| DAVID COUGHLIN murdered camper
RAFFI KODIKIAN accused Crime lab's behaviorists study journal in N.M. killing (Boston Globe) Behavior scientists at a federal crime lab are studying murder defendant Raffi Kodikian's handwritten account of a desert canyon slaying earlier this month, trying to discern his state of mind when he stabbed his best friend to death. |
| OPAL JO JENNINGS abduction
RICHARD "Ricky" LEE FRANKS accused Saginaw, Texas Franks seen with shovel soon after Opal abduction (MSNBC/KXAS) Search for Opal suspended (Dallas News) Suspect in Opal abduction will be held, prosecutor says (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram) |
| JOIE ARMSTRONG murder (Yosemite Murders)
CARY STAYNER accused Stayner Re-Enacted Yosemite Murder On FBI Tape (Postnet/SacBee) In the hours after his arrest in the beheading death of naturalist Joie Ruth Armstrong in Yosemite National Park, Cary Stayner willingly took part in a made-for-the FBI movie in which he re-enacted the crime. |
| Kato Kaelin wins round in libel case against tabloid --(Nando Times) Infamous O.J. Simpson house guest Brian "Kato" Kaelin won another battle in federal court in his $15 million lawsuit against a tabloid over a headline that read "Cops Think Kato Did It!" |
| ALFREDO TELLO, murder victim SAMUEL SHEINBEIN confessed killer ROCKVILLE, , Maryland A-G defends Sheinbein plea bargain --(Jerusalem Post) The agreement reached is at the high end of the spectrum for plea-bargain arrangements as well as for verdicts involving minors," Rubinstein told a room packed with foreign and local journalists U.S. Teen To Plead Guilty in Israel--(Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel) The State Department was not told about the agreement either, department spokesman James Foley said. Accused in U.S. knife murder, he cuts self a deal with Israel--(The Philadelphia Inquirer) Sheinbein is accused of choking and slashing Alfredo Enrique Tello to death in suburban Washington in 1997, then dismembering his body with a chainsaw. Disagreements over plea bargain revive Israel-U.S. tensions --(TBO) Israel's Attorney General on Wednesday rejected a Maryland prosecutor's criticism that Samuel Sheinbein's likely 24-year sentence for the 1997 murder of Alfred Tello Jr. is too lenient. |
 RED WING, Minn JESSICA SWANSON, 3 year old murder victim DALE JENSON, 26 confessed killer Authorities find remains in renewed search for 3-year-old girl--(The Star Tribune) The body was found around 6:45 p.m. in a wooded area about 2 miles west of Goodhue. Jenson and the girl' s mother, Michelle Swanson, 32, were arrested Wednesday in (Note: Includes additional case links) |
| ANGEL MATURINO RESENDIZ Houston, Texas Railway killings suspect sends new letter to media--(CNN) |
| DARCIE JO BAUM, 26 Orem, Utah Another secret birth, baby death--(Deseret News) But this time, mom in '98 case found dead, too. |
| WAYNE JACKSON father CHLOE child Leeds, England Baby-dumping dad: "I did nothing wrong."--(BBC) A father who abandoned his baby daughter at a Leeds police station so he could jet off on holiday has insisted he acted in his daughter's best interests. |
| DEBRA DUNBAR mother LINDSAY KATHERINE COTT child Gainesville, Florida Mother accepts plea deal--(Gainsville Sun) A Gainesville mother charged with the 1997 drowning of her 8-month-old daughter in a bathtub pleaded guilty to manslaughter in court Tuesday. |
| HELEN SPROLES, 42 Toledo, Ohio Prison survivor recounts fatal fire, her son's troubles--(Toledo Blade) Sproles, who had left the children alone and was at an after-hours bar when the fire began, was convicted on two counts of involuntary manslaughter and three counts of child endangerment. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY Case Boulder, Colorado Rolling The Dice For JonBenet -- by Rob Smoke (CyberSleuths Original Crime Features) The waitress in the coffee shop in Truckee, California, cant quite make sense out of the remark. She puts her coffee server down, puts an elbow on the counter, places her hand to her cheek and furrows her brow at me. Shes staring into my eyes, waiting for me to say moreI would, but I dont want to spoil the moment. Ramsey note probe targets Globe (Boulder News) Globe editor suspected in attempt to purchase ransom note. |
| MIAMI, FLORIDA American Airlines Staff Arrested In Drug Sting-CNN (CNN) Federal agents fanned out before dawn Wednesday to arrest 42 American Airlines employees and 13 Sky Chefs food service workers on drug smuggling charges |
| Teacher found stabbed at home (Express-News) An elementary school teacher and mother of two young children was found stabbed to death in her bed Tuesday morning. |
