EMIL SANIELEVICI, JOHN KROLL and JOSEPH HEALY - Fatally shot Ronald Taylor - charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault,a firearms charge, one count of causing a catastrophe and an arson charge -- for setting his apartment on fire WILKINSBURG, PA Broken door is only known reason for shooting spree (Albuquerque (NM) Tribune ) Maintenance worker John DeWitt was so worried about the verbal abuse coming from Ronald Taylor that he picked up a hammer for self-defense. He was at Taylor's apartment to fix a door Man charged with hate crime in Pa. shootings (Chicago Tribune ) Portrait of Wilkinsburg shooting suspect shows history of mental illness and hate (Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette ) |
| TINA WOOD 31; her sons; JARED, 10 and JOSHUA, 8 daughters EMILY, 7 and HANNAH, 5 - victims Raymond Wood, 36 - charged with murder WARRENSBURG, Mo Mo. Man Incompetent to Stand Trial -- (LA Times) A man accused of shooting his wife and four of her children to death has been found incompetent to stand trial and ordered committed to a mental institution, according to court records. Raymond Wood, 36, is to be held indefinitely at a state hospital in Fulton. |
| LOWELL, MA Suspects in killing of Lowell teen-ager arraigned -- (Boston.com) A man convicted of killing a 13-year-old boy was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, without the possibility of parole. Sammy ''Casper'' Garcia, 22, of Lowell, was charged with first-degree murder in the April 16, 1998 shooting death of Khedy Leang. BOSTON, MA Prosecutors say life insurance policies signed before death of doctor's wife -- (Boston.com) Dirk and Mabel Greineder took out $500,000 life insurance policies on each other two days before her brutal murder, according to court documents. BETTY JEAN TOPPER, 6 - weighed about 30 pounds and communicated only with sounds Cynthia Topper, 39 - 6 year sentence SAN DIEGO, CA Mother Pleads Guilty to Chaining -- (Las Vegas Sun) -- A mother who suffered brain damage in a hammer attack pleaded guilty Thursday to child endangerment for keeping her 6-year-old daughter chained to a bed in a darkened room littered with trash and feces. STEVEN KELSO, - suffers from cerebral palsy Richard and Dawn Kelso - no criminal past WILMINGTON, Del Parents Who Abandoned Get Probation -- (Las Vegas Sun) A Pennsylvania couple has agreed to one year of probation in exchange for admitting they abandoned their disabled 10-year-old son at a Delaware hospital, the attorney general's office said. SACRAMENTO, CA Court Urged To Deny Unabomber -- (Las Vegas Sun) Federal prosecutors urged an appeals court Thursday to reject convicted Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski's bid for a new trial. |
| REV. ALFRED KUNZ, 67 - murder unsolved MADISON, Wis. Authorities: Slain priest had intimate relationships with women -- (Star-Tribune) A Roman Catholic priest who was murdered nearly two years ago carried on intimate relationships with women for 20 years, continuing just prior to his death, investigators said Thursday. HINSDALE, Ill. Church leader accused of abuse -- (MSNBC) A popular church leader and former coach is accused of sexually assaulting a boy at a Hinsdale church. DuPage County prosecutors charged 63-year-old James Errant with aggravated criminal sexual abuse and solicitation of criminal sexual assault. The alleged victim is a 17-year-old boy. FAYETTE COUNTY, GA Sheriff orders arrest of Holyfield minister -- (Access Atlanta) The Rev. Creflo Dollar, leader of the 20,000-member World Changers Ministries in College Park, is a wanted man. Fayette County sheriff's deputies have been instructed to put Dollar in the county jail until he agrees to give a deposition in the Evander Holyfield divorce case. BUFFALO, NY Ex-pastor is imprisoned for rape -- (Buffalo News) The Rev. Ernest Donaldson, former pastor of Buffalo's Tried Stone Baptist Church, on Wednesday began a two-to-six-year prison term and was rebuked by a judge for "pretending" to be "a man of God" while repeatedly molesting a 13-year-old girl two years ago. |
| TYREA SPENCER, 13 - victim Lakesha Graham, 12 - third degree murder PHILADELPHIA, PA 12-year old murder suspect free on bail -- (MSNBC) A 12-year old girl charged with murdering a playmate at a slumber party goes to court. The key witness is another 12-year old who says a night of music and dancing turned deadly when the girls got a hold of a loaded rifle. |
