| VICTORIA EVE HORSLEY, 3 - beaten for wetting the bed Adrian Pinder, 29 - charges of child cruelty, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery McDONOUGH, GA More charges added in beating of child -- (Henry Herald) More charges were added Friday morning to a McDonough man who allegedly beat his 3-year-old stepdaughter, broke blood vessels in her eyes, shifted her brain, bruised the insides of her ears and “possibly threw her into a wall, leaving a flat spot on the back of her head. Accused child abuser beaten in jail -- (Henry Herald) Adrian Gaius Pinder beaten. |
| PORTLAND, Oregon Man Shot At Portland Shopping Mall--(KOIN) Police are investigating the shooting of a man at a shopping mall in southeast Portland. |
| PILAR RODRIGUEZ, 4 - vanished sometime around Feb. 7 1999 PUNTA GORDA, Fla Guilt haunts missing girl's father -- (Miami Herald) He knows he won't win any awards for Father of the Year. Marco Rodriguez often left his 4-year-old daughter Pilar with friends, neighbors -- occasionally strangers. And then Pilar vanished one year ago while in the care of the daughter of a woman he met in a laundromat. |
| KATIE POIRIER - Abducted and murdered Donald Blom - Convicted of murder CARLTON, MN Katie Poirier Task Force announces fifth and final proposal -- (Star-Tribune/AP) Convenience stores should be required to have at least two employees on duty overnight or take steps to protect employees who are working alone, the Katie Poirier Abduction Task Force recommended. |
| AMADOU DIALLO - Shot 41 times by police Officers Sean Carroll, Ed McMellon, Kenneth Boss and Richard Murphy - accused of murder ALBANY, NY A father talks of hatred, justice and a lost son -- (Capital Newspapers) Shooting forces Saikou Diallo to mourn the death of his child in a highly public manner -- and he's found it difficult Bronx Beep Calls For Peace After Diallo Verdict -- (NY Post) Bracing for a verdict that could rock the city, Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer yesterday called for a peaceful response to the Amadou Diallo murder trial -- however it ends. Diallo Case Coverage From Court TV -- (Court TV) closing arguments begins Tuesday Feb 22 at 9 am/ET |
| NEW YORK Stats Say Cops Not Trigger-Happy -- (NewsMax) According to police officials, crime experts and studies by The Associated Press of law enforcement methods, the majority of police officers nationwide never fire their weapons during their careers. LOS ANGELES, CA Good Cop, Bad Cop--and Those on the Cusp -- (LA Times) As a law enforcement officer, my fundamental duty is to serve mankind--to safeguard lives and property, to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation and the peaceful against violence or disorder, and to respect the Constitutional rights of all men to liberty, equality and justice. I will keep my private life unsullied as an example to all. --Los Angeles Police Department manual, Section 210.10, Volume I. |
| VANCOUVER, BC Celebrity criminals attract letters, affection from disturbed members of the public -- (Calgary Herald) Women send Paul Bernardo love letters in prison. Gillian Guess flirted openly with an accused killer while she heard evidence at his murder trial, then met him for sex after court closed for the day. |
| SUMMERTON, SC Clarendon County man is charged in shooting death -- (thestate.com) Richard Weathers, 53, was arrested Saturday after Benjamin Singleton was found shot in the abdomen outside a home in the Silver community off U.S. Highway 15 between Summerton and Paxville. victim remains anonymous LEXINGTON, SC Teen murder trial set to begin in Lexington -- (thestate.com) A torrid story of teen-age emotions that became a fatal attraction will unfold in a Lexington County courtroom as a capital murder trial begins later this week. The defendant, Brett Hollis, was a 17-year-old Irmo High School student who was having a rocky relationship with a 16-year-old. MARSHFIELD, Mo Woman stabbed to death, allegedly by brother -- (Digital Missourian) A criminal charge of first-degree murder was filed Saturday against a 22-year-old man accused of stabbing his sister to death. YONCALLA, Ore. Town shocked at identity of murder suspects -- (Oregon Live) On a mild Sunday morning, word went around town that two men had been arrested for murdering and sexually assaulting an 86-year-old widow nine years ago. John Christopher Teller, 23, and Todd Erickson Lane, 24, both former residents of this small town southwest of Cottage, were arrested Saturday. |
