| DAYTON, OHIO Stanley A. Lacefield, Cicely K. Mason - Charged with felonious assault and felony permitting child abuse `Wanted' couple rounded up quickly (Dayton Daily News ) A Dayton couple accused of child abuse were nabbed in Tennessee Saturday within minutes after the broadcast of TV's America's Most Wanted, making it one of the program's fastest captures |
FORT COLLINS, COL. No Sign of Lost Boy (ABC News ) Hope Fades as Searchers Fail to Locate 3-Year-Old Missing After Hike |
| DERRICK ENGEBRETSON, 8 - missing since Dec. 1998 Grants Pass, Oregon Restroom graffiti may allude to missing Oregon 8-year-old--(Nando Times) Graffiti on a rest stop's bathroom wall has revived interest in the disappearance of Engebretson, who was believed to have perished while looking for a Christmas tree in 1998. |
| ANGELA RODRIGUEZ, 15 - abducted by father 13 years ago GREGORY ROSS RODRIGUEZ, 39 - back in custody Citrus Park, Florida Abducted girl's father back in Hillsborough jail--(Tampa Tribune) Law enforcement officials in Georgia spent the weekend searching for Rodriguez. |
| Ontario, Canada Body found on rocks--(Toronto Sun) The body of a partially nude woman, bound by rope and gagged, was found washed ashore in the Beaches at Ashbridge's Bay yesterday. |
| JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ - "Riding My Thumb to Mexico" Uvalde, Texas Country singer Rodriguez goes on trial--(UPI) Rodriguez, who had a dozen Top 10 hits in the 70's, is charged with murdering a man he surprised in his mother's home in August 1998. |
| MARILYN SHEPPARD - murdered in 1954 DR. SAM SHEPPARD - body was previously exhumed Cleveland, Ohio Fugitive case exhumation set--(ABC News) Prosecutors want new DNA samples of Sheppard’s wife. Marilyn Sheppard's remains exhumed--(Cleveland Live) Mrs. Sheppard's wounds will be examined to try and determine whether the killer was right-handed or left-handed and sequence of blows. |
| HATE CRIMES B.C. skinhead sent letter praising U.S. racist killer -- (Vancouver Sun) White supremacist Nathan LeBlanc wrote to a Texas man sentenced to die for dragging a black man to his death to tell him he deserved a medal for the racist murder. Beaten caretaker hung on to symbol of his faith until the end -- (MyBC) SURREY, B.C. - A Sikh caretaker struggled to his death to hang on to his bracelet - a symbol of his faith - while five skinheads beat him and ripped it from his wrist. "There's no safe place any more," Harbans Gill said in a victim impact statement read to the court Monday. |
| TORONTO, CANADA Spanking linked to substance abuse (Toronto Star ) Children who are spanked are twice as likely to develop alcohol and drug abuse problems and engage in anti-social behaviour when they grow up, a powerful new Ontario study warns. |
| ESSEX, CONN. Sandra L. Walden - Victim Harold Walden Sr - Shot wife then attempted suicide Essex Woman Killed In Domestic Dispute (Hartford Courant ) The knocking came just after midnight Monday at Ernie Bittman's home in the village of Ivoryton. |
| INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Tyler Shanabarger (7 months) - Suffocated Ronald Shanabarger -Charged with killing his son Accused baby killer to be tried for murder (Indianapolis Star ) Psychiatrists conclude Ronald Shanabarger is competent to stand trial in his son's slaying. |
HYDE, ENGLAND He said heart attacks or strokes took them. Morphine was found in their bodies. (Philadelphia Inquirer ) A British doctor faces trial in the deaths of 15 women |
| SEATTLE WASHINGTON William Greene - Will serve life sentence for kidnapping and sexual assault Sex offender loses 'other personality' appeal (Seattle Post-Intelligencer Reporter ) The state Supreme Court has denied a new criminal trial to a sex offender trying to use his multiple-personality disorder as a defense. VIRGINIA BEACH, VIR. Liberty Perry - Missing Police Looking For Missing Beach Woman (Virginia Pilot ) A 20-year-old Navy woman disappeared from her home Sunday night under what police say may be suspicious circumstances. MARION, ARK. Wally Love - Sentenced to 3 years Ex-dean sentenced to 3 years in sex case (ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE ) Former dean of students at West Memphis High School, was convicted Monday of first-degree violation of a minor. TULSA, OKLAHOMA