| Patricia Ann Booher, 25 victim FORT PAYNE, Ala Police probe mutilation death of woman -- (Alabama Live) Sheriff's deputies who stopped an Ohio-registered vehicle during a hit-and-run investigation made a grisly discovery -- the driver had a young woman's mutilated body in the car. |
| XIANA FAIRCHILD, 7 - vanished December 9, 1999 Vallejo, California A grim search for Xiana--(Times-Herald) Dozens of volunteer searchers who marched up and down a hill north of Vallejo on Sunday morning had been told the grim reason they were asked to be there - to find the dead body of Xiana Fairchild. Police keep focusing on jacket--(Times-Herald)--The impact of misinformation provided by Robert Turnbough in the case of missing 7-year-old Xiana Fairchild continues to be felt as police try to determine if a jacket found during an early search is the same jacket Xiana wore when she was last seen. Volunteers search canyon in the rain for Xiana clues--(San Francisco Examiner)--Mom's ex-boyfriend worked in area; police say no major evidence was found |
| TORONTO, Ont Girl's father insisted on entry to Canada as part of marriage -- (Globe & mail) Muhammad Khan and Kaneez Fatima, the couple accused in the killing and dismemberment of five-year-old Farah Khan, stare blankly from a wedding photo taken in a Rawalpindi hotel room in Pakistan on May 6, 1997. Mother `may never hear' of Farah's death -- (Toronto Star) Finding the biological mother of Farah Jahan Khan to notify her of the 5-year-old's brutal slaying in Toronto may prove harder for police than tracking down her suspected killers. Pierre Lebrun, accused of murder OTTAWA Ont Killer at bus garage used softpoint bullets to cause maximum destruction -- (Cnews) A man who killed four bus company employees with a hunting rifle before killing himself, used softpoint bullets to maximize the devastation of his attack last spring. TORONTO, Ont Supermodel won't step foot in Toronto court -- (Cnews) Supermodel Naomi Campbell won't have to return to Canada to face her accuser. At a hearing in a Toronto courtroom Monday, prosecutor Calvin Barry said Campbell would enter a plea Feb. 2 on a charge she beat up her assistant. TORONTO, Ont 'Known' killer is still walking free -- (Toronto Sun) A killer walks the streets of Toronto today. And "everybody on the street," at least in his area, knows who he is, police believe. He's a young man, possibly a teenager, and in the early hours of Dec. 27 he was wearing one of those parka overcoats and packing an old-style police revolver when he walked into a teen hiphop party and mowed down two unarmed men. TORONTO, Ont Cops probe T.O.'s first murder of the year -- (Toronto Sun) -- Homicide detectives yesterday were trying to identify the body of a partially-nude woman found in a garbage bin. Slain woman's ID still mystery -- (Toronto Sun) The body of the woman, described as 30 to 37 years old, was taken to the morgue for an autopsy, scheduled for today. Investigators say she may have been in the bin since noon Friday. OTTAWA, Ont Murder verdict escapes jury -- (Ottawa Sun) Robert Mallory, 53, and Robert Stewart, 47, are charged with first-degree murder in the 1990 shooting deaths of Michel Giroux and his pregnant common-law wife, Manon Bourdeau, in their rented Cumberland Twp. home. QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC Man paid hell of a price for informing on Angels -- (Edmonton Sun) Life is never the same after you infiltrate the Hells Angels and help arrest several of its members - just ask Jean-Denis Gregoire. After spending six years on the inside of the notorious biker gang, Gregoire must now resign himself to a life of permanent exile in the United States. |
| CHRISTOPHER RAY, 15 - stabbing victim Salt Lake City, Utah Utah teen held for stabbing friend at sleepover--(Reuters) A sleepover with video games turned into a nightmare when one teen-ager allegedly stabbed another to death. Boy allegedly stabs friend at sleepover--(Salt Lake Tribune) The victim's mother and possibly another person were in the trailer when the attack occurred, but were sleeping. |
| TULASA THAPA - abducted into prostitution Nepal The shade of Tulasa seeks justice--(Rediff) Justice may be delayed but Bir Dhoj Thapa hopes he still won't be denied it. Thapa is coming from Nepal tomorrow to try to ensure that those who sold to brothels his daughter Tulasa, which finally led to her death of tuberculosis, don't go unpunished. |
| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Police search interrupts church service--(The Oklahoman) A church service for the poor was interrupted Sunday by police who wanted to question a man, the reverend conducting the service complained. |
