 Who Killed Steve Kangas? -- (Website maintained by "Bashford") Ex army intelligence, a Doctoral Candidate at UC: Santa Cruz in economics and political studies, Steve Kangas was found dead on the 39th floor of his enemy's doorstep at 11:30 PM on February 8 1999. In the bathroom of the offices of Richard Mellon Scaife, 2000 miles from home, -- in Pittsburgh PA. Shot (twice?) in the head. Due to obstructions of justice, local police investigating the wrong circumstances quickly ruled it a suicide. There are over 1000 heated Usenet posts on this topic, dated from eleven days after his death. How did he die? Unsolved Crimes: Website of the Week -- (CyberSleuths.com) Contains links to previously featured sites. |
| MINDY TRAN(11) - Murdered Shannon Murrin - Acquitted of murder Kathy MacDonald's - Relationship with Murrin being investigated VANCOUVER, B.C. Former juror in Murrin murder trial now faces criminal probe (Canada-Vancouver Sun-National ) The juror who helped acquit Shannon Murrin of murdering a little girl now faces a full-fledged obstruction-of-justice probe, Vancouver police announced Friday. |
Perez's Lawyer Changed Roles to Defend and Befriend a Cop (L.A. Times ) They are an unlikely pair: The lawyer who grew up in South-Central Los Angeles fearing the police, and the cop who now admits he gave some residents in the LAPD's Rampart Division good reason to fear him LAPD Whistleblower Apologizes (CBS News ) |
| C.J. WILKERSON(9) - Missing Derrick Glover - Suspect refuses to talk to police about the case WAKE FOREST, NC 'Love Chain' to Help Raise Awareness for Missing Child (WRAL ) Parents of a missing Wake County boy are asking people to join hand-in-hand in the search for his whereabouts Pilar Rodriguez(4) - Missing PUNTA GORDA, FL No resolution in year-old disappearance of 4-year-old girl (TC Palm ) It's been a year since 4-year-old Pilar Rodriguez was reported missing and law enforcement officers admit they still don't know what happened to her. |
| NORTH RIDGEVILLE, OH Internet tip from Australia leads police to abused woman (Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer ) A woman recently used e-mail to confide to a stranger in Australia that her boyfriend in North Ridgeville had raped and beaten her, police said in court documents this week NEWARK, N.J. N.J. police officers suspended for arresting 11-year-old girl (Nando Times-Nation ) Three police supervisors have been suspended after they charged an 11-year-old girl with assault and weapons violations for using a pair of scissors to cut a lock of another girl's hair. JAMIE MAYNE(4) - Killed by foster mother Delfina Jahnigen - Charged with murder and torture VISALIA, CA Report tells how boy died (Fresno Bee ) Foster mother tried to force the 4-year-old into the tub, it says. CANDICE RICHIE - Found dead in her apartment COLUMBIA, MO MU student from KC is found (K.C. Star ) The victim found dead, under what police say were suspicious circumstances Eugene Britt - Charged with six counts of murder and six counts of murder in the perpetration of rape Families support death penalty for Britt (Gary (IN) Post-Tribune ) Irene Morris is a Christian who regularly reads the Bible. She has consulted it many times in the past five years as she copes with the violent death of her daughter Deborah McHenry. |
| ALBANY, NY New York Protesters Shout Against Diallo Verdict (new York Post ) Hundreds of New Yorkers, some shouting "Shoot the police!" protested on Saturday against the acquittal of four white police officers accused of murdering an unarmed African man and demanded a federal investigation into the case. 30 Arrested In Diallo Protests (CBS News ) Giuliani says Diallo trail was fair (Chicago Tribune ) More protests over acquittals in Diallo case (CNN ) Justice reviews acquittal of officers (MSNBC ) Protesters Demand Justice (ABC News ) An answer to the why of 41 shots (Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram ) |
| RUMENIGE JACINTO, 17 - victim Angel Carrasquillo, 38 - arraigned SYRACUSE, N.Y. Suspect arraigned in family attack that left two dead -- (Newsday) After a 24-hour manhunt, police arrested a suspect accused of a double murder and an attack on a family that left a pregnant woman hospitalized. CHERICA ADAMS and TINESHA BOST - Victims of domestic violence CHARLOTTE, NC Killings spotlight violence during pregnancy (Charlotte (NC) Observer ) The similarities are disturbing: two young women shot to death; two men charged in the killings, in each case, police believe, because they did not want the babies their girlfriends were carrying |
| MARILYN SHEPPARD - beaten to death in 1954 SAM SHEPPARD - incarcerated for murder CLEVELAND Ohio Expert rejects theory: Forensic psychiatrist says Marilyn Sheppard's death suggests torture, not domestic violence. -- (Beacon Journal) The infamous 1954 beating death of Marilyn Sheppard started as a sexual attack by a person who wanted to torture her, according to testimony yesterday in the Sam Sheppard wrongful imprisonment trial. Key witness testimony -- (Court TV) |
