| Rochester, Minnesota Headless bodies found in field may have been mother, son--(Star-Tribune) A woman and boy whose headless bodies were found in a field near Rochester may have been mother and son and probably were black, Olmsted County Sheriff Steve Borchardt said Friday. |
| MILWAUKEE Wisconsin man arrested for anthrax scare -- (Nando) A man was charged Friday with threatening more than a dozen clinics, agencies and a school by sending envelopes with a gritty substance and a note saying, "This is anthrax and you will die." |
| BOSTON Remains of Three People Reported Found in Search for Mob Victims -- (Fox) Reportedly fearing that mobsters might try to unearth bodies buried years ago, investigators dug through the night in subzero temperatures and apparently found the remains of three people Friday. |
| BEAUMONT, California ANTHONY MARTINEZ, 10 year-old murder victim Police Ask for Help in Finding Martinez Killer --(MSNBC)--The 1997 kidnapping murder of a 10-year-old Beaumont boy is one of the most tragic unsolved homicides in the Coachella Valley. WEST PALM BEACH, Florida DENISE O'NEILL, abducted, raped and murdered Years later, man on trial in abduction-murder of West Palm woman--(The Sun-Sentinal)--Nearly 4½ years after Denise O'Neill was abducted, raped and killed, the trial of the second of three men accused of her murder finally began on Thursday GULPH MILLS, Pennsylvania KATHLEEN MOHN, disappeared Dec. 5 Investigator: Brain matter probably not from missing woman --(Philadelphia Inquirer)--The chief investigator into the disappearance of Kathleen Mohn said yesterday that brain parts found in a sewage-treatment plant in Northampton County are unlikely to be from the missing Gulph Mills woman."I am not optimistic," said Montgomery EDMONTON, Alberta DONALD BISSETT,murder victim Donald Piche on trial Cane-murder trial begins--(The Edmonton Sun)--Evidence will show Donald Piche used a 60-year-old crippled man's metal cane to beat him to death in an abandoned house, an Edmonton jury heard yesterday. ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico GIRLY CHEW HOSSENCOFFT, disappeared in September Diazien Hossencofft, Linda Henning, charged in a 27-count indictment DA Seeking Death Penalty --(Albuquerque Journal)--Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for an Albuquerque man and woman accused of murdering the man's wife, whose body was never found but whose bloody clothing was discovered dumped along a rural highway. VISALIA, California PATRICK CASTANEDA, stabbed and dismembered Jerry Edward McKiearnan roommate charged Police find dismembered man; roommate charged with murder--(The Sacramento Bee)--After getting a tip from a woman who said McKiearnan raped her and confessed to the murder, police went to his second-floor apartment, said Sgt. Mike McGee. LYNDON, Kansas JACK HANRAHAN, murdered 12 year-old Thomas Berberich to stand trial Motions heard --(MSNBC)--Thursday Berberich was in court hoping the judge would change his mind on a couple of previous decisions. NEW ORLEANS, Louisanna JUDITH SANDERS, murder victim Dr. Gregory Sanders, suicide victim, suspected killer Body Verified As Fugitive Dentist's--(Chicago Tribune)--Fingerprints have confirmed that the body found in a New Orleans hotel room with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound was Dr. Gregory Sanders of Chicago, a fugitive sought for the Jan. 5 slaying of his wife. EDMONTON, Alberta SHERRY ANN UPRIGHT, slain on 1/3/99 Richard Spencer, on trial Man muttered about body in trunk: witness--(The Edmonton Sun)--Another person at the scene testified he remembered how surprised he was that Upright's body was so cold despite the rollover happening only about 15 minutes earlier. COVINGTON, Ohio JAMES BERTE, murder victim Thomas Smith, murder suspect Devou Park killing sent to grand jury --(The Cincinnati Enquirer)--The man suspected of killing another man in Devou Park in October told detectives right away the story of the victim's beating death, claiming he overheard it from the killer. WELLFLEET, Massachusetts Michele Lee Dorr, 6 year old murder victim Laura Houghteling, 23 year old murder victim Hadden I. Clark, confessed killer Convicted murderer returned to Cape to aid police search --(The Boston Globe)--Clark is being investigated in connection with other deaths in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania, and police say they have reason to believe Clark committed murder and buried his victims on Cape Cod, the Cape Cod Times reported today. |
