| VALLEJO, Ca Xiana tips dwindling -- (Vallejo Times-Herald) More than two months into the investigation of missing Xiana Fairchild, police said the number of tips received on a daily basis has slowed down to a trickle. |
| TREVOR BOLDRA - died of injuries James Boldra, 21 - charged with felony child endangerment LE MARS, Iowa Autopsy on infant scheduled for today; father is charged -- (Sioux City Journal) An autopsy will be conducted today on the body of a 6-week-old baby whose father was charged with child endangerment the day before the baby death. SPIRIT LAKE, Ia. Mother had previous endangerment charge -- (Des Moines Register) Heidi Watkins, wearing leg shackles, handcuffs and a green bullet-proof vest, appeared in public Monday for the first time since being charged with killing her daughter, 2 1/2-year-old Shelby Duis. |
| MARILYN SHEPPARD - murdered in her home DR. SAM SHEPPARD - convicted, aquitted after serving 10 years CLEVELAND OH. Sam Reese Sheppard testifies about mother's murder -- (NJO Newsflash) Sam Reese Sheppard testified Tuesday about the weekend 46 years ago that his childhood was blown apart by his mother's slaying, a crime that inspired "The Fugitive" and his quest to clear his father's name. Sheppard's son testifies prison "destroyed" father's life -- (Court TV) "My father's life was destroyed by the state of Ohio. Any son that would sweep that under the rug is not worth their salt as far as I'm concerned," Sheppard testified. |
| ALBANY, N.Y. Defense: Diallo gave officers no choice but to shoot -- (Fox) African immigrant Amadou Diallo, killed in a barrage of 41 bullets, gave four white police officers no choice but to open fire when he refused to stop for questioning and drew what they thought was a gun, a defense attorney said in his closing arguments Tuesday. Attorneys trade charges at close of Diallo trial -- (Newsday) The shooting "wasn't a mistake," prosecutor Eric Warner said. "It was a terrible series of conscious decisions." Closing Arguments Presented In Diallo Shooting Trial -- (Fox) Prosecution: Diallo shooting absolutely unjustified -- (Court TV) |
| CRAWFORD COUNTY, Ark. Chopper joins search for pair -- (Southwest Times Record) An Arkansas State Police helicopter circled areas of Crawford County Monday in search of a Fort Smith woman who was taken from her home at gunpoint early Sunday. Sgt. Jeff Barrows of the Fort Smith Police Department said Karen Ibison, 38, of Fort Smith, also known as Karen Sharp, called a friend around 10 a.m. Monday. The call, though brief, proved to police that Ibison was alive, Barrows said. Herman Atkins, 34 - maintains innocence after 12 years in prison for rape LOS ANGELES, CA 'Only God and I Knew My Innocence' -- (LA Times) A Los Angeles man, recently freed after serving 12 years in prison for a sexual assault he did not commit, said Monday "there were three attempts on my life in the first three years I was in prison because I was a convicted rapist." SAN FRANCISCO, CA Couple accused of insurance scam flees with two kids -- (NJO Newsflash) A high-living couple packed up their two kids, the nanny and the family dog in a minivan and fled their home after being accused of bilking clients out of $10 million in an insurance scam. Robert Kent Morgan and his wife, Kimberly, were last seen five weeks ago, hastily packing up the rented van. LOS ANGELES, CA Hesitation in L.A. Police Case -- (Las Vegas Sun) The City Council on Tuesday refused to call for an independent investigation of a mushrooming police scandal involving allegations of officers attacking and framing innocent people, saying such an investigation would muddy the current probes. |
| STEVENSVILLE, Maryland Same woman raped, robbed twice in Stevensville -- (Star Democrat) The search for two rapists in Queen Anne's County continued Thursday with both men still at large. HARRISON, PA Harrison man charged with raping teen; 8 more children possibly victims -- (Tribune-Review Publishing) Robert E. Raynovich, 43, of Center Street in the Natrona section of Harrison, was arrested Saturday evening. Raynovich was arraigned in Night Court on charges of rape, statutory rape, sexual assault, indecent assault and corruption of minors in connection with assaults on the girl, then 13, in the winter of 1999, police reported. AUCKLAND New Zealand Rapist, rape victim mistaken for reconciling lovers -- (NZPA) Four drunken party-goers who saw the beachfront rape of a kidnapped woman thought they were watching lovers making up after a quarrel - and left them to it. |
