Maria Gaona, 12
Family Fears 12-Year-Old Was Taken To Mexico by a Friend
The family believes that a 28-year-old man, pictured in the middle, may have followed the bus and taken Gaona.
Maria Gaona, 12 Family Fears 12-Year-Old Was Taken To Mexico by a Friend The family believes that a 28-year-old man, pictured in the middle, may have followed the bus and taken Gaona. |
| Tampa, Florida Willie Sexton sentenced to death for second time--(Tampa Bay Online) For the second time in four years, Eddie Lee Sexton stood before a judge and was sentenced to death for the murder of his son-in-law. |
| LOUISE WOODWARD Au pair civil trial set for January--(POSTnet) |
| SEATTLE: Kavita S. Babber, 13 Charges filed in killing of 13-year-old girl--(Oregon Live) |
| STEPHANIE CONDON, 14, missing Officials ask for help in finding Riddle girl--(Oregonian) |
| HEIDI FLEISS Dublin, California Heidi Fleiss released from prison, going to halfway house--(WRAL) |
| MADDIE RAE CLIFTON Jacksonville, Florida 14-year-old indicted for murder in death of 8-year-old neighbour --(TBO) |
| Texas Two girls die, mother questioned--(KTVT) Police are questioning a Dallas woman about the death of her two children. The mother was found semi-conscious Tuesday night and taken to the hospital. Her two little girls were found dead. |
| LISA NORRELL,15 Police have lead in Lisa Norrell case--(APB Online) |
| GARY WAYNE THOMAS disappearance Maryland man jailed after search turns up jawbone--(WRAL) |
| CRIME NEWS: Mid-morning update
SPOKANE: Serial killer top priority, Sterk says (spokane.net) Suspect Arrested in 'Mummy Bandit' Cases (LA Times) Second Woman Missing From Cal Poly Campus (LA Times) Disappearances: Student from Irvine vanished after party in San Luis Obispo last Thursday. FBI joins search. Rachel Newhouse, 20 and Kristin Smart, 19. In Hearing, Transient Says He Killed Boy (LA Times) Murder of Matthew Cecchi, 9 Is Trucker That Rare Serial Killer With a Conscience? (LA Times) Crime: Wayne Adam Ford has been called sweet and apologetic. But some say he may just be a very good liar. Pornagrapher Sentenced in Web Case (LV Sun) Schools Will Issue 'Perv' Alerts Under Megan's Law (NY Post) DNA on Park Slay Knife (NY Daily News) Digging may start Monday for more Gacy victims (Chicago Sun-Times) |
| DNA New DNA testing method at heart of murder case (TC Record-Eagle) A commonly accepted form of DNA testing - using DNA from a cell's nucleus - could not be used on a pubic hair found at the crime scene and another strand of hair found, because neither contained the hair root where living cells can be found. So prosecutors turned to mitochondrial DNA, a new form of analysis that can test dead cell matter extracted from hair or bones. DNA experts: Murder suspect may be rapist, too, despite lack of evidence (TC Record-Eagle) The fact that Jamie Lee Peterson's DNA does not match samples found in murder victim Geraldine Montgomery's body does not rule him out as a suspect in her rape, experts told the jury in Peterson's trial Tuesday. |
| UNSOLVED CHILD MURDERS
RYAN HARRIS, 8 SHARRA FERGER, 9 JENNIFER ODOM, 12 JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 JONBENET RAMSEY CASE One Year Ago: Wed 19-Nov-1997
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| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET
R.I. jury foreman stands by verdict (Boston Globe) Derick Hazard on trial for 1996 murder of David Andrews Worcester police remain puzzled as search goes on for missing infant (Boston Globe) Police are still struggling to determine whether young Marlon Santos is the victim of a homicide or an abduction, whether he is dead or alive. He leaves a trail of whispers (Boston Globe) Wife missing, undaunted Quincy suspect turns heads at local haunts. Katherine Leonard Romano has been missing since late September. Boulder DA again backs off in Sid Wells murder case (KWGN) Fifteen years after the murder, still not enough evidence to arrest Thayne Smika. Police: Wife served Alzheimer's spouse rat poison mix (TBO) Man formerly accused of raping tourist plans to sue police (TBO) Daughters win $4.2m verdict in suit over mom's slaying (AJC) Springfield, Ga. Eddie Lee Sexton sentenced to death (SP Times) The judge says the father dominated his son, forcing the son to kill his brother-in-law. Body found in park identified (KC Star) Jerry Anderson of Minnesota, missing for two weeks, victim of foul play. |
| MISSING: Tera Smith,16, Redding, California
Tera's father writes ode to missing teen (Record-Searchlight) A Chico man who used to live in Nashville put the words from a poem about Tera Smith to music, and the song is getting some north state airplay. |
| A blood-stained paradise--(ANN) The people of Mustique, the Caribbean paradise island frequented by millionaires, supermodels, rock stars and royalty, are being fingerprinted in an attempt to solve a murder mystery. |
