German woman jailed after attacking girl with knife (TBO FL) A German woman who told authorities she came to Florida planning to kill someone because the state has the death penalty on Wednesday attacked a 4-year-old girl at the beach, police said. Judge dismisses suit that blamed death on incomplete forecast (TBO FL) Weather Channel cannot be held responsble N.J. Man Charged in Slaying of Area Woman (LA Times) She met him on the internet D.A. Will Not Seek Death in Contract Murder Case (LA Times) 1997 contract murder of silent movie theater owner, Lawrence Austin DeKalb teen committed for killing teacher (AJC) A paranoid schizophrenic, David Dubose pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in 1996 slaying of Horace "Bucky" Morgan Wife had plans to move out (AJC) Beverly Watson's skeletal remains were found last week Truck driver shot, killed along I-20 (AJC) Another motorist suspected Abuser should not get break (Boulder News) Former school teacher gets 5 years in molestation case US judge may OK revisit of '88 case (Boston Globe) Darlene Tiffany Moore murder Indictment Of Diallo Cops Likely Next Week (NY Post) Amadou Diallo killing Cop-Sex Indictments Due Soon (NY Post) |
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IRENE SILVERMAN disappearance
SANTE and KENNETH KIMES charged wtih murder Grifters Had Hinted About Socialite's Fate (NY Daily News) "Maybe after I speak to my lawyer, I can tell you what you need to know," Sante Kimes allegedly told Detective Thomas Hackett. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Former reporter wins lawsuit (Boulder News) The Daily Camera will have to pay its former lead reporter on the JonBent Ramsey murder investigation $115,000 in damages |
| RYAN HARRIS, 11
FLOYD DURR, suspect Chicago, Ill. Lawyers Ask Harris Case Investigation (Chicago Trib) Defense lawyers for one of two boys, ages 7 and 8, initially charged with the murder of 11-year-old Ryan Harris petitioned the courts Wednesday for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the still-unsolved killing. |
| JEANINE NICARICO, 10, murdered
BRIAN DUGAN confessed Joliet, Ill. Will Brian Dugan ever be charged? (Chicago Sun-Times) Despite his admission that he murdered Jeanine Nicarico in 1983, despite a DNA test and other evidence linking him to the crime, despite his willingness to plead, he never has been charged. RELATED: DuPage 7 Trial
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| DEATH PENALTY
Virginia Set to Execute 7 Inmates in 7 Weeks (Wash Post) Ashcroft responds to Carnahan commutation of a death sentence (KC Star) Missouri Finneran faults Cellucci attack on death penalty vote (Boston Globe) Massachusetts |
| MATTHEW SHEPARD murder
RUSSELL HENDERSON trial Laramie, Wyo. 'Not about hate,' defender says (Inside Denver) Henderson merely watched as his pal killed Shepard, lawyer tells jury pool |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California FBI agents in Yosemite case seize Modesto man's car--(Stockton Record) "Jimmy" discovered the car and unwanted notoriety--(The Fresno Bee) Volunteers give all for victims--(Modesto Bee) |
| AMY FISHER Mineola, New York Fisher hearing scheduled for next week--(UPI) |
| JEFFREY MacDONALD Wilmington, North Carolina Ex-army doctor who inspired 'Fatal Vision' book, movie hopes DNA tests will clear him--(Nando Times) The DNA testing, which was not available during MacDonald's 1979 trial, is the latest attempt by the former Green Beret to win a new trial. |
| ERNEST SMITH murder Milwaukee Sister of murder victim loses another brother to murder--(WRAL) The brother of one of Jeffrey Dahmer's victims was stabbed to death in his apartment, and pages from pornographic magazines were stuffed in his clothing. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Extensive search shifts gears, focus--(San Jose Mercury) Officials move command post, second body still unidentified. Twain Harte Cabin Radio--(KKBN) Daily updates. Woman says she saw man driving car later found destroyed--(KXTV-10) FBI calls woman's story "credible". Agents look to usual suspects--(Eureka Times-Standard) City, schools in mourning, awaiting news of teens--(Eureka Times-Standard) |
| KAREN SLATTERY murder, 1984 DUANE OWEN sentenced Weast Palm Beach, Florida Man sentenced to die for killing babysitter--(TBO) A man who claimed he slashed to death a teen-age babysitter then had sex with her corpse because he thought it would make him a woman has been sentenced to death. |
