| MISSING: TOMMY the DOG Washington Guard dog is taken along with the loot--(Washington Post) When the thieves left the used-car lot in Northwest Washington, they took more than the tools and vacuum cleaner. They also stole Tommy, the guard dog. |
| LOUISE WOODWARD United Kingdom Woodward parents 'arrested over trust fund'--(BBC) Gary and Sue Woodward, the parents of convicted au pair Louise Woodward, have been arrested in connection with a trust fund set up for their daughter. |
| RACHEL NEWHOUSE and AUNDRIA CRAWFORD murders REX ALLEN KREBS arraignment San Luis Obispo, California Convicted rapist formerly arraigned in murders of college students--(Sacramento Bee) Krebs pleads not guilty. |
| Albany, New York N.Y. court says teeth and other body parts aren't dangerous weapons--(WRAL) |
| CEDRICK SAMUELS, JR. Chicago, Illinois `Guardian' Charged In death bf boy, 8--(Chicago Tribune) Monica Floyd-Brewer, the 'unofficial guardian' of 8-year-old Cedrick Samuels Jr., was charged with first-degree murder Wednesday in connection with his shooting death on Saturday. It was the boy's birthday. |
| CINDY LEA HENDY DAVID PARKER RAY Elephant Butte, New Mexico Court: Hendy says Ray killed 14 Coffinlike box found in search. DA: Hendy said Ray killed up to 14 |
| Rio Rancho, NM Kevorkian associate under probe in N.M. (Albuquerque Trib) An associate of Dr. Jack Kevorkian's is under investigation in the death of a Rio Rancho woman, and the district attorney says Dr. Georges Reding may be responsible for other assisted suicides in New Mexico and other states. |
| DEATH ROW
Gilmore Stops Execution for First Time (Wash Post) Mental Illness Of Inmate Cited: Calvin E. Swann's attorneys contended he was too mentally ill to understand either his crime or the impending punishment. |
| Belleair Beach, Florida
Beach mayor is arrested in federal investigation (SP Times) The Belleair Beach man and 11 others are accused of being part of an offshore money laundering scheme. Arrested mayor receives support (SP Times) |
| DUPAGE 7 Trial
Chicago Who really killed 10-yr-old Jeanine Nicarico? Killer's address remains in dispute (Chicago Sun-Times) Special prosecutor William Kunkle moved Wednesday to rebut claims that Rolando Cruz and sex-killer Brian Dugan may have lived next door to each other at the time of Jeanine Nicarico's murder. |
Teacher charged in rape of girl, 6 (Boston Globe) A Dorchester kindergarten teacher was charged with raping one of his 6-year-old students at his apartment last weekend. Sex offender's Ryce Act trial postponed (Tampa Trib) His attorney wins a trial delay. Stephen Edward Allen instead will be sent to a controversial treatment site. Man Gets 15 Years to Life in Wife's Slaying at Union Station (Wash Post) Tourists and travelers saw the murder. Some laughed. They thought it was a movie. Severed finger left behind after auto shop owner is killed (TBO-FL) ``We found a severed finger at the crime scene,'' said a detective. ``We believe it may have belonged to one of the culprits.'' |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Jealous Brother, 9 Killed JonBenet In A Rage, Claims Tab (NY Post) Star magazine says JonBenet's parents, John and Patsy, are in secret plea-bargain negotiations with prosecutors in Boulder, Colo., to end one of the most sensational murder cases in history. Top Cop, DA Should Be Tried For Stupidity (NY Post) |
| MATHEW ROTELL, 6 - murdered
KRISTINA GAIME - mother charged Tampa, Fla. Mother accused of killing son is returned to jail (SP Times) Kristina Gaime is in the jail's medical wing but is off a 24-hour suicide watch. Mother charged in sons death taken to jail (TBO-FL) Murdered boy's father speaks out (MSNBC/WFLA) Father wants custody changes (Tampa Trib) Stephen Rotell, whose 6-year-old son was found dead a month ago, hopes the death will spur changes. |
| Riverview, Fla.
