| SANFORD, Maine Sanford residents reeling from thefts and secret tapings--(Portland Press Herald) All over town neighbors are all saying the same thing, "I hope I'm not on it." "It" is a series of videotapes seized from the home of a Lyman man arrested in south Sanford last week. In addition to breaking into homes and stealing cash and valuables, police say Franklyn Nelson videotaped people while they were dressing, sleeping and engaged in the most intimate acts. |
| TORONTO Victims' families to fight any Bernardo bid to unseal tapes -- (Cnews) The families of Paul Bernardo's victims say they will fight any bid by the convicted sex killer to unseal his sex and torture videos. EDMONTON 13-year-old killer gets 16 months -- (National Post) The 13-year-old boy who shot and killed Tyler Onstine, age 11, represents "a tragedy and near-total failure of the child welfare system " TORONTO Police continue to gather witnesses in teen killing -- (National Post) Toronto police are continuing to interview potential witnesses in the beating death of 15-year-old Dmitri (Matty) Baranovski, though there are no indications an arrest is close at hand. YORKTON Fisher falls ill, trial delayed -- (Cnews) Just as his murder trial was set to wrap up and go to the jury Friday, Larry Fisher doubled over in court holding his stomach and proceedings were delayed until today. |
AMANDA BROWN, 7 - abducted, presumed murdered WILLIE CRAIN - convicted Tampa, Florida Amanda's murderer sentenced to death --(Tampa Trib) As expected, Willie Crain gets death for the murder of a 7-year-old girl whose body has never been found. Child killer Crain given death penalty --(SP Times) The convicted molester receives the ultimate penalty for the 1998 murder and a life term for kidnapping. Fla. molester sentenced to death for missing girl's presumed murder --(Court TV) Although he still professes his innocence, Willie Crain nodded with approval Friday as a Florida judge sentenced him to death for the abduction and presumed murder of a 7-year-old girl. Pic of Willie Crain--(SP Times) |
| JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - murdered in her home Boulder, Colorado Ramseys: Probe should go on--(Denver Post) They want the investigation into their daughter's killing to continue. They want the public to know what they are really like - and to be concerned about the way justice is meted out in this country. |
| KANSAS CITY, Missouri Woman sexually assaulted by man disguised as a female--(KC Star) A man dressed in woman's clothing tricked his way into a woman's apartment Friday morning and sexually assaulted her. |
| TOPEKA, Kansas Judge to decide on DNA testing in January--(Topeka Capital-Journal) Barry Scheck is among a group of attorneys representing Adrian C. Washington who was convicted of first-degree murder, before DNA testing was developed, in connection with the 1979, stabbing death of pregnant 22-yr-old Cathy Cummings. |
| NEWS COMMENTARY When A Kid Kills--(Wash Post Op-Ed) When I saw the CBS "60 Minutes" interview of 13-year-old Nathaniel Abraham, heard his childish talk about wanting to be either a lawyer or a basketball player, heard his dim answers to Ed Bradley's gentle questioning, all I could think was: They're trying this 4-foot-11, less-than-100-pound kid for murder? |
| SANTA FE, New Mexico Colors Added to Hat Patrol --(ABQ Journal) Pink and green hats are here to stay, and blue and brown are on their way. Santa Fe Municipal Judge Frances Gallegos -- who has required convicted drunken drivers and shoplifters to wear pink or green hats while performing public service work -- is adding new colors to her headwear line. She now has plans to outfit people convicted of domestic abuse or other violent crimes in blue hats, to help call public attention to their crimes. |
CHRISTINE ELKINS - kidnapped, murdered drug informant Maryville, Missouri PART 7 OF A 10-PART SERIES: Finally, a routine check hits pay dirt for investigators--(KC Star) No matter how insignificant the evidence or witness may have seemed, investigators have decided to review everything in the Christine Elkins case. They're committed to re-checking every detail. |
| LAWRENCE, KAN. College defensive end arrested after attack over missing chalupa (Court TV ) A 270-pound University of Kansas football player became stuck in a Taco Bell drive-thru window when he tried to charge employees who left a chalupa from his order |
