| SPOKANE/TACOMA SERIAL KILLINGS SPOKANE, Washington Task force has killer's DNA--(Spokesman-Review) Serial killer investigators say they have gathered considerable DNA evidence that pins a "unique identifier" on the person suspected of killing at least 10 women in Spokane and the Tacoma area. |
| KATHLEEN THOMPSON - murdered newlywed EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin Woman married, killed--(Albany Herald) In a period of less than 24 hours,a Wisconsin woman was married, jailed and murdered, authorities said. Kathleen Thompson, 38, was found dead in Eau Claire, Wis.,less than one day after she was married in a courthouse ceremony and only hours after she was released from jail. Early Saturday, she was arrested in a domestic dispute with her new husband. LA CROSSE, Wisconsin Man accused of raping woman while girlfriend took pictures--(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) A 25-year-old man is accused of raping an acquaintance and having his girlfriend photograph the attack. |
| ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico Stolen Cash Blowin' in Wind --(ABQ Journal) Two passersby on Monday decided to pick up a bag full of dye-stained loot that had been dumped by a fleeing bank robber. But they changed their minds in a hurry, and the dirty money is now in the hands of Albuquerque police. |
| KEITH PODSZEBKA, 41 - victim COKER CREEK,Tenn. Officials:Child arrest 'right thing' -- (Albany Herald) Jerry Estes,Monroe County district attorney general,has a message for people upset over charges filed against a second-grader in the fatal stabbing of his mother's abusive boyfriend:be patient. "No one is served by a rush to judgment,"Estes said in a recent interview. The boy told authorities he stabbed his mother's boyfriend because he was beating her. MACON, GA 'Granny'charged in 19-month-old's death -- (Albany Herald) A woman who worked as "granny"for the Department of Family and Children Services has been charged with killing a 19-month-old girl under her care. The weekend arrest of Pearlie Mae Jones,48,followed a monthlong investigation into the death of Ariel Catherine Shaw.Jones was being held without bond at the Bibb County Jail. VICTOR MONZON, 41, JESUS CONTRERAS, 30, and OSVALDO TRAVIESO, 37, - victims ALBUQUERQUE, NM Killer Sentenced in 3 Deaths -- (Albuquerque Journal) Valentin Valdez Reyes 23, was ordered Monday to spend three consecutive life terms plus 61 1/2 years in prison for his part in the February 1997 murders of three gay men . |
| MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP, MI First-grader killed in elementary school shooting (Chicago Tribune ) A 6-year-old girl was fatally shot by a 7-year-old classmate during class at an elementary school this morning, authorities said. Student Killed In Michigan Elementary School Shooting (CNN ) |
| ALFREDO DE LA TORRE MARQUEZ - more than 100 shots were fired TIJUANA, Mexico Killing in Tijuana affects a U.S. debate -- (Philly.com) The murder of Tijuana's police chief on Sunday could not have come at a worse time for Mexico: Tomorrow, President Clinton sends Congress his list of countries that are certified as U.S. allies in the war on drugs, and Mexico is expected to be on the list. JOSE MARRERO - victim Michael Santana, 24 - guilty PASSIAC COUNTY, NJ Guilty verdict in death of drifter -- (Bergen Record) A jury on Monday found a Passaic man guilty of aggravated manslaughter for killing Jose Marrero, a drifter with mental problems, by shooting him in the back on a city street two years ago. DAVID ERNEST GREENWOOD, 19 - victim Daryl Andrea Harris, 21 - charged with murder DULUTH. MN Murder suspect bail set at $500,000 -- (Duluth News) Bail was set at $500,000 Monday for a former Chicago man accused of shooting to death one Duluth man and nearly killing another during a Central Hillside robbery last week. CHRISTINE WILLIAMS, BARRINGTON MCLEAN and LEON MITCHELL - victims Hugh Josephs Jr, 28 - in custody CAMDEN, N.J. Fugitive wanted for three killings returns to Camden -- (NJO Newsflash) A man wanted in connection with a 1995 triple homicide turned himself in to authorities in Grenada and was arraigned in Superior Court. ANNE MARIE FAHEY, 30 - victim Thomas Capano - former state prosecutor WILMINGTON, Del. Murder Convict Appeals Case -- (Newsday) -- Lawyer Thomas Capano is asking Delaware's highest court to overturn his conviction in the slaying of his mistress, claiming numerous errors by both trial judge and prosecutors. |
