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Fri Mar 17 2000 09:54:28  MERITE SHABIU(11) - Murdered by U.S. soldier Staff Sgt. Frank Ronghi - now charged with rape, sodomy and felony murder CAMP BONDSTEEL, YUGOSLAVIA U.S. Soldier Faces Fresh Charges Over Kosovo Girl (Yugoslavia Today ) A U.S. soldier charged with murder in the January death of an 11-year-old ethnic Albanian girl has had additional charges brought against him, American forces in Kosovo said on Thursday. Christopher Moseley - Sentenced in murder for hire plot LAS VEGAS,NV Husband of DuPont heiress sentenced for role in murder-for-hire (Nando Times-Nation ) A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the husband of a DuPont family heiress to more than 16 years in prison for his role in the contract killing of a former prostitute who became a family nemesis. Three sentenced in slaying of DuPont heir's girlfriend (Las Vegas Review-Journal ) Susan Moore, and Tracy Lambert - Murdered in gang initiation Francisco "Paco" Tirado and Eric "E" Queen - Charged with double murder FAYETTEVILLE, NC Testimony in double murder trial focuses on gang initiation rites (Fayetteville (NC) Observer-Times ) Suspects were branded with a Crips gang insignia shortly after the killings of two Fayetteville women in 1998 MINDY TRAN(8) - Murdered in 1994 KELOWNA, B.C. RCMP get new tip about Tran murder (CBS News ) An inmate at a prison in Victoria has allegedly confessed to the 1994 killing, police told a news conference Thursday Fri Mar 17 2000 09:49:17  NITA - carjacked dog Chicago, Illinois Website aids in plea for missing dog -- (MSNBC) Two Chicago men are pleading for the return of their missing dog, who reportedly was carjacked Thursday afternoon at Leland and Damen. Have you seen this dog? -- Website with pictures of Nita and information on the crime. Fri Mar 17 2000 09:37:06  Mike Longman, 43 - 13 counts of aggravated crime against nature NEW ORLEANS, LA Longman is booked on latest sex charges -- (Nola Live) For the third time this year, former New Orleans television newscaster Mike Longman has surrendered to authorities on charges of having sex with underage teens. Charlie A. Clerk Sr., 43 - befriended convicted murderer Luis Rodriguez JEFFERSON PARISH, LA Deputy linked to jailbreak attempt -- (Nola Live) A Jefferson Parish correctional center deputy was fired and charged Thursday with sneaking 9-inch hacksaws and other blades into jail in hardcover books to help four inmates, including a convicted murderer, escape from their cell, a Sheriff's Office spokesman said. Shelita Butler, 31 - charged with extortion NEW ORLEANS, LA Former cop faces two years in jail for extortion -- (Nola Live) A former New Orleans police officer who used the power of her badge to extort $1,150 from a business owner in exchange for information about an ongoing marijuana investigation was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison. Fri Mar 17 2000 09:27:49  WASHINGTON Angels of justice -- (Salon News) Barry Scheck and Jim Dwyer talk about the Innocence Project, which has helped overturn eight wrongful convictions of death-row inmates. Since the Supreme Court restored the death penalty in 1976, more than 6,000 Americans have been sentenced to death. Fri Mar 17 2000 09:18:52  VICTIM - unnamed girlfriend Adam Farrar, 28 - actor under arrest Marina Del Rey, California DiCaprio's stepbrother charged with attempted murder -- (ABC) Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio's stepbrother, also an actor, was arrested in Los Angeles on charges of attempting to murder his girlfriend and was ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail, police said. Leo's 'brother' arrested -- (New York Post) Farrar was charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of making "terrorist threats" against his girlfriend. Leo's stepbrother held on attempted murder charge -- (Mr. Showbiz) Link includes picture of Adam Farrar. Fri Mar 17 2000 03:20:27  Javed Iqbal, 42 - "I did not kill anyone. I am innocent." LAHORE, Pakistan Killer to be strangled, cut up and put in acid -- (Times UK) A judge in Pakistan ruled yesterday that the killer of 100 children should suffer the same fate as his victims. The man is to be strangled, cut into pieces and dissolved in acid. Judge Allah Baksh Ranjha, announcing his decision in Lahore, ordered that Javed Iqbal be executed in a public park in front of the