| CRISTY RYNO, missing 3-year-old Irving, Texas Body of a young girl found in Trinity River--(Dallas Morning News) Search focuses on girl's family--(Dallas Morning News) Body of female child found--(KXAX-MSNBC) |
| MEHDI "Amin" MOHAMMADI murder Toronto, Ontario, Canada Roommate shocked by leg in closet--(Toronto Sun) A man paid little attention when he saw blood in the bathroom of the apartment he was sharing with two roommates in September 1996. |
| Hutto, Williamson County, Texas Police release autopsy results, still searching for Hutto childrens' IDs --(Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Suspect tracked in death of two children--(Dallas Morning News) Investigators believe they have identified the youngsters a brother and a sister who lived in the Williamson County area. |
| (DENNIS) ROY YANCY Elephant Butte, new Mexico Preliminary hearing for Marie Parker murder suspect scheduled for Thursday--(The Herald) |
| ANGELA PEARCE Leeds, England Schizophrenic 'tortured to death'--(BBC) A gang of five young people tortured an 18-year-old schizophrenic to death and then buried her in a shallow grave, a court has heard. |
| "GIDGET" Los Angeles, California Lawsuit filed over Taco Bell Chihuahua dog--(WRAL) There's a big commotion over a little dog. |
| Texas Grandson is arrested in slaying--(Dallas Morning News) Police say he stabbed woman, 61, at home. |
| Tampa, Florida
Mother gets 30 years for sex acts at a jail (SP Times) The Tampa woman performed sex acts with her 15-year-old daughter as her husband watched. |
| DUPAGE 7 Trial
Never heard `vision' story, 2 officers say (Chicago Sun-Times) Two DuPage County sheriff's investigators testified Wednesday that they never heard Rolando Cruz make a purported "vision" statement that contained details of Jeanine Nicarico's 1983 murder only the killer would know. Officer who quit over Cruz testifies (Chicago Trib) |
AOL Helps FBI 'Net Evidence On Killers (NY Post) 5-Hour Freeway Standoff Ends as Deputy Kills Robbery Suspect (LA Times) Police arrest man in Fort Rucker shooting (AJC) Possible link to second homicide Defendants say woman traded her body for crack (AJC) |
| NOTORIOUS B.I.G. murder
MARION "SUGE" KNIGHT suspect Police Reportedly Tried to Ask Jailed Producer About Rapper's Slaying (LA Times) One day after identifying him as a suspect in the killing of rapper Notorious B.I.G., Los Angeles homicide detectives Wednesday tried to interview rap executive Marion "Suge" Knight in prison, sources said. |
| CHARLES NG
Ng's Mother Tells Jurors of Anguish, Beatings (LA Times) The mother of serial killer Charles Ng sobbed on the witness stand Wednesday as she blamed herself for failing to stop her husband from beating him as a child. |
| Lyman, Maine
Lyman man charged in slaying of girlfriend (Portland Press Herald) A local man killed his longtime girlfriend Tuesday by running her over with a van near their mobile home, police said. |
| The Notorious "B.I.G." -- CHRISTOPHER WALLACE --"Biggy Smalls" Murdered: March 09, 1997 Los Angeles, California Death Row Records founder investigated in Notorious B.I.G. killing--(Sacramento Bee) Marion "Suge" Knight is under investigation in the murder of rap star The Notorious B.I.G., who was gunned down outside a music industry party two years ago, police said Wednesday. Did Suge order attack on B.I.G.?--(E! Online) Police search Death Row over rapper's murder--(Wall of Sound) Biography of The Notorious B.I.G.--(Wall of Sound) |
| Los Angeles
Record Executive Investigated in Rapper's Slaying (LA Times) Homicide detectives have identified imprisoned rap music executive Marion "Suge" Knight as a key suspect in the ambush slaying of rapper Notorious B.I.G., police sources confirmed Tuesday. |
| UNIDENTIFIED VICTIM
Weeks later, victim is still without a name (Boston Globe) The woman's body lay sprawled between patches of grass and asphalt in a Mattapan cemetery, near a tall stone cross, clad only in blue and white nylon running pants. |
| San Francisco, California Cook who killed co-worker is guilty of murder--(WRAL) It started as an argument over poached eggs -- and led to murder. |
| CRISTY RYNO Irving, Texas Body found in Irving may be missing 3-year-old--(KTVT-CBS) The medical examiner has tentatively identified the body of a child found early Wednesday as that of 3-year-old Cristy Ryno. |
| MATHEW ROTELL case Dade City, Florida Family questioned in mysterious death--(St. Petersberg Times) The mother has yet to talk to prosecutors, but her lawyers released photos of injuries they say she received in an attack the night her son died. Fight over boy's rites 'appalling'--(Tampa Tribune) The bitterness of a long custody battle over two Pasco County boys seeped into the funeral arrangements for one of the children, found slain last week at home. |
| TED BINION murder case Las Vegas, Nevada Detective disputes secret testimony of Binion witness--(Las Vegas Sun) A private investigator says he has information that contradicts statements a California witness made. |
| Hutto, Williamson County, Texas DNA could help find clues to children's slayings--(KTBC-TV) Autopsies showed the boy died from skull trauma and the girl had been suffocated. Autopsy results for Hutto victims--(KXAN-TV) Police don't believe the children are from Central Texas. |
| MAJ. GEN. MARION CARL murder case JESSE FANUS trial Roseberg, Oregon Jury finds drifter guilty in slaying of World War II flying ace--(Oregon Live) |
| Irving, Texas Child's body found in Irving--(UPI) I.D. possibly available Thursday. |