| KISSIMMEE, FL Newborn girl found alive in trash bin; 13-year-old mother found -- (Naples News) A 13-year-old girl who detectives say stuffed her newborn daughter in a garbage bag and threw her in a trash bin will be allowed to visit the baby in the hospital, a judge ruled Monday. DE'AMONTE ROBERTSON infant died of traumatic head injuries Patricia A. Cameron , 39 - imprisoned LANCASTER, PA Babysitter ordered to stand trial in death of 7-week-old -- (Lancaster Newspapers) A Philadelphia woman charged with killing an infant she was babysitting was ordered Monday to stand trial for first-degree murder. KLARIESE CADORETTE, 3m - victim LOWELL, Mass. Lowell man indicted in death of girlfriend's baby -- (Boston.com) A Lowell man was indicted in the December death of his girlfriend's infant. Brian Auclair, 22, faces one count of murder after the indictment Monday. He's scheduled to be arraigned March 8 in Middlesex Superior Court. HAMILTON, OH Woman pleads in baby's death -- (Cincinnati Enquirer) Carin Madden 20, pleaded guilty Mondayto killing her newborn daughter, who suffocated to death after Ms. Madden placed her in a plastic garbage bag and tied it shut. Rebekah Jolynn Woods, 34 - also abandoned toddler CHICAGO, Ill Police Arrest Suspected Mother of Dead Baby -- (Salt Lake Tribune) Chicago police have arrested a woman believed to be the mother of a dead baby discovered three weeks ago in a St. George amusement park. |
| MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Mich Boy Shoots Girl in Michigan School -- (Newsday) A 6-year-old girl was shot and critically wounded by a 7-year-old classmate at an elementary school this morning, police said. Mount Morris Township Police Chief Eric King said a single shot was fired during a first-grade class at Buell Elementary School near Flint. NEWPORT BEACH, CA Newport Beach Businessman Survives Attack -- (LA Times) A successful Newport Beach businessman survived a gunshot wound to the face Monday morning after he was ambushed outside his Irvine Spectrum office building. James Patrick Riley, 58, chief executive officer of the pharmaceutical company Biofem Inc., was listed in stable condition Monday afternoon. |
| EDMONTON, AB Group home worker jailed -- (Edmonton Sun) An Edmonton group home worker was sent to jail for two years less a day yesterday for sexually assaulting a young woman with cerebral palsy in his care. HALIFAX, NS Former altar boy wins settlement after being sexual assaulted by priest -- (Cnews) A Winnipeg man who was sexually abused by an Anglican priest when he was a teenager has been awarded a settlement by a Nova Scotia church diocese. CALGARY, AB Heavy security at court hearing -- (Calgary Sun) Harvey Andres faces 19 charges in connection with a series of rapes and the murder of Calgary teen Shirley Ann Johnston in 1982. VANCOUVER, BC Juror won't budge -- (Calgary Sun) Juror Kathy MacDonald says she'll press ahead with her book about Shannon Murrin despite a criminal investigation into her relationship with the man she helped acquit of murder. PORT HARDY, B.C School teacher gets suspended -- (Calgary Sun) A Vancouver Island elementary school teacher who taped a Grade 2 student's head to a desk because he was misbehaving has been suspended without pay for five days. TORONTO, ON Homolka's file stays secret -- (Ottawa Sun) Details of Karla Homolka's life behind bars are off-limits to the public and the media, a federal court justice has ruled. KATHLEEN HART, 35 - victim Martin Blackwind, 45 - convicted of manslaughter TORONTO, ON Wife-killer imprisoned for 17 years -- (Toronto Sun) A two-time killer with dozens of convictions was sentenced to 17 years in prison yesterday for bashing his common-law wife to death with a board as she slept. WINNIPEG, MN Wannabe lawyer sued by brothers -- (Winnipeg Sun) Three Winnipeg brothers have filed a lawsuit over legal advice for a will given by a man who wasn't qualified to act as a lawyer. REBECCA MIDDLETON, 17 - victim Justis Smith, 20 - accused BELLEVILLE, ON No retrial in Middleton case -- (Cnews) The father of a Canadian teen who was murdered while vacationing in Bermuda is demanding an inquiry into the way the case was handled, after a ruling Monday that one of the men accused in her killing cannot be tried again. |
