital, he would be a candidate for psychosurgery, and likely would have received a psychosurgery, the modern equivalent of a lobotomy, to protect the staff & other patients.
[ They still have to do this if a patient's violence can not be controlled by medication, as they can't humanly keep patients restrained 24-7. The surgery involved smaller portions of the frontal lobes in increments, so the patients don't end up like poor Rosalyn Kennedy did.]
Instead, this violently mental man will likely end up being kept in solitary confinement for the rest of his life, with brief periods of him being transferred into the general prison until he maims or kills other prisoners, and then placed back in solitary again.
With nothing being learned on how to prevent another horrible tragedy by the next Mr. Alemary...
@@davidhollenshead4892 I completely agree - the system failed him and maybe if it hadn’t his victim would be alive and he’d be in a better place
That’s my favorite store at the mall
Probably a south American, they use that [Edwin]name a lot.
This one had me in tears. The footage of Amy at the ATMs is awful, I can't even imagine how scared she was.
I binge crime docos a lot but this one really got to me too. The poor girl
So scared she didn’t just run away when she got out of the car to use the ATM on the side of an extremely busy street
@@BikingVikingHH Isn't that exactly what the OP said?
@@BikingVikingHH seeing.
Of course she clearly wanted to be with a disgusting murderous psychopath who pushed his way into her house. Gtfoh
It’s sad really sad
I always appreciate that you name your videos after the victims, not the heinous pieces of garbage that commit the crimes.
WTF are you talking about? Plenty of his videos have the criminals in the tittle….
@@alejandromolinac chill out and leave her alone please..
@@alejandromolinac
Jesus, lay off the coffee.
@mockgothgirl better yet lay off UA-cam
Every channel with respect for themselves do put the victims name.
When people do this kind of stuff, never comply. Always put up a struggle. You not letting them take you to a secondary location or giving them what they're after is the best guarantee of making it out alive.
Always. Fight. Back.
I would’ve run in zigzag away from the ATM
Truer words. NEVER GET INT THE CAR WITH HIM (HER)!! You might die now resisting or running away, even if they have a gun, but you are 100% "unalived" if you go with him (her). In public, right now is the time to fight. NEVER GET IN THE CAR - and fight like hell, or run away, screaming and making as much noise as possible, shout "FIRE FIRE!!" as that's something people immediately pay attention to.
It was very early so few people about . Not exactly in public so the chance of help was very slim
I also think Amy could hv been injured, dizzy, no strength, confused due to the beating, and not able to run. Also I suppose in that terror state, one has hope.
In reality, shit, piss, vomit. Anything gross will other disturb your attacker and they give up or you get time to escape😊
Poor girl probably thought he just wanted the money and was going to let her go. Thanks for always showing the jury reading the guilty verdict
Yes, sad indeed. Beautiful young lady. May she rest in peace.
Never believe that someone, about whom the only thing you know is they are willing to threaten violence to get what they want, will be satisfied by your submission. Too often, it only encourages them to seek more power and control and debasement of their victims.
He wasn’t insane when he drove her to ATM’s, took her to a secluded area to kill her then torch the car to destroy evidence. Insane people don’t do that. Those in their right mind, trying not to get caught do that. He found her by opportunity but the rest he planned out.
RIP Amy ❤️
Exactly 100%. Insane people do things and don't care and don't logically think about covering it up.
JCS
Insanity/mental health issues seem only to be for rich people, their kids & school shooters!!
@@hereallyfast what is that acronym JCS?
Yes, the moment someone tried to cover up their crime is the moment that an insanity plea should be made unavailable. That plea is not to determine if they are mentally ill. It is to determine if they were capable of knowing right from wrong at the time.
She was my classmate growing up, thank you for covering this!
Incredibly scary and tragic story!
@@happinesssomewhere18 why? he didn't do it.
@@happinesssomewhere18 dafuq? He also could’ve said nothing.
@@happinesssomewhere18 jfc, sorry for what? He had nothing to do with it other than covering the case and bringing awareness to the masses. Even your username seems to identify the earth as a cruel place. Do you say sorry to everyone you meet?
@@happinesssomewhere18 You could look at this episode as his way of apologizing for all the killers out there. I see that Mike is still a free man! x
I am beyond sick and tired of people that are a danger to others getting away with not taking their medication. I am by no means putting down people that have mental illness - I suffer from severe depression, but I am only a danger to myself. If you are a danger to others, you should be forced to take your medication. If you refuse to take it, you should be locked up. Period. End of story. Stop blaming everything except the person that commits these crimes!
That Boston prosecutor went in so hard though- He was putting his heart out there.
As a survivor and a self defense instructor I implore everyone to know that no matter what FIGHT do whatever you have to do to survive because predators only want easy prey and even when they tell you they’re not going to hurt you it’s almost always a lie just to keep you easy prey! DON’T FALL FOR IT!!!!
Aye & never let them take you to a secondary location. Fight soon as you're grabbed ✌️
@@tartanmystic4025 I just saw one were a gal was being carjacked, she flipped out, smashed her car roof yelled like crazy and they ran away.
I once saw a documentary about a bank robbery during which the robber wanted to take a young woman with him after he got the money from the teller. She said no even when he threatened her with a gun. She sat on the floor and said, "I don't care, I am not going with you." He finally gave up and left. We could actually see it happen because there was footage of it through the bank's security cameras. When the reporter showed the footage to an FBI expert on kidnapping, he said that is exactly what you should do, do NOT ever get in a car with a kidnapper because chances are you will be badly harmed if not ki!!ed.
Oh, one more point, if someone is trying to kidnap you, yell FIRE, FIRE because sometimes when people hear "help", they think it is a family dispute etc. But, people will pay attention to fire because it might affect them.
Thank you ❤
Bubbly, happy girl, full of life, snatched away from family and friends by a nobody... Bless all who loved her. ❤
Hi TC. What a terrible tragedy for Amy's family. That crazy loser should get the death penalty for the crimes he committed, in my opinion. Hopefully her family & friends can get some closure now that the creep is behind bars. RIP to all he abused. CDV is no joke. More people should convict those idiots to the fullest extent of the law. Peace & splendid times hopefully await you my friend, love, Janine Smiley✌🙂😀🤩😍😉♏💜🎶🎵☕🥧☕🎂👍🌹🌺🌻🌼🌷👍😇
Exactly!!!
Beautifully said.
Amen🌹
Nicely said brother. It's just so sad! And for what? For some sick no life's temporary pleasure? Taken from this world for nothing! I can't stand these horrible crimes like these, they break a piece of my soul each time I hear about a case like this where innocent people's lives are Stolen by some creep! I hope Amy is at true peace. May she Rest in Paradise.
As a contact lens wearer, I'm in awe of whoever spotted the lens on the floor. When I drop one never find it 😅.
Lol. That’s because we need BOTH lenses to find the darned escapee!
