| Killer won't be compensated for being kept out of contest (National Post) A convicted murderer has failed in his bid to sue Corrections Canada for refusing to let him enter the Readers' Digest Sweepstakes last summer. |
| Murderer Wrinkles appears in court (Evansville Courier & Press) "This is like adding salt to my wounds. He’s still alive, but my kids aren’t and his children are still suffering for it. |
| 2 may face attempted-murder charges in rod beating (ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE) A man accused of severely beating a fellow resident of an assisted-living center twice threatened to kill President Clinton and was deemed a danger to society without medication. |
  LOS ANGELES, California Manhunt under way for L.A. gunman; boy in critical condition.--(CNN) Agunman stormed into the NorthValley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills shortly before 11 a.m. PT Tuesday and began firing randomly, wounding three young children, a teen-ager and an adult, authorities said. Fear Grips Parents Waiting For News from Jewish Center --(ABC News) For a few brief moments, 4-year-old Gabrielle Fougner's summer day camp became a nightmare Gov. Gray Davis May Offer a $50,000 Reward For L.A. Shooter --(ABC News) "This is yet another example of a senseless barbaric act of violence against innocent children and defenseless adults," Massive manhunt for L.A. gunman--(MSNBC) The entire city of Los Angeles was put on tactical alert while an estimated 250 officers scoured the Granada Hills neighborhood |
| YOSEMITE MURDERS CARY STAYNER A Shade Of His Brother--(TIME magazine -- August 09, 1999) A confession reveals the killer of four women, and a family cursed by shame, celebrity and envy. |
| CHRISTOPHER WALLACE Notorious B.I.G., Biggy Smalls Los Angeles, California No proof against Knight in slaying, attorney says--(L.A. Times) Rap executive's lawyer denounces police allegations regarding 1997 shooting of Notorious B.I.G. |
| Evelio Rivera Zacarias, 42, murder, kidnap suspect ROSEMEAD, California Man kills four, wounds two, kidnaps ex-girlfriend, investigators say–(The Sacramento Bee ) "They are on the lookout for him ... and asking that all citizens to be careful and consider him armed and dangerous," Velazquez said. |
| LANSING, Michigan Jack Kevorkian, Dr. Death Court dismisses Kevorkian defamation case –(The Boston Globe) Such lawsuits should be dismissed in cases ''`where an allegedly libelous statement cannot realistically cause impairment of reputation because the person's reputation is already so low,''' the court said. |
| "Jenny Jones", Murder Case PONTIAC, Michigan Schmitz defense to take new tack –(The Detroit Free Press) Schmitz defense to take new tack |
| LEXINGTON, Kentucky Angel Maturino Resendiz, Suspected railroad killer Suspect in railroad killings indicted in Kentucky –(NJO NewsFlash) Fayette County prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty for Resendiz, who was indicted Monday by a grand jury in the slaying of Christopher Maier, 21, on railroad tracks near the Kentucky campus |
| California Shooting at Jewish Community Center--(ABC News) Children shot at community center, gunman still at large--(CNN) |
| Gunman Wounds Five At Los Angeles Jewish Center (Prodigy Internet News) A gunman opened fire in a Jewish day care center in a Los Angeles suburb Tuesday, injuring five people, including three boys aged between 6 and 8, police said. |
| Rattlesnake Canyon, New Mexico
Mass. man slain in N.M. (Boston Globe) David Coughlin who worked in Wellesley Town Hall until last month was found dead in a canyon in a remote area of New Mexico. Raffi Kodikian, 25, a former Globe editorial assistant, was found sleeping near the fresh grave of his companion and was charged yesterday with murder. |
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SCOTT HEFNER accused kidnapper
Middleborough, Mass. Accused man has history of crime (Boston Globe) Scott Hefner, who is charged in the July 29 kidnapping of a 15-year-old Middleborough girl, was charged with a similar crime in 1982, victimizing a young girl walking along a dirt road. |
| VICKI ROBINSON murder
VALESSA ROBINSON daughter and her friends accused Tampa, Fla. Suspects tell differing tales of murder (SP Times) In newly released tapes, Vicki Robinson's teenage daughter's and two friends' stories vary on who did what that night. |
| Thornwood, New York Recipe argument ends with knife attack--(Syracuse Online) |
| Karachi, Pakistan Witnesses identify rapists of 10-year-old --(DAWN) It was alleged that the intruders raped the girl, strangled her with telephone wire and then burnt the body. The accused also looted cash, jewellery, VCR and video cassettes from the house. |
| NORMAN JOHNSTON escaped murderer Pennsylvania Johnston pursued into county, eluded police in cycle chase--(Intelligencer Journal) Search for escaped murderer leads to high-speed chase in Md.--(The Inquirer) Cops think Norman is going for the loot--(The Inquirer) Fugitives on the run for life--(The Inquirer) Johnston escape haunts residents--(The Inquirer) |
| Clarksburg, West Virginia FBI touts fingerprint database--(ABC News) A $640 million electronic database of fingerprints will help police around the country decide within two hours whether a suspect should be freed on bail or held in custody, FBI officials say. |
| Vienna, Germany 'Mobile phone rage' victim dies--(UK Daily Telegraph) A businessman was clubbed to death with a beer bottle when he refused to stop using his mobile phone in a German beer garden. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Cohen: Grand Stakes (Fox News) If you are tired of the JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation and just want it to be over, there's bad news to report from Boulder, CO. Mystery Still Surrounds Murder of JonBenet Ramsey (Larry King Live transcript) Yet ANOTHER Ramsey Piece (CyberSleuths) |
| Charges Allege Layton Man Kidnapped, Assaulted His Wife (THE SALT LAKE TRIBUN) A Layton man was arraigned Monday on charges that he bludgeoned his wife Saturday night, tied her to a tree in the foothills above Farmington and tried to strangle her. |
| Man held in child sex assault (Denver Rocky Mountain News) Arrest at Target store is second incident at facility since May |
| Young shooting victim offers forgiveness: She writes letter to suspect in jail (The Sacramento Bee) When 12-year-old Kimberly Anderson woke up from surgery before dawn on Sunday, she wanted to talk to the man who is suspected of shooting her a day earlier in what police said was an act of "random road rage." |
| Twins, 14, charged in killing of KCK couple (The Kansas City Star) Fourteen-year-old twin brothers were charged Monday with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths last week of a Kansas City, Kan., couple |
| Killer's 'Evil' Bid for Respect Earns Him Up to Life in Prison (THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE) Stupid, silly, senseless. Those words were used repeatedly Monday to describe Michael Anthony Figueroa's killing of a rival gangster two years ago -- a murder apparently motivated by nothing more than name calling. |
| Soldier accused in gay murder Hearing held to determine if case will go to court martial (MSNBC) In the early morning of July 5, 21-year old private Barry Winschell was brutally murdered as he slept in his barracks. |
| JILL CAHILL poisoned
JAMES ''JEFF'' CAHILL on trial Syracuse, NY Defense rests in capital murder case; summations set for Tuesday (Boston Globe) After calling just one witness, the defense rested on Monday in the capital murder trial of a man accused of poisoning his estranged wife in her hospital bed. |
| FAYE COPELAND
Kansas City, Missouri 78-year-old Faye Copeland's death penalty overturned (KC Star) A federal judge has set aside the death sentence for 78-year-old Faye Copeland, believed to be the oldest woman awaiting execution in the nation. The ruling was issued Friday in Kansas City, Copeland's 78th birthday. |
