| Los Angeles, California Executive allegedly paid rent for woman who disappeared--(Modesto Bee) A Japanese real estate executive paid the rent for a 28-year-old Little Tokyo nightclub hostess whose skull was found in the Angeles National Forest, investigators said. |
| Aundria Lynn Crawford and Rachel Newhouse Suspect had been paroled following rape conviction(The Tribune-SanLuisObispo)San Luis Obispo Police have identified Rex A. Krebs as the prime suspect. Note: Site includes multiple links as well as photos |
| MARY and CARLEY KOPATZ Riverside, California Police scour for double murder clues --(MSNBC/KNBC) The bodies of a mother and her 3-year-old daughter were found in a van and police were seeking a motive for their slayings. |
| MATHEW ROTELL case Land O'Lakes, Florida Custody hearing set for brother of dead 6-year-old--(St. Petersburg Times) As the investigation continues into Mathew Rotell's death, family and lawyers contend for custody of Adam, 8. |
| Kenosha, Wisconsin Teen hiding in closet wanted to skin a woman--(WRAL) It's a tale as bizarre as they come. |
| New York Law journal lists "Stupid Judge Tricks"--(Reuters) One judge asked a woman defendant out for a drink, another was reputed to brandish a gun in chambers. |
| "Apostles of the Infinite Love" Quebec, Canada Canadian cult members surrender to authorities--(Reuters) Two of the four leaders of a small Catholic sect who allegedly sexually assaulted children surrendered to Quebec authorities Friday, police said. |
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| BESSIE SELEK death RAYMOND A. WOOD suspect Biddeford, Maine Hit-run death was murder, police charge--(Portland Press Herald) A Lyman man who police say ran over his girlfriend with a van after they argued over an electric bill was charged with murder Friday. Slaying victim wrote about fears--(Portland Press Herald) Bessie Selek told officials she feared the man now accused of killing her. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Chargers owner donates corporate jet to fly home Argentine student's remains--(SF Gate) Silvina's final trip--(SF Gate) Silvina's going home Sunday--(Modesto Bee) Body of slain Argentine student flown home--(Sacramento Bee) Slain Yosemite tourist to be flown home--(UPI) |
| PAUL BERNARDO -- KARLA HOMOLKA Court won't hear Bernardo tapes--(C-News) *scroll to third article* Mounties upgrade police computer--(C-News) RCMP introduced a $115-million computer upgrade yesterday they say will prevent criminals like Paul Bernardo from falling through the cracks of police investigations. |
| Wimberly, Texas 5 boys at Wimberly school arrested--(Austin American Statesman) Hays sheriff says juveniles were planning attack on junior high school before Colorado tragedy. |
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Was prosecutor wrong to buy child witness a doll? (Boston Globe) A lawyer for a woman sentenced to prison for abusing her daughter claims prosecutors bribed the 4-year-old girl with a Barney doll. |
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DOMINICK LOGAN CORNELIUS, 2 Hutto, Texas Man says mom told him children fell from cliff (Austin Statesman) Tina Marie Cornelius told an Austin man Sunday, about a day before the bodies of her two young children were pulled from a creek near Hutto, that they had died after falling from a cliff, according to the man, who contacted the Austin American-Statesman. He says Cornelius showed him a photo of the children later found slain in Brushy Creek, and said she missed them. |
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Chicago Ex-cop tells of inmate's confession (Chicago Sun-Times) A former Illinois State Police investigator testified Friday that Brian Dugan, in a 1985 jailhouse interview, took sole responsibility for 10-yr-old Jeanine Nicarico's murder even though Rolando Cruz had been convicted of the killing. State cop says he told prosecutor of Dugan confession (Chicago Trib) |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET Murder Conviction in Pizza Men Slays (NY Daily News) Thomas Koskovich was convicted of murder yesterday in the thrill killings of two pizza deliverymen who were lured to an abandoned cabin and shot. He could get the death penalty. Gay Slayer: My Partner Abused Me (NY Post) A gay man who killed his lover can use "battered-wife syndrome" as a defense at his trial, a Brooklyn judge ruled yesterday. Dock Crews to Halt Work in Support of Death Row Inmate (LA