| DAVID MILGAARD Canada Milgaard commited by B.C. doctor--(Saskatoon Star-Phoenix) David Milgaard spent almost 23 years in prison for the 1969 murder of Saskatoon nursing aide Gail Miller. He was released in 1992 after a Supreme Court review, and exonerated in 1997 after DNA tests proved semen found at the crime scene didn't match his. Now Milgaard has been locked up against his will, committed for psychiatric care. Mom Joyce blames Sask. government for her son's fragile state. |
| Taber, Alberta, Canada (Reuters photo) Teen shooter strikes at Alberta school--(Calgary Sun) Shooting eerily similar to Littleton tragedy. |
| Elephant Butte, New Mexico Authorities still searching Ray's mobile home for clues--(ABQ Tribune) State police said the latest search was prompted by new information police obtained in the case. |
| ASHLEY TAGGERT, 3 Lancaster, Ohio Similarities in disappearances studied--(Columbus Dispatch) Police say they have no leads on missing Lancaster girl. |
| TINA MARIE CORNELIUS Austin, Texas Missing mother is found here--(Corpus Christi Caller Times) Her two children were found dead near Hutto. Mother of two slain children found--(Austin American-Statesman) Investigators are questioning Cornelius in Corpus Christi. Mother of two dead children found--(Dallas Morning News) Discovery comes hours after parents issue plea. Dead children's mother found in Corpus Christi Cornelius is not technically under arrest. |
1983 Jane Doe finally has an identity (SP Times) Thanks to a Web-surfing sister in Texas, a woman found dead almost 16 years ago in Tampa now has a name. Coroner Launches Internet Site on Unclaimed Bodies (LA Times) Searches: Office sets up database of people it has identified but whose relatives it has been unable to reach. Citing Post-Traumatic Stress Is Risky Legal Maneuver (LA Times) Using the defense at trial is hard, but at clemency stage--as in Babbitt case--politics adds another obstacle. 'Over the Hill Gang' suspect is arrested (Boston Globe) A 78-year-old man who escaped from San Quentin Prison in a makeshift kayak two decades ago and was an alleged member of a Massachusetts robbery gang, was in custody in Florida yesterday after his arrest in connection with a string of bank robberies. Man Who Escaped San Quentin Prison in '79 Is Captured in Florida (LA Times) Parents Try to Grasp Son's Arrest, Death (Wash Post) Last fall, Charles Ivey Huddleston Jr. was pronounced a hero for rescuing a police officer trapped in a burning patrol car. Last Monday, he became a prime suspect in a carjacking and died shortly after his arrest. Va. Man Executed For 1997 Slayings (Wash Post) Eric Payne, 26, was executed by injection for murdering two women during a six-day rampage of hammer beatings. No Knife Wounds Found In `Stabbed' Body (Chicago Trib) Prosecutors seeking to convict 16-year-old Eddie Huggins for the 1998 murder of Lorraine Gates were forced to confront conflicting evidence. 20 Bodies to Be Tested in 'Angel of Death' Case (LA Times) Tissue will be searched for traces of drugs that may have been used to hasten their dying at Glendale hospital. Suspect denies allegations. |
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Council may subpoena Springer (Chicago Sun-Times) Chicago aldermen vowed Wednesday to subpoena Jerry Springer if the controversial TV talk show host refuses to testify voluntarily about the fistfights and chair-throwing brawls on his syndicated program. Springer Might Star in Hearing (Chicago Trib) JENNY JONES
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| DUPAGE 7 Trial
Chicago Who Killed 10-yr-old Jeanine Nicarico? State knew Dugan details (Chicago Sun-Times) State Police investigating sex-killer Brian Dugan picked up details linking him to Jeanine Nicarico's 1983 murder before DuPage County prosecutors learned of them, a former police commander testified Wednesday. |
| CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
Father prevails in custody battle (SP Times) Adam Rotell, 8, can stay temporarily with his father, Stephen. A grand jury will look into the death of Mathew Rotell. 6-yr-old Mathew was found dead under mysterious circumstances while in his mother's care. Abuse case called 'persecution' (Denver Post) The mystery surrounding the bedtime death of a 6-year-old Roberta Evers forced the state to prosecute the child's adoptive parents, Sandy and Dennis Evers, for deadly child abuse. Is spanking abuse? SJC to take up case (Boston Globe) In the heart and mind of Woburn pastor Donald R. Cobble Jr., he has a God-given and biblically sanctioned right to punish his young son by spanking him with a leather belt. But the state agency charged with protecting children disagrees, likening Cobble's tough-love discipline to child abuse. Slay Jury Sees Pics Of Dying Baby (NY Daily News) Pictures of a dying baby boy, his legs so thin that his skin looked too large for his limbs, were shown yesterday to a Bronx jury in the groundbreaking trial of a breast-feeding mom charged with manslaughter. