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Tues June 29 99 10:21:31


LOUISE WOODWARD case
Chester, England
Woodward's parents charged in connection with defense fund--(WRAL) Police allege a forged invoice was used by one of her parents to claim more than $14,000 in rent and expenses.


Tues June 29 99 10:04:11


KATIE POIRIER abducted May 26
DONALD BLOM charged
Moose Lake, Minnesota
Blom's wife speaks out to deny statements from attorney--(Star Tribune)


Tues June 29 99 09:18:29


"South Side Killer"
CONSTANCE "Tina" BAILEY, 41 murdered
Chicago, Illinois
6th woman's death linked to same killer--(Chicago Tribune) Chicago police Monday linked a sixth murder to a suspected serial killer who has slain women in abandoned buildings in the Englewood and New City communities of the South Side.


Tues June 29 99 09:09:35


JONBENET RAMSEY case
Boulder, Colorado
Ramsey circle's DNA analyzed--(Denver Post)
Accusations against Rapps widen--(Denver Post)


Tues June 29 99 00:47:18


CASSANDRA YEAGER murdered
Lucky Peak Reservoir, Idaho
Boise woman found dead, evidence suggests foul play Detectives are still struggling to come up with a suspect.


Tues June 29 99 00:28:59


POWERS: DORIS, AMANDA, KATY and EMILY
Clydach, Wales
Killer battered family to death--(BBC) Wales's biggest-ever murder case.
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Mon June 28 99 20:36:00


RAFAEL RESENDEZ-RAMIREZ Railway Killer
The Faces of a Fugitive--(Newsweek) He may be a horror story come to life, a mysterious loner filled with rage. The Feds say this man of many aliases is a serial killer, so dangerous that he's earned a place on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. The hunt is on.


Mon June 28 99 15:10:30


MADDIE RAE CLIFTON murder
JOSHUA PHILLIPS trial
Jacksonville, Florida
Phillips murder trial to be televised--(UPI) Attorneys on both sides of a high-profile Jacksonville murder case want television coverage of the trial limited.


Mon June 28 99 12:19:11


Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
TV eye on 23 killings--(Toronto Sun) The crime-busting 'America's Most Wanted' TV show is about to focus on the mystery of more than 20 prostitutes who have vanished from one of Vancouver's toughest neighbourhoods.


Mon June 28 99 11:49:04


San Diego, California
Man charged with assault in latest fish beating--(Reuters) A worker on a fishing boat has been charged with assault with a dead weapon -- a 20-pound tuna, police said Sunday.


Mon June 28 99 11:15:00


KATIE POIRIER abducted May 26
DONALD BLOM arrested
Moose Lake, Minnesota
Poirier search called off--(WCCO-Radio) Blom expected to change lawyers today.
Official search called off, volunteers still looking--(Star Tribune) The search could be reopened if law enforcement received a "hot tip." As of Friday, officials were acting on more than 2,000 leads, many received through a tip line.


Mon June 28 99 10:50:43


MARIE NOE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia woman pleads guilty to killing eight of her children--(POSTnet) A 70-year-old woman pleaded guilty today to smothering eight of her children in a crime that dated back to 1949.


Mon June 28 99 10:30:58


MARTHA MOXLEY Murder Case
Martha Moxley Murder Case Discussion -- (CyberSleuths Chatroom)
Join us and others following the Moxley murder case in Monday night discussions. Chat starts around 9PM Eastern. Connect through the java link, or use mIRC to connect to a newnet server (i.e.: irc.kbnet.org) and /join #cybersleuths
Martha Moxley case website -- (www.marthamoxley.com)
Case background, current and archived news, photos, discussion board, and more.


Mon June 28 99 10:28:40


DARLIE ROUTIER case
Kerrville, Texas
Routier juror has changed mind, but others stand by conviction--(Dallas Morning News) Prosecutor, others unswayed as her family battles on.


Mon June 28 99 10:10:02


GAYLE DRISKELL murder
DONALD LEE ARMSTRONG charged
Greenboro, North Carolina
Man charged in 1978 stabbing death--(WRAL) The man charged is already in prison serving a 50-year sentence for burglary.


Mon June 28 99 10:01:48


JILL DANDO murder case
London, England
Dando murder case reviewed--(BBC)
Dando fiance tells of murder ordeal--(BBC)


Mon June 28 99 09:36:04


RAYSHAUN AIKENS The Bronx Rapist
New York
Cops: Fiend blames rapes on marital woes--(New York Post) The accused Bronx child rapist has confessed to all four attacks he's charged with.