I use the flashlight on my phone and 9 times out of 10 I can find the dropped contact lens lol but it’s definitely hard and you have to know the general area you lost it 😂
Me either 😅
@@christinabrown6553 yes 9 outta ten I agree
Same!
I'll always remember Amys kind heart. We were culinary partners in high-school. She was kind to everybody
Hey, you. I'm so glad TC is back to two videos per week. The podcast is fun, but a large part of the fun of TC is watching Mike in action. Having Mike tell people to Google something in order to see it, or - the absolute worst - hearing the Life Insurance Dance music without actually SEEING the Life Insurance Dance, was a hard pill to swallow.
Oh damn, I love the life insurance dance too. The first times especially I was imagining the moron killer looking forward to how good spending the three life insurance payouts will be as soon as he gets rid of these pesky coppers.
I dunno who diddit officer, but I know know in my heart I diddint do it 😆
The podcast is ok. It’s a bit too “funny”.
😂
Couldn’t agree more🎉
I totally agree with you.
I hope he never, ever, ever gets out of prison. Those poor young women, I can't even imagine. RIP Amy.
No possibility of parole so he'll be dying behind bars
Sure he'll get out one day.....but it'll be in a wooden box....⚰️
Accepting his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity would have made sure that he was never released.
It takes three or more psychiatrists agreeing that a patient is no longer a risk to society or themselves to be released, and given his crimes, that would never have happened...
A longer explanation is below:
Mr. Edwin J. Alemany was both a victim & a violent perpetrator, who should never have timed out of the system at 18.
Before he turned eighteen he should have been indefinitely committed to a secure mental hospital.
Granted most people in his situation who go off their medications only harm themselves, but in his case there would have been many signs that he was violently aggressive.
A kinder & more effective society would have placed him in a secure mental hospital to study why he became so violent, what should have happened to prevent this tragedy, and also used interviews with him to train forensic psychiatrists in law enforcement.
He would need to convince three psychiatrists that he was no longer a risk to society in order to be released, which would never ever happen, given the nature of his crimes.
If he continued to be dangerously violent in said secure mental hospital, he would be a candidate for psychosurgery, and likely would have received a psychosurgery, the modern equivalent of a lobotomy, to protect the staff & other patients.
[ They still have to do this if a patient's violence can not be controlled by medication, as they can't humanly keep patients restrained 24-7. The surgery involved smaller portions of the frontal lobes in increments, so the patients don't end up like poor Rosalyn Kennedy did.]
Instead, this violently mental man will likely end up being kept in solitary confinement for the rest of his life, with brief periods of him being transferred into the general prison until he maims or kills other prisoners, and then placed back in solitary again.
With nothing being learned on how to prevent another horrible tragedy by the next Mr. Alemary...
I hope his family and defenders get the karma they deserve. These feral savages ONLY care about some family member. WHOEVER that person is should suffer for the scum they championed. Hopefully they are...
Rabid animals should be put down.
There should be a button on ATM's to press in case of emergency!!! This is way too common.
It may not work every time, but it certainly has potential to save a life.
This is an awesome idea 💡
Ya know,that is a great idea!
And what would the responders do? By the time they get there, all is gone 🧐
@@verabolton And you bet your ass you'd still press that button should you find yourself in that shituation, wouldn't you Verna?
I'm not sure, hence the idea. That's the next step. Brainstorm. It could potentially save you, friend, or a loved ones life.
Perhaps it could work similarly to a life alert button, or silent alarm many businesses use. Alert a teller? Send the last minute or so of video from when the button was pressed to authorities so they have any crumb of a trail to follow during a crucial time, while the victim is alive? Things don't just exist - we have to come together to create solutions to problems.
I hope, if you have children or grand children, you encourage their ideas rather than knocking them down.
@@kourtneyg1957 What's wrong with you? I just stated the obvious and you turned mad on me. Calm down dude, I worked as a first responder and some of you guys tend to think we were superhuman. Life isn't a movie, be real 🤦♀
It always makes me so angry hearing about people who feel like they can do this to others… you’re not insane, you’re a nasty predator! Thanks for bringing this poor woman’s case to light Mike!
Hard to belive he is a father and said to be a good son to his mother, because he seems heartless to me. That poor girl, i cant even imagine what her last few hours of life were like. RIP Amy
psychopaths can care about those close to them and have zero feeling for anyone else.
People are not one dimensional. Ppl also are good at compartmentalizing.
Disagree.
Why you abuse dimensions into this. Thats not reality neither and an insult to anyone, which should only be directed, to the one stating this and no one else.
@@eabeloth7035 You alright?
Seriously you’re a champ for going back to twice a week on top of the podcast Mike.
Given the rate we murder one another, he'll never run out of material.
❤! So Wonderful😊 he is a good pick-me-up for my depressive down times. Almost wish he was doing comedy work as well! There's just something about him that is so relatable and genuine😊 of course makes you laugh to your tummy aches, but in a good way. Always respectful to the people he talks about. Except for the bad girls and guys of course. Then they are showing No Mercy.😊🙋🙏😇
Well he has 80 hours a week to figure it out like all those goofs that work at McDonald’s
@@capt.bart.roberts4975 sadly true. 😢
I like the classic background and format too.
He may have mental issues, but the footage demonstrates he knows exactly what he's doing and he knows right from wrong as he's doing it.
Not necessarily, as there are reasons that some people flip out, do something horrible and don't even remember it....
@@davidhollenshead4892 that’s not insanity though. At most thats blacking out
Silent grainy video footage is not usually known to be a good indicator of whether someone is mentally ill or not
Most of them do. Even 'psychotic' people most attack women, children, frail old people, people they know they can overpower. They rarely ever attack large, fit young men who can beat them senseless. They know what they are doing and certainly if they can plan and evade, they know what's right and wrong and that's the basis of prosecuting them normally. If you know what you did was wrong, you're culpable. This guy was worthless, shame he was allowed to grow up that way, but the end product was disposable, about as much worth as a paper cup, in the end. Mental issues aren't a card you can play for sympathy and benefits endlessly. In the end, if you're worthless to society and become a menace to people who are useful to society, society will dispose of you.
@@davidhollenshead4892 He was compos mentis enough to cover his face for the ATM camera, that was a calculated move.
I could never be a defense attorney. Couldn’t live with myself knowingly defending a psychopath.
Defense attorneys can elect not to defend. Persecutors (spelling intended) don't care when they spin BS tales and with old discovery to endungeon people they KNOW are innocent
I have no idea how they do it
Except they must also be insane and mentally ill....
What a mess
Some people are genuinely innocent and need a good defense lawyer. That all being said you're not forced to defend them. If you feel like your possible client is guilty and you feel morally troubled by them you may decline your services on helping them, or you can take the case and purposely sabotage their defense lmao.
