| Valdosta, Georgia
Armed thief returns $10, takes $1 (AJC) |
| SUSANNAH CHASE -- murdered in Boulder, Colorado
NICOLE HOLM -- murdered in Ft. Collins, Colo. TIBIS KNEIPP suspect Chase investigators eye murder suspect (Boulder News) Boulder police investigating the 1997 beating death of Susannah Chase want to compare DNA from a drifter suspected in a Fort Collins slaying to evidence recovered from the slain University of Colorado student. Complete Chase archives (Boulder News) |
| NEWS FROM CANADA (National Post) Pornography ruling leaves sour taste Wednesday's stunning decision by the British Columbia Court of Appeal -- namely, that it is perfectly fine to possess child pornography -- recalls another infamous case, involving the prosecution of former Toronto lawyer Harry Kopyto. A backyard away from tragedy There is no guidebook for this, no 12-step program that offers instructions and assistance, no paper-backed summary of How to React When Your Neighbour's Children are Murdered. Man must support bride who refused to be touched A retired engineer who went to Honduras to find a virgin bride, married her, and then divorced because she refused to let him touch her has been ordered to pay spousal maintenance for three years. Boy who refused conventional cancer care dies 13-year-old Tyrell Dueck, at the behest of his family, fought for the right to receive alternative treatment. |
| KATIE POIRER -- Missing presumed murdered DONALD ALBIN BLOM -- Charged with kidnapping Minnesota Human Remains Found On Blom's Property--(WCCO) Human remains found at Blom property--(Star Trib) Carlton County Sheriff Dave Seboe said today that human remains were discovered during Wednesday's search of Donald Albin Blom's Moose Lake property. Blom, already charged with kidnapping 19-year-old Katie Poirer, was taken to Duluth today to face federal firearms possession charges. RELATED: Katie Poirier Web site |
| RAMSEY CASE Officials: Ramsey case moving along--(Longmont FYI) Ramsey grand jury not expected to wrap-up yet--(WB2) |
| GREENVILLE, Kentucky Community says good-bye to Vincents, Weddings --(Messenger-Inquirer) Funeral services were held for Greenville Police Officer and Pastor Joey Vincent, 29, his wife, Amy Vincent 22, Manville Todd Wedding, 59, and Beverly Wedding 57. Earlier Stories Cop, pregnant wife, 2 others killed --(Messenger-Inquirer) A Muhlenberg County man is in custody, charged with murder in the slayings of his parents and two neighbors. Wedding pleads innocent --(Messenger-Inquirer) Police allege that Terry Todd Wedding bludgeoned his father with a baseball bat and fatally shot his mother at point-blank range late Saturday or early Sunday. Wedding wasn't considered a threat --(Messenger-Inquirer) Mental hospital released him less than two weeks ago County mourns for officer, wife --(Messenger-Inquirer) Joey Vincent's desk sits untouched at the Greenville Police Department, pictures of his wife and daughter proudly displayed for all who enter his office. |
| JORJIK AVANESIAN
Pasadena Man Found Guilty of Killing Wife, 6 Children (LA Times) |
| MEGAN'S LAW
Pittsburgh, Penn. State court rejects Megan's Law (Pittsburgh Trib-Review) The decision effectively tosses out the aspect of Megan's Law - named for a New Jersey girl who was raped and killed by a neighbor - that requires the notification of neighbors when sex offenders move in. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Boulder preparing for Ramsey verdict Residents warned of expected media mayhem when grand jury reaches conclusion Prepare for media rush, city tells residents (Inside Denver) |
| CHARLES NG
Los Angeles Killer Charles Ng Sentenced to Death (LA Times) Charles Ng, the man convicted of murdering six men, three women and two infant boys in a gruesome killing spree in Northern California 14 years ago, was sentenced to death Wednesday. |
British pair plans to sue city, hotel (SP Times) The British couple who were recently arrested on felony child abuse charges after leaving their children alone in a local hotel room plan to sue the city of St. Pete Beach and the hotel. Officials on alert for turtle egg poacher (AJC) Poachers have been known to sell sea turtle eggs on the black market in the United States and overseas. The eggs are valuable ingredients in cakes and other recipes because their yolks don't congeal. And some cultures believe the eggs are aphrodisiacs and improve virility. Charges in suspected murder plot delayed (Boulder News) As the Boulder County District Attorney's Office waits for more information before charging two fired security guards arrested in connection with a plot to kill Amgen Inc. employees, a friend of the men says they are not killers, just misunderstood. 15 years later, man in jail in killing (SP Times) The man who initially got probation is incarcerated only after the identity of the victim formerly known as Jane Doe is established. 24 calls made to girlfriend (Inside Denver) Simon Gonzales called his girlfriend 24 times the day he murdered his three young daughters. |
