| Yosemite Park, California Naturalist's death investigated as homicide--(WRAL) The 26-year-old woman was last seen alive leaving her office at the Yosemite Institute in Yosemite Valley on Wednesday afternoon. |
| TOKYO PLANE HIJACKING Japanese Airline Hijacker Captured - (NY Times/AP) A hijacker seized a Japanese airliner carrying 517 people Friday and fatally stabbed the pilot, officials said. The knife-wielding man was overpowered and the plane returned to Tokyo an hour after takeoff. |
| Murray, Ky.
Seven are charged, then cleared, in deadly dorm fire in Kentucky (WRAL) No one would blame Fred McGrath if he were to complete his degree at somewhere other than Murray State University. |
| SHEILA BELLUSH murdered mom of quads
Allen Blackthorne ex-husband Sarasota, Fla. / San Antonio, Tex. Bellush's ex-husband builds case (Sarasota Herald-Trib) As Allen Blackthorne walks barefoot across plush carpet in an office in his 8,900-square-foot home, he proudly displays a collage that he says shows he is clear of the accusation that he ordered the murder of his ex-wife. Bellush Case news archives (Express-News) |
| ANGEL MATURINO RESENDEZ a.k.a. Rafael Resendez Ramirez Houston, Texas Railway killer suspect indicted for capital murder -- (CNN) Suspected railway killer Angel Maturino Resendez is expected in court Friday to answer to a capital murder charge in the beating and stabbing death of Dr. Claudia Benton, who was killed in her Houston home. A Harris County grand jury on Thursday indicted Maturino Resendez in her death. |
| Compton, Calif. Teen ‘Scream’ killers sentenced--(MSNBC/KNBC) Two teen-aged cousins who said the horror film “Scream” inspired them to stab the older boy’s mother with butcher knives and a screwdriver were sentenced to lengthy prison terms in Compton Thursday. |
| KENNETH LITTLETON former Skakel tutor
Boston, Mass. Ex-tutor of kin to Kennedys stabbed (Boston Globe) A former tutor for two Kennedy family nephews linked closely to the 1975 murder of Connecticut teenager, Martha Moxley, was found bleeding severely yesterday morning in his Beacon Hill apartment, the apparent victim of a stabbing, police said. Related:
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| MELISSA GOSULE murdered Boston schoolteacher
MICHAEL GENTILE charged Officials: Murder charge in Gosule case (Boston Globe) Melissa Gosule, the 27-year-old Boston schoolteacher missing for eight days before she was found in Pembroke Monday, was stabbed repeatedly after accepting a ride from a man she thought was a Good Samaritan when her car broke down. Cape man faces murder rap in death of missing teacher (Boston Herald) |
Richmond, Va. Woman, Sons Charged in Death (Wash Post) Trucker Killed in I-95 Scam; Another Kidnapped, Beaten A federal grand jury in Richmond yesterday indicted a 48-year-old woman and two of her sons on charges of murder, carjacking and conspiracy in connection with a scheme in which the mother allegedly posed as a prostitute to lure tractor-trailer drivers from Interstate 95 so the men could steal their rigs. |
Fugitive Arrested in Death Linked to Satanic Cult (LA Times) Authorities have arrested fugitive Dennis Ronald Scott sought in connection with the slaying of 14-year-old Shevawn Geoghegan, whose death has been linked to a satanic cult. N.H. search goes on after woman's torso is found (Boston Globe) Police conducted a grisly search after the dismembered body of a Manchester woman was found in the Piscataquog River. Student's Murderer Executed (Wash Post) Tommy David Strickler, who abducted and killed Leann Whitlock, a James Madison University student, was executed by injection after last-minute appeals were rejected. Baby's Death 'Wasn't Right' (Wash Post) A firefighter who arrived at the home of Garrett Eldred Wilson in 1981, minutes after his 2-month-old daughter was found dead in her crib, testified yesterday that he told police then that the death appeared suspicious. Man takes 15 years, no trial for kidnapping (SP Times) With his family watching, a defendant pleads guilty to kidnapping a Safety Harbor couple, avoiding a possible life sentence. Teen's note pleaded for someone to kill parents (Inside Denver) Girl held in mom's slaying once suspected in poisoning attempt |
| Whittier, Calif.
