| JUAREZ SERIAL MURDERS Four more arrested in Mexico murders--(Newsday) Police say about 100 women, mostly teens, have been killed since 1993 in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. The victims were raped or sexually brutalized in 54 of those cases. |
| MARIA THERESE LEHNER LAURA WATSON DALTON Iowa City Murders Homicide victim buried in Wisconsin -- (Des Moines Register) She was one of two women found slain in the Iowa City apartment, where authorities say a fire was set to cover up evidence. Both died of skull fractures from multiple blows to the head. John Lee Memmer, a 23-year-old transient with a criminal record is refusing to talk to investigators and remains in the Johnson County Jail on $1 million bond. |
| DEBORAH BROWN abduction DONALD WOOD JR. and CHRISTOPHER BROUILLARD murders STEVEN BROWN and PATRICIA TEETER arrested Lebanon, Maine Suspects extradited in killings, abduction -- (Portland Press Herald) Deborah Brown, who police say was kidnapped by her estranged husband, used all of the skills she learned during 16 years of an abusive marriage to survive her ordeal. |
| DAVID RAY - CINDY HENDY case Elephant Butte, New Mexico Torture case defendant fled troubled life in Washington--(Oregon Live) The son of a former Washington woman accused in a New Mexico sex-torture case says the charges against his mother make him sick. Hendy admits she drinks too much; co-workers like Ray--(Amarillo Globe) Crime scene photo--(Nando Times) Police prepare community for worst as teams scour Elephant Butte property--(ABQ Tribune) Ray may have lied about lack of aliases--(The Herald) Case photos--(The Herald) |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Slain women's families plan Modesto service--(Modesto Bee) "Triumph Over Tragedy" -- April 12, 1999 Search for killer gets boost--(Eureka Times-Standard) Slain teen may get military transport--(UPI) "A gesture of the United States goodwill and sympathy." |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case Boulder, Colo. (CyberSleuths Exclusive) According to sources at Jaleo North America in Seattle, Wa., John Ramsey is no longer associated with the company. No further details were available regarding when or why the relationship was severed. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case Boulder, Colo. Students hold mock murder trial--(Morning Journal Online) As part of a detective novel class project, the students split into teams, each choosing a different person from the nearly three-year murder saga to prosecute or defend. Students used recent books, newspaper and magazine articles, Internet searches and correspondence with Boulder, Colo., police officers in their research, they said. |
| DAVID PARKER RAY CINDY LEA HENDY Elephant Butte, New Mexico Search in torture case expands--(Dallas Morning News) Authorities expect inquiry to turn up many more victims. This article contains comments from profilers Robert K. Ressler and Clint Van Zandt. More charges filed in NM torture case--(Seattle Times) Meeting calms fears in town shaken by torture investigation--(AP) |
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Lawyer: Show responsible for guest's murder (Chicago Trib) ``'The Jenny Jones Show' solicited the victim, Scott Amedure, picked his murderer, Jonathan Schmitz, provided the motive for the murderer and did everything but pull the trigger, and they must be held accountable,'' Geoffrey Fieger said Wednesday. Now Ford Heights 4 Seek Special Prosecutor (Chicago Trib) A group of men wrongly convicted of a 1978 double murder filed a petition Wednesday asking for a special prosecutor to investigate possible criminal charges against sheriff's officers and prosecutors involved in the case. Husband planned to kill wife, kin says (Boston Globe) A relative of Deborah Brown, who was allegedly kidnapped by her estranged husband, said Steven Brown forced his estranged wife to spend the night in a bed alongside him and an AK47 assault rifle and sawed-off shotgun - weapons he told her he planned to kill her with. Family Awarded $10.8 Million in Molestation (LA Times) A jury has awarded $10.8 million to the family of a boy who was molested by a teacher after finding that school district officials were negligent in their supervision of the instructor. Man Suspected In Kidnapping Has 2 Convictions (Wash Post) He was charged this week with kidnapping a 13-year-old boy on his way home from school. Jurors can't agree on murder charge (SP Times) A murder case with a most unusual weapon -- a 2-foot-tall statue of a brass elephant with its trunk raised high. Lyons begins 5 1/2-year term on state charges -- (SP Times) The former president of the National