No Regrets

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THE TRAGIC ENDING OF A BANK ROBBER’S FANTASY

Sam Jesse was a very tall and gawky young man, intelligent, but a “preacher’s kid” who sought a life of adventure and high living. His plans ended in disaster.

A hidden camera in the Prudential Bank catches the image of the tall bank robber just as Jill Mobley hands him the dye-pack of bills. He was so covered up that only a bit of his nose showed. But someone would recognize him. (
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A robber bought this Volkswagen “bug” with the profits from an earlier crime. He parked it far away from the bank, drove a stolen vehicle, and yet had the bad fortune to have a witness who memorized everything about it because she was a “bug fancier.”
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Sam Jesse put the stolen bills inside concrete blocks that held up his mattress. For a tragic reason, he never did come back to get them.
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When Seattle detectives searched Sam Jesse’s apartment, they found a plethora of physical evidence. Here, George Marberg holds the gun that was used in the fatal bank robbery.
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Sam Jesse couldn’t spend the money he stole. An orange dye-pack set to go off as he got into his car stained every bill. Detectives found he had put the bills on every page of a book. Perhaps he hoped to find a way to remove the dye?
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Seattle Homicide Detective George Marberg followed the trail of a bank robber who thought he had planned the perfect scenario that would take away his money worries forever.
A VERY BAD CHRISTMAS

Just before Christmas, Portland, Oregon, newspapers printed these photographs. There seemed no other way to identify the young woman and the small girl who were found dead on Sauvie Island. Within a short time, two witnesses came forward after they recognized dear friends. They were even more shocked when they learned who their killer was.

Oregon State Police drag the river off Sauvie Island, looking for evidence connected to a discovery on the shore just before Christmas.

Multnomah County, Oregon, veteran Homicide Detective Darril MacNeel, who, with his long-time partner, “Blackie” Yazzolino, elicited a bizarre confession from the most unlikely suspect they had ever encountered.
TO SAVE THEIR SOULS

Christine Jonsen at her trial. From the judge to the jury to the gallery, and probably to the prosecutor, no one believed she should be there. But the law said differently.
. . . OR WE’LL KILL YOU

Kari Lindholm was in her twenties and working as a counselor in a crisis center when she was kidnapped by two very dangerous men. Her chances of survival were almost nil.