| Marriages paved way to prosperity (National Post) Mother of dropped baby has had a life that is "part fairy tale, part pulp-fiction." |
| DR. JACK BOTHA - turned state's evidence to avoid prosecution in South Africa Canada Saskatchewan doctor implicated in South African deaths--(C-News) Botha, an orthopedic surgeon, is accused in South Africa's indictment of Dr. Woulter Basson of handcuffing five men to trees and injecting them with substances that made them suffocate. |
| PHILADELPHIA, PENN. Philadelphia student shoots two officials at school (Boston Herald ) An assistant school principal and a teacher were shot and wounded by a student today during a hallway confrontation at a high school in southwest Philadelphia, officials said. Vice principal wounded at Philly high school (Chicago Tribune ) V. Principal Shot at Philly School (NY Times ) |
| Hillsborough, North Carolina Boys remains found near I-40 unidentified--(WRAL) It's been one year since authorities found the skeleton of a boy near Interstate 40-85, and they have made little progress in figuring out who he is. |
| NORWAY, MAINE Pained By An Old Murder--(Press Herald) The 82-year-old woman takes tiny, cautious steps up Crockett Ridge Road, a recipe for baked beans in her hand and murder on her mind. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case-related: "Best of Jann Scott" Boulder Community TV Channel 54 (with live internet feed) Rebroadcast of Ramsey case shows: Oct. 4 at 11 P.M., MDT and Tuesday at 3 A.M., MDT |
| INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA WARNING -This story contains graphic material that may be offensive to some readers. Robin Schafer Adams - Shot to death John Ramseys Adams (6 months) - Smothered, poisoned and strangled John Adams - Confessed killer Man tells of grisly deaths of wife, son (Indianapolis Star News ) Suspect in freezer slayings says he shot his wife to death in bed, then slowly killed infant son over 3 days. |
| MONTREAL, CANADA Baby dies on stove (Montreal, Gazette ) Mother left him there when she went out to hang the laundry on line |
| TORONTO, CANADA Teen accused of beating tot (Toronto, Sun ) Mom, 23, also charged |
| AKRON, OHIO Ryan J. Stoffer - Murdered Kerry Lynn Vadas - Charged with murder Akron woman held in test-drive killing (Akron Beacon Journal ) Police have arrested a second person in connection with the murder of a man who disappeared after he took a couple to test-drive a car he was selling. DALLAS, TEXAS Joy Karen Forehand - Died of gunshot wounds Shootout between 2 men injures both, kills woman (The Dallas Morning News ) A shootout between a fired carpenter and his ex-employer in Ellis County on Friday left one woman dead and put both men in intensive care. BOERNE, TEXAS Deputy Sheriff Larry Kolb - Shot while on duty Deputy sheriff shot to death at trailer park (Dallas Morning Texas News) Mourners placed flowers Sunday at the Kendall County sheriff's office in memory of a deputy who was gunned down at a trailer park Saturday. BATH COUNTY, KENTUCKY Mother: Son's death accidental (Lexington Herald-Leader ) Boys were not playing with gun, woman says MIAMI, FLORIDA Sharod Polloc - Bled to death Alice M. Pollock - Charged with murder Mother charged with son's death in dispute (TCPalm ) A young man died of a slashed throat after he tried to stop his mother from attacking her ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend with a broken beer bottle DENVER, COLORADO Steven Craig Evilsizer -Shot by police Slain man's kin question force Denver Post( ) Friends and family of a slain catering worker are questioning why it took as many as 14 bullets from three Denver police officers to subdue the knife-wielding man. DALLAS TEXAS David Wayne Jones - Guilty of indecency with a child and aggravated assault Volunteers face new scrutiny after YMCA abuse case (The Dallas Morning News ) A former YMCA counselor who molested children was recently released from prison, but officials said the tragic case prompted changes that have made local nonprofit centers safer for children. |