| Isac Quincey Brown, 24, charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, robbery, burglary and sexual battery WEST PALM BEACH, Fla Years later, man on trial in abduction-murder of West Palm woman -- (Sun-Sentinel Co.) Nearly 4½ years after Denise O'Neill was abducted, raped and killed, the trial of the second of three men accused of her murder finally began on Thursday. |
| WHITE PLAINS, N.Y Shulman gets 25 to life on top of death penalty -- (Newsday) Robert Shulman, who has admitted killing five women and is already on death row, was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison for murdering the two victims whose bodies ended up in Westchester. |
| ELIZABETH, N.J. Schiffer pleads guilty in officer's killing -- (Newsday) A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty to felony murder Friday in the 1958 shooting death of a Rahway police officer and agreed to testify against his cousin. |
| MAYS LANDING , NJ Police investigate letter, feces sent to judge -- (South Jersey Publishing) State Police are investigating how a note and fecal matter was sent through inter-office mail from the county jail to Superior Court Judge Michael Connor. |
| BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Brothers accused in boy witness killings seek separate trials -- (Boston Herald) Russell Peeler Jr. wants to be tried separately from his brother Adrian Peeler on charges he ordered the killing of an 8-year-old murder witness and the boy's mother. |
| CLEARWATER, Fla Pregnant mother jailed in Clearwater for overdue library books -- (Sun-Sentinel) A pregnant mother of two spent a day in jail for allegedly ignoring notices from the public library, becoming the second reader in a week to be locked up for having overdue books in Pinellas County. |
| WINNIPEG Baby's 911 call leads police to capture alleged parole violator -- (National Post) A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for violating his parole was turned into police by a one-year-old baby girl when she dialled 911 while playing with the telephone. |
| Toronto A paedophile's dose of prevention -- (National Post) In the office towers of Canada's biggest city, there works a professional man in his late 30s who every three months voluntarily submits himself to a polygraph test, who cheerfully receives regular injections of a powerful sex-drive suppressant that induces what's called "chemical castration," and who diligently attends psychiatric therapy to help him control his sexual deviance. |
| Xiana Fairchild (7) Missing VALLEJO, Ca Another Man at Xiana House (Contra Costa Times ) "Turnbough said he had known the man for a couple of weeks before Xiana's disappearance. Turnbough and Xiana's mother, Antoinette Robinson, met him through Robinson's mother's boyfriend, Turnbough said." Scared, and to some, odd (Contra Costa Times ) Missing Girl's Grandmother Gets Subpoena (Contra Costa Times ) |
| Ramsey witnesses urge probe -- (Daily Camera) Fleet and Priscilla White, accuse professor Michael Tracey of trying to build public support for JonBenét's parents, who are under suspicion in the 6-year-old's death. |
| LOS ANGELES More LAPD Officers Suspended in Probe - LA Times -- (Reuters) Four more Los Angeles Police Department officers were suspended as a result of a probe into corruption in the department's Rampart Division, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday. DEL RIO, Texas Man jailed in Texas border town confesses to multiple slayings -- (CNN) As Kaylene Harris and Krystal Surles slept in bunk beds early on December 31, a man slipped in through a window, crept into the girls' room and slit their throats with a boning knife. NEW YORK America's grim past on display in lynching photographs -- (CNN) Once upon a time in America, mobs dragged people out of jails or off the streets and hanged them from the nearest tree. Sometimes they burned them alive. GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan Man headed to prison for dragging assault in Michigan -- (CNN) A white man who ran his car over a black man three times, dragging him across a gas station parking lot, has been sentenced to seven to 25 years in prison. HAMILTON, Bermuda Man accused in murder of Ontario teen out on bail after drug raid -- (Canoe) Justis Smith, the 21-year-old Bermudian who is accused in the murder of Canadian teen Rebecca Middleton, has been released on police bail after officers raided his home Dec. 30 in connection with drug offences. |