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado JonBenet's aunt rails at inquiry (Inside Denver) JonBenet Ramsey's aunt lashed out at the grand jury inquiry into the girl's death, protesting Wednesday that key family members had not been given a chance to testify. Photo of Patsy Ramsey's sister, Pamela Paugh, courtesy A Ramsey Case Primer (Redd Herring). |
| MATHEW ROTELL Land O'Lakes, Florida Custody ruling on dead boy's brother expected today--(St. Peterburg Times) Adam has been in foster care. Brother Mathew was found dead in the family minivan two weeks ago. |
| TINA MARIE CORNELIUS Austin, Texas Mother of dead children found in Corpus Christi--(TBO) |
| Batavia, Ohio Mom gets life in rape case -- (Cincinnati Enquirer) Judge: Woman should never be freed A mother received four consecutive life terms in prison for the repeated rapes of her two daughters. |
| Taber, Alberta, Canada Student killed in Canada school--(BBC) Reports described the suspect as a teenager, wearing a blue trenchcoat, who walked into the school wielding a .22 calibre rifle. |
| PILAR RODRIGUZ, 4 Hollywood, California missing since February Cops think dad plotting revenge--(UPI) |
| Elephant Butte, New Mexico Torture suspect had Galveston address--(The Daily News) Two of four people in a suspected sex-torture ring in New Mexico spent months in Galveston, and officials here are working to determine whether they have any connection to open cases in the county. Nunavut, North West Territories Nunavut's first murder reported--(National Post Online) Just 22 days after its creation, the new territory of Nunavut has seen its first homicide, following an apparent late-night domestic dispute between a couple in Iqaluit. Chicago, Illinois Couple in custody in connection with dismemberment of man, 54--(Chicago Tribune) They claim the killing happened in self-defense, and there are no witnesses. England Gardai search bog for bodies of women--(Belfast Telegraph) It is feared that all of the women have been murdered and that their bodies have been hidden in remote areas. |
| SERIAL KILLINGS or MISSING WOMEN? Vancouver, B.C., Canada Reward not best option for finding 21 missing women: detective--(Vancouver Sun) |
| EFREN SALDIVAR, 28 Glendale, California Cops open graves over "Angel of Death"--(CH2000) Police to exhume bodies of possible mercy killings. |
| Taber, Alberta, Canada Two Alberta students shot--(NewsWorld Online) |
| KRYSTAL WHITLEY, 30 Rockwoods Reservation, Missouri missing since March 3, 1999 Police find bones they suspect are those of teacher--(POSTnet) |
| TINA MARIE CORNELIUS Austin, Texas missing since April 20, 1999 Search continues for mother, parents send out plea--(KTBC-Fox7) |
| GLENDA JEAN "JESSE" RAY, 31 ABQ-J photo Elephant Butte, New Mexico Woman arraigned on murder charges--(KOB-TV/MSNBC) She is the fourth and latest person charged. Daughter innocent in Butte case, lawyer says--(ABQ Journal) Woman, dad head to court May 11. Authorities renew search...--(WRAL) State police and F.B.I. have returned to David Ray's property. |
| Hong Kong This was no cat burglar--(Reuters) |
| MARY B. PEREZ, 9 San Antonio, Texas Body identified as Mary B.--(San Antonio Express) The body of a young girl in a Mickey Mouse shirt found Sunday near Alazan Creek has been identified by her fingerprints as that of missing 9-year-old Mary Beatrice Perez. |
| ASHLEY TAGGERT, 3 Volunteers join hunt for missing girl--(Columbus Dispatch) Ashley, who is 40 inches tall and weighs 38 pounds, was last seen in her back yard about 2 p.m. Monday. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Slain Argentine student laid to rest--(Sacramento Bee) 16-year-old killed in California buried in Argentina--(Sacramento Bee/POSTnet) |
| Norwalk, Connecticut Secret video traps 'nanny from hell'--(London News) Nanny pleads not guilty to tossing kids--(Philadelphia Inquirer) |
| ANDRE BOSSE, 11 Muskegon, Michigan Suspect Dean Metcalfe denies help finding body was part of plea deal--(Detroit News) Convicted pedophile is accused of killing girl, missing since June '97. |
