| MARTHA MOXLEY murder investigation Bridgeport, Conn. Investigator ordered to divulge names in Moxley murder case -- (Hartford Courant) A former private detective hired to clear the nephews of Ethel Kennedy in a 1975 Greenwich murder case was ordered to reveal the names of people he interviewed. Related: Who Killed Martha Moxley? -- (marthamoxley.com) New story today from Greenwich Time posted to this site. Site also contains news archives and case background info. |
| JUAN DELGADO, 12 La Habra, Calif. Possible Key Evidence in Boy's Slaying Found -- (LA Times) A newly discovered concrete block that may contain part of a 12-year-old boy's body is a key piece of evidence that police say they simply overlooked during a search of a La Habra neighborhood last year. |
| Missing: OPAL JO JENNINGS, 6 Saginaw, Texas Search continues for Saginaw girl -- (MSNBC/KXAS) Opal Jennings is four feet tall, weighs 60 pounds and has blue eyes and brown hair. When last seen, her hair was in pigtails and she was wearing purple shorts, a white T-shirt with vertical stripes and flowers, white socks and pink Barbie sneakers. |
| JEANETTE ANNE SMITH murder ARIEL HERNANDEZ arrested The Everglades Box leads to suspect in dancer’s murder -- (MSNBC/WTVJ) Using the serial numbers on the Sony box the woman's body was found stuffed in, police were able to track down who and where the stereo was purchased. It helped lead them right to the suspect...a man who paid to have sex with the woman. |
| MELISSA VIRUS Sleuth May Have ID'd 'Melissa' Creator -- (Ch. 6000) Meanwhile, Prolific Virus Continues Its Hungry Mission |
MARIE THERESE LEHNER LAURA WATSON-DALTON Iowa City, Iowa Police try to trace activities of slain woman -- (Des Moines Register) Police distributed a photo of Maria Therese Lehner Monday to try to jog the memory of anyone who might have seen her in this area before she was beaten to death and left in a burning apartment. Relatives say pair found slain in Iowa City weren't acquainted -- (Des Moines Register) Story archive on Iowa City Murders -- (Des Moines Register) |
| PAMELA JOCK murder JOHN JOCK lll, accused Green Cove, Florida Man whose wife feared him charged in her arson death--(TBO) |
| Abilene, Texas Four dead, one injured in shooting--(Abilene Reporter-News) Police had no immediate motive or suspect in the wake of a shooting rampage at an apartment that left four teen-age girls dead and a man wounded. |
| MARTHA MOXLEY murder investigation Greenwich, Conn. Who Killed Martha Moxley website has posted a new article: "Judge Orders Skakel P.I. to Divulge Names" By J.A. Johnson Jr. Greenwich Time March 30, 1999 |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California 200 pay tribute to slain tourists--(SF Examiner) Jens Sund grieves for wife, daughter. Help the Sund and Pelosso families find who did this to their loved ones Carole Sund's favorite causes |
| MICHAEL ELLISON FRANKLIN Orangevale, California Death probe twists emerge--(Sacramento Bee) A 6-foot-7, 300-pound Orangevale man whose wife died mysteriously during a 1996 snowmobiling trip in Plumas National Forest has been arrested and charged with the rape of a seven-months-pregnant surrogate mother. |
Volunteers needed for online news reading study (Chicago Sun-Times) How do you read news online? Stanford University and Poynter Institute researchers are studying this newest media phenomenon and need participants in the Chicago area. If you read news online at least three times a week, live in the greater Chicago area, and wouldn't mind making $50 for two hours of your time, you can help. |
DONALD WOOD JR. and CHRISTOPHER BROULLIARD murders
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Judge orders psychiatric exam of Lemak (Chicago Sun-Times) Mental health experts will examine Marilyn Lemak to determine whether the Naperville woman was insane when she allegedly drugged and suffocated her three children. Remains identified as missing man, 24 (Boston Globe) Bones found in suitcase identified as Dune Lop Moy Curley suit seeks $200m from killers of 10-year-old (Boston Globe) The parents of Jeffrey Curley have filed a $200 million wrongful death lawsuit against the men who kidnapped and killed their son Bus Driver Accused of Cruelty (Wash Post) Pr. William Students Injured by Sudden Braking; Driver Charged Potential jurors warned about trial (Boulder News) Potential jurors in the trial of a man charged with beating to death Matthew Shepard were warned Monday to expect intense media scrutiny, graphic evidence and the possibility