| JOHN KROLL, 55 JOSEPH HEALY, 71 and AMIL SANIELEVICI, 20 - deceased victims Ronald Taylor, 39 - surrendered WILKINSBURG, PA Third person dies from Pittsburgh-area shooting spree -- (CNN) A third person died Thursday from Wednesday's shooting spree in suburban Pittsburgh as investigators looked into the possibility the shootings were racially motivated. |
| AUSTIN, TX Graves' date of execution delayed for testimony -- (Brenham Banner-Press) The scheduled execution date of a Brenham man has been delayed by just over a month to allow him time to make a statement involving a co-defendant also convicted of murder. Robert Carter had been scheduled to be executed April 26, but 21st District Court Judge John L. Placke has delayed that until May 31. Carter and Anthony Graves were both convicted of murder in the August 1992 slayings of six Somerville residents. NEW YORK Bronx Outraged by Latest NYPD Killing of Unarmed Man -- (Fox) Domitila Rosaria, mother of nine, stood somberly watching a neighbor scrawl "stop police brutality" in Spanish on a piece of cardboard taped to the Bronx building where another unarmed man was shot and killed by police Wednesday night. Another Unarmed Man Killed by NYPD; Cops Say It Doesn't Compare to Diallo -- (Fox) BAKERSFIELD, Calif Officer injured in shootout following bank robbery in California -- (Fox) A group of pistol-waving men robbed a bank Thursday then fought a gunbattle with police, leaving one officer wounded and scores of people holed up in nearby buildings, authorities said. |
| SERGEANT CORNEL YOUNG Jr. - victim Aldrin Diaz, 30 - record included convictions on 23 felony charges PROVIDENCE, RI Man held in officer's death gets 12 years on probation violations -- (Boston.com) In a move that stunned defense lawyers and ignited a courtroom outburst yesterday, a judge ordered the Providence man charged in the fatal shooting of a black off-duty police officer to serve 12 years in prison for probation violations. |
| MT MORRIS, Michigan KAYLA ROLLAND, 6 year-old shooting victim Loss of tiny, shy girl saddens a community--(Flint Journal)--Like most children in her neighborhood, Kayla didn't come from money. She wore old clothes that often didn't match. Boy, siblings leave dilapidated home--(Flint Journal)--Neighbors speak in hushed tones about the white clapboard house with red trim where a boy who killed his classmate Tuesday had shared a couch each night with his 8-year-old brother Suspicion falls on 'uncle,' family friend had stolen gun--(Flint Journal)--Police believe the boy found the stolen gun used to kill Kayla R. Rolland under a pile of bedcovers in a crack house on Juliah Avenue in Mt. Morris Township. Prosecutor to seek involuntary manslaughter charge in girl's death--(Flint Journal)--The charge would require prosecutors to show gross negligence on the part of Jamelle James for allegedly allowing the little boy to get the .32-caliber semiautomatic gun used in Kayla's death, Genesee County Prosecutor Arthur Busch said. |
| PRESTON, Minnesota KENNY KRAMER, 3 year-old murder victim Harold " Howey" Kramer Jr, charged with 1st degree murder Expert compares Kramer' ' s typewriter ribbon to ransom notes for boy--(Star Tribune)--A note found May 10 on the boy' s bed at his grandparents' home in Brownsville demanded that Kramer marry his former fiancee, Dawn Buroker, within a week. Jurors see video of scene where child was found dead in woods--(Star Tribune)--A tearful Harold Kramer Jr. stood near the jury while they watched a videotape of the crime scene as it appeared the night of May 18, when Kramer' s 3-year-old son was found dead in the woods. Remembering Kenny--(MSNBC)--Imagine how you’d feel if your grandson was found dead and your son was accused of killing him. |
  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. 'Love chain' remembers missing CJ--(News & Observer)--But as time moves on, the danger of forgetting arises, so on Tuesday, his family stood with hundreds of relatives, friends and neighbors in a human chain where each link bore a poster with CJ's photograph. |
