| Husband queried in fatal shooting He asked wife to load handgun, police say (FREE PRESS) Leann Fletcher told her mother that she was going target shooting with her husband on Monday, prompting Gloria Misener to ask her daughter whether he had taken out a life insurance policy on her. |
| Baby's death was center's third incident since May 2 other children were hurt in day care, records show. The operator's license lapsed in 1996. Sydney Tillison's death was ruled a homicide. (Philly News) Authorities yesterday ruled a homicide the death of a 4-month-old girl who suffered a skull fracture at an unlicensed day-care center in West Oak Lane, where serious injuries to two other children were reported to authorities in the last 3 months. |
| Muncie, Indiana Mother held in death of her son; baby was found face-down in tub (StarNews) It started with a frantic 911 call from the baby's grandmother, who said she had found the 8-month-old boy face-down in the bathtub with the water running. |
| Trucker indicted in deaths of West U. attorney, 3 kid (Houston Chronical) A Houston truck driver was indicted Wednesday on four counts of intoxicated manslaughter for a June 29 freeway wreck that killed a West University lawyer and his three children. |
| Denver, Colorado Man ruled insane in niece's stab death (Denver Post) William Wuest, who stabbed his niece 41 times, was found not guilty of her murder Wednesday because a judge ruled he was insane. |
| GEORGETOWN, TEXAS County wants teen tried as adult in dad's death (Austin American-Statesman) Williamson County prosecutors moved Tuesday to have a 16-year-old accused of murdering his father stand trial as an adult, despite claims that the shooting was self-defense against a raging drunk. |
| Jury finds Eubanks guilty of first-degree murder (SignOn San Diego) A mother whose defense for killing her four young sons was to blame drugs, alcohol and bad relationships with men was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder in the execution-style shootings of the children. |
| Teen gets 63 years for murder Admitted plans to get a gun into jail and escape earned the accused more prison time (THE ROANOKE TIMES) Keirsten Davis was sentenced to 63 years in prison Tuesday for her role in the murder and robbery of Jamelle Poindexter. |
Home argument escalates into murder-suicide A renter turns gun on himself after shooting a boy and slaying his sister. (The Orange County Register) Most of the family slept Tuesday morning as an argument raged between 16-year-old Ernesto Prieto and a renter who lived in the garage. |
| Toddler's murder case ends in mistrial Prosecutors fear juror overheard talking (The Times-Picayune) The trial of a New Orleans man charged with beating his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter to death ended in a mistrial Tuesday. |
| Orlando, Florida Florida woman who shot daughter acquitted of attempted murder (Nando Times) An elderly woman was acquitted Wednesday of attempting to kill her daughter, who was left paralyzed after being shot by her mother and later died . |
| Las Vegas Man charged with murder of girlfriend ( Las Vegas Review-Journal ) A man who Las Vegas police said beat his girlfriend to death earlier this month was arrested Tuesday on murder charges. |
| Witnesses in Basso murder trial say victim refused offers of help (Houston Chronicle) A mentally impaired man who died after being tortured by a group allegedly out to get his insurance benefits showed signs of abuse but twice refused offers of help. |
| NEWARK, Delaware NORMAN JOHNSTON, Pennsylvania prison escapee New leads in search for escaped killer--(MSNBC) Authorities are now scouring an area near Newark, Delaware. That's where Norman Johnston vanished after a fight with police outside a diner within the last 48 hours. Johnston's stash may be out of his reach--(The Philadelphia Inquirer) It's not like he could come out of the woods, find a pay phone, and simply ask the bank to wire the money to the U.S. into a friend's account, experts say. Police: Johnston nearly caught near diner; prints on pay phone--(NewsDay) A University of Delaware policeman tackled and nearly captured a man