| TORONTO, CANADA Cop vows pitbulls will be killed (Toronto Sun ) A Toronto cop vowed to get a "destroy order" today for two pitbulls that savaged a puppy -- then partially ate the little dead Labrador as its horrified young owners watched. CALGARY, CANADA Alberta RCMP investigate shooting of prisoner (CBS NEWS ) Two shots were fired, seriously injuring a prisoner who was later airlifted to a hospital in Calgary. MONTREAL, CANADA Man killed in crash after chase at high speed (Montreal Gazette ) Though the chase was by members of the Montreal Urban Community police, the SQ is investigating the incident because it involved a high-speed pursuit. TORONTO, CANADA Det.-Const. Bill Hancox - Stabbed to death Elaine Rose Cece and Mary Barbara Taylor - Charged with murdering a police officer Accused cop-killers on trial today (Toronto Sun ) Fourteen months to the day since Det.-Const. Bill Hancox was slain, the trial of his accused killers begins today with one willing to plead guilty to manslaughter. MEDINA, OHIO Michael Herrin - Suspended pending ivestigation Officer who pulled gun pleads to lesser charges (Cleveland Plain Dealer) A suspended Cleveland police officer who pulled a gun on the groom during a fight at a Medina wedding reception pleaded guilty yesterday to three misdemeanors, including aggravated menacing and handling a firearm while intoxicated. |
| TEXAS Online resources for information about sex offenders (The Dallas Morning News ) Under a law that took effect Sept. 1, police departments must release information about sex offenders in their cities through newspaper announcements or Web sites. (A caution: Web sites may not be current.) OKLAHOMA Police launch listing (Tulsa World ) A couple of clicks of a computer mouse can now provide Tulsans with new insight into whether a convicted sex offender lives in their neighborhood. |
| FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS Ex-Radical Regains Her Freedom--(The Oregonian) Katherine Ann Power served six years for killing the victim's family hopes she will never forget. |
| HIDDENITE, N.C. ALEXANDER COUNTY, N.C. 5 Members of Phillips family slain Charles Wesley Roache - Held without bond Body found near early home of slayings suspect ( ) Police found a body Saturday hidden near the boyhood home of a man charged Friday with killing five people in Haywood County. |
| MISSOULA, MONTANA Kathy Sullivan and Scott Bardsley - Murdered Tim Sullivan - Killed wife and her boyfriend Murders show the limits of restraining orders (Billings Gazette ) Last week's double murder-suicide highlighted the imperfect nature of society's institutionalized approach to domestic violence. |
| NEWTON, IOWA Sex predators decry 'torture' (Des Moines Register) Daniel Garren said that since his prison sentence ended in May, he's been treated worse than he ever was during his five years in prison for sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl. PHOENIX, ARIZ. Man finds brother, 2 others murdered (The Arizona Republic) Victims were bound with tape, witness says CASSOPOLIS, MICH. John Charles Yeager - Convicted of molesting teenage girl Cleric loses appeal in molestation case (Detroit Free Press ) The Michigan Court of Appeals again has ruled against a former minister convicted of molesting a teen-age girl. SEATTLE, WASH. Teenage boys say Edmonds man molested them (Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter ) He befriended teenage boys who had troubled family situations, police said, then let them stay at his Edmonds home where he molested them. |
| Catching Crooks In A Web (CBS ) Police departments now have the option of wrapping up suspects in a web, a nonlethal approach that gives officers time to slap on a pair of handcuffs. Cops prowl Web to trap pedophiles (Sign On San Diego ) The "lucky" number seems to be 13. That's the age often used by law enforcement officers who pretend to be teens in Internet chat rooms to catch adults trying to lure minors into sexual relationships. |
| NORWAY, MAINE Pained By An Old Murder--(Press Herald) The 82-year-old woman takes tiny, cautious steps up Crockett Ridge Road, a recipe for baked beans in her hand, and murder on her mind. |
