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kadrmas15 · 06-30-2006, 08:41 AM

Most people wont want to do this but anyone in here that is interested in writing to prisoners profiled on UM I have some addresses. If you write to these people you do so at your own risk. Personally if I was going to write to a prisoner I would probably get a P.O. Box just to be safe. Especially for some of these more violent ones I wouldnt use my home address. If there is any particular prisoner you want just pm me and I will give you the address that way.

crystaldawn · 06-30-2006, 09:05 AM

Wow all of those you listed are such sleaze, I wouldn't write to any of them.

To each his own though and it would be interesting if someone wanted to write them and hopefully if any of you decide to and get a reply you'll post the info here.

Another one to add to the list, Jon Yount. For those of you who aren't familiar with that case (I don't know if Lifetime has ever aired it) he's the former teacher who raped and murdered one of his students. He started to correspond with a married woman and she fell for him and helped him escape. They were both eventually captured.

http://www.prisoners.com/yountad1.html

kadrmas15 · 06-30-2006, 09:32 AM

Yes Jon Yount I dont think I have even seen that case. Yount is getting up there in years. 68 years old, he was born on February 26th, 1938. This case I am assuming took place in the 1970's?

LooksLikeCRicci · 06-30-2006, 12:30 PM

Swango would be an interesting read... just sayin'.

I'm glad you added the disclaimer about getting a P.O. Box for the purposes of writing these people...

kadrmas15 · 06-30-2006, 05:02 PM

Swango would be interesting, I agree. A lot of these people would be interesting. Since Kane was nice enough to track down Rick Church I decided to find his address. Church looks pretty much the same but he has aged a lot.

nohwheregirl · 06-30-2006, 05:18 PM

Do what you want, but I do have a question....

Why would you want to give any of these people any more attention or ego boosting that they deserve by writing to them?

kadrmas15 · 06-30-2006, 05:23 PM

Well I think being profiled on UM would give anyone more than enough attention. Not trying to be a smartass with that remark. Also I am not planning to write to any of these people. I have written to prisoners before but no one on that list. I guess the way I view it despite the horrible things they have done I still view them as human beings and generally when I write them I dont talk about the crimes much with them, I talk more about life in general with them. I was just posting them because there are people out there that like to write to prisoners. I thought there might be a couple on here.

Awsi Dooger · 06-30-2006, 05:26 PM

Hmmm, of those I would probably write to John Mooney. Seemed like an intelligent guy and maybe I could wrangle a pizza recipe out of it.

Whoever writes to Swango, be nice and include some homemade cookies.

kadrmas15 · 06-30-2006, 05:31 PM

Mooney would be interesting. A college educated guy, a guy who ordered the killing of someone but who has never actually killed someone himself. As for Swango, if you are going to write him you better not send him any special donughts or extra spicy chicken. Paul Hamwi is in the category too of never having killed anyone but having ordered a killing. Although to this day he claims he didnt do it. Hamwi was convicted of ordering and paying for the killing of his soon to be ex-wife. He supposedly did this because he didnt want to have to pay her alimony. His infant daughter wasnt killed but was left in the house alone and the baby ended up dying of dehydration. However Hamwi who was also charged with the baby's death was acquitted in that case. Hamwi wasnt even indicted in the murder of his wife until 10 years after it happened.

DarkDante · 06-30-2006, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Awsi Dooger

Hmmm, of those I would probably write to John Mooney. Seemed like an intelligent guy and maybe I could wrangle a pizza recipe out of it.

Whoever writes to Swango, be nice and include some homemade cookies.

I wanna know whose pizza exactly was it?

DD

greatgarrett2 · 07-01-2006, 12:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkDante

I wanna know whose pizza exactly was it?