| INDEPENDENCE, Mo. Mo. Boy Dragged To Death From Car -- (Washington Post) A child who became tangled in a seat belt outside his mother's car when the vehicle was stolen died Tuesday after being dragged for miles at speeds up to 80 mph. The boy, whose name was not released but whom police said was about 6 or 7 years old, had been left in the running vehicle while his mother ran into a store to get a sandwich. |
| REGINA, Saskatchewan Abuse allegations spread--(Cnews)--A racial firestorm engulfing Saskatoon police over allegations that officers mistreated aboriginals -- possibly leading to several deaths -- has spread to Regina. |
| PORT ST. LUCIE, FL Defendant goes berserk after hearing 12-year sentence -- (Sun-Sentinel) A man with a long history of arrests was sentenced to 12 years in prison for hitting a woman with a bottle, causing him to scream at the judge and force bailiffs to drag him from the courtroom. Maurice Sagner, 21, of Palm City went berserk after hearing Circuit Judge Marc Cianca's sentence. He cursed Cianca, pointed a finger at him and said "I'll see you, man." |
| MINNEAPOLIS, MN Minneapolis library out of answers over online porn -- (Nando) The pictures of child molestation, bestiality and other hardcore pornography were as shocking as they were graphic. But just as shocking was the place they were found - on computers at the downtown Minneapolis Public Library. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - found murdered in her parent's home BOULDER, CO Parents' book will name suspects, publisher says -- (Fox) In their new book about the killing of JonBenet Ramsey, the girl's parents write about people they consider suspects, including some who have not been pursued by police, the publisher said Tuesday. "It's people who have been mentioned before. There will be a couple of others, but not by name,'' TV: A decidedly nontabloid-flavor miniseries looks at the facts in the beauty queen's killing. -- (Orange County Register) Would you make this murder movie? Even if the trimmings were true? Boulder, Colo. Christmas night 1996. A child beauty queen is brutally slain in her affluent home. Case: unsolved today. |
| LOS ANGELES, CA Officer Testifies Wounded Robber Wanted To Bleed to Death -- (Fox) A detective testified Tuesday that he believes a bank robber wounded in a fierce shootout on the streets of North Hollywood in 1997 deliberately moved around to make himself to bleed to death. James Vojtecky said he whispered to a fellow officer: "Don't let this man move. He's trying to bleed out on us. He's trying to kill himself." |
| WHITEVILLE, NC Second suspect charged in Boardman shooting -- (Fayetteville Online) A second man has been charged in the murder of a Boardman minister and the shooting of the minister’s wife, Columbus County Sheriff Jimmy Ferguson said. Rod Edward Gamble was charged Friday with murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, Ferguson said. Gamble is 17. LUMBERTON, NC Man charged in girlfriend’s death -- (Fayetteville Online) Henry Clay Locklear was arrested Monday in Fayetteville on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend last week. Locklear was at the Mt. Rose Motel on Gillespie Street under another name when agents of the State Bureau of Investigation found him. |
| MAXTON, NC Shooting claims life of boy, 4 -- (Fayetteville Online) A 4-year-old boy died Monday hours after he was struck in the right temple with a buckshot pellet during a shooting involving his father and another man. The boy, Daylon Jacobs, was the son of Roy Jacobs and Crystal Bryant of Palmer Drive near Maxton. He died about 2:45 p.m. in UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. TORONTO, Ont Arrests made in Toronto high school shooting -- (Cnews) Police arrested two more people today, including a 15-year-old teenager, after three students at a Toronto high school were injured during gunplay in the parking lot. Leslie Francisco Prince, 20, surrendered to police earlier this morning while a 15-year-old was arrested at a Toronto home. Both face various charges which include attempted murder SAN DIEGO, CA Two officers injured, suspect dead in hotel shooting -- (SacBee) Police were escorting a burglary suspect across a downtown hotel lobby when he pulled a gun from the back of his pants and opened fire on two officers, injuring them both before he was killed, authorities said today. LAS VEGAS, NV Man identifies assailant before he dies -- (Las Vegas Sun) A 23-year-old woman is in custody after she was identified by a shooting victim before he died. Kesha Smith was booked by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police on charges of murder with a deadly weapon and robbery with the use of a deadly weapon. |