| F. LEE BAILEY Orlando, Florida Prosecutor again seeking to have Bailey found in contempt--(TBO) A federal prosecutor says F. Lee Bailey is keeping $2 million in forfeited funds as legal fees and should go to jail if he doesn't turn it over. |
| ELAINE SONIA CARILLO Internet romance turns deadly--(RNN) Police have charged a New Jersey man with stabbing to death a California woman he met on the Internet. |
| BETTINE REICKY de DUBNIC Lead Hill, Arkansas Granddaughter of Marshall Field killed--(UPI) |
| MYSTERIOUS MORELAND CHILD DEATHS Dayton, Ohio Mother can't explain deaths--(Dayton News) A defiant Regina Moreland took the stand Tuesday, staunchly defending a young member of her household suspected of killing four Moreland children. |
| ERICA BAKER Kettering, Ohio Erica still needs searchers--(Dayton News) The 9-year-old Kettering girl disappeared Feb. 7, early on a rainy Sunday afternoon, while walking her dog near the Kettering Recreation Complex. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Hiker disturbed by discovery of women's rental car--(Sacramento Bee) Agents investigate possible suspects--(San Francisco Examiner) Last Smiles: Snapshots from the Sund/Pelosso trip--(San Francisco Examiner) |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Focus of death probe -- locals with shady pasts--(San Francisco Chronicle) FBI has questioned 10 in slaying of tourists. Investigators examine shady pasts in missing sightseers case--(Sacramento Bee) Pictures of missing tourists' last moments released by family, search continues--(KTVU-2) This site includes a slideshow of the recovered pictures. Diana Griego Erwin: Priceless photos of lives too short--(Sacramento Bee) Yosemite case generates widespread fear, unease--(LA Times) |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Assistant DA gets a taste of relief (Inside Denver) Fortune cookie gives Wise reason to smile; Hunter defends pace of Ramsey investigation Prosecutor in JonBenet case defends investigation (MSNBC) Link to video of Hunter comments Ramsey investigation tab at $1.7 million (Boulder News) $62,001 more allotted for probe (Denver Post) |
Police: Mother took toddler on crime run (TBO-FL) Noteworthy holdup trio can bank on time in pen (Chicago Sun-Times) Porter jailed on battery charges (Chicago Sun-Times) Anthony Porter, recently freed from Death Row Man confesses to killing teen, hangs himself (Boston Globe) Nancy Ann Lackey Launt slaying Md. Seeks The DNA Of Violent Criminals (Wash Post) Assault suspect's sketch released (AJC) Man abducted and assaulted 5-yr-old leaving her for dead Search continues for woman's remains (AJC) Beverley Callaway Watson Officers say man found in Lutz was slain (SP Times) Youth Gets A New Lawyer In Perplexing Murder Case (Chicago Trib) 16-year-old Eddie Huggins is charged with a stabbing murder even though an autopsy report showed no stab wounds to the victim. Denver man receives life term in stomping death of cabdriver (Inside Denver) Moustapha Marouf murder Trial Starts in 3-year-old Murder Case (Chicago Trib) Former high school basketball star, Antwaun Cubie, on trial for killing classmate, Jeremy Bruder COLUMN ONE: The Secret Society Among Lawmen (LA Times) |
| GUN LEGISLATION
Gun measure prompts House vote on Carnahan's security (KC Star) Charlton Heston promotes concealed-carry proposal (KC Star) A state-by-state look at the conceal-and-carry issue Effort to Curb Assault Weapons Creeps Forward (LA Times) |
| GIANNI VERSACE murder
ANDREW CUNANAN suspect A Killer Scoop (LA Times) Reporter Maureen Orth was already on the trail of Andrew Cunanan when his final victim, Gianni Versace, was slain. Her new book details the man, the manhunt and the media frenzy. |
| NANCY ANN LACKEY LAUNT murder Chelmsford, Mass. Police: Man apparently confesses to killing in suicide note -- (Postnet) A man whose stepdaughter's bones were identified last month -- 10 years after she disappeared -- apparently confessed to killing her in a suicide note before hanging himself, authorities said Tuesday. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case Boulder, Colo. Prosecutor in JonBenet case defends investigation -- (MSNBC) Link to video clip $62,001 more allocated for JonBenet Ramsey investigation -- (Nando Times) |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Evidence of Murder--(TIME magazine, March 29, 1999) A Yosemite mystery deepens after two bodies are discovered. |
