| SANTA FE, New Mexico Former Denver attorney, Carlos Vigil, 52 murdered Former Denver attorney gunned down near courthouse --(Inside Denver) "I'm devastated for Carlos, for his widow and for the whole legal community," said Richard Shapiro, a fellow lawyer. |
| WATERBURY, Connecticut Police say woman died violently --(The Boston Globe) A train conductor found the partially-nude body around 10:30 a.m. Friday about 20 feet from the tracks off Lafayette Street ROANOKE, Virginia. Two years later, motive in gruesome murder still troubles victim's family--(Arlington Journal ) Garnett Paul Johnson Jr., was soaked with gasoline, burned alive and beheaded in the yard of a white man on July 25,1997. BOSTON, Massachusettes Man with sledgehammer arrested at FBI office in Boston--(The Boston Globe) A man was arrested Friday after he took a sledgehammer to the FBI's logo in the federal agency's office, FBI officials said. NAPERVILLE, Florida Naperville woman faces charges after claiming weekend abduction --(The Beacon News) A woman who told authorities that she had been kidnapped in a store's parking lot here Saturday and was driven to Michigan's Upper Peninsula has admitted the story was a hoax, police said Wednesday. ALBANY, New York Third teen sentenced in Albany park slaying --(The Boston Globe) A 16-year-old youth pleaded guilty Friday to a reduced charge of attempted robbery in the July stabbing death of a man in a downtown Albany park. MONTPELIER, Vermont Medical Examiner apologizes to family of woman who died after botched call --(The Boston Globe) Vermont's Chief Medical Examiner on Friday apologized to the parents of a Bakersfield woman for not insisting on performing an autopsy after he learned she called 911 before she died. LANDOVER HILLS, Maryland Slaying suspect held without bond --(Prince George's Journal ) Tiffany was slain on Monday morning about 11 a.m., as she napped with her 11-month-old daughter, Diamond, in her arms. DEDHAM, Massachusettes Boston woman convicted of abusing 92-year-old patient --(The Boston Globe) A former nurse's aid was convicted Friday of assault and battery on a 92-year-old nursing home patient. Thia Koroma, 30, of Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, was given a 60-day suspended sentence with one year probation. NORTH YORK, Canada More cats slain in Willowdale--(The Toronto Sun) The mysterious death and mutilation of three more cats in North York yesterday has animal cruelty investigators on alert for a potential serial cat killer. ELIZABETH, New Jersey Tip leads to suspect in 41-year-old murder of officer --(The Boston Globe) Police arrested Theodore Schiffer, 61, at his Peckville, Pa., home Thursday and charged the carpet installer in the Nov. 28, 1958, death of Rahway Police Officer Charles Bernoskie. |
| ADELA GOMEZ arrested Wilson, North Carolina Police arrest mother after finding baby in trash can--(WRAL) Baby is still alive! |
| SANTA FE, New Mexico Santa Fe attorney gunned down near courthouse–(Fox News) An attorney known for handling child neglect and abuse cases was shot to death today as he walked to a court session involving the death of a newborn. DETROIT , Michigan Six Detroit Police Indicted On Drug Charges–(Fox News) Six Detroit police officers were indicted by a federal grand jury on drug and civil rights violations for allegedly collecting drug money and robbing narcotics dealers, federal prosecutors said Friday. |
| MARGARET PEEL England DNA clues to 60-year-old murder--(BBC) Peel was bludgeoned to death in the village shop she ran in the hamlet of Fewston, on the border between North and West Yorkshire, in 1938. |
| Porterville, California Officials: Father killed family, then blew up house--(POSTnet) |
 NORMAN JOHNSTON, fugitive Officers pursue escaped convict –(MSNBC) Four officers on horseback and others in a helicopter are joining searchers Friday for escaped murderer Norman Johnston in Cecil County. Johnston spotted in Md., false alarm in Brickerville.–(Lancaster New Era) In other developments: Police are looking for a dark-blue or black Ford Bronco they believe Johnston was driving. A police bulletin said the Bronco was stolen and is owned by Johnston's half-brother, Joseph Rivera, according to the Daily Local News of West Chester. The license plate is BKK 1780. |
| TED BINION murder case Las Vegas, Nevada Sandra Murphy described affair to her friend--(Las Vegas Sun) |
| MINDY TRAN child murder case Kelowna, B.C., Canada Police request targeted--(C-News) Mindy's clothing was rinsed. |
| Pedophile case won't be tried (Tulsa World) A judge declined Thursday to order a trial for a former Denver police officer who is charged here with three felonies. |
New Orleans Cops defend fatal shooting of belligerent man (The Times-Picayune) Mother questions officer's actions. |