Body found buried near Riverview home (SP Times) Deputies say a tip led them to the body. A woman who has lived there 10 years says the discovery is "horrifying." Remains may solve 11-year mystery (Tampa Trib) Some friends fear a body found behind a Riverview trailer is a transvestite who disappeared long ago. |
| LaGrange, Georgia
Autopsy shows baby was stabbed (AJC) An autopsy shows that a baby girl, found stuffed inside a garbage bag under the house where her mother lived, died of stab wounds to the chest. |
 New Book Aims to 'Professionalize' Criminal Profiling -- (Business Wire) Those entering the medical profession take the Hippocratic oath. Law enforcement personnel must swear to protect and serve before pinning on a badge. A barber or hairdresser must be licensed before cutting one strand of hair. These are all examples of standards that are used to define a given profession, benchmarks for those who have chosen that profession. But how does one know when he or she is a professional criminal profiler? |
| Elephant Butte, New Mexico Girlfriend: Man told of killing as many as 14 people--(AP/POSTnet) The information, which came in an interview with Cynthia Lea Hendy soon after her arrest, was released Wednesday by Deputy District Attorney Jim Yontz. |
| YOSEMITE TOURISTS case California TERRY RAY No link in Yosemite killings, drowning--(UPI) No foul play in death of Salidan--(Modesto Bee) |
| GEORGE JONES Franklin, Tennessee Jones pleads guilty to drunk driving charge--(WRAL) Saying "I did wrong", country singer George Jones pleaded guilty today to a drunken driving charge for an accident that nearly killed him in March. He will not have to do jail time. |
| CLAIR HART murder CRAIG SMITH trial Cheshire, England Man denies strangling schoolgirl--(BBC) Claire vanished while walking the mile from her home in Eaton, Cheshire, to Dane Valley High School along a footpath. Her body was later found in the River Dane. |
| LARRY FLYNT Cincinnati Flynt trial ends in plea agreement--(UPI) |
| MATTHEW HERMAN
New York Murder in Central Park (NY Daily News) The mysterious death of a young magazine executive in Central Park was ruled a homicide yesterday when an autopsy revealed the man had been choked to death. |
Hackers Byte Back at Allies (NY Post) As bombs fall on Belgrade, computer hackers are counterattacking against U.S. Internet sites. Pro-Chinese hackers shut down the Web pages of the U.S. Interior and Energy departments on Sunday. |
| JILL WEATHERWAX murder
Los Angeles Beauty and the Beasts (LA Times) When Fresno Police Det. Al Murrietta asked why the big interest in the murder of a Hollywood beauty queen, I had no immediate answer. "Aren't girls like her a dime a dozen down there?" he wanted to know. |
 JONBENET RAMSEY case Boulder, Colorado Grand jury doesn't meet again (Boulder News) Speculation grows over possible indictment in JonBenét Ramsey killing as the schedule of the grand jury investigating the 1996 slaying of JonBenét Ramsey continues to become more erratic. |
 LISA McPHERSON death CHURCH of SCIENTOLOGY charged Clearwater, Florida Scientology files motions to drop charges (SP Times) Church staffers were "negligent" in Lisa McPherson's death, but that's no reason to charge the church, motions say. Lisa McPherson Memorial Page (lisamcpherson.org) Lisa McPherson Memorial Page and request for help in solving why and how she died. |
| MATHEW ROTELL, 6 - murdered KRISTINA GAIME - mother charged Tampa, Florida Letters may show what Gaime was thinking (Tampa Trib) 'I'm not going to see him anymore' (SP Times) Speaking publicly for the first time since 6-year-old Mathew's death on April 12, Stephen Rotell told the Times on Tuesday that he is determined to shield his surviving son, Adam, from the onslaught of publicity brought on by the younger boy's death. |
| Man gets 20-years sentence in tollbooth slaying (Tampa Trib) A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the shooting death of a truck driver who had stopped at an expressway tollbooth without the proper change. 3 Bodies Found in Bomb Shelter in Va. (Wash Post) Lt. Amy Lubas, a police spokeswoman, said about 1:30 a.m., in the first official confirmation of the presence of the bodies, that they were "situated in such a way that it's too hazardous" to investigate further. Woman aboard shuttle raped (Boston Globe) A woman who boarded an airport shuttle van at Logan yesterday morning was driven to Myles Standish state forest, robbed, and repeatedly raped by the van driver, police said. Defendant convicted in killing of Claire-Marie Monti (KC Star) Monti, a 32-year-old computer trainer from suburban Philadelphia, was in the area for a job when she met two men at a popular Westport bar. The three went to Monti's hotel where she was attacked after refusing a sexual advance. Missing teen didn't alarm father at first (SP Times) The 16-year-old has disappeared several times before, says his father, who added he never thought to report the boy missing. |
| London, England Dando murder team calls on experts--(BBC) Police investigating the murder of BBC presenter Jill Dando have turned to criminal psychologists to help them track down her killer. |
