Coolest Video HD GoPro

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I ran into this video today by accident and found it to be really cool. Not only is the footage cool, but to see these athletes and dare-devils up-close during their high-risk sports and to not see any fear or high stress in their face — mind-blowing!!

Do click full-screen to watch this high quality little camera at its best!  And don’t think it is expensive…these cameras start in the mid-$200 range.  That’s nbelievable.  Wishing I was more of an athlete today!  I’d get one of these little cameras. Very cool!

Diena Thompson Meets with Billie Dunn

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Diena Thompson gave a grant from the Somer Thompson Foundation to Billie Dunn to pay her bills for the month while she is going through this difficult time. BigCountryhomepage.com has the story and video.

Diena Thompson’s daughter, Somer Thompson, went missing in 2009 and was later found in a landfill. After several months, police arrested a local guy for the murder, but his trial has not yet started.

Diena Thompson  said to the reporter in tears, “Makes you feel like its you again, like its your story again.”

“There aren’t words in the English literature or any other, you know, language for me to express to anyone what it feels like to be in this situation–to be in this club that nobody wants to belong to, and the dues are way too high,” said Diena.

Diena says, “I hope that Somer is looking down on her mommy, and proud.”

Billie Dunn said, “For her to understand it so perfectly, um, there’s things that she can tell me, things that I can tell her…we can talk about and we completely understand.”

I have always found Diena Thompson to be unusual and I have always believed she knew more than she has told us.

Thanks, Seeker, for the update.

Divorce Records Tell of Troubles

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Crime Scenephoto © 2009 Alan Cleaver | more info (via: Wylio)

Here is an interesting article on the Stacey Burns murder, which talks about her husband’s behavior.  Ed Burns apparently had Stacey quite afraid of him–at one point threatening to cut off “body parts”.  Another time he woke her at 4 a.m., was standing over her and told her “death or divorce”.  Ed was not happy about hearing his wife wanted to separate from him.  Witnesses also told the court, when Stacy filed for an emergency restraining order, that Ed burned her clothes and cosmetics.

Stacey got a restraining order against Ed in 2007 for a year, and a year later, she got it renewed by a judge for a 5 year period, but during that time, she softened again, and let Ed back into her life for her children’s sake.  And it didn’t take long for Ed to petition to the court to remove the restraining order.  That was late in 2008 and by Mother’s Day she was found murdered. 

Stacey had told the court about Ed, “I feel afraid of what Ed would do if the restraining order was lifted. I am fearful of Ed coming into my house while myself and my five children are there.”

Past behavior, as Dr. Phil says, is often a good predictor of future behavior.  

Julie Gonzalez Case on Nancy Grace Tonight

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Julie Ann Gonzalez (Photo courtesy of her family)

An Eyes for Lies reader sent this to me:

On tonight’s episode of Nancy Grace: America’s Missing – a show that aims at finding 50 people in 50 days – on HLN, Grace will be conducting an in-depth expose of Austin resident, Julie Ann Gonzalez, who disappeared in March 2010.

Here’s a link to the main show page, with info for tonight’s show:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/nancy.grace/

And a post about Julie Ann’s case:
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/24/50-people-in-50-days-search-for-texas-mom/

Nancy Grace: America’s Missing airs weeknights at 9pm ET on HLN.

You can read my original thoughts on Julie’s estranged husband, George Gonzalez here.  Let’s bring Julie home! Can you help us do that?

ABC’s 20/20 Mother’s Day Murder

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Friday night ABC’s 20/20 ran a show on Stacey Burns, who was murdered on Mother’s Day.  Her body was left by the killer to be found by her children Mother’s Day morning.  The show profiles two individuals who could be responsible for her killing:  her ex-husband and an ex-boyfriend.

It’s a truly perplexing mystery.  The ex-husband had made threats against his wife, and she had a restraining order against him.  He ex-boyfriend was somewhat obsessed by her according to friends, and his DNA was found under her fingernails.

While watching the interview, I have gut belief at who is responsible, but from the interview, there were no concrete clues that were leaked out, unfortunately.  It’s much like the Hailey Dunn case.  I have a gut instinct, but there is not hard behavioral evidence in these two cases that will give me what I need to make a definitive decision based on behavior.  That doesn’t mean that these two cases can’t be solved by behavioral evidence, it just means I’d need to ask more direct questions myself to get to the truth. Not all interviews will provide the questions to leak the clues…