| HAZELHURST, GEORGIA, 1971 Cold-Blooded Killer--(NY Daily News) On the night of Jan.22, 1971, Homer Wilcox left his country store in the care of his wife, Helen, while he ran a few chores. When he returned a few hours later, Helen was missing. For several days, Homer and friends searched in vain, and Homer was sure she had been kidnapped. |
| SPOKANE, WASHINGTON Mother Confesses to Stabbing Daughter--(Spokesman Review) Sharon Curry told detectives she fatally stabbed her daughter, Jessica, as the girl sat on her lap in the family car. |
| FLORIDA Local attorney takes on national switched-baby case -- (Naples Daily News) After learning that the 4-year-old she has raised since birth wasn't her biological child, Paula Johnson has become a national symbol for switched-at-birth cases, which she and her Naples attorney, John Blakely, believe may happen more often than many suspect. TORONTO Hard lessons learned from Bernardo case -- (Ottawa Citizen) DNA evidence pointing to notorious sex-killer Paul Bernardo as the Scarborough Rapist sat in a forensic sciences centre waiting to be tested for more than two years. |
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, N.M Death in a lonely desert: Murder or act of devotion? -- (Detroit News) The young man opened the spiral notebook and started writing. "I killed and buried my best friend today ..." He was at the bottom of a canyon in the Chihuahuan Desert. "David had been in pain all night. At around 5 or 6 he turned to me & begged that I put my knife through his chest. I did, & a second time when he wouldn't die ..." |
UTAH Church Slaying Nearly Unbearable for Officers -- (Salt Lake Tribune) For Mark Krey, it was a ghastly sight, the lifeless body of friend Sydney Browning, shot in the head, lying in the foyer of Wedgwood Baptist Church. Momentarily, he was frozen in shock. This was too personal for a homicide lieutenant studying to be a minister. For Sgt. Tim Ellis, the father of twin 13-month-old girls, the scene in the sanctuary was unlike any he had ever seen. |
| KANSAS Man to stand trial in killing of Topeka boy -- ( ) A judge has ordered Thomas Berberich to be tried for first-degree murder in the 1979 slaying of a Topeka boy. District Judge James Smith ruled Friday the state has enough evidence for Berberich to be bound over for trial. |
| CHICAGO 13-YEAR-OLD IS CHARGED IN SLAYING -- (Chicago Tribune ) A 13-year-old boy accused of killing a Schurz High School freshman was charged Friday night in connection with the drive-by shooting death, and two men who allegedly were in the car with him also were charged, police said. |
| Co-workers raise money to find a killer -- (MSNBC ) DERWOOD, Md., Oct. 3 – Its been more than month since 67-year-old Gloria Clagett was found stabbed to death in her home in a quiet Montgomery County suburb. |
| FLORIDA Golden Gate woman arrested, charged with murder in Friday shooting incident -- ( Naples Daily News) Debra Hamilton Watson, of 24th Place Southwest, Golden Gate, was arrested about 12:30 a.m. Saturday and charged with second-degree murder with a firearm. She remained at the Naples Jail Center Saturday evening on a $25,000 bond. |
| LITTLE ROCK, ARK. Stanley Lacefield and Cicely Mason - Sought by police Kin know suspect's love of 'whupping' (Dayton Daily News ) Behind the faded sheet-covered windows in a dilapidated light green house across the street from St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church, two adolescent boys endured ruthless and repeated beatings OAKLAND PARK, FLOR. Evan Martin (3 MONTHS) - Died from injuries George M. Shipley - Arrested Baby shaken 'like a rag doll,' dies; mom's boyfriend charged (Sun-Sentinel ) An Oakland Park man was arrested early Saturday on charges he shook the infant son of his girlfriend 'like a rag doll' to make the child stop crying. Three-month-old Evan Martin later died of the injuries. |
