LIAR, LIAR, LIAR

Keir Starmer needs to be removed from office right away because he is a cunning toad.

He has spent his political career telling the UK citizens that they are racist for being proud of their flag, but that’s a tad rich, especially now he’s asking them to die for a foreign war. Equally, when our government fills our country with people who despise us, why would any citizen leave their families at the mercy of the enemy within? Especially, when one considers the sub-standard equipment and disgusting treatment that ex-servicemen receive when they leave the service.

People need to understand that elections have consequences. Don’t vote for any of them because they just tell you what you want to hear and then go back on what they promised. They all lie to you, and that’s a fact!

When I consider all of our warriors who have already lost their lives and those who have returned to a nation and witnessed its current situation, I am filled with dread. Our nation is being destroyed by this regime.

This is extremely sad, but more goes on than we are told; the devil wears many disguises, and the enemy is within, and now we are foreigners in our own country.

Migrants are crossing the channel in small boats, they get a free hotel to stay in, medical and dental treatment, et cetera, yet our ex-servicemen are struggling and are left on the streets to die, but this is the face of modern Britain now.

Keir Starmer is a complete twat, although some people might not agree with me, but he’s still out to destroy our country, and he’s doing a damn good job of it.

Here’s a thought. I challenge every MP and politician to send their kids and grandchildren into a war that does not affect them. Yes, that’s what I thought – hiding under a rock, perhaps they should stay under that rock. Perhaps he should also ask his comrades to fight – Oh, there they all go at lightning speed.

Our Prime Minister and government are Machiavellian, and they always have been. What I say is this: if politicians want to start a war, then their children and relatives should be the first on the front line, and that should be the law going forward.

If there was a war, most British citizens wouldn’t lift a finger for Keir Starmer, in fact the British people would likely put him on the bonfire – you know why, because he couldn’t care less about the pensioners that have worked all their lives, and contributed to something they will never get – contributions they worked hard for, and where is it, in the pockets of the greedy.

Black Widow Butchered Her Husband And Ate Him

A cannibal wife branded the Californian Hannibal Lecter after killing and eating her new husband for Thanksgiving 20 years ago has again been denied parole.

Egyptian-born Omaima Nelson, 43, who cooked William Nelson and ate his ribs with BBQ sauce, lost her request for freedom after a five-hour hearing at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, where she is serving a life sentence.

In 1993, the then 23-year-old was convicted of murdering her 56-year-old husband in a grotesque slaying that authorities compared to ‘The Silence of the Lambs.’

The killer represented herself at the hearing and argued for freedom because she has become a changed person and wanted ‘to live the good life God meant.’

Although she said that she murdered in self-defence, she expressed regret.

‘If I didn’t defend my life, I would have been dead. I’m sorry it happened, but I’m glad I lived, I’m sorry I dismembered him,’ she said.

Before slicing and preparing her husband’s body, Nelson had put on red shoes, a red hat, and red lipstick.

The authorities stated she prepared his ribs like in a restaurant, and she said aloud, ‘It’s so sweet.’

But at the parole hearing this week, Nelson shook her head and denied eating her husband.

‘I swear to God I did not eat any part of him. I am not a monster,’ she said.

Commissioner Cynthia Fritz then asked, ‘What was your purpose in cooking him?’

Nelson refused to answer the question.

Despite her plea, a two-person panel of the state Board of Parole found that Nelson, a former model and nanny, continued to be a danger to society.

Commissioners said she had not accepted full responsibility for the slaying, nor completed educational or vocational programs while incarcerated that would help her lead a productive life outside prison.

Nelson was ‘blaming anybody but herself,’ deputy commissioner Robert Barese said.

Nelson’s criminal background, which included shoplifting, auto theft, and assault with a firearm, as well as her disregard for prison regulations, which included fighting, assaulting a staff member, hiding contraband, stealing, disobeying orders, and arguing, were mentioned by commissioners.

They also found that Nelson had shown a pattern of exchanging sex with older men for money and goods, which in the past had led to violence.

William Nelson’s daughter Margaret Nelson – who was 15 at the time of the murder – gave a long, tearful speech in which she said her father’s murder meant he couldn’t attend her wedding or meet her eight-week-old daughter.

‘I don’t have the language to explain the pain of my father not being there,’ she said.

‘I don’t know the adequate punishment for a murderer who doesn’t even leave a family a body to mourn over. But I do know you don’t let her out.’

This lady poses a serious threat to society and should never be released from prison, but it makes me wonder if she is just a truly evil person or a mad person because to even chop up another human being and eat them, you really can’t be that sane, and she deserves to spend the rest of her natural life behind bars – there should be no parole.