| NORMAN JOHNSTON escaped fugitive Maryland Dogs catch scent of fugitive--(The Inquirer) In northeastern Maryland, a man who might have been Norman Johnston was spotted outside his niece's home. |
Rapist Linked to 20 Attacks on Elderly Women--(PA News Center) A rapist has been linked to at least 20 sex attacks on elderly women in their beds over the past seven years, says Scotland Yard. |
| SHARIF ABDUL LATIF SHARIF - convicted rapist/murderer Special Series by Tim Madigan- Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Sharif Sharif: A Monster Exposed (Ft. Worth Star-Telgram) During a four-month investigation for this 3-part article, reporter Tim Madigan conducted more than 150 interviews across four U.S. states and Mexico. Other information in this article was taken from police reports, affidavits, transcripts from Sharif Sharif's El Paso deportation hearings and the 40-page sentencing document written by the Mexican judge who convicted Sharif of murder in Juarez. |
| DUANE MILLER trial JOHN MILLER murder Hackensack, New Jersey Son gets 25 years in father's ax slaying--(NJ Record Online) |
| Los Angeles
Lawyer Gets 3 Years for Running Brothel (LA Times) |
| LINDA SOBEK murdered model
CHARLES RATHBUN convicted Los Angeles Justices Deny Appeal From Model's Killer (LA Times) An appeal by the photographer who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering model Linda Sobek has been denied by the state Supreme Court. |
| DAVID COUGHLIN murdered camper - 1999
KARINA HOLMER murdered Swedish nanny - 1996 RAFFI KODIKIAN under suspicion Boston Autopsy bolsters suspect's tale of desert killing Boston police said yesterday they will ''take another look'' at Raffi Kodikian, accused of killing his best friend in New Mexico, in connection with the 1996 murder of Swedish nanny Karina Holmer, whose torso was discovered in a dumpster behind a Fenway building where Kodikian lived. Camper's autopsy supports mercy killing: Mass. man dehydrated when fatally stabbed (Boston Herald) Ranger: Campers were near canyon's only trail (Boston Herald) |
| Tampa, Fla.
WFLA anchor receives threatening postcard (SP Times) A menacing postcard mailed to a news anchor at WFLA-TV is the latest twist in a long-running criminal investigation involving extortion demands and threats of mass murder against executives and employees of the Tampa Tribune. |
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St. Paul, Minn.
Police arrest family who allegedly ran juvenile prostitution ring (KRT) Members of a Minneapolis family who allegedly ran a juvenile prostitution ring in 24 states and two Canadian provinces were arrested Thursday during a sweep involving about 75 law officers. |
| MARY STETSON - murder/dismemberment
VACLAV "WILLIAM" PLCH - suspect subject of nationwide manhunt Manchester, N.H. Stetson murder probe leads back to river (Manchester Union Leader) Manchester police yesterday afternoon pulled a blue tarpaulin out of the Merrimack River as they continued to follow up leads surrounding the grisly murder of Mary K. Stetson. False Plch sightings send police scrambling (Manchester Union Leader) The search for a Czech national, wanted in connection with the grisly slaying of a Manchester mother, continued yesterday as more than once, police scrambled at reports he had been seen in the area. Plch charged in Stetson killing (Manchester Union Leader) |
 RICHARD MONTGOMERY murder DANIEL CONAHAN on trial Punta Gorda, Fla. Experts describe evidence, tests during murder, mutilation trial (Sarasota Herald Trib) Charlotte County Sheriff's Deputy William Kuchar looks over a coat that was found at the scene of Richard Montgomery's murder. Daniel Conahan is accused of murdering Montgomery. |
| Mother's letters cite `terrible fear' (Houston Chronicle) Suicide notes give no reason for killing children, herself |
| Autopsy bolsters suspect's tale of desert killing (Boston Globe) Coughlin was suffering from ''moderate to severe dehydration'' at the time of his death, said Tim Stepetic, of the Albuquerque Medical Examiner's office. |
| Killer back in jail after 6 months out (PilotOnline) Six months after he was paroled for the 1993 double slaying of two men confined to wheelchairs, Michael Logan is back in jail -- this time charged with pistol-whipping a young man. |
| Middleman dismissed from murder-for-hire charges (PilotOnline) A judge on Thursday dismissed a charge of capital murder against Gilroy Lamar Brunson, the middleman in the murder-for-hire slaying of Navy wife Roxanne Fricke more than 11 years ago. |
| Deaths called murder-suicide (St. Petersburg Times) When Jessica Nelleny clocked out from her cashiers job at the Staples store at 4:11 p.m. Tuesday, she did not know that she had just been chosen as employee of the month for May. |