| LAS VEGAS,NEV. Swallowed diamond ring reappears -- tag and all (Postnet ) -- Lori Carroll said she didn't have the $4,000 diamond ring. Police suspected otherwise. Ten days later, the truth came out |
| SANFORD, FLA. Woman survives attack by rampaging boyfriend (TC Palm ) A man hit his girlfriend with a tire iron, strangled her with speaker wire, cut her throat with a box knife and left her for dead on railroad tracks |
| FALCON CREEK,COLO. Boy, 13, injured while making bomb (Denver Rocky Mountain News ) Falcon Creek Middle School 7th-grader was facing expulsion for threatening other students |
| BLYTHEVILLE, ARK. Police offer trade of pagers for guns (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ) The deal is for one day only: Turn in a weapon and get paged. ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. Shooting is just the latest tragedy (St. Petersburg Times ) The shooting of 12-year-old Lisa Erickson and its fallout are more terrible blows to families who are no strangers to tough times. DENVER, COLO. Student, 15, shot, staggers into class (Denver Post ) A 15-year-old student was shot outside North High School on Thursday and then staggered back to his third-floor classroom - prompting his shocked schoolmates to call for help. SACRAMENTO, CAL. Adults arrested at Valley High: Two suspected of bringing weapons onto campus (Sacramento Bee ) Three adults, one of them reportedly carrying a loaded handgun, were arrested at Valley High School, where they had gone after one of their daughters claimed she had been hit by another girl. |
| ATTLEBORO,MASS Court papers: Girl told police of toddler's death, burial (Providence Journal ) A 9-year-old member of a fundamentalist Christian sect in Attleboro told police that a missing toddler died at home last spring and was kept in the basement until September, when family members buried him in remote Maine woods. |
| PHILADELPHIA, PENN. Elderly woman slain in home (Philadelphia Daily News ) Police say killer set fire to her bed. |
| DENVER, COLO. Father outraged by police shooting (Denver Rocky Mountain News ) The father of a 28-year-old man shot to death in a confrontation with police late Tuesday wants his son's death investigated. Danny Lopez Jr. said his son was "massacred" by police PHILADELPHIA, PENN. He stabbed her 45 times (Philadelphia Daily News ) Boyfriend sentenced to life for exotic dancer's murder ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Documents reveal plan for wife's death (The Albuquerque Tribune. ) Newly unsealed documents in the mysterious disappearance of Girly Hossencofft offer a chilling glimpse into how authorities believe her estranged husband and his girlfriend conspired to have her killed CASPER, WYO. Child porn suspect indicted on 10 counts (Casper Star-Tribune ) A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Casper man on 10 counts for allegedly making, distributing and possessing child pornography FORT WORTH, TEX. Minister awaiting trial in assault jailed in new child-indecency case (The Dallas Morning News ) A Dallas Methodist minister remained jailed late Thursday on charges that he sexually assaulted a 7-year-old girl at his former church in North Fort Worth, police said. NEW YORK, N.Y. Brooklyn teacher "Raped" girl, 13, in classroom. (New YorkPost ) A Brooklyn teacher was charged yesterday with repeatedly having sex with a 13-year-old student at the school - where his new bride is also a teacher, sources said |
| DEMING, N.M. Fear, Panic At School As Boy Shoots Girl (Albuquerque Journal ) Students scattered through the halls, hid in classrooms and sought refuge in a nearby buildings as a 13-year-old Columbus boy opened fire on a classmate Friday. 13-year-old shoots girl at school (Toronto Sun ) Camouflage-clad boy shoots, critically wounds 13-year-old girl in NM (Dallas News ) |
| Killer of Missing Florida Child Sentenced to Die -- (Reuters) A Florida crab fisherman was sentenced on Friday to die for the murder of a 7-year-old girl whose body was never found Canadian Indicted in Alleged Y2K Pipeline Plot -- (Reuters) U.S. authorities said they indicted a Canadian man on Friday for allegedly preparing to blow up the trans-Alaska pipeline in hopes of making a killing in oil markets on the expected rise in prices. Private eye to stand trial for work on Ramsey case -- (Reuters) A private investigator and his wife will stand trial on charges of illegally gathering private information on the parents of slain child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey. |
