| KENNETT SQUARE, Pennsylvania NORMAN JOHNSTON, fugitive killer Escape revives a town's bad memories --(Post-Gazette ) The Johnstons themselves began murdering the young thugs who had stolen for them but who might also be tempted to become snitches. In all, five teen-agers were slain by the gang in 1977 and 1978 . One was Bruce Johnston's stepson. Another was the 15-year-old girlfriend of his biological son, Bruce Jr. Bruce Sr. also ordered the execution of Little Bruce, as his son was called. He took nine bullets, but survived as a prosecution witness. |
 Linda Huff, Idaho State Police trooper Yager faces life-or-death sentencing Monday--(The Spokesman-Review) Huff, 33, was shot to death last June outside the Coeur d'Alene office of the Idaho State Police. She was the first female officer to die in the line of duty in Idaho |
| 14-year-old alleged rapist being held for a suspect in additional rapes (Israel Wire) The 14-year-old Kiryat Motzkin resident who was arrest last week as the suspect in the rape of a 5-year-old girl is being held in two additional rapes of victims 5 and 6 years old. |
| 2 Die In Weekend Stabbings Teen Shot In Face At Hotel, Police Report (ABQjournal) It has been a violent weekend: Two people were stabbed to death in separate fights and a teen-ager was shot in the face at a hotel. |
| 2 killed, 1 hurt in hail of bullets Pair held, police seek three in van (The Arizona Republic) Three men were shot, two of them fatally, when gunfire erupted Saturday afternoon in the parking lot of an east Phoenix auto store. |
| Colorado Springs Two men wounded in separate shootings (The Gazette) Friday night, Luis Martinez, 35, answered a knock on his front door in the 2900 block of Valerie Circle in northeast Colorado Springs, police said. He opened the door and was shot four times in the upper torso. |
| Witnesses Saw Pickup Leave Crime Scene Truck Seized In Lawyer's Shooting (ABQjournal) Police seized a mint-green pickup truck Saturday that witnesses say left the scene immediately after lawyer Carlos Vigil was fatally shot Friday morning in downtown Santa Fe. |
| SAN QUENTIN, California Lockdown at San Quentin after melee –(The Boston Globe) More than 460 prisoners remained under lockdown following the brawl Friday night in a cell block that houses some of San Quentin's most dangerous inmates. |
| MILISSA HART Iverness, Florida Responsibility in girl's death elusive--(St. Petersburg Times) The deadly mauling of Milissa Hunt was a tragedy, but laying blame on anyone other than the dogs raises legal questions. |
| SHEILA BELLUSH murdered mother of quads ALLEN BLACKTHORN ex-husband San Antonio, Texas Somewhere, The Truth--(St. Petersburg Times) A rich man plays golf, dotes on his children, loves his wife. Is he also capable of murder? Did Blackthorne do it?--(St. Petersburg Times) The police say the trail leads from the body of Sheila Bellush, through three men, to her ex-husband, Allen Blackthorne. |
| YOSEMITE MURDERS CARY STAYNER California Investigation continues in 4 Yosemite slayings--(Modesto Bee) |
| BOULDER, Colorado Jerry Berry, accused child molester Ex-church worker: Accusations of child assault 'exaggerated' –(Inside Denver) "I love those little girls very much," he said. "Hopefully, they will come through with this all right." Berry said he was "trying in my own way to help these children and got very close to them." –(Boulder News) Police searched Berry's house on July 29, and confiscated computer hardware, computer discs, pornographic books and videos, piles of photographs and boxes of girls' panties. Most of the material was in outbuildings behind Berry's brown ranch-styled house that backs onto Platt Middle School property, police said.
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| ELLIOT NESS The REAL Elliot Ness Emerging From Behind Hollywood Myth--(CyberSleuths Freelance Feature) by Paul W. Heimel To many, the name Eliot Ness conjures visions of Al Capone, tommy gun fights and the all-knowing crimefighter portrayed by Robert Stack in the black & white TV classic series, "The Untouchables." That character is largely a myth. Nevertheless, the accomplishments of the real Eliot Ness were no less fascinating. Coming to The History Channel, Tuesday, Aug. 24, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case Boulder, Colo. Yet ANOTHER Ramsey Piece--(CyberSleuths FreeLance Feature) by Rob Smoke "she died because she didn't tell the big secret" |
SUSAN SMITH Susan Smith's mom speaks out--(Special to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Susan Smith's mother breaks her silence to talk about her daughter's crime. Includes full transcript of the interview. |
| 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. |
HOMICIDAL MANIA The Pied Piper of Marshall Street--(CyberSleuths True Crime Features) The body parts, wrapped in plastic freezer bags, and marked “dog food,” in the refrigerator at 3520 North Marshall Street in suburban Franklinville, belonged to Sandra Lindsay, age, 25, 5-foot-6, with cocoa-brown skin and copprish eyes. This story is part of an online series called Homicidal Mania by Bill Kelly. |
| CRIME FILES JUSTICE STORY Mercer, Penn. -- March 28, 1968 A Night of Terror--(NY Daily News) Come on. Let's go have some fun!" Kenneth Perrine, 22, cried out to his three drinking buddies in a quiet Pennsylvania bar. Now, "fun" has many interpretations. |
Shots Fired at FBI Investigators Bank Robbery Suspect Faces Assault Charge (Albuquerque Journal) A police dog and two rounds from a beanbag gun Friday afternoon brought down a man suspected of firing on two FBI agents earlier in the day in a southeast Albuquerque apartment. |
| New Orleans Store attendant is found murdered --(The Times-Picayune) Dad of 5 shot in head, chest; money missing. |
| Elizabeth, New Jersey Tip leads police to suspect in 1958 murder of police officer (CNN) Theodore Schiffer got away with murder for nearly 41 years, prosecutors say. |
| JEANNA NORTH missing since 1993 KYLE BELL trial Fargo, North Dakota Case of missing N.D. girl goes to trial--(WCCO) It is arguably one of the most intriguing murder cases in North Dakota in decades, and six years after it started, the case of Kyle Bell is finally headed for a jury. |
| WHITTIER, California Supremacist leader praises L.A. shooting suspect –(The Nando Times) Buford O. Furrow, the man accused of gunning down a mail carrier and wounding five people at a Jewish community center, won praise from a notorious racist leader as mourners gathered Saturday to bury the victim. |
| Church official arrested in child sex case –-(Boulder News--) Detective Sgt. Kurt Weiler said there is no known connection between Berry and the unsolved 1996 killing of 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey, who some theorists say could have attracted the attention of her killer through her participation in child beauty pageants. |
| MINDY TRAN murder case SHANNON MURRIN trial Kelowna, B.C. Accused Tran killer beaten by three men, trial told--(Vancouver Sun) Crown counsel Joe Wood said during his opening statement in B.C Supreme Court last week that three men confronted Murrin in his home, accusing him of killing Mindy. |
| ANGEL MATURINO RESENDIZ Houston, Texas Alleged Railroad Killer sends letter to TV station--(WRAL) In the letter, the Mexican national says he surrendered last month because he feared U.S. officials were going to put his wife in jail, not because he "was good." |