Mon June 28 99 09:27:13


RAFAEL RESENDEZ-RAMIREZ Railway Killer
FBI search for Ramirez--(ABC News) Lead fails in FBI raid of Colorado house.
FBI gets 500 tips after TV show airs--(Houston Chronicle) Authorities at one point sought Resendez-Ramirez near Denver.
Mexican town believes neighbour may be killer--(Dallas Morning News) He fits profile of suspect in rail slayings, police say.
FBI Wanted poster


Mon June 28 99 09:12:27


TYLER SHANABARGER murdered
RONALD L. SHANABARGER charged
Franklin, Indiana
Article contains AP pictures of father and son.
Man confesses to infant killing--(Chicago Tribune) Neil S. Kaye, a forensic psychiatrist who specializes in investigating infanticide cases committed by fathers, said he's never heard of a similar crime.


Mon June 28 99 09:03:59


SUND/PELOSSO case
California
EUGENE "Rufus" DYKES
Modesto parolee says he didn't kill Yosemite tourists--(Sacramento Bee) Wearing a mustard-colored jumpsuit and his head shaved, he was escorted in leg shackles to a bank of glass booths at the back of the main visiting room for Sunday's interview with the AP.


Sun June 27 99 23:34:45


South Australia
Human remains found in South Australia--(ABC Online) Detectives from Operation Chart (Snowtown Serial Killings) have been sent to the area.


Sun June 27 99 22:41:01


New York
The Old Man & the Seer (NY Daily News)
It was an unlikely marriage - and a deadly one. Andrew Vlasto was 85, a reclusive, lifelong bachelor with an estate worth $500,000 who lived beneath his means in a one-room apartment on W. 24th St. in Manhattan. Sylvia Mitchell was 28, a fortune teller with a seventh-grade education who lived three blocks away.


Sun June 27 99 20:24:36


CRIME FILES

Akron, Ohio -- April 5, 1973
Justice Story: Abused But Not Excused (NY Daily News)
Robert Grant, at 6-feet-1, 250 pounds, looked rather formidable. Apparently, so thought a thin, 5-foot-8 teenager when he leaped from shrubbery with a knife in hand to confront Grant. As Grant braced for the attack, the assailant mumbled about losing something on the night ground, searched quickly and ran off.

Ventura, California -- March 14, 1978
Amy's Grave Was 256-Acres Wide (CyberSleuths)
She began combing the streets, yelling at the top of her lungs for Amy Sue Seitz. But the tiny tot had disappeared... Chapter One from the book, "The Fifteen Most Horrific Murder Cases Ever to Shock America" by Bill Kelly.



Sun June 27 99 17:30:21


TYLER SHANABARGER, infant
Franklin, Ind.
Murder suspect says he fathered child with intent to kill it --(POSTnet)
On Father's Day, Amy Shanabarger found her chubby-cheeked infant son, Tyler, face-down and dead in his crib.


Sun June 27 99 14:59:30


EDWIN J. QUIRK death
PAUL HARNISCH charged
Chester, New York
County prosecutor accused of killing skater with car--(WRAL) A county prosecutor is accused of driving into a Roller-blading couple, killing the husband, and continuing to drive a half-mile with the body on his car before running away to steal another car.


Sun June 27 99 14:47:58


CHINA, CASEY and CODY CONNER murdered
CYRUS YOUNG CONNER suicide
Old Town, Florida
Man apparently shoots three children to death before killing himself--(TBO-FL) A woman who returned to pick up her three children found them and her former husband shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide.


Sun June 27 99 12:31:06


PAMELA KISSINGER, 49 murdered
JAMES "Zach" KISSINGER, 19 murdered
WALTER WILLIAMS, 52 injured
JOSHUA FORMAN HOGE arrested
Seattle, Washington
Bail set at $2 million in ax slayings--(Seattle Times) A man is suspected in the slaying of his mother and half-brother and an ax attack on another man.


