RHODE ISLAND Father arraigned in slaying of R.I. girl (Boston Globe) Until last Thursday, the residents of Lincoln, R.I., could boast that their town of 20,000 had not had a murder in 17 years. MARYLAND VIRGINIA |
| IRENE KENNEDY slain Dec. '98
RICHARD J. REYENGER slain last week Massachusetts Norfolk authorities suspect link in 2 slayings (Boston Globe) Norfolk County authorities are investigating possible connections between the weekend slaying of an elderly Westwood man and the beating and stabbing death of a 75-year-old woman eight months earlier in a nearby Walpole park - and whether a single killer is responsible.Both elderly victims were killed while alone. |
| UNABOMBER: Theodore Kaczynski Magazine Prints Unabomber's Parable (Wash Post/AP) Still writing furiously, even behind bars, the Unabomber has completed a parable about the ills of modern society that will be printed next month in a magazine published by students at the State University of New York at Binghamton. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Ramsey media plan ready While presiding over a grand jury that hasn't met in more than three months, District Attorney Alex Hunter has steadfastly refused to say when the investigation into the death of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey will end. Paper targeted in Ramsey inquiry (Inside Denver) Jefferson County is targeting the weekly supermarket newspaper that allegedly tried to pay $30,000 for a copy of the JonBenet Ramsey ransom note. Ramsey Case: Lawyer Charged (CBS News) |
| ALFREDO TELLO murder case SAMUEL SHEINBEIN accused Montgomery County, Maryland Surprise reversal in Sheinbein case--(ABC News) Maryland teenager to plead guilty to murder charge. |
| SHELLY PACHECO and DANA NULL sisters Immokalee, Florida Woman used missing sister's identity to escape drug charges--(Naples Daily News) The woman missing for 21 years and thought to be found in Immokalee wasn't. |
| MARY JENNIFER LOVE murdered child RALPH LYNCH charged Cincinnati, Ohio Jury selection begins in girl's death--(Cincinnati Enquirer) Police say man admitted killing. |
| CHRIS O'Neil suspect Englewood, Colorado Suspect in bizarre funeral found dead--(UPI) |
| CODY TYLER WAYFIELD Cody Warner
Michigan "Killer" dog came from bad litter--(Michigan Live) A wolf-German Shepherd mix dog that killed its owner's 4-year-old son Saturday came from a litter in which two other mates had displayed aggressive behavior. |
| MICHAEL LOUKAS Muskegon, Michigan Escape attempt foiled--(Michigan Live) According to a police report, Loukas was wearing gloves and carrying a blanket as he attempted to scale the three fences topped with concertina wiring. |
| KATO KAELIN Los Angeles, California Kaelin wins round in tabloid lawsuit--(LA Times) -Brian "Kato" Kaelin won a court skirmish with the National Examiner on Monday in his libel suit over a headline that read: "Cops Think Kato Did It." |
| ELIOT NESS The ‘Real’ Eliot Ness Emerging From Behind Hollywood Myth -- (Paul W. Heimel) Coming to The History Channel, Tuesday, Aug. 24, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time |
| MELISSA JANUSKEVICIUS "Melissa Love" Steven's Point, Wisconsen Aspiring singer's life ends in vacant Louisville lot--(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Woman's body found in Kentucky after she recorded first CD. |
| SANDRA LYNN KERBY missing since July 10 Gibson, California Missing first-grade teacher leaves gap at Gibson--(Fresno Bee) Frank Kerby, 54, has not been named as a suspect in the case, but he has stopped talking to police. Police have filed search warrants trying to determine his whereabouts on the day his wife disappeared, court records show. |
| SANTA ROSA, Calif. Naked Burglar Found Up Tree (Prodigy News) Forget getting caught with your pants down -- this burglar got caught stark naked up a tree. |
| PROVIDENCE, R.I Sussex County man charged with killing daughter in bed (Bergen Record) A New Jersey man was arraigned Monday on charges he killed his 2-year-old daughter in her crib in Lincoln on Saturday night. |
| ARAPAHOE COUNTY Missing mom packed in salt; police search for daughter (Denver Rocky Mountain News ) A call from a woman concerned about her mother led to a grisly discovery Monday night -- a decomposing body packed in 700 pounds of salt inside a cardboard box that was draped with flowers and surrounded by burning candles. |
| Child-sex suspect kills self Construction workers find body 2 weeks after fondling incident (Denver Rocky Mountain News) A man suspected of fondling two children at a retail store two weeks ago killed himself Monday morning outside Denver Health Medical Center. |
| Witness says driver 'gunned it' in killing (Detroit Free Press) Witness watched in horror as a 1979 Chevrolet pickup traveling north slowly passed the man, made a U-turn, accelerated and ran over him. |
