Monday, October 20, 2008

Former Power Ranger Extra Kills 2

Man found guilty in murder of couple tossed off yacht
I found this article at the following site: http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/20/yatch.killings.ap/index.html

The Lede shows it's a hard news story, short, to the point, and answering the most pertinent questions: A jury has convicted a man of murdering three people, including a couple who were tied to an anchor and thrown off their yacht in Southern California.
Actually, the only thing it's missing is an attribution, police said.

Oddly enough there are no quotes in this, possibly because it's just a blurb of about 150 words. There is a nut graf, though, or at least an explanatory paragraph: The jury late Monday afternoon found Skylar Deleon guilty of three counts of first-degree murder and special circumstances for financial gain and multiple victims.
There really doesn't need to be a specific "so what?" paragraph, because two people died for no reason. If you read the article, the guy was an extra in a "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" episode, and he bragged about it--that, right there, shows his mental instability. If that isn't enough, he tied the couple to an anchor and threw them overboard during a test drive of the yacht so he could steal it from them. The guy definitely has some issues with self-worth and overcompensation.

But, I digress. The article is mainly about a crime that occurred in 2004, so it's just an update to show the police have found the murderer. The ending is kind of a fizzle, but it's an online article, so it doesn't really have the space issue, it just ends with the details of why he killed the couple--for the yacht.

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