| Missing: RHYNE FAMILY Statesville, North Carolina Police Suspect Foul Play in Family's Disappearance--(WRAL) Police in Statesville have found evidence of foul play in the home and car of a family missing since Jan. 18 |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case Boulder, Colorado DA Now Has Needed Information on Toy Bear in JonBenet Case--(POSTnet) |
| White Plains, New York Girls 16 and 15 are sought in bank robbery--(Boston Globe) Two girls from Brooklyn, one 16 years old and one 15, were identified Thursday as suspects in a $9,000 bank robbery in Westchester. |
| Hackensack, New Jersey Tenafly teen charged with distributing child pornography over Internet--(Boston Globe) A 14-year-old Tenafly boy has been charged with distributing and trading child pornography over the Internet, authorities said Thursday. |
| EDNA MARIE RODRIGUEZ, 8 Ft. Worth, Texas Six-month-old slaying leaves family shattered--(POSTnet) |
| JOHN PIERRE BAKER and BETTY JO MILLER trial Arizona Accused abuser of children takes stand in his defense today--(Arizona Daily Star) |
| Johannesburg, South Africa Six frozen to death by South African meat thieves--(Reuters) |
| MATTHEW CECCHI slaying BRANDON WILSON, accused Vista, California Death penalty sought for boy's killer--(WRAL) Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man who admits killing a nine-year-old boy in California. |
| Dear Editor...
The Clinton scandal and the Ramsey case (Boulder News) |
| JERRY HILLARD and MARILYN GREEN murders in 1982
ALSTORY SIMON, confessed ANTHONY PORTER, may be exonerated after 16 years on Death Row Chicago, Ill. Double murder case unravels (Chicago Trib) A Milwaukee man's taped statement appears to clear Death Row inmate. Wife ID of Hubby in Slay May Free Death Row Con (NY Daily News) Is the wrong man behind bars? (MSNBC/WMAQ) |
| MELANIE SPALLA, slain student
JILLIAN ROBBINS, sentenced Hollidaysburg, Penn. Lawyer: Therapists could have prevented shooting (CDT Online) Family of slain student also suing Penn State, Meadows clinic, killer |
| CRIME NEWS FROM THE EAST COAST
City Meter Boss Admits Coin Theft (NY Daily) Mom Killed Girl & Stabbed Herself, Cops Say (NY Daily) Accused murderer to quit taking his meds (Boston Globe) An accused murderer who says he's crazy intends to prove it. Attacker to stay in jail despite friends backing (Boston Globe) Accused his wife of an online affair Woman shoved in train's path (Boston Globe) A 13-year-old East Boston girl was arrested 40-Year Term for Sex Assault on 5-yr-old Va. Girl (Wash Post) In '80s, Man Was Notorious as 'Ski Mask Rapist' in Texas Va. Man Convicted Of Raping Girl, 14 (Wash Post) She was selling subscriptions door-to-door Pleasant: From Border Zone to Danger Zone (Wash Post) Killings Shatter Suburb Once Seen as a Haven Tyson Lawyers Argue Against Jail for Assaults (Wash Post) Heavyweight fighter Mike Tyson |
| KIMBERLY JO DOTTS, 15
JESSICA HOLTMEYER, 16, trial Clearfield, Penn. Holtmeyer gets life; Family asks killer not face death penalty (CDT Online) |
| JOSEPH FRANK SMITH Richmond, Virginia 40 year sentence for man once cited as chemical castration success story--(WRAL) |
| GINA DAWN BROOKS, 13 Fredericktown, Mo. Murder charge dropped in Gina Brooks case--(Post-Dispatch) A murder charge has been dropped against one of two men accused of killing Gina Dawn Brooks, 13, of Fredericktown, who disappeared in 1989 and whose body has never been found. |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET Student arrested for hacking into school's Web site, posting pornography (Boston Globe) Jury finds man guilty in killing of Orlando woman (TBO FL) John Huggins convicted in murder of Carla Larson, a woman whose sister-in-law, Sonja Larson, fell victim to serial killer Danny Rolling years before. British photographer charged with killing hotel employee (TBO FL) Martin J. Smith faces first-degree murder charges for killing Steve Burke A new wardrobe for the bandit? (SP Times) Though the Tire Iron Bandit has driven police nuts with his continual heists, at least his clothes and unusual weapon of choice allowed them to closely map his moves. A Life Unravels (SP Times) Renowned neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff is at the center of a scandal over an affair and charges of blackmail. Agents need help finding preacher on the run (AJC) Methodist minister accused of assaulting a teenaged parishioner after forcing his way into her home and then vanishing on his way to surrender to authorities. The GBI database of Georgia sex offenders (Georgia Bureau of Investigation) Shepard's parents want his death out of politics (Inside Denver) Matthew Shepard murder Reality of random crime makes itself felt painfully (KC Star) Homicide trends in the United States (Dept. of Justice) |
