| HACKERS
Tracking the hack (Forbes) How Slut Puppy and Master Pimp broke into the New York Times |
| RICHIE ADAMS New York Former UNLV hoops star gets 25 years in jail--(NJO Newsflash) |
| MICHAEL ROSS Farmington, Conn. Serial killer hospitalized after apparent drug overdose--(TBO) |
| ST. PAUL Man charged with killing woman, son--(POSTnet) |
| MILAN, ITALY Gucci murder case goes to jury Tuesday--(Tampa Bay Online) |
| STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Swedish boys, 5 and 7, believed to have killed fellow child over toy--(nando.net) |
| REBECCA BLUFF Neighbours mourn girl in candlelight vigil--(Deseret News) Detectives call her death 'horrendous'. Prayers for murdered girl--(Calgary Sun) Mother claims innocence--(Calgary Sun) |
| LOUISE WOODWARD case Boston Parents of baby killed in au pair's care ask for damage award--(NJO Newsflash) |
| Mount Clemens, Michigan 100-year-old's case delayed until he gets an interpreter--(WRAL) |
| Calumet City, Illinois Woman charged with setting fires that killed, injured her children--(Tampa Bay Online) A woman admitted setting her 4-year-old son's bed on fire as he slept, leaving him critically burned, and then confessed to starting a fire that killed a younger daughter in 1993. |
| CRIME NEWS BRIEFS
Serial Bra Thief Plagues Twin Valley (WRAL) Twin Valley, Minnesota Man is charged in hotel slayings (AJC) Atlanta hotel triple-homicide. With links to additional stories Homeless Man Slain in Santa Monica (LA Times) It marks the sixth killing in Santa Monica in three weeks British Au Pairs Reluctant to Come to U.S. (Wash Post) Louise Woodward's Trial Scares Sitters, Limiting Options for Working Parents |
| MISSING CHILDREN, MISSING PERSONS
5-Year-Old Girl Reported Missing On South Side (Chicago Trib) Saronda Kimble, 5 A Missing Woman's Kin Rips Ex-Beau (NY Daily News) Kristine Kupka, 28, pregnant and missing since Oct. 24 Man Refuses to Talk to Police About Missing Student (NY Times) Kristine Kupka Amanda's mom attacked by new boyfriend, say cops (Tampa Trib) Amanda Brown, 7, presumed murdered, body not found) |
| TEXAS: Sept. 22, 1967
Justice Story: Murder With Malice (NY Daily News) The sheriff leaned over James Bradley and asked, "Who shot you?" He murmured, "Black Chevy." |
| BOMB THREATS
Another threat unnerves N.H. city (Boston Globe) New Hampshire: College buildings evacuated, but no bomb found Feds Seek Bomb Threat Letter-Sender (Newsday/AP) Indiana Police: Bomb found in truck at scene of house fire (TBO) Florida Gloucester woman finds grenade while cleaning (Boston Globe) Massachussets |
| KIMBERLIE KRIMM, 14 Memory of teen girl stays alive (Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh News) " "I guess I've learned from this that the media wants scandal. They made Kimmie out to be a demon," her mother said. |
| Britain still spooked by the Moors Murders. Grim murders--(Calgary Sun) Sun police reporter Peter Smith recently returned from Britain, where he updated one of Britain's most heinous crimes -- the notorious Moors Murders. He reports on how the horrible child murders have echoes in Canada, and how one victim's family is still being taunted by a remorseless killer. |
| REBECCA BLUFF Salt Lake City, Utah Terrible secret part of probe--(Calgary Sun) Behind-the-scenes look at shocking child murder. |
| South River, New Jersey Gruesome murder shocks sleepy town on Halloween--(NJO Newsflash) |
| DES MOINES, Iowa
Iowa Traffic Stop Leads to U.S. Supreme Court Case (WRAL) |
| JONBENET RAMSEY CASE: Grand Jury Information
NEW! From Redd Herring's "A Ramsey Case Primer" website (Launched 10/31/98):
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| U.K. CRIME NEWS Appeal lawyers to visit Stone in jail--(PA-UK) I thought I was going to die, says stewardess--(PA-UK) Murder hunt after man found Stabbed--(PA-UK) Cosh killer murdered 'defenceless' old couple--(PA-UK) Ulster woman drowned her baby--(Belfast Telegraph) Prisoner charged with murder after jail death--(Electronic Telegraph) Air hostess hits back at bottle attacker--(BBC) Man charged over murder of couple--(BBC) |
| DNA AND JEFFERSON
Jefferson Fathered Slave's Last Son (ABC News) DNA Test Sheds Light on Old Scandal Tests Link Jefferson, Slave's Son (Wash Post) DNA Study Suggests A Monticello Liaison |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET Dozens march in midtown Manhattan in support of condemned journalist (Boston Globe) Former radio reporter Mumia Abu-Jamal is convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer Victim's mother pleased with stricter federal parole law (Boston Globe) ``Joan's Law'' is named after Joan D'Alessandro, who was raped and killed in 1973 while delivering Girl Scout cookies. The mother of the slain 7-year-old girl said she was pleased to see President Clinton sign a federal version of a New Jersey law that is named for her daughter. Police search for gunman who shot UMass student (Boston Globe) Fire kills girl, 5; mother arrested (Tampa