| MELISSA PADILLA - strangled in 1994 Steven Fortin - on trial NEW JERSEY 'Linkage Analysis' of Crime Profile Called Junk Science by N.J. Court--(NJ Law Journal) The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that "linkage analysis" evidence -- expert testimony that crimes are so similar that they form a pattern pointing to a single offender -- lacks sufficient scientific reliability and is inadmissible at trial. |
| IAN BRADY - Convicted child killer LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND Moors murderer asks for right to die (UK-London Times-Britain ) the Moors murderer, envies Myra Hindley's "potentially fatal brain condition", he said yesterday as he appeared before a court seeking the right to die. |
| SPOKANE, WA Police have DNA in serial killer case (Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review ) Law officers in Spokane have DNA evidence of a serial killer presumed to have killed at least 10 women, Spokane County Sheriff Mark Sterk revealed Monday BRIDGEPORT, CT Evidence disappears in cop trial (Bridgeport (CT) Connecticut Post ) The trial of Ansonia Police Officer Richard Zavalko, accused of setting his car afire to collect insurance money, was declared a mistrial Monday after evidence in the case disappeared CANDICE M. RICHIE - suspicious-death Sentrell Lacapra Wilson - Suspect COLUMBIA, MO Cops head to S.C. for answers (Columbia (MO) Missourian ) A 19-year-old man, who spoke to Columbia police this weekend regarding the death of Candice M. Richie, has a criminal history that includes an arrest for armed robbery, aggravated assault and battery, according to records in South Carolina Officer Patrick McGinn - Charged with aggravated assault NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ Hero cop accused of assaulting wife (East Brunswick (NJ) Tribune ) A North Brunswick police officer has been put on desk duty after being accused of assaulting his wife over the weekend, authorities said WENDY KRATZERT - Murdered Thomas Harrison - Charged with conspiracy and first-degree murder ONECO,FL Murder-for-hire trial begins for man accused in 1995 death (Winston-Salem (NC) Journal ) Jury selection began yesterday in the trial of a Florida man charged in the murder-for-hire death of a Florida neighbor spending her summer in the Western North Carolina mountains DOUD FETTERLEY - Suspicious-death Gloria Baptiste - Under investigation VANCOUVER, B.C. Prisoners tell of nurse with syringe before patient's death (Vancouver Sun ) Two prisoners who helped trigger a police investigation into deaths in the prison hospital at Matsqui Institution told a coroner's inquest Monday they saw a nurse enter a patient's room with a syringe minutes before his death. |
LOS ANGELES, CA Two Feds Sue LAPD (CBS News ) There was more trouble Monday for the scandal-plagued Los Angeles police department |
| ALBANY, NY A Look From Within (ABC News ) The four police officers cleared of murdering Amadou Diallo still face a departmental review that could keep them from ever returning to the streets Diallo jurors say prosecutors made 'huge mistakes' (CNN ) Bronx DA: I won't quit, but Diallo cops should (New YorkPost ) Cops in Diallo shooting undecided about future (Newsday (NY) ) 4 cops in Diallo case may retire (The Record-Hackensack (NJ) ) |
| SHELBY LYNN TUCKER(4) - Body found Hugh McGowen - Charged with murder MOBILE, AL Missing girl's body is found (Mobile Register ) Great-step-uncle arrested in death of 4-year-old Shelby Lynn Tucker Searchers find little girl's body (Biloxi (MS) Sun Herald ) |