| South Carolina Charleston coroner needs help identifying body found on beach--(WRAL) |
| SHARRA FERGER Dade City, Florida Home searched in child-murder case--(Tampa Tribune) The search for clues in Sharra Ferger's slaying continues as a false arrest lawsuit against the sheriff proceeds. |
| JOHN WAYNE GACY Dig for Gacy victims planned for Monday--(POSTnet) |
| SAN DIEGO: Matthew Cecchi, 9
Transient Confesses in Court to Killing Boy in Restroom--(POSTnet) |
| "Son of Sam" is subject of film -(MiLive) 'Son of Sam' conversion videos criticized -(MiLive) |
| JOHN WAYNE GACY Building owners shun Gacy spotlight--(Chicago Tribune) Deal struck to dig up Gacy plot--(MSNBC) The possibility of more buried secrets perhaps left behind by serial killer John Wayne Gacy is causing controversy for one Chicago neighborhood. |
| MARTHA MOXLEY MURDER Psychiatrist testifies to block testimony in Moxley case--(Boston Globe) Call for confidentiality in Moxley murder case --(MSNBC) Who murdered Martha Moxley Part I: The case reopens--(MSNBC) Who murdered Martha Moxley Part II: New suspect--(MSNBC) Who murdered Martha Moxley Part III: Skakel father ordered to testify--(MSNBC) Who Murdered Martha Moxley?--(marthamoxley.com) |
| WILMINGTON, Del. Anne Marie Fahey, victim Thomas Capano, on trial Mistress testifies she bought murder defendant a gun--(POSTnet) |
| MISSING: Dorien Thomas, 9 Lake search for boy ends quietly (Amarillo Globe) Dorien remains missing three weeks after disappearing from his northwest Amarillo apartment. |
| In the case of the three men who went missing in Florida on September 28, 1998, there is an update. On November 16, 1998, family members joined Sylvia Browne on the Montel Williams show. Sylvia Browne is a world-renowned psychic and spiritual teacher. Her observations surrounding this unsolved mystery can be found at the website created by friends and family: Latest Update Important clues are: a person by the name of 'JOEY LEON', a connection to a hovercraft, and the words 'TIC TOC', possibly on a truck. Please, take a look at this information. You may hold the key to this unsolved mystery, and may be able to help bring resolution and closure to the families and friends of these men. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY CASE
Ramsey interviewer gives documents to grand jury (Boulder News) Note: this link was not working earlier today, please see POSTnet link for copy of story. Ramsey interviewer seen outside grand jury (POSTnet/Scripps-Howard) Wire release version of Boulder News article JONBENET RAMSEY CASE One Year Ago: Tue 18-Nov-1997
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| MADDIE CLIFTON, 8
Phillips' sanity probed (Times Union) Defense lawyer plans to study sanity of teen charged in slaying (TBO) |
| BOULDER, Colo.: Sonia Grainger muder 'A most helpful, trusting neighbor' (Boulder Planet) Her husband's brain injury may have led to her murder. Michael Grainger's head injury set him on a collision course with the justice system. |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET
Sheinbein Should Pay Some Price, Father Says (Was Post) Alfred Tello murder Ex-Con Admits 5 Slays (NY Daily News) Killer took 'door' to freedom (Chicago Trib) Convicted of killing his baby, he's never served a day. Part of a special series. Police Charge Woman In Murder Of Her Baby (Chicago Trib) Teens boasted about killings, friend says (Denver Post) Maine inmate charged in '77 murder of teacher (Boston Globe) Ruth A. Masters murder Eappens are entitled to damages, lawyers say (Boston Globe) British former au pair Louise Woodward was convicted in the death of infant Matthew Eappen Man Arrested In Murders Of Wife And Daughter (KCNC) |
| FLORIDA: 1993 slaying of Jennifer Odom, 12
Odom grand jury hears testimony (Tampa Trib) |
| DEATH ROW
A Life in the Shadow of Death (Wash Post) Capital Punishment Foe Got Start Befriending Inmates Court Sidelines Execution (Chicago Trib) Death Row inmate Willie Enoch Virginia Executes Man For Murdering Neighbor (Wash Post) |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET
Paroled torturer sentenced to death in slaying of Florida woman (TBO) Eddie Mitchell Ivey killed Lois Rivers in what prosecutor Stan Todd told jurors was a 1994 ``pleasure killing.'' Mourners question child safety at funeral for slain girl (Tampa Trib) Quatisa Maycock, 5 Coe makes second visit to grand jury (SP Times) Possible evidence tampering in 1997 manslaughter case. Lawyer wants remark noted (SP Times) The judge said he was joking. Body found in Penn Valley Park (KC Star) Possibly missing Minnesota man Detectives huddle in Wells case (Denver Post) Sid Wells murder Mother, child found dead at Stapleton (Inside Denver) |