DD

HA! HA! HA! HA! I don't know who's pizza it was but it was somebody's

A prisoner I would write but hasn't been profiled on UM would be Joel Rifkin.....The so-called 'Long Island Serial Killer', seems like an interesting guy to talk to, down to earth in his Biography interview. I'm amazed at how he could describe his crimes and shrug them off like taking out the trash.

kadrmas15 · 07-01-2006, 05:15 AM

Joel Rifkin would be another interesting one. When I was in high school in my psychology class we watched this special on Joel Rifkin where they interviewed him. He was quite the interesting character. Rifkin didnt seem like a psycho. He said a majority of the time he was fine and felt normal, he said during his killing streak sometimes months would go by where he didnt have the urge to kill anyone and he would be with prostitutes and be fine and stuff and then all of a sudden it would just come back and he would go on a streak where he would kill, two or three women and then it would stop again for a while. Rifkin actually said this started happening after his adopotive father's death. Despite the fact him and his father never had a real good relationship because his father who was a prominent businessman and school board member on Long Island viewed Joel as a disappointment because of his bad grades and inability to stick to a job for very long. Joel however loved his father deeply despite this. But Joel said shortly after the first anniversary of his father's death he started getting the urges to kill. He said they always happened after major annivesaries of stuff. It was pretty interesting. I remember Joel Rifkin's excuse for the killings was "my brain made me do it." Rifkin actually said that, I think he also cited the fact he was dyslexic as a reason for the killings.

kadrmas15 · 07-01-2006, 05:47 AM

Well Joel Rifkin has a life without parole sentence. Rifkin was born on January 20th, 1959.

Mark David Chapman was sentenced to life in prison however he was sentenced before there was life without parole sentences in NY. At the time he was sentenced the minimum sentence in NY for murder before becoming eligible for parole was 20 years. Chapman first became eligible for parole on December 4th, 2000. Chapman has already been denied parole a couple of times and he is up for parole again in October of this year when he has another hearing. It says his earliest possible release date is October 28th of 2006. However this is if he gets parole. Chapman would have been released already had the killing not been so high profile. Chapman will be released eventually but they are holding him longer than they normally would because no one wants to be the person that released the killer of John Lennon. Chapman was born on May 10th, 1955.

David Berkowitz was sentenced to life in prison. However like Chapman he is eligible for parole because he was sentenced before they had life without parole sentences. At the time Berkowitz was sentenced in the late 70's for all the crimes he was convicted of a minimum of 25 years had to be served before being eligible for parole. Berkowitz first became eligible for parole on August 5th, 2002. Berkowitz has already been denied parole twice. I think once Berkowitz even asked not to be released. Berkowitz has another parole hearing scheduled for later this month and his earliest possible release date is July 28th of this month. Berkowitz was born on June 1st, 1953.

kadrmas15 · 07-01-2006, 06:28 AM

Well I found the scumbag that raped and then murdered Keri Lynn Nixon. This is the only one I could find in the NY Department of Corrections that matched the description. Bank Robber Robert Jones confessed in 1994 to raping and then murdering Keri Lynn Nixon and then burying her body in a remote area. Now this guy I found in the NY department of corrections matched the description of the guy. This guy just started serving the sentence for the murder b ut remember a few months before he confessed he had been sentenced to 15 years in prison for armed robbery. It wasnt until 1994 that he confessed to raping and then murdering Keri Lynn Nixon. In exchange for his help in locating the body (Jones was the only one who knew exactly where it was buried) Jones got a lucreative plea deal. Jones pled guilty to 2nd degree murder, 1st degree kidnapping and 1st degree rape. You might say what is so lucreative about this? Well, Jones pled guilty b ut because he helped find the body, the prosecutor agreed to run his sentences for that concurrent to his sentence for the armed robbery. The minimum sentence for the crimes Jones pled guilty to in regards to Nixon is 18 years according to 1987 sentencing guidelines. Jones's sentence on the armed robbery was 15 yeras meaning that sentence the sentence was concurrent even though the maximum sentence for Jones crimes involving Nixon is life, he would be eligible for parole after 18 years, meaning after the bank robbery sentence is done Jones could end up doing as little as three additional years before being eligible for parole. It is kind of complicated. Here is a link to the story I found on it, you have to scroll down some but it does desribe a little bit about the crime. Not a lot but a little more than what was in the UM segment.
http://archive.pressrepublican.com/A.../112119992.htm

kadrmas15 · 07-01-2006, 06:36 AM

Robert A. Jones was born on August 29th, 1963. Jones was just transferred to a new facility in May. Jones will be first eligible for parole in October of 2011. His earliest release date is December 29th, 2011.