| GAIL MILLER murder case LARRY FISHER trial Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Judge rejects La Ronge as site for Fisher trial--(Star-Phoenix) Fisher is charged with the 1969 rape and murder of Gail Miller. He was charged in July 1997 after David Milgaard was exonerated of involvement in her death, after serving 23 years. Milgaard's lawyers are currently negotiating with the government of Saskatchewan over compensation for his wrongful conviction. |
| DR. JEFFREY MacDONALD, convicted murderer Wilmington, North Carolina Judge orders action on DNA tests in 'Fatal Vision' murder case--(POSTnet) The former physician claimed a band of drug-crazed hippies attacked his family, chanting "Acid is groovy. Kill the pigs." The case inspired the book "Fatal Vision" and a television film based on it. |
| ALISON PARROT murder FRANCIS CARL ROY trial Toronto, Ontario, Canada Accused 'apprehensive'--(Toronto Sun) Parrott trial told of pals meeting...Roy sought legal advice the day after Parrott disappeared. |
| Sund/Pelosso case California Body identified as Carole Sund--(Mercury News) Authorities turn attention to ex-convict with ties to Long Barn. Burned car combed for slaying clues--(San Francisco Examiner) Jean Daly and other experts tick off an inventory of evidence that could be retrieved from a torched car. |
| Ogden, Utah Four brothers admit molesting siblings--(Deseret News) Three brothers have confessed to molesting their younger sisters, and a fourth has confessed to molesting his brothers. |
| MICHEAL JEROME BARROW murder LARRY DONELL DAVIS convicted Amarillo, Texas Police detective: Prints on can matched those of murderer--(Amarillo Globe News) Found guilty of the Barrow murder, prosecutors presented testimony Monday that Davis faces another capital murder charge in the 1993 beating and stabbing death of Dallas resident Lexie Harris. |
| Stockton Serial Killers? LOREN JOSEPH HERZOG (pictured) WESLEY HOWARD SHERMANTINE Stockton, California Cops link cases--(Stockton Record) Four more killings tied to Herzog--(Modesto Bee) Duo charged in Clements slaying--(Stockton Record) Two friends face six murder counts between them. |
| La Mirada, California Teen accused of stabbing baby daughter--(CH-2000) Neighbors said they heard the woman fighting with her boyfriend moments before he came running out of the house with the bleeding baby. |
| Madrid, Spain Woman died as sect tried to "purify" her?--(Reuters) Investigators believe the Belgian woman who died after an apparent sect ritual in Spain was suffocated while performing an act supposed to "purify" her body, a Spanish newspaper reported Tuesday. |
| JASMINE NEVILLE CHARLEA FOX Arthington, West Yorkshire Childminder 'drunk while children drowned'--(BBC) Two eight-year-old girls drowned in a river while the woman who was meant to be looking after them was drinking and smoking cannabis, a court heard. |
| Hong Kong Feng Shui Murders--(TBO) A mainland Chinese court convicted and sentenced to death a feng shui master Tuesday in the cyanide killings of three women and two girls in Hong Kong, China's official news agency reported. |
| JEANETTE ANNE SMITH case Fort Lauderdale, Florida Police find car belonging to woman whose body was found in the Everglades--(TBO-FL) Investigators Tuesday are searching through the car, hoping to find any forensic evidence that might lead to a suspect. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Body in Yosemite mystery identified as missing mother--(LA Times) Burned victim identified as Carole Sund, DNA testing on other body--(Sacramento Bee) Sad confirmation in case of missing Yosemite sightseers--(ABC News) Larry King Live transcript - March 22, 1999--(CNN News) Pelosso fund established for expenses--(Modesto Bee) A surviving daughter's poem--(Modesto Bee) Mom's body is identified--(Modesto Bee) KKBN Cabin Radio--(Twain Harte) |
| Doctor Death Kevorkian tells U.S. jury Youk's death not murder (Yahoo News) "This case is not about the right to die. This case is about Jack Kevorkian's right to kill," he said. (Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor John Skrzynski) |
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