#8 Henry Vincent
Thirty-seven-year-old Englishman Henry Vincent had been linked to multiple burglaries already
when on April 4, 2018, he decided to strike again.
He, along with an accomplice, broke into the home of an elderly pensioner in Hither Green,
London, belonging to 78-year-old Richard Osborn-Brooks and his 76-year-old wife Moreen.
Osborn-Brooks told authorities that he heard a knock at the door late at night.
When he answered the door, the two men grabbed him and shoved him into his home.
They demanded money, and Vincent used a screwdriver as a weapon to intimidate Osborn-Brooks.
But Osborn-Brooks didn’t back down.
In an attempt to protect himself and his wife, he grabbed a 12-inch kitchen knife and told
Vincent to leave, warning him that they would be sorry if they didn’t.
When Vincent’s accomplice saw the large knife, he fled the scene and encouraged Vincent
to do so as well.
Instead of following his accomplice’s lead, Vincent lunged towards Osborn-Brooks with
the intention of stabbing him first with the screwdriver, but Osborn-Brooks’ knife made
contact first.
Vincent finally fled the home following the stabbing, but collapsed nearby.
Police found him and transported him to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his
wounds and was pronounced dead.
Osborn-Brooks was arrested on suspicion of murder, but was released without charge shortly
after.
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#7 Christopher Hoopes
The belief that someone is intruding your home—whether or not it’s true—is sometimes
enough for tragedy to strike.
The case of 36-year-old Christopher Hoopes and his 25-year-old wife Colleen Hoopes is
a tragic example of this.
In the middle of the night on May 20, 2022, Christopher Hoopes woke up in their Tempe,
Arizona home and was startled by a figure in his bedroom.
He reached for his gun and fired three shots, two of which struck the figure.
Upon realizing that it was his wife Colleen, Christopher called 911 for help.
Officers arrived at the home at 3:45 a.m., and Colleen was rushed to the hospital in
an effort to tend to two gunshot wounds in her chest.
Unfortunately, she was pronounced dead just a short time later at 4:10 a.m.
Christopher was charged with second-degree murder and the unlawful discharge of a weapon.
He was taken to jail and booked on a $750,000 bond, which he posted on May 22, 2022.
His trial is expected to take place in October of 2022.
If found guilty, he will be sentenced to a maximum of 25 years in prison.
#6 Virginia Morrison
Virginia Morrison, a 69-year-old grandmother from Florida, was enjoying her Sunday afternoon
at home on May 22, 2022.
That is, until she realized that an unidentified man had entered her home and was standing
in her living room.
She described the man’s face as a “total blank,” and despite her asking him who he
was and why he was in her home, he said nothing.
She called to her husband in the other room, 80-year-old Charlie Morrison, to get his gun
in hopes of scaring off the intruder.
When the sight of the gun didn’t make the intruder budge, they called 911.
Morrison quickly grabbed her own gun while on the phone and Charlie fired a warning shot
into the ground beside the intruder.
That made the intruder leave the living room and go outside, but he remained on their property,
maintaining a blank stare and never saying a word.
Virginia followed him outside and fired her own warning shot above the intruder, warning
him that she would shoot him if he didn’t leave.
That’s when the intruder started coming towards her, and in an act of self-defense,
she shot him.
Police arrived at the scene and took the man to the hospital, where he was ultimately pronounced
dead.
He was later identified as 38-year-old Ezequiel Rosario-Torres.
At this time, no charges have been filed against Morrison, but the case has been forwarded
to the State Attorney’s Office to decide whether or not she should face charges.
#5 Anthony Gray
On April 18, 2022, 52-year-old Anthony Gray trespassed onto Stagg High School in Stockton,
California.
He drove his car into one of the school’s parking lots, parked, and walked right onto
campus.
A highschooler named Alycia Reynaga was in the parking lot at the time, and when Gray
saw her, he targeted her out of the blue, stabbing her several times.
Witnesses and school security called 911, and when police arrived shortly after, Gray
was immediately arrested.
The highschooler was rushed to the hospital, but sadly, she was unable to recover from
her wounds and died the same day.
Police determined the stabbing to be a random act of violence and have been unable to identify
a motive for Gray’s actions.
At a hearing on May 16, 2022, Gray suddenly called out to the judge saying that he wanted
to plead guilty to the crime.
