Three years after she was charged with murder in the drowning deaths of her three children, Amanda Hamm was sentenced to prison. But just before the 10-year sentence was imposed by Judge Stephen Peters, she read from a two-page statement she had … [Read more...] about Amanda Hamm’s statement before sentencing
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Transcript of LaGrone’s Clinton Lake interview
Two days after three children drowned at Clinton Lake, the driver of the vehicle voluntarily returned to the scene with police to describe how the incident occurred. (Elsewhere in this "Clippings" section we posted part of the video recorded by … [Read more...] about Transcript of LaGrone’s Clinton Lake interview
Judge’s ruling in Hamm child custody case
After serving prison time on a child endangerment conviction, Amanda Hamm married Leo Ware. During her 2014 hospital stay for the birth of their third child, a doctor recognized Amanda as the mother in the Clinton Lake drowning case. State child … [Read more...] about Judge’s ruling in Hamm child custody case
Defense test on ramp-like incline
Like prosecutors in the Hamm-LaGrone murder cases, the defendants’ attorneys were interested in learning how Amanda Hamm’s vehicle would respond in various circumstances. One of the more intriguing discoveries, as illustrated in this video, was that … [Read more...] about Defense test on ramp-like incline
Police test Amanda Hamm’s car
Three days after her three children drowned, police returned Amanda Hamm’s car, a front-wheel drive Oldsmobile Cutlass, to Clinton Lake and the scene of the incident. It was to test how the car responded in different circumstances. In this … [Read more...] about Police test Amanda Hamm’s car
A name from the past
A person very familiar to those who've read Reasonable Doubt (or just followed the long-ago trials of David Hendricks in the murders of his wife and children) has surfaced in connection with the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein is the financier … [Read more...] about A name from the past