| GINETTE SANSON, 42 murder victim MARCEL SANSON, 44 charged Quebec, Canada Man kicks down door, shoots woman to death--(C-News) A man kicked in a door at a shelter for battered women Thursday and shot a woman to death with seven bullets as people looked on in horror, police said. |
| Clearwater, Florida Patrons jailed for overdue library books--(UPI) At least two people have been arrested this week because books they borrowed from the public library were overdue. |
| Detroit, Michigan Boy tells child, 3, to get in the dryer--(Detroit Free Press) She's in serious shape; two kids charged in case. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Drug use impairs Sund kidnap probe--(Fresno Bee) |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Sister denies reports of move by Ramseys (AJC) Photo of Pamela Paugh couresy of Redd Herring's A Ramsey Case Primer website. |
| SANDRA GALLAGHER murder
GLEN EDWARD ROGERS convicted serial killer Van Nuys, Calif. Murder Trial Opens With Defense Gambit (LA Times) Man accused of killing a woman in Van Nuys is already on Florida's death row. His lawyer names another man as the slayer. |
| Danbury, Conn.
Couple On `America's Most Wanted' Arrested (Hartford Courant) Couple charged in sexual assault caught after 14 years on run (Hartford Courant) |
| O.J. and the News Media
Living With O.J.'s Legacy (Hartford Courant) The O.J. Simpson case caused Americans to look at the justice system with a more skeptical eye. Perhaps that's because it also forever altered the way the media covers the most dramatic, exciting stories. |
| FUAD TAIMA and family murdered
McClean, Virginia Sketch Released in Triple Killing (Wash Post) Profile of a Puzzling Life (Washington Post) Solving the mystery of Fuad Khazal Taima's violent death will mean unraveling many of the puzzles of his life story. His body was found along with those of his wife and teenage son in their McLean house just before the Memorial Day weekend after what detectives described to relatives as execution-style slayings -- exactly two bullets to each chest, no gun found at the scene. |
| HANSCHU/GARNER murders
JAMES GARNER triple murder trial Castle Rock, Colorado Defense keys on 'subtle evidence' (Inside Denver) Garner slaying trial focuses on 'cuff link' Dismissed juror blasts Garner prosecution (Denver Post) |
| LEANNE CORYELL murder case
RAY LAMAR JOHNSTON on trial Tampa, Fla. Testimony counters murder suspect's statements (SP Times) In his first interview with detectives, Ray Lamar Johnston was so relaxed that he talked about his golf game and his involvement with the Brandon Chamber of Commerce while answering questions about the murder of Leanne Coryell. Questions raised at murder trial (SP Times) |
| THOMAS RIHA - missing since March 15, 1969
Boulder, Colorado Feds play games with public info (Boulder News) Thirty years ago this spring, a local university professor disappeared, leaving in his wake a suicide, two strange poisonings, a vexing mystery and a bitter feud between the CIA and the FBI. The case raises lots of questions. But the government to this day is stingy with answers. |
| VERA MEADOWS HAWLEY, 70 murdered CPL. JASON KINNISON, 21 charged Jacksonville, North Carolina Marine charged in slaying of woman at her apartment--(WRAL) |
| OWEN HART Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City police launch criminal investigation of wrestler's death--(POSTnet) Police now are conducting a criminal investigation into the death of professional wrestler Owen Hart because they wonder if the equipment he was using was appropriate for the stunt. |
| Texas Six murders linked to serial suspect--(KEYE-TV) |
| Lewthwaite wins battle for parole–(AAP) Child killer John David Lewthwaite, one of Australia's longest-serving prisoners, will walk free next week after winning a five-year battle for parole yesterday. |
