| LAS VEGAS
75,000 Left Without Phone Service When Thieves Steal Equipment--(WRAL) |

| ENNIS COSBY MURDER Los Angeles, CA Ennis Cosby's Friend Sues Tabloid Over Story --(LA Times) Forger's Claim Spurs Appeal in Cosby Case--(Chicago Trib) |
| KATHERINE ROMANO disappearance/murder Quincy, Mass. Thieves steal clothes, jewelry from slain Quincy mom's house--(Boston Herald) |
| MILL NECK, N.Y. Like godfather, like son? Not quite--(Cleveland Live) John "Junior" Gotti and the priciest jail cell in New York state overlooks Long Island Sound: a $700,000, six-bedroom Colonial with tennis courts, a swimming pool and a boat dock. |
| Portland, Oregon At least four wounded as gunman opens fire in restaurant--(Oregon Live)) |
| Compton, California Apartment Complex Shooting Leaves Two Guards Dead, Two Wounded --(WRAL) |

| DERRICK JAMES ENGEBRETSON, 8 Missing from Bonanza, Oregon The Search For Derrick--(Oregon Live) Complete story archives Parents post reward for boy lost in storm--(Oregon Live) The family of 8-year-old Derrick Engebretson now believe he may have been abducted while looking for Christmas trees |
| CENTRAL OHIO Self-proclaimed serial killer extradited to Ohio --(MSNBC) Stephen Kasler could hold the key to at least one unsolved murder. |

| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET
Mother's 13-year search for daughter continues (SP Times) Jeanice Rodriguez Ryce Act catches Hillsborough man (Tampa Trib) Jimmy Ryce Act targets sexual predators Mall Shooting: victim identified (AJC) With links to rating your risk for murder 3 arrested, 1 escaped in attempted robbery with a toy gun (Boston Globe) Family Rips Freeing Of Killer In 'Love Triangle' (NY Post) William Rivera slaying Florida boy, 12, in critical condition after playing Russian roulette (POSTnet/Orlando Sentinel) Writer Claims Okla. Bomb Indict (NY Daily) Maine fugitive was marked man, police say (Boston Globe) So, you believe you've come up with the perfect crime? Bill's 'Son' Rises To The Test (NY Post) A 13-year-old Arkansas boy whose mom claims he was fathered during a paid sex encounter with President Clinton has taken a DNA test to try to prove it. |

| MISSING: Kristine Kupka, 28 Disappeared Oct. 24 from Baruch College Missing Woman's 'Ex-Love' Faced Ostracism: Report (NY Post) |

| CRIME NEWS FROM THE NORTHEAST NEW YORK Delta Terminal at La Guardia Airport evacuated for security probe (Boston Globe) LOWELL, Mass. Questions still haunt grandparent molestation case WATERVILLE, Maine Police use tattoos to tag criminals HACKENSACK, N.J. Turnpike shootout suspect transferred from hospital to jail |

| Georgia Hitchiker suspected in Georgia sex-related slaying--(Reuters) A 36-year-old hitchhiker was in custody in Michigan for the suspected sex-related slaying of an elderly Georgia man, police said Friday. |
| RYAN HARRIS, 11 Chicago Harris case reverberates, but no resolution (Chicago Trib) With archived story links |

| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET Baby sitter gets maximum sentence in child's death (Boston Globe) Brandi Cline, 13 months old Crime fighters want to open DNA databank (Boston Globe) Autopsy Shows Woman Shot by Police Was Struck by 12 Bullets (LA Times) 19-year-old Tyisha Miller Some Utah Lawmakers Say Polygamy Still a Problem (WRAL) First month of Jimmy Ryce Act could keep dozens of sexual predators -- (TBO) The new law, named for a 9-year-old suburban Miami boy who was raped and murdered. Sex Case Settlement Wasn't Frugal (NY Daily) Fire Damages Home of Man Who Admits Having Child Porn (WRAL) Two more churches hit by arson; firefighter dies (AJC) Girls Arrested Over Death Threats (NewsEdge Business Journal) D.C. Detective's Solitary Pursuit (Wash Post) Lone Police Officer Tracks Stolen Goods Flowing Into City Pawnshops |
| JONBENET RAMSEY CASE
Koby leaves Ramsey case and Boulder (KWGN) Koby still deciding future (Longmont Times Call) |

| VANCOUVER, Wash. April Keasbey Psychiatrists To Examine Mom Accused Of Hoax--(Ch.6000) The Vancouver mother accused of faking her son's kidnapping will spend 15 days at a psychiatric hospital. Charges stem from last Monday's incident, in which police say her 2-year-old son, Keith, fell out of her moving car, and she claimed the little boy was kidnapped. |

| Ramseys have not been asked to testify (WB2 News) Scroll to about mid-page |

| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET Traces of body on saw led to arrest (Boston Globe) High bail set in Quincy murder case: Katherine Leonard Romano disappearance Unsolved murders revisited (Chicago Sun-Times) Frugal Gourmet settles case with his accusers (Seattle Times) State Agrees to Pay $2.5 Million in Inmate's Death (LA Times) 2 Arrested, Alert Issued Amid Wave of Holdups at Travel Agencies (LA Times) Dog groomer accused of beating dog to death will go to trial on Court TV (TBO) Strangled woman's boyfriend charged (SP Times) Maria Elaina Martinez murder Suspect in Clayton murder arrested in Michigan (AJC) 72-year-old Chester Smith murder Chicago's shame: No. 1 city in murder (Chicago Trib) Bomb Components Found in Pacific Gas & Electric Warehouse (LA Times) |
| MARLON DEVINE SANTOS disappearance Authorities believe kidnapper did not intend to harm baby--(Boston Herald) Authorities in Worcester believe a 5-month-old foster baby who disappeared nearly two months ago is alive because his crib apparently left with him, a law enforcement source said yesterday. |

JONBENET RAMSEY CASE TWO YEARS AGO: Wed 01-Jan-1997 |
| FRUGAL GOURMET Seattle Frugal Gourmet settlement of sex charges cost $5 million --(TBO) |

| PAUL BERNARDO Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Bernardo fan remanded in custody--(CP Online) |

| CARRIE RICHTER DUSTIN BAITY Hunt continues for holiday murderer--(CH6000) Minneapolis police continue to search for the killer of two young people found shot to death in their northeast Minneapolis apartment on Christmas Eve as a few more details about the killing have been made public. |

MARTHA MOXLEY MURDER Skakel Roommate Recalls Life in Rehab Center; Harry Kranick Expects to Summoned by Grand Jury for Third Time --(Greenwich Time) Note: This story can be found on Who Killed Martha Moxley? website. |
| AMY PETERSON BRIAN GROSSBERG Wilmington, Delaware Judge denies request to reduce sentences for Grossberg, Peterson--(NJO News) |