GARY KUBICKI - murdered with a baseball bat Jason Michael Kubicki, 20 - son arrested Dawn Workman - son's girlfriend arrested for concealing a murder MT. VERNON, Illinois Kubicki arraignment set--(Register-News) Kubicki allegedly struck his father with a ball bat while committing an armed robbery. The armed robbery charge in addition to the first degree murder charges qualifies Jason Kubicki for the death penalty, according to state law. GAYLENE HAM - struck in the head with a club MICHAEL PITLICK- Stabbed Brad Ham, 20 - Charged with two counts of attempted murder EVANSVILLE, Indiana Police: Son, 20, waited in ambush (Evansville Courier & Press ) An Evansville man wounded his mother and her boyfriend in an ambush-style attack before slitting his own wrists. |
| CLARENCE "Nob" JOHNSON - murdered in 1959 OSAWATOMIE, Kansas KBI reopens murder case from 1959--(Wichita Eagle) Clarence Johnson, an amiable family man in Osawatomie, was beaten and left for dead by a road. Now, investigators are trying again to find his killer. |
| T.J. Solomon, 16 - could be sentenced to more than 350 years in prison ATLANTA, GA Teen Accused in Shooting Apologizes -- (Washington Post) A suburban Atlanta teen-ager accused of shooting six classmates in the halls of his high school last spring apologized in a letter released Monday and said he wished he "could take every minute of it back." |
| ST. MARYS, OH Gott admits to killing St. Marys girl -- (Wapakoneta Daily) A St. Marys man, who was convicted of murdering an 11-year-old St. Marys girl in 1986, confessed to committing the crime Friday during a sexual predator hearing. James David Gott, 31, who denied any wrong doing during his 1988 trial, admitted to the rape and stabbing death of Betty Marie Head on July 12, 1986. HAZEL MAY, 69 - suffered from advanced stages of Lou Gehrig's disease SAN DIEGO, CA Elderly man charged with killing wife found dead -- (Nando) An elderly man charged with killing his terminally ill wife apparently committed suicide by taking sleeping pills and drinking alcohol, said authorities Monday. Thomas May, 76, of San Diego was found Saturday at a motel in Santa Maria. Angel Maturino Resendiz, 40 - lonked to 9 murders HOUSTON, TX Attorney to use insanity defense in trial of suspected serial killer -- (Nando) The attorney for a rail-riding drifter accused of killing people across the country plans to use an insanity defense in his capital murder trial, according to a court filing on Monday. |
| AUSTIN, Ind Two Dead in Indiana Hostage Shooting -- (Fox) A man killed a hostage and himself Monday in a liquor store standoff with police hours after he wounded his estranged wife at a school, police said. |
| LINCOLN, Neb. Death row inmate cannot keep money from Benetton ads -- (Nando) A Nebraska death row inmate cannot profit from appearing in the Benetton fashion company's international ad campaign against capital punishment, said the state attorney general's office Monday. COLUMBIA, S.C. $16M Pharmacy Mistake Verdict Upheld -- (Newsday) The state Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a judgment that Rite Aid Corp. and a pharmacist must pay $16 million to a girl who was given the wrong medicine and suffered permanent brain damage. RALPH GAWOR, 43 - found shot to death Paul Hurth, 44, - arrested FRESNO, CA Minister cop charged in death of lover's husband -- (FOX) A police officer who was also a Baptist minister and was adored for helping poor children was charged with murder after police said he shot his mistress' husband to death. |
OSKALOOSA, Kansas DAKOTA BACK, murdered 13 year-old Teen fatally shot--(Topeka Capital-Journal)--Dakota became the second Oskaloosa teenager shot to death in less than four months. The city has a population of about 1,100 people. UTICA, New York DESIREE CASE, 16 year-old murder victim Slaying victim identified as 16-year-old girl--(Observer-Dispatch)--For the second day, city police declined to discuss the case and would not release details of the death. SANTA PAULA, California LEOBARDO "MARIO" LIZARRAGA, slain merchant Clothier shot to death--(Ventura County Star)--The investigation is still under way, but Santa Paula police believe Lizarraga was killed during a robbery after the store had closed Saturday. |
| ANTONIO RAY DAVALOS, 11 LITTLETON, CO Grand jury to probe boy's death -- (Denver Post) A grand jury will investigate the slaying of 11-year-old Antonio Davalos, whose body was found Feb. 1 in a trash bin about two miles from his grandmother's Littleton home.Police have cleared Antonio's immediate family. The investigation has focused on two brothers who had been staying with Antonio's grandmother. |