His lawyer disagreed with his plea, and expressed to the judge that Gray had a history of mental
illness and should be interviewed by a doctor to determine if he is fit to stand trial.
The judge granted this request, but on June 13, the court-appointed doctor concluded that
Gray was, in fact, competent to stand trial.
Gray was charged with murder, injuring a child, and possessing a weapon on school grounds
and is awaiting trial behind bars without bail.
A date for the trial has yet to be set.
#4 Travis and Jamilyn Juetten
At 3:00 a.m. on August 13, 2021, married couple Travis and Jamilyn Juetten were asleep in
their home in Marion County, Oregon.
They were set to travel to Hawaii the next day, and had a friend, who would be looking
after their home and cat, sleeping in their guest bedroom.
An intruder, unidentifiable due to the mask they were wearing, broke into the home and
attacked the married couple with a knife while they slept in their bed.
Twenty-four-year-old Jamilyn suffered nineteen stab wounds and in trying to protect his wife,
26 year old Travis suffered several stabwounds of his own.
The friend sleeping in the next room woke up and called the police when they heard what
was going on.
Shortly after the attack, the intruder disappeared.
When police arrived on the scene, they found that Travis had passed away in his heroic
attempt to save Jamilyn from the attacker.
Jamilyn was still alive and was rushed to the hospital to have her injuries treated,
from which she eventually made a full recovery.
Nearly a year later, police have been unable to identify the suspect or a motive for the
attack.
In June of 2022, Travis’s family announced a $50,000 reward to anyone with information
that will help them solve the case.
#3 Luay Sako
On November the 16th, 2020, 23 year old Celeste Manno, a call center worker from Melbourne,
Australia, was stabbed to death by 35 year old Luay Sako, a former colleague.
The killing took place at 4:10 in the morning after Sako had broken into her room through
her window while she was asleep.
It was revealed that Sako had been stalking his victim for months leading up to the murder.
Shortly after the fatal attack, Sako turned himself in to the police.
In the immediate aftermath, police received a tip that Sako, on his way to the police
station, had dumped a cellphone near the home.
It turned out to be Manno’s cell phone, that police had a sneaking suspicion housed
important information related to the killing.
The cell phone was retrieved and was indeed found to have compelling evidence to aid in
the prosecution of Sako.
Despite having turned himself in shortly after the killing, Sako pleaded not guilty in court
under the advice of his lawyer, who was attempting to help him avoid a jail sentence by obtaining
a forensic psychiatric assessment stating that he was mentally ill.
At a hearing in March of 2022, an official psychiatric assessment declared Sako mentally
unfit to currently stand trial, and will likely remain unfit to do so for at least a year.
An update on the case is not expected until the spring of 2023.
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#2 Justin William Wright
Just before 9:00 a.m. on the morning of June 21, 2022, a 26-year-old man by the name of
Justin William Wright broke into his next door neighbor’s home in Clearwater, Florida.
The neighbor, a woman whose identity has remained private for her protection, woke up to find
Wright standing in her bedroom.
He began to attack her, and as she fought to defend herself, she managed to call the
police.
Even the police being on the phone didn’t faze Wright, and he continued to attack her.
That’s when she reached for her gun and shot Wright once, which was enough to put
an end to the assault.
Police arrived and found Wright dead at the scene.
Upon examination of the woman, she had injuries that aligned with the assault she reported,
and police determined that the weapon she fired was legally registered to her.
The investigation is ongoing, but police haven’t found any information suggesting that the
shooting was anything other than self-defense, nor have they been able to determine Wright’s
motive for breaking in.
#1 Joe Horn
On November 14, 2007, Joe Horn, a 61-year-old resident of a wealthy Pasadena, Texas neighborhood,
witnessed two unidentified men burglarizing his neighbor’s home in broad daylight.
Horn called 911 to report the incident, and while on the phone with the 911 dispatcher,
Horn revealed that he owned a shotgun and asked if the dispatcher would like him to
stop the intruders.
Despite the dispatcher telling him not to and to stay inside his own home, Horn became
increasingly agitated with the situation, saying that he couldn’t “let them get
away with it.”
Eventually, Horn couldn’t contain himself anymore and he ran outside with his gun to
confront the two intruders, who were fleeing with a bag full of money and jewelry, telling
them not to move.
When the intruders tried to run off anyway, Horn fatally shot them both in the back.
The case went to trial, during which a grand jury decided that Horn’s actions were justified
and he was found not guilty.
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