C.J. WILKERSON - missing 9 year old Derrick Glover - indicted Raleigh, North Carolina Stepfather Indicted in Boy's Disappearance--(WRAL) A grand jury has indicted a Wake County man on a charge of first-degree kidnapping in the disappearance of his nine-year-old stepson. Derrick Glover was indicted more than a month after his arrest following the disappearance of C.J. Wilkerson. |
| LIVINGSTON, Texas Prison hostage standoff ends peacefully --(The Dallas Morning News) The hostage standoff at Texas' new "supermax" death row ended peacefully early this morning with a female prison guard released unharmed. Killers, who tried to escape in '98, didn't hurt woman, officials say. |
| LAPD CORRUPTION PROBE LOS ANGELES, CA Police union calls for outside review of corruption probe (ABC News ) In an unprecedented move, the union representing Los Angeles police officers called Monday for an independent review of the ongoing police corruption probe. |
| JEANETTE BLEDSOE - Held hostage at prison Ponchai Wilkerson, and Howard Guidry - Death row inmates LIVINGSTON, TX Armed death row inmates take correctional officer hostage in Texas (Nando Times ) Two death row inmates who took part in a botched escape in 1998 took a female guard hostage Monday in a new prison that was supposed to be more secure. Death Row inmates hold guard hostage (Ft. Worth (TX) Star-Telegram ) |
ROGER ZYGMUNT COMTE DE LA BURDE - Murdered
MARGERY DOUGLAS - beaten and tied
FRANCISCO CARRASCO-GUTIERREZ - Murdered
STEVEN MOSS and his children, KRISTEN(15) and BRYAN(11) -Shot to death in their home
KALI MANLEY(14) - Murdered
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| THE COLUMBINE CURSE NICHOLAS KUNSELMAN(15) and STEPHANIE HART(16) - Shot to death LITTLETON, CO The Columbine High curse:Two more die (U.S. News ) Again, there was the familiar yellow crime scene tape. Again, balloons and flowers were left as a tribute. Once again, Columbine High School was grieving after two teenage sweethearts were found gunned down on Valentine's Day in a Littleton, Colo., sandwich shop. There was a motive behind killings, sheriff believes (Denver Post ) |
| ASHA DEGREE(9) - Missing SHELBY, NC Girl's searchers hold out hope (Charlotte (NC) Observer ) After suspending a massive ground search for 9-year-old Asha Degree - missing from her home for over a week - Cleveland County authorities are still looking hard for new clues in her disappearance CHRISTI FOSTER(18) - Missing since August Father awaits word from missing teen (The Russellville Courier ) Johnny Foster wants to warn parents of the dangers of the Internet. Although he said his daughter probably left of her own free will, he thinks she is probably being held captive LAURIA JAYLENE BIBLE(16) AND ASHLEY RENAE FREEMAN(16) - Missing WELCH, OK Reward increased to $40,000 for news of missing girls ( Daily Oklahoman (OK) ) Someone out there knows what happened to Lauria Jaylene Bible and Ashley Renae Freeman. Family and friends of the two missing girls hope a $40,000 reward will cause that someone to come forward |
| AMADOU DIALLO - Shot to death by police Sean Carroll, Edward McMellon, Kenneth Boss, and Richard Murphy Charged with murder ALBANY, NY NYC police shooting case winding down (ABC News ) Was Amadou Diallo's death at the hands of New York City police a mistake or murder? NYC Police Shooting Case Nears End (Austin (TX) American-Statesman ) Experts: Murder won't stick (Albany (NY) Times Union ) |
| Betty Lou Beets, 62 - Facing Execution ATHENS, Tex Texas-Sized Case of Injustice? -- (Washington Post) Psychologist Lenore E Walker diagnosed Beets as suffering from battered woman's syndrome. Other experts who examined her after her conviction found other problems, including rape trauma, organic brain damage and post-traumatic stress disorder, all stemming from decades of domestic abuse, according to their reports. |
| SLIDELL, LA Rap artist arrested following nightclub slaying -- (AP) A rap artist who records under the name ''Mac the Camouflage Assassin'' was arrested Monday following a fatal shooting at a nightclub. McKinley Phipps, 22, was booked with first-degree murder in the killing of Barron Victor Jr., 19. BR rapper booked in shooting death -- (The Advocate) |