| Ann Arbor, Michigan Inaction on manager's part angers toddler's parents--(Michigan Live) An Ann Arbor couple are angry that the managers of a day care center where their infant son was mistreated weren't fired along with the teacher who admitted to the actions, but instead have been promoted. |
| ANTHONY BASS, 18 - last seen October 29, 1995 Atwater, California Merced mystery exceeds 4 years--(Modesto Bee) The disappearance of an 18-year-old Atwater man four years ago remains a mystery, and his family and the Merced County district attorney believe he is the victim of foul play. |
| CHICAGO Police ask out-of-state authorities for help in search for serial killer -- (Star Tribune) Detectives searching for an attacker they believe killed eight woman on Chicago' s South Side are asking law enforcement agencies in 10 states for help. |
| CARLETON BUCKLEY, 52 - indicted STELLA LEWIS, 60 - indicted Tavares, Florida Couple arrested in check scam--(TBO-FL) A married couple is accused of writing more than $34 million in worthless checks to banks in three counties and trying to cover the theft by moving the money around. |
| Naples, Florida Governor's plan to expand DNA database to include burglars gets officers' support--(Naples Daily News) Gov. Jeb Bush's proposal to put more money into the state's DNA database to make room for convicted burglars' blood samples could help solve more crimes faster, especially violent crimes, law enforcement agents say. |
| DON JENNINGS, 60 - victim JEAN JENNINGS, 51 - victim METHYL HEALY, 71 - victim Sierra Madre Mountains, Mexico Mazatlan Mystery--(Herald Net) In 1974 the Snohomish County Sheriff, his wife and her mother were murdered. There are still no answers. |
| Chicago, Illinois Police broaden the hunt for killer: South Side pattern sought in 10 states--(Chicago Tribune) Investigators probing eight unsolved slayings in Chicago's New City community that are believed to have been committed by the same man are widening the scope of the search. |
| Reckoning in Greenwich -- (Newsweek.com) Even now, nearly 25 years after the event, the murder of Martha Moxley has the power to shock. That is partly because a beautiful, vivacious 15-year-old girl was beaten to death in an act of appalling savagery, and partly because the subsequent homicide investigation was, by any standard, botched. Clinic Chief Doubts Skakel ‘Confession' -- (NY Post) The former owner of the rehab center where Michael Skakel allegedly "confessed" to killing Greenwich neighbor Martha Moxley 24 years ago says he strongly doubts the Kennedy nephew ever admitted anything. |
| BURLINGTON, Ky. Woman flees from traffic stop in stolen cruiser -- (Cleveland Live) A spokesman for Boone County police says officers used great restraint when a woman who had been pulled over on I-275 drove off in a police cruiser. |
| JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. 'Information Broker' Sent to Jail -- () A nearly year-long investigation by Colorado authorities into the shady business of "information brokering" led to its first conviction and sentencing Thursday. James Joseph Rapp, 40, pled guilty to one count of racketeering and was sentenced to 75 days in a Colorado county jail as well as four years probation. |
| EL SOBRANTE, Calif. 1 killed in shooting at California temple -- (Nando) A man who had been told he could not speak at a Sikh temple Sunday returned a short time later and opened fire with a gun, killing a man, authorities said. NEW HAVEN, Conn One dead, one wounded in New Haven shooting -- (Boston.com) City police are trying to find out what led to a street shooting that has left one man dead and one hospitalized. EAST HARTFORD, Conn. Friends, relatives mark anniversary of officer's shooting -- (Boston.com) The night he was killed, Officer Brian Aselton never had a chance to sign off. During a candlelight vigil Sunday to mark the one-year anniversary of his death in the line of duty, Aselton's brother, a Newington police officer, did it for him. TACOMA, WA Two plead innocent in shooting death of man at doorway -- (Oregon Live) Seeking revenge for a beating and theft, two men went to the apartment of a friend of the man they were seeking. When the friend wouldn't tell them where the man was living, they fired a shotgun into the floor. Killing saddens suspect's family -- (Arizona Republic) News of Mark Acosta's horrible death Saturday night made Maria Gomez stare at the floor of her home Sunday and shake her head sadly. Maria's brother, Victor Gomez, 22, nicknamed "Lonely Boy," had been arrested for allegedly shooting Acosta, 20, as the two and another man drove down Thomas Road in Acosta's pickup. Now he's facing a first-degree murder charge. |
