| BIRMINGHAM, Ala State investigating child abuse claims at Alabama commune -- (Nando) Alabama authorities said Friday they have begun an investigation of a sprawling west Alabama religious commune after hearing claims that children were beaten and forced to sleep outside in subfreezing weather. PATERSON, North Jersey FBI Is Probing Election-Day Assaults -- (NJ Herald) The FBI has taken over an investigation into two Election Day assaults on campaign workers in Passaic County and has been looking into the possibility that off-duty Passaic County sheriff's officers carried out the separate attacks, officials confirmed Thursday. David Duane Evans, - arraigned on three felony charges WATERFORD, Ca Waterford man arrested for sex charges involving a 13-year-old -- (Oakland Press) She began to sob as she stood outside the courthouse realizing the man she loved could be a sexual deviant. "I have two children with him, two little girls. Oh my God. He is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," she said. "To know him, he is one of the nicest persons. People like him. But he is sick." victim not identified Aaron Malcolm Hanks, 30 - accused OGDEN, Utah Kidnapping suspect told to fund own attorney -- (Standard-Examiner) An Ogden man accused of raping and kidnapping his estranged girlfriend has two weeks to sell his motorcycle and other assets so he can retain his own attorney. FARMINGTON, Utah Doctor accused of using morphine to kill elderly patients -- (Standard-Examiner) Former Davis Hospital and Medical Center psychiatrist Robert Weitzel sat stoically as a 2nd District Court judge ordered him to stand trial in the murders of five elderly patients who died under his care during a 16- day span between December 1995 and January 1996. TORONTO, Ont Convicted teen computer hacker ordered to teach police his tricks -- (National Post) - A 14-year-old computer whiz kid who plead guilty yesterday to a number of computer hacking offences has been ordered to teach police his criminal tricks of the trade. Last December, the Keswick, Ont., teenager, who can't be named under the Young Offenders Act, managed to hack into the computer of a computer store owner in Toronto. Vancouver, BC Mexican baby probe -- (Vancouver Province) Mexican and B.C. child welfare officials are investigating an Abbotsford couple suspected of smuggling five babies into Canada to raise as their own. Mexican officials were alerted when the couple, the owners of Roxy's Adult Store on Granville Street in Vancouver, tried to adopt the children, who had bogus birth certificates. |
| SERGEY KOZIKOV, 18 - body found burning Oleg Klementiev, 18 - charged Evgeniy Gusev, 18 - second suspect NEW YORK Toll Photo Spurs Arrests in Slay--(NY Daily News) A photo snapped at a tollbooth led cops to an 18-year-old from Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, who allegedly stabbed a friend to death and set his body on fire, authorities said. |
| Jeff Borman, - released from prison in 1992 INDEPENDENCE, M0, Missouri suing paroled killer who won state lottery -- (Nando) The state of Missouri has filed a lawsuit against a paroled killer who won a $3.9 million lottery jackpot, which state officials believe should be used help pay costs for four of the 20 years he spent in prison. |
| BRANDON HUNTER WARD, 2 - abused Jay Lamar McClellan - charged with homicide by abuse GEORGETOWN, Florida Man charged with homicide by abuse--(The Sun News) A 27-year-old Andrews man faces charges he killed his live-in girlfriend's 2-year-old son at their East Gapway Road home, Georgetown County sheriff's deputies said. |
COLORADO Man confesses to assaulting two girls --(Montrose Daily Press) A 29-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two female juveniles at an Olathe Laundromat. A kidnapping charge was lodged against Seledonia-Gonzalez because he allegedly moved the girls from room to room in the Laundromat. ARKANSAS Additional charge filed in rape case --(NW Arkansas News) An additional charge of being an accomplice to rape has been leveled against a Springdale man arrested in mid-January for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl repeatedly over a period of time. NEW JERSEY 4 men stand accused in Net child-sex sting--(NJ Star-Ledger) Four New Jersey men have been arrested for allegedly using an Internet chat room to set up sexual encounters with 13-year-old boys and girls, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office announced yesterday. MICHIGAN Clerk plans 'no contest' sex plea--(Muskegon Chronicle) Muskegon County Clerk Dale E. Hartman plans to plead "no contest" Friday to one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct for having sex with a 14-year-old boy he met on the Internet. ARKANSAS Man took teenage girl, officials allege --(Northwest Arkansas Times) A Fayetteville man who allegedly took a 15-year-old girl on a sexual road trip that ended at Walt Disney World was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday and is facing further prosecution in state court. INDIANA Child molesting charge filed against alleged pornographer--(The Star Press) A Gaston man arrested last year on federal child pornography charges has now been charged with child molesting. The girl was 9 years old when the assaults began, according to court documents. COLORADO Courtroom packed for Lyons hearing --(Montrose Daily Press) Wearing handcuffs and a bulletproof vest, Joseph C. Lyons appeared Thursday in a packed Ouray County courtroom to be advised of his rights in connection with 13 child sex charges. |
| MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 - bludgeoned to death Michael Skakel, 39 - former neighbor charged GREENWICH, Conn. Newspapers seek access to Skakel arraignment --(Greenwich Time) Greenwich Time, The (Stamford) Advocate and three other newspapers filed a motion yesterday in Juvenile Court in Stamford seeking access to the arraignment of Michael Skakel. Skakel, 39, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on a murder charge in the 1975 slaying of 15-year-old Martha Moxley, his former neighbor, in the gated Greenwich community of Belle Haven. Additional case news--(MarthaMoxley.com) In the news and news archive section. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - murdered in her home, Dec. 26, 1996 Boulder, Colorado Tabloids the story in Ramsey case--(Newsday) The supermarket tabloids are doing more than covering the daylights out of the JonBenet Ramsey story. They have become part of the story. |
| Mincho Donchev - escaped murderer from Bulgaria SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASH. 'Mountain Man' settlement angers sheriff, victims --(PostNet) He pried open their doors, took every scrap of food they had and exchanged his dirty clothes for their clean ones. Now, some victims of Mincho Donchev want something back from the $412,500 he will get for settling his lawsuit against the Snohomish County officers who arrested him two years ago for burglary. |
| FUSAKO SANO, 19 - abducted November 13, 1990 Tokyo, Japan 9-year kidnapping mystifies Japan--(Chicago Sun-Times) A small-town girl's kidnapping and her nine years in captivity are raisin questions about police incompetence, the breakdown of communities and the complex relationship between captor and captive. |
| JOAN KAHN, 59 - guilty of injury NORWALK, Conn., Former nanny sentenced for mistreating infants -- (MSNBC) A nanny caught on videotape physically abusing two infants in a Wilton home has been sentenced to one year in prison. |
| CORNEL YOUNG JR, 28 - shot while off duty PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island Protest erupts over R.I. officer's slaying -- (Boston Globe) Restraint over the slaying of police Sergeant Cornel Young Jr. erupted into protest yesterday as 200 noisy demonstrators marched into City Hall and black clergy demanded that the two officers who gunned down Young last Friday be fired. Raucous rally targets Cianci -- (Providence Journal) The students, black and Hispanic city residents, and community activists who gathered outside Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr.'s office yesterday afternoon -- about 300 altogether -- were angry and wanted to show it. |
| ARIANA CHANTHIVONG - victim Norkham Chanthivong - arrested for murder WESTMINSTER , Colo Man fatally shoots daughter, 5 -- (Denver Post) A 23-year-old computer worker shot and killed his 5-year-old daughter early Thursday morning with a bullet apparently meant for his wife, city police said. |
| JULIE HAMILL, 28 - body found on beach Portstewart, Ireland MP's niece murdered--(BBC) Police say a woman whose naked body was found strangled on a Northern Ireland beach was the neice of an SDLP MP. |
| Leslie Leon Burchart - Alleged serial killer RICHMOND, VA He picked victims 'like him' / Police believe Burchart disgusted with his life (Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch ) Alleged serial killer Leslie Leon Burchart, a suspect in the Golden Years slayings, was generally thought to be harmless by those who treated him for his schizophrenia |
| Derek Lehman(17) - Placed in hospital for evaluation ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL Teen's plans to plant bombs at school revealed by peers he tried to recruit (Postnet ) He had a floor plan of Royal Palm Beach High School, an Internet cookbook for making bombs and a diary detailing plans to come on campus shooting. The one thing the 17-year-old student didn't have is willing accomplices. The three boys he tried to recruit became his undoing. |