06-30-2006, 08:41 AM	#1
kadrmas15 Retired from Board 03/03/11 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,910	Write to a prisoner profiled on UM! Most people wont want to do this but anyone in here that is interested in writing to prisoners profiled on UM I have some addresses. If you write to these people you do so at your own risk. Personally if I was going to write to a prisoner I would probably get a P.O. Box just to be safe. Especially for some of these more violent ones I wouldnt use my home address. If there is any particular prisoner you want just pm me and I will give you the address that way.
	Last edited by kadrmas15; 07-20-2006 at 01:48 PM.

06-30-2006, 05:02 PM	#5
kadrmas15 Retired from Board 03/03/11 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,910	Swango would be interesting, I agree. A lot of these people would be interesting. Since Kane was nice enough to track down Rick Church I decided to find his address. Church looks pretty much the same but he has aged a lot.
	Last edited by kadrmas15; 07-20-2006 at 01:49 PM.

07-01-2006, 06:36 AM	#15
kadrmas15 Retired from Board 03/03/11 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,910	Robert A. Jones was born on August 29th, 1963. Jones was just transferred to a new facility in May. Jones will be first eligible for parole in October of 2011. His earliest release date is December 29th, 2011.
	Last edited by kadrmas15; 07-20-2006 at 01:50 PM.

06-30-2006, 09:05 AM	#2
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	Wow all of those you listed are such sleaze, I wouldn't write to any of them. To each his own though and it would be interesting if someone wanted to write them and hopefully if any of you decide to and get a reply you'll post the info here. Another one to add to the list, Jon Yount. For those of you who aren't familiar with that case (I don't know if Lifetime has ever aired it) he's the former teacher who raped and murdered one of his students. He started to correspond with a married woman and she fell for him and helped him escape. They were both eventually captured. http://www.prisoners.com/yountad1.html

06-30-2006, 09:32 AM	#3
kadrmas15 Retired from Board 03/03/11 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,910	Yes Jon Yount I dont think I have even seen that case. Yount is getting up there in years. 68 years old, he was born on February 26th, 1938. This case I am assuming took place in the 1970's?

06-30-2006, 12:30 PM	#4
LooksLikeCRicci Likes to live in a clean house Moderator Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2005 Posts: 4,050	Swango would be an interesting read... just sayin'. I'm glad you added the disclaimer about getting a P.O. Box for the purposes of writing these people...

06-30-2006, 05:18 PM	#6
nohwheregirl THE Mystery Machine Senior Member Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Posts: 1,057	Do what you want, but I do have a question.... Why would you want to give any of these people any more attention or ego boosting that they deserve by writing to them?

06-30-2006, 05:23 PM	#7
kadrmas15 Retired from Board 03/03/11 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,910	Well I think being profiled on UM would give anyone more than enough attention. Not trying to be a smartass with that remark. Also I am not planning to write to any of these people. I have written to prisoners before but no one on that list. I guess the way I view it despite the horrible things they have done I still view them as human beings and generally when I write them I dont talk about the crimes much with them, I talk more about life in general with them. I was just posting them because there are people out there that like to write to prisoners. I thought there might be a couple on here.

06-30-2006, 05:26 PM	#8
Awsi Dooger Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2003 Location: Miami Posts: 1,537	Hmmm, of those I would probably write to John Mooney. Seemed like an intelligent guy and maybe I could wrangle a pizza recipe out of it. Whoever writes to Swango, be nice and include some homemade cookies.

06-30-2006, 05:31 PM	#9
kadrmas15 Retired from Board 03/03/11 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,910	Mooney would be interesting. A college educated guy, a guy who ordered the killing of someone but who has never actually killed someone himself. As for Swango, if you are going to write him you better not send him any special donughts or extra spicy chicken. Paul Hamwi is in the category too of never having killed anyone but having ordered a killing. Although to this day he claims he didnt do it. Hamwi was convicted of ordering and paying for the killing of his soon to be ex-wife. He supposedly did this because he didnt want to have to pay her alimony. His infant daughter wasnt killed but was left in the house alone and the baby ended up dying of dehydration. However Hamwi who was also charged with the baby's death was acquitted in that case. Hamwi wasnt even indicted in the murder of his wife until 10 years after it happened.

