| Too Old To Be A Missing Child--(MiningCo) College-age disappearances aren't taken seriously; The National Child Search Act of 1990, prohibiting law enforcement agencies from imposing a waiting period before declaring a child lost, only applies to children 17 and under. |
| DINA AHDELHAQ trial TARA AHDELHAQ murder Chicago Mom convicted of suffocating child for $200,000--(POSTnet) A suburban woman was convicted Thursday of suffocating her 7-week-old daughter and disguising the cause as crib death to get $200,000 in insurance money to feed her gambling habit. |
| TED BINION Las Vegas Binion's girlfriend takes the stand--(MSNBC) The girlfriend of the late casino mogul Ted Binion took the stand in court Thursday morning. But Sandy Murphy didn’t have much to say - she took the Fifth Amendment. |
 Family members show their emotion at Robin, Kimberly and Hunter Rhyne's funeral Wednesday Hundreds grieve for slain couple, their son, 2 (The Charlotte Observer) There is some weight that even the strongest of men can't bear. Family, friends lay Rhyne's to rest (Statesville Record & Landmark) Alana Rhyne told an overflowing crowd at Westmoreland Baptist Church Wednesday afternoon not to take their loved ones for granted. Police keep looking for suspects in murdered family case (Statesville Record & Landmark) On Tuesday, Chief Hampton said investigators are questioning acquaintances of the lone suspect that is in custody - Justin Jamel McDonald, 20, of 1216 Ascending Lane - and acquaintances of the Rhyne family. Privacky kept from inheritance (Michigan Live) Attorneys said Privacky might have used his parents' life insurance proceeds to pay for his legal defense in a trial on their murders. |
| ASHLEY OUELLETTE, 15
Portland, Maine Body of Saco teen-ager found in road (Portland Press) |
| KAYLA McKEAN Orlando, Florida Florida child welfare workers fires--(Newsday) Five child welfare workers were fired Wednesday for failing to notice that a 6-year-old girl who was allegedly beaten to death by her father was being abused. |
| England Killer who ate victim gets life--(BBC) A man who strangled a mother-of-four and then ate parts of her body has been jailed for life. |
| KEVIN WOODEN murder New Orleans, Louisiana 6-year-old was beaten until liver ruptured--(The Times-Picayune) Killer is a man, coroner thinks. |
| MARTHA MOXLEY Murder Greenwich, Conn. Longtime Family Friend Comes to Skakels' Defense--(Grenwich Time)Some witnesses who have gone before the Martha Moxley grand jury may indeed believe they heard Michael Skakel make incriminating statements about the Greenwich teenager's 1975 murder, according to a friend of the suspect's family. Who Killed Martha Moxley?--(marthamoxley.com) Background on murder, links to current case news and more. |
| LEROY BROWN, 8, and KAREN CLARKE murder victims ADRIAN PEELER, suspect Bridgeport, Conn. Suspect in mother-son killings arraigned on unrelated charge--(Boston Globe) |
| ELIZABETH KNAPP, 6 Concord, NH Girl Murdered--(Boston Globe) An FBI expert testified he found no hair or fiber evidence linking James Dale to the murder of a 6-year-old girl. |
| KEVIN WOODEN, 6 New Orleans Reward to be offered in slaying of boy--(UPI S) |
 Community remembers murdered family (Statesville Record & Landmark) As the voice of Celine Dion rang out the crowd raised candles toward the heavens, offering a prayer to Robin, Kimberly and Hunter Rhyne. Second suspect questioned in Statesville case (The Charlotte Observer) Statesville Police Tuesday were questioning a second suspect in the shooting death of Robin Rhyne. The suspect was taken to the Statesville Police Department about 5:30 a.m. Grief, anger are mixed in vigil (The Charlotte Observer) Standing outside the Statesville Police Department, where one man was charged in the murder Saturday and another man was questioned Tuesday, they wept, they quoted the Bible and they wondered aloud how anyone could shoot a 2-year-old to death. Police search for UMass student (The Boston Globe) After a disagreement with friends early Jan. 29, police say, Jose Figueroa, 22, walked out of a home in this western Massachusetts town, leaving behind his winter coat. He hasn't been seen since. |
| Monterey Park, California
Hearing for Children of Murder Suspects Set (LA Times) The fate of six children, whose parents were arrested on suspicion of killing then burying a 5-year-old sibling in in the Angeles National Forest, will be the subject of a hearing on March 8. |
| ANN WEST, mother of Leslie Ann Downey England Moors murder mother was 'incredible'--(BBC) The mother of one of the Moors murder victims has died after a long battle against liver cancer. |