@@russellleblanc1539public defenders are assigned cases and can't just drop them without good reason presented to judge. And you can't say that
What a horrifying story. This could happen to anyone's daughter or sister. The fact that the second victim was able to injure him got that monster off the street. Because you know he was going to do it again.
yep and again and again and again....no telling how many people he'd already badly attacked, injured, threatened and scared crapless in his life. I'm sure if we saw his lifelong records we'd all be very angry that he was still on the streets back then, to hurt 3 more people in that 1 day; because I guarantee you he'd been arrested, charged with so many other crimes & should've already been behind bars. But our penal code, the justice system's sentences are so inadequate even when they're found guilty of assault, with or without a deadly weapon. Even when a criminal has done their BEST to MURDER a person, if the person manages to escape before their attacker finishes killing them, the system treats it like a victim was smacked once.
A guy held a deer knife ( big long sharp knife) on my hroat when I was 15 yrs. old, he beat the he%%out of me, bite mark scars are still on my cheeks from that nut, my face slammed down into the gravel road as he tackled me from behind about 20 times all cause he was determined to ra%e me & this went on for over SIX hours! He was crazy blacked out on moonshine (I found out later). Finally, thank God, he passed out & I escaped. He got 2 years suspended sentence, which meant that he had to serve NO jail time (aside from the 5 days he'd spent in the county jail right after he was found there & arrested) as long as he didn't get arrested for 2 years ! They caught him pants down, passed out, weapon there, the stolen car he'd abducted me in there too, saw my bloody face, body, the deep bites & 3 people had seen him steal the car I was in the back seat of, they saw him abduct me....still that was his punishment for scarring me for life when he dang near DID kill me, easily could've.. ....
do you see why the violence does not stop?
it’s so hard to exist as a girl from creeps harassing me in stores to cat calling from ugly old men to having to worry about being r@ped and murdered whenever we are out alone
@@ayeshai03You gotta carry girl. Best antidote for the creeps
U know what this just happened to me a day ago some guy was having a mental problem and started cursing at me then rushed on me luckily another shopper saw him and the cashier called the cops right in front of him but thank God I WILL ALWAYS GET SOMEONE ELSE'S ATTENTION R.I.P.AMY
*His primary goal was killing them.* The fact he got money from one was just a bonus for him.
The first victim he just hit in the face, dragged her into a parking lot and then started choking her.
The second victim he fought with for 15 minutes before she convinced him that she could get him money, then he killed her anyways.
Then just a couple hours later he went after a third victim, stabbing her for no reason, other than he wanted to kill her.
Nobody truly knows why, but his goal that day was to kill young women (that were all similar age and build to his girlfriend who he was arguing with)
My heart broke when the lawyer said, “forever 24” so much tragedy and trauma…
Overdramatic much? It may have been sad to hear but it "made your heartbreak' really? If you believe that's true then you've never experienced actual pain and heartbreak a day in your life
@@rabidwolf You're not the arbiter of who has or hasn't suffered heartbreak or pain in their life just because of what impacts them. That phrase didn't impact you, good for you, it clearly did for OP. That doesn't mean she is overdramatic.
Do everyone a favor and go be bitter in your quiet corner, nobody wants to hear it.
@@rabidwolf even she means it literaly or it's a phrase, it don't have to affect you in your way to have an opinion nobody wants to hear
Your comment hit home. My stepdaughter turned 24 just today ☹
"My heart broke"
Thank goodness Kaylee gave her roommates a physical description of the monster, & future attacks were prevented when they realized he fit that description & quickly notified police.
The prosecutor was awesome. My condolences to AMY'S FAMILY. I HAVE NO WORDS
Poor woman, I think he promised her he would release her if she didn't create a scene and give him her money . Such a beautiful woman who was full of life RIP.
I did see her case before, you are right
Um... That's pretty much what criminals do...they tell their victims "I'm not going to hurt you, just comply and you'll be fine" and VERY rarely is that what happens .
Fact is . If someone is kidnapped / assaulted ,they are murdered because the criminal doesn't want to take the risk of them going to the police with their story.
There's. Nothing she could e done. Abd she did nothing wrong .
@@Nicoletta13 she should’ve ran 😔🤦🏿♂️
@@tyrillcelestine7049 have you ever been a victim of a crime??? Just curious? You cannot judge someone on what they do or didn't do when their lives are threatened!.
He knew where she lived. He had a knife. He had her car she had already been attacked
I'm sure she was in shock. There's no way you can know what you would do unless or until you're in that terrifying situation..
She's not the one who should be judged her. She's no longer here because of him.a monster who already had a history of attacking women and went on to attack again
@@Nicoletta13 I won't allow myself to become a victim of a crime. I am always armed, and always ready to fight. Everyone should be, because a living "victim" is not living at all. I'd rather die trying to kill the criminal. I refuse, and will always refuse, and will enforce my refusal, even at the cost of my own life. It's a price worth paying. But I *expect* to _win_ .
This made me so sad. Such a pretty, sweet, young girl lost her life because of that POS. Seeing her on the footage with her beaten face made me feel so bad for her and what she endured. I’m glad the others survived and helped to get him caught. The closing argument made me tear up, and I absolutely would have voted guilty too.
If she was my daughter I'd be in jail for killing the POS.
What if she was ugly and just a bum?
This world is so scary. I feel so sorry for the survivors of his attacks. They must live in absolute fear. I hope Amy rests in peace, and I hope her family is healing.
Human are more scary than ghost, when i explorer abandoned houses and building, i only fear human, ghost will not attack you.
@@safuwanfauzi5014 because ghosts aren't real..
@@coyoteden3773 they did exist, trust me.
@@coyoteden3773 Good luck with that.
@@safuwanfauzi5014 😊❤u
Why is it that you never hear of someone being "insane", going out and uncontrollably doing good deeds? 🤷🏻♀️
Look up Phoenix Jones
@@CrudeConduct666 aha! Thanks 😊
What about people who feed squirrels and birds?
@@tinywalnut6337 I used to finish work and pass by a park that had ducks and feed them - it was nice to do after work, let go of any stress! The ducks started to know my schedule and would come to meet me, it was so cute - sorry about the ramble, you just reminded me of them (just for the record, I never harmed any duck or human!)
@@loretta_3843 I certainly didn't mean to imply that everyone who feeds ducks is mentally ill. I think that's amazing! And I love that they knew your schedule! What a sweet thing.
WTF is wrong with people??? 40 stab wounds? REALLY? This is one of the only channels I watch for true crime. Mike's disgust and empathetic nature is always obvious and greatly appreciated. His dedication in getting even the smallest details and his ability to share them with us in his storytelling style helps to make the worst of those details a bit easier to digest. But understanding the why always leaves me beyond baffled 😢💜
He was mentally ill, didn't you watch the video?
Mike’s a very good presenter . It’s his job, just like the presenters on TV . These You Tubers who have a higher amount of subscribers than the average You Tubers , have a team working behind the scenes, a script writer a director, editor, lighting etc .
@@joedennehy386 Yes, did you? I'm sick of defense attorneys using the mentally ill card every time someone decides to take a life or lives. Mental illness doesn't necessarily make a person a monster. If it did millions of us would be in prison or dead. And btw...the condescending response you gave wasn't necessary.