Sun June 27 99 12:18:51


BOB KEPPEL homicide detective
Seattle, Washington
Bob Keppel, who helped hunt Ted Bundy and the Green River killer, to end detective career --(Seattle Times)


Sun June 27 99 11:09:03


KATIE POIRIER case
Moose Lake, Minnesota
Poirier abduction: Inside a tough case--(Star Tribune)
Poirier abducted a month ago today--(WCCO)


Sun June 27 99 10:46:36


GLORIA TREVI
Intrigue swirls around missing Mexican diva--(LA Times) Crime: Gloria Trevi and her manager are wanted for questioning about charges of kidnapping, sexual abuse of five young women.
Gloria Trevi home page--(Yahoo)


Sun June 27 99 10:15:06

RAMSEY UPDATE


Evaluating Chief Beckner –(Boulder News) EDITORIAL - We now know how an internationally scrutinized hometown murder case can wreck a good police department.
Singular stoops to level of tabloids he condemns –(Boulder News) Billed as his own investigation into the baffling JonBenét Ramsey slaying, Stephen Singular's new book on the Christmas 1996 murder is much like the case itself — long on questions and painfully short on answers.


Sun June 27 99 10:10:39


Uncle of slaying suspect says officials have wrong name–(Fox News) "I accept that I am the uncle of the suspected railroad killer, whose true name is Angel Resendiz Resendiz,'' the uncle said in front of his cement block home.
Police continue manhunt for suspected serial killer –(Nando Times) Police in the United States and Mexico were hunting Saturday for a suspected serial killer linked to the murders of eight people in three different states.
Murder suspect detained, released–(MSNBC) Law officers said Friday that suspected serial killer Rafael Resendez-Ramirez was taken into custody this month, but he was released
On the Trail of the Boxcar Bandito–(TIME) The FBI’s latest Most Wanted suspect is very elusive and apparently very smart


Sun June 27 99 09:24:18

Pair arrested in murder plot –(Boulder News) Ex-security guards at Amgen allegedly conspired attack on former co-workers


Sun June 27 99 09:14:30


TED BINION
Las Vegas, Nevada
Two arrested on charges related to Binion slaying–(Las Vegas Sun) Two of four men sought on charges related to the murder of former casino executive Ted Binion have been arrested, and police are continuing to search for the remaining suspects.


Sat June 26 99 23:35:20


CANTON TOWNSHIP, Michigan
Two men arrested after opening fire in suburb Friday (Michigan Live)When police arrested the men, they found them armed with an AK47, shotguns, and clips of extra ammunition taped together.
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan
Man killed, two injured in restaurant shooting (Michigan Live)A man opened fire early Saturday morning at a restaurant here, killing one man and injuring


Sat June 26 99 18:56:35


RAFAEL RESENDEZ-RAMIREZ Railway Killer
Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
Wife calls suspected killer `model' husband--(Houston Chronicle) Common-law spouse saw Resendez-Ramirez June 10.


Sat June 26 99 18:38:36


Fort Pierce, Florida
Drug defendants hire high-profile attorneys--(TBO-FL) In the courtroom for a bond hearing in a $52 million international drug case were two high-powered defense attorneys - F. Lee Bailey and Roy Black.


Sat June 26 99 18:31:25


TED BINION murder case
Las Vegas, Nevada
Casino executive's death resembles pulp fiction--(LA Times) Crime: Former stripper and her boyfriend are accused of staging the apparent drug overdose of Ted Binion.


Sat June 26 99 14:50:46


Dayton, Tennessee
10-year-old boy charged with raping 5-year-old boy--(POSTnet) The older child, who had been staying with the younger boy's neighbors, confessed and said he learned how to do it by watching his parents, police said.


Sat June 26 99 14:38:08


O.J. SIMPSON
Houston, Texas
O.J. trophy receives new identity--(CH2000)


Sat June 26 99 14:17:05


SAM SMITHERS
Tampa, Florida
Family man sent to death row--(TBO-FL) He was a church deacon, electrician's helper, PTA volunteer and family man. Now Sam Smithers begins life on death row for killing two prostitutes.


Sat June 26 99 11:19:24

RAMSEY CASE EXTRA


JONBENÉT RAMSEY
Boulder, Colorado
Insight into methods–(Denver Post) Here is a list of all Ramsey cases we have been involved with during the past lifetime (sic).
Waiting On Ramsey Grand Jury–(KCNC) The grand jury investigating the murder of JonBenet Ramsey hasn't met in weeks. But media outlets around the world are expecting a decision sometime soon.


Sat June 26 99 10:11:36


KATIE POIRIER abducted and missing
Moose Lake, Minnesota
Search slows for Poirier--(Star Tribune) Attorney question lingers for suspect.


Sat June 26 99 09:47:37


SUND/PELOSSO case
Eureka, California
Vandals steal, torch plaques dedicated to slain Yosemite sightseers--(Sacramento Bee) The plaques, which were mounted on boulders and set in a garden at Eureka High School, were stolen last weekend in the hometown of two of the victims.

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