of three weeks away from their families. Teacher pleads in sex case (Denver Post) Jayne Cullen Loomis, 45, pleaded guilty to enticing a 12-year-old boy into an inappropriate relationship that included fondling and pornographic magazines. Son of bank suspect accused of murder (Denver Post) Seven years after his father was acquitted in one of Denver's most notorious mass slayings, Gregory King also stands accused of murder. Texas Teen Found in Tiny Room (Flash News) A mentally retarded 18-year-old woman with cerebral palsy had been confined to a crib all her life, fed from a baby bottle and weighed only 54 pounds. Sheriff gets 15 months in prison (AJC) Pat Jarvis, a former Atlanta Braves pitcher and ex-DeKalb County sheriff, was sentenced Monday to 15 months in prison for mail fraud. Buttram could face feticide charge also (AJC) He is charged with killing Mildred Cantrell and her daughter, Tara Cantrell who was two or three months' pregnant. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado JonBenet Reporter Awarded $115,000 For Defamation (mediainfo) |
| FBI speaks out on Melissa--(ZDTV) The bureau holds a press conference on the Melissa virus. |
| EDDIE WERNER, 11 SAM MANZIE confessed Sam's Story -- (ABC 20/20 transcript 3/28/99) Barbara Walters reports on the case of Sam Manzie, a teenager who recently pleaded guilty to the murder of an 11-year-old boy two years ago. His parents, claiming Sam is mentally unfit, have challenged the court to consider the possible effects of anti-depressants on his judgment. Related: Eddie Werner memorial page - (green ribbon campaign) |
| DONALD WOOD JR. and CHRISTOPHER BROUILLARD murdered DEBORAH BROWN missing STEVEN BROWN suspect Lebanon, Maine Police search for New York man believed to be responsible for killings - (Boston Globe) FBI agents searched Monday for an upstate New York man suspected of killing two men and abducting his estranged wife in what friends of the victims said was a trap baited by the killer's girlfriend. |
| Weymouth, Mass. Bones found in suitcase belonged to Boston man -- (Boston Globe) Dune Lop ''Donald'' Moy, 26, was identified by medical experts as the man whose bones were discovered by two boys Saturday afternoon. |
MUNCHAUSEN CASE San Antonio, Texas Lyda pleads guilty on injury -- (San Antonio Express-News) A woman pleaded guilty today to injury and endangerment of a child in a federal case alleging she harmed one of her young sons at an Air Force hospital. Cynthia Martinez Lyda, 32, could be sentenced to up to 32 years in prison. Related: Special coverage: Undiagnosed Tragedy Hospital surveillance video Judge's ruling a blow to mother's defense Friend ties Lyda to 3 bottles of ipecac An incendiary bomb in Munchausen case |
| MUNCHAUSEN'S SYNDROME BY PROXY San Antonio, Texas Mother of six, believed to have rare disorder, admits to endangerment--(TBO) A mother believed to have a disorder that causes her to injure or kill children for attention pleaded guilty Monday to endangering one son by tampering with his hospital feeding tube. |
| SERGEI KOBOZEV, missing since 1995 Livingston, New Jersey Federal agents find human bones in search for missing boxer--(NJO Newsflash) Sergei Kobozev was a former member of the Soviet national boxing team. |
| La Habra, California Police: Cylinder had skeletal remains--(UPI) Remains may be those of 12 year old. |
| WILLIAM RUSHBROOK murder MARIKA RUSHBROOK, charged Escalon, California Troubled life key to girl's case--(Stockton Record) Judge to review Escalon teen's alleged killing of dad. |
| ODB, Wu Tang Rapper ODB rung up again--(E! Online) 7 arrests in 7 months, the last 2 in 4 days... |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California FBI profiling killers of trio--(SF Examiner) While the FBI has imported a team of professional profilers to narrow its search for the killers of three tourists, there are plenty of amateur profilers in the Sierra foothills where the bodies were found. |
| Kandos, New South Wales Man refused bail after dismembered body found in river--(ABC Online) |
| JENS SUND Eureka, California Husband and father of slain sightseers says killers deserve to die--(TBO) |
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| SUND/PELOSSO case California Fear casts pall on scenic Sierra--(SF Chronicle) Slayings of three sightseers scaring off tourists. Town grieves over death of hometown girl--(Sacramento Bee) Argentinians grieve with the Pelossos, share loss. Sunds helping other families--(Sacramento Bee) Reward fund helps missing loved ones. Strength to survive--(Fresno Bee) The Carringtons somehow manage to carry on. Aid for families, friends of slain trio--(Eureka Times-Standard) Justice Department pays for crisis response team. |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET
Skeletal remains said to be human (Boston Globe) The bones were in a suitcase found by two boys Growing Faction in Kern County Claims Zealous D.A. Crosses Line (LA Times) Rapper With Lost Boyz, Freaky Tah, Shot Dead (NY Daily News) Dean of death row awaits execution, 25 years after crime (Houston Chronicle) Robert Excell White wasn't supposed to be alive this long. Two sought in abduction, rape at UGA (AJC) Paper trail traps 'giant monster' of meth distribution (KC Star) |
| SCOTT AMEDURE murder
JONATHAN SCHMITZ convicted JENNY JONES SHOW on trial Pontiac, Michigan Talk show slaying case back in court (Chicago Trib) In March 1995, Amedure, who was gay, revealed a secret crush on a heterosexual friend, Jonathan Schmitz, at a taping of ``The Jenny Jones Show''. Schmitz was later convicted of killing Amedure. |
| Missing: MICHAEL SULLIVAN and CAMDEN SYLVIA
Manhattan Missing Duo on Back Burner (NY Daily News) The NYPD has scaled back resources assigned to one of its most high-profile unsolved cases - the 1997 disappearance of Manhattan tenants Michael Sullivan and Camden Sylvia. The investigation focused on landlord Robert Rodriguez who ran a locksmith shop on the building's ground floor and was involved in a rent dispute with the tenants. |
| Missing: OPAL JENNINGS, 6
Saginaw, Texas Police still searching for 6-year-old (Dallas Morning News) Police continued searching on Sunday for a 6-year-old girl who was kidnapped from her grandmother's yard, while teachers prepared to deal with her classmates' fears and questions Monday. |
| KAYOKO SCHERMACHER death
CHRIS SCHERMACHER arrested Denver, Colorado Mother had history of violence (Inside Denver) Two children discovered their mother's body as they left for school. Her husband was arrested for vehicular homicide. The couple's new Mercedes-Benz was impounded |
LAURA WATSON-DALTON MARIE THERESE LEHNER Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City Murders -- (Des Moines Register) Police in Iowa City on Saturday identified Maria Therese Lehner as the second victim of a bizarre slaying in which two women were found bludgeoned to death March 19 in a burned-out Iowa City apartment. [Link goes to package of stories on this case] |
| Rochester, NY Suspected burglar accused of ignoring dying woman -- (Boston Globe) A suspected burglar was charged with causing the death of an 81-year-old neighbor who lay dying on the floor of her home for two days while he ransacked her belongings. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case Boulder, Colorado Mystery still surrounds death of beauty queen--(Toronto Sun) Not since the kidnap/murder of the Lindbergh baby in the 1930s has there been the hue and cry that has surrounded the murder of six-year-old Colorado beauty queen Jon- Benet Ramsey. [Review of Perfect Murder, Perfect Town by Lawrence Schiller.] |
| MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR disappearance Austin, Texas O'Hair, renown for her atheism, disappeared in 1995. Police arrest 2nd figure in O'Hair family case (San Antonio Express-News 3/26/99) Figure in O'Hair case is held without bond (San Antonio Express-News 3/25/99) Agents arrest ex-employee of O'Hairs (San Antonio Express-News 3/24/99) Reporter's tip points police to new twist in O'Hair disappearance (San Antonio Express-News 2/10/99) |
| Dead men do tell tales--(Ottawa Sun) Autopsies can help unravel murders or give family peace of mind. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California In tragedy's wake, a flood of support--(LA Times) Crimes scene draws sad visitors--(SF Examiner) Scores of people who never knew dead sightseers mourn at sites where bodies found. The families' deep ties--(SF Examiner) Sunds and Pelossos, now united in pain, share a past lasting a quarter century. Picture--Carole and Juli Sund and Raquel and Silvina Pelosso, Argentina 1985. Picture--The Sunds and Pelossos. Argentina 1985. Families cope with loss--(SF Examiner) Slain tourists' relatives find community support. Family of victims establishes fund--(Modesto Bee) Sund, Pelosso families mourning--(Modesto Bee) Dogged probe into murders continues--(Modesto Bee) Missing person fund set up--(Modesto Bee) Foothills residents absorb tragedy--(Modesto Bee) Families plan memorial for three Yosemite sightseers--(Sacramento Bee) |
