| KATIE POIRIER, 19 abducted May 26 Moose Lake, Minnesota Official search for missing Moose Lake woman ends--(Star-Tribune) Poirier was kidnapped 11 days ago while working the night shift alone at DJ's Expressway Conoco along Interstate Hwy. 35 in Moose Lake. |
| YARMILA FALATER murder case
SCOTT FALATER sleepwalker on trial Arizona Case adds 'nerd' defense (Arizona Republic) Scott Falater's defense team isn't just putting on a sleepwalking defense, it's also defending him as too mild-mannered and controlled -- too much of a nerd -- to have deliberately stabbed his wife to death. |
| JEANINE NICARICO, 10 murder case
BRIAN DUGAN suspect Naperville, Ill. Prosecutor in no hurry to charge Dugan (Chicago Trib) Sixteen years after Jeanine Nicarico was abducted, raped and murdered in one of the most vicious crimes in the history of DuPage County, the case remains officially unsolved. |
NANCY RICHARD-AKERS romance novelist murdered
MATHEW ROTELL murdered 8-yr-old
DEADLY ALZHEIMERS |
| Kansas
Inmate's sentence for drug possession called excessive (KC Star) Twenty-nine of 30 women serving life sentences in Kansas prisons are convicted murderers or kidnappers. The other is Gloria Van Winkle. Her crime was possessing one-sixteenth of an ounce of cocaine, equivalent to less than two artificial sweetener packets. |
| South China Headless corpse in basket: man held--(South China Morning Post) Detectives believed the woman was chopped to death, placed in the basket and then taken to Shim Luen Street on a wooden trolley. |
| LYNN HARPER murdered June 09, 1959 STEVEN TRUSCOTT convicted Ontario, Canada A question of guilt--(Toronto Sun) After 40 years, Steven Truscott still swears he did not kill Lynn Harper. |
| SNOWTOWN SERIAL KILLINGS South Australia DPP fears for prosecution case in serial killings--(ABC Online) Concerns have been expressed again about the media coverage of South Australia's serial killing of 10 people. SA killings accused named--(ABC Online) A suppression order has been lifted. |
| (MARY) FRANCINE HUNTER missing Washington A high-tech search for a missing wife--(Newsweek 06-14-99) A ground-penetrating radar scan gives an expert clues about what's beneath the soil. |
| DICK TRACY It's a little late, but Dick Tracy's radio is almost a reality--(WRAL) |
| OJ SIMPSON Los Angeles Five years after slayings, O.J. Simpson struggles with aftermath (Nando Times) Five years after his ex-wife and her friend were found dead outside her Brentwood condominium, the defining event in O.J. Simpson's life is the case that became what many called the Trial of the Century. Backlash from Simpson case still plagues courts (Nando Times) Figures in Simpson case (Nando Times) Where are they now? |
| SAEED QASHASH, 20 executed Amman, Jordan Jordanian man who killed 12 hanged--(AP) He had confessed to last June's murders, saying his family had pestered him to pass his final school exams. |
| FABIANO Child Molestation Case
Chicago On a quest for vindication (Chicago Sun-Times) "This nightmare took the joy from their lives. They lost their good name. They became celebrities, but not like Michael Jordan. Their name will always be falsely and unfairly associated with the vile crime of child sexual abuse."--Sandra and Frank Fabiano v. City of Palos Hills et al, Cook County Circuit Court Where are they now? (Chicago Sun-Times) |
| DUPAGE 5 Trial
Who really killed 10-yr-old Jeanine Nicarico? Chicago Cruz could face perjury charge (Chicago Trib) DuPage also will probe Dugan role Cruz's own testimony helped clear lawmen (Chicago Sun-Times) Jurors partied into the night after reaching not guilty verdicts in the DuPage 5 trial. But they insisted Saturday that the celebration with the acquitted lawmen and their supporters came only after careful, sober deliberations. Cruz, lack of evidence hurt case, jurors say (Chicago Trib) Despite losing, Kunkle says case sends warning (Chicago Trib) Kunkle Tack Raised Reasonable Doubt About Success (Chicago Trib) |
| CRIME FILES JUSTICE STORY
South Africa -- A story that began on a hot day in June, 1914 A Potion for Murder (NY Daily News) Dorothea (Dina) Kraft, a widow fair and fortyish, sought witchery to ease her problems on her South African farm, but the only effective evil she found was in her own heart. |
| IRENE SILVERMAN missing socialite presumed murdered
KENNETH and SANTE KIMES grifter suspects New York 'Killer' Doodles May Be Slay Suspect's (NY Post) Investigators in the murder of a missing millionairess plan to examine bizarre doodles and scribbles experts say may have been made by slay suspect Kenneth Kimes - and reveal killer instincts. |
| COURT FILES