I love Mike
He's a bit of a racist, though.
Love when Mike gives us more than one vid a week!
I’ll keep em coming!
6 videos in 2 weeks, he's been spoiling us!
You are f'n awesome Mike! We appreciate everything you do! Loving the podcast as well, I feel so spoiled, videos and podcast episodes. You are amazing!
@@ThatChapter I really look forward to your videos even if it's a case I've seen covered before. Don't push yourself too hard we need ya :p
@@ThatChapter Thabo Bester, he's a convicted South African serial rapist and murderer. Please cover this.
Amy's mom made me cry. I can't imagine that pain nor do I want to experience it. Bless you all. 💕
Thanks Mike for another great episode. I feel bad that so many of your followers choose to make ridiculous comments. I thought we were all like-minded in the true crime genre. Now I can see that we are not. A woman can’t comment about women’s safety without being bombarded with ‘but what about male victims’ rhetoric is just so sad. I’m so tired of the what-about isms.
This is surreal, I went to high school with Amy, I didn't expect to see her face when checking my subscriptions, seeing people from Chaug in these pictures, I can't believe it's been 10 years, I never knew her that well but my few memories of her were fond ones.
🧢I hate lying attention seeking posts like this ⬆️
@@greghii8093 Take your meds and go back to sleep, Greg
@Greg H II How do you know he's lying? I personally know people who've been on the news. Two as the victims of homicide, and one as the perpetrator.
@@greghii8093fr that shit so corny, like even if it's true the whole comment boils down to "hey I knew that person" Good for u glad you was blessed to know em but what does stating that u know em contribute to the topic ?
Omg right
I’ve never cried during one of That Chapter’s videos before but seeing the sisters cry at the candlelight vigil and court got me. Amy seems like she was so sweet. Finding out she was one of three victims that day is so painful.
I almost always tear up whenever the families of victims heave a sigh of relief/joy when the criminals are pronounced "guilty"
No
@@BalboaBagginswtf do u mean ‘no’ wtf ru talking about ru braindead
The fact that there is even one person in the world that would do this is sometimes beyond belief.
It's the sad reality tho strive 2 make this world better 4 you and yours.
Perhaps you missed the fact that this man was mentally disturbed. This silly idea that these people should be turned loose on society just because they turn 18 needs to change.
@@carltonbanks5470 Exactly !!!
Mr. Edwin J. Alemany was both a victim & a violent perpetrator, who should never have timed out of the system at 18.
Before he turned eighteen he should have been indefinitely committed to a secure mental hospital.
Granted most people in his situation who go off their medications only harm themselves, but in his case there would have been many signs that he was violently aggressive.
A kinder & more effective society would have placed him in a secure mental hospital to study why he became so violent, what should have happened to prevent this tragedy, and also used interviews with him to train forensic psychiatrists in law enforcement.
He would need to convince three psychiatrists that he was no longer a risk to society in order to be released, which would never ever happen, given the nature of his crimes.
If he continued to be dangerously violent in said secure mental hospital, he would be a candidate for psychosurgery, and likely would have received a psychosurgery, the modern equivalent of a lobotomy, to protect the staff & other patients.
[ They still have to do this if a patient's violence can not be controlled by medication, as they can't humanly keep patients restrained 24-7. The surgery involved smaller portions of the frontal lobes in increments, so the patients don't end up like poor Rosalyn Kennedy did.]
Instead, this violently mental man will likely end up being kept in solitary confinement for the rest of his life, with brief periods of him being transferred into the general prison until he maims or kills other prisoners, and then placed back in solitary again.
With nothing being learned on how to prevent another horrible tragedy by the next Mr. Alemary...
@@carltonbanks5470 Doesn't make it any less terrifying.
I'm from Boston and this case was all over the news, as it should be b/c a crime this bad hadn't happened since the 50's when the Boston strangler was killing women. One thing Mike left out was that the Death penalty was an option, despite Mass. not having the Death Penalty. But, his mother got on the witness stand and broke down in tears talking about how this POS came from a broken home, etc. Apparently, the jurors felt it was too harsh to put a needle in his arm in 20 years and have him gone from the world. Instead, he gets to live, and Amy will forever be 24. Life can be cruel.
It freaking kills me that she had all these opportunities to escape while withdrawing and didn't run....I am beyond 😢
We had a neighbor that lived up the street from us who was abducted in Atlanta, GA. Three guys took her and her car and stripped her nude and did who knows what. Then later the guys went inside a gas station. All of em got out of the car, I guess thinking she'd stay in bc she was naked, but as soon as they went inside she bolted and got away. She still has mental issues from it and it breaks my heart bc she's a nice lady. I feel for her but she's doing better now and we all in the neighborhood tried to help any way we could, it was very sad
I can't believe shorty did not run when she went in to the ATM walked out and a pedestrian walk right by her. I know a girl that jumped out of a car going 40 miles per hour because she was afraid.
Please do check on her when you think of it, just let her know that you care and hate what she's been through & that she should call you if ever she needs you, to walk her to her car or she gets caught out with a flat tire etc. I've been through like trauma & it helps just to know others do care & to havesomeone for help if I need it, if I get scared of noises or something.
@@KathyHussey063 We do and we help bring her groceries in but I'll try not to get anywhere close to her just becuz. We don't live in Atlanta but we want her to feel safe bc she's part of our community here and what happened to her was fcked up. We take care of our own here and I know it makes her feel better when she's not alone
If you like true crime then look into The Toy box Killer. This guy would drug women and do who knows what to them as slaves in his house and trailer. The women had to call him "master" or get a beating. Real sick stuff.
@@ekbanks One thing I've noticed from a lot of stories is that fear is debilitating to a majority of victims who are being held under duress, or who have been attacked - particularly if they have not experienced extreme violence before. It's a normal human reaction to a substantial and very real threat to life. She would have been on a kind of terrified auto-pilot, and just hoping for the best outcome.
LADIES! NEVER let them get you to a second location. If they do then you stand little to no chance of survival. As soon as the attempt happens SCREAM, KICK, BITE, SCRATCH, PUNCH, and whatever else you can do to get attention. Your chance of survival is so much higher at the original location. Yeah, they may kill you there BUT they'll definitely kill you at their chosen second location. Be safe out there.
Teach this to your kids too! Age appropriately of course.
Men, it happens to you WAY, WAY less, but of course this applies to anyone. Didn't know I needed to explain that to grown men 🙄
As a person who’s watched 100s of cases and reviewed tons of evidence and an amateur true crime addict, I can say this is EXACTLY correct. Fight and die on the spot but never bargain or go to another location
Yes absolutely, and this goes for kids too.
I raised all my kids on this exact statement! NEVER be taken to the second location. If you’re gonna have any chance to get away…FIGHT! You would rather succumb to injuries without additional atrocities being inflicted on you after being taken to places unknown 😢
And men...