| CONSTANCE BOYKIN murder PATRICK BOYKIN, accused Florida Couple lose kids: One dead, one jailed--(Orlando Sentinel) The silence at Michelle and Patrick Boykin's house is almost more than the couple can bear. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case
Boulder, Colorado State investigators rack up 3,116 hours on Ramsey case (Inside Denver) |
| Notorious bombers stretch legs together at Supermax prison (MSNBC) Every day, three of the most notorious figures in American crime gather in a Colorado prison courtyard for an hour of supervised exercise. There in their orange prison uniforms, Ramzi Yousef, mastermind of the World Trade Center bombing; Timothy McVeigh, architect of the Oklahoma City bombing and Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber — collectively responsible for 177 deaths are permitted an hour of fresh air and sunlight together. |
| PATRICIA HEARST San Francisco Patricia Hearst abducted 25 years ago--(Boston Globe) Inspector Dan Wolke still remembers the file number of the most famous case he's ever worked. It was 5801-74 - the Feb. 4, 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. |
| SABRINA QUAISI, 5
Queens, NY Queens woman accused of fatally stabbing her daughter--(Boston Globe) A Queens woman - described by friends as a fun-loving, polite and ideal mother - was charged with fatally stabbing her 5-year-old daughter before wounding herself, police said Wednesday. |
| Wu-Tang Clan Grand jury drops charges against rapper--(UPI S) |
| Missing: TEEKAH LEWIS, 2
Tacoma, Washington Psychic's tip on missing girl fails to pan out (Tacoma Trib) 'Teekah bill' would help local police (Tacoma Trib) Fears for Teekah, closure for Cyndi (Tacoma Trib) |
| O.J. SIMPSON California O.J. Simpson auction goes on the Internet--(Reuters) |
| JAMES HUGGINS trial CARLA LARSON murder Jacksonville, Florida Family's Nightmare--(TBO-FL) A gardener was found guilty Wednesday of killing a 30-year-old Orlando woman whose sister-in-law was one of five college students murdered by a serial killer in 1990. |
| BETTY JO MILLER and JOHN PIERRE BAKER abuse trial Avra Valley, Arizona Kids reported being hit with hammer, wrench, girl says--(Arizona Daily Star) |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET Hammer used to rob clerk; teens charged (SP Times) Two 18-year-olds were charged with using a hammer to steal a $49 pair of jeans Tuesday. Boulder police look for digger of exhumed coffin, grave sites (Boulder News) Dartmouth medical student sentenced in child pornography case (Boston Globe) He was studying to become a pediatrician. Forensic Scientist Testifies In SIDS Trial (Chicago Trib) Dina Abdelhaq is accused of suffocating her infant, Tara, for insurance money to feed her gambling habit Defense: Contos was in a 'zone' when he killed 3 (Boston Globe) Catherine Rice, 4-yr-old Benjamin Rice, and two-month-old Ryan Contos, murdered; Peter Contos on trial Killer Appeals to Davis, High Court to Void Death Sentence (LA Times) Jaturun "Jay" Siripongs convicted double-murderer Model Spurned Me : Slay Suspect (NY Daily News) Julie Scully murder; George Skiadopoulos charged Reporter's phone records at issue in trial (Denver Post) Nathan Thill, accused of killing West African immigrant Oumar Dia Man charged with killing ex-girlfriend pleads guilty Geraldine Hathcock murder; Stevie Dewayne Garner charged. The woman's 4-yr-old son led authorities to her buried body. Closing arguments set in murder trial (TBO FL) Carla Larson murder; James Huggins trial. Deputy's delay in reporting murder tip prompts settlement (Tampa Trib) Frank Etheredge murder. Etheredge's son, Steven, 16, and two of his highschool classmates - Tony Headley, 16, and Jeremy Barman, 17 - were charged with first- degree murder |
Jail, crime information just a www away (Tampa Trib) Just call it neighborhood policing, Internet-style. Professor sues FBI, asks reason for probe (AJC) Early-Release Ruling Will Free 230 Inmates (Chicago Trib) About two-thirds of those prisoners are sex offenders. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case
Boulder, Colorado JonBenet investigation the CBI's largest ever (Boulder News) DA's office still receiving tips about mysterious stuffed toy Judge dismisses defamation lawsuit (Boulder News) |
| MARY JO BUTTAFUOCO
AMY JO FISHER New York Mary Jo Held Heart-To-Heart Meeting With Amy's Mother (NY Post) Mary Jo Buttafuoco is "close to forgiving" Amy Fisher for shooting her in the head - after a tear-filled, seven-hour meeting with the "Long Island Lolita's" mom, Fisher's lawyer said yesterday. |