Suspect Denies Killing Teacher (NY Daily News) Jonathan Levin murder; Montoun Hart suspect. Hart's co-defendant, Corey Arthur, was convicted in November of killing Levin, a beloved English teacher at William H. Taft High School in the Bronx and the son of Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin. Arthur is serving 25 years to life. Lawyers wrap up infant death case (Chicago Sun-Times) Dina Abdelhaq insurance fraud trial, death of 7-wk-old daughter Tara `I need some help,' Porter says (Chicago Sun-Times) Man freed from Death Row trying to adjust to life outside prison Fagan kidnap case seen on track for trial (Boston Globe) Stephen Fagan Shared secret in bar leads to a body (Boston Globe) In Month-Long D.C. Mystery, Hope Survives (Wash Post) Missing: Joyce Chiang Last Seen Near Dupont Circle Impersonation Cases Have Much in Common (Wash Post) Law enforcement officials are investigating why a key witness against a Prince William man charged with posing as an FBI agent was allegedly stopped on the road by the man's neighbor, who is himself accused of impersonating a police officer during that incident. Mum on Appeal, Tyson May Be Watching Indiana (Wash Post) |
`Miranda' Rule Challenged (Wash Post) Court in Va. Rejects Required Reading of Rights. A federal appeals court in Virginia has ruled that prosecutors may use a suspect's voluntary confession against him regardless of whether he was advised of his Miranda rights, citing an obscure federal law that attempted to overrule the famed Supreme Court decision 30 years ago. |
| BETTY JO MILLER and JOHN PIERRE BAKER abuse and kidnapping trial Arizona Admits to hitting with hands, belt--(The Arizona Star) |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case news L'affaire Bear--(Fox News) By Andrew Cohen, Fox legal analyst. |
| KEVIN WOODEN, 6 New Orleans Body of missing boy found at warehouse--(Nola Live) The body of a 6-year-old boy missing since Friday evening was found Tuesday at a warehouse near the Mississippi River, several blocks from his home. Autopsy may tell how 6-year-old died--(Nola Live) |
| Missing: TIFFANY SESSIONS
Gainesville, Fla. Vigil marks 10 years since woman vanished (Tampa Trib) Friends and family gather to remember Tiffany Sessions, who was last seen leaving for an evening walk. Father of missing woman returns to Gainesville looking for clues (TBO FL) Patrick Sessions hopes Tiffany will reappear (Gainesville Sun) Lost Decade: The Search for Tiffany Sessions (Tampa Trib) Story contains many links and pics |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET
K-College racial incident probe ends without arrest (Michigan Live) Freshman who turned over note denouncing blacks may have written it himself, police say. Appeals Court: Confession Valid Despite No Miranda Warning (WRAL) A new Supreme Court battle over the rights of criminal suspects could be brewing. Suspect Arraigned in Theft of Ballplayers' Wills (WRAL) Multiple agencies hold death review in Kayla McKean case (TBO FL) Kyla McKean, 6 L.A. Police Seek Kidnap Motive, Suspects (LA Daily News) Man arrested for hiring someone to kill his estranged wife (TBO FL) man who was angry that his wife wanted a divorce hired a hitman to kill her outside of her office at the National Enquirer, federal agents said. Sleepwalking Killers Are Getting Away With Murder (Nat'l Enq.) Click Here For A Killer (Nat'l Enq.) Jailbird Beauties On Internet Are Really Monsters In Disguise |
 Erica Baker 3' 11" 65 pounds Blonde Hair Hazel eyes Despite search by hundreds, Kettering girl, 9, still missing (Active Dayton) Authorities drained most of a 2.9 million-gallon pond Monday, but found no clues to the disappearance of a 9-year-old Kettering girl who vanished Sunday while walking her dog. Family ending 23-year vigil (Active Dayton) While one Kettering family's anxious search for a missing girl has just begun, another Kettering family is at last ending a 23-year vigil for their own missing loved one. |
 Betty Ogden holds a photo of her grandson, Hunter, Monday. Mother looks for answers as to why her daughter, grandson had to be killed (Statesville Record & Landmark) Betty Ogden hopes her murdered daughter, son-in-law and grandson are now at peace. More arrests expected in Statesville family killing (Gaston Gazette) An intense three-week search for Robin and Kimberly Rhyne, and their 2-year-old son, Hunter, ended with their bodies being found over the weekend in two separate rural areas of Iredell County. Police chief: Family died from bullet wounds to their heads (Statesville Record & Landmark) Robin, Kimberly and Hunter Rhyne were killed by multiple gunshot wounds. Autopsies: Gunshots killed family (The Charlotte Observer) Statesville police are still baffled as to motive, in search of 2nd suspect |
| RUTH KENNEDY, mother CAROL KENNEDY, daughter Arizona Daughter held on abuse charge--(The Arizona Star) Her 79-year-old mother lay on floor for 2 days. |
| St. Louis Police say new technology aids search for missing children--(POSTnet) |