| Mother details killing of daughter (The Arizona Republic) Tells court, 'He shot my daughter' |
| RENO Slaying suspect sentenced for raping student (Las Vegas Review-Journal) A convicted kidnapper facing murder charges in another case was sentenced to nearly 25 years in prison Monday for the rape of a Reno college student he snatched from a city street. |
| ALTOONA Husband is shocked to learn his wife is linked to 1983 Westmoreland slaying (Post-Gazette) The brief news item on the radio a couple of weeks ago was just a grisly curiosity for Ralph Neely, something about a couple over in Westmoreland County digging up their basement and finding a man's skeleton there. |
| Two men shot dead in Northwest Austin (Austin American-Statesman) Austin police were investigating the shooting deaths of two men late Sunday in far Northwest Austin. |
| Man accused of shooting at group in Passaic (Bergen Record) A New York City man who apparently was angry that his girlfriend did not want to see him was charged with four counts of attempted murder Saturday night after he fired shots at the girlfriend's friends and relatives. |
| Charges changed in teen's death Murder charge was recalled Monday and changed to firearm charges (THE ROANOKE TIMES) Many of the charges against him were dismissed because witnesses were reluctant to testify. |
| SANTA ROSA Santa Rosa prisoner battered to death with bag full of rocks ( The Albuquerque Tribune) A 51-year-old inmate was beaten to death with a laundry bag full of rocks. |
| America's Stolen Children -- (Reader's Digest) Hundreds of kids are abducted abroad each year. Why won't our government fight to bring them home? |
| WAYNE JACKSON father CHLOE JACKSON daughter Leeds, England Man dumps daughter with police--(BBC) A man who left his baby daughter at a police station so that he could take off on holiday may face prosecution. |
| U.K. News Briefs from the P.A. NewsCenter Eight years for paedophile "not safe to be loose"--A paedophile who abducted and sexually assaulted a teenager with learning difficulties three weeks after being released from prison has been jailed for eight years. Boy, 10, convicted of sex attack--A 10-year-old boy is to be put on the sex offenders register after being found guilty of assaulting an eight-year-old classmate. Soccer hooligan jailed for drug offenses--Notorious World Cup football hooligan James Shayler has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for drug offences committed while he sat in a French prison cell. Ex-magistrate admits child sex attacks--A former magistrate has pleaded guilty to a string of sex attacks on boys dating back to 1960. Backpacker critical after assaults--A British backpacker assaulted in Australia is critically ill but stable as his parents prepare to fly to his hospital bedside. Farmer quizzed after burglar shot dead--A farmer reportedly plagued by thieves is being questioned by police after a suspected burglar was shot dead and another seriously injured at his farmhouse. |
| Fairfax, Virginia Robber phones in his threats--(WRAL) Why bother to break in when you can phone-in your robbery? |
| Chat Schedule for Week of August 22, 1999 MONDAY: Martha Moxley murder case Join other followers of this complex case in the weekly Moxley Monday real-time discussion. You might be surprised at just who might show up to chat. Case background information can be found at the Martha Moxley site. TUESDAY: True Crime Tuesday -- NEW! This week's topic: Kids Killing Kids How safe are our children? Discuss cases like Maddie Rae Clifton, Constance Boykin, and the numerous school shootings. Chats begin around 9pm Eastern. Join through the Java Connection on CyberSleuths -or- use mIRC to connect to any NewNet server. |
| OPAL JENNINGS abduction Fort Worth, Texas No evidence of Opal--(Fort Worth Star-Telegram) South Fort Worth neighbors watch search with concern. |
| Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Girls abducted from playground--(The Ottawa Citizen) Man faces sex-assault charges after sisters, 7 and 9, lured from south-end park. |
NEW YORK Former Ohio doctor under investigation (MSNBC/WCMH) Dr. Swango came under investigation again when three of his patients died in New York. Published reports say "poisonous chemicals" have been found in two bodies. Swango was investigated but never charged when his patients died at Ohio State University 15 years ago. MASSACHUSETTS
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| Rape as a disciplinary tactic (Salon News) Prison guards often ignore inmate rape, and even encourage it to punish prisoners who step out of line. |
| Philadelphia, PA Woman to face trial in fatal knifing of man (Philly News) Towanda Newman, 28, told cops that her former lover accidentally ran into a knife and killed himself on Aug. 7. |
