Science takes center stage in Hummel capital murder trial

By Melody McDonald

mjmcdonald@star-telegram.com

FORT WORTH -- The trial of John "Johnny" Hummel turned scientific Monday with jurors hearing how DNA, fingerprints and trace evidence were used to identify and to help determine what happened to three people found dead in a burned-out house in 2009 in Kennedale.

Scientists and analysts from various disciplines dominated the sixth day of testimony in the capital murder trial as prosecutors Miles Brissette and Bob Gill continue to methodically lay out their case against Hummel.

The 35-year-old former Marine is on trial in state District Judge Ruben Gonzalez's court, accused of killing his pregnant wife, Joy; disabled father-in-law, Clyde Bedford; and daughter, Jodi, 5, and then setting fire to the family's home.

A DNA forensic analyst testified that Joy Hummel was pregnant with a girl.

If convicted, prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Hummel, who is being defended by Fred Cummings, Larry Moore and Pam Fernandez.

Hummel confessed to the crime after he was arrested in California. He told investigators that he beat his wife with a baseball bat and then stabbed her with a two swords and a dagger, before resting for a short time and then fatally beating Bedford and Jodi. After his family was dead, Hummel told investigators that he torched his house and began working on his alibi by going to places where his presence would be captured on surveillance video. http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=dvd+with+media+on+it&_sacat=See-All-Categories

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Tennessee man accused of killing ex-girlfriend in Calera is now facing upgraded capital murder charges

CALERA, Alabama -- A Tennessee man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in Calera is now facing upgraded charges of capital murder.

Terry L. Griggs, 52, was initially charged with murder in connection with the death of Wendy Marie Thompson, whose body was found June 4 in her Milstead Road home.

Griggs, of Thompson Station, Tenn., now has been indicted by a Shelby County grand jury on two counts of capital murder in connection with Thompson's death.

Griggs is accused of choking Thompson to death between June 3-4 and stealing her car, according to an indictment filed today.

Griggs has been in the Shelby County Jail on a $1 million bond since he was brought back to Shelby County after being taken into custody by police in Orange Beach the day after Thompson's body was found in her Calera home.

If convicted of capital murder, Griggs could face the death penalty or a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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#46 Capital One: What’s In Your Skull?

#46 Capital One: What’s In Your Skull? « Glorious Bites /* */#header h1 a {color: #fff !important;} Taking a Bite Out of Media's BytesGlorious BitesHomeAbout« #45 Squish and Squash#47 Rituals and Concerts: More from AXE »#46 Capital One: What’s In Your Skull?

I simply do not understand Capital One’s commercials featuring Vikings. Why Vikings? How do they tie into Capital One’s product, brand and brand values? I am left angrily perplexed, each and every time. I tried to understand it, especially because my dad took a liking to a the one with a bunch of Vikings singing opera — Oh, wait, no, that was JG Wentworth.

See? There’s no brand identity here and the ads are directly responsible for that. I legitimately was confused and had to look up “singing Vikings commercial” to see if the two campaigns were related.

Some viewers might find the ads comical, sure, but are they buying into the brand? Are they coming up to Capital One branches to… Call me stupid, but I’m not even sure what Capital One does. I’ve seen the commercials a 100 times but nothing has ever stuck. I only learned that they are a bank from writing the article about their separate, much improved Mascot Video Challenge campaign.

What differentiates them from other banks? Why should I choose Capital One over their competitors? I just rewatched one of their commercials and I still don’t know.

In my opinion, this campaign needs to be scrapped and substituted with one that relates to the bank’s name “Capital One” and to its brand values, whatever they may be. In fact, it seems like the bank could simply use a rebranding right now.

According to an article by USA today, Capital One has been pumping out these ads since 2005. Are you kidding me? Amusingly enough, the journalist, Michael McCarthy, was complaining about the repetitive, continuous nature of Capital One’s campaigns in his article. And that was 5 years ago.

Seriously, Capital One, start rebranding because I can’t stand another minute of these awful commercials, and I know I’m not the only one.FacebookShareStumbleUponDiggEmailPrint
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