| LAS VEGAS, NEV. Sheila Manantan - Murdered Sherry Kahalehoe said Wilman Oslund - Charged with murder Witness: Woman beaten, put in freezer (Las Vegas Review-Journal ) A judge finds sufficient evidence for a man to face a murder trial in the death of his disabled sister-in-law. CHICAGO, ILL. 5 county cops are indicted (Sun Times ) Five Cook County sheriff's deputies were indicted Friday for allegedly chasing and opening fire on a vehicle after they had attended a cocktail fund-raiser for Sheriff Michael F. Sheahan. NEW YORK BOONE: I GOT ROUGHED UP BY COPS AT GALLERY (New York Post) Manhattan art dealer Mary Boone - jailed on charges of passing out live ammo at her swank Fifth Avenue gallery - claims cops were "violent," even throwing her against the wall when they came to bust her. TEMPE CITY, ARIZONA Ex-judge granted parole (The Arizona Republic ) A former Tempe city judge who gambled away nearly $2 million he stole from the court and trusting acquaintances was granted parole Friday on the theory that he might pay back some of the money. AUBURN, CAL. Her family slain, she awaits justice (Sacramento Bee ) Her entire family was massacred on an Auburn cattle ranch. SUDBURY, CANADA Women's clothes hidden in attic (Torinto Sun ) If the fake Peter Sanderson exhumed from the grave is not Dennis Melvyn Howe, he is someone else with a dark sexual secret. CLEVELAND, OHIO Doctor gets 5 years for drug trafficking (Cleveland Plain Dealer ) Cleveland family doctor George Smirnoff, who peddled millions of doses of painkillers to addicted patients, asked forgiveness "from all those I have wronged" RICHMOND, VIR. Amanda Mason (11) and Elizabeth Mason (7) - Shot while they slept David Mason - Killed his children Signs plentiful before slayings / Wife says husband 'snapped' (Richmond Times-Dispatch ) Cynthia Mason and her husband were getting ready for bed after an uneventful evening when, police said, he "snapped." |
| NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARK. Lamar and Jamar Williams (22 months) Beaten to death Malcolm Williams - Killed his twin sons NLR dad receives 2 life sentences for killing twins (ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE) The man accused of beating two of his children to death with a rock after claiming he was Jesus, pleaded guilty to two counts of capital murder Friday and will spend the rest of his life in prison. WHITESBURG, KEN. Mother guilty of killing baby (Lexington Herald-Leader) Delania Fields could spend up to 20 years in prison for the July 1998 suffocation of her newborn daughter. HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. Cora and Earl Phillips, their son Eddie, their daughter-in-law, Mitzi, and their granddaughter Katie Shot to death Family Shot To Death In N.C. (CBS ) Five family members were shot to death after returning home from a local fair, and authorities Friday arrested one suspect and pursued a second one near the Tennessee border. ARLINGTON, TEXAS Arlington woman found dead in bathtub (Dallas Morning News) Police are investigating the death of a 21-year-old woman found partially submerged in a bathtub at her east Arlington apartment. |
| SACRAMENTO, CAL. Vicky Skanks Raped & murdered DNA test led to life in prison for girl's '86 murder (Sacramento Bee) In a case heralded as a victory for DNA evidence, Duane Robert Hackney was sentenced to life in prison with no parole for the rape and murder of a 11-year-old girl 13 years ago. |
| ORLANDO, FLORIDA Ray Griffin "Griff" Richardson III - Murdered by wife's ex-lover Broken affair led to murder-suicide in Lake County (The Orlando Sentinel) Ray Griffin "Griff" Richardson III was gunned down in his home by a man who couldn't let go of Richardson's wife after she ended their affair MORRISTOWN, N.J. Anthony Messina Shot outside his home Allen Essner - Guilty of murder Man convicted of murdering ex-lover's spouse (The Record-Hackensack ) A jury on Friday found Allen Essner guilty of murdering his former lover's husband, prompting the convicted man's wife to chase her rival down a courthouse stairwell, and scream obscenities at her. RICHMOND, VIR. Alprentice J. Vaughan - Shot to death Virgil Langford Hockaday Jr - Charged with 1st degree murder Wife's friend dies in shooting / Estranged husband is held in Henrico (Richmond Daily News ) Police say a man shot and killed his estranged wife's boyfriend in an eastern Henrico County apartment yesterday morning and fled with their 4-year-old son. |
| CRESTON, IOWA Janitor shoots at bird in school cafeteria (Des Moines, Iowa ) School officials in Creston are under fire for letting a janitor shoot a BB gun at a bird that got into the cafeteria. |
