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Sat Aug 14 99 10:51:58


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 09:55:30


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)


Sat Aug 14 99 09:53:56


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.
Reporter Accused of Stabbing Officer With Pen (LA Times)
A reporter for the Star supermarket tabloid has been charged with stabbing a Los Angeles police officer with a ballpoint pen after police refused to grant an interview about the death of William Shatner's wife.

Moor Park, Calif.
Hearing Set for Man in Brother-in-Law's Killing (LA Times)
A man accused of fatally shooting his brother-in-law in an alleged dispute over video games is scheduled to be charged in court Monday.

Houston
Teen-agers Charged in Crime Spree (Wash Post)
Four teen-age girls who police say hatched a crime spree when they found themselves without pocket money were charged Friday with five armed robberies.



Sat Aug 14 99 09:45:38


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 SantaFe, N.M.
Santa Fe Attorney Gunned Down (ABQ Journal)
The killer of a popular Santa Fe defense attorney known for representing the poor remained at large Friday evening as the Santa Fe legal community reeled with shock and disbelief at the drive-by shooting death.
Vigil Was Respected by Colleagues (ABQ Journal)
Grieving Colleagues Prayed Near Body (ABQ Journal)
Community Reaction (ABQ Journal)



Sat Aug 14 99 09:39:52


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 09:32:08


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


Sat Aug 14 99 09:09:56


Atlanta
Teen to face prosecution over remark (AJC)


Sat Aug 14 99 09:04:02


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)


Sat Aug 14 99 08:53:38


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 08:38:18


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 08:37:03


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 08:36:19


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 04:34:33


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 04:27:44


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 04:24:05


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 04:20:23


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


Sat Aug 14 99 04:11:20

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.


Sat Aug 14 99 04:04:27


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 03:58:08


LUCKY TO BE ALIVE:
Brave Adis Lucevic, 8


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 03:51:34


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 03:34:21


TRAGIC LOSS:
Dealing with their grief, neighbors set up a memorial where beloved Elvis Paulino was fatally wounded.




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.


Sat Aug 14 99 03:24:22


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 03:14:47


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.


Sat Aug 14 99 03:06:58


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...


Fri Aug 13 99 22:06:48


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.

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