Thomas Bögerl and Police Pass Blame

Holding Cell Phone and $100 Bill Stacks

The news today in the banker’s wife kidnapping is getting interesting. It appears from my translation that the German police and banker, Thomas Bögerl, are pointing fingers at each over why they didn’t get the ransom to the kidnappers in time — hence who is partially to blame for Maria Bögerl’s murder.

Read moreFor those of you who haven’t kept up on this story, sadly, Maria Bögerl’s corpse was found earlier this week, and her kidnappers have yet to be identified. While I haven’t made any opinions on the case, I did find Thomas Bögerl’s expressions interesting in this video (see comments), and that is why I am following this case. I do not think someone’s truthfulness can be determined by a facial expression alone, but I am curious if it was a clue.

The news reports that I have translated today say it was 11:30 (half to 12) when the phone rang at Thomas’ office, according to reports. A man with a Swabian accent was on the phone and demanded 300,000 euros in special notes, or he would kill Thomas’ wife, Maria. Thomas was given two and a half hours to get the money and deliver it, but Thomas didn’t get to the spot until 3:27, according to the news report. He just didn’t have enough time. The money sat there until the next morning, when it was inadvertently removed by a highway worker. The kidnappers never claimed it.

The police apparently are arguing that they offered to get the money, but that Thomas insisted he would use his (steal from the bank?). Thomas, however, says that he never insisted he’d get the money, as the amount was a concern. According to the Build, a German newspaper, Thomas informed the police he couldn’t come up with the money at 1:15.

The article doesn’t say how much money was gathered or where it came from, or if it does, I am losing it in the translation. I also have to wonder how far was the bank from Thomas’ office. CMA, a reader to the blog, has provided a more detailed comment, explaining it in more detail below as has “my name“.

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Thanks to my German readers for sharing this story with me, and giving me updates.

Happiness: Are you feeling it?

There have been so many cases lately that are emotionally gut-wrenching, I thought it would be nice to take a look at a photo of happiness.

Portrait of a young woman smiling Model Release: Yes Property Release: NA

Read moreIn Dr. Paul Ekman’s research on facial expressions, he found that when he mimicked negative emotions like frowning, he started to feel down, and when he mimicked happy emotions, he started to feel better. If my memory serves me right, he talks about it in his book, Emotions Revealed.

Dr. David Matsumoto, another leading expert on facial expressions, writes about a related topic in National Geographic magazine, (in their Spanish edition, he translates it for you) about how our emotions are “bio-psycho-social reactions”. It’s fascinating reading how our emotions are connected to our biological responses!

So, now that you see a happy face, do you feel better? I hope so! If not, maybe her smile didn’t make you smile? (edited).

I needed a pick me up and I suspect you could use one, too.

Very Disturbing Photo of Shannon

PROVO, UT - MAY 28: Utah Valley Regional Medical Center is shown where actor Gary Coleman died May 28, 2010 in Provo, Utah. The star of NBC's 'Diff'rent Strokes' died today from brain injuries suffered in an unspecified accident at his home in Santaquin, Utah. (Photo by Reagan Frey/Getty Images)
Utah Valley Regional Medical Center

Celebitchy shared the news with me that Shannon Price, the ex-wife of the late Gary Coleman, is on the cover of the Globe this morning, and I must say the photo is very disturbing. She is leaning over Gary on life support in his hospital bed at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.

Read moreIf you are sensitive, I caution you not to look at it. The only reason I am discussing it is because human behavior, in and of itself, is fascinating. I would never believe someone would do this, though I know people can be sick and evil. Logically, I know people will do this. Emotionally, I can’t get my brain around it. It’s just hard to grasp people can be this sick. There should be laws against taking this on a variety of levels, if you ask me from taking photos of unconscious people to publishing them (not that I want laws, but this shouldn’t be allowed).

Clearly, something is very wrong with Shannon Price. Everyone sees it. The woman hasn’t acted appropriately one time in the entire ordeal of Gary dying. I have no doubt about it, this is what she wanted and she experienced positive emotions at times, evident by her smiling as she talked about what it was like to take him off of life support.

Shannon Price is starting to remind me of Diane Downs, who is one in a gazillion, thankfully–the sickest of the sick. As sick as this photo is, I hope it is a catalyst to bring about some action and stop her from causing more nightmares!

Shannon Poses with Gary in Deathbed Photos?

TMZ is reporting today that Shannon Price is behind the deathbed photos being shopped around for five figures. Read the story here. There is more here. I will be watching the mainstream media to see if they pick up this story. Thanks, Alma, for the update.

Update: KSNT has picked up the story at 1:44 PM.

Read my review of Shannon Price’s interview with GMA today here.