Ronald Dean Curts - Charged with possession of child pornography Porn charges filed (Tulsa World ) Another man was arrested in what police call a multicounty child pornography ring. KANSAS CITY, KAN. Lucretia Henderson (13) - Shot Darryl L. Morris -Charged in killing Accidental shooting fatal to eighth-grade girl ( The Kansas City Star) Some heard her name on the news. Others heard the hallway rumors. DETROIT, MICH. Ernest Earl Lemons - Fatally shot Cullen LeMan Ethington (9) - Killed by stray bullets Boys, 17 and 9, shot to death (Detroit Free Press) 2 held as gunfire follows apparent neighborhood argument PHILADELPHIA, PENN Jose "Little Bert" DeJesus - Convicted murderer Perjury's not a big deal to killer (Philadelphia Daily News ) Who said a miserable, ruthless, unrepentant multiple killer doesn't have a heart? |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case Colorado Editor of Globe appeals to judge--(Inside Denver) Lawsuit to halt indictment says bribery charge would 'chill' right to free speech. Halt sought in probe of Ramsey-note buy attempt--(Denver Post) Judge Miller said he would decide on the restraining order today. Tabloid attacks Colorado law in Ramsey case--(Reuters) Although no one has been charged with the murder of the child beauty queen, about a dozen people have been charged with peripheral crimes. |
| DALLAS, TEXAS Mary Williams Richardson - Murdered Patrick Timothy Richardson - Charged with murder Boys saw father attack mom (The Dallas Morning News ) son reportedly tried to intervene before stabbing BENTONVILLE, ARK. Shelly Hartman - Shot by ex-husband/father Merle Hartman - Shot his wife/daughter and then himself Man said he was father of ex-wife, kills her, self (ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE ) A Bentonville man shot and killed his ex-wife with a shotgun, called police and then shot and killed himself DAYTONA BEACH, FLOR. Arthur Grabowska - Found guilty of attempted murder Dad who tried to kill family gets life term (The Orlando Sentinel ) Arthur Grabowska dropped his young daughters off at school on a brisk January morning, telling the girls that he loved them. Later that day, he tried to stab them and their mother to death. |
| VANCOUVER, B.C. Dropped Baby Case Nadia Hama - Mother suspected of dropping baby off suspension bridge Mother denies that she meant to drop her baby off bridge (Globe And Mail ) Estranged husband's 'baseless accusation' blamed for suspicions Mother under investigation for child's fall in B.C. tells her side (CBS News ) |
| Hate Sites on the Internet Web of hatred on 'Net sparks warning (Denver Post) As Internet use grows, so does the number of hate sites targeting minorities, religious groups, and gays and lesbians. VIRGINIA BEACH, VIR. Julius Schlee - Arrested on child pornography charges Beach man arrested in child porn case (Virginia Pilot ) A Virginia Beach man has been arrested on a child pornography charge after a 15-year-old boy reported to police that he was videotaped having sex with the suspect and another man after being seduced through an Internet chat room discussion |
| PHILADELPHIA, PENN. Eric Coxen Shot vice-principle It can happen here! (Philadelphia Daily News ) The fear began as the sound of the shot was echoing through the corridors of John Bartram High school. Experts: Listen to your children (Philadelphia Daily News ) |
| NEW YORK Gideon (Gary) Busch - Shot by police Kin Cry Police Coverup In Killing (New York Daily News ) Relatives of a hammer-wielding Brooklyn man shot dead by cops in August yesterday accused the Police Department of covering up key details of the incident that ended in his death. DENVER, COL. Steven C. Evilsizer - Shot by police Police file report on killing of man (Denver Rocky Mountain News ) Denver police shot 24 rounds in August at a man wielding a kitchen knife after he lunged at officers TORONTO, CANADA Const. Bill Hancox - Stabbed Elaine Rose Cece and Mary Barbara TaylorArraigned on 2nd degree murder charges Pair's cop-killing plea rejected (TORONTO SUN) prosecution rejected their guilty pleas to manslaughter and insisted they stand trial for second-degree murder. DALLAS, TEXAS Senior Cpl. Harold Beil - Reinstated Judge reinstates officer who was fired for harassing suspect (The Dallas Morning News ) A Dallas police officer fired last year after internal investigators determined that he harassed and threatened a suspect won his job back after an appeals judge sustained the complaints but ruled he didn't deserve to be fired. CALGARY, CANADA Darren John Varley - Shot by police Man dies after being shot by RCMP (CBS News ) A man shot in an RCMP holding cell in southern Alberta during the weekend has died. |
| NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE Workman, Coe, Denied Appeals--(Tennessean) Tennessee prison officials say they will administer a lethal injection to death row inmate Robert Glen Coe on October 19, unless a court acts to stay his execution. Coe is scheduled to become the first prisoner executed in Tennessee since 1960. |
| VISTA, CALIFORNIA Drifter Asks Jurors to 'Execute Me,' For Restroom Slaying--(Fox News) Brandon Wilson said he felt no remorse for fatally slashing the throat of a third-grade boy in a beach restroom last year. |
| BEORNE, TEXAS Sheriff's Deputy Gunned Down in Texas--(APB News) Lt. Larry Kolb, an off duty sheriff's deputy, was shot at near point blank range when he responded to reports of shots fired by a gunman with an assault rifle. |
| SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Cops, Friends Mystified by Musician's Slaying--(APB News) Steve Foth spent Wednesday writing songs with his longtime friend Steve Poltz, then headed out to meet some friends for dinner. His buddies from the local music scene next saw him at the coroner's ofice, where they were called to identify him. |
| KENNETH WILLIAMS Killer Captured Now a Suspect in Another Slaying -- (AP) A convicted killer who taunted his victim’s family after escaping the death penalty, then broke out of an Arkansas prison and may have killed a man for his truck, was arrested today in Missouri, police said. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case Colorado Tabloid attacks Colorado law in Ramsey case--(Reuters) A supermarket tabloid Monday, arguing that the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of the press, asked a federal judge to prohibit prosecution of its reporter for allegedly trying to illegally buy a copy of the ransom note in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY case Colorado Editor asks judge to block indictments in Ramsey case--(POSTnet/SHNS) Craig Lewis, an editor for the Globe supermarket weekly, on Monday asked a federal judge for an emergency order preventing his imminent indictment on bribery and extortion charges related to the unsolved JonBenet Ramsey murder case. |
| St. Petersberg, Florida Robber uses plastic bag as mask--(Reuters) "It looked like a big prophylactic down to his waist. Kind of translucent." said Pinellas County Sheriff's Sgt. Greg Tita. |
| NADIA HAMA - mother of baby Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Mother blames husband for charges baby thrown to rocks--(Reuters) The incident has taken on sinister overtones amid questions of whether the fall, at a popular tourist site, was an accident. |
| LAS VEGAS, NEVADA Convictions Returned in Las Vegas Murders of 2 Wood River Men--(Idaho Mountain Express) Two young men have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for last summer's murders in Las Vegas of four youths. |
| CLIVE BARWELL, 30 Leeds, England Lorry driver admits brutal rapes--(BBC) A lorry driver who sparked the biggest police manhunt since the search for the Yorkshire Ripper has admitted a series of brutal rapes and kidnappings committed over a 13 year period. |
| WASHINGTON D.C. Supreme Court Rejects Abu-Jamal Appeal--(The Inquirer) U.S. Supreme Court today rejected Mumia Abu-Jamal's claim that he was denied a fair trial in the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner in 1981 |
| TYLER SHANABARGER, 7 months - smothered on June 19 RONALD SHANABARGER, 30 - confessed to murder, pleaded innocent Franklin, Indiana Man accused of killing infant son ruled fit for trial--(Boston Globe) A man accused of taking revenge on his wife by fathering her child and then killing the infant was deemed fit for trial on Monday. |
| Cobb, Georgia Teen's body found in yard after party--(Journal-Constitution) Uninvited guests ordered to leave; fatal shooting erupts, corpse discovered 8 hours later in neighbour's flower bed. |
