
| FLORENCE, Colorado Benjamin S. Snell, prison escapee Escapee takes vehicles, guns, flees, cops say –(Inside Denver) Snell made his way to the caretaker's cabin at Florence Mountain Park about 10 miles southwest of Florence, authorities said. When the park custodian, Sam Cash, 41, returned to his cabin about 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Snell confronted him with a .22-caliber rifle he had found in the home PIMA COUNTY , Arizona Kurt Imel, murder victim Teresa Suzanne Imel, 34, Troy Bertling, 18, Daniel Ray Averett, 24, indicted A judge on Monday transferred Teresa Imel's daughter, Tiffanie Marie Imel, 17, to adult court to face charges alleging she also plotted to kill her stepfather. 3 indicted in Wal-Mart executive's death –(Arizona Star) A Pima County grand jury yesterday indicted a woman on charges alleging she arranged to have her ex-husband - a Wal-Mart executive - killed outside the family's westside home. THORNTON, Colorado Paul Skiba, 39, missing Sarah Skiba, 10, missing Lorenzo Chivers, 36. missing Cops near an arrest in missing trio case –(Inside Denver) Concern deepened in late March when DNA tests showed that blood smeared on the door of a bullet-riddled moving truck belonged to Paul and Sarah Skiba. CHERRY HILL, Maryland NORMAN JOHNSTON, escaped murderer Johnston sighted Police say he was seen on niece's porch–(Philadelphia Inquirer) "He wouldn't come near the family. There's no reason for him to," Mary Montgomery, 40, said yesterday as she drove out of her gated driveway. "To do this to us . . .he wouldn't." BOULDER, Colorado Jerry Berry, 64 suspect Church officer accused of molesting 3 girls, ages 4 to 7 –(Inside Denver) The treasurer of a Boulder church was arrested Friday on suspicion of sexually assaulting and photographing three girls. |

| DAVID COUGHLIN murdered camper RAFFI KODIKIAN suspect Carlsbad, N.M. N.M. suspect returning to Mass. (Boston Globe) Composed and businesslike, murder suspect Raffi Kodikian won temporary freedom yesterday after a judge said he could return home to West Roxbury until he stands trial on charges that he killed his best friend and buried the body in a crude grave in a canyon desert. Dehydration pain atypical, specialists say (Boston Globe) Perplexed mourners pay tribute (Boston Globe) 'Pray for Raffi': Slain camper's brother reaches out to accused killer (Boston Herald) |

| El Monte, Calif. 2 Charged in Alleged Torture of Daughter (LA Times) Her mother and stepfather are accused of rape and other crimes. They reportedly treated her as a family slave for years. North Hollywood, Calif. Moor Park, Calif. Houston |

Andrea Vigil, right, is comforted by a colleague of her husband. Carlos Vigil was killed in a drive-by shooting Friday in Santa Fe. (Sarah Martone / For the Journal) CARLOS VIGIL - gunned down
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| MARGARITA FLORES murder case JOSEFINA SALDANA charged Fresno, California DA will seek death penalty in Saldana murder trial--(Fresno Bee) Saldana, 41, is accused of kidnapping Flores and killing her on Sept. 14, 1998, in a twisted plot to remove the woman's 8 1/2-month-old fetus so Saldana, who faked a pregnancy to friends, could get a baby. |
| Calgary, Alberta, Canada Web site publicizing johns names leads to six dismissals--(Calgary Sun) The owners of a Web site that publicizes the licence plate numbers of cars trolling for hookers said they've had six men fired for cruising in a company vehicle, including a shuttle bus driver for the disabled. Calgary Ho Down website |
| Atlanta
Teen to face prosecution over remark (AJC) |

| RICHARD MONTGOMERY - murder/mutilation
DANIEL CONAHAN, JR. - on trial Punta Gorda, Fla. Crime-lab analyst tells of finding paint chip on slain man's body (Sarasota Herald-Trib) |

| TIFFANY EUNICK, 6 - murdered
LIONEL TATE, 12 - suspcet Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Judge orders 12-year-old murder suspect to remain with mom (TBO-FL) A 12-year-old boy indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the death of a 6-year-old girl will remain with his mother until his trial, a judge ordered Friday. |