| PONTIAC, Mich Judge Spares Life Sentence For Boy Who Killed at 11 -- (Fox) At 13, Nathaniel Abraham could have been sent away to prison for life as one of the youngest convicted killers in U.S. history. Nathaniel,13, looks back into the courtroom after hearing that he will be sentenced as a juvenile, Thursday But a judge, disturbed by what he said was Michigan's "fundamentally flawed" approach to juvenile justice, sentenced Nathaniel to youth detention We've 'failed you,' sentencing judge tells killer, now 13 -- (Philadelphia Newspapers) |
| GLORIA TREVI - fugitive pop singer Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mexican star in sex case is arrested in Rio--(New York Times) The last time that the pop star Gloria Trevi performed on television in Mexico, she pranced and tossed her mane of wavy hair with the carefree defiance that made her an icon of rebellion among young girls. Police arrest Mexican Madonna--(BBC) Trevi found fame as a witty, sexually provocative star. Mexican singer in custody for questioning in kidnaps, rapes (Dallas Morning News ) |
| SAN ANTONIA, TX Missing wife is sought (San Antonio (TX) Express-News ) San Antonio police have joined Michigan authorities in searching for the spouse of an Alamo City native whose first wife vanished here in 1985. |
| GULF MILLS, PA Brain unlikely missing woman's (Allentown (PA) Morning Call ) Montgomery County investigators will use forensic tests to see if half a human brain found last Friday in Bethlehem's sewage treatment plant is from a missing woman. DNA tests on brain (Philadelphia (PA) Daily News ) |
| ATLANTA, GA Ga. police arrest N.C. slaying suspect (Charlotte (NC) Observer ) A suspect wanted in the death of his next-door neighbor fled to an Atlanta suburb, found shelter in a halfway house and started a new job in the three weeks authorities have searched for him. COLUMBIA, MO Police suspect woman of assault with car (Columbia (MO) Tribune ) Columbia police yesterday arrested a 23-year-old woman for allegedly striking her child’s grandmother with a car. WASHINGTOM Girl's Death Leaves Foster Care Shaken (Washington Post ) In her new D.C. home, where the Christmas decorations are still up, the tearful foster mother flips to the last page of the pink lace album. There she has affixed a newspaper clipping, detailing how, on a judge's orders, Brianna had been returned to her biological mother's home – where she later suffered a fatal blow to the head. CINCINNATI, OH Teen's essay leads to murder charge (The Cincinnati Enquirer ) When Julius Evans was sent to a juvenile facility for robbery, his counselor told him he could shorten his stay if he wrote an essay about his criminal past. Instead, the essay prompt ed police to charge the Evanston teen-ager with murder. |
| JACKSON, MS Alabama chapter of KKK investigated for Web site threat (ABC News ) The Mississippi attorney general is contacting state authorities after discovering an Alabama Klan group's Web site said he had "earned a death sentence." Alabama Chapter of KKK InvestigatedFor Web Site Threat (FOX News ) HANOVER, NH Teachers concerned about Hanover student’s e-mail (Foster's Daily Democrat ) Hanover High School officials apparently are rethinking the way they handle threats of violence after a student sent friends an e-mail that contained violent language NORTH KINGSTON, RI E-mail prompts police visit (Providence (RI) Journal ) A 14-year-old boy might have intended his on-line message to a classmate as a joke, but the police and a school principal weren't laughing. |
| TOLEDO,OH Man allegedly beat wife, killed kitten (Toledo Blade ) An East Toledo man accused of killing his wife's kitten by putting it in an oven set at 500 degrees and then telling her "Your dinner's ready" appeared in court yesterday on animal cruelty and domestic violence charges. FLINT, MI Pets stolen for dogfights, police suspect (Flint (MI) Journal ) Dogs missing in recent weeks from a northwest Flint neighborhood might have been stolen for use in dogfights, a horrifying thought to residents mourning their loss |