The fact that she said that she wanted to live the good life God meant – what did she miraculously find God, or did she think it would impress the parole board, they’ve probably heard that line so many times before.

Speculation of Abdication

Speculation about King Charles III abdicating has intensified, but the palace claims he is not stepping down.

Should he abdicate, well, I believe that there is a growing undercurrent of views on this question that needs to be opened up and discussed in the public sphere.

Calls for King Charles to abdicate have grown amid the arrest of his brother, Prince Andrew and the continued scrutiny of the monarchy’s reputation.

Some pundits, such as Princess Diana’s former butler, have openly advocated for Charles to resign in order to protect the institution and make room for Prince William.

Then there was the issue of King Charles and his public Easter speech, which differed from the traditional message of the previous year. He skipped the traditional Easter message after wishing Muslims a happy Ramadan.

A lot of British people in the UK see Islam as a hostile way of life and a direct challenge to all democratic principles that we hold dear to us. As well as their menacing behaviour towards our most vulnerable, women, and children.

In almost all of our towns and cities, we have seen Islamic brutality, and by King Charles making an address, he is actively supporting this barbarity, and he is going to alienate the British people, but despite this, it seems that King Charles is staying on the throne.

I believe that King Charles is morally, legally, and constitutionally obliged to abdicate on several grounds.

Firstly, whatever his thoughts on Islam should be a private thing because that is entirely his own affair, but indeed unacceptable given his position as appointed head of the professing state church – the Church of England.

However, if he does step down, at least it would be the honest thing to do, but it would also be seen by the British people as an admission of guilt.

It appears that King Charles now supports Islam, which raises more important issues concerning his position within our Constitution in regard to his Coronation Oath. Incidentally, the same would apply to Prince William, who affirmed that ‘Islam was a religion of peace that other faiths must learn from.’

The Coronation Oath of the British monarch is a solemn declaration of office taken during the coronation ceremony and consists of three parts:

To govern in compliance with the laws and customs of the people, and his Easter address deviated from the customary yearly royal practice.

Therefore, it is hard to believe that King Charles is unaware of the glaring inconsistencies between the wording of the oath he took and the Islam he now publicly supports. The King should resign because they are now totally in conflict and irreconcilable.

It was really disappointing that the King did not send out an Easter message this year, and many across the United Kingdom feel that our Christian identity is being rapidly stripped away, and this silence from the Crown is not neutrality, it’s absence.

It is very doubtful that the King will be aware of the weekly fatal stabbings taking place against his subjects on British streets, many of which are accompanied by the new familiar cry of ‘Allahau Akbar,’ and these acts of violence will continue whilst the King pays tribute to the Islamic ideology that drives them.

A Country That Is Run By Old People

People of a particular age in the UK are deemed unemployable, yet people in government who want to run as Prime Minister are not deemed unemployable. Why is that, I wonder?

Apparently, there is no upper-age limit for employment because that is protected by the Equality Act 2010 against age discrimination, but if you were an employer, who would you rather employ, somebody younger that you can pay less and won’t keel over or have a heart attack on the job. However, running for office, you just need to be 18+ to stand because there is also no upper age limit for candidates.

So, when you apply for a position, who are the decision makers? They are the employers and HR teams who make hiring decisions day to day, but when running for office, it’s the voters and political parties that select the candidates; the final decision is by public vote.

When you apply for a job, there are selection incentives because employers prefer ‘fit’ people, and they need to see if the person they will be employing would be cost-effective, and if they would have flexibility, so they judge you on a stereotype for recruitment.

Older politicians are frequently the front-runners in politics because of their experience, notoriety, and incumbency. However, younger candidates are also taken into consideration, and since it costs money, you’ll need a lot of it.

There are formal protections that evidently exist when someone older applies for a position, but enforcement and awareness vary. Many older people report discrimination, but there are a lot who don’t, and just accept that they are too old.

In the political arena, candidacy rules are simple and neutral on age; political campaigning bypasses the employer recruitment process.

Age discrimination at work is common in the UK. Surveys and research show many over‑50s report being turned down for employment or forced out of work because of age.

Although age discrimination is prohibited under employment law, possibilities are nevertheless blocked by hiring practices and perceptions. There are case laws and guidelines, but there are still real obstacles to hiring and advancement.

There is no legal upper age limit to stand for Parliament or most elected offices; you only need to be at least 18. That legal simplicity means older people are not barred from candidacy.

Why is politics more accessible to senior citizens than the workforce?