| RALEIGH, N.C Families, officials angered by Benetton ads featuring death row inmates -- (Nando) Prison officials say they were misled when they allowed seven North Carolina death-row inmates to be featured in an advertising campaign by Italian clothing maker Benetton. |
| C.J. WILKERSON, 9 - kidnapped, still missing DERRICK LEE GLOVER, 26 - charged WAKE FOREST, NC Ex-husband charged in boy's kidnapping--(Charlotte News Observer) The estranged lover of the mother of a missing child was released from the hospital and taken to jail. |
| PATRICIA ANN REBHOLZ, 15 - bludgeoned to death in 1963 GREENHILLS (Cincinnati) OHIO Reporter revisits '63 murder case --(Cincinnati Enquirer) As he walked in the snow along Illona Drive Friday morning, Tom Schell began to recall how it all looked 37 years ago. The quiet streets and well-kept yards. The neighbors huddled together on porches. The body of a young girl, a cheerleader, sprawled beside an old wire fence. Closing in on Patty's killer - Evidence in 1963 murder unsealed--(Cincinnati Enquirer) A blood-covered blouse and a stack of old tape recordings may be the keys to ending one of Hamilton County's longest homicide investigations. Tracking a killer, 36 years later --(Cincinnati Enquirer) In 1963, the beating death of a 15-year-old cheerleader shattered the calm of Greenhills. No one was ever charged with the crime. Now, armed with new investigative tools, police are back on the case. |
| LOUIS J. SAULNIER - beaten to death Dec. 23, 1997 REV. LOMAX SALTER, 61 - convicted PENSACOLA, FL St. Petersburg minister sentenced to life for burned-body murder--(News-Journal Online) A St. Petersburg minister was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for killing a 73-year-old man whose burned body was found in a wooded area of the Florida Panhandle. |
| WELCH, OK ASHLEY FREEMAN - missing 16 year-old LAURIE BIBLE - missing 16 year-old Divers search Grand Lake for missing teen-age girls --(Team Tulsa KJRH TV)-- Delaware County Sheriff Jim Earp says officials got a tip about a car possibly being driven off a cliff into Grand Lake with the bodies of Ashley Freeman and Lauria Bible inside. |
| KEOSHA RODGERS, 11 - murdered KEVIN ORLANDO BESS, 28 - suspect CARUTHERSVILLE, MO Warrant issued in girl's death--(Blytheville Courier News) The intense investigation inspired by a missing Caruthersville, Mo., girl is over and has ended with a warrant being issued for the arrest of the man believed to have murdered the child. |
| LE-ZAHN WILLIAMS - missing since 1996 VALLEJO, CA More Front and Center, Jan. 23: Remembering Le-Zahn--(Vallejo Times Herald) Nearly every major newspaper, radio and television station in the Bay Area has camped out at Vallejo police headquarters, hoping to siphon every possible news nugget out of the Xiana Fairchild case. If the same attention were accorded to Le-Zhan Williams, the baby kidnapped in 1996 may have been found, said Lt. Ron Becker of the Vallejo Police Department. |
| ROCHESTER, NY After 25 years in prison, freed inmate to be retried for murder -- (CNN) Since being freed last spring after 25 years in prison, John Duval has spent weekdays sweeping the floor and filling in the appointment book at Val's, his mother's neighborhood beauty salon. |
| KOLHAPUR, INDIA Abducted boy murdered by kidnappers--(The Times of India) A seven-year-old boy abducted from Hupri town for a Rs one lakh ransom was found murdered by his kidnappers on Saturday. |
| CHARLES and JENNIFER CHIA - vanished in 1989 RENO, NV Murder mystery reward--(MSNBC) Reno police are following up on leads Friday in the murder case of Charles and Jennifer Chia. Their mother has posted a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. |
| FARAH KAHN 5, - Murdered, dismembered MUHAMMAD ARSAL KHAN, 36 - biological father charged with murder KANEEZ, FATIMA, 45 - step mother charged with murder TORONTO ONT. Seeking Farah's mom -- (Cnews) Canada's top diplomat in Pakistan says the biological mother of little Farah Khan may still be unaware of her daughter's brutal death. Pakistan officials deny police notified them of girl's death -- (London Free Press) De Kerckhove said the mother had apparently relinquished all rights to Farah less than three months after her birth. No protecting kids from horror -- (Toronto Sun) Heather Cartwright is the teacher credited with alerting police to Farah Khan's disappearance, the woman whose horrible hunch solved the horrific mystery of a nameless, dismembered child. Muslim community seeks proper burial for Farah -- (Toronto Star) `I can't get her face out of my mind - it is crying for mercy,' Imam Ibrahim Malabari says of tragic 5-year-old |