| MARITZA MARTIN - Shot to death in front of Television camera Emilio Nunez - Guilty of 1st degree murder FORT LAUDERDALE,FL Man who killed wife on TV guilty of 1st-degree murder (TCPalm.com (FL) ) A man who fatally shot his ex-wife while a TV camera rolled was found guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder. AUDREY CARR(15) - Shot to death Linda Carr- Arrested HARRIS COUNTY, TX Mother kills daughter, hurts son in shootings (Houston Chronical ) Investigators were trying to learn why a woman described as dedicated to her two teen-age children shot and killed her daughter and wounded her son at their northwest Harris County home Thursday |
| SHELBY DUIS(2) - beaten to death Heidi Watkins - Facing 1st degree murder charges Jessie Wendelsdorf - Facing 1st degree murder charges DES MOINES, IA Veiled abuse death outrages lawmaker (Cedar Rapids (IA) Gazette ) A Linn County legislator, outraged over the state's handling of a child abuse case that ended in a Spirit Lake toddler's death, on Wednesday threatened to stall Senate approval of several gubernatorial appointees until she gets answers as to why the killing happened MALCOLM JONES(6) - Beaten to death Mae Ella Robertson - On trial SACRAMENTO, CA Slaying, torture trial begins (Sacramento Bee ) When Malcolm Jones refused to do his homework, his great-aunt exploded into a rage and beat the 6-year-old to death with a wooden board over four hours |
| ANTONIO DAVALOS(11) - Murdered, body found in dumpster LITTLETON, CO Boy's death triggers memories of Columbine (Denver Post ) Travis Murr was worried they couldn't find a card big enough to do justice to his little friend. Boy apparently strangled -- (Denver Post) As an autopsy was being conducted, authorities focused their investigation on two brothers who were staying at the Littleton home of 11-year-old Antonio's grandmother. Key evidence found in boy's death (Inside Denver ) |
| Ray Lewis - NFL player charged with murder MIAMI, FL Murder case stuns friends of ex-UM, current NFL star (Miami Herald ) Lewis has faced previous allegations of violence |
| Lisa Juleff - Charged with solicitation of murder DETROIT, MI Alleged murder plot foiled by friends (Detroit (MI) Free Press ) Asked to find a hit man to kill an unsuspecting husband, women say they decided to help save a life -- not take one PAUL WONG - Shot 10 times Nona Lewis - guilty of murder and conspiracy to commit murder RIVERSIDE, CA Woman convicted in hired-murder case (Riverside (CA) - Inland Empire Online ) A jury Wednesday convicted a 70-year-old woman from Orange of first-degree murder in a 1998 murder-for-hire plot, but could not decide on the same charges against her daughter CAROL LOZOTT - Shot to death Ralph Kazmirski - Charged with murder Witness: He Let Her Bleed to Death (Syracuse On-line ) Carol Lozott and Jolan Kazmirski were watching "NYPDA half hour later, Lozott lay dead on the floor. NATALIE MIRABAL - Murdered Matthew Mirabal - Charged with murder BOULDER, CO Hunter's office won't seek death penalty in murder case (Denver Rocky Mountain News ) Prosecutors won't seek the death penalty against a Longmont man accused of killing his wife and dumping her body in a mountain canyon, Boulder District Attorney Alex Hunter said Wednesday. |
| Brian Stewart - Serving life in prison ST. LOUIS, MO Man convicted of injecting son with AIDS asks for new trial (Fox News ) Prosecutors said Brian Stewart, 33, stuck a syringe with HIV-contaminated blood into his 11-month-old son's arm during a visit in 1992. He had access to the blood from the St. Louis hospital where he worked as a phlebotomist KATIE POIRIER - Abducted and murdered Donald Blom - Convicted of murder DULUTH, MN Blom's 56-page confession, since recanted, In The Poirier murder case (Duluth (MN) News-Tribune ) Following is Donald Blom's confession to killing Katie Poirier. Blom Hearing Focuses On Search Warrants (Duluth (MN) News-Tribune) |
| UNIDENTIFIED - boy(14-mo), girl(7), girl(6), girl(3-4) - killed in fire Whitney Spencer - Suspected of arson HARVEY, LA Man arrested after arson kills 4 children (Dallas News ) A man suspected of splashing a flammable liquid on an apartment floor and sparking a blaze that killed four young children was arrested early today Revenge spurred Louisiana fire that killed four children, sheriff says (Nando Times ) |
| AMADOU DIALLO - Unarmed man shot to death by police Sean Carroll, Edward McMellon, Kenneth Boss and Richard Murphy - Accused of killing an unarmed black man ALBANY, N.Y. Murder trial of four white N.Y. police officers opens (Baltimore (MD) Sun ) Four white New York City police officers accused of killing an unarmed black man unleashed a 41-shot barrage with no warning and kept firing as the victim was down on the ground, prosecutors said yesterday as the officers' murder trial opened. Witness says she heard no voices before police shooting ( CNN) D.A.: Diallo cops shot to kill (NY Post ) LAPD CORRUPTION PROBE LOS ANGELES, CA Police scandal lawsuits may cost L.A. $125 million (Las Vegas Review- ) Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard Parks and representatives of the city attorney's office told a closed session of the City Council on Wednesday that Los Angeles will have to pay as much as $125 million to settle lawsuits stemming from the police department's corruption scandal. |