| LESLIE MAHAFFY, 14 and KRISTEN FRENCH, 15 - drugged, sexually assaulted and murdered Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo - imprisoned TORONTO Bernardo plea: It's 'incredible' -- (Cnews) The chilling videotapes of the torture of teenaged murder victims Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French revealed Paul Bernardo as the "king, director, script-writer" of the brutal slayings and rapes, a Crown appeal factum states. "The videotapes by themselves provided about as strong a case for conviction as could be imagined," indicated the Crown's factum released yesterday to the media. Crown 'didn't need' Homolka -- (Edmonton Sun) |
| AYLMER, Ont Canine corpses strewn along Aylmer road -- (Ottawa Citizen) Aylmer residents living near a quiet country road were horrified by the grisly discovery of several canine corpses found littering area ditches yesterday. |
| JOHN and FANNIEMAE TUBNER - victims DeAndrea Carter, 15 - faces possible conspiracy charges Richard Sealy, 35 and Wajaka Battiste, 23 - arrested CLAYTON COUNTY, GA Police: Grandchild set up Ellenwood couple -- (Access Atlanta) The 15-year-old granddaughter of an Ellenwood couple set up her grandparents to be robbed on the day they were savagely murdered last month, Clayton County police revealed Friday |
| Editorial: When kids are missing -- (News-Observer) Several North Carolinians recently have received news every parent dreads -- that their child is missing. Happily, the parents of three such youngsters didn't have to wait too long for word that their children had been found. But the families of CJ Wilkerson of Wake Forest and Asha Degree of Shelby are still waiting. |
| JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - found murdered at her family home Dec 1996 John and Patsy Ramsey - parents remain 'under umbrella of suspicion' BOULDER, Colo. Authorities eye upcomming book by JonBenet's parents -- (Inside Denver) - District Attorney Alex Hunter and Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner skipped previous books about the JonBenet Ramsey murder, but a forthcoming narrative by the child's parents is on their reading list. John and Patsy Ramsey's book, "The Death of Innocence," will be out next month. |
| DENVER, CO Teacher accused of smuggling Mexicans for sex -- (Inside Denver) Federal agents have arrested a Denver teacher, accusing him of smuggling Mexican boys to the United States for homosexual sex. Michael Charles Smith, 50, also is accused of belonging to a ring of pedophiles who used an Acapulco house for vacations that included sex with boys. More of teacher's history emerges -- (Inside Denver) Michael Charles Smith, the veteran Denver teacher accused Wednesday of smuggling Mexican boys to the United States for sex, was transferred from a school in 1975 for renting an apartment where students could hang out and smoke pot. Feds: Suspect was teen's teacher -- (Denver Post) The North High School teacher who was charged this week with harboring a teenage undocumented immigrant not only had sex with the boy in Mexico but also taught him in school in Denver, federal officials said Friday. Teacher's arrest shocks neighbors, students -- (Denver Post) North High School senior Raul Ambriz remembers his former algebra teacher as a nice guy and an excellent teacher. Youth says arrest triggered move -- (Inside Denver) Judge says educator should be freed on bail North High goes about its business after arrest -- (Inside Denver) |
| MONROE, La. Sterilization Ordered for La. Woman -- (NY Times) A woman convicted of abusing three of her eight children has been ordered to undergo medical sterilization or face 10 years in jail. Kathy Looney, 29, of Monroe, has proved she cannot raise or care for children, District Judge Carl V. Sharp said Friday as he issued a 10-year suspended sentence and place Looney on five years of probation. BATAVIA, OH 11 child sex cases dismissed -- (Cincinnati Enquirer) A judge dismissed 11 child sex charges against a former foster parent, saying time limits expired be cause state or local officials knew about the crimes but failed to prosecute them in the 1980s. Nevertheless, Stephen P. Billand remains accused of eight other sex offenses and two dozen obscenity counts involving boys whom Butler County Children Services had placed in his care. |
| NEVADA TAYLOR, - victim CHATTANOOGA, Tenn Tennessee judge overturns 94-year-old rape conviction -- (Nando) A judge on Friday overturned the conviction of a black man accused of raping a white woman 94 years after the defendant was lynched by a mob. Ed Johnson was hanged in 1906 from a bridge spanning the Tennessee River by a mob that included Hamilton County Sheriff Joseph Shipp. |