| BRIAN WELZIEN, 21 - missing since New Year's CHICAGO, IL Night on the town's baffling end --(Boston Globe) Brian Welzien went out with his college buddies on New Year's Eve. He drank. He celebrated. He hasn't been seen since. Welzien mystery has no sense of direction--(Chicago Sun Times Commentary) "He had to go one of four ways. North, south, east or west."--Chicago Police investigator, telling reporters Saturday that divers in Lake Michigan were merely exploring one possibility in the disappearance of Brian Welzien. Search for student continues--(MSNBC/WMAQ) The search has intensified for Northern Illinois University student Brian Welzien. VANISHED: Brian Welzien --(FindBrian.org) Help find Brian Welzien website |
| JANE DOE, 15-25 - raped and strangled CHICAGO, IL Body found in '94 still a Jane Doe to city cops--(Chicago Tribune) Mystery victim haunts Special Detective Unit. |
| MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 - murdered in 1975 MICHAEL SKAKEL - former neighbor arrested GREENWICH, CN Slaying ripped Skakels apart--(NY Post) Living under a cloud.Martha Moxley's murder haunted the Skakel brothers for 25 years, carving a rift between them that occasionally bordered on hatred, friends and associates say. Moxley's friends, family recall fun, popular teen --(Greenwich Time) Martha Moxley was an instant hit when she arrived from California at Western Junior High School in Greenwich in the mid-1970s. Murder left lasting mark on a generation --(Greenwich Time) My friend Carolyn and I were wrapping up our trick-or-treating on Halloween night 1975, climbing "Deadman's Hill" toward my aunt's house in Old Greenwich, which would be our last stop. We were 12. Two older kids stopped us and told us a girl had been murdered. Arrest site moves north--(The Stuart News) The Martin County Sheriff’s Office serves thousands of warrants a year, but on Wednesday morning it was the warrant that wasn’t served that attracted national attention. Related: Who killed Martha Moxley?--(marthamoxley.com) Comprehensive website maintained by Tom Alessi. Ghost Story--(National Review) September 14, 1998 book review of Murder in Greenwich: Who Killed Martha Moxley? by Mark Fuhrman |
| XIANA FAIRCHILD, 7 - missing since Dec. 9 VALLEJO, CA Jacket found by the Vallejo cops --(SF Examiner) In another surprising turn in the search for missing 7-year-old Xiana Fairchild, family members have identified the girl's purple jacket found by police which is similar to the one she was reportedly wearing when she disappeared. Is it Xiana's jacket?--(Times-Herald) Investigators will try to find out if a purple jacket identified by Xiana Fairchild's great-grandmother as the exact style of the one she bought for the 7-year-old while they lived together in Colorado had been purchased there before deciding whether to send it to a lab for further analysis. Police have jacket that may be Xiana's--(Contra Costa Times) Family members say it's hers, but neighbors, her mother and her mother's ex-boyfriend disagree. Grandmother identifies Xiana's coat--(Vallejo Times Herald) Xiana Fairchild's great grandmother wept Friday as she identified a purple, puffy jacket matching the description of the one the 7-year-old was reportedly wearing when she disappeared on Dec. 9. |
C.J. WILKERSON, 9 - kidnapped, still missing DERRICK GLOVER - suspect arrested WAKE FOREST, NC Estranged Wife of Kidnapping Suspect Says She's Worried for 9-Year-Old C.J.--(WRAL) While family and friends of 9-year-old C. J. Wilkerson are wondering and waitng for information, another woman says her own son once disappeared with the suspected kidnapper. Suspected Kidnapper Arrested; Wake Forest Boy Still Missing--(WRAL) A Wake Forest mother and father are waiting for news of their missing son. Police say they arrested Derrick Glover, but he did not have the child with him. |
 LaGuardia Airport Bombing--(website maintained by Kevin McMurray) LaGUARDIA AIRPORT, NEW YORK CITY, NY DATE: DECEMBER 29, 1975 TIME: 6:30 PM Entering the terminal Edwin M. Schwenk stopped short and stared in disbelief at what he saw. People were staggering outside of the building in a daze. "There was smoke everywhere. It was a total and complete disaster - the like of which I have never seen before." Related: The LaGuardia Bombing of 1975--(message board maintained by Tom Alessi) Unsolved Crimes: Website of the Week -- (CyberSleuths.com) Contains links to previously featured sites. |
| NAFTALI TRIPLETT, 21 - suspected robber, murderer, and hate criminal NEW YORK, NY Spider-Man's Diary: Crime and Hatred --(NY Daily News) He is known simply as Spider-Man, the knife-wielding mugger who eluded police Jan. 11 by jumping out an 18th-story window in midtown Manhattan and landing, with the precision of the comic-book character Spider-Man, on the roof of an adjacent building. But there is nothing comic or heroic about the hate-filled diary of Naftali Triplett, a 21-year-old street vendor arrested while trying to enter Canada. |