| SHERRICE IVERSON, 7 - sexually assaulted, strangled Jeremy Strohmeyer, - 7 life sentences for murder LOS ANGELES Killer's Parents Sue L.A. County -- (Newsday) The adoptive parents of a confessed killer sued Los Angeles County on Thursday, alleging they never would have gone through with the adoption if they knew their son's birth mother was diagnosed as a chronic schizophrenic. Case Dossier -- (Las Vegas Sun) timeline, video clips |
| ROBERT PODSZEBA, 41 - may have been beating boy's mother Tellico Plains, Tennessee Bo held in stabbing death of mom's boyfriend--(Nando Times) Authorities said that an 8-year-old boy stabbed his mother's 41-year-old boyfriend to death with a kitchen knife. |
| JIM BROWN - former pro football player Los Angeles, California Ex-NFL star Brown accuses LAPD of "armed invasion"--(Reuters) National Football League legend Jim Brown, already at war with a Los Angeles judge he accuses of racism, Thursday took on the city's police department, accusing it of staging an "armed invasion" of his home. |
| MARILYN SHEPPARD - murdered in 1954 DR. SAM SHEPPARD - 10 years in prison CLEVELAND, Oh Sheppard civil trial attorneys open fire -- (Beacon Journal) Insults began to fly yesterday among attorneys in the Sam Sheppard civil trial with jury selection for the long-delayed proceeding now only days away. Revisiting the Sheppard case -- (Detroit Free Press) |
| NICHOLAS, 7, EMILY, 6, THOMAS LEMAK, 3 - sedated and then suffocated DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. Prosecutors to seek death penalty for Lemak -- (Chicago Tribune) After months of deliberation, prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will seek the death penalty against Marilyn Lemak, the Naperville woman accused of killing her three young children. "a horrendous crime" -- (Chicago Sun Times) |
| MWIVANO MWAMBASHI KUPAZA - victim Peter Kupaza, 40 - 1st degree intentional homicide BARABOO, Wis. Rebuilding victim's face key to arrest in killing -- (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) It was a gruesome mystery that might never have been solved if not for a number of breaks in the case and the help of new technology that put a face on a victim whose face had been removed by her killer. |
| STARKE, Fla Florida Prison Guards Charged With Murder of Killer -- (Reuters) A Florida grand jury has indicted four Florida prison guards on murder charges in the beating death of a Death Row inmate, a case that sparked a statewide probe of brutality against prisoners, prosecutors said on Thursday. Capt. Timothy Alvin Thornton, 34, Sgts. Jason Patrick Griffis and Charles Austin Brown, both 26, and Sgt. Robert William Sauls, 37, were charged with second-degree murder in the death of convicted killer Frank Valdes in his cell at Florida State Prison. |
| Robert Lee Tarver Jr, 52 - on death row ATMORE, Ala. Inmate set to die at 12:01 a.m. continues fighting execution -- (Alabama Live) A man convicted of killing a rural store owner sought a final-day reprieve Thursday, claiming his trial was tainted with racism and Alabama's electric chair is cruel and unusual punishment. MEMPHIS, Tenn Courtroom antics backfire on death row inmate -- (MSNBC) Convicted child killer Robert Glen Coe remains on schedule to be executed March 23. If the execution goes on as planned, Coe will be the first Tennessee inmate put to death since 1960. EUGENE, Ore. Author of 'Dead Man Walking' pushes repeal of death penalty -- (Seattle-PI) A nun who wrote a best seller on counseling death-row inmates yesterday urged college students to support a proposed ballot measure to repeal Oregon's death penalty. CLEVELAND, Oh. Lawyer problems delay appeal by death row inmate -- (Cleveland Live) A death penalty appeal by a ringleader in the 1993 prison uprising at Lucasville has been delayed because of questions about the qualifications of his two attorneys. The Ohio Supreme Court delayed Carlos Sanders' appeal hearing, scheduled for Tuesday, because one attorney is not certified to handle death penalty cases and the other was suspended from practicing law. ORANGE COUNTY, Ca Guilty Verdict in 20-Year-Old Killing -- (LA Times) A jury moved Tuesday to close the book on one of Orange County's bloodiest murder cases. Brought from death row to be retried for a bar shooting that killed a police officer, John George Brown could again face death sentence. |
| HENNEPIN COUNTY, Minnesota LESLEY K. ANDERSON and PAULA LOVRIEN, killed Mantu M. Craven, convicted Man convicted of murder for killing two while fleeing police--(Star Tribune)--For the first time in Minnesota, a driver who fled police and caused a fatal crash has been convicted of second-degree murder |