| Philadelphia, PA He's ordered to stand trial in rape/stabbing of woman (Philly News) Ex-con Maurice Styles told cops he was high on crack, angry about being ripped off by a drug dealer and depressed over the death of his girlfriend's father. |
| Physician suspected in roadside assault (Star Tribune) Police want to question a 41-year-old Twin Cities doctor as a suspect in the roadside assault on a 69-year-old woman |
| Man dragged behind pickup, left for dead on South Dakota reservation (The Nando Times) A man beaten and left for dead was found with a rope around his neck and with his ears torn off |
| .Nearly 20 years after the kidnapping and slaying of a Los Gatos socialite, police believe they have a suspect. thanks to detective work, technology and the FINE PRINT. (Mercury News) For nearly two decades, the kidnapping and execution-style slaying of prominent Los Gatos socialite Gloria Acronico remained unsolved. |
| Janitor's trial in slaying delayed Defense attorneys removed by judge (Sacramento Bee) The death-penalty trial of Alex Dale Thomas, a substitute janitor charged with raping and murdering Rio Linda High School senior Michelle Montoya, was postponed indefinitely Monday. |
| Daughter was left in care of ex-officer Daughter was left in care of ex-officer (The Courier-Journal) The trial of former Pioneer Village police Officer Bart Adkins, who is charged with murdering a toddler, opened yesterday with the child's mother testifying that "everything was normal" when she left for work that day. |
| A Second Suspect Is Arrested In 1996 Slaying Of Woman (The Hartford Courant) Nearly three years after a Barkhamsted woman's nude body was found in the basement of her burning house, police have charged a second man in connection with the killing. |
| Suspect arrested in kidnapping of 2 women, slaying He made list of others to attack, police say (The Dallas Morning News) Dallas police arrested an east Oak Cliff man who they say kidnapped two women and an infant, killed a man and then roamed the city Tuesday with a list of others he intended to harm. |
| Slaying follows man's court testimony Family says victim lived in fear after deciding to pursue assault case (Akron Beacon Journal) Ever since his head was bashed by a woman's jealous ex-boyfriend, Dallas T. Green didn't like to leave the house without a baseball bat. |
| DA: Mom was a 'time bomb' He says she was high on drugs in crash that killed son (Philly News) For little Ryan Burton, it was another sleepy day after a long night on the run. |
| Matthew Cecchi (9) murdered Brandon Wilson killer Evidence for Wilson's sanity trial debated ( Union-Tribune) In the days before he killed 9-year-old Matthew Cecchi in an Oceanside beach restroom, a Wisconsin drifter told a friend that taking human life would be "the ultimate rush." |
| Kansas City Police in Louisiana capture KC killer (The Kansas City Star) Eight years ago, convicted killer Alan Echols said he was going fishing and left before a judge could sentence him to life in prison. |
| Toronto, Canada Pitying parents who kill is final indignity to child (The Toronto Star) There can be nothing but revulsion for a man who takes his young son's life as well as his own. |
| Man shot, woman wounded in Homewood alley (Post-Gazette) City homicide detectives who are investigating an early-morning slaying in a Homewood alley yesterday probably won't know what happened until they interview a woman who was wounded in the face during the incident. |
| Spokane, Idaho Man again wanted in beating death (The Spokesman-Review) A man arrested in the killing of a homeless person, then released for lack of evidence, is wanted again, Spokane police said Monday. |
| Mystery clouds deaths Daughter suffered losses before she and mother were discovered dead (Denver Rocky Mountain News) The loss of a marriage, a job and a pet are pieces of a puzzle police hope will explain an Arapahoe County woman's death and the apparent suicide of her daughter. |
| Los Angeles, California Children's deaths under review (Daily News, Los Angeles) The deaths of three children since Friday in county care, or whose families have had some contact with the county's child welfare system, renewed calls Tuesday for action and reform. |
| INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Prosecution lays out case in stabbing death of gas station worker (Indianapolis Star/News) A bloody shoeprint that matches shoes worn by Michael E. West, found near the victim's body. |