Times) In support of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a death row inmate whose murder conviction in the slaying of a Philadelphia police officer in 1981 has gained international attention. Detectives Link 2 Lives Cut Short (LA Times) Mystery: Authorities confirm Japanese executive paid hostess' rent. He apparently killed himself; her remains were found in forest. Teen to go on trial as an adult in death of girl, 6 (TBO FL) Jessey Joe Roten accused of killing Ashley Mance, 6 Jury recommends death in couple's slaying (TBO FL) James "Jimbo" Ford trial; Kim and Gregory Malnory murders Man charged in hammer slaying of ex-municipal judge (Inside Denver) DeKalb girls molested by teacher sue school system (AJC) Claims of sex descrimination Michelle Holden a Victim, Defense Lawyer Charges (LA Times) Court TV to pull out of covering the case. Man sentenced to 155 years for kidnapping, sodomy attacks (KC Star) |
Experts: Computer virus set to strike Monday (Chicago Trib) Experts are warning of a malicious computer virus set to strike Monday, dubbed ``Chernobyl,'' that can erase a computer's hard-drive and prevent the equipment from restarting. |
Police net suspected pedophile on Internet (Gazette) He allegedly wanted to "disappear" with a 13-yr-old girl he met on the internet, make pornographic videos with her, get her pregnant and give the baby to an acquaintance who likes to have sex with infants. The "girl" turned out to be a police detective. |
| MADDIE RAE CLIFTON murder JOSHUA PHILIPS trial Jacksonville, Florida Judge sends boy's trial to Bartow--(Florida Times-Union) Case had too much publicity. Trial move is expensive production--(Florida Times-Union) Media outlets plan coverage. |
| San Luis Obispo, California Human remains found at suspect's home--(UPI) The 33-year-old man is considered the prime suspect in the disappearance of two local college students. |
| Waseca, Minnisota Waseca girl was stabbed by intruder--(CH4000) Town locking down, keeping close eye on children after first murder in this small town anyone can recall. |
| FRED GOLDMAN Seattle, Washington 5 years later, Goldman's anger turned to action--(Seattle Times) Goldman told members of a Seattle-based victims' rights group yesterday that violence is consuming America. |
| U.K. CRIME 'Abduction' case mother to be sentenced--(BBC) Anger as rapist's sentence is slashed--(BBC) Bus driver jailed for boy's murder--(BBC) Doctor "went blank as he shot the nurse he loved"--(PA-UK) Sex game woman jailed for life--(PA-UK) Freed lifer jailed for murdering girlfriend--(PA-UK) Nine years for tourist who raped and robbed--(London Evening Standard) |
| SUND/PELOSSO Case Californua Remains of two of three sightseers to be released--(Sacramento Bee) |
| New York Husband arrested in bludgeoning of investor wife--(WRAL) An investment manager is in critical condition with a fractured skull after her husband allegedly bludgeoned her with a barbell while she slept. |
| MADDIE RAE CLIFTON murder JOSHUA PHILIPS trial Jacksonville, Florida Teen's murder trial moved out of town--(UPI) |
| SERIAL KILLINGS? Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte forming police task force on killings of five women--(WRAL) Police seek connection in deaths of five women--(Charlotte Observer) Police confirmed that the five homicide victims and the one missing person have three things in common: They are all women, African American and participated in "high-risk lifestyles," sometimes including prostitution and drugs. |
| CRISTY RYNO Irving, Texas Missing Irving girl identified--(Fort Worth Star-Telegram) Authorities say body is Irving girl's--(Dallas Morning News) Police are treating Ryno case as homicide. |
| MATHEW ROTELL Land O'Lakes, Florida Families mourn at separate services--(St. Petersburg Times) The dissension between the families of Mathew Rotell, who died suspiciously, continued Thursday. |
| TINA CORNELIUS Hutto, Williamson County, Texas Dead children identified, missing mother sought--(Austin 360) |
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FLOYD DURR charged Chicago Man charged with killing Ryan Harris (Chicago Sun-Times) A 30-year-old man was charged Thursday with murdering 11-year-old Ryan Harris, while Cook County State's Attorney Richard Devine said the two young boys initially accused of the slaying ``should never have been charged.'' Now state says con killed girl (Chicago Trib) The Ryan Harris case index page (Chicago Trib) |