41045, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - Friday May 28, 2010. The home of the late Diff'rent Strokes actor Gary Coleman who died today at the age of 42 after a fall from his home, resulting in a brain hemorrhage and slipping into a coma. Life support was terminated at the request of his wife, Shannon Price-Coleman, when it became apparent that the child star TV sitcom actor was not going to recover. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Janet Frank says life support was terminated and Coleman died at 12:05 p.m. Photograph: Nathanael Jones, PacificCoastNews.com
Photo Gary Coleman and Shannon Price’s home.

Shannon Price: “I’m just happy he’s …at rest.”



Shannon Price on Good Morning America June 7, 2010

Shannon Price did another interview and again, she is setting off alarms in my head. This time she is shown in a wheelchair and stays put in that wheelchair through the entire interview. Shannon also talks about her seizures, “As you guys know, I recently have seizures.” The word “recently” really stood out to me.

Read moreAt one point during the interview, she had to stop, because she thought she might be having a seizure. Interestingly enough, watch the footage ABC shows. She doesn’t stay put when she fears one is coming on. She gets up! Isn’t that ironic? Wouldn’t she be afraid she’d fall? I would think medical advice would be to stay put, in a sitting position, if you fear a seizure coming on.

GMA asks Shannon what happened the day Gary fell and she says, “I asked him if he could make me some food, and he went downstairs and I heard this big smack. I rushed down there and I found him lying in a pool of blood.”

The “pool of blood” is something she never mentioned in the 911 call at all. It’s new information. Also, if Shannon rushed down as she said, would the blood already be pooling in a matter of seconds to a minute? I am not an expert, but I would be curious what an expert would say.

Also, if Gary was unconscious as she first said, how was he laying? Was he laying back on his head where he hit it? If so, could she have seen the blood pooling then?

GMA plays a part of Shannon’s 911 call where she sounds cold and callous and Shannon replies, “You know, I was with him there the whole time. I was trying to find towels and stuff like that, but yeah, seeing him in a pool of blood was difficult, I mean, you know, um….if it was someone else in my situation, I mean… I’m sure they wouldn’t know what to do either.”

She was with him the whole time? Does she have a selective memory? I remember clearly how she was talking to Roxie the dog and said to Roxie, “Come on” as in “Let’s go” when she said she couldn’t stand seeing the blood. It was then that she yelled at Gary, “What’s wrong?!”.

Shannon explains the divorce away by saying “It wasn’t what we wanted, we just had a disagreement…”. Does anyone believe her? She also talks about how they wanted to renew their vows, but didn’t due to health issues, but supposedly planned to soon. This is new information, too, according to GMA.

Another time Shannon says in an angry tone about her relationship, “We loved each other. It was golden”. Watch her squint her eyes in anger! She does this several times in interview. This woman is incapable of expressing sadness, sorrow, love or any emotion of sympathy for her ex-husband. It’s flat out bone chilling.

When asked about her financial situation, Shannon says, “You know….We’ve been struggling… a lot… with financial stuff, but now that he is gone, its a little more difficult.”

What?

Does that make sense?? Nothing would have changed for her if Gary wasn’t working from last week to this week. However, if she was somehow involved in Gary’s death, could she be thinking, “…now that Gary is gone, its gonna be a little easier”? This is awful to think about, but that would make her statement, which doesn’t make sense, make sense! Chilling to think about…

Gary Coleman’s parents have wanted to talk to Price, but she hasn’t been willing. Shannon says, “Well my brother called them…um… and talk to the mother, and said, if you have any questions, let me know and she didn’t really say anything, so…”

I was stunned at how Shannon referred to Gary mother, even with them being estranged, as “the mother”. It is so removed and cold and the fact that she won’t speak to his parents is flat out heartless. Why can’t she do that?

Shannon says, “…I just hope Gary is happy and he is in a better place, and he is not suffering anymore, you know, with all the health issues he’s had over the years. I’m just happy, you know, that he’s finally peaceful and at rest. We have discussed death a few times and he said it would be very unfair if he left me…all of the sudden… and … I mean…. I really respect that, you know, because I loved him and he loved me, and you know, we just can’t live without each other.”

These words of Shannon’s jump out at me: “I’m just happy, you know, he’s finally peaceful and at rest.” She doesn’t talk about how he suffered at the end. Instead she talks about how he had all these health issues over the years! Is that why she is happy he is finally peaceful? As if his life was hell and it needed to end? Is that what she thinks? The connection of these two thoughts are eerie.

I could understand her talking about how horrific Gary’s last day was due to complications of his injuries, but to relate it back to his health issues he had over the years, you have to wonder if they were grating on her nerves. It’s horrifying to think about. Did she want to be free of Gary and saw no other way? By the way Shannon’s thoughts are revealed, you can’t help but question this.

In the interview, Shannon told GMA off camera that Gary didn’t want a funeral or to be buried. He wanted to be cremated. The media reports that Gary had a will. I wonder if that will be in there, or if this is just what Shannon wants…

To read all of my thoughts on Shannon, click on the label below. There is another chilling interview where she talks about what it is like to remove Gary from life support.