| NORFOLK, VA Man guilty in murders that sparked crackdown (The Virginian-Pilot) One of three men charged in a 1997 triple homicide that prompted a crackdown on crime in East Ocean View was found guilty Tuesday by a jury that recommended the maximum sentence: life plus 48 years. |
| New Britain, Connecticut Ex-Convict Pleads Guilty To Murder (Hartford Courant) The only one of Milagros Gonzalez's relatives visibly unaffected by what happened in Superior Court Tuesday was grandson Jason Arroyo - and that's only because he's not quite 2. |
| Waltham, MA Police hunt for clues in brutal Waltham murder (Boston Herald) A 47-year-old Waltham woman who appeared to have just returned from running errands was bludgeoned to death in her condominium yesterday. |
Stepfather found guilty of murder Testimony of wounded wife comes before jury's verdict (The Arizona Republic) A jury convicted Glendale maintenance man Wayne Prince of first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder on Tuesday for the shooting death of his teenage stepdaughter and serious wounding of the girl's mother. |
| ANAHEIM, Calif. Teen bicyclist struck, body carried 13 miles --(The Boston Globe) A driver was arrested Tuesday on charges he struck and killed a bicyclist and drove 13 miles with the body caught in the car. |
| BEDFORD, Tenn. James Hardrick, 59 murdered Eleanor Hardrick,53 wounded Matthew Hardrick, taken into custody Father shot and killed, mother wounded; son in custody --(The Boston Globe) A 15-year-old boy killed his father with a rifle Tuesday, then shot and wounded his mother when he fired at the bathroom door she was hiding behind, police said. |
| MENDENHALL, Pennsylvania Norman Johnston World outside prison confuses escaped killer –(Sun-Sentinal) A killer who escaped from prison after nearly 20 years behind bars was confounded by a new world of self-service gasoline pumps, ATM machines and housing developments in what were once fields. MUSKEGON, Michigan Escape attempt foiled –(The Muskegon Chronicle) An inmate at the Muskegon Correctional Facility serving time for second-degree murder was appended by authorities after he had successfully gotten past two security fences and was attempting to climb a third fence Sunday afternoon. |
| MATTAPAN, Massachusetts_ Fear lingers for 12-year-old Mattapan boy mauled in Rottweiler attack–(The Boston Herald) The Rottweilers who attacked Hansberry later went after police officers who were called to the scene, with one officer firing a shot at the dogs who ran after them. MUSKEGON, Michigan Killer dog came from 'bad' litter –(The Muskegon Chronicle) The victim, identified by police as Cody Tyler Fairfield but called Cody Warner by the family, was killed when he was attacked by the family pet at around 8 p.m. Saturday. |
| NEWPORT BEACH, Calif Dennis Rodman, former NBA star Police want Rodman charged in bar incident –(PostNet) Police want the district attorney's office to file misdemeanor public drunkenness charges against former NBA star Dennis Rodman for his role in a disturbance at a waterfront restaurant and bar. |
| F. Lee Bailey Orlando, Florida Wife's illness delays contempt of court hearing--(TBO-FL) F. Lee Bailey missed a hearing Tuesday on whether he should be jailed for refusing to turn over $2 million in legal fees so he could be at the bedside of his wife, who is dying of cancer, Bailey's lawyer said. |
| JIM BROWN, 63 Los Angeles, California Jury selection begins in Jim Brown trial--(LA Times) -Football legend Jim Brown's domestic violence trial began Monday with the start of jury selection. Brown is on trial for one count of making terrorist threats and one count of vandalism, both misdemeanors. |
| OPAL JO JENNINGS, 6 abducted
RICHARD FRANKS accused Saginaw, Texas Investigators report no progress in Opal case (Dallas Morning News) One week after arresting a man who they say confessed to abducting a 6-year-old Saginaw girl in March, authorities are no closer to determining what happened to Opal Jennings. Suspect's Fort Worth home searched for clues to Opal's abduction (Ft. Worth Star Telegram) Kidnap suspect worked at a southwest Fort Worth elementary school (Ft. Worth Star Telegram) |
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
BA school official arrested (Tulsa World) The president of the Broken Arrow school board was arrested Monday in connection with alleged obscene telephone calls. |
KANSAS Lenexa man pleads guilty, KCK man sentenced, in cross-burning cases (KC Star) Although the cases are not linked, they involved fistfights between white and black acquaintances. In both cases, the defendants are white and the victims black. CALIFORNIA
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