| NEW YORK Clan is suspected in several killings (KC Star) It was a reversal of tradition: On this wedding day, the bride carried the groom across the threshold. |
| Tip yields nothing in search for Opal Federal agents scour area near suspect's home (The Dallas Morning News) Federal agents on Sunday combed a 40-acre tract of prairie two blocks from the home of the man who has confessed to kidnapping and sexually assaulting Opal Jennings. But they found no trace of the 6-year-old. |
| Anita Agyeman, 10 murdered Boyfriend denies killing Anita (Toronto Sun) The boyfriend of a Toronto mom who found her daughter murdered last week said he was interviewed by police for a second time yesterday and asked point-blank if he was the killer. |
| Lisa Trabeaux, 27 victim Man killed girlfriend with his car, police say (The Times-Picayune) A Metairie man killed his girlfriend by driving over her with his car after an argument Friday evening. |
| Boy, 15, suspect in father's death Baseball bat killing shocks neighbors (The Arizona Republic) A day after police say 15-year-old Kevin Tyree killed his father with a baseball bat while he slept on a couch, neighbors on West Meadowbrook Avenue said they were shocked, saddened and confused. |
| Meth deals death, abuse to children (The Oregonian) A drug that ignites rage is sending many Oregon children into foster care. |
| Toronto, Canada Father drags son to death in subway suicide (Toronto Star) Commuters watched helplessly as a man dragging a young boy by the arm jumped in front of a TTC subway train at the Victoria Park station last night, killing them both. |
WESTWOOD, MA Beating death of man, 82, stirs fears (Boston Globe) Authorities said yesterday that an elderly man whose body was found on the shores of Buckmaster Pond was murdered. |
| DENNIS RODMAN Newport Beach, California Dennis Rodman arrested--(UPI) Public intoxication... |
 Poverty, drugs drive Detroit murder rate --(The Detroit News) Officials brainstorm solutions |
| GRAND HAVEN, Michigan HEATHER A. PROCTOR, 25 murder victim STEVEN RAE BURMINGHAM, 23 charged with open murder Investigation continues in GH murder--(The Muskegon Chronicle) Burmingham had been disturbed by the movie thriller "The Blair Witch Project," which he said triggered the "evil" inside him. |
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December - 1914 'Unwanted' Killer (NY Daily News) As Capt. Karl Mueller, master of the German freighter Gertrude Schultz, explained it to private eye Joe Hunter, he had a big mystery - a grosse mysterie - on his hands. It was a mystery that the Galveston, Tex., police were not too interested in. the skipper said. |
| SOCIAL WORKER MURDER Nashua, N.H. Few clues emerge in social worker's slaying (Boston Globe) His friends said Daniel Ayer was a troubled man as he waited for social worker Mark Rowland to make his first visit to Ayer's home to counsel the family and their developmentally delayed and hyperactive 5-year-old son. 'It had to stop somewhere' (Manchester Union Leader) Accused killer of social worker tells Nashua police he 'had to kill somebody' to get authorities to listen to his family's problems. Social service agencies facing growing backlash (Manchester Union Leader) Security was becoming an issue for case workers even before Friday's killing, state official says. |
Murder or mercy-killing? (Austin Statesman) David Coughlin went camping in the New Mexico desert with his best friend and never made it out alive. Couple Helps Catch Escaped Murderer (Newsday) Rick Mercurio likes to joke around, so fiancee Ellen Baldo didn't believe him when he said an escaped killer was lurking near their house. O'Hair-case figure gets 8-year term (Dallas News) David Roland Waters, a suspect in the disappearance of atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison on federal weapons charges. |
| Girl molested, mom assaulted; man held Police say Lynwood man posed as a doctor to 'examine' daughter and mother. (The Orange County Register) A Lynwood man who police said pretended to be a doctor to gain entrance to a home is suspected of molesting a 7-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her mother. |
| CHP officer kills self in standoff with cops (Sacramento Bee) a California Highway Patrol traffic officer took his own life after an apparent attempted ambush of his estranged girlfriend resulted in a confrontation with sheriff's deputies. |
| Teen killed in Roanoke nightclub Boy's mother wants to know why her 19-year-old son was allowed in place that serves alcohol (THE ROANOKE TIMES) The fight broke out between two small groups of young men from two different neighborhoods, according to two witnesses. |
| Benjamin Nathaniel Smith: portrait of a killer Consumed by rage (Indianapolis Star/News) The downward spiral began in his tiny dorm room in a fit of rage. Choking, kicking, spitting rage. |