| MUSKEGON, Michigan Children killed: Greg James Doorenbos, 16; Michael Trowbridge, 15; and Kevin Allen Arvey, 13. James Barry Sprowls, 43, alleged hit and run killer Police don't believe story of driver in fatal crash--(The Muskegon Chronicle) Sprowls, a fired Michigan Department of Corrections employee, told authorities he spent the afternoon napping after leaving a temporary job at an Allendale factory.. |
| PILAR RODRIGUEZ, 4 - missing since February, presumed dead Punta Gorda, Florida Father of missing girl arrives at lake that's being searched--(TBO-FL) A man whose 4-year-old daughter has been missing since last February looked on visibly upset Friday at Preacher's Lake, which was partially drained in the search for the little girl. Detectives one-step closer in search for Pilar Rodriguez--(MSNBC) Preacher’s Lake is starting to look like the surface of a different planet. Lake drained in search for Pilar--(MSNBC) Several articles connected with four-year-old Pilar Rodriguez have been found near the lake. |
| DENVER, Colorado Several transients have been found murdered, and now victims are being.decapitated Search for killers intensifies--(The Denver Post)Authorities have identified one of the transients whose headless body was found this week in a field behind Union Station, and have tentatively identified the other. Transient recounts attack by 2 teens--(The Denver Post)A Denver homeless man says he was the victim of an unprovoked attack by two teenagers earlier this week. "The young punks hit me on the head with a two-by-four Homeless ignored in life, death--(The Denver Post)It's been front-page news for weeks, but you have chosen to turn the page. But now, probably because the latest victims were reported to have been found with their heads chopped off you have decided to pay attention.by Chuck Green, Denver Post Columnist |
JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - murdered in her home Boulder, Colorado Boulder lawyer's diary seized -- (Denver Post) Authorities have seized the diary of an indicted Boulder attorney as potential evidence in the case involving an alleged attempt to buy the JonBenet Ramsey ransom note. TV ALERT: Dateline NBC is scheduled to air excerpts tonight from a recent Nashville interview with John and Patsy Ramsey. |
| SUSANNAH CHASE - murdered student Boulder, Colorado DNA analyzed in Chase slaying--(Boulder News) Boulder police could know within three weeks whether the suspect in a Fort Collins homicide can be linked to the unsolved 1997 slaying of University of Colorado student Susannah Chase. |
ATLANTA, Georgia Arrest may lead to break in molestation cases --(Access Atlanta) Fulton County police Thursday arrested a 15-year-old boy on a charge of burglary in the same neighborhood where two young girls were molested in two different homes this month. |
CHRISTINE ELKINS - kidnapped, murdered drug informant Maryville, Missouri Part 6 of a 10-part series: Finally, it's make-or-break time for a years-long case --(KC Star) The Christine Elkins case is little closer to resolution than it was on the first day. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mike Green knows that this is the moment of truth for the investigation. He wonders if a murder charge, much less a conviction, is even a possibility. [includes links to audio evidence] |
| KANSAS CITY, Kansas Boys sentenced in sexual assaults at day-care center--(KC Star) Two 14-year-old Kansas City, Kan., boys were sentenced Thursday to the custody of state juvenile authorities for sexually assaulting twin 6-year-old girls at a day-care facility last May. |
| KERRVILLE, TEX. Police: Man decapitates grandparents (Dayton daily News ) The 24-year-old grandson of a couple whose decapitated, dismembered bodies were found by a highway has been charged with capital murder in their deaths, authorities said Thursday. |
| PATTEN, MAINE Police believe boys are buried in Maine (Boston Herald ) Police probing the disappearance of two Attleboro boys believe their fathers and uncles may have carried them into the backwoods of the vast Baxter State Park here and buried them |