@@SiArks1 yes, this goes for everyone. ✌🏻
My heart breaks knowing what Amy's final hours and moments must have been like for her. That video footage is haunting. I can only imagine how much she would have agonized over the decision to either run or comply (over and over in her head) as he drove her around to those ATMs and how she would have felt once his true intentions dawned on her. It's unfathomable how horrifying her entire ordeal would have been. She had her whole life ahead of her and it was just snatched away for _nothing_ .
My heart goes out to her loved ones and the other women that were attacked by this POS. Thank you for covering these women's stories with your typical level of respect and sensitivity Mike.
No victim blaming at all but always run, always fight and always make as much noise as possible. We know so much more now especially us TC folk.
@@leahgolden7242 Don't worry, I didn't read your comment to be victim blaming (I had wanted to add something similar to my comment but was worried about the same thing).
Even with the risk of it being misread it's probably always worth repeating on the off chance that it sticks in someone's mind and maybe even helps them survive. While you can never know for sure (in the moment) whether you just happen to be dealing with someone who would be more or less likely to harm you if you comply, I have always heard that overall your best chance at survival is to fight/run/never let someone take you to a secondary location (or somewhere isolated).
That said, as someone who has twice been in a situation where I had to agonize over choices like that (with a violent ex rather than a stranger though) I know how difficult it is to think clearly in the midst of that level of terror and violence. That's why thinking of her going over that exact thing in the midst of what she was going through is so heartbreaking. The level of cruelty he put her through is unfathomable.
@@leahgolden7242 That's good advice.
@@leahgolden7242 Exactly. Never comply. Either way, you’re going to get hurt. So, might as well take the chance of living. The worst that could happen is that he gets out his car and shoots/stabs you. But, guess what? He’s out in public. Someone is going to see something and possibly do something. Besides, he will most likely leave once you start escaping because he knows that he will get caught. Always run, always fight for your life.
They never recover a live body at a secondary location. If someone tries to abduct you run. Scream. Bite. Fight. Kick balls. Poke out eyes. Crash their car. Pretend to collapse so they have to drag you.
Throw your car keys and money as far as you can and run the opposite way. Or all of these. Anything. No matter what. Don't go. Become determined. (To live.)
It's just wild to see other women like me cut down in their prime. I'm 25, just a year older than her. Stories like these just make me never want to leave the house.
A few things will keep you safe. Never let men walk behind you and never be alone with a strange man at any time no matter how safe you feel around him. Stay vigilant out there.
Honey women are in their prime all the time.
It's awful that one half of our population has to remain vigilant of attacks by the other half, hope you can feel safe or at least confident. My daughters are young but I'm teaching them to fight like hell, soon self defense classes and always carry something useful in an emergency.
@@checynhadi2815says some in their 40s. But no, woman are not always in their prime. No one is always in their prime
@@checynhadi2815 not according to Don Lemon.... Google it
Seeing Amy in the videos is terrifying, especially knowing now what happened to her soon after. It's bad enough she was murdered but what happened to her was overkill, my gosh!
Absolutely. I had to pause the video and just sit there for a moment. When I saw her on the CCTV my heart broke. She must of been so utterly froze with fear she couldn't even run. Ive never wanted to give someone a hug so much. 😢❤
Its crazy, the fact she had the chance to escape multiple times makes me cringe. It reminds me of another story of a mother and father with two kids, someone on the run breaks into the house and holds them hostage. The woman was sent on multiple trips and was allowed to take one of her children even. She decided she would not try and escape even though she was sent to firstly the shop, then a different time to the post office. Cut the story short they all ended up perishing, it is common knowledge that you have to do everything to escape so their is something phycological going on like stockholm syndrome.
@@The_MostHigh This is all so horrible and I agree that, whats going in someone's to not just get away, And I wonder if he hadn't gotten caught at the hospital would he have still gotten caught, And I think there are many many cases where it seems that a person could have, probably gotten away, and this makes me think of when there's like a group of people 3-4 and there's one or two gunman but the people don't All just bumrush the people all at once.!!! But then no one really knows how they would handle that it's just so sad!!
He probably lied that he was apart of a gang that even if he is not around they will come after her if she does not cooperate. Some people can be so self sacrificing for friend or family. I honestly think she thought she was keeping him away and became task oriented. She was trying to finish whatever it was he wanted so she could just go home but that never happened…
How is one "over killed"...? Just slightly killed is OK then?
Poor Amy. She probably had a pretty bad head injury and may not have felt that she could run well enough to get away. Poor kid and her poor family. When the prosecutor said, “…forever 24,” it broke my heart.
She knew what she was doing as she remembered her PIN number and walked easily without stumbling etc to the banks. She was obviously terrified of the man and too scared to run, which is understandable .
@@cherrymetha3185 I’m a speech-language pathologist who has studied neurology and is qualified to treat people with brain injuries, whether caused by illnesses, traumatic accidents, assaults, or strokes. Head injuries aren’t always visible in a person’s gait or in their ability to recall old/rote info such as bank PINs. Making a plan, remembering it, and executing it are all functions which can be affected when other functions are not impaired at all. Also, the video in which Amy is walking is very brief and tells us nothing about how stable she FELT on her feet. Our observations and her experience are possibly two drastically different things.
@@cherrymetha3185 I think it's unwise to talk about what she could and couldn't have been thinking/feeling/rationalizing in that moment with such certainty.
As someone who has lived through an ex breaking into my apartment and attacking me it's _vastly_ different to live through something like that in real time compared to just watching it in a calm environment after the fact. My head injury and fear impacted by ability to think on the fly, but it didn't impact my ability to remember names/numbers etc. (those are vastly different avenues of thought).
No sense putting intention behind what she did or didn't do when she's no longer here to refute it, I don't think that's fair to her.
Jesus, what a thought. That would have made it even more horrific, I’ve had head injuries a few times and you already feel detached from reality. Poor kid.
@@Autumn_Forest_sure you are lol. I’m president of Timbuktu.
Amy is one of the cases that stuck with me after ID’s See No Evil. I’ve never seen it covered on YT, and of course you’d be the one to do it and the only one who could give Amy the compassion she deserves! RIP to her and I pray her family and friends have found solace. Thanks as always for ALL you do and have a FANTABULOUS weekend, Mike! 💚💛💜
This one was really upsetting. These young women are living their lives, planning their day and in the blink of an eye their worlds are shattered. Amy didn't have a chance. :(
@@cdes1776 Amen. It breaks my heart that she also had to endure the torture of all those hours, thinking if she could just do what he wanted, he would let her go.
@@tanyaball1220 Just a few true crime cases stick. It's the viciousness, the desire to inflict pain and control. :(
I saw the episode on the ID channel and they did an incredible job. One thing left out was one of the girl's who was attacked (not the one in the video) was a very, very strong young lady that laid into him on the witness stand. She embarrassed the a-hole.
Many crime programs covered this. I like to watch them due to content. We often hear tidbits others may not mention.