| SGT. BRUCE A. PROTHERO - Killed in the line of duty Richard Antonio Moore, Wesley John Moore - Two brothers captured BALTIMORE, MD 2 wanted in officer's killing are captured in Philadelphia (Baltimore Sun ) After manhunt, tip to Baltimore police leads to brothers' arrests STEVEN MOSS, and his children KRISTIN(15), and BRYAN(11)- Murdered Brandon Rhode - Could face death penalty MACON, GA Trial in Jones triple murder begins today (The Macon Telegraph ) Neighbors had known Brandon Rhode could cause trouble, they told investigators days after he was arrested on three counts of murder DEEPTI GUPTA - Murdered Paul Anderson - On trial for murder PASADENA, CA Pregnant woman's alleged murder: One killing or two? (Los Angeles (CA) Daily News ) When Kevin Paul Anderson of La Verne allegedly strangled a fellow Pasadena-area pediatrician last November and pushed her car off a 250-foot cliff, he knew she was pregnant, prosecutors said TONDRA DENNIS - Shot in the neck Lance Arrington - On trial for murder PHILADELPHIA, PA Jury will decide fate of 'demon' murderer (Philadelphia (PA) Daily News ) The four women didn't know the real Lance Arrington when they fell in love with him. SACRAMENTO, CA A bike theft, a murder -- '3 strikes' is equalizer (Sacramento Bee ) Ordinarily, a residential burglary would call for a prison term of two, four or six years. But under California's "three strikes" law, a burglar with priors can receive punishment identical to that meted out to a murderer. |
| LAPD CORRUPTION PROBE LOS ANGELES, CA DA may charge Rampart cops with conspiracy (Los Angeles (CA) Daily News ) The District Attorney's Office has resisted charging a few dirty cops caught up in the widening LAPD scandal in the belief prosecutors can prove a criminal conspiracy existed among Rampart Division officers to frame and abuse suspects |
| ASA DEGREE(9) - Missing SHELBY, N.C. Search for Missing Girl Halted (WRAL ) After a week's fruitless searching, authorities have indefinitely suspended an organized effort involving dozens of volunteers to find a missing 9-year-old Cleveland County girl RALEIGH, NC Missing-children cases take their toll on police (Raleigh (NC) News & Observer ) Finding a missing child is one of the most baffling, demanding cases that authorities encounter, and recent disappearances in the Triangle and Western North Carolina are no exception, law enforcement officials say. Recent rash of missing children (Raleigh (NC) News & Observer ) |
VICTORIA CAMPBELL-BEER - Died of a gunshot wound to the head Scott Favreau(17) - Foster son charged with murder Tashia Beer(14) - Stepdaughter charged with murder ST. JOHNSBURY, VT Second teen faces court hearing in teacher's death (Times Argus ) The stepdaughter of a school teacher who was shot to death Wednesday at her Burke home is due to appear in court next week for a hearing TINA WOOD, and her children JARED(10), JOSHUA(8), EMILY(7) and HANNAH(5) - Shot to death Raymond E. Wood - Charged with murder WARRENSBURG, MO Father accused of killing wife and children had mental problems (Postnet ) If there is such a thing as the ideal father, Raymond E. Wood seemed to fit the mold. ALAN CHRIS, and JEANNIE RIDGEWAY - Father killed mother wounded by son Curtis A. Ridgeway - Arrested DELBERT and DARLENE HESS - Shot in the head by their son Brian Hess - Arrested ATLANTA, GA Sons shoot parents in 2 incidents, police say (Access Atlanta ) A father is killed in Polk County, and a Chamblee couple is wounded over the weekend Tammy Egbert - Death ruled a homicide Clint Egbert - Suspect in wife's death CHICO, California Death of woman found at bottom of Lookout Point ruled a homicide --(Enterprise-Record) The woman found at the bottom of Lookout Point Saturday has been identified as a missing Chico woman, and her death has been ruled a homicide. Police attempted Sunday to question the husband of Tammy Egbert, 41, who was found 200 feet down the cliff off the Skyway. HOYT, KS Police say man may have shot parents (Wichita Eagle ) Law enforcement officials said Saturday they believe a 27-year-old man shot his parents to death, then set their house on fire and died in the blaze. WASHINGTON Murder, marriage rates are related, UMSL researcher says (postnet ) Credit the nation's declining murder rate, at least in part, to a reduction in the number of young Americans getting married. |
| DEATH PENALTY TYLER, Texas Too close to home? --(Richmond Times-Dispatch) Federal appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig never looked favorably upon death row appeals. But since his father was brutally murdered in a carjacking, does the issue now hit too close to home? |
| CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio Robbery slaying quickly planned outside station --(Cleveland Plain Dealer) They hung around the store like bored teenagers do on a Friday night, talking and laughing for some 40 minutes with the closing-time clerk in a service station Then, police said, the three visitors - a 15-year-old boy and a teenaged boyfriend-girlfriend pair - stepped outside to the parking lot. In seconds, they hatched a spontaneous plan to rob the place and shoot to death the two girls inside to keep them from identifying their attackers. |