The reason for this is that employers make routine hiring choices and may apply informal age biases, whereas political parties and votes evaluate candidates on different criteria, such as experience, reputation, and visibility. Also, people who run for office often self-select, mobilise networks, or have party backing; those resources can offset age-related hiring barriers.

Ageism is the most often reported type of workplace discrimination, according to research and surveys, and many older employees feel left out of hiring and advancement opportunities.

Just because someone might be older, that doesn’t mean that the mind does not continue to learn. The body continues, maybe with a little pain now and then. Where was I going with this? Oh damn, I’ve forgotten!

And what is all this doom and gloom about age? Some handle it better than others, but to judge just one cover is wrong. Look around, some people are brilliant at any age.

The British Way Of Life

In the 1950s and before, when it was wartime, Britain was built on trust and community life.

The Second World War had a deep impact on the country, leading to widespread rationing and controls on consumption, investment, imports, and prices. Despite those challenges, the British people maintained a sense of unity and community spirit, which was essential to overcoming the hardships of the war. The war had a lasting effect on the social fabric of Britain, shaping the way people lived, worked, and interacted with one another.

The war finally ended, and in 1956, it was the end of rationing, which became a symbolic turning point, signalling not simply greater material comfort, but a gradual transformation in national mood, which was leading to a fairer and more modern culture.

The growth of the Welfare State, particularly the creation of the National Health Service, which drastically altered working families’ everyday lives, was essential to this transformation.

Free healthcare was a major social advancement that changed people’s perceptions of security, public services, and the role of the government in daily life.

The 1950s also witnessed the early emergence of a distinct youth culture. Influenced by American music, fashion and cinema. Younger generations started to assert themselves more visibly through style, taste and attitude. Rock ’n’ roll, new forms of leisure and increased disposable income all contributed to a subtle but significant transformation in how individuality was expressed, especially among the young.

At the same time, television started to play a bigger role in the home, changing shared cultural experiences and household routines.

Britain’s cultural environment was beginning to represent a greater societal transition in literature, cinema, and the visual arts, reflecting a society progressively shifting away from earlier hierarchies and ideologies.

Migration from all around the Commonwealth, particularly from the Caribbean, significantly influenced the decade.

Those who arrived in Britain during these years played a vital part in rebuilding the country and reshaping its cultural identity, even as they faced discrimination, hatred and structural inequality. Their presence formed an important part of any serious account of post-war Britain.

Set between the hardship of the immediate post-war years and the more visible social changes of the 1960s, the 1950s can be understood as a formative decade in the making of modern Britain.

It was a period of incremental redefinition rather than complete disruption, when new social realities emerged, and existing institutions began to loosen.

Before this, though, you could talk to your neighbour over the garden fence. In contrast to today’s new construction, the fences are so high that you can’t even see your neighbours. Back then, things were difficult, and I’m convinced that someone talking to you over the garden fence while holding a cup of tea prevented you from having a mental breakdown.

There were no wheelie bins back then. Back then, the dustman would come into your garden and carry your metal bin on his back and empty it, then he would bring it back to you.

Nor was there any of this plastic. The pop guy would come around once a week and sell you glass bottles of fizzy drinks. If you washed the old bottle and returned it, you would receive money off your next bottle.

Waste was covered in newspaper before being put in the bin – we really were environmentally friendly back then, and there wasn’t much packaging in those days because people consumed mostly fresh food.

Back then, people worked very hard, and since there were regulations, kids obeyed their parents. Teachers emphasised the value of reading, writing, and self-sufficiency, and employers had years of business and professional experience, so when kids went from school to work, they learned lifetime skills in a safe and regulated setting.

Our government has taken a generation of children and has taken away loyalty to the parents, to the government, and we now have schools that teach values that differ from those taught at home, with many claiming that schools should be teaching children a broad spectrum of beliefs.

We have had changes in social norms, which can feel like they’re happening ‘to’ families rather than with them, and of course, children are now growing up with more access to information, technology, and peer networks, and parents now feel that their influence on their children is diluted, and then there is the indoctrination of children especially in the political arena.

Back in the day, a man could come home from work, go to his tiny back garden, and his neighbour would bring him out a cuppa. Spring forward a few generations, and no one talks to you, and they almost run indoors to avoid the neighbours.

Green Leader Polanski Calls For Horse Racing To Be Banned

Zack Polanski has been criticised for demanding that horse racing be banned on animal cruelty grounds.

As the country readies for the Grand National this weekend, the Green Party leader was accused of ranting ‘cranky nonsense’ about a sport worth £4 billion to the economy.