| MISSING: Paul Skiba, 39, Sarah Skiba, 10, and Lorenzo Chivers, 36
Thornton, Colo. Cops near an arrest in missing trio case (Inside Denver) Authorities are close to an arrest in February's disappearance of a 10-year-old girl, her father and one of his employees, according to the child's mother. |

| ARTUR MARTIROSYAN - fugitive
Labor Day Massacre Aurora, Colo. Aurora murder suspect on 'Most Wanted' (Denver Post) Nearly one year after the worst massacre in this city's history, one of the key players remains at large. |

| GARNER/HANSCHU triple-slay
Castle Rock, Colo. Slaying victim's sister wants justice (Inside Denver) Sonja Hanschu says she wants justice and the full truth to be heard about her brother-in-law, James Garner.She says she filed suit against Garner so insurance would go to children. |

| Antonio Romero Jr., a Pennsylvania State Police trooper for nearly 11 years, had been putting handcuffs on suspected drug dealers for some time now. Trooper arrested on drug charges (Phillie News) Yesterday, Romero was the one wearing handcuffs in a federal courtroom in Philadelphia. |

| Detroit Men charged with marketing date-rape drug over Internet (Fox News) Two men have been charged with using the Internet to sell ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions for making a powerful "date-rape'' drug. |

| VIRGINIA BEACH Woman and girl raped in separate incidents in Virginia Beach (Piolot Online) Police are investigating two apparently unrelated rapes, one involving an 18-year-old woman attacked at knife point in a supermarket bathroom and the other involving a 13-year-old girl attacked in her back yard. |

| Kimberly Anne Ocha murdered Teen slaying suspect on probation for 1998 assault (Sacramento Bee) The 15-year-old boy charged in the pre-dawn stabbing death of his neighbor Tuesday was on probation for attacking another woman with a knife last year |
| Lewiston, Maine Victim tried to flee abuser several times (Press Herald) New details have emerged from court papers and the recollections of friends and family in the abusive relationship between Carol Cross and Ken Emrick that ended in both their deaths Tuesday. |

| Boulder, Colorado Church officer accused of molesting 3 girls, ages 4 to 7 (Boulder Camera) The treasurer of a Boulder church was arrested Friday on suspicion of sexually assaulting and photographing three girls. |

12-YR.-OLD SLASHERS ALMOST KILL QUEENS KID (New York Post) An 8-year-old Queens boy was recovering yesterday from the horrific slashing attack by two 12-year-old "baby predators" who left him with 75 stitches. |

| Jossie Lynn Merrifield Victimc Sandra May Merrifield Suspect Woman accused of killing sister to take sibling's newborn (Postnet News) For eight months, Sandra May Merrifield of O'Fallon, Ill., had told everyone she was pregnant, just like her younger sister, Jossie Lynn Merrifield of Collinsville. |

BYSTANDER KILLED, 2 WOUNDED IN GANG SHOOTING (NY Post ) A hard-working porter was killed and two bystanders were wounded by stray bullets when a gang argument on a Washington Heights street turned violent. |

| Tammy Talbot - Victim James Talbot - Suspect Police seek man for questioning in his wife's murder (Postnet News) Eleven days after James Talbott agreed in court to stay away from his estranged wife, police were looking for him Friday with questions about her murder at the apartment they used to share in Affton. |

| MEXICO CITY Mexican TV star claims he's innocent in murder of co-star (Nando Times) One of Mexico's most famous television personalities is starring in a drama involving murder, drugs and tales of infidelity, only this time it's all too real. |

| Murder theory unveiled Defense claims wrong man on trial (Anchorage Daily News) Something terrible happened in Room 371 last year as April blossomed into spring, something that sent a 35-year-old woman to her death out a third-floor window of the Holiday Inn... |

| VERONICA COMPTON Seattle, Washington New parole hearing sought for ex-girlfriend of 'Hillside Strangler'--(Seattle Times) The former girlfriend of 'Hillside Strangler' Kenneth Bianchi, may get another shot at parole. |

