| Tampa, Fla.
Suspect admits rape, police say (SP Times) They say the 34-year-old man also admits he was behind four of the 22 incidents linked to the "cross-dressing rapist." Arrest sends shockwaves among residents (Tampa Trib) |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado 'Insider' chief does his job (Inside Denver) Mark Beckner has overseen a transformation from turmoil to tranquillity in the Boulder Police Department during his first year as chief. Official Mark Beckner Fan Club (Mark Beckner Fan Club website) Photo of Cmdr. Mark Beckner courtesy Redd Herring's 'A Ramsey Case Primer' website. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case California Killing of trio admitted--(Modesto Bee) A father's wish: family will outlive it's violent legacy--(Sacramento Bee) |
| FAKING IT
Bond Reduced for Man Held in Fake Death (Chicago Trib) Tony Schmidt is accused of faking his own death and trying to frame a former girlfriend for murder. Fifth teen avoids jail in fake robbery case (Chicago Sun-Times) A supervisor at the TCF Bank recruited the teens to stage the robbery as a holdup to make an inside job look like an outside one. |
| LORA SINNER torture/murder
Redding, Calif. Prosecutor: Girl started attack (Record Searchlight) Parts of the story invoke grisly images from a gruesome horror movie. Other segments sound like a bad soap opera gone terribly violent. But the nightmarish account given by a prosecutor Thursday could hold serious consequences for the 15-year-old Redding girl on trial for murder. Defense: friends lie about girl in killing (Record Searchlight) |
| LEMAK CHILDREN murders
MARILYN LEMAK - mother accused Naperville, Ill. Lemak's Mental Fitness Still Undetermined (Chicago Trib) Lemak mental report still months away (Chicago Sun-Times) A report on the mental fitness of a Naperville woman accused of killing her three children won't be ready until mid-August. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Cops quiz ex-Ramsey employee about pills (Inside Denver) Detective asks if mom used diet aid Photo of Patsy Ramsey courtesy Redd Herring's 'A Ramsey Case Primer' website. |
Florida first lady commits crime of fashion (AJC) |
Protest of Fagan sentence planned (Boston Globe) As many as 200 demonstrators are expected outside Stephen Fagan's mansion in Palm Beach tomorrow. Wife calmly called 911 after slaying (SP Times) Carri Rousonelos washed dishes as she reported that she had stabbed her husband. Couple ran Internet prostitution ring, cops say (AJC) She wore hot pants and stood out among other wives in the quiet cul-de-sac subdivision. Minister faces felony Peeping Tom charge (AJC) The Rev. Danny B. Moody allegedly aimed his Camcorder beneath the skirts of women while riding escalators at the airport. Former teacher sentenced for statutory rape of student (KC Star>)Amy Rodriguez sent to prison for having sex with a 12-year-old student. |
| St. Petersburg, Fla.
Hunt still on for man who lured boy, 4 (SP Times) Investigators continue looking for a man who tried to abduct a 4-year-old boy Wednesday on Gandy Beach. They say the car he was driving was a rare model of Oldsmobile Cutlass that has the word "Holiday" on the side. |
| Georgia
Prisoners 'hired.' Ex-welfare clients fired (AJC) Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor brokered deal to replace low wage trash sorting workers hired off welfare with free convict labor, bypassing a Georgia law that prohibits prisoners' taking the place of paid employees. |
| LABOR DAY MASSACRE Aurora, Colorado 'America's Most Wanted' TV show seeks out missing puzzle piece (Denver Post) Artur Martirosyan didn't pull the trigger in Aurora's six murders on Labor Day, but it's likely he knows why the two suspected killers did. That's why Aurora police are desperate to track down the 18-year-old who drove a getaway vehicle and later fled to California. Pogosyan convicted in 5 murders (Denver Post) |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case Boulder, Colorado Police asking if JonBenet's mother used diet pills--(POSTnet/SHNS) Gregg McCrary, a former FBI profiler who has followed the case closely, said use or abuse of diet aids can have extreme consequences. |
| ROBERT JACK LEDFORD, 71 Fernandino Beach, Florida 71-year-old man arrested over sexual battery 22 years ago--(TBO-FL) A man accused of molesting a 9-year-old girl has been charged with capital sexual battery more than two decades after the attack. |
| STEPHEN FAGAN West Palm Beach, Florida Fagan asked to find another place to volunteer--(WRAL) The state of Florida has asked the man who admitted to kidnapping his daughters from Massachusetts 20 years ago to stop working at a veterans hospital. |