| CURTIS SLIWA and the GUARDIAN ANGELS New York Guardian Angels founder marks 20 years of slammin' and jammin'--(WRAL) |
| GLENDA JEAN "Jesse" RAY Elephant Butte, New Mexico Trial ordered for daughter of sex-torture suspect--(Reuters) Rape/torture suspect to go to trial--(KOB-TV/MSNBC) Woman testifies about assault, trial ordered--(ABQ Journal) |
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| Boynton Beach, Florida Dog lovers donate bulletproof vests for dog deputies--(TBO-FL) |
| BRIAN ALPRESS HUNT Naples, Florida Suspect in Bonita murder may be Lee County's first suspected serial killer--(Naples Daily News) A person who kills three or more people at different times, leaving a cooling off period between the killings, is defined as a serial killer, said former FBI crime profiler Mike Napier. |
| O.J. SIMPSON Los Angeles, California No deal yet in Simpson custody battle--(WRAL) Lou Brown says there is no agreement. |
| Missing: JODI HUISENTRUIT presumed murdered
Mason City, Iowa Police eliminate suspect from Huisentruit case (Des Moines Register) A Minnesota rapist is no longer a suspect in the 1995 disappearance of Mason City anchorwoman Jodi Huisentruit, Mason City police said. |
| KEVIN DICKSON, 22 Clarke County, Iowa Case is built like on TV (Des Moines Register) Clarke County authorities acknowledge they caught a lucky break in one of the most unusual murder cases anyone here can remember. Acting on a tip, authorities searched an abandoned farmstead and found the skeleton of a man thought to have been killed 10 years ago. |
Feds Charge Three In Plot to Kill Judge, Prosecutor (NY Daily News) The way the feds see it, Thomas Palermo figured he could make stock-fraud charges go away by bribing the judge and the prosecutor. And if that didn't work, he planned on shooting the judge and stabbing the prosecutor in the neck, authorities contend. 'Shell-Shocked' Amy Heads Home To Mom (NY Post) She's baaack. "Long Island Lolita" Amy Fisher walked out of jail a free woman yesterday - and into a crush of reporters, swirls of controversy and an uncertain future. Comforters at the Death House Door (Wash Post) The man strapped to the gurney gulps his last breaths, waiting for the needle that will end his life. He has murdered a woman. And all but one of the two dozen people in this inner chamber of the Death House are here to make him pay. For Death in the Line of Duty (Wash Post) Police Departments Honor and Remember Those Lost in the Last Year. It was a day to "recognize our peace-keepers," said the grieving mother of a slain D.C. police officer. It was a day to honor the "bravery" of two U.S. Capitol police officers whose courage "protected untold others and kept the People's House open," said their heartbroken chief. |
| STEPHANIE CROWE murdered 12-yr-old
Escondido, Calif. Suspicions and Stereotypes Complicate Murder Case (LA Times) Doubts are raised on police tactics, and whether three bright teenagers or an unstable transient killed girl. The Confession (CBS 48-hours) |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Cop in JonBenet case poses as student (Inside Denver) Detective wanted list of art supplies for class Patsy Ramsey had taken. |
Time line in death of child disputed (Denver Post) Six-yr-old Roberta Evers death; parents on trial. The prosecution argues that the family's stories have changed over time and they contradict each other. Couple charged with child abuse in death of son (SP Times) Authorities say the parents failed to seek treatment for the 2-year-old boy after he was stung by a swarm of yellow jackets last fall. Man's cache springs bomb squad to action (SP Times) Upon hearing that relatives were rummaging through the home of his late uncle, George Wilson III immediately got on the phone with Tampa police. Deliberations begin in murder trial of Rodney Henry (KC Star) Victim or cowardly collaborator? Henry is charged with the sexual assault and killing of Pennsylvania businesswoman Claire-Marie Monti in April 1998 at her Lenexa hotel. |
 MARTHA MOXLEY murdered Greenwich, Conn. Getting Away With Murder -- Almost -- (Insight Magazine) Fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was murdered in 1975 in an upper-class Connecticut town where the police ignored evidence. Will arrests finally may be made in this case? Who Killed Martha Moxley? -- (marthamoxley.com) Case resource, news articles, discussion board, chat and more. On A&E's American Justice: Martha Moxley -- May 12 @ 9:00 PM Eastern. |
| GARY CURTIS "Babyfase" FAISON Dallas, Texas Former radio personality's 2nd criminal trial hinges on DNA -- (Dallas Morning News) Gary Curtis "Babyfase" Faison's second criminal trial will hang by the double helical chains of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, attorneys say. Prosecutors say tests prove he raped woman; defense to argue against accuracy. |
| LILLA FAYE MOLER, 28 STEPHANIE LYNN RUSSELL, 26 Portland, Oregon Forest Park deaths: Search for clues continues--(KOIN-CH6000) Bodies found in Forest Park I.D.'d--(KOIN-CH6000) |