The vegan leftwinger is a long-standing critic of all forms of racing, moaning on social media in 2024 that the Aintree showpiece combined ‘gambling and animal cruelty’ as he criticised a Labour MP for placing a bet.

Three years earlier, on the eve of the 2021 Grand National, he wrote: ‘There’s something deeply wrong with society when this is considered a sport. 

‘We need to ban horse racing – and indeed all forms of animal cruelty.’

But it comes at a time when the party is less keen on banning things like hard drugs, with a policy of legalising cocaine and heroin. 

Tory Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston said: ‘Zack Polanski’s call to ban our £4 billion horse racing industry is completely out of touch with a key pillar and economic driver of rural life.

‘This would put thousands of jobs at risk at a time when unemployment is rising thanks to this dreadful Labour Government.’

It also comes as Greens privately worry that Mr Polanski’s focus on matters like trans rights and Gaza is putting off longstanding members who want a focus on the environment. 

A source told the Times: ‘We’ve always recognised that we need to not come across as a single issue party to have a wide base of support.

‘But I think at a time when one of our the government’s many errors is the attacks on nature protections that we’re seeing, we could be being a lot more vocal about that.’ 

According to the British Horseracing Authority, the sport supports 85,000 jobs across the UK. 

The Grand National alone contributes £60 million to the Merseyside economy.

The Princess Royal, 75, was pictured in a VIP box, and other celebs in attendance on the first day of the meeting yesterday included former England footballers Michael Owen and Bryan Robson, and ex-Olympic hockey player Sam Quek. 

About eight million people are anticipated to have a flutter on the famous four-mile steeplechase, with many choosing to put money on a namesake horse or one named after a family member. 

Before Mr Polanski became leader last year, the Green Party campaigned at the 2024 General Election, saying it would ‘push for ending the exploitation of animals, including horses and greyhounds in racing’.

Because horse racing involves physical hazards, forced training, and the exploitation of horses for human amusement, it may be deemed a cruel sport. This applies to Greyhound racing as well.

Racehorses face a significant risk of injury and death, and studies show that in flat racing, approximately one horse dies per 1,000 starts, while jump races like the Grand National and Cheltenham Festival have higher fatality rates, with hundreds of horses dying annually in the UK alone.

Common injuries include bone fractures, soft tissue injury, and exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage, which can be deadly or necessitate euthanasia, and many horses also suffer from weariness and lameness owing to the very physical demands of racing.

Horses are often whipped during races to enhance performance, which causes pain and can lead to injury. Even padded whips are recognised to inflict suffering, but the rules on whips are frequently violated.

Horses are forced to run regardless of their physical or mental readiness, and they can start training them as early as one year old and racing at two, before their bodies are even fully developed.

It is inhumane to use any animal for amusement, but then I suppose in that context we shouldn’t slaughter animals; the only difference is we kill animals to survive, not for amusement.

During the war, my great-grandmother used to keep chickens in her yard because there was rationing. She used to do this by snapping its neck because they were told it was the most humane way to do it. I personally couldn’t kill anything – I would definitely go hungry! But yes, I do eat meat, but I couldn’t kill an animal, and I have been the owner of dogs and cats, but I would never dream of teaching them tricks for my amusement.

However, consuming meat for food has been part of human diets for at least 7 million years, with evidence of slaughter and meat consumption among early hominins dating back to 2.6 million years ago.

This dietary shift was probably influenced by the need for increased energy intake and the growth of larger brains, which is thought to have played a vital role in human development.

Of course, thoroughbred horses are born to run, but they also graze with other horses. Animals are not for entertainment, and they should be treated with respect.

The thing is, if you start putting prohibitions on things, then you have to put bans on a lot of things, like drugs, but then we could also argue that drugs have been used for over 13,000 years, with evidence of cannabis and opium use discovered in archaeological sites dating back to the 11th century BCE. This suggests that the use of various psychoactive substances has been part of human culture for a very long time, with the earliest signs of drug use discovered in a cave in Mount Carmel, Israel.

 

Michael J Fox Death Claims: CNN Apologises

Back To The Future legend Michael J Fox has addressed a recent “death scare” that emerged after US CNN posted a video claiming he had passed away. He decided to poke fun at the incident, but admitted that he was left baffled at where they got the information from.

The video, entitled “Remembering the life of actor Michael J Fox”, was uploaded on social media on Thursday (April 9). Snaps of the segment rapidly circulated across social media, with many believing the Stuart Little star had in fact died.