| MABEL ''May'' GREINEDER, 58 - murdered Dr. Dirk K. Greineder, 59 - held without bail DEDHAM, MA Doctor arraigned in wife's slaying -- (Boston.com) As his three children yelled out encouragement, Dr. Dirk K. Greineder, shackled and somber, pleaded not guilty to charges that he murdered his wife near their Wellesley home last Halloween. He was ordered held without bail pending further DNA tests on the evidence against him. Investigators say allergist led sordid secret life -- (Boston Herald) Worlds away from from his office at a prestigious Boston hospital and his comfortable Wellesley home, Dr. Dirk Greineder logged onto the Internet from a New Jersey hotel room and began to troll for sex in the dead of night. Experts: Many men lead hidden lives -- (Boston Herald) |
| TRUMBULL, Conn. High school hazing incidents shock Trumbull -- (Boston.com) A 15-year-old boy was allegedly hogtied, pushed into a wall, stuffed inside a locker and held down while teammates forced the handle of a plastic knife into his rectum, according to police. Eight members of the 15-member team have been arrested. James H. O'Neil - deceased Wynema Faye Shumate - charged CHARLESTON, S.C Woman accused of keeping body in her freezer -- (Boston.com) The body of a man missing for more than a year was found in the freezer of a 65-year-old woman who had once been his roommate. HOUSTON, TX Judge orders death row inmate released after 16 years behind bars -- (Boston.com) A federal judge Wednesday ordered Calvin Jerold Burdine to be freed within five days because state lawyers missed a deadline to retry him. Burdine, 46, has been behind bars since 1984. SUFFOLK, UK Beach Body: Woman Found Naked And Chained -- (Guardian Observer) A Home Office pathologist is to carry out post mortem tests on the body of a woman found naked and weighted down with chains on a beach. MICHEAL, 3, and ALEX SMITH, 14 months - murdered Susan Smith, now 28 - serving time Murderous mom Susan Smith still enthralls nation -- (Access Atlanta) Susan Smith's mother says her daughter is so mentally ill that she has attempted suicide while serving a life sentence for murder in South Carolina for the ghastly 1994 drownings of her two young sons in a lake. "She has mutilated herself, cutting her arms and wrists with whatever object she could find," Linda Russell writes in "Susan Smith My Daughter," scheduled for publication April 1. PEGGY PRITCHETT, 56 - shot at close range Phillip Dukes, 40 - arraigned TALLADEGA, Ala Man shot wife, he claims, because she broke his heart -- (Alabama Live) A man who walked into the Talladega Police Department and told officers he killed his wife because she broke his heart was charged with murder after the woman was found shot to death. JACINTH BAKER, 21, and RICHARD LOLLAR, 24, - victims Ray Lewis, - basketball star charged with murder ATLANTA, GA Report: Two killed in Lewis case were attacked by a large group -- (Phillynews.com) Two men stabbed to death after a Super Bowl party in Atlanta's Buckhead district were attacked by as many as 10 people, an investigator's report says. Lewis is out of jail on bail and is under a court-supervised curfew in Maryland. His codefendants, Reginald Oakley of Baltimore and Joseph Sweeting of Miami, remain behind bars. |
| COQUITLAM, British Columbia Canada’s potent cash crop: marijuana -- (MSNBC) A newly formed drug squad follows up a tip that leads it to a plain, sky-blue warehouse nestled behind a lumberyard. The armed agents break open the doors, revealing a space bursting with marijuana plants — enough to generate more than $3.2 million on the streets of Los Angeles. |
| SANTA CLARA, California Computer trail leads to jail for fugitive's dad--(San Jose Mercury News) Dead men tell no tales, they say. Unfortunately for the father of a fugitive fraud suspect, dead computers do. After a high-tech game of cat and mouse that had investigators following the ethereal trail laid down by a cell phone and conjuring the ghosts of an erased desktop hard drive, Victor Lain of Santa Clara was charged Wednesday with concealing the whereabouts of his daughter and son-in-law, wanted in an alleged $10.3 million insurance-fraud scheme. |
| DEPUTY TODD WIDMAN, 21 - killed HIAWATHA, Kan. Teen-ager shoots deputy, dies in shootout -- (Fox) A teen-age boy fatally shot a deputy sheriff and fled, and then died in a shootout with officers who tracked him down, authorities said today. Deputy sheriff, juvenile boy fatally shot in northeast Kansas -- (Kansas City Star ) |