This case deeply pains me. Imagine her parents seeing her in that condition beaten with the killer right by her?! I just can’t even imagine! That would haunt me. I showed this video to my daughter who is 26 and told her to FIGHT grabbing the wheel to do whatever she can to escape. I’d rather die there than be tortured somewhere else and have always told my daughter this.
Never let someone take you from one point to a next if you can, fight. Fight with all your might. 😢
You’re so right - fight and run the very first chance you get and never bet on the fact they’re going to just rob you and let you go. Sucks to think she most likely could’ve just bolted when she got out at the ATM and at least had a chance at survival
Exactly. I'm not saying it's her fault but she should of ran as soon as he let her out of the car. She should of never got in the damn car! You have to fight for your life in these situations a criminal will not attack you in public. If your taken to a park it's over. She was to trusting in people. Remember people said she was "loyal" witch is another was of saying she was to trusting. She could of easily saved herself. How could she be so naive. I guess she was still young and first experiencing the real world. You can't trust anybody.
Because your life may very well depend on it.
@@GodsThirdEye what means not her fault? Sure, she didn’t killed herself, but it was her fault, ignoring rule nr. 1. I bet that every commentator in this section know this rule. And especially, she wasn’t hold on gunpoint. She went 15 m away from him, in daylight with pedestrians, even the door to the car closed.if wasn’t suicide but her fault, to not being educated enough (or better to say, knowing common sense) for dangerous situation. She maybe knew 10 high clothing companies, but some standard rules, everyone know we’re ignored by her.
But I liked your comment, most of what you are saying is correct, but I do not like ignorance. She learned very much in her young life. College, university…..but not such simple rules? It won’t become understandable to me.
Easier said than done! Stop victim blaming. Nobody knows what she experienced or how terrified she must have been.
I remember when this happened. I'm from Wilbraham, a few years older than Amy - I had friends who were close to her. Thank you for covering this, and for telling her story. ♥
Mike needs a true crime tv or streaming special. The way he narrates, the way he shows genuine empathy, they way he is able to slide humor into tragic stories without being crude or disrespectful. Truly a joy getting my true crime fix from this Chanel
He already has this channel and podcast. Why does he need more?
Mike is truly a gem to true crime community.
@@nah4215 because we never get enough of Mike.
Three women attacked, two fought back and lived, the one who didn't fight died. Message!
Thank you for covering this horrific story. I am originally from Southie, I lived right around the corner on 4th Street and worked at the Manor & the Deli when I was younger. This case rocked anyone that was associated with the community. My heart still hurts for this young lady and her family. May she be at peace.
Mad props Mike, your work ethic lately has been very admirable… and it is appreciated.
Such senseless crimes. If someone had kept him locked up prior, none of this would have happened. Great coverage Mike!
Blame the Liberals. A Conservative community would of never let him out of prison after the first time.
@@derp8575ur dumb as hell bro 😭
I had lumbar spinal fusion surgery 5 days ago and binging on Mike's videos is my recovery. It's just the right amount of gore and laughs, much needed for me right now! Thanks!
Hope you are recovering well 😊
Seeing the fear in her face each time is just heartbreaking and I'm so happy he wasn't allowed to make himself the victim. When you know you need medicine to help you regulate your mood and get through life without harm to yourself and others you don't walk out of a facility and toss the meds in the trash. I've know far too many that self medicate thinking they know better than the doctors or because they don't like the way the meds make them feel. Well people don't like the way you make them feel when you attack them but they don't have a choice like you do.
Did you know that the SSRI drug class does not only fail to do what it claims, but that a lack of serotonin is believed to not even be the cause of depression? Not saying je was prescribed SSRIs, but to pretend we even know enough about the brain to confidently take drugs designed to screw up the chemistry might not always be such a great idea. Especially since side effects of this drug class include suicidal (yes, what most patients are trying to prevent by consuming these) and homicidal ideations.
And it is one of the MOST prescribed drug classes. Completely useless. Zero medical indication. Crazy.
Not all mentally ill people kill agree the meds are not a panacea.
@@readilium3432 Yeah, your little comment disqualifies decades of research and training. He DIDN'T take the meds, and he DID murder and attack others. If suicide was a side effect (sure can be) this ar*e-hole TOTALLY should have taken the meds, it could have saved Amy's life. I don't think we know a fraction of total knowledge of the brain. I don't disagree with being careful what meds you take, but to assume we are PRETENDING to know enough blah blah blah is quite rude and the type of mentality that causes mentally ill ppl to believe they know better how to self medicate, hence the end result of innocent people being violently murdered. Disseminating false information is dangerous.
@@readilium3432 I know way more about this then you will ever know. I had a family member just like him and the medications were tossed out by my family member as well. People think they know how well they do or don't work but, this guy had no issues while he was under watch by the state. As soon as he aged out and made his own choices he tossed his meds and look what he does. Depression was the most minor thing in the long list of issues he has wrong with him. Clearly I'm not a doctor but I'm going to say from personal experience and 17yrs in Healthcare that he's bipolar, manic depressive, dissacositative disorder, paranoia, schizophrenic, ptsd and a few others in the mix. He made the choice to knowingly throw out meds that were working when taken properly and instead self medicated, the worst choice ever! Most often it's a mix of alcohol, weed or other street drugs and once in awhile they toss in the actual meds they should be taking but without alcohol and that turns into a violent mess. I have many scars to prove it! What's often written up about the medication reactions in patients is from the perfect reacting ones (99 of 100 in the program) and use the negative of (1 person left that the meds didn't work all that great with)... I've been in a few of the study programs for experimental chemo meds and I saw how it was decided. If this guy would had stayed on the meds I don't think he would have hurt anyone, or killed anyone.
Something really struck me here, I see lots of cases involving victims filmed at cash points taking out money under threat. Hopefully this never happens me but going forward I’ll keep it in my mind and also tell my daughter that if ever in a situation like this to mouth as much information to the camera as possible. If someone is taking me down I’m leaving as much hard evidence as possible
Or try to get the other person's face to show somehow, too
Teach her a few sign language signs! Look up videos here on YT, learn the alphabet and "help me". Then you/she could fingerspell the person's name or any other relevant information along with "help" into the camera. Also in a position where the man doesn't have a gun, I would just try to run away into that traffic screaming like a crazy person the first chance I got! Seeing all those cars drive by right behind Amy at the ATMs broke my heart.
I also saw a show once where the victim spit all over the backseat she was tied up in to leave her DNA everywhere.
I hate that we're even having this conversation, it's extremely sad that as women we have to actively think about this shit and plan for it, but I guess it's never bad to be prepared for the worst this world could have to offer
@@deadendqueen5886 my daughter is 14 and like myself into true crime, we’ve already since she was young had very open discussions and I’ve always taught her about how to get away safely from bad situations, use safe words when texting or phoning me , how to leave as much dna as possible plus other clues. I’ve taught her secret hand signals already but to just mouth words as clues to a cash machine only occurred to me watching this. Someone watching can see sign language being used but from behind they can’t see the mouthing of words for lip reading. This case was beyond heartbreaking, she was obviously so scared it left her frozen and compliant hoping she could get out of it by following his rules. God bless her family
How about teach her to fight or run away? If she could learn a martial art that's awesome but all she needs is a gun. If not give her a tazer or pepper spray. And if you really got nothing RUN! You better be screaming your head off as well. Make a scene.