However, Fox − who suffers from Parkinson’s disease − was quick to try to suppress the rumours. It comes as Michael continues to desperately search for the guitar he played in the Back to the Future series.

Fox, who appears in the third series of the television hit Shrinking and attended its wrap party on Tuesday evening, questioned his supporters. “How do you react when you turn on the TV, and CNN is reporting your death?” he joked, according to the Mirror.

“Do you…A) switch to MNSBC [a rival to CNN] or whatever they are calling themselves these days, (B) Pour scolding hot water on your lap, if it hurts your fine, (C) Call your wife, hopefully she’s concerned but reassuring, (D) Relax, they do this once every year, (E) Ask yourself wtf?”

The television and cinema superstar, who has been forced to limit his acting commitments after his Parkinson’s symptoms worsened, concluded: “I thought the world was ending, but apparently it’s just me and I’m ok. Love, Mike.”

CNN has subsequently apologised, stating: “The package was published in error. We have removed it from our platforms and send our apologies to Michael J. Fox and his family.”

The tribute is thought to have begun: “He came into our living rooms on the small screen each week as Alex P Keaton and eventually onto the big screen as Marty McFly. But Michael J Fox had a compelling third act as a Parkinson’s sufferer and stem cell research advocate.”

It is reported to have added: “In the end, Fox came to understand that his battle against the disease brought out the best in him.” Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991 and revealed it publicly in 1998.

He established the Michael J. Fox Foundation in 2000 to fund research into the neurodegenerative condition and has amassed an impressive £1.5 billion in charitable donations. He famously portrayed Marty McFly in Back To The Future, Ben Stone in Doc Hollywood and Mike Flaherty in the TV sitcom Spin City.

He also provided the voice for Stuart Little in the 90s and early 2000s mouse movies. Discussing his health last year, Fox remarked, “I keep getting new challenges physically, and I get through it.

“I roll around in a wheelchair a lot, and it took some getting used to.” He added: “You take the good, and you seize it.”

Before publishing something untrue, CNN should do a fact-check, and the same goes for any other media outlets, but the real question here is, where on earth did CNN get their information from?

Michael J Fox is a lovely man who life has dealt a cruel blow to, but he’s never given up, and he doesn’t need to be rubbished like this, but knowing Michael, he will probably laugh it off.

This man is an inspiration to everyone with Parkinson’s, and the rest of us as well. He’s a fantastic performer, both before and after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s, and may it continue for a very long time to come.

The Fading Horrors Of Nazi Camps

Germany has launched a £8.5 million drive to send more schoolchildren to visit former Nazi concentration camps like Auschwitz in a frantic endeavour to stop memories of the Holocaust fading.

The initial annual budget has now been doubled to £3 million after emergency backing was secured from a private foundation. The Bethe Foundation has also pledged an additional £8.5 million over five years, allowing the number of trips to the chilling sites to double.

Family Minister Karin Prien warned that as Holocaust survivors are dying, the horror of Nazi crimes is at risk of disappearing from public memory. She said that only direct exposure to Germany’s dark history, by visiting camps like Auschwitz, Treblinka and Sobibor, can truly convey the full scale of the atrocities.

She said: “It is particularly valuable when young people experience history directly and immediately at authentic sites of Nazi crimes and develop a sense of responsibility for our democracy from it. The programmes will be reviewed with regard to target achievement and impact.”

And she added: “Visiting a concentration camp alone doesn’t make someone an anti-fascist or a democrat.” It’s about understanding how such a thing could arise. The Nazi regime of terror and the murder of the Jews didn’t begin in Auschwitz. It began with a gradual process of disenfranchisement, dehumanisation, and expropriation.”

Since 2010, over 40,000 German students have participated in the programme. But officials now hope the expansion will prevent what they fear is a growing detachment from this crucial chapter in the country’s history.

During a visit to Israel in October 2025, Prien emphasised that the problem is also extremely personal for her, revealing that even members of her own family were murdered in Nazi concentration camps. Speaking at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, she described the experience as “always deeply moving”.

Prien is the first German federal minister to talk about her Jewish roots openly while in office. She said every visit to the Holocaust memorial triggers renewed shock, particularly as the number of living survivors continues to fall.

She is now backing plans to establish a Yad Vashem-linked education centre in Germany, with possible locations including the southern state of Bavaria, the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia or the eastern state of Saxony. A definitive decision is anticipated in 2026.

Prien also held talks with Israeli Education Minister Joav Kisch, striving to revitalise the youth exchange programmes which were disrupted by the ferocity of the Gaza conflict, arguing that direct international engagement is now more vital than ever to preserve historical truth.