murdered boys' parents. Fri Mar 17 2000 02:59:56  ATLANTA, GA Deputies shot while trying to serve warrant on ex-Black Panther -- (NJO newsflash) Two sheriff's deputies were shot Thursday night while trying to serve a warrant against the former black militant once known as H. Rap Brown, authorities said. One officer was in critical condition at Grady Memorial Hospital with abdominal and leg wounds. The other was in guarded condition with leg and arm wounds. Fri Mar 17 2000 02:22:28  LAWRENCEVILLE, Virginia Michael Knight given 68-year term in abuse of boys -- (Richmond Times-Dispatch) Michael Lee Knight, who along with a former Alberta police chief molested several children, was sentenced to 68 years in prison yesterday. Fri Mar 17 2000 01:53:36  HOUSTON, Texas Owner of tiger that mauled boy is cited only for permit violation -- (Houston Chronicle) The owner of a Bengal tiger that mauled a small child was cited for not having an exotic pet facility permit, but animal control officials who inspected the Channelview-area home Thursday found the animal posed no threat to neighbors. Fri Mar 17 2000 01:20:54  DESTINY SPICKNALL, 3 - Murdered RICHARD SPICKNALL, III, 2 -Murdered Richard Spicknall, Jr. - To be tried his children's murder CHESTERTOWN,Maryland Judge to rule Friday on Spicknall confession of murder -- (MSNBC) A Kent County judge is expected to rule Friday on whether Richard Spicknall's confession to the murder of his two children can be used as evidence in his upcoming trial. Fri Mar 17 2000 01:03:51  KANSAS CITY, Missouri Parents reluctant activists after Army death -- (Detroit Free Press) The mother and father of Pfc. Barry Winchell often sit silently at their kitchen table, paperwork about their son's murder piled between them. Each (piece) tells how their son's head was smashed with a baseball bat because other soldiers thought he was gay. Fri Mar 17 2000 00:54:20 HOUSTON, Texas Authorities want suspect in fire certified as adult -- (Houston Chronicle) Prosecutors will ask a judge to certify a 15-year-old to stand trial as an adult for his alleged involvement in the McDonald's restaurant blaze that killed two Houston firefighters in February. Thur Mar 16 2000 22:37:39  OPAL JO JENNINGS - Abducted Ricky Lee Franks - Re-Indicted TARRANT COUNTY, Texas Grand Jury Re-Indicts Franks In Opal Jo Jennings Case -- (CBS 11) Today, a Tarrant County grand jury has re-indicted Ricky Lee Franks, in the 1999 abduction of Opal Jo Jennings, from Saginaw. Thur Mar 16 2000 22:03:07  Christina Marie Fiske, 21 - suffocated the baby SYLVA, NC Judge grants Fiske bond -- (Asheville Citizen) A Western Carolina University student charged with first-degree murder in the death of her newborn girl will be allowed out of jail on a $100,000 secured bond. ARICCA KELLEY, 21 - victim Jasper Lee Vick,18 - shot victim several times PULASKI COUNTY, AK Death of woman, fetus draws teen 2 murder counts -- (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette) Pulaski County sheriff's deputies on Wednesday arrested an 18-year-old Little Rock man on two counts of capital murder in the Feb. 13 slaying of a pregnant Higgins woman. HUNTSVILLE, TX All Texas Prisons Locked Down For Weapons Search -- (Fox) Texas' 112 prisons were ordered locked down indefinitely Thursday for a search for weapons and other illegal items after an inmate was stabbed to death in the latest in a string of major security breaches. PATRICIA MARGELLO, 45 - victim Christopher Moseley - ordered her murder LAS VEGAS, NV Husband of DuPont heiress sentenced for role in contract killing -- (Fox) The husband of a DuPont family heiress was sentenced Thursday to more than 16 years in prison for his role in the contract killing of a former prostitute who became a family nemesis. Thur Mar 16 2000 21:51:54  Texas prison chief orders rare blanket lockdown of 86 prisons to search for contraband -- (Dallas Morning News) HUNTSVILLE, Texas Eighty-six Texas prisons were ordered locked down immediately and indefinitely by Texas Department of Criminal Justice Executive Director Wayne Scott on Thursday so corrections officers could conduct a systemwide search for contraband. Source of executed inmate's key still a mystery to prison officials -- (Dallas Morning News) Prison officials Wednesday were trying to find out how a condemned killer obtained a small key, kept it in his mouth, then spit it out as a final act of defiance