Baptist Convention, Rev. Henry Lyons. Conviction is overturned in St. Petersburg murder case (SP Times) Michael Milburn was convicted of stabbing his best friend's former wife, Anna Carter, and her 8-yr-old daughter, Tina. Police investigate slaying of transvestite (AJC) Investigators asked the public for help Wednesday in the slaying of a 33-year-old transvestite who was fatally beaten in a rural area of south Georgia. Atlanta cop fatally shot (AJC) The suspect fled through a church during a worship service after crashing a police car he stole. Three men gunned down at stables (Inside Denver) Police have no motive or suspects in killings; owner disputes reports of cockfighting on land |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California FBI questioning potential witnesses in Nevada County--(KOVR-TV) Cause of death not known for victims found in burnt out car--(SF Chronicle) Cause of death established for Juli Sund, but not released. |
| ARTHUR GOODMAN Fort Worth, Texas Police kill suspect in Abilene quadruple murder--(CBS) A man suspected in the shooting deaths of his girlfriend and three other Abilene women was killed Wednesday in a gun battle with police. |
| ANATOLY ONOPRIENKO, serial killer Ukraine Serial killer awaits sentence--(BBC) The former sailor has admitted to killing 52 people, including 10 children in villages across Ukraine, most of them in a three-month spree. |
| DAVID PARKER RAY CINDY LEA HENDY Elephant Butte, New Mexico Cops may have torture tapes--(CBS News) Videotapes may show torture sessions. Two suspects held on $I million bail. Escape uncovers bizarre sex-torture case--(Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Links to Seattle area, murders a possibility. Digging begins outside trailer in course of torture--(TBO) Ray was a maintenance worker at the state park for about five years, fixing vehicles and heavy machinery in a garage on the grounds. |
| ALISON PARROTT murder FRANCIS ROY trial Toronto, Ontario, Canada A pathetic man was unravelling--(Toronto Sun) Would you buy this alibi? Accused "only touched her", trial hears--(Toronto Sun) Accused tells of finding body. |
| JOHN MIMS Frackville, Pa. Prison inmate charged with repeated rape of nine-year-old--(POSTnet) An inmate has been charged with raping a 9-year-old girl numerous times in the prison's visiting room over the past year, state police said, with her mother present and aware. |
| Madison, Conn. British engineer charged with killing his children's nanny in Connecticut--(Nando Times) |
| Small towns hit hard by high-profile crimes--(POSTnet) Small towns are finding that the price of justice for mega-trials isn't cheap, and taxpayers are bearing the brunt of it. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Grand jury to convene on slayings: first step towards possible indictment--(Sacramento Bee) This is the first time the FBI has confirmed the victims were carjacked. It is a federal crime to take a motor vehicle by force "with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm." |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California A last goodbye to a child--(Modesto Bee) FBI adds grand jury to aid murder probe--(Fresno News) FBI close to naming Tournap suspect--(CBS-Fresno) Murdered tourist investigation may lead police to Fresno--(KSEE) Federal jurors to weigh evidence in tourist slayings--(Modestop Bee) Nick Rossi dismisses news of credit card arrest as rumor. |
| Commerce City, Colorado Three bodies found in horse barn--(UPI) |
| Baltimore, Maryland Saskatoon woman faces murder charge in U.S.--(Star-Phoenix) Alpna and Viresh Patel hoped their arranged marriage would thrive on a foundation of mutual respect, cultural similarity and shared ambition. |
| PILAR RODRIGUEZ Punta Gorda, Florida Missing girl's babysitter was abused, attorney says--(MSNBC) Missing girl's babysitter gives her side--(Florida Sun-Sentinel) |
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Grand Jury to Convene in Probe of Tourist Killings (LA Times) Sund/Pelosso abduction/murder investigation 'Torture Chamber' Details Emerge (CBS News) Elephant Butte, New Mexico Texas executes longest serving death row inmate (CNN) Robert Excell White Skakel family's investigator must divulge names (MSNBC) Martha Moxley murder investigation |
| LEMAK Children Slayings Naperville, Ill. Lemak to undergo evaluations (MSNBC) Trembling and seemingly on the verge of tears, Marilyn Lemak said nothing as a DuPage County judge authorized the state to conduct evaluations of her mental health Mental exam for Naperville woman (Daily Southtown) Family Friends Set Up Memorial Fund (Chicago Trib) |
| DONALD WOOD JR., and CHRISTOPHER BROUILLARD murders