witnesses and police have identified as escaped killer Norman Johnston. Self-proclaimed bounty hunters look for Johnston and big reward --(MSNBC) The bounty, paid in cash, is an enticing reward, but police fear average citizens could get hurt. HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania Escapes causing political turmoil--(The Philadelphia Inquirer) The state's vast prison system remains under what's believed to be an unprecedented total lockdown today in the wake of two bold escapes in two weeks, and the state's political system is starting to squirm amid questions of possible political fallout Breaking out's as easy as 1-2-3--(Philadelphia Inquirer) The two prison inmates from Philadelphia who squeezed out of their state prison cells in central Pennsylvania Monday apparently took their plans straight from the pages of the Norman Johnston Prison Escape Manual. Cross hairs on corrections chief in wake of escapes --(Philadelphia Inquirer) "Public safety is the No. 1 job of government," said Gov. Ridge's spokesman Tim Reeves. "This is very serious." |
| RICHARD LINTOTT, 51 murdered Briton Murdered by Armed Rebels --(PA Newscentre) A British father of two has been murdered by a gang of armed robbers in Nigeria. |
| PEORIA, Illinois Kevin Danner, 44 murder victim Adrian Maynor, 22 indicted Magazine saleswoman indicted on charges in stabbing murder --(Peoria Journal Star ) A Peoria County grand jury Tuesday indicted a door-to-door magazine saleswoman on charges she murdered a Peoria man in his home. PEKIN, Illinois HEATHER HENNINGER, 19 missing since Aug. 11 Body found south of Pekin But officials won't say whether it belongs to missing 19-year-old --(Peoria Journal Star) "On the advice of the state's attorney, Stu Umholtz, no further information is being released at this time, until the completion of the investigation," Pekin Deputy Police Chief Chuck Bassett said. |
Serial killers nothing new to Kentucky State's first plagued region 200 years ago --(Messenger-Inquirer ) He had left a trail of 30 to 40 bodies -- maybe more -- across the Kentucky and Tennessee frontier. |
| DAVID COUGHLIN - murdered camper RAFFI KODIKIAN - charged Investigators question whether slaying was truly a mercy killing -- (Boston Herald) |
| FELLS ACRES case Boston, Mass. LeFave denied new trial in Fells Acres case--(Boston Globe) The state's highest court on Wednesday once again reinstated the conviction of a former day care center operator accused of a shocking but hotly contested case of sexual assault on young children at the Fells Acres day care center in Malden. |
| OPAL JO JENNINGS updated Saginaw, Texas Man arrested in Opal kidnapping--(MSNBC) Arrest in Opal Jennings kidnapping case--(WFAA) |
| Los Angeles Mother Pleads Not Guilty to Torturing Daughter --(LA Times) A woman and her companion allegedly beat and sexually assaulted the girl. But some of her 12 other children say their mother was a victim too. |
| OPAL JO JENNINGS abducted child Saginaw, Texas Arrest reported in girl's disappearance--(UPI) |
| TAMPA, Fla. From clemency to legal limbo (SP Times) In a situation one attorney calls ""the weirdest I've ever seen,'' a woman released from prison last year may face a new murder trial. |
| MARY STETSON murder/dismemberment VACLAV "WILLIAM" PLCH accused Manchester, N.H. Accused killer Plch returned to state; arraignment today (Manchester Union Leader) Vaclav "William" Plch, the man wanted in connection with the grisly murder of a Manchester mother of five was expected to be returned to New Hampshire last night after being found in Texas. |
| Hong Kong Woman to wed man who pushed her over balcony--(Reuters) A waitress will marry the drug addict boyfriend who tried to throw her off an 18th-storey balcony and then stamped on her hands as she clung to the railing. |
| Stuttgart, Germany Dog shoots man--(Reuters) |
| CARY STAYNER The Yosemite Murders Fresno, California Stayner case file on Web--(Fresno Bee) The clerk's office in U.S. District Court in Fresno recently created an Internet site for information about the Cary Stayner case. USA v. Stayner 1:99-cr-5217 -- EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (Fresno) |