| PERRYVILLE, Arkansas - - (Updated link) Perry County man found dead near road; fiancee, 16, missing--(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) Christopher Alan Barnes and Barbara Leggitt apparently planned to travel to Missouri last week to get married, but something went tragically wrong. Barnes, 25, of Harris Brake was found Saturday |
| BENTONVILLE, Arkansas Spurned claim has killer step closer to execution--(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) A circuit judge Tuesday denied a claim by death-row inmate and convicted killer Don William Davis that he was ineffectively represented by attorneys in his 1992 murder trial in Benton County. |
| MICHELLE BUTLER Akron, Ohio Mom accused of trying to kill baby son--(UPI) Officials say Butler may be suffering from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a condition whereby an adult purposely injures her child to gain attention to herself. |
| CHARLES NG convicted serial killer Santa Ana, California Ng wants sentencing delayed--(UPI) Ng said he was "too tired". |
| CyberSleuths True Crime by Bill Kelly UPDATED - New Title, New Chapter 8 on Glen Rogers HOMICIDAL MANIA - The Fifteen Most Horrific Murder Cases Ever to Shock America--(cybersleuths) |
| CHARLOTTE KURTZ murdered EUNICE BAKER charged Oswald, New York Babysitter accused of murdering 3-year-old in her care--(ABC News) |
| MARTHA MOXLEY murder case Greenwich, Connecticut Feature: 1975 Moxley murder continues to haunt and fascinate--(ABC News/Reuters) One of the most stubborn unsolved murders in modern American history, the Martha Moxley case has inspired nonfiction books, a best-selling novel, a Web site and countless news stories. MarthaMoxley.com--(Tom Alessi) |
| LISA NEVE, 27 Canada's most notorious woman criminal Offender wins the chance to turn her life around--(National Post) Neve's history littered with lies, prostitution, assault. |
| MICHELLE FOLAN disappearance London, England Skeleton could be missing mother--(BBC) A woman's strangled skeleton found at a disused hospital could be a young mother of two who went missing 18 years ago. Skeleton linked to missing mother--(London Standard) Detectives today appealed for help after builders discovered a woman's remains with a ligature still around its neck earlier this month. |
| TINA MARIE CORNELIUS indicted AMANDA LEE MILLER and DOMINICK LOGAN CORNELIUS murdered Georgetown, Texas Mother charged with killing kids--(Austin American Statesman) Officials won't discuss details of capital murder case. |
| SUND/PELOSSO case-related MICHAEL ROY LARWICK California Larwick trial set for fall--(Modesto Bee) Larwick, and a number of Modesto area parole violators, including his half-brother, Eugene "Rufus" Dykes, also remain the focal point of an intense investigation into the murder of the three Yosemite sightseers. |
| GARNER/HANSHU Slayings
JAMES GARNER on trial Castle Rock, Colorado Doctor of Garner's wife testifies in defense (Denver Post) Prosecutors, who rested their largely circumstantial case on Monday after 31 days of testimony, contended that marital strife and an impending financial crisis led Garner to shoot and kill his wife and her parents. |
Woodwards charged with theft of $15,000 from defense fund (Boston Globe) The parents of former British au pair Louise Woodward, who was convicted of killing a Newton, Mass., baby in 1997, were formally charged by police in England Monday with bilking their daughter's defense fund of at least $15,000. One of trio charged in mom's death makes deal (SP Times) In exchange for a guilty plea and his testimony about Vicki Robinson's death, Jon Whispel avoids the electric chair. Police reconstruct head for ID (AJC) After two months of fruitless leads brought investigators no closer to the identity of a head with no body. Couple offers country home as contest prize; money will help investigate son's death (KC Star) In 1997, Mitch Krupp died in a mysterious house fire in Winslow, Ark. Prosecutor's death called 'suspicious' (Denver Post) Rebecca Bartee had just started a new chapter in her life.. |
| ASHLEY MANLOVE, 4 and TRACY ALVAREZ - murdered mother/daughter
RODNEY ATKINSON - confessed Denver, Colorado Man pleads guilty in stranglings (Denver Post) A Denver courtroom nearly erupted in violence Tuesday after a man pleaded guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter last year. |
| AMGEN PLOT