More than 12,000 young people are expected to visit former Nazi execution camps each year.

It’s a place that everyone needs to go and see at some point in their life, to see it with your own eyes and to feel the essence of wickedness that thousands of Jews experienced; that feeling will stick with you forever, but atrocities happen everywhere, and they should be addressed as well, to show that people very easily forget, and still carry on causing more wars.

Attending these camps, particularly as a young child, undoubtedly sends a very direct message to our kids. No birds fly across the camps; you can hear them outside, but not inside. However, we must remember that what happened in the past does not justify what is happening today.

We have Remembrance Sunday in the UK, but there’s no point remembering if we don’t learn from it. Of course, there will always be Nazis around; they just look different now.

Nobody deserves to be killed in war, and nothing justifies extermination. Nothing justifies seeing mangled children being pulled from rubble, and we must remember that this war that is going on between the Israeli’s and Palestine, and which has been going on for a very long time, and is not justifiable, and the Jew’s should remember the atrocities that happened in the camps – Sobibor, Treblinka, Majdanek, Auschwitz-Birkenau to name a few.

Of course, there will always be Holocaust deniers, arguing that Nazi Germany and its collaborators did not perpetrate genocide against Jews during World War II, but these deniers are all willfully blind – it happened!

30,000 Jewish men were sent to Dachau, Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, and other concentration camps. During the Holocaust, over 100,000 women were imprisoned in Ravensbrück, and there were numerous more. Obviously, when the war ended, and people were liberated, many men and women survived the camps, among them children. Are the deniers trying to tell us that they all got together in one room to get their stories straight? Someone would have slipped up by now!

However, it doesn’t excuse the fact that war is still going on – I’d say Israel, but to me it’s Palestine and always will be!

There is a book that everyone should read called ‘The Freedom Writers Diary,’ by teacher Erin Gruwell. Her students compiled a book out of real diary entries about their lives that they wrote in their English class at Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California.

The book covers segregation and division, and that is all that war is: segregation and division, and the sheer enjoyment of control by another person or faction. Division refers to the act of separating or splitting something into parts, while segregation involves the separation of people based on certain characteristics, such as race, gender, or religion.

There Was No Guilt In This Sex Murder

On September 14, 2020, 55-year-old Robert DuBoise was cleared of a 1983 killing in Tampa, Florida, almost 37 years after he was arrested for a crime he did not perpetrate.

At 8 a m on August 19, 1983, the body of 19-year-old Barbara Grams was found outside a dental office on North Boulevard in the Tampa Heights neighbourhood of Tampa, Florida.

She was naked except for a tube top that had been yanked below her chest. She had been beaten about her face, and she was clad in blood from scrapes and tears on her neck. She also had bruises on her limbs that appeared to have been made by the force of her attacker’s fingers.

Ms Grams worked at the Hot Potato Restaurant in a shopping centre approximately two miles from where her body was found.

A co-worker told police that she and Ms Grams had closed up just after 9 p m the night before. Ms Grams lived not far from where her body was discovered, and she frequently walked home along busy Buffalo Avenue. 

Two friends told investigators they saw Ms Grams walking along North Boulevard at 9:30 p m., just a few blocks from her house, but by then several blocks south of the dental office.

That led police to think that she might have decided to get a pack of cigarettes at one of the convenience stores clustered at the corner of Buffalo Avenue and North Boulevard. 

At the crime scene, the police discovered several pieces of two-by-four wood with blood and hair attached.

Police thought these were the murder weapons.

Detective Philip Saladino, the lead investigator, also noticed a white circle on a finger on Ms Grams’  left hand that appeared to be a ring mark.

No ring was discovered, and witnesses would later give inconsistent statements about what kind of ring Ms Grams wore and whether Ms Grams was wearing a ring on the night she was killed. Police also gathered fingerprints from a nearby air conditioner and from Ms Grams’ wallet.

Dr Lee Miller, the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner, conducted the autopsy on August 20. He concluded that Ms Grams had died from blunt force trauma to the head, most probably about 11:30 p m on August 18. 

He gathered materials for a rape kit, as well as hair, blood and fingernail scrapings. In addition, he collected vaginal samples of what he called a “white fluid.”

Dr Miller would later testify that he noticed what he believed to be a bite mark on Ms Grams’ left cheek as he was washing the blood from the young woman’s face. He stopped his washing and then swabbed the area with a saline solution to potentially collect saliva that might have been left by her attacker.