Suspect Named in Disappearance of 2 Students (LA Times) A man jailed on a parole violation is being investigated in connection with the disappearance of two college students: Aundria Lynn Crawford and Rachel Newhouse. Also missing is Kristen Smart, 19, of Stockton, who disappeared May 25, 1996. Brother, sister charged in kidnapping of girl, 4 (Akron Beacon Journal) Kok Kee Lee is accused of kidnapping Jasmine Gao and making a ransom demand. Man charged in rape, abduction of 5-year-old (AJC) Wayne Cody Morita charged with rape and attempted murder of a 5-year-old girl who was found wandering naked in the woods. Weston's Mind-Set Detailed (Wash Post) Russell Eugene Weston Jr. told a court-appointed psychiatrist that he stormed the U.S. Capitol last summer, killing two police officers, to prevent the United States from being annihilated by disease and legions of cannibals. Kaczynski May Seek New Trial, Law Professor Says (LA Times) A University of Virginia law professor says he will not file a motion seeking a new trial for Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski, but he expects Kaczynski to do so. Tips to police up tenfold (AJC) The Colorado high school massacre has prompted an increase in calls to Georgia's school violence hotline, leading officials to arrest one seventh-grader. Ga jailed teens had Internet link to `Trenchcoat Mafia' (AJC) A Grim Account of Attack on 2 Sisters (Wash Post) Detective Says Suspect Told of Rampage That Killed Older Teen Teen Admits Killing His Parents (Wash Post) He gave his mother a big kiss, told her he loved her and then shot both of his parents to death inside their blue-shingled home. Quincy man pleads innocent to murdering wife (Boston Globe) Katherine Leonard Romano disappeared last September and her husband, Joseph D. Romano Jr., was arrested for her murder. Investigators say remnants of body tissue were found on an electric saw that had been borrowed from a neighbor. Man convicted again of slaying his wife (Boston Globe) David G. Magraw, who won a retrial when his conviction for murdering his wife was overturned, was convicted again yesterday, but this time of second-degree murder. Florida convict arrested for old murder in Utah (TBO FL)Howell Williams was extradited to Utah after the the body of a woman found on Interstate-15 eight years ago was identified as Barbara K. Williams. |
| AMY FISHER New York Amy Fisher to be released from prison--(Reuters) |
| Scotlandville, Louisiana 2 boys arrested in La. school shooting--(UPI) |
| KEENAN O'MAILIA, 6 North Augusta, Georgia Mother recalls 6-year-old's life--(Augusta Chronicle) Ms. O'Mailia didn't think the worst when Keenan didn't come home Saturday night. Children get caught up with each other and wander. |
| MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR case Texas O'Hair probe looks at bone fragments--(UPI) |
| Johannesburg, South Africa Students arrested for stoning school principle--(Reuters) The dispute was over reductions in the teaching staff. |
| MATHEW ROTELL murder Land O'Lakes, Florida Mom may have mental disorder, attorney says--(St. Petersburg Times) Munchausen syndrome by proxy? Divorced couple fueding over funeral for slain son--(Sun-Sentinel) |
| RYAN HARRIS, 11 FLOYD DURR charged Chicago, Ill. Man Charged in Girl's Killing -- (WRAL) It was a crime for which two little boys originally were charged. Now, a man has been indicted on charges of murdering an eleven-year-old Chicago girl. |
| PAUL MASTERS murder ALBERT FENTRESS, judged insane Jury says man who was hospitalized in cannabalism killing can go free--(POSTnet) Wednesday's decision shocked many in the criminal justice system and even drew a response from the governor's mansion. |
| AMANDA LEE MILLER DOMINICK LOGAN CORNELIUS Hutto, Williamson County, Texas Dead children identified, police looking for mom--(KTBC-Fox7) |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California "Sickening scenario" of fatal trip--(Modesto Bee) Investigators are making significant progress in piecing together what happened to the three slain Yosemite sightseers. The unfolding scenario, in the words of one law officer, "makes me sick to my stomach." Picture of Cedar Lodge--(The Bee) |
| JUAREZ SERIAL MURDERS FBI asked to help investigate suspect in Juarez slayings--(Fort Worth Star-Telegram) The FBI has been asked to help investigate the main suspect in the slayings of up to a dozen women in the Mexican border city of Juarez, the El Paso Times reported today. |