This Time, Judge Judy's a Defendant (LA Times) It's bad enough to share a name with a dead president whose most famous quotation is "I am not a crook!" But wait, it gets worse ... this story and more. Civil Offense (Wash Post) Last August, Timothy Joseph Boomer fell out of a canoe and into First Amendment history. Because after being deposited in the water, Boomer allegedly cut loose with f-related profanities, and a nearby sheriff's deputy charged him with violating a 102-year-old Michigan law that makes it a misdemeanor to curse in the presence of women or children. |
| LEANNE CORYELL murdered
RAY LAMAR JOHNSTON on trial Northdale, Fla. Trial awaits accused killer (SP Times) Almost two years after his arrest, smooth-talking charmer Ray Lamar Johnston is set to go on trial Monday in the murder of Leanne Coryell, a popular dental assistant found dead in a church pond behind Gaither High School in 1997. Johnston has proclaimed his innocence from day one. |
| JUAREZ SERIAL KILLINGS Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Unsolved serial killings spark anger in Mexican factory town--(CNN) The brutal murders of nearly 200 young women in and around this gritty factory town has fueled public anger toward Mexican authorities and U.S. companies that employed many of the victims. |
| DEBORAH BROWN abducted DONALD WOOD and CHRISTOPHER BROUILLARD murdered STEVEN BROWN and PATRICIA TEETER charged Portland, Maine Two in Brown kidnapping say 'not guilty'--(Portland Press Herald) The extreme nature of the case highlighted growing concerns about domestic violence, concerns that helped drive the creation of some of the federal laws Brown and Teeter are now accused of breaking. Interstate domestic-violence charges have never before been filed in Maine. The law was passed by Congress as part of the federal crime bill in 1994. The Interstate Stalking Punishment and Prevention Act was passed in 1996. |
| BILL HULL murder JOSH CAIN and TREVOR WALRAVEN, charged Wolf Creek, Oregon Murder investigation reveals teen's hidden life in Oregon backwoods--(WRAL) They grew up without telephone, television or Internet, in a home they helped their parents carve from 52 acres behind locked gates deep in the southern Oregon mountains. |
| THAI SERIAL KILLINGS Bangkok, Thailand Egyptian held as Thai police probe murder of six tourists--(Yahoo Asia News) An Egyptian tour guide is being questioned, and is suspected of operating in a gang. |
| KATIE POIRIER, 19 abducted May 26 Moose Lake, Minnesota Note: The nationally televised crime show "America's Most Wanted" will air the story of Poirier's abduction tonight. Poirier reward climbs higher--(Duluth News) New reward started in Poirier case--(Star-Tribune) Reward fund doubled in Poirier's disappearance--(Star-Tribune) |
| DORIS GREEN, 36 Wenatchee child sex rings Spokane, Washington Woman wins right to new hearing--(The Oregonian) The state Court of Appeals here ordered a rare investigative hearing to gather evidence in Green's case. |
| JUNIOR BRAITHWAITE The Wailers Kingston, Jamaica Shot and killed by unidentified gunmen--(Washington Post) Braithwaite was the second group member to die in this manner. |
| YARMILA FALATER murdered
SCOTT FALATER "Sleepwalker" husband on trial Arizona Sleep testimony battle (Arizona Republic) Wife triggered the attack, first expert witness says |
| JAIMONE CHILDERS, 11
Arlington, Texas Body found in FW lake identified as boy's (Dallas Morning News) Family's worst fears confirmed (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram) Body identified as missing Arlington boy (MSNBC) Arlington Police say they didn't issue the Amber Alert Plan because originally, the parents reported it as a possible runaway. |
| CRIME NEWS AROUND THE NET
Springer Sez Show Mocks Violence (NY Daily News) A combative Jerry Springer yesterday defended his top-rated talk-and-smack TV show as one that ridicules violence and the guests involved in it. 8 Arrested, Homes Seized in Alleged Software Piracy (LA Times) Federal and state authorities seized several Los Angeles County homes valued at more than $4 million and arrested eight people this week on suspicion of money laundering and running the nation's largest Microsoft counterfeiting scheme. Fagan deluged with deal offers, his lawyer says (Boston Globe) Convicted kidnapper Stephen Fagan is being inundated with offers to sell the book and movie rights to his story, according to his attorney, Richard Egbert. |
| VICKEY RENEE NEWTON - a "Jane Doe" for 15 years
Tampa Florida Family finally faces girl's killer at hearing (SP Times) After finding her missing sister on the Internet, a woman confronts the man convicted of killing the girl. Killer turns up, faces 15 years (Tampa Trib) |
| OSCAR RAY BOLIN