Dr Miller called Dr Richard Powell, a local dentist who had been listed as a forensic odontologist by Dr Miller’s office, although Dr Powell was not certified in this speciality.

This would be Dr Powell’s first consultation in a criminal case.

Dr Powell took a Polaroid photo of the mark and told Dr Miller that it might be from someone missing upper front teeth, specifically a left front incisor. Dr Powell said he could see tear marks in the skin. He opined that the six lower teeth of the person who left the bite mark had no gaps.

A few days later, Dr Miller removed a section of Ms Grams’ cheek and put it in formaldehyde, which caused the tissue to shrink by almost 10 per cent. 

Tampa police reached out to Dr Richard Souviron, a dentist in Coral Gables, Florida, who was a top forensic odontologist. Dr Souviron advised Detective Saladino to use beeswax to make bite mark impressions from possible suspects.

These moulds would then be filled with a composite to make a hard cast that could be compared against the photo of Ms Grams’ cheek.

As part of this process, the original beeswax mould was destroyed.

Detective Saladino had access to beeswax because a police captain was a beekeeper. One report would later say that Detective Saladino and other officers might have made as many as 100 beeswax moulds from possible suspects.

Dr Souviron came to Tampa on September 8, 1983, and examined the tissue that Dr Miller had preserved. Like Dr Powell, Dr Souviron said police should look for a suspect with a missing tooth, a large gap between his teeth or a tooth turned to the side.

Very early in the investigation, Detective Saladino spoke with a woman who had worked at a convenience store near the dental office for a few weeks in February 1983. She didn’t recognise Ms Grams, but she told Detective Saladino about several people who “caused problems” at the store. She knew their names only as “Ray, Robert and Bo,” but she led the police toward a nearby house. It was vacant, but there was mail in the mailbox addressed to several people named “DuBoise.”

A records check of that name turned up brothers Victor and Robert DuBoise. Robert was then 18 years old. He had two convictions for minor non-violent offences and was on probation.

On September 25, Detective Saladino met with Robert DuBoise. Mr DuBoise said he had heard Detective Saladino was trying to take bite mark impressions from everyone. He said he had “nothing to hide” and could prove that “he wasn’t the guy who bit that girl.”

Mr DuBoise’s parents told Detective Saladino that they believed both Robert and Victor were home on August 18, but that if they had gone out, it was to go look for their sister, who was reported missing on August 16. 

Mr DuBoise had no gaps in his upper or lower rows of teeth and agreed to give Detective Saladino a dental impression.

Dr Souviron received Mr DuBoise’s cast from a beeswax mould in mid-October, and he told Detective Saladino that Mr DuBoise made the bite mark found on Ms Grams. 

On October 22, 1983, an officer found Mr DuBoise at the Peter Pan Motel and told him that Detective Saladino needed to speak with him. Mr DuBoise arrived at the police station, was then arrested, and charged with murder and attempted sexual battery.

On October 23, Dr Powell made a second mould of Mr DuBoise’s teeth, this time using a sturdier substance than beeswax. It was sent to Dr Souviron, who again said it was his opinion that Mr DuBoise had bitten Ms Grams and left the mark on her cheek.

At the time of Mr DuBoise’s arrest, a man named Claude Butler was also in the Hillsborough County Jail, charged with kidnapping and armed robbery, plus other charges for probation violation and assault on a law enforcement officer. If convicted, he faced a possibility of two life sentences. Both Mr Butler and Mr DuBoise had psychiatric problems, and they were both placed in the area of the jail for prisoners with a mental illness. 

In November 1983, Mr Butler approached Detective John Counsman, to whom he had supplied information in the past.

Detective Counsman introduced Mr Butler to Detective Saladino, and in January 1984, Mr Butler told Detective Saladino that Mr DuBoise had confessed that he, his brother Victor DuBoise, and a friend named Raymond Garcia had raped and murdered Ms Grams after she resisted when they tried to rob her.

Victor and Mr Garcia were never charged. After giving a statement to an assistant prosecutor on April 19, 1984. Mr Butler pleaded guilty to his own charges on May 14. He was sentenced to five years in prison. 

A second witness, Joanne Suarez, told police that Mr DuBoise had said to her in August 1983 that he had killed someone. Ms Suarez also said that she might have seen Mr DuBoise with a ring similar to one worn by Ms Grams.

On February 25, 1985, Mr DuBoise went to trial in Hillsborough County Circuit Court. Just 12 days earlier, another prosecution witness had emerged.