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| PEGGY CARR poisoning GEORGE TREPAL convicted Bartow, Florida Condemned killer wants another trial--(Tampa Trib) George Trepal, convicted in 1991 of poisoning his neighbors, contends that an FBI chemist gave misleading testimony. |
| ERIK MENENDEZ, convicted of killing parents
LESLIE ABRAMSON, attorney under scrutiny California Bar Clears Abramson in Misconduct Case (LA Times) Agency drops allegations arising from Menendez murder trial for lack of evidence. |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET
Man May Face Murder Charge in Mother's Death (LA Times) A man who allegedly forced his mother to sit in a cold bath while he watched the Super Bowl may be charged with murder in her death, authorities said Monday. Steven Isa, 47, has been in jail since Jan. Ng Jury Begins Deliberations (LA Times) Charles Ng trial: Defense, prosecution finish concluding statements in slayings of 12 people. He could get death penalty if convicted. Convicted Killer Siripongs Put to Death (LA Times) Jaturun "Jay" Siripongs Student Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes on Internet (LA Times) Brutality case may make killer a millionaire (Boston Globe) At age 20, Kevin King broke into the house of a 15-year-old Patricia Urbanski, raped her, and then stabbed her to death with a knife, screwdriver, and a two-pronged nail popper Human remains found near I-57 (Chicago Trib) Bond denied to Simon in '82 slayings (Chicago Trib) Alstory Simon's recent confession freed a man on death row. |
| LENA and TARA ABDELHAQ deaths DINA ABDELHAQ trial Chicago, Ill. Not SIDS, Babies Were Suffocated, Expert Says (Chicago Trib) Woman on trial for insurance fraud. |
| LINDA MAE PELLICANO, murder
ANTHONY G. FLEMING, pleaded guilty ANTHONY GRAY, freed Maryland Md. Man Freed in 1991 Rape and Murder (Wash Post) Despite Guilty Plea in Calvert County Case, DNA Evidence Pointed Elsewhere. Anthony Gray freed 15 months after another man pleaded guilty. |
| PHYLLIS OHLRICH slaying
VERNAL OHLRICH confessed Hebron, Nebraska Slain wife had no cancer, prosecutors say (KC Star) Prosecutors said Monday an autopsy found no trace of cancer in a woman whose husband shot her to death because he believed she was terminally ill with the disease. |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET
Judge Disallows Insanity Defense in Boxer's Death (Wash Post) Tomar Cooper Locker, accused of killing middleweight boxer Reuben Bell at Washington Hospital Center last year Tyson May Serve Sentence -- and Box (Wash Post) '74 Jail Escape Nets Man 10-Day Sentence (Wash Post) Horror again stalks mother of victim, 13 (Inside Denver) Man who raped, killed girl in Texas in 1979 is eligible for parole. Ernesto Granado Guillen killed Myrtle Dawn Martin five days after getting out of prison. Police piece together story (Denver Post) Daniel Dale Meston murder Child protection facing crisis? (Denver Post) After three separate incidents, two children are dead and two others are missing. |
| MARGUERITE BACHER-KUBIK and
LAWRENCE KUBIK murder victims FRANCIS PATRICK DOYLE charged Leawood, Kansas Charges ugraded to first-degree murder in fatal Leawood beating (KC Star) 79-yr-old man charged with premeditated first-degree murder in jealous attack of 77-yr-old neighbor and her newlywed husband |
| JACINE GIELINSKI murder LUCAS SALMON trial Colorado Springs Trial opens in brutal murder (Denver Post) Mother identifies slain daughter's jewelry (Inside Denver) |
| MELISSA "MISSY" WITT murder victim MELISSA TROTTER murder victim LARRY RAY SWEARINGEN, indicted for one murder, suspect in other Arkansas and Texas Police get new lead in Witt case--(Southwest Times Record) Police say a man charged with the murder of a Texas woman could become a suspect in the 1994 slaying of Fort Smith student Melissa “Missy” Witt if they can prove he was in the area at the time of her slaying. |
The Rhyne Family    Hunter Rhyne--Kimberly Rhyne--Robin Rhyne Neighbors talk about Rhyne murders, affect on community (Statesville Record & Landmark) "I've lived here all my life," he said. "It's been going downhill a long time. And I'm not running. But I am moving. I'll findsomeplace to go." Relatives mourn slain family (The Charlotte Observer) Statesville police seek 2nd suspect Three died from gunshot wounds to head (The GastonGazette) Each of the three people whose bodies were found over the weekend in rural Iredell County —including a 2-year-old boy — died from gunshot wounds to the head, medical examiners said Sunday. Guns and Alcohol Westbrook man held in killing of bartender (Portland Press Herald) A local man shot and killed a bartender with a hunting rifle Saturday night after she refused to serve him another drink, Maine State Police said. |
| KERRY MAX COOK trial LINDA JO EDWARDS murder Bastrop, Texas A 22-year-old semen sample is found in suspect's fourth trial--(WRAL) For nearly 22 years, investigators had genetic information that might identify a woman's killer, and they didn't know it. |