New Sketch Released to Identify Burning Victim (LA Times) Sheriff's investigators have released a second composite sketch of a woman burned to death by someone nearly two weeks ago in an unincorporated area south of Whittier. Reward offered in burned alive case (MSNBC/KNBC) |
| ANGEL MATURINO RESENDIZ a.k.a. Rafael Ramirez-Resendez - Railway Killer Suspect Houston, Texas Houston case tied to suspected spree killer headed to grand jury (POSTnet/AP) Prosecutors seeking a capital murder indictment against alleged spree killer Angel Maturino Resendiz plan to present their evidence to a grand jury Thursday. |
| VICKY DENISE SKANKS, 11 murdered Aug. 14, 1986 DUANE ROBERT HACKNEY trial Fair Oaks, California Suspect on trial 13 years after girl's rape, slaying--(Sacramento Bee) Advances in DNA testing led to charges. |
| Hillsboro, Oregon Woman who allegedly shot son arraigned on attempted murder charge - (Oregon Live) A woman who allegedly shot her 9-year-old son in the arm, then told him not to get blood all over the house, was arraigned on a charge of attempted murder Wednesday. |
| MUNCHAUSEN-BY-PROXY Case Kathy Bush on trial for aggravated child abuse of her daughter, Jennifer Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Witnesses no-shows at Munchausen trial - (UPI) So-called Florida Munchausen trial gets under way without mention of controversial illness - (Court TV) |
| Seaside, Oregon Burning cocaine in crotch turns routine traffic stop into drug bust - (Oregon Live) A routine traffic stop turned into a drug bust when cocaine stashed down the pants of one of the car's passengers began burning his crotch so badly he had to ask police to remove it, police said. |
| LEON DUNDAS, 38 deceased Jacksonville, Florida DNA links dead man to 11 rapes in Florida and D.C.--(TBO-FL) Detectives were able to link the DNA of a dead man to nearly a dozen rapes and robberies in Jacksonville and Washington, authorities said Wednesday. |
| Chicago, Illinois Four murderers on the loose in Chicago, police say--(Reuters) The killings of as many as a dozen black prostitutes in Chicago over the past four years are the work of four killers, according to police, who issued a citywide warning Wednesday. |
| Washington, D.C. Leader in diaper drug ring sentenced to 20 years--(Reuters) Police discovered 84 individual bags of crack cocaine in a baby's diaper. |
| CHARLIE the COCKATOO Portland, Oregon Reward for stolen exotic bird--(KOIN) Woman says charitable cockatoo taken right in front of her. |
| FOREST PARK SERIAL KILLER Todd Alan Reed - suspect Portland, Oregon Police Say DNA Links Forest Park Suspect -- (Ch. 6000) Alleged Serial Killer Admitted To Sex With 2 Victims |
| JENNIFER BUSH Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy case KATHY BUSH trial Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Mother accused of sickening child for eight years--(CNN) A Florida mother intentionally made her daughter sick to draw attention to herself by contaminating the child's blood, tampering with her feeding pump and sickening her with unprescribed medication, prosecutors said Tuesday. |
| SVETLANA PODGOYETSKY murdered Nov. 1997 TONY KELLISAR on trial Australia Man admits to killing, not murder--(The Australian) Podgoyetsky, 30, was a Russian Jew and Mr. Kellisar, 36, a Muslim from Iran, and that the relationship was "tempestuous and stormy" from the start. |
| MADLYN O'HAIR disappeared, presumed murdered
San Antonio, Texas FBI says S.A. thieves got O'Hair loot (SA Express-News) In the latest weird twist in the case of the three missing atheists, a gang of San Antonio burglars apparently ended up with most of the $500,000 in gold coins that vanished with Madalyn Murray O'Hair in late 1995. O'Hair Case News Archives (Express-News) |
| SHEILA BELLUSH murdered mom of quads
JOSE LUIS DEL TORO, JR. in custody Sarasota, Fla. Del Toro facing second charge The death penalty no longer is an option. But Jose Luis Del Toro Jr. now could face two sentences of life in prison. Bellush Case News Archives (Express-News) |
| MELISSA GOSULE murdered school teacher