Jack Andrusckiewiecz told police that he was living at the Peter Pan Motel at the time Mr DuBoise was arrested. A few days before the arrest, Mr Andrusckiewiecz said that he had seen Mr DuBoise at a party and that Mr DuBoise had said that he was wanted for murder.

Dr Souviron testified that Mr DuBoise made the bite mark to a “reasonable degree of dental certainty.” During cross-examination, Dr Souviron acknowledged that, at a police chief’s conference in November 1984, he had declared, “If you tell me that is the guy that did it, I will go into court and say that that is the guy that did it.”

Dr Norman Sperber, who was chairman of the bitemark guideline committee for the American Board of Forensic Odontology, testified for the defence that Mr DuBoise should be excluded as the source of the bite mark because there were too many inconsistencies between his teeth and the bite mark allegedly found on Ms Grams’ cheek.

No other forensic evidence linked Mr DuBoise to the crime scene. He, his brother, and Mr Garcia were all excluded as the source of the fingerprints collected from the air conditioner and Ms Grams’ wallet. 

Mr Butler swore that Mr DuBoise had admitted his involvement, saying that he, Mr Garcia and Victor were trying to rob Ms Grams, but she fought back and then yelled out Mr Garcia’s name. (A later investigation would show Ms Grams and Mr Garcia had no connection.)

Mr Butler said Mr DuBoise told him that they forced Ms Grams into a car, drove around, then raped her and killed her.

Mr DuBoise’s attorney tried to discredit Mr Butler, presenting evidence of a wide range of psychiatric medicines Mr Butler was taking while in jail.

Detective Saladino swore that he had never met Mr Butler before Detective Counsman made the introduction. That was not true. A year earlier, Detective Saladino had been part of a sting operation that arrested Mr Butler for burglary and related charges.

Mr Andrusckiewiecz testified about his conversation with Mr DuBoise. At the time of the trial, Mr Andrusckiewicz was also preparing to be a prosecution witness in another murder trial, a case where there was the possibility for him to be charged as an accessory.

He was working closely with the State Attorney’s Office on that case, and his emergence as a witness in Mr DuBoise’s trial came through prosecutors rather than a police investigation. This was not disclosed at trial, and he was never charged in connection with that separate murder.

Ms Suarez gave little testimony. She could not remember much of the events and said she suffered from a traumatic brain injury.

Mr DuBoise did not testify. His mother did and provided an alibi for the night of the murder.

During closing arguments, prosecutor Mark Alan Ober pointed to the strength of the forensic evidence and also vouched for Mr Butler’s credibility, telling jurors that Mr Butler had “received nothing” for his testimony. 

On March 7, 1985, Mr DuBoise was convicted of capital murder and attempted sexual battery. The jury recommended a life sentence, but Judge Harry Lee Coe III overrode that recommendation and sentenced Mr DuBoise to death. 

However, now, after 37 years in prison, Robert DuBoise is suing for his unlawful conviction, claiming that officers conspired with a forensic dentist to put him in jail using unreliable beeswax moulds.

Robert DuBoise, 56, was freed from prison in August 2020 after long-shelved, untested DNA evidence from a rape kit proved he was innocent of the killing of 19-year-old Barbara Grams in Tampa.

To be honest, the dentist and officers belong in prison because I can’t imagine what it must have been like for the poor guy – being charged with something that he didn’t do, and then to be given the death sentence.

The people who caused this man to lose his whole life should be held accountable for their actions. He was in jail for 37 years; no money in the world can buy him back that time, but now he should not have to stress about getting a job or a home to live in. Perhaps now, he can travel and have a life, even a family.

This man was well and truly fitted up, and whoever did this should be in prison because this is sad, and his family never actually got real justice, plus the monster or monsters that did this got away with the crime, and that is just devastating. I just hope that the actual killer is reading this, dreading the day when there is a knock on his door, and honestly, it can’t come soon enough.

I also suspect that after his experience in prison, his life will be permanently changed, and he will probably never view or experience life as a ‘normal’ human being, and what happened will torment him for the rest of his life, but sadly, this is what happens when investigators are more interested in closing a case than solving a case.

Imagine how scared this teenager must have been going to prison for a crime he did not commit – his life was over, and what’s even more tragic is that the public believed he did it and that he was some vile beast, and even though he has been exonerated, this will follow him for the rest of his life, because mud sticks. What they should be doing now is giving him a new name, a new passport, a new life somewhere of his choice so that he can get on with what is left of his life.

AND THIS IS WHY I DON’T AGREE WITH THE DEATH PENALTY, WHATEVER THE CRIME, because people get fitted up, and evidence vanishes – they say it’s an exact science, but it’s not!

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