AUGUSTA, Michigan Portage officer injured in shootout--(Daily Reporter) A Portage police officer investigating a burglary in his community was shot three times here during a gunfire exchange with the suspect he fatally wounded, authorities say. |
| BRIAN KING, 19 - murdered on Thanksgiving Day Ernest Nielsen ``Poppie'' Rodbro, 82 - great-grandfather accused TAMPA, Florida 'Am I carrying around anger which could be released today?'--(Tampa Trib) Missing from Rodbro's 333-page autobiography is what caused a once loving relationship with his great-grandson to deteriorate. And there's no account of what happened last Thanksgiving Day, when Rodbro is accused of shooting King to death with a .32-caliber Colt semiautomatic. |
| KIMBERLY ALEXANDER, 32 - abducted and murdered WINCHESTER, Virginia Mystery of woman's death still unsolved--(Richmond Times-Dispatch) Seven months have passed since the mysterious disappearance and apparent slaying of a Winchester fast-food worker, and investigators' search for a suspect has been slowed to a near standstill. |
ASHA DEGREE, 9 - missing CLEVELAND COUNTY, N.C. Missing 9-year-old may have been emulating schoolbook story--(WSOC TV) Neighbors and friends are still searching the woods near Asha Degree's home Sunday looking for some sign of the nine-year-old. |
| WASHINGTON US drugs suspect wears out welcome on St. Kitts--(UPI)An alleged cocaine kingpin has been ousted from his Caribbean mansion and extradited to the United States after provoking officials of the government of St. Kitts and Nevis in the weeks leading up to the March general election. |
| MIAMI, Florida SEC Hiring Cybercops to Police Fraud on Internet--(Reuters)Seeking to stem a ``climate of lawlessness'' on the Internet, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commision has filled about half of some 60 new jobs for cybercops to patrol the World Wide Web, a top SEC official said on Friday. |
| TAMPA, Florida Victim on respirator, bail set for stepbrother--(SP Times)Morton carried his stepbrother outside the Faux Pas Road home and left him in the street, deputies said. Morton then went into the house to clean up the bloody evidence, and walked back outside, slit Leab's throat with a pocketknife and watched his relative bleed, the affidavit said. TAMPA, Florida Behaving just like a killer on death row--(SP Times)The St. Petersburg Times decided last week not to publish the autopsy pictures of Frank Valdes, the convicted killer apparently beaten to death at Florida State Prison last July. |
| TAMPA PALMS, Florida Polygrapher spies on lies--(SP Times) David Bryant spends his days with a colorful cross section of humanity. He questions sex offenders, hears confessions from thieves, seeks the truth from convicted criminals. Bryant, a self-employed polygraph examiner, tests many sex offenders who have gotten out of jail but who, under Florida law, must take polygraph tests. |
| CONNIE and JAMES SARFF - missing couple LONG PRAIRIE, Minnesota Todd County woman believed kidnapped--(St. Paul Pioneer Press) The Todd County Sheriff's Department issued a news release Saturday night asking for the public's help in finding Connie Sarff, 49, and James Sarff, 50. They may be in a charcoal gray Jeep Grand Cherokee with Minnesota license plate DXD 637. |
AUSTIN, Texas Texas death penalty foes want state to follow Illinois' example --(POSTnet) Death-penalty opponents on Saturday stepped up their push for a moratorium on executions in Texas, saying recent cases -- including those in Illinois -- prove innocent people can be sentenced to death. HUNTSVILLE, Texas Case by case --(Dallas Morning News) A framed picture of a convicted murderer from Texas' death row decorates a home in the French village of St. Georges sur-la-Pree. European death-penalty opponents are making cause closer to them by humanizing U.S. crusade |
SAN FRANCISCO, California Vampire killer: 23 years to life --(SF Examiner) A self-proclaimed vampire who preyed on sleeping homeless people in San Francisco was sentenced to 23 years to life, ending a chilling case that even the judge termed "bizarre." PORTLAND, Oregon Saliva sample seals fate for rapist-killer --(Oregonian) A 1992 double murder case that hinged on a saliva sample from a cigarette butt ended Friday when the suspect pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison. YONCALLA, Oregon Two men charged with murder in 1992 assault, slaying --(Oregon Live) Eight years after an elderly woman was sexually assaulted and killed in her home, police have arrested two young men and charged them with murder. Gertrude Ramona Williams, 86, was found dead in her home on June 28, 1991. |