| HONOLULU, HA. Parole board tells Edwards she killed baby by neglect (Honolulu Star ) Jennifer Edwards did the most "unnatural thing" as a mother by failing to seek medical care for her suffering 20-month old daughter, a parole board member said today. "You killed this child by your neglect," said Lani Garcia. And because of that, "You will serve longer than 6 years and 8 months HONOLULU, HA. Navy seekspremeditation conviction in infant’s death (Honolulu Star ) A sailor is being court martialed for smothering his 3-month-old daughter YORK, S.C. Baby's mother admits lying (Charlotte Observer ) Sharron Jarrell told jurors Thursday she couldn't bear to think of herself as a bad mother. That's why she lied to detectives about kissing her 10-month-old son goodnight the evening her husband suffocated him, she testified. She didn't want to admit she'd spent a day shopping and gone to bed without looking in on her baby. |
| SKOWHEGAN, Maine Slain man's wife wins right to bail -- (Portland Press Herald) A judge ruled Thursday that a Hartland woman accused of shooting her abusive husband, cutting up his body and burying the pieces in the woods is entitled to bail. |
| DALLAS, TEX. Nursing home attendant admits raping patient, 76, police report (The Dallas Morning News ) A 60-year-old nursing home attendant with a sex-abuse conviction in his background was jailed Thursday after admitting that he had raped a 76-year-old patient with Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MICH. Police search for D'wan leads to bag of bones (The Detroit News ) Police dug up a bag of bones during a search of Hines Park on Thursday for the remains of D'Wan Sims, who reportedly disappeared from a Livonia shopping center in 1994 when he was 4 years old DENVER, COLO. Police warn of predator attacking young girls (Denver Rocky Mountain News ) Police are warning parents to beware of a man who has been preying on little girls in south Denver PHILADELPHIA,PENN. Molester nabbed? (Philadelphia Daily News ) A shocked neighbor saw a man trying to pull a 6-year-old girl into his car at 42nd and Reno streets in West Philadelphia Monday afternoon.The neighbor ran to the car and wrenched the child away from the would-be attacker. Green Bay, WIS. Teen found guilty of throwing boy to his death (Milwaukee Journal ) A jury deliberated less than three hours Thursday before finding a 14-year-old boy guilty of helping to toss a teenager to his death from the fifth story of a parking ramp while the victim pleaded for his life. |
| TORONTO, Ont Bernardo appeal alleges trial judge errors -- (Cnews) Paul Bernardo says he wants a new trial because the judge who presided over his 1995 first-degree murder trial made errors that might have minimized the involvement of the convicted killer's ex-wife. Homolka withdraws court application for freedom -- (Cnews) Karla Homolka, the former wife of serial sex-killer Paul Bernardo, has withdrawn her bid to gain temporary freedom from jail after a public outcry. |
| YORKTON, Sask Jury hears final arguments at Fisher trial -- (Cnews) The defence for Larry Fisher wrapped up its case Thursday, once again linking David Milgaard to the rape and murder of a Saskatoon woman 30 years ago. |
| LATANISHA CARMICHAEL, 3 - last seen in 1979 MADELYN CARMICHAEL, 60 - charged with murder GREGORY CARMICHAEL, 37 - charged with murder Brooklyn, New York Mother and son face murder charges in death of mummified daughter--(Boston Globe) |
ARLINGTON, Virginia Boys Go to Court In Felony Case--(Wash Post) Two Arlington fifth-graders appeared in court yesterday on felony charges that they tried to kill or injure their teacher by putting soap in his drinking water. PEARL HARBOR Sailor faces life for baby’s death--(Star-Bulletin) The prosecution says Frank J. Osheski killed his daughter to 'get back' at his unfaithful wife. WRITING ABOUT VIOLENCE Sympathy for the devil --(Salon Magazine) I often write about violent people, and the way I write about them usually makes people mad. People tell me my work makes them queasy because I obviously spend a lot of time with homophobes, killers and rapists -- and a lot of time thinking about them and writing about them. Weirdest of all, I apparently feel concern for these creepy people, even though I'm the kind of person they target. |