| NEWPORT, VA Man involved in East End shootout with police dies -- (Daily Press) The wanted man who exchanged gunfire with police officers Thursday morning is dead. Newport News detectives learned Friday that Charles Robert Carter died as a result of the bullet in his head, police spokeswoman Janet Cox said. A 4-year-old boy and 20-year-old man were wounded in that shooting. NEWARK, NY Newark Officers Suspended for Actions in Haircut Case -- (NY Times) Two days after the Newark police hauled an 11-year-old girl away from her school and to a holding cell on assault charges for surreptitiously cutting a lock of another student's hair, three police supervisors have been suspended from duty and are facing administrative charges. Charles Salver, 56 - victim Jimmy D. Sprinkle, 54 guilty METAIRIE, LA Man guilty of murder with hammer -- (Times-Picayune) A Metairie man who used a hammer to kill his neighbor, a longtime friend and fellow convict, was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder. Anthony Faison - shooting victim Robert Earl Fonville, 39 - in custody NEW BERN, NC Man shot to death in domestic dispute -- (Sun Journal) New Bern police took a suspect into custody late Friday after a man was shot and killed earlier in the evening at the home of the suspect’s ex-girlfriend. Sandra Berfield, 32 - killed instantly Steven Caruso, 44 - pleads innocent MALDEN, MA Suspect denies sending fatal bomb to woman -- (New Standard) The notion that the object of his obsession was seeing another man so enraged Steven Caruso that he sent a deadly package bomb to the woman who had sought court protection from him, prosecutors said yesterday. Indianola, Ia Iowa legislator faces obscene-call charge -- (Des Moines Register) State Rep. Michael Cataldo, D-Des Moines, has been charged with harassment for allegedly making obscene telephone calls to a Warren County woman. |
| NICOLO OROBELLO, 62 - victim NEW YORK Busboy Is Charged With Killing Owner of East Side Restaurant -- (NY Times) The police have arrested an employee of an Upper East Side restaurateur on charges he murdered his boss in a bloody confrontation with kitchen knives. A busboy at the restaurant, Hugo Flores, 17, was charged with second-degree murder. CARL JACKSON, - victim Shawn Higgins, 26 - on trial for murder NEW ORLEANS, LA Cousin begged for life, witness says -- (New Orleans Live) A West Bank man got down on one knee, raised his hands and demonstrated to a jury Friday how his 21-year-old cousin begged for his life before being shot 14 times with a rifle. Michael Ross, 40 - admitted killing six women NEW LONDON, CT Ross video tells how victims picked, killed -- (New Haven Register) Prosecutors on Friday concluded their arguments that convicted serial killer Michael Ross should be sentenced to death by showing a 1987 videotape in which Ross talked of his victims' suffering. Murray Colton, 33 - seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages NEW HAVEN, CT Man tried 3 times in murder sues cop -- (New Haven Register) Claims New Haven Police Capt. Francisco Ortiz Jr. violated his civil rights because Ortiz did not have probable cause to arrest or prosecute him. MARIA LEHNER, 27, and LAURA DALTON, 29 - victims Jonathan Lee Memmer, 24 - faces 2 counts of 1st degree murder IOWA CITY, Ia. Suspect charged in deaths of 2 women -- (Des Moines Register) A former Marshalltown man was charged Friday with killing two women whose bodies were found bludgeoned and burned nearly a year ago in an Iowa City apartment. STEPHEN STROPES, 47 - victim Kristian Delgado, 18, and Anthony Olvera, 21 - charged EAST MOLINE, Ill Pair is charged in random homicide -- (QT Times) Two men are facing first-degree murder charges in connection with the shooting death last month of an East Moline man who police are calling an innocent, random victim. CASEY JONES, 51 - victim Monte G. Siddens and Nathan D. Pendell, both 21 - charged LANCASTER COUNTY, NE Tip led to men's arrests in shooting -- (Lincoln Star Journal) Casey Jones died in a shower of gunfire Jan. 28 when a man entered the Acher Arms gun and pawn shop and confronted him with one of the store's own weapons, police said Thursday. Just what happened on that snowy night just before Jones, 51, closed up the shop for the night became more clear when a Crime Stoppers tip pointed to two men. |
| PHOENIX, Arizona MARTHA JEANIE MENDEZ, stabbed to death GABRIEL ESQUEDA, injured Anthony Mendez, 17 year-old charged Son charged in mother's slaying in Phoenix home--(Arizona Central)--A 17-year-old boy stabbed his mother to death and seriously wounded her fiance, then vanished into the night, showing up at school Friday morning saying "something terrible" happened at home, police say |
| CLEARWATER, Florida Lisa McPherson Memorial Page--Civil lawsuit against Scientology in Lisa's case is scheduled to begin June, 2000. The criminal case is re-scheduled for October 16, 2000. Scientologist's death now ruled accidental--(Naples Daily News)--Four years after a Scientologist died while being treated by church members following a traffic accident, a medical examiner now says the woman's death was accidental Wood's original ruling called the manner of death 'undetermined.'--(St. Petersburg Times)--Scientology's top executives, clearly pleased Tuesday, called the switch 'extremely significant and a huge development that dramatically affects the state's case' |