| Ronald Taylor, 39 - arrested PITTSBURGH, PA FBI Opens Hate Crime Probe in Pa. Shootings -- (Reuters) Federal authorities have begun a hate crime investigation into Wednesday's deadly shooting of five white men by a black gunman in a suburb of Pittsburgh, an FBI official said on Thursday. Gunman May Have Singled Out Whites -- (Reuters) The man accused of fatally shooting two people and critically wounding three others singled out whites, according to witnesses. One former hostage said today the gunman told a fellow black, ``Not you, sister,'' as he threatened to shoot other hostages. The dead were identified as John Kroll, 55, the maintenance worker, and Joseph Healy, 71, a former priest from Wilkinsburg. The others shot were identified as Richard Clinger, Emil Sanielevici and Steven Bostard. |
| JonBenet Ramsey Murder: Case Related Decision expected in ransom-note case -- (Denver Post) A decision on whether the Jefferson County district attorney's office can continue to prosecute alleged criminal violations stemming from attempts to get the JonBeneÚt Ramsey ransom note will be made later this week. |
| American Psycho site links surfers to movie's killer -- (National Post) An Internet site created to market the film version of the book American Psycho says Patrick Bateman "is alive and well" and he "wants to confess his darkest secrets to you." |
| CALGARY AND TORONTO Child psychiatrist accused of picking up underage prostitute -- (National Post) - One of Canada's leading child psychiatrists is facing personal and professional ruin following charges by Calgary authorities that he sold crack cocaine to an undercover officer and procured the services of an underage prostitute. MILTON, Ont Man plotted to kill lawyer who kept him in jail: police -- (National Post) A former stiletto shoe manufacturer hired a hit man from his prison cell to kidnap and kill the Crown attorney who kept him behind bars, and the attorney's wife, police say. Man accused of plotting murder of crown attorney -- (Toronto Star) |
| MALCOLM FERGUSON, 23 - victim NEW YORK Man Killed by New York Police, After Diallo Ruling -- (Fox) Undercover police shot dead an unarmed drug suspect in the Bronx on Wednesday, less than a week after four New York plainclothes officers were acquitted of murder for firing 41 times at an unarmed African immigrant. Unarmed man killed during police shooting in the Bronx -- (CNN) Authorities were investigating whether an officer fired intentionally or if his weapon accidentally discharged during a struggle in which an unarmed man was shot in the head and killed. |
CHARLES MAYHEW Sr. - town mayor killed in 1998 Charles "Chuck" Mayhew Jr. - son, possible suspect SUNNYVALE, Texas Ill will forces slain ex-mayor's son into hiding--(Dallas News) The son of a prominent Dallas-area developer found dead in his Sunnyvale home two years ago said he did not kill his father but has been driven into hiding by suggestions to the contrary. |
| MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR - missing since 1995, presumed murdered JON GARTH MURRAY and ROBIN MURRAY O'HAIR - also missing SAN ANTONIO, Texas Blood traces match O'Hair family members, authorities say --(Dallas News) The first evidence that atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair was murdered comes in the form of blood traces recovered from an Austin storage unit, federal authorities say in a published report. Document Reveals O'Hair Blood Evidence --(San Antonio Express-News) The same court document claims Gary Karr, one of three men accused in the disappearance of the O'Hairs, "has allegedly told an informant that the bow saw found by the FBI was one of two saws used to cut up bodies in a storage unit and put the bodies in 55-gallon drums." Special Section: The O'Hair Mystery --(San Antonio Express-News) |
| SUZANNE JOVIN - murdered Yale student Jim Van de Velde - former professor named suspect NEW HAVEN, Connecticut Murder Mystery at Yale--(ABC 20/20) The murder of Yale student Suzanne Jovin stunned many and has stumped police for more than a year. ABCNEWS’ John Miller investigates, and in a 20/20 exclusive, interviews the only publicly named suspect in the case. Video and text. |