| Los Angeles, California Sheriff offering a badge and gun to celebrities--(LA Times) Jay Leno, Steven Seagal and a host of other celebrities and prominent people may soon join the ranks of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as "executive reserves," officials said Thursday. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case The Yosemite Tourists California FBI halts flow of information to media in Sund case--(Eureka Times-Standard) Yosemite kidnapping/murder exposes methamphetamine trade--(Join Together Online) |
| Sleepwalking Killer Trial
YARMILA FALATER murdered SCOTT FALATER on trial Arizona Falater grilled on specifics (Arizona Republic) The man who says he was sleepwalking when he killed his wife couldn't explain the gloves he put on before dragging her into the backyard pool. Watch video excerpts of Falater's testimony (KNXV-TV) Additional video excerpts Sleepwalking defense: Do you buy it? (AZ Central Discussion Forum) |
| CRIME NEWS BRIEFS
Canadian man executed for 1975 murder (Star-Telegram) Joseph Stanley Faulder, the first Canadian in almost 50 years to be put to death in the U.S. Man guilty, gets life for murder (SP Times) Jury rejects self-defense plea in traffic dispute slay Minister Says He Will Plead Guilty in Alleged Plot (Wash Post) Plot with an ex-congregant to kill each other's wives. Glen Rogers Murder Trial Goes to Jury (LA Times) Rogers has been dubbed "The Cross Country Killer Kaczynski Seeks Review of Case (LA Times) He claims he was coerced into pleading guilty. |
| Rail Riding Serial Killer
RAFAEL RESENDEZ-RAMIREZ Harlingen, Texas Border agents on the lookout for suspected serial killer (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram The hunt for suspected serial killer Rafael Resendez-Ramirez has customs and immigration agents closely watching the Texas-Mexico border, where fugitives are caught practically every day. |
| KATHLEEN SOLIAH Captured 1970s radical held without bond (CNN) California to seek extradition of Kathleen Soliah Suspected fugitive held without bail (Pioneer Planet) Friends rally behind Olson/Soliah (Star-Trib) Friends say Soliah anything but terrorist (Pioneer Planet) Family caught off guard by cop who wouldn't quit (Star Trib) Soliah 570th 'collar' for Fox TV series (Star Trib) RELATED How to successfully disappear from society (Pioneer Planet) Slide Show: An overview of the Symbionese Liberation Army (Pioneer Planet) Web 'wanted poster' (America's Most Wanted site) READER FEEDBACK: What do you think of Soliah's arrest? (Star Trib) Talk about it: Could you assume a new identity? (Pioneer Planet) |
| KELLY LINDSEY FUSS murdered 3 years after her mother-in-law's murder
Stone Mountain, Georgia Estate dispute led to slaying, police say (AJC) When Inez "Jackie" Fuss' schizophrenic son killed her with an ax in 1996 after a quarrel over an $1,800 phone sex bill, she died without a will. Man finds wife stabbed to death; 3 relatives charged (AJC) |
| Boulder, Colo.
Man, 21, arrested in child assaults (Boulder News) Police say they may have stopped a pedophile in his tracks with the arrest of a 21-year-old man on charges of sexually assaulting four young girls. Photos of JonBenet Ramsey were found in his home. |
| Brighton, England Couple 'smothered' three babies--(BBC) The pair, who for legal reasons can only be referred to as Tracey and Keith, deny killing sons Marc and Bradley and nephew Joshua, all aged under two, between 1994 and 1997. |
| SAUL HERNANDEZ, 64 murdered Atlantic City, New Jersey Teen charged in murder of body found in motel room bed--(Nando Times) |
| KIMBERLY MARIE KUNTZ murdered in 1976 JAMES LUCIUS STEPHENS charged Everett, Washington DNA links Seattle man to 1976 slaying in Lynnwood--(Yahoo News) It's the first time an unsolved slaying case has been revived in the county because of DNA. |
| RAFAEL RESENDEZ-RAMIREZ Texas Serial Killer Georgetown, Texas Two more killings linked to rail-riding suspected serial killer--(WRAL) The bodies of George Morber, 80, and Carolyn Frederick, 52, were found Tuesday in Gorham, Illinois. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado JonBenet Ramsey probe in limbo--(CNN) Sources: Grand jury may not issue indictments |
| JOSEPH STANLEY FAULDER Washington Canadian asks stay of Texas execution--(UPI) Execution is set for 7 p.m. EDT today. |
| LEON WHITE "Vader" Boulder, Colorado Broadcaster sues WWF over scuffle with Boulder County man--(Boulder News) Kuwaiti TV host upset over unexpected on-air showdown with Vader. |
| The Sleepwalker Trial YARMILA FALATER victim SCOTT FALATER accused Phoenix, Arizona Sleepwalk defendant testifies--(Arizona Republic) Fighting a charge that he murdered his wife in a coldblooded act of mayhem, Falater cried Wednesday and told the jury a love story. |