I understand what you want to say, but in a situation like this it probably would be more helpful to stay in the room where the ATM is located. You know there is a camera, so if the perp comes after you, it'll all be on video. There's at least a 50 : 50 chance that the perp will leave you alone and not enter the room to avoid being caught on video.
You also could combine the two strategies: mouth as much information to the camera as possible and then stay in the room afterwards.
Perhaps it would help if every ATM had some kind of "get help!"-button. Connected to the nearest police and only usable after you identified yourself by inserting your card, so it couldn't be missused for prank calls. In Amy's this could have worked.
Greetings from Germany :=)
RIP Amy! You didn’t deserve to die and have your life ended so brutally! God be with her family! ❤️🙏✌🏻
Maybe " God " should have been there to protect her ?
If you believe in " God " then you believe he is in charge for your every move , he has a " Destiny ' for each person, that then means " God " was responsible for her being stabbed.
I don't know how people can see what goes on everyday on this planet and still believe a " God " controls it or is real ??
I worked as a Nurse for 15 years and saw Kids dying of cancer in extreme pain as they're parents screamed and begged " God " to help , and everytime all I could do was comfort them , even though I just wanted to scream " stop putting your faith in a imaginary being !!" I have also seen the idea of " God " comfort those dying and in that respect I get it as they have nothing else
Thanks
Thanks Mike for covering this sad story. I mentioned this case in the comment section a couple times. Even if you never read my comment thanks for covering this case. No other True Crime channel has covered this one and i figured your audience would find it interesting. Thanks, and keep up the fine work!!!
The footage of Amy at the ATM is haunting. She looks scared, hurt, disorientated, confused, alone and in disbelief. I wish she had tried to run when she left that car to use the ATM. She may not have survived but she stood a better chance than she did getting back in that car and at the very least she would have suffered far less than what did eventually happen to her. I’m sure it’s not that straightforward in reality though, when your ability to think rationally is paralysed by fear. No doubt you hope they’ll just let you go if you do as they say and you’re convinced if you run they’ll catch you. It was a dilemma she should never have had to face though, rest in peace Amy.
Yea it sucks because you think if you do what they say they’ll let you go , but that isn’t always the case. I’ve been carjacked before by an ex friend and you do kind of freeze and not want to do anything fast incase they hurt you . But in this case he already had hurt her so I’m not sure why she didn’t get that boost of adrenaline to boost it but idk .
I am very familiar with this case b/c I'm from the same area. I can't understand why she didn't run, or flag someone down b/c it happened in busy downtown Boston and not some rural area. I guess she was scared and he probably convinced her that he only wanted money.
She also looked pretty dumb when she was getting back in the car from that atm on the busy street
@@BikingVikingHH so we’re calling murdered people dumb now? For getting murdered? Cool.
No doubt she was disoriented, and confused.
10/15 minutes of a blitz attack and beating would take its toll on anyone. No everyone goes into fight or flight, some fawn, become submissive and comply in an effort to survive. RIP Amy.
Mike has been my comfort creator for so so long now, watch him every night and still can’t thank him enough ❤
I absolutely love your accent and listening to you talk about these horrific crimes with such compassion and a caring style. Thank you for doing what you do and keep up the great work! ❤❤❤
You tell the stories with such perfect compassion that when you're sarcastic, it doesn't come off as rude.
❤❤
*NEVER* follow the commands of a kidnapper, even at gun point. The instant you follow the kidnapper to an isolate area where he is in full control, you're dead. It's better to try to run away even if it gets you shot, you have better chances of surviving, as there might be witnesses and the kidnapper may not pursue. Amy had multiple occasions where she could've bolted, but didn't probably reasoning that the man would let her go after robbing her. Don't take that chance. That man was demented, and while his life was pretty rough, it's no excuse for the excess violence he let out that day.
Thank you for always calling out the scumbags for what they are! ❤ ya!
That was a damn good ending argument from the prosecution’s lawyer. Gave me chills
Same
"Forever 24 yrs old" a very touching way of saying something so awful
Horrific ordeal for all the women. My heart goes out to them. RIP Amy!
gotta wonder why the one girl didnt run while at the ATM
She prolly figured if i do what he says, hes not gonna kill me over 900$ robbery..
but then he prolly realized kidnapping is a LONG sentence
I think the the person kidnapped is unharmed, released, and its a short period of time, they really should have lighter sentences for it.
As it stand now, he might as well killed her, since he was already looking at 20 years for kidnapping. I think the severness of that law puts people in danger.
@@scorch4299 OMG. STUPIDITY IS HALF THE PROBLEM WITH PPL
@@scorch4299 shut up
@@scorch4299 you put yourself in her shoes and insult her choices. You put yourself in his shoes and rationalize that he made the right decision by killing her…
Are you a rapist killer?
Just listened to 4 episodes of your podcast today to keep up, and here you are again. You are absolutely amazing for keeping this pace!!
I'd just like to say i love your honesty to tell it how it is. The way you tell the facts about the case & that you call the perpetrators excatly what they are
I remember this guy. It's terrifying partially because these horrific crimes are so random. It's what we all fear, the "boogey man" right? Thanks for this!!
i carry a handgun so i am somewhat less fearful tbh
@@KellyfromMemphisDD214 I live in Ontario, Canada in a very safe neighbourhood. I didn't literally mean it's what we "all" fear, but a lot of us do fear random attacks/murder, as in, you're just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
@@KellyfromMemphisDD214 I never leave home without mine! Folks are crazy these days....
@@stephaniedison4878 paranoia will destroy ya. You have a better chance of getting struck by lightning twice.
@@DystopianUtopia8 True, but I'm not paranoid about being murdered. It's just an expression really, when I say it's what we all fear; many people as I said, fear random homicide, which isn't to say they sit around thinking about it all day long, lol.
I'm from Massachusetts as well. I love you too Mike!! You and Bailey were the first two true crime people I started listening to. My friend died in the hands of her husband but made it look like an accident so he's free. You all have inspired me to go to school so I can put the bad guys away.
Get em! Yeah yeah!
You will vindicate your friend.
Never give up.
Thank you ❤️
Absolutely luv this channel. Mike is just a brilliant story teller. Perfect timing between down right seriousness and the comic punchline. As soon as he says let’s give it a goo! My attention span is locked in to his presentation. The worrying thing is he’s never short of material. 😮😂
This one hit too close to home. Thanks for the reminder to just be extra cautious out there everyone. Much love to you Mike. Everyone have a good, safe weekend.
Extra cautious , ok . But what can you do as a woman ? Have pepperspray on you all the time ? Learn judo ?