| Acclaimed probation chief indicted on larceny charges--(Boston Globe) Andrew R. Klein, a nationally known former Quincy probation chief whose work won him acclaim on "60 Minutes," was indicted yesterday on charges he stole probation fees and created a $30,000 "mini-slush fund" for office parties and other perks. Trial begins in perplexing murder case--(Chicago Tribune) Eddie Huggins allegedly confessed to stabbing a woman to death, but a medical examiner's report showed that Lorraine Gates died of blunt force trauma and strangulation. Video checked over Jill Dando murder--(BBC) Detectives investigating the murder are studying closed circuit television footage and are constructing an electronically generated picture of the suspect. Youth kills 3 family members, self--(LA Times) Police say a dispute over drug use may have sparked the rampage. Boy, 10, spared imprisonment in killing of brother--(LA Times) The boy admitted killing his brother with a steak knife last year. DA: Mother starved baby for revenge--(NY Post) A Bronx woman accused of manslaughter after her breastfed baby son died of starvation deliberately killed him to get back at her cheating boyfriend, a prosecutor charged yesterday. Two inmates take nurse hostage--(Dallas Morning News) Two male inmates at a state prison mental hospital held a female hostage for more than nine hours Tuesday before releasing her unharmed and giving up to authorities. Canadian child porn law called "thought control"--(Reuters) Canada's law against personal possession of child pornography was denounced in a courtroom Tuesday as an attempt at "censorship" and "thought control." |
| Great Britain Why we mourn celebrities -- (BBC) The huge outpouring of grief in response to the murder of Jill Dando once again raises the spectre of a nation shocked and saddened by one death. |
| ASHLEY TAGGERT, 3 Lancaster, Ohio Girl disappears from Ohio yard--(UPI) Lancaster girl, 3, disappears fron back yard--(Columbus Dispatch) |
| Connecticut Homicide victims' families want more sensitivity from legal system--(Newsday) Friends and families of Connecticut homicide victims got together at the state Capitol for their annual rally and exchanged horror stories - about their difficulties with the Connecticut legal system. |
| GLENDA JEAN "JESSE" RAY (AP photo) Elephant Butte, New Mexico Picture of Ray post-arrest--(The Herald) Police arrest daughter of TorC torture-suspect--(ABQ Journal) |
| "BRUSH GIRL" APRIL DAWN LACY? Decatur, Texas My name is ... Two-and-a-half years later, mystery may be solved--(Ft. Worth Star-Telegram) The rancher was out that morning checking on his cattle when buzzards caught his attention. Thinking one of his cows had died, the rancher followed the birds to a pile of brush, and that's where he found the body. Parents Await DNA Tests on Body--(Oklahoman) Until the DNA results come in, Dale and Jacqueline Lacy refuse to believe the naked, decomposing body found nearly three years ago in a Texas field belongs to their missing runaway daughter. |
| AMANDA LEE MILLER and DOMINICK LOGAN CORNELIUS Hutto, Texas Funeral set for toddlers--(KXAN News) Mother Tina Marie Cornelius is still missing. |
| DAVID MILGAARD case Saskatchewan, Canada Milgaard's mom 'flipping mad' over payment--(Star-Phoenix) Joyce Milgaard is setting up camp on the lawn of the Saskatchewan legislature next week. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case Boulder, Colorado Unsolved Mystery: The evidence is against the JonBenet investigation--(Fayetteville Online -- Editorial) Under any other circumstances, the grand jury’s announcement in JonBenet Ramsey’s murder would have been splashed across the front pages of newspapers and tabloids in Colorado and the rest of the nation. |
| Los Angeles, California 2 adults, 2 kids found dead--(UPI) Shootings appear to be a family murder-suicide. |
| KRYSTAL WHITLEY, 30 Missing since March 3, 1999 Missouri Skull found in woods is missing teacher's--(POSTnet) The search for a second-grade teacher became a homicide investigation Monday as officials confirmed that a skull found in remote woods in far west St. Louis County was hers. |
| MATHEW ROTELL murder case Florida Custody case lawyers told to clam up--(Tampa Tribune) With one son dead, and a divorced couple fighting over custody of their other child, a judge tells the lawyers to stop talking to the media. |
| FRANKLIN BOYD murder BRIAN HUNT arrested Bonita Springs, Florida Homeless murder suspect serial killer?--(UPI) Police in Bonita Springs have sent the fingerprints of a homeless man charged with murder to the FBI laboratory in hopes of clearing unsolved homicides in a number of states. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Grieving Argentina prepares to bury murdered teen--(Modesto Bee) |