| Denver, CO Man, 80, kills himself after shooting his sister (Denver Rocky Mountain News) Brother calls 911 before suicide; sibling is stable. |
| 70-year-old booked in beating death (The Times-Picayune) 2nd man says he helped for $120 Pair jumped victim, say witnesses. |
| BENTON HARBOR, MI Second teen-ager held in death of woman found in barbecue grill (Detroit Free Press) A second Chicago teen-ager was arrested on a warrant charging him with open murder in the shooting death of a woman whose burned body was found in a barbecue pit, authorities said. |
| St. Louis Youth accused of throwing rock through car windshield faces murder charge in driver's death (Postnet) A doctor who testified Thursday at a preliminary hearing said the illness that killed LeAnne Hamm, 17, of rural Joplin, resulted from an organism on the rock that hit her. |
| Victim was friends with the man who killed him Des Moines man turns self in after shooting; charged with murder (Des Moines Register) A Clive man died from a gunshot wound to the stomach Friday night. |
| CONSTANCE BOYKIN, 13 murdered PATRICK 'P.J.' BOYKIN brother accused Tavares, Fla. 12-year-old boy ruled incompetent to stand trial for murder --(Tampa Trib) Patrick ``P.J.'' Boykin told police he heard the voice of the devil tell him to load his parents' handgun and shoot his 13-year-old sister, Constance, in the kitchen of their home on Jan. 25. The voice stopped when he shot her, he said. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY CASE Boulder, Colo. Lawyer allegedly sought ransom note--(UPI) Tom Miller reportedly offered $30,000 to a former Denver police officer who had been asked by attorneys for the Ramsey family to examine the note. |
NEW YORK Elderly husband gets lethal wedding present; gypsy wife charged (Fox News) It was a reversal of tradition: On this wedding day, the bride carried the groom across the threshold. LINDEN, N.J. Sister Calls Suspect Sociopath Who Killed Officer in '58 (NY Times) The sister of Robert Zarinsky, a Linden, N.J., man suspected of murdering four teen-age girls and a police officer, has described him as a violent sociopath who beat family members and tortured animals. GRAND HAVEN, Mich. Boyfriend charged with open murder in woman's death (Grand Rapids Press) The suspect allegedly said the movie, "The Blair Witch Project," a fictional documentary-style thriller, had triggered the "evil" inside of him. |
| MADDIE RAE CLIFTON murder case JOSHUA PHILLIPS sentencing Bartow, Florida Girl's killer, 15, gets life term--(St. Petersburg Times) A 15-year-old was sentenced Friday to life in prison with no chance of parole for beating and stabbing an 8-year-old neighbor whose body was found a week later stuffed in the frame of his water bed. Maddie Rae Clifton website----Photos, info on Maddie's Memorial Fund, news articles, Support Forum |
| Wallkill, New York Pizza delivery may have saved woman's life--(WRAL) A timely pizza delivery may have saved the life of an exotic dancer in southeastern New York state -- and landed her in jail, too. |
| MARY STETSON murder/dismemberment
VACLAV PLCH arrested Manchester, N.H. Affidavit: Plch told police he put remains in bags (Manchester Union Leader) Vaclav Plch, the man accused of killing Mary Stetson of Manchester, told police he had wrapped some of her remains in brown paper and put them in white plastic garbage bags. |
Social worker slain outside client's home (Boston Globe) A social worker whom colleagues described as dedicated to his job counseling troubled youths and trained to deal with violent situations was shot dead yesterday, allegedly by a member of a family he had gone to visit. Defendant pleads guilty in killing, burning of woman, child (KC Star) A man accused of shooting a woman and then setting her and their 3-year-old daughter on fire last year pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of first-degree murder. With death sentenced commuted, Faye Copeland dreams of possible freedom (KC Star) Death sentence commuted for oldest woman on death row. |
| FELLS ACRES child abuse case
Fells Acres contrasted with other abuse cases (Boston Globe) The cases are strikingly similar, the outcomes radically different. In notorious day care center sexual abuse cases in California, New Jersey, and North Carolina, convicted abusers were let out of jail or exonerated on appeal after lengthy, divisive investigations. |
| OPAL JO JENNINGS abduction Saginaw, Texas Kidnap suspect blames Opal, 6; court records unsealed - search for clues goes on--(Ft. Worth Star-Telegram) The convicted child molester accused of abducting Opal Jo Jennings described the 6-year-old as a sexual aggressor who climbed into his car and asked for sex, according to affidavits unsealed yesterday. |