Trib) FBI Alerts Physicians About Web Site List (Wash Post) For Brothers Who Pressed the Case of Their Mother's '71 Slaying, the Trail Led Home (NY Times) Maylon Johnson murder Missing Coed'S Ex Dodges Cops (NY Post) The married man who impregnated a now-missing college student has hired a lawyer, a police source said yesterday - stymieing cops who want to talk to him about her disappearance. Custody Confusion Before Girl's Death (NY Daily News) Marleny Cruz, 14 Suspect held in hotel killings (AJC) Altlanta hotel slayings Tulsa officials investigating candy tampering (POSTnet) Mystery cries out to be solved (Inside Denver) Family still pursues possible clues but fears woman missing 2 years met foul play. Kimberly Medina, 19, of Aurora (Colorado) MISC. |
| ATLANTA HOTEL SLAYINGS
Police arrest suspect in Atlanta hotel slayings for speeding in Tennessee --(POSTnet/AP) |
| MISCELLANEY FROM AROUND THE NET Swedes mourn teen fire victims(CNN)Forensic experts Saturday identified more of the 60 youngsters Authorities search for bomb at New Hampshire hospital(Fox News) Authorities searched Concord Hospital on Saturday More clinics receive letters as authorities await results(Fox News) Federal marshals stood watch Saturday Five die in house where Halloween party planned(PostNet) BAYSIDE, Wis. A fire on Saturday destroyed a house where a neighborhood Halloween party was planned, killing the two adults and three children inside. Swanson investigation reinvigorated(AP)New resources to the investigation into the disappearance three years ago of Jessica Swanson, possibly leading to a grand-jury hearing of the case next year-RED WING, MINN Girl says she was raped by intruder(MiLive)When police arrived at a Jackson (Michigan)home to investigate a report of a rape early Wednesday morning, the suspect was sleeping in the alleged victim's bed, wearing nothing but a pair of socks. Bystanders stop alleged abduction(The Cincinnati Enquirer)Off-duty fireman held in incident Third suspect held in robbery, shooting(Richmond Times-Dispatch)A third suspect has been arrested in the Oct. 14 robbery and shooting that wounded two guards in a North Side apartment complex. |
| HODGE PODGE FROM THE CHICAGO AREA - Current and recent MOM, SON SLAIN IN PALATINEGail Bartlett and her son, Dylan age 6 found slain in their Palatine apartment Friday morning TIE TO INTERNET CHILD-PORN RING SEEN IN JOLIET MAN'S ARRESTDavid Vaksdal is suspected of being part of an international child pornography ring that operates on the Internet. SLAYING WITNESS RECOUNTS HOURS WITH BOY, CAFFEY-Jurors in the murder case against Fedell Caffey heard Friday from the prosecution's star witness--a woman who said she saw Caffey stab 7-year-old Joshua Evans to death. COPS TELL OF WOMAN'S HUNT FOR A BABYWalking through the first-floor lobby at theUniversity of Illinois Medical Center, Adriana Mejia caught a glimpse of everything that she wanted but did not have: a woman with a child in a stroller and another child at her side. $500,000 BOND SET IN SEX ABUSE CASEA Hanover Park man accused of inappropriately touching a 4-year-old boy has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse BABY T CASE RULING EXPECTED WEDNESDAYClosing arguments in the parental-fitness case of recovering cocaine addict Tina Olison. |
| FINK CASE
Judge rejects dropping kidnap charges on Utah couple (Nando Times) |
Convicted killer makes a novel appeal (Post-Gazette) Robert Wideman, who is serving a life sentence for the 1975 killing of a used car lot owner, says he has discovered new evidence and wants a new trial. Comments by Cyril Wecht. |
| 7 charged in fatal dorm fireAt least two are students at Murray State--(The Courier-Journal) |
| FOUR-CORNERS MANHUNT - Update
Sniper kills Utah road worker (Denver Post) Links to past stories |
| JONBENET RAMSEY CASE One Year Ago: Fri 31-October-97
Patsy Ramsey visits sorority at alma mater, slams journalistic ethics (Boulder News) Patsy Ramsey assails media in school visit (Rocky Mt. News) |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE Bomber's threats put N.H. on guard (Boston Globe) CONCORD, N.H. - A man with an apparent vendetta against the state of New Hampshire has demanded money and threatened to bomb two locations today, leading authorities to issue a statewide alert. |
| ALERT: University of Massachusetts
Threats are reported at UMass-Lowell (Boston Globe) UMass-Amherst student shot in dorm (Boston Globe) |
| BOUNTY HUNTERS
Sanders convicted in 'bounty hunter' shootings (POSTnet) Arizona 2 men charged in raid on home in Ellenwood (AJC) Atlanta area Bounty hunters work in legal gray zone (AJC) Bounty Hunters Online (BHO) |
| PRETTY BOY FLOYD
When outlaw died, outpouring of respect overwhelmed town (KC Star) When 'Pretty Boy' Floyd was gunned down in an Ohio cornfield 1934, J. Edgar Hoover and much of America celebrated. But it wasn't joy that seized Sallisaw, Okla., the notorious outlaw's hometown. |
| AMHERST, Mass. UMass student shot in dorm (POSTnet) |