07-01-2006, 05:15 AM	#12
kadrmas15 Retired from Board 03/03/11 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,910	Joel Rifkin would be another interesting one. When I was in high school in my psychology class we watched this special on Joel Rifkin where they interviewed him. He was quite the interesting character. Rifkin didnt seem like a psycho. He said a majority of the time he was fine and felt normal, he said during his killing streak sometimes months would go by where he didnt have the urge to kill anyone and he would be with prostitutes and be fine and stuff and then all of a sudden it would just come back and he would go on a streak where he would kill, two or three women and then it would stop again for a while. Rifkin actually said this started happening after his adopotive father's death. Despite the fact him and his father never had a real good relationship because his father who was a prominent businessman and school board member on Long Island viewed Joel as a disappointment because of his bad grades and inability to stick to a job for very long. Joel however loved his father deeply despite this. But Joel said shortly after the first anniversary of his father's death he started getting the urges to kill. He said they always happened after major annivesaries of stuff. It was pretty interesting. I remember Joel Rifkin's excuse for the killings was "my brain made me do it." Rifkin actually said that, I think he also cited the fact he was dyslexic as a reason for the killings.

07-01-2006, 05:47 AM	#13
kadrmas15 Retired from Board 03/03/11 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,910	Well Joel Rifkin has a life without parole sentence. Rifkin was born on January 20th, 1959. Mark David Chapman was sentenced to life in prison however he was sentenced before there was life without parole sentences in NY. At the time he was sentenced the minimum sentence in NY for murder before becoming eligible for parole was 20 years. Chapman first became eligible for parole on December 4th, 2000. Chapman has already been denied parole a couple of times and he is up for parole again in October of this year when he has another hearing. It says his earliest possible release date is October 28th of 2006. However this is if he gets parole. Chapman would have been released already had the killing not been so high profile. Chapman will be released eventually but they are holding him longer than they normally would because no one wants to be the person that released the killer of John Lennon. Chapman was born on May 10th, 1955. David Berkowitz was sentenced to life in prison. However like Chapman he is eligible for parole because he was sentenced before they had life without parole sentences. At the time Berkowitz was sentenced in the late 70's for all the crimes he was convicted of a minimum of 25 years had to be served before being eligible for parole. Berkowitz first became eligible for parole on August 5th, 2002. Berkowitz has already been denied parole twice. I think once Berkowitz even asked not to be released. Berkowitz has another parole hearing scheduled for later this month and his earliest possible release date is July 28th of this month. Berkowitz was born on June 1st, 1953.

07-01-2006, 06:28 AM	#14
kadrmas15 Retired from Board 03/03/11 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,910	Well I found the scumbag that raped and then murdered Keri Lynn Nixon. This is the only one I could find in the NY Department of Corrections that matched the description. Bank Robber Robert Jones confessed in 1994 to raping and then murdering Keri Lynn Nixon and then burying her body in a remote area. Now this guy I found in the NY department of corrections matched the description of the guy. This guy just started serving the sentence for the murder b ut remember a few months before he confessed he had been sentenced to 15 years in prison for armed robbery. It wasnt until 1994 that he confessed to raping and then murdering Keri Lynn Nixon. In exchange for his help in locating the body (Jones was the only one who knew exactly where it was buried) Jones got a lucreative plea deal. Jones pled guilty to 2nd degree murder, 1st degree kidnapping and 1st degree rape. You might say what is so lucreative about this? Well, Jones pled guilty b ut because he helped find the body, the prosecutor agreed to run his sentences for that concurrent to his sentence for the armed robbery. The minimum sentence for the crimes Jones pled guilty to in regards to Nixon is 18 years according to 1987 sentencing guidelines. Jones's sentence on the armed robbery was 15 yeras meaning that sentence the sentence was concurrent even though the maximum sentence for Jones crimes involving Nixon is life, he would be eligible for parole after 18 years, meaning after the bank robbery sentence is done Jones could end up doing as little as three additional years before being eligible for parole. It is kind of complicated. Here is a link to the story I found on it, you have to scroll down some but it does desribe a little bit about the crime. Not a lot but a little more than what was in the UM segment. http://archive.pressrepublican.com/A.../112119992.htm