| Irving, Texas Body found in river along Irving--(KTVT) The body is that of a white, female child. |
| MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR Austin, Texas Diaries sold for $12,000--(WRAL) A Texas lawyer was high bidder. |
| Nairobi, Kenya Criminals drown in sewage in escape attempt--(Reuters) Three Kenyan gangsters dived into a sewage dam to escape a police raid but apparently drowned in the filthy water. |
| LACRESHA MURRAY Austin, Texas Judge orders release of girl whose conviction was overturned--(WRAL) The 14-year-old girl had been convicted in the beating death of a two-year-old two years ago. |
| Elephant Butte, New Mexico New arrests expected in TorC case--(ABQ Journal) FBI, cops searching for evidence, body. More arrests to be made in TorC torture case--(KOB-TV/MSNBC) |
| DAVID WATERS Austin, Texas Possible O'Hair suspect pleads not guilty to weapons charges--(Dallas Morning News) |
| CRISTY RYNO, missing child Irving, Texas Search focuses on girl's family--(Dallas Morning News) Irving police report no leds in the 3-year-old girl's disappearance. Search for Irving girl continues--(MSNBC) Picure of woman in doorway of Ryno apartment. |
| Hutto, Williamson County, Texas Investigators struggle to I.D. dead children--(Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Kids bodies not related to area cases--(Dallas Morning News) Few clues in slaying of two children--(Austin American-Statesman) Sketches of possible siblings released. Children's deaths in Williamson County--(Austin American-Statesman) Message Board--(Austin American-Statesman) |
| CYBERSLEUTHING Sleuths track tourists' case in cyberspace--(Fresno Bee) Detectives in the digital age--(Wired News) |
| Patuxent Base thwarts Serb e-mail attack--(Washington Post) A Yugoslav e-mail attack firing repeated warnings, "SERBIA IS HERE," was aimed at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Southern Maryland, base officials said this week. |
| CHARLES NG
Father of Serial Killer Ng Says He Severely Beat Son as Child (LA Times) 'I tried to bring him up right,' he testifies in plea to save the convict's life, blaming himself in part for the murders. |
| NICHOLE LEE "NICKKI" HENDRIX
Ventura County, California Remains Identified as Missing Ventura Girl (LA Times) Authorities confirmed Tuesday that the remains found scattered in the Pine Mountain area over the weekend were those of Nichole Lee "Nickki" Hendrix, a 17-year-old Ventura girl who disappeared in October. |
D.C. Man Convicted in Death of Informant (Wash Post) Victim Was Attacked While Trying to Assist Probe of Triple Slaying at Starbucks Insanity Plea Accepted in Slaying (Wash Post) Ali B. Boushehri stabbed his 66-year-old mother to death last fall. Teen charged as adult in teacher's death (Tampa Trib) An Alabama teacher killed when a concrete slab hurled from an Interstate 75 overpass smashed through her car windshield. Criminal complaint filed against 10-year-old and his mother (TBO-FL) The 10-yr-old boy allegedly shot a 5-year-old friend in the head with an air-propelled BB gun. Suspect indicted in church fires (AJC) A 36-year-old Indiana man was indicted Tuesday on charges of setting fire to three rural churches in North Georgia over the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Two charged in death of man (AJC) The victim, found last month inside a burning sport-utility vehicle has been tentatively identified as Adolf Stubbs. Authorities think the killing is connected to a multistate drug deal. Attacker may have expanded (AJC) The man wanted for 30 rape attacks in two counties may have struck in a third. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Ramsey grand jury forges on (Denver Post) |
| MATHEW ROTELL, 6 Tampa Bay area, Florida Family questioned in mysterious death (SP Times) While Kristina Gaime remains silent about who may have killed her 6-yr-old son Mathew Rotell, her lawyers released photos of injuries they say she received in an attack the night her son died. |
| COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING
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| TWO CHILDREN FOUND IN CREEK Williamson County, Texas Sketches of two homicide victims--(Texas Department of Safety) |
| Littleton, Colorado Fake 'warnings' proliferate online after school shootings--(WRAL) |
| Hutto, Texas Autopsies for children found in creek--(UPI) Sketches released of dead children--(UPI) The children, a boy between one and five years old and a girl between three and five were found yesterday in a deep ravine in Brushy Creek near Hutto, about 20 miles northeast of Austin. Both children were described as Anglo, with blue-gray eyes and brown hair. |
| COLUMBINE SCHOOL SHOOTING -- Littleton, Colorado Breaking News coverage--(KUSA) Fatalities reported in school shooting--(KWGN) Deadly Colorado school shooting--(MSNBC) Pics and streaming video. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case Boulder, Colorado Experts: Prosecutors face tough battle in Ramsey case--(WRAL) The evidence amassed in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey seems to point in two distinct directions: towards a family member and towards an intruder. Views: Andrew Cohen: Making Preparations--(Fox News) If the Colorado lawyers representing JonBenet Ramsey's parents have indeed written to the Boulder District Attorney's office to discuss extradition and surrender procedures in the event an arrest is imminent it is a significant development in the course of the investigation but by no means an unusual move for good defense attorneys. |