Tampa, Fla. Bolin again sentenced to death for 2 murders (SP TImes) Oscar Ray Bolin's attorney declares his intent to begin a new round of appeals. Thirteen years have passed since Stephanie Collins, a 17-year-old Chamberlain High student, was plucked from a suburban parking lot and stabbed and beaten to death. That same year, Natalie Blanche Holley, who worked at a Church's Fried Chicken restaurant, was also kidnapped and murdered. Bolin again receives death (Tampa Trib) |
OWEN HART Widow, brother of wrestler who died at Kemper meet with police (KC Star) The widow and a brother of wrestler Owen Hart, who was killed when a stunt went awry May 23 at Kemper Arena, met with Kansas City police Thursday and Friday. |
| Kansas City
Missing evidence imperils man's third murder trial (KC Star) Prosecutors have twice tried to convict Clarence Dexter of murdering his wife. His first trial ended in a mistrial, and a verdict in a second was overturned on appeal. Now the third trial is in trouble because prosecutors cannot find key evidence. |
| Sketch of suspect Orlando, Florida Are two rapes, one killing related?--(Orlando Sentinel) Police have not linked the rapes to the killing, but sex crime and homicide investigators want to question a man known as Cowboy. |
| Spokane, Washington Spokane's Serial Killer Task Force is on alert--(MSNBC) Portland investigators say they appear to have a serial killer targeting women with risky lifestyles, that’s why they called Spokane. Police see pattern in bodies found in Forest Park--(The Oregonian) The body discovered Wednesday night is the third woman found in the past month, and officials see the possibility of a serial killer. |
| Annapolis, Maryland Don't call her 'babe'--(WRAL) If you find yourself in a Maryland courtroom, and a female lawyer is there -- watch your mouth. |
| KATIE POIRIER, 19 abducted Moose Lake, Minnesota New sketch in clerk's disappearance released--(Star-Tribune) Search for abducted convenience store clerk continues--(Star-Tribune) Despite statistics, residents worry about violent crimes across state--(Star-Tribune) |
| MALNORY murders
JAMES "Jimbo" FORD sentencing Punta Gorda, Fla. Ford ordered executed for killing couple (Sarasota Herald Trib) As James "Jimbo" Dennis Ford listened to a judge sentence him to die Thursday for executing Kim and Greg Malnory during a family picnic, relatives of the slain Punta Gorda couple sobbed. |
| Atlanta, Georgia
Police find new body for old head (AJC) First there was the man's head in a bag. On Thursday, six weeks after discovery of the head, Atlanta police went back to the same neighborhood and found two arms, two legs, two feet and one pair of jogging pants. |
| ANGELA SPENCE-SHAW murder case
Little Compton, Mass. Mass. police assist probe of R.I. woman's beating death Rhode Island State Police are getting help from Massachusetts detectives in the search for the killer of a Little Compton grandmother whose battered body was found in her bathtub. |
| CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
Kidnapping Suspect Held Without Bond (Wash Post) According to the charging documents, the parents and their 4-year-old daughter were asleep in the family's master bedroom when the mother was awakened by a noise, saw a shadowy figure from behind and then realized that her daughter was not in her bed. Teen charged in boy's assault was like family, victim's kin say (Boston Globe) When police told the 5-yr-old's family that Bethoney lured their little boy into an industrial park, beat him, and tried to rape him Tuesday night, family members struggled to believe it. Assistant principal's rape case is in hands of Middlesex jury (Boston Globe) The trial of Richard DiGiacomo started with a frightening allegation that the Medford public school administrator had dragged a young girl into his home, gagged her with tape, and sexually assaulted her. |
| JAIMONE CHILDERS, 11
Arlington, Texas Body found in FW lake believed to be that of missing boy (Dallas Morning News) Arlington child found in lake has similarities to missing one (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram) Family had sought alert on radio, TV (Dallas Morning News) Last month, authorities strengthened the criteria for when the North Texas child abduction alert system would be used, saying it would be issued only if a missing child was younger than 15 or disabled and believed to be in danger. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Ramseys may never be called (Inside Denver) Grand jury subpoenas could force release of all statements Judge reduces damages to former reporter (Boulder News ) scroll to third story |
| SHARON GREEN murder JAMES LAVOY WATERS charged Pensacola, Florida Remains at golf course identified as woman missing for 6 years--(TBO-FL) |
| Forest Park, Oregon Forest Park yields body for the 3rd time in a month--(The Oregonian) Hikers spotted the corpse, which police say they won't approach until today because of difficult terrain. |