Boulder, Colorado Plot duo wanted 'a tragedy a month' (Boulder News) Written rantings by two fired security guards suspected in a plot to kill employees at Amgen Inc. reveal a wish for a monthly repeat of the April 20 Columbine High School shooting spree and a desire to make a supervisor beg for his life before shooting him |
| DORIS DAWSON, 80 MANDY POWER, 34 KATY POWER, 10 EMILY POWER, 8 Clydach, Wales Hundreds call police hunting multiple killer--(PA-UK) |
| TINA MARIE CORNELIUS charged AMANDA LEE MILLER and DOMINICK CORNELIUS murdered Georgetown, Texas Mother charged with murder--(UPI) A Williamson County grand jury has indicted a young mother on capital murder charges for the deaths of her children. |
| MARIE NOE guilty of infanticide Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Marie Noe's lenient sentence sparks outrage--(Court TV) several critics believe Noe's lenient - and merciful - 20-year probation sentence sent the wrong message: that the victims' lives were less valuable than their killer's. |
| BOULDER, Colorado Bomb equipment, guns among evidence uncovered by Boulder investigators--(Daily Times-Call ) Two fired security guards arrested Saturday after Boulder police thwarted an alleged plot to execute two Amgen employees and blow up the plant seemed serious about their plot, investigators said Monday. |
| Execution will proceed tonight--(PostNet) Gov. Mel Carnahan refused Tuesday to block the execution of Robert A. Walls, condemned for the 1985 murder of an elderly Maplewood man who was stuffed into a freezer. |
| Hackers attack Army, Weather Service Internet sites--(Fox News) Computer hackers apparently used a well-publicized software flaw to vandalize the U.S. Army's main Internet site for as long as nine hours before anyone noticed. Other hackers attacked a federal weather site early today. |
| MEMPHIS, Tenn. Drunken driver gets 49 years for killing pregnant woman and her baby--(Fox News) A man got 49 years in prison for killing a pregnant woman and her daughter in a drunken driving accident as he was headed to jail for driving drunk. |
| Grafton, Ohio Computer hacker -- with a meat cleaver--(WRAL) |
| FRANKLIN, Indiana Tyler Shanabarger, 7 months old Man Killed Son to Spite Wife, Prosecutors Say--(New York Times) Shanabarger, 30, told police officers that he had suffocated Tyler with plastic wrap HARLINGEN, Texas Rafael Resendez-Ramirez Police Search Trains For Killer--(New York Times) Law officers and railroad police are stopping trains and searching boxcars in a Wild West-style manhunt for Rafael Resendez-Ramirez, the tattooed ex-convict wanted in eight slayings along the tracks. |
| DALLAS, Texas Carlton Turner Sr Tonya Turner Man Convicted of Killing Parents(Washington Post)A jury recommended the death penalty on Tuesday for a man who killed his parents, then spent their money as the bodies decomposed in the family garage. FORT STEWART, Georgia Scheme Alleged in Fatal Joyride (Washinton Post)An Army helicopter pilot conspired with another pilot and a sergeant to take their wives on a joyride in the Bahamas that ended with a crash and the wives' deaths, a prosecutor said Tuesday. |
| HUNTSVILLE, Texas Escaped Texas killer recaptured.(Nando Times)Police spotted him hiding naked in a tree BUTLER, Pennsylvania Thelma Marchetto Pennsylvania man accused of suffocating wife paralyzed by stroke(Nando Times)A78-year-old man who visited his wife of 54 years daily in a nursing home was charged Tuesday with suffocating her because he "couldn't stand looking at her" after her second stroke, police said. |
| PERRYVILLE, Arkansas Christopher Alan Barnes murdered Barbara Leggitt missing Perry County man found dead near road; fiancee, 16, missing(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)Christopher Alan Barnes and Barbara Leggitt apparently planned to travel to Missouri last week to get married, but something went tragically wrong. |
| EMILYANN LASSO, 7 Orlando, Florida Man tries to abduct child from her bedroom--(TBO-FL) A man tried to snatch a sleeping 7-year-old girl from her bedroom early Tuesday in a case resembling an attempted kidnapping earlier this month. |
| TIMOTHY LEARY Timothy Leary was FBI informer--(BBC) Timothy Leary, the counter-culture guru of the Sixties, who urged his generation to "tune in, turn on, drop out" informed on friends and helpers in order to get out of jail early. |
| JODI "Babydol" GIBSON Los Angeles, California Alleged Heidi Fleiss rival pleads innocent to call girl ring--(WRAL) Gibson was nabbed in a sting operation like the one that nailed Fleiss. |
| Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada Convicted murderer decides not to attend child's graduaution--(National Post) A convicted murderer and child molester, who won permission from a judge to attend his stepdaughter's graduation on a day pass, will not be at the ceremony today after all. |