| SONNY VIRK, 9 - son HARPREET VIRK, 6 - daughter NARINDER VIRK - mother Port Hueneme, California Children rescued from harbor, mother arrested--(LA Times) A woman with a history of marital problems tried to drown herself and her two children by holding them underwater early Wednesday morning in Channel Islands Harbor, authorities said. |
| Chicago, Illinois Abused children suffer worse head injuries--(Reuters) Abused children often suffer worse injuries than those hurt in accidents, and caregivers should be alert to severe head and eye injuries as possible telltale signs of abuse, researchers said on Thursday. |
| SAN DIEGO, California ZECHARIAH MAYER, murdered baby David Mayer, convicted Father sentenced for starving 2-year-old son to death --(Nando Times)--A father convicted of starving to death his 2-year-old son because "God doesn't like babies who are fat" was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison. |
| JACKSON, Mississippi Alabama chapter of KKK investigated for comment about Mississippi AG --(AlabamaLive)--Mississippi's attorney general said Thursday he doesn't take lightly statements on an Alabama Klan group's Internet web site that he had "earned a death sentence." |
SABRINA AISENBERG, missing 5 month-old Steve & Marlene Aisenberg under indictment TAMPA, Florida Aisenberg tape not yet public--(St. Petersburg Times)--A judge declined Wednesday to make public an audio cassette that could resolve questions of whether or not Steven Aisenberg talked about hurting his missing daughter Sabrina, or admitted to using cocaine. |
| XIANA FAIRCHILD, 7 -reported missing December 9, 1999 VALLEJO, California Family examines items found in Xiana search--(Times-Herald)--The mother of missing Xiana Fairchild on Wednesday examined photographs of items an army of volunteers collected during last weekend's search for clues in the 7-year-old's disappearance. Xiana Volunteer Center Needs to Find New Home --(San Francisco Chronicle)--The small office at 41-C Admiral Callaghan Lane opened shortly after 7-year-old Xiana Fairchild vanished without a trace December 9. It has since become center stage in the volunteer drive to find her. |
| SHEILA BELLUSH - murdered in 1997 ALLEN BLACKTHORN - ex-husband, under arrest San Antonio, Texas Federal Judge denies bond for ex-husband of slain quads mom--(TBO-FL) A federal magistrate on Thursday denied bond for a businessman accused in the 1997 Florida killing of his ex-wife. |
| CHERYL LYNN DIGGS, 35 - fugitive mother Baton Rouge, Louisiana Single mom allegedly skips out on three kids--(WRAL) Three children came home from school last week to find that their mother had cleared out the apartment and moved away. |
| Albuquerque, New Mexico Dead newborn case shocks public--(MSNBC) Fifteen year-old Crystal Gebler gave birth to a full term baby girl on December 30. Three days later, the baby’s body was found in a trash can. |
| HADDON CLARK - two murder convictions Wellfleet, Massachusetts Hadden Clark talks to Massachusetts investigators--(MSNBC) One week after leading police to the body of a six-year-old girl he murdered 14 years ago, Hadden Clark is in Massachusetts helping police investigate more deaths he may be connected to. |
| AVRIL DUNN, 26 - strangled in 1985 DUNCAN JACKSON, 37 - arrested England DNA 'led to murder arrest after 13 years'--(Electronic Telegraph) A man was arrested 13 years to the day after a woman was murdered, when advances in DNA testing gave police the evidence they had been waiting for, a court was told yesterday. |
| MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Teen gives birth, dumps infant in freezing alley in trash can--(The Boston Globe)--It was about 10 degrees outside when the baby spent more than an hour inside a knotted trash bag in the garbage can. |
| JOSE and ELENA NAJERA - murder victims GERALD JOHNSON - accused Garden Grove, California Accused killer, victim's son were inseparable--(The Orange County Register) They were unlikely friends, the slim doctor's son from Villa Park and the husky kid from Garden Grove whose father installed portable classrooms. |