| ALEXANDER ASBURY(2) - Killed Richard Allen Stokes - Convicted of murdering 2 yr old boy LEXINGTON, NC Man is given life sentence in boy's death (Winston-Salem (NC) Journal ) His family proclaims his innocence and thanks jurors for sparing his life TIONNA MAYS-ROBINSON(2) - Died from beating Curtis Hines - Charged with murder WICHITA, KS Man charged in toddler's death (The Wichita Eagle ) A Wichita man appears on charges of murder in the death of his girlfriend's daughter. |
| BAKERSFIELD, CA Police see full moon after suspect drops pants (The Bakersfield Californian ) A Bakersfield man was arrested for resisting arrest and driving without a license Wednesday, after he ran from police during a car stop, then dropped his drawers while standing on the roof of a home, Bakersfield police said. LOS ANGELES, CA Agent Dead In Courthouse Shooting (CBS News ) An Internal Revenue Service agent died in a hospital Wednesday shortly after being found shot in the head at the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles, police said. SHARRON LYNN GEISE - Stabbed to death in 1998 Philip Geise Jr. - Accused of murdering his wife HUNTSVILLE, AL Man facing trial in wife's death kills self (Huntsville (AL) Times ) A Huntsville man who was accused of fatally stabbing his wife has died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. MCFARLAND, CA Red car seen stuck in mud sought by investigators in girl's abduction (The Bakersfield Californian ) The Kern County Sheriff's Department is seeking a red vehicle that matches the description of the car used in the abduction and sexual assault of a 9-year-old girl from McFarland PORTSMOUTH, NH Missing girl report now assault case (Portsmouth Herald ) Police were investigating a reported assault on a 10-year-old girl by three men last night behind the community center at Gosling Meadows |
| SARA MCBURNETT - Dog thrown into traffic SAN JOSE, CA Road-rage driver kills couple's dog (San Jose (CA) Mercury News ) San Jose police are investigating an incident of road rage that turned to animal cruelty when a man involved in a minor fender bender reached through the window of the other driver's car, grabbed her dog and hurled it into oncoming traffic where it was run over and killed. SPOKANE, WA Road rage leads to man's arrest (Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review ) Two hurt when station wagon rams into them in reverse |
ABNER LOUIMA - Tortured and sodomized by police officers Charles Schwarz - On trial Jury Gets NY Police Conspiracy Trial (CBS News ) The judge in the trial of three New York City police officers charged with conspiring to conceal the role of one of them in the stationhouse torture of Abner Louima instructed jurors Wednesday to focus on the alleged cover-up -- not the assault. Jury Considers Louima Case (ABC News-National ) No Verdict After First Day Of Deliberations In Louima Torture Case (Nando Times-Nation ) |
JOHN KROLL and JOSEPH HEALY - Killed by gunman Ronald Taylor - Arrested for Restaurant Shooting PITTSBURGH, PA 2 Die In Restaurant Shooting Spree (CBS News ) A gunman who reportedly flew into a rage over a broken door went on a rampage Wednesday, shooting a maintenance worker at his apartment and customers at two fast-food restaurants before surrendering to police during a hostage standoff Two Dead In Pa. Shooting (Fox News-US ) 2 killed, 3 wounded in Pa. rampage (MSNBC ) Restaurant Rampage Gunman Allegedly Kills Two, Critically Injures Three After Dispute Over Repair. (USA Today ) Police: Pa. Shooting Suspect Upset By Broken Door (Chicago (IL) Tribune ) Dead: an ex-priest turned storyteller and a maintenance man (Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette ) |
| KAYLA ROLLAND - Shot to death in classroom MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP, MI Father: Sick Feeling My Son Was Involved (ABC News ) The jailed father of the 6-year-old believed responsible for the fatal shooting of a classmate, told a sheriff he had a “sinking feeling” his son was involved when he heard about the incident. Boy Tells Police He Meant Only To `Scare' Slain Girl (Tulsa (OK) World ) School Shooting Six-year-old Suspect Released; Police Hold Uncle, Second Man (USA Today ) Child Killer In Protective Custody (CBS News ) |