@@woutervanlent5181 yes. Learn how to protect yourself.
@@wildlyunrulyadventures3942 i mean I’ve been assaulted and I know taekwondo, took it up 10+ years ago as self defense. Didn’t do much against a man 100lbs heavier than me.
i hate that when i looked up amy lord, related searches included "why didnt amy lord run away".... because she was deathly afraid? confused? shocked? i hate that we're questioning why she did/didn't do something because truthfully we don't know what we would do unless we were in her situation (god forbid).
Amy probably believed in the best of people. He must have promised not to hurt her anymore and she believed him. He probably threatened to shoot her if she ran
This is why I wish we learnt more about fear responses because some people just freeze or go along with their attacker's demands (friend/fawn) in the hopes of surviving that way. As someone who's been in the friend/fawn response before, it's just as confusing for us. Our brain just shuts off and we just do as we're told. If we just knew more about that we'd have more compassion for each other and themselves
I dont think its meant as victim blaming, but as trying to understand what happened within this crime; if theres something to learn, some way to stop it from happening again. If we dont try to find answers, understand and discuss them, the crime doesnt bring any good in its wake. Im sure even Amy wouldnt want that.
People are allowed to speculate and wonder why? doesnt mean anyone's blaming Amy its natural to question
If ppl don’t ask why then it’ll happen again, duh. Ikno it may be sad but some of us wanna teach our daughters what to do and wat not to do.
“Failure of Life” lol the prosecutor was ruthless and I loved every bit of it
Rewatching this (you're welcome Mike) and seeing her face when she's at the ATM.... darn man that felt like it was my baby girl. Broke my heart seeing that I can't imagine how thrilled family would feel.
This guy doesn't deserve to be in jail, they need to lock him in a room with Amys brother, father and boyfriend.
Man Mike… You are everywhere. This is awesome. Two videos a week and two new podcasts per week? "He is a machine"!!! 🤣🤣 Thanks for all the consistency with your content!!!!
Totally love listening to your voice & watching your facial expressions telling these stories. Makes them easier to hear. You’re awesome at telling these stories and IMO presenting the victims as lovely & real people and showing the perps as the monsters they are
Fully agree . His non-verbal communication is very strong
Thank you for doing this the best. I’m going to go watch puppy videos now. 😭
Mike- as always you are incredibly respectful in how you narrate the victim's stories but you're still able to make us laugh and smile at the same time. Don't change.
If she would only try to escape while withdrawing the money... :( What a sad story. R.I.P.
she probably figured once he got all the money she could withdraw he'd let her go
@@susandevoe3524 everything is easier in hindsight. there have been people who survive being kidnapped and taken to ATMs. we just hear about the fatalities because we watch true crime.
I've watched a channel where he said " no matter heat you do don't ever get in the car" I get it who know what he said to her or what she thinks why she didn't run she had the opportunity.
@@addisonlane2508 That's the problem, assuming a criminal who is by definition a shitty person, a dishonest person and a violent person, will keep their end of the 'bargain'. They won't. She had the chance to run multiple times .. he wouldn't have come after her with others around. You allow a violent man to move you around, he will eventually move you to the killing site and end you. They aren't normal, they don't look at you as a human with rights or feelings, they just want to see your fear and get hard on it, take your stuff and likely see killing you as an extra fun thrill or as necessary because you can identify them later. Never ever cooperate with violent men and allow them to transport you around with some promise to release you later. They won't. Amy was smart enough to bargain him into letting her live once .. it's a shame she was likely so terrified that she didn't use the opportunity the moron gave her to escape into a place with people around, yell and make a fuss and call the police.
You can have mental health issues and still know what you're doing is wrong, as he undoubtedly did. No excuses.
Thank god he will never get paroled.
RIP Amy 💜
I agree 💯
But you can also have mental health issues and not know what you are doing is wrong.
Really silly comment Berry
What an evil monster. To think these predators used to be innocent little kids, their harsh lives turning them into murderers.
We love you too, Mike! Lots and lots! I know that researching these stories must be tough on you. I can see it. Thank you very much for all of the blood, sweat, and tears you put into your videos!
Mike you're a much better story teller than even Mr Ballan! I truly believe the only reason you don't already have at least 10,000,000 subs is UA-cams biased algorithm! ❤ You'll be there soon in spite of them.
Luv ya dude
Omg I agree 💯
1.84 million subs isn’t that shabby though
Don’t see the appeal in Mr. ballen to be honest, don’t come for me lol. Mike is leagues above!
But Mr. Ballen has gimmicks! He hides some object in every video, and everyone that can spot it chimes in the time stamp. Anyway, yeah, Mr. Ballen seems like a spoof of himself, sorta. Like Wayne from Wayne's World doing a crime podcast.
Mr. Ballen needs to get rid of the stupid backwards baseball cap. He only wears it because he is ashamed of his huge forehead. You can see it in older pictures of him on the innerwebs!
Those poor girls, esp Amy and her family😢😢Thanks so much for posting these videos, it’s much appreciated. Lots of love sent from Australia❤️❤️🇦🇺🇦🇺
These videos are sad but remind us, life is what you make it and what you do with it is important. It takes a lot to get through it and all the love and support gets you there. Great Job Mike.
I'm from Massachusetts and I remember when this happened,I lived in that area at the time.When this POS was arrested,his POS brother said "My brother didn't do this."just like family members of monsters always do.
A lot of people live double lives, and it's extremely difficult to accept a family member who you thought you knew, could do this.
Sure we doubt our family could be monsters, but can't you tell between relatives who are decent, and those who aren't? I have family that I love but know not to trust, or at least recognize the sleaziness. How are people do blind to it?
Aren't 14 convictions, of which some for assault, enough to understand that a scumbag is just a danger to society and shouldn't never walk free? The law is effed up.
Hey Mike, thank you so very much for all of your hard work and dedication that goes into making these videos for us! You're amazing!💜💜💜
He seems like a sincerely good guy who would go out of the way to help someone. I love that people are giving him love he deserves.
@@ingridh8254 projecting, you’re the only one that said anything about laughing. Lol
There should not be a plea of "not guilty for reason of insanity." If an individual commits a crime that leads to the death or maiming of another person, they should be given a guilty sentence. The severity of the crime can then determine the length of time for which the sentence will be set. Enough! No one should be subjected to losing a loved one because of psychotics like this one.
Finally I'm on time! Can't wait to watch this! Love the consistancy Mike!💕😊
I can't believe it's already Friday! Yay! Hi, Mike. Love ya! x
Mike, you are SOOOOOO GREAT at your research, retelling of events and the humor is superior. Well done! I love your videos and even thought the podcast is video-free, my ears are very much captivated as if i can see you. Im very happy for your continued success. "Take care of yourself because i love ya!"
Settling in for 25 minutes of Mike Time. A great way to start the weekend! Luv ya, Mike!
Not only are you a great story teller and funny, we get to see you tell the story. For me, that makes you the best of true crime story tellers.