| SANTA ANA, Calif.: Charles Ng, accused serial killer
Victims' Relatives Seek Answers In Ng Trial--(POSTnet/SacBee) |
| LOS ANGELES
Kidnapped Woman Uses Cell Phone to Assist Rescuers (POSTnet/LA Times) |
| ANCHORAGE, Alaska: Killer Frank Alto
Mental hospital fugitive arrested in New York state (Boston Globe) |
| CHICAGO: National Conference on Wrongful Convictions and the Death Penalty
Death Penalty Opponents Spotlight Erroneous Convictions (POSTnet/ Los Angeles Times) Prominent opponents of capital punishment meeting here have launched a nationwide effort to recruit law schools to train students to work on cases that might lead to freedom for wrongly convicted persons -- particularly inmates facing capital punishment. The campaign seeks to take advantage of new DNA technologies that can identify innocent people who have been wrongly convicted. |
| JERUSALEM Alfredo Enrique Tello Jr., murdered in Maryland Samual Sheinbein, suspect fled to Israel U.S. Teenager Seeks Plea Of Insanity, Israeli Trial (POSTnet) An attorney for Samuel Sheinbein, the teenager charged with first-degree murder in the death and dismemberment of another Maryland teenager last year, said Sunday that his client would admit to the facts of the killing if he is allowed to remain and stand trial in Israel. |
| KENNEDY ASSASSINATION
Last Survivor of Four in JFK Limo Disagrees With Warren Commission--(WRAL) |
| SALLY BECKER Albania "Angel of Mostar" shot--(BBC) British aid worker Sally Becker, known as the "Angel of Mostar" for her humanitarian efforts in the Bosnian city, has been shot by a gunman in northern Albania, officials say. |
| Belgrade, Yugoslavia Wedding brawl ends in three shooting deaths--(TBO) |
| TRACY FRESQUEZ murder DANIEL CROCKER, convicted murderer Chantilly, Va. Now that husband has confessed, wife left to pick up the pieces--(POSTnet) |
| DAVID THOMPSON disappearance Modesto, California Missing car seller found in shallow grave--(UPI S) |
| Oceanside, California Boy stabbed to death in public restroom--(TBO) |
| KENNETH ALLEN McDUFF, serial killer Huntsville, Texas Man among most vicious Texas murderers faces Tuesday execution--(POSTnet) |
| Maddie Clifton, 1990-1998 Farewell (Florida Times-Union) |
| Providence, Rhode Island Brown University grad student accused in poisoning case--(POSTnet) |
| LISA DIANE NORELL, 15 Pittsburg Body may be teen girl's--(East Contra Costa Times) Remains of a 'younger female' are found with the help of bloodhounds not far from where Lisa Norrell's dress shoes were located. |
| Crime News Briefs
Felon guards state hospital (Denver Post) Wife shoots, kills estranged husband (Inside Denver) Fatal dispute could fall under 'Make My Day' law Unexpectedly, suspect confesses in court (Boston Globe) 1997 slaying of Betty Jo Gardiner |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET
Man Charged In Mother's Slaying (Wash Post) An Urban Myth Sees the Light Again (Wash Post) Law enforcement officers are being bombarded by public inquiries. The story goes like this ... `My Partner's Down' (Wash Post) One Officer's Painful Story of Courage Under Fire New lead raises old questions about Gacy (Chicago Sun-Times) Driver charged when body found in car (Boston Globe) Gun-toting couple's intention is a mystery (SP Times) New Law Possible After Jury Award (KCNC) Day-care search ended in tragedy for Aurora couple (DenverPost) |
| JUDY and TOM HARRIS The Harris Deaths--(San Jose Mercury News) WHY? A year after a San Jose police officer's model marriage blew apart in homicide and suicide, one missing thing still haunts family and friends: the motive. |
| Driver charged when body found in car--(Boston Globe) |
| ARIZONA PRISONS
Guilty parents; innocent kids (Arizona Republic) Hundreds of Arizona children are being orphaned by a prison system that is putting more and more mothers behind bars without offering programs that help preserve the fragile bonds with their families. Visiting days mean the most (Arizona Republic) Reunited family works at success (Arizona Republic) Related Links:
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| OCEANSIDE, Calif Boy's throat slashed, police hunt for teen-age suspect (POSTnet) A 9-year-old boy who was on a camping trip with his family was slashed to death inside a bathroom, and police launched a manhunt for a teen-age suspect |
| DEATH ROW
Others Busy as Condemned Man Waits (Wash Post) Attorneys Pursue Reprieve From Execution, and Activists Protest at Md. Prison. Tyrone D. Gilliam's scheduled execution. Friends and Foes Offer Conflicting Pictures of Killer (LA Times) Death penalty: As execution looms, widower of one victim is among those favoring clemency. Issue has divided Thai immigrant community. Freed from Death Row (Chicago Sun-Times) "Conference on Wrongful Convictions and the Death Penalty" brings wrongfully convicted together |
| U.K. Crime Severed leg probe continues--(BBC) Police are continuing a search of woodland where parts of a human leg were found in two carrier bags. |
| CHICAGO CHILD MURDERS OF 1993
Special Report: Killing Our Children (Chicago Tribune) Getting away with murder -- Many of the child-killers of 1993 are back on the street. Five years after 65 Chicago-area children were slain in an epidemic of violence, more than one-third of the killers walk free of their crime. Read summaries of the original cases and update on their status. Day 1: The Investigators: The boy who knew too much -- Young children often are slain by their parents, a relative or a caretaker, as were 25 of the 65 children killed in 1993. PART 1: The hunt for suspects in a Cicero double homicide |
| DONALD HUTCHINGS Spokane, Washington Fate of kidnapped Spokane doctor remains unknown--(Seattle Times) |
| MISSING INFANT: Marlon Devine Santos
Police eye details in missing baby case (Boston Globe) Questions perplex as probe continues. Nine November days have passed and tiny Marlon Devine Santos was still missing last night. Still, each day that ends without a trace of the 5-month-old boy brings renewed hope for investigators that he will be discovered safe. |
| FLORIDA: Lisa McPherson's 1993 death
Scientology responds with surprising calm (SP Times) |
| JONBENET RAMSEY CASE NEWS
Anguished Brother Tortured By Burden Of Protecting Parents (National Enquirer) |
| PHYLLIS LILES Springfield, Illinois Police: Body found near Springfield lake may be missing woman--(POSTnet) |
| SID WELLS MURDER
Boulder, Colorado Police weigh new facts in '83 murder (Denver Post) His killing attracted widespread attention because he was dating Robert Redford's daughter, Shauna, at the time. Police, DA meet on Wells case (Boulder News) |
Children were isolated and hogtied, they report (Inside Denver) Boulder woman exposes network of compounds that incarcerates kids in the U.S. and abroad |
| CHICAGO: National Conference on Wrongful Convictions
Wrongly Convicted Offer Some Tips (Las Vegas Sun) |