| DURHAM, NC Murder suspect surrenders to police -- (MSNBC) A man accused of shooting one man to death and wounding his brother has turned himself in to Durham police. Officers had been searching for Efrain Nicolas Zuniga for the murder of Paul Gomez and the shooting of his brother Gabriel on Thursday. NANCY JACINTO, 25 - victim RUMENIGE JACINTO, 17 - victim Angel Carrasquillo, 38 - murderer SYRACUSE, N.Y. Family describes ordeal in which two died -- (Newsday) A man who killed two people and critically wounded his pregnant ex-girlfriend was upset about her plans to move away, police said Monday. An Onondaga County grand jury will consider the case against Angel Carrasquillo on Wednesday and could raise the charges against him to first-degree murder. THERESA RAFFERTY, - victim stabbed 61 times with an ice pick Christopher Hafford, 35 - convicted of murder HARTFORD, Conn. High court rejects bid for new trial in gas station killing -- (Boston.com) A Massachusetts man who raped and murdered a Windsor Locks gas station attendant but was spared the death penalty on Monday lost his state Supreme Court appeal seeking a new trial. Jasmine Chavez, 26 - baby murderer NEW YORK, NY Cops: Mom Killed Newborn -- (NY Daily News) A Bronx woman, who had kept her pregnancy a secret, fatally stabbed her newborn son eight times with a pair of scissors yesterday, police said. "I didn't want him," seamstress Jasmine Chavez, 26, told cops, police sources said. GARY KUBICKI, 44 - victim Jason Michael Kubicki, 20 - qualifies for the death penalty MT. VERNON Kubicki arraignment set -- (Register-News) Arraignment has been set for 1:30 p.m. March 22 for Jason Michael Kubicki who stands accused of bludgeoning his father to death with a baseball bat, and for Dawn Workman, who was arrested on charges that she concealed the death and moved Gary Kubicki's body from where he was murdered. |
| SAMANTHA WALSH, 13 - murdered Murderer cannot be named under the Young Offenders Act FLEUR DE LYS, NFLD, Canada Boy accused of killing 13-year-old girl now faces first-degree murder charge -- (Cnews) A charge against a teenage boy accused in the killing of 13-year-old Samantha Walsh was upgraded Monday to first-degree murder. The 16-year-old boy broke down briefly in court and had to be consoled by family members as the new charge was read. The youth, who cannot be named under the Young Offenders Act, was charged last Thursday with second-degree murder. An autopsy showed Walsh was strangled. Samantha Walsh funeral looming -- (CBC) Early next week, the town of Fleur de Lys will bury thirteen year old murder victim Samantha Walsh. The priest who will perform the service says it will be the hardest thing he's ever done. The Disappearance of Samantha Walsh -- (CBC) Samantha Walsh case timeline with pictures . Crown upgrades charge against Fleur de Lys youth -- (CBC) |
| LONNIE "TED" BINION -Murdered Casino Mogul Rick Tabish, charged with murder and theft Sandra Murphy, charged with murder and theft LAS VEGAS, Nevada Judge refuses to drop Binion charges--(Las Vegas Sun)--District Judge Joseph Bonaventure today refused to dismiss murder charges against the two people accused of killing Ted Binion. State close to having Mattsen testimony--(Las Vegas Sun)--David Mattsen was on the verge of striking an agreement today with prosecutors to testify against Ted Binion's accused killers. |
| SHELBY LYNN TUCKER OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. Authorities treating case as abduction -- (Sun Herald) Jackson County authorities and numerous volunteers frantically searched woods and a bayou Sunday for a 4-year-old girl who went missing in the night southeast of Ocean Springs. They expect to continue that search today. Police, volunteers continue searching for missing girl -- (Alabama Live) A family cousin, Teresa Hatten, said Tucker's shoes and glasses were left in the room. The only thing taken was a blanket. Sgt. Mick Sears of the Jackson County Sheriff's Department said there were no signs of forced entry into McGowen's home and the doors were locked. "It could have been a family member, a friend, or a neighbor. We're not sure," Sears said. "We're grasping." |