| FLAGSTAFF, Arizona SHEILA MANUELA CRENSHAW, murder victim Flagstaff police ID body found north of Canyon --(Arizona Star)--A Kansas woman whose body was found north of the Grand Canyon was killed by a blow to the head, and two Kansas people are suspects in her slaying, authorities say |
| VENTURA, California PEDRO ALBA, murder victim Gladis Soto, sentenced Wife Gets 52 Years in Husband's Slaying--(LA Times)--A 38-year-old Ventura woman who shot her sleeping husband and cut his body into pieces with an electric saw was sentenced Friday to 52 years to life in prison |
| DALSTON, East London, UK ADIANE TEANE, murder victim Samson Teshome, sentenced to life Life for killer who hid body in sewer--(Telegraph)--A drug dealer who claimed he had been set up by a detective with a cocaine habit was jailed for life yesterday for murdering a young mother and hiding her body in a sewer |
| OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma Terry Nichols, bombing conspirator State responds to Nichols motions--(KJRH News2)--Assistant District Attorney Fern Smith filed a response to a defense motion Thursday that said a judge assigned to preside over the hearing can be just as fair in Oklahoma County as he can anywhere else |
| BOULDER, COLORADO Police investigate sexual abuse theory in Ramsey slaying -- (Nando Times) Investigators in the JonBenet Ramsey case are interviewing a woman who told them she was sexually abused as a child and who says her case is similar to that of the slain 6-year-old beauty contestant. Hunter backs off statements -- (The Daily Camera) Police look into allegations of parties in which children are sexually abused SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. Therapist backs sex ring claim -- (The Daily Camera) A private therapist said Friday she stands behind her client who claims to have crucial information that could help investigators in the death of JonBenét Ramsey. Link to sex ring suggested -- (Denver Post) Police and federal agents are checking out a California woman's story of being sexually abused as a child by adults who used devices similar to the garrote found around JonBeneÚt Ramsey's neck. JonBenet investigators check lead given by Calif. woman -- (Arizona Daily Star) Investigators in the JonBenet Ramsey case are interviewing a woman who says she was sexually abused as a child and sees paralles between her own case and that of the slain 6-year-old beauty contestant. Tawdry exploitation of death -- (Boston Globe) Hear that familiar sound? It's CBS and Fox dancing on JonBenet Ramsey's grave. |
| TULSA, Oklahoma Justin Wiles, 13 year-old murder victim Wayne Henry Garrison, confessed killer Garrison to stand trial in 1989 death--(KJRH News2)--A man who admitted killing two children when he was a juvenile must stand trial in the 1989 dismemberment death of a 13-year-old boy who was last seen getting into a car with Garrison at an auto body shop. |
| JOHN TUBNER and FANNIE MAE TUBNER - Murdered DeAndrea Carter - Charged with grandparent's murder ELLENWOOD, GA Police: Grandchild set up Ellenwood couple (Atlanta Journal ) Girl, 15, is accused of robbery, murder with three adult men DIMITRI MARTINEZ - Murdered Marta Baquero - Charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse MIAMI, FL Mom kept boy's body in a box, police say (Sun-Sentinel (FL) ) A woman who allegedly killed her 11/2-year-old son, then carried him around in a cardboard box for three months was arrested Thursday night, Miami-Dade police said Debra Seaton - Killed Baby with a curling iron MARKHAM, IL Woman convicted of killing baby gets new trial (The Times Online ) Laws used in deciding mother's sentence are unconstitutional CHICAGO, IL New scandal rocks city firefighters (Times Online ) Department looks into allegations that workers in a Northwest Side firehouse hired a prostitute |
LOS ANGELES, CA Officer who opened LAPD scandal sentenced to five years (Nando Times ) The disgraced policeman at the center of a massive corruption scandal apologized as he was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for stealing cocaine. Report: LAPD officers arranged deportation of 160 witnesses to police abuse (Court TV ) Dirty cop gets five years (Los Angeles (CA) Daily News ) Disgraced cop sentenced in L.A. (MSNBC ) |
| ALBANY, NY New York Reacts To Cop Acquittals (CBS News ) The U.S. Justice Department will study the Amadou Diallo police shooting case to see if federal civil rights charges might be brought against the four white officers acquitted for killing an unarmed black man Brutal verdict (Salon ) Verdict holds little surprise for lawyers with experience in police-shooting cases (Baltimore (MD) Sun ) |