DEBORAH BROWN kidnapping STEVEN BROWN and PATRICIA TEETERS arrested Lebanon, Maine Raid at N.Y. hotel ends manhunt (Portland Press) The victims had been duped into helping a stranger fix a broken-down car. |
| CLARISSA MARIE ERNST JEFFREY COUTS, charged Redding, California Arraignment in murder of Shasta Lake third-grader--(Sacramento Bee) |
| DAVID PARKER RAY CINDY LEA HENDY Elephant Butte, New Mexico 25 new charges allege pair tortured second victim--(ABQ Journal) More than a thousand pieces of evidence, over a hundred FBI on scene. Investigators continue examining alleged sexual torture case--(KOB-TV) Investigators will be working what they call an "extraordinary" crime scene, for the rest of the week. Investigation of kidnapping in New Mexico widens--(Dallas Morning News) Officials look for Tucson link--(Arizona Daily Star) |
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A troubled child and few options (Boston Globe) He set his clothes on fire. He bit and battered the family puppy, finally fracturing the dog's skull by smashing a computer keyboard on its head. Lure of money was a deadly trap for teens (Boston Globe) Two men linked to rape-kidnap of runaway girls (AJC) Young girls were lured from MARTA stations into seedy motels where they were tied down, raped and used as prostitutes. Md. Man Charged With Kidnapping (Wash Post) Man allegedly posed as a police officer to abduct a 13-year-old boy on his way home from school last week. Father Goes on Trial in Death of Infant Who Perished in Car (Wash Post) Child abuser gets 44 years Beating and drugging death of 2-yr-old Kaleb McClary Mother Charged, Boyfriend Sought In Death of Severely Abused Boy, 2 (Wash Post) Toy pistol, real weapon get 3 boys suspended (Inside Denver) |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Report: FBI may know who killed sightseers--(KOVR-13) One female suspect was caught trying to use Carole Sund's credit card. FBI profilers now helping in Yosemite case--(POSTnet/Sac Bee) A pair of profilers from the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime are now part of a team trying to find those responsible for the kidnapping and deaths. Twain Harte Cabin Radio--(KKBN) FBI Agent in Charge James Maddock met Monday with the Stanislaus County Public Defender representing Michael Roy Larwick. |
| DAVID PARKER RAY CINDY LEA HENDY Elephant Butte, New Mexico Kidnap probe grows--(ABC News) Dozens of FBI agents, including psychological “profilers” specializing in macabre crimes, converged on a trailer home today in an apparent murder investigation that began with a case of sexual torture. Lawyer: TorC suspect innocent--(ABO Journal) Investigators flood site near Elephant Butte Village. |
| ALICE COVINGTON murder Raleigh, North Carolina Carlette Parker found guilty--(WRAL) A Wake County jury has found Parker guilty of first degree kidnapping and first degree murder. |
| ERICA CLEVELAND Deltona, Florida Authorities believe missing girl buried in Volusia County--(TBO) Police believe a 2-year-old girl from Georgia was killed and may be buried in a shallow grave. |
| Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Bones found in New Mexico probe not human--(UPI) |
| MYSTERIOUS MORELAND CHILD DEATHS Dayton, Ohio Grandmother testifies in Moreland case--(Cleveland Live) |
| TERRY L. NICHOLS Oklahoma City, Okla. Nichols hit with bevy of charges -- (Tulsa World) Citing dissatisfaction with bombing conspirator Terry L. Nichols' federal life sentence, Oklahoma County District Attorney Bob Macy on Monday filed 160 state murder charges and asked for the death penalty. |
| This is a picture of David Parker Ray, accused in the New Mexico case. |
| DAVID PARKER RAY CINDY LEA HENDY Elephant Butte, New Mexico Probe widens in case with torture, kidnapping allegations--(POSTnet) An investigation into two women's claims of kidnapping and sexual torture now spans three states and may involve murders, authorities said. Kidnapping, torture case may have Arizona links--(Arizona Central) 45 agents, including profilers, added to case. Torture in New Mexico--(CBS) The House of Horrors and evidence found there may point to a serial killer. Follow-up on alleged sexual torture case--(KOB-TV) FBI sources in Washington fear they are dealing with a serial killer, and now they may have evidence to prove that. Article includes picture of Cindy Hendy. |
| STANLEY EDWARDS IV, 13, murder TONY RIZZO guilty plea Waterbury, Conn. Guilty plea in hammer beating death -- (Hartford Courant) A man who said he beat a 13-year-old boy to death with a sledgehammer to see how it felt to kill somebody has pleaded guilty to charges that could put him on death row. |