MICHAEL GENTILE prime suspect Brockton, Mass. Jewelry helped officials identify missing woman (Boston Herald) A piece of jewelry convinced investigators the body pulled from a shallow grave yesterday was Melissa Gosule even before a medical examiner used dental records to confirm the missing schoolteacher's identity. 'It's good we found Melissa' (Boston Globe) |
| STEPHEN FAGAN admitted kidnapper
Fagan ordered to pay $100,000 fine by Friday (Boston Herald) Admitted kidnapper Stephen H. Fagan will have to perform his court-ordered community service at a veteran's hospital in Florida despite complaints from an ex-governor that his presence is an ``insult'' to patients, a Middlesex judge ruled yesterday. |
| GARRETT ELDRED WILSON on trial for baby killings
Montgomery County, Maryland Mother Says She Slept as Baby Died (Wash Post) Debbie Oliver Fennell, whose ex-husband is accused of smothering two of his infant children to collect $190,000 in life insurance, told the court that on the night their 2-month-old daughter died, Garrett Eldred Wilson gave her several pills he said would help her flu. |
Police Continue Probe of Young Girl's Death (LA Times) Police officers continued their investigation Tuesday into the accidental death of a 2-year-old girl who was shot by her 5-year-old brother after he found a shotgun under their uncle's bed. Soliah Freed on $1 Million Bail in Bomb Plot (LA Times) Kathleen Ann Soliah, accused of making terrorist bombs in the 1970s, was teary-eyed as she tentatively stepped out of a Los Angeles jail Tuesday after 250 friends, neighbors and strangers raised $1 million bail for the woman they know as Sara Jane Olson. 2 held in dismemberment case plead innocent (Ark Dem-Gaz) A man and his stepson each pleaded innocent Tuesday to a charge of capital murder in the death and dismemberment of a Rover man. Sentencing due for wife who let elderly husband wallow in filth (Ark Dem-Gaz) A Union County woman will be sentenced to prison Thursday in one of the worst cases of adult abuse and neglect that local authorities have investigated. Kidnap suspect faces choice of his life (SP Times) Depending on how he pleads today, Gregory Royster can either go to prison for 15 years or risk life in prison if he loses at trial for kidnapping a couple who spent 13 terrifying hours in the trunk of their Cadillac. Teen held in slaying of mom (Denver Post) A 13-year-old girl who allegedly shot her mother to death at the Arapahoe Park race track had plotted to kill both her parents. |
| DAVID BLOM charged in Katie Poirier abduction Minnesota Blom is suspect in Holmquist murder--(WCCO) Blom attorney faces tricky exit--(WCCO) |
| Bentonville, Ark.
Show pokes fun at dumbness (Ark Dem-Gaz) Some police officers turned television stars Tuesday when the producers from the syndicated series America's Dumbest Criminals filmed in Northwest Arkansas. |
| West Yorkshire, England Father and son found dead at home--(BBC) Police hope to question the mother of a 13-year-old boy, who has been found dead with his father at the family home. |
| MARK and LINDA "Katy" MILLER murdered SHAWN MILLER and GERALD DAVIS teens found dead Southeast Travis County, Texas Few clues found to motive in slayings--(Austin American-Statesman) Family, friends can't fathom why `happy-go-lucky' teen would have killed parents, self. |
| Pennsylvania Man finds infant in car (Post-Gazette) A Butler County man out for his morning walk yesterday followed a whimpering sound and found a malnourished infant locked in his daughter's broken down car. |
| DR. SAM SHEPPARD murder case Cleveland, Ohio Judge in Sheppard case will rule Aug. 2 on judge/jury issue--(Cleveland Live) A ruling is expected in about two weeks on whether a jury will determine if Dr. Sam Sheppard was innocent in the 1954 murder of his wife. |
| MARK MILLER and LINDA "Katy" MILLER murdered SHAWN ADAM MILLER and GERALD DAVIS found deceased Travis County, Texas Couple slain, teens found dead--(Austin American-Statesman) Officials had wanted to talk to the boys after one boy's parents were found dead. |
| FOREST PARK MURDERS
Todd A. Reed -- arrested Portland, Oregon Suspect arrested in Forest Park murders (Oregon Live) 32-Year-Old Man Allegedly Knew Victims Forest Park Suspect Had Prior Conviction (Ch. 6000) Special: The Forest Park Murders (Oregon Live) |