| RAFAEL RESENDEZ-RAMIREZ Texas Serial Killer La Grange, Texas Police hunt for man tied to 6 railroad slayings--(Dallas Morning News) Suspect has trail of aliases, deportations, jail terms. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case MICHAEL LARWICK suspect California Larwick to face trial in officer's shooting--(Modesto Bee) Michael Larwick will face a jury that will decide if he tried to murder Modesto police officer Steve Silva on March 16. |
| KATHLEEN ANN SOLIAH Simbionese Liberation Army St. Paul, Minnesota 70's fugitive arrested--(Pioneer Planet) SLA figure, a fugitive since 1970, is arrested--(LA Times) Alleged SLA fugitive arrested in St. Paul--(Star-Tribune) 'Sara Jane Olson': A character in Twin Cities theater--(Star Tribune) |
| ESTHER AND CHRISTINE YUM - mother/daughter murder
PAUL YUM - son arrested Upland, Calif. Youth Charged in Deaths of Mother, Sister, 9 (LA Times) The teenager accused of killing his mother and 9-year-old sister was charged Wednesday with two counts of murder and two counts of use of a firearm. |
Wife stabs preacher over affair, police say (SP Times) The 42-year-old pastor of Faith Assembly of God in St. Petersburg dies after being stabbed in the groin. His 10-year-old son was asleep beside him. Defendant in Killing Linked to Satanism (LA Times) Glen Mason, one of three homeless youths charged in the death of 14-year-old Shevawn Geoghegan, preached Satanism to friends, considered himself immortal and may have orchestrated the killing as part of a ritual sacrifice, according to evidence presented this week during pretrial proceedings. And it took only 20 years of stalking (Boulder News) The law didn't protect Peggy Anderson from the man who badgered her for two decades. She was frustrated, fearful and fed up. Fugitive turns self in to police (SP Times) After 14 months, police have no explanation why Tuan Anh Do gave up hiding. |
| CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN
Man could be released after 4-month prison term for killing his son (KC Star) The case was the first in the county to reach a jury trial under a new child-abuse law that carries the same sentence as murder -- 10 years to life in prison. Mother of Baby Left in Car Charged in His Death (LA Times) A La Habra woman whose 5-month-old son died after being left inside a closed car on a hot day was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter and child abuse. Man Guilty of 3rd Child Sex Offense (Wash Post) Described by prosecutors as "among the most dangerous child sex offenders in Maryland," pleaded guilty to an incident that occurred two weeks after he was released from prison. Man tries to abduct boy from Gandy Beach (SP Times) Quick action by two women saved a 4-yr-old boy from being driven away in a stranger's car |
| CROSS-DRESSING ATTACKER Tampa, Fla. Search for molester in red truck intensifies (SP Times) Law enforcement officers are combing the streets for a man who they say has a compulsion to molest young girls, is inclined to wear women's clothes and may have struck 22 times since October. Experts attempt profile of rapist (Tampa Trib) Psychologists say the broad age range of victims is unusual, and they doubt the cross-dressing attacker yearns to be a woman. |
| NICOLE HOLM murdered
TIBIS KNEIPP fugitive Fort Collins, Colorado Fugitive found in Guatemalan jungle (Denver Post) An extraordinary string of events led to the arrest in Guatemala of a fugitive wanted in the grisly murder of a Fort Collins woman, investigators said. |
| RAFAEL RESENDEZ-RAMIREZ suspected serial killer Round Rock, Texas Police think they have suspected rail killer--(POSTnet) A man arrested on a freight train Wednesday fits the description of a suspect in six slayings that happened near railroad tracks since 1997, authorities said. Police say arrested man may not be murder suspect as first believed--(POSTnet) Investigators are awaiting fingerprint test results. |
| JIM BROWN Los Angeles, California Football great Jim Brown arrested--(Yahoo News) Football legend Jim Brown was arrested Tuesday for allegedly making a felony "terroristic threat" against his wife. |
| Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Letter bomb rocks Alberta TV station--(UPI) |
| Murray State University MURRAY, Kentucky Trial in Hester Hall fire could begin in October--(The Paducah Sun)Jerry Wayne Walker may be tried as early as October on charges related to the fire in Hester Hall at Murray State University that killed Michael Minger of Niceville, Fla., and seriously injured Michael Priddy of Paducah. |
| FOREST PARK SERIAL KILLINGS Portland, Oregon New lead in Forest Park murders?--(KOIN-6) Neighbour wants police to investigate suspicious man. Serial killer task force assembles detectives--(The Oregonian) Police agencies cooperate to bring expertise and experience to bear in the quest to solve the Forest Park killings. |