| TIFFANY LONG, 10 - murdered in 1998 Joseph Jones, 15 - accused FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina Joseph Jones faces murder trial stoically --(Burlington Times News) For a week, while the state has worked to convict him of first-degree murder, 15-year-old Joseph Jones has sat expressionless, his face betraying nothing. While prosecution witnesses gave graphic, gruesome and damning testimony against Jones, accused of raping and killing 10-year-old Tiffany Long on Oct. 16, 1998, he occasionally glanced at jurors and courtroom spectators, but most of the time he stared straight ahead. |
| XIANA FAIRCHILD, 7 - missing since Dec. 9 VALLEJO, California What's in store for Xiana?--(Vallejo Times Herald) What happens if Xiana Fairchild comes home? "When she comes home," her great aunt quickly corrects anyone who says differently. But where will home be for the missing 7-year-old? Will she go back to living under the open skies of Colorado, attending a Christian school, under the care of her extended relatives? Or will she return to a tenement apartment in Vallejo with her mother? |
| MARSHFIELD, Missouri Brother charged in slaying--(Springfield News Leader) A Webster County man was charged with first-degree murder Saturday after allegedly stabbing his sister at their parents’ house. Authorities say Jeremiah V. Johnson, 22, attacked his older sister, Carrie, late Friday night at the home on Webster County P southeast of Marshfield. |
| WHO WANTS TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE? Rick Rockwell - marrying millionaire accused of abuse Ex: 'Millionaire' Slapped Me --(NY Post) Rick Rockwell -- the grinning bachelor who hooked a bride on "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" -- physically abused and threatened to kill his ex-fiancee, court documents charge. |
TARA ROSE MUNSEY, 16 - murdered Jeffrey Allen Thomas, 30 - drifter accused RADFORD, Virginia Police charge drifter in death of Radford girl / He could face death if convicted --(Richmond Times-Dispatch)The arrest culminates three weeks of investigative work that began as a communitywide search for the missing girl, then, after her body was found, became a search for her killer. |
LOIS LIVINGSTON MCMILLEN - murdered tourist, body found Jan. 15 Michael Spicer - resort neighbor accused Alexander Benedetto, Evan George and William Labrador -neighbor's house guests accused TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands Virginia man awaits trial for murder in British Virgin Islands--(Daily Progress) Not a bad winter vacation: soaking up the sun and the nightlife on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. And it was all very familiar to Michael Spicer. A 36-year-old law school graduate who didn’t practice law, Spicer frequently spent time at the villa his family owns on Tortola. When not on the upscale resort island, or jet-setting around the world, he would divide his time between his condo in Washington and his mother’s $600,000 home in Albemarle County. But within weeks of his Jan. 3 arrival on Tortola, Spicer’s life took a precipitous turn. A Safe Haven Turns Deadly --(Hartford Courant) Pulling a new, white Versace blouse over her shoulder-length blonde hair, Lois Livingston McMillen was upbeat as she dressed for a night of music and dancing on this tropical island paradise she loved so much. 4 Men Charged In Middlebury Artist's Death --(Hartford Courant) Four men are to answer charges stemming from the killing of a Middlebury artist and feminist activist whose body was found near the shore of a tiny Caribbean island. One of the suspects, Michael Spicer of Charlottesville, Va., owns the villa next to the McMillens' and knew both the victim and her parents for many years. |
CRIME FILES JUSTICE STORY Atlanta, Georgia - May 14, 1947 Knotty Crimes --(NY Daily News) Peggy Alston Refoule, Atlanta socialite, was found slain in the shallows of Peachtree Creek not far from the remodeled wooden mill where she lived with her art-teacher husband, Paul, and their son, Jon Paul, age 9. |
GAIL KATZ-BIERENBAUM - vanished in 1985, torso found 1989 Dr. Robert Bierenbaum - husband accused of murder NEW YORK An Effort to Solve a Disappearance From 1985 --(NY Times) Fourteen years ago, according to prosecutors, Dr. Robert Bierenbaum committed a murder that for more than a decade would stand as the perfect crime. They say he killed his young wife in the couple's Upper East Side apartment, rented a plane and dumped her body into the Atlantic Ocean. She was never found. |