| 20+ MISSING WOMEN Vancouver, Canada Private eyes join hunt for missing prostitutes--(C-News) The mystery of the disappearances has fuelled fears that one or more serial killers may be roaming the streets of the poverty-stricken neighbourhood, which has been ravaged by a rampant heroin and cocaine trade. |
| PAUL BERNARDO convicted killer Toronto, Canada Disney has role for Bernardo--(Vancouver Sun) Walt Disney Co. wants to use sex slayer Paul Bernardo and other serial killers to help market a new Spike Lee movie. |
| MARTHA MOXLEY 1975 murder case RUSHTON SKAKEL father of suspects West Palm Beach, Florida Attorney: Skakel 'out of control'; should not be forced to testify--(TBO-FL) Rushton Skakel barks and growls, steals food off people's plates in restaurants and has been known to rub bellies and noses with perfect strangers. |
| CATHERN FOUQUET murder Kansas City, Missouri Police puzzled over south Kansas City murder case--(Kansas City Star) It has been nearly six weeks since Cathern Fouquet was bound, raped and beaten to death in her south Kansas City home. Now police are out of leads and worried. |
| O.J. SIMPSON Los Angeles, California Mom of O.J.'s squeeze: "They are coke heads."--(New York Post) The mother of 22-year-old Christie Prody, who's been dating Simpson for three years, says the disgraced grid great and her daughter freely admitted to her that they are users. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Parolee held as police seek clues in Yosemite killing--(LA Times) |
| SUSAN and MALINDA BELASCO murdered THIERRY GAITAUD trial Paris, France French-American electronics technician denies California killings--(Sacramento Bee) The killings occurred in Vista in San Diego County on the night of June 15, 1992. Shortly before, Gaitaud had tried to take out two big life insurance policies on Belasco's and Malinda's lives. |
| "Aaaa...CHOO!" Superior, Colorado Sneeze sets off suspected standoff--(Boulder News) Police called after telemarketer mistakes achoo for achooting. |
| APRIL CASEY, 2 murder ERIC TRIGG charged St. Petersburg, Florida Coach charged with fatally punching child--(SP Times) An assistant football coach at Plant High School was charged Tuesday with fatally punching his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter in the stomach and then tossing her out a two-story window to make it appear as though she died from the fall. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Ramseys on the move again (Denver Post) Ramseys move out of suburban Atlanta home (Inside Denver) Media barrage became too much, friend says District attorney to use grand jury surplus (Boulder News) About $15,000 will remain from panel's probe at end of month Ramsey case figures find new lives (Inside Denver) Officers, others change careers, residences but can't forget death of 6-year-old JonBenet |
| HARRY "Taco" Bowman, 49 Detroit, Michigan FBI arrests Detroit fugitive--(Detroit Free Press) Outlaw biker had been one of ten most wanted. Fugitive leader of Outlaws biker gang appears in court--(TBO-FL) Bowman waived his right to a hearing in Michigan. |
| HANNAH HILL Akron, Ohio Body In Trunk: Dispatchers In The Hot Seat (NewsNet5) The Akron Police Union is defending the way some of its members handled calls about a missing teen last month. NewsChannel5 reports 18-year-old Hannah Hill was found dead in the trunk of her car. But residents of the elite neighborhood say they tried to tell police that Hill's missing car had been parked in the area for days. |
| KATIE POIRIER, 19 abducted May 26 Moose Lake, Minnesota More volunteers sought in search for missing woman--(Star-Tribune) Search for Poirier shifts to volunteers--(Duluth News) Who is being sought, where to call, how to help--(Duluth News) |
| FRANCISCO "Paco" STANLEY Mexico City Popular television host killed in Mexico City--(Calgary Herald) |
| SERIAL KILLINGS Portland, Oregon Police work to create a killer profile--(KOIN-6) Investigations continue into murders of three women found in Forest Park |
| THE 20TH CENTURY Trials of the century, from Scopes to Simpson--(WRAL) |