| LOS ANGELES Police Union Calls for Outside Review of Corruption Probe -- (Fox) "The police union never before has called for civilian oversight, but this scandal is so deep that the situation begs for a third-party and active public participation to take part in this," said Geoffrey Garfield, a union spokesman. |
| McFARLAND, CA Girl, 9, abducted, assaulted and thrown in canal -- (SF Gate) Authorities in Kern County searched for a man who abducted a 9-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her before throwing her into a canal. The child, who was kidnapped Sunday night, was found about 6:45 a.m. Monday after she swam out of the canal and walked to a farm for help. She was treated at a hospital and released. |
| DOVER, NH Dover police tape killers’ stories in hopes of curbing domestic violence -- (Geo. J. Foster Co) Convicted murderer James Colbert’s face looks dour and worn when he reflects on the 1991 murder of his wife and three children. "They shouldn’t have died," he says. "If anybody should have died, it should have been me." |
| RAMSEY Murder - Case Related: BOULDER, Colorado Boulder officers are subpoenaed in tabloid case --(The Daily Camera)--Boulder law enforcement departments and lawyers for JonBenét Ramsey's parents have been served with subpoenas looking for information on how a ransom note was leaked to media. Ramsey miniseries questioned --(The Daily Camera)--Boulder's Police Chief Mark Beckner is questioning the accuracy of the upcoming CBS television miniseries based on the investigation of the JonBenét Ramsey murder. |
| LIVINGSTON, Texas Texas Inmates Take Officer Hostage -- (Newsday) Two armed death row inmates who were part of a botched escape in 1998 were holding a female correctional officer hostage Monday night. |
TIFFANY LONG, 10 - murdered Joseph Jones, 15 - on trial FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina Trial not famous in new venue --(Burlington Times-News) There's perhaps no one in Alamance County who hasn't heard of Tiffany Long, but that's not the case a hundred miles away in Cumberland County. That point was made last week when it took less than two days to pick a jury that will decide whether 15-year-old Joseph Jones will spend the rest of his life in prison for his alleged role in Long's slaying. |
| KALI MANLEY, 14 - murdered in 1998 David Alvarez - made plea agreement VENTURA, Calif. Murder suspect admits to strangling Ventura County girl--(AP) A 23-year-old man has admitted to killing a 14-year-old Ventura County girl in a plea agreement made with prosecutors. David Alvarez admitted strangling Kali Manley on the eve of his trial for her death. The girl's disappearance in December 1998 spawned a search by hundreds in the Ojai Valley. |
| ASHA DEGREE, 9 - still missing SHELBY, North Carolina Search heads into second week--(Shelby Star) Bob Roadcap, chief deputy with the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office, said emphatically Sunday night that rumors of calling off the massive hunt for a missing Fallston Elementary School student are false. |
| Calvin Burdine, 46 - convicted in the stabbing death of his former housemate AUSTIN, TX Judge must free inmate, defense says -- (Dallas Morning News) An admitted error by an appeals lawyer in Attorney General John Cornyn's office has a judge considering whether to free a death-row inmate convicted of murder in a 1983 stabbing. COMMERCE CITY, CO Homeowner shoots pair of alleged thieves -- (Denver Post) A trio of would-be robbers with a knife met a homeowner with a gun Saturday night, officials said. Homeowner: 2 Would-be robbers: 0 KALI MANLEY, - murdered in 1998 David Alvarez - made plea agreement VENTURA, CA Murder suspect admits to strangling Ventura County girl -- (SacBee) A 23-year-old man has admitted to killing a 14-year-old Ventura County girl in a plea agreement made with prosecutors. David Alvarez admitted strangling Kali Manley on the eve of his trial for her death. The girl's disappearance in December 1998 spawned a search by hundreds in the Ojai Valley. Rev. James Aylward, 61 - confessed to multiple incidents of inappropriate physical contact with minors SAN FRANCISCO, CA Priest admits in deposition to inappropriate contact with boys -- (SacBee) Roman Catholic priest, who previously said he once wrestled with a teen-age rectory worker, now admits to a history of inappropriate conduct with boys, claims a lawyer representing one of the priest's alleged victims. |
