| ST. PAUL, Minn.
Foul play suspected in gruesome deaths of 2 adults, 1 child (POSTnet/KRT) |
| KHRISTINE SMITH 'Cold case' detectives probe missing-woman mystery --(Michigan Live) Khristine Smith's disappearance, suspected death mirror 1984 murder case. |
| OWENSBORO, KENTUCKY
Dogs indicate bodies may be present on land--(Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer) Search begins at meth lab after one arrest |
| VANCOUVER
Secret love affair led police chief to suicide--(The Province) |
| DR. CHRISTINA J. SMITH murder Miami, Florida Patient accused of killing doctor had previous criminal record --(TBO) |
| New Orleans Case against taxi driver accused in serial killings may be falling apart--(WRAL) The 26 nude or partially clothed bodies were found floating in swamps and canals, lying under highway overpasses, decomposing in thick woods. |
| Abilene, Kansas Kansas City man sentenced to life in prison for killing rural couple--(POSTnet) |
JONBENET RAMSEY CASE One Year Ago: Sat 06-Dec-1997
Photo courtesy Redd Herring's Ramsey Case Primer: The Ultimate Cop-Out. |
| Santa nearly a hit-and-run victim--(WRAL) Two killed, six wounded in hold-up at police hangout in Detroit--(WRAL) Senator looks at prison hanging--(Tampa Tribune) Minister loses round on corporal punishment--(Boston Globe) Dickens Festival actor gets term in prison for abuse of children--(Deseret News) Tulsa dentist found competent to stand trial--(MSNBC) Utica woman sentenced for sex abuse--(MSNBC) Man who killed wife will be kept in mental hospital--(POSTnet) Man questioned in wife's death--(ABC) Customs nabs kidnap suspect--(C-News) |
| Call Him The Court Jester (NY Post) A wise-cracking former New York City judge has traded in his gavel for a microphone and is now working as a stand-up comedian. |
| U.K. CRIME The Net closes in on missing children--(BBC) Caroline murder hunt police given English man's details--(PA-UK) Bid to change "police probe police" system--(PA-UK) Defendants set to lose right to trial by jury--(Electronic Telegraph) Police force faces convictions check--(Electronic Telegraph) Schools to act on domestic violence--(Electronic Telegraph) Burglars face loss of driving licenses as penalty--(Electronic Telegraph) IRA finally admits killing mother of 10--(The Independant) Elderly woman mugged while praying--(Belfast Telegraph) |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET
Deaths Put Spotlight on Home Day Care (Wash Post) As Md. Babysitter Awaits Trial, Mothers Grieve and Lobby FBI Probing Charges of Mob Ties in DC 37 (NY Post) Boy, 12, Missing For Days Is Found Slain At Cabrini (Chicago Trib) Slain boy had hoped in vain to go home (Chicago Sun-Times) Mother dies as girl cries for help (Boston Globe) Husband to be charged with murder in Chelsea Andy Rooney loses BMW to car thief (Conn Post) |
| JEKYLL-HYDE MURDERER?
A gamble for the defense (Boston Globe) Attorney seeks to unveil murder defendant's psychoses. Eric Brown, accused in a double murder, is set to play a Jekyll-Hyde role in a real-life courtroom scene that could match the high drama of the 19th century tale of good and evil trapped within one soul. |
| KAYLA McKEAN Clermont, Florida Kayla lived lifetime of terror in six years--(Orlando Sentinel) Even those who didn't know Kayla say good-bye--(Orlando Sentinel) |
| LISA McPHERSON
Church of Scientology trial McPherson relatives lead protest (SP Times) |
| SHELTON LUCAS JR., 5
Jacksonville, Fla. Father of 5-year-old boy attacks his son's killers in court (TBO) |
| Man convicted of injecting son with HIV-infected blood--(WRAL) St. Charles, Missouri -- A father has been found guilty of first degree assault for injecting his eleven-month-old son with H.I.V.-tainted blood. |
 COPS HUNT FOR MISSING TEEN - UNCLE TAKES OFF WITH GIRL, 13--(C-News)Regional police are searching for an Ottawa man who has allegedly kidnapped his 13-year-old niece. Two arrested in connection with kidnapping--(Tokeka Capital Journal)Two Topekans were arrested Friday in connection with the kidnapping of a man who reported he had been abducted early that morning. Yale student found slain--(Boston Globe)A woman found stabbed to death in an upscale neighborhood was a Yale University student whose parents live in Germany, police said. Scientologists fight charges in '95 death--(Orlando Sentinel )The Church of Scientology entered a written not guilty plea Monday to charges in the death of a member who spent 17 days in isolation at the church's international retreat. Schizophrenic who killed at random is sent to Broadmoor--(www.telegraph.co.uk:80 A COUPLE eating lunch were selected at random by a schizophrenic who walked into their home and stabbed the husband to death and attacked his wife after setting out to kill a stranger, a court was told yesterday. |
| New York Mom charged in death of toddler in kidnapping hoax--(TBO) |
| MEDIA, Pa.
Aimee Willard, murdered Arthur J. Bomar Jr., convicted Death Sentence in 1996 Slaying--(Washington Post) |
JONBENET RAMSEY CASE One Year Ago: Fri 05-Dec-1997
Photo of Police Chief Mark Beckner courtesy Redd Herring's Ramsey Case Primer: The Ultimate Cop-Out. |
| CAROLINE DICKINSON England New lead in Caroline murder case--(BBC) French police are investigating a new lead in their hunt for the killer of Cornish schoolgirl Caroline Dickinson, murdered while on holiday in France in July 1996. |
| JENNIFER ODOM, 12 Police check tip in Odom slaying--(Tampa Tribune) A tip about possible evidence in the 1993 slaying of 12-year-old Jennifer Odom sent Hernando County sheriff's investigators to a mobile home park just outside of Brooksville. |