| HARRY 'Taco' BOWMAN Tampa, Florida Fugitive leader of Outlaws biker gang arrested--(TBO-FL) The Outlaws' international president, who was on the FBI's 10 most wanted list, was arrested in the Detroit area. |
| TEXAS SERIAL KILLER case JOSEPHINE KONVICKA latest victim RAFAEL RESENDEZ-RAMIRIZ wanted suspect Prints found at murder scene--(San Antonio Express News) Fingerprints match those of a vagrant suspected in three other Southeast Texas killings. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Police arrest another man with ties to meth ring under FBI scrutiny--(Sacramento Bee) Kenneth Alan Stewart, also known as 'Soldier', was taken into custody Monday. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Ramsey jury a question mark (Denver Post) Everyone knows what the Ramsey grand jurors aren't doing: meeting. At least they haven't for nearly two weeks, and sources say they won't convene this week. So what are they doing? JonBenet's Mom: I'll Plead Guilty -- Just Leave Burke Alone! (Nat'l Enq) JonBenet's Mom Caught In Another Lie On 911 Tape (Nat'l Enq) |
Judge OKs New Parents For Boy in Embryo Mixup (NY Daily News) An African-American couple yesterday was awarded legal custody of their genetic baby boy, who was born last year to a white woman after a fertility clinic mixup. |
Note Left in Train Deaths of Mother, Child (Wash Post) The young Mexican woman who lay down in front of an Amtrak passenger train in Rockville Sunday, killing herself and her 2-year-old daughter, left behind a note at her fiance's Rockville home, investigators said yesterday. Child abuse charges drive Brits batty (SP Times) With the feisty British media seizing on the arrest of an English couple in St. Pete Beach, police now say the charges should be dropped. The two were charged with child abuse after leaving their two young children unattended in a hotel room while they slipped out to watch fireworks. Jealousy Suspected In Slaying Of Novelist (Wash Post) Friends call lawyer who killed his wife, romance novelist Nancy Richards-Akers, a doting father.. Murder trial testimony to begin today (SP Times) The state is seeking the death penalty for suspect Raymond Lamar Johnston in the 1997 kidnapping, rape and strangling of dental assistant Leanne Coryell. Man accused of killing his wife is freed because of missing evidence (KC Star) After two murder trials and almost eight years in jail, Clarence Dexter on Monday left the Clay County Courthouse a free man. |
Robbery suspect caught red-handed (Boulder News) Christopher Alan Edwards provided a textbook example of how not to pull off a bank robbery. |
| HANSCHU/GARNER murders - (Lisa Garner and her parents, David and Mary Ann Hanschu) JAMES GARNER on trial Castle Rock, Colorado Juror kicked off jury in Garner trial (Rocky Mt. News) Woman ousted for talking about slaying case at party says prosecution 'a little disorganized'. Garner is accused of killing his wife and her parents in Lone Tree, Colorado. Judge won't dismiss Garner trial (Rocky Mt. News) Technician changed dates on evidence tags, but that's not enough to throw out charges |
| SPOKANE SERIAL KILLINGS Washington New Spokane shelter offers safe place for vulnerable women--(Oregon Live) Police will seek patterns to find serial killer--(Oregon Live) |
| THE CASE of the PURPLE PETUNIA Stockbridge, Vermont State police searching for petunia thief: family wants it back--(WRAL) Police say the petunia meant a lot to the Eldredge family. |
| ALYSSA MARIA VASQUEZ, 7 murdered San Antonio, Texas Police find body of 7-year-old girl near her home--(Express News) West-side girl found strangled near her apartment--(Express News) |
| MONIKA RIZZO disappearance San Antonio, Texas Unsolved mystery--(Dallas Morning News) Police dispute reports that skull found in man's house is wife's. |
| JUAREZ SERIAL KILLINGS Ciudad Juarez, Mexico CANDICE SKRAPEC criminal psychologist Fresno crime expert takes on Mexico case--(Fresno Bee) Nearly 200 women are believed to have been killed in the Juarez area since 1992, and Skrapec has been asked to help solve the case. |