while fatal drugs were being pumped into his veins during his execution. Thur Mar 16 2000 21:31:21 Killings of 2 frail sisters savage, says prosecutor -- (Richmond Times-Dispatch) GALAX, Virginia An itinerant yard worker accused of capital murder in the killing of two frail, older sisters beat the women so savagely their blood stained both his shoes, a prosecutor suggested yesterday during a court hearing. Thur Mar 16 2000 21:21:20  ANDREW HARMS, - goaded Christopher into stabbing him DOVER TOWNSHIP, NJ 10-year-old suspect gets family support -- (IN Jersey) Ten years old and accused of killing his father, Christopher Harms yesterday tightly gripped a teddy bear his dad's fiancee brought to him at the Ocean County Juvenile Detention Center. Victim's last words: 'Would you believe the kid did that?' -- (IN Jersey) On Monday evening, police say, Christopher stabbed his father with a kitchen knife following an argument over a missing container of chocolate cake icing. Thur Mar 16 2000 21:11:41  Doctors fear death investigation could stem morphine use -- (Oregon Live) PORTLAND, Oregon Some doctors in Oregon, which leads the nation in morphine prescriptions, worry a criminal investigation into the possible overdose deaths of four terminally ill nursing home residents could discourage use of the drug to ease patients' pain. Thur Mar 16 2000 20:57:19  Mafia daughter seeks husband's release -- (AP) NEW YORK, NY The daughter of jailed mob boss John ''Dapper Don'' Gotti told a Brooklyn judge Thursday she would make sure her jailed husband would behave if he's freed on bail. Thur Mar 16 2000 20:06:29  Jessica Rodriguez, 10 - Abducted and released James Paul Johnson, 38 - Arrested Suspect's Daughters Never Knew Kidnapped Girl Was in Home -- (AP) GAINESVILLE, Florida A 10-year-old Florida girl held captive in a locked room of a house could hear the voices of her captor's children, but they went about their daily lies unaware she was there, an investigator said Thursday. The young daughters of suspected kidnapper James Paul Johnson were told by their father not to go near a room that was on the other side of a large house. Thur Mar 16 2000 18:30:21  JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - found murdered in her home BOULDER, CO Governor says JonBenet's parents still hiding behind attorneys -- (Boston.com) Gov. Bill Owens said Thursday that John and Patsy Ramsey are trying to manipulate the public into believing they are victims even though the couple continues to hide behind their lawyers. Owens stopped short of calling the Ramseys suspects in JonBenet's slaying but contended they are trying to ''orchestrate a feeling across the country that they are the victims in the case.'' Thur Mar 16 2000 18:02:16  LONNIE "TED" BINION, Murdered Casino Mogul Rick Tabish, charged with murder and theft Sandra Murphy, charged with murder and theft LAS VEGAS, Nevada Silver turns up in Binion case--(Las Vegas Sun)--Prosecutors in the Ted Binion murder case got a major break Wednesday when they recovered 100 pounds of silver coins believed to have been stolen from the wealthy gambling figure after his September 1998 slaying. Thur Mar 16 2000 17:20:33  MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 year-old murder victim Michael Skakel, suspect arraigned GREENWICH, Connecticut Skakel arraigned in Moxley murder --(Greenwich Times)--Michael Skakel, now 39, was arraigned in state Superior Court in Stamford as a juvenile Skakel faces victim's mother: Kennedy cousin insists he didn't kill Moxley--(Boston Herald)--``I know you're hurting,'' said the gray-haired man accused of committing homicide as a 15-year-old boy. ``But you have the wrong man.'' ABC cancels Fuhrman gig --(Boston Globe)--''GMA'' had signed Fuhrman to a consultancy gig to comment on the media-intensive murder trial of Michael Skakel Thur Mar 16 2000 17:01:44  KENNY KRAMER, murdered 3 year-old Harold Kramer Jr, on trial BROWNSVILLE, Minnesota Jury begins deliberating in trial of man accused of killing 3-year-old son--(Star Tribune)--The courtroom fell silent for two minutes after a prosecutor asked jurors to imagine how long it would have taken for 3-year-old Kenny Kramer to suffocate inside a garbage bag. Thur Mar 16 2000 16:49:40  Xiana Fairchild, 6 - Missing VALLEJO, California Video tries to help with identifying Xiana -- (Contra Costa Times) A college class project produces a visual profile for tracking the missing Vallejo girl, including how she may look in various appearances. Photo Gallery of Xiana -- (Contra Costa Times) Xiana video released -- (Vallejo Times-Herald) For just a few minutes, Xiana Fairchild is back where she belongs. Wading happily in the foamy water at the edge of a Hawaiian beach, grinning as she swings high on a backyard swing and yelping loudly as she competes with other children playing soccer. Xiana Video -- (KRON TV) Thur Mar 16 2000 14:54:04 EMILY HOWELL, 19 and EMILY EAGEN, 19 - victims suspect not arrested, under surveillance. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica Suspect identified in Costa Rica murder of two U.S. women -- (CNN) The suspect was a friend of the 19-year-old victims, Jorge Rojas, the director of the Organismo de Investigacion Judicial, said Thursday. The OIJ investigates all crime in the country. Thur Mar 16 2000 14:44:32  JONBENET RAMSEY CASE BOULDER, CO Speaking Out -- (Newsday) More than three years after their daughter's murder, John and Patsy Ramsey have their say. DA let Smit keep evidence -- (Longmont) Court records unsealed on Tuesday show the district attorney's office switched directions last year in a dispute with former detective Lou Smit — first demanding the return of Ramsey-investigation material and refusing to allow him to address a grand jury and later allowing him to both keep the case material and testify before the grand jury. Thur Mar 16 2000 12:29:54 Cedric Maake - serial killer Cape Town, South Africa Serial killer gets 27 life sentences -- (Panafrican News Agency) One of the world's worst serial killers was sentenced to 27 life sentences in the Johannesburg High Court Wednesday for the 27 murders he committed in and around Johannesburg in the 1990s. Thur Mar 16 2000 12:27:15  KAYLA ROLLAND, 6 - shot to death Feb 29 Jamelle Andre James, 19, Robert Lee Morris III, 19, and Sir Marcus Winfrey, 22, - possession of firearms MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP, MI Three men indicted in fatal 1st-grade shooting -- (Nando) Three men were indicted Thursday on federal weapons counts in an elementary school shooting that left a 6-year-old girl dead, allegedly at the hands of a classmate. Thur Mar 16 2000 12:11:06  ALBANY, GA Man charged in theft ring -- (Albany Herald) Officers arrested an Albany man Wednesday whom authorities say is the leader of a theft and drug trafficking ring financed by a $2 million blackmail scheme. ADAM MADISON, - throat slashed AIKEN, NC Doctor punished for plot -- (Aiken Standard) Aiken plastic surgeon Dr. Shirley Ann Madison was given a 20-year sentence, suspended to a 90-day work release assignment and probation, Tuesday after pleading guilty of trying to kill her child. SAN JOSE, CA Man saves dog dragged behind car for 10 blocks -- (San Jose Mercury News) A South San Jose man is being called a good Samaritan for coming to the aid of a torn and bloodied dog that had been dragged behind a car for 10 blocks by a driver who claimed he was trying to teach the animal a lesson. CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI Man allegedly attempts to sell daughter to undercover police -- (Michigan Live) A Clinton Township man accused of trying to sell his 10-month-old daughter for $60,000 made a promotional video hawking her, prosecutors say. The man, whose name was not released, was arrested Wednesday. SONYA CANN, 21, SHANE WALTERS, 27, STACY WALTERS, 20 - victims Troy Burkhart, 32 - state is seeking the death penalty ANDERSON COUNTY, SC Burkhart tells court his side of the story -- (Anderson Online) Troy Burkhart took the stand for nearly six hours Wednesday. He was unyielding in his assertion it was self defense when he shot to death three people in the cab of a pickup truck Nov. 17, 1997. FULTON COUNTY, GA Federal Judge Orders County to Fix 'Disgraceful' Jail -- (Law News Network) Calling conditions at the Fulton County, Ga. Jail "disgraceful and totally unacceptable," U.S. District Senior Judge Marvin H. Shoob has ordered county authorities to correct "gross inadequacies of medical care." Thur Mar 16 2000 12:09:29  AMSTERDAM Murder novel becomes true crime with author's arrest -- (Salon.com) An unpublished Dutch novel about a man who kills his wife could find a new lease on life in the true-crime genre, now that the author has confessed to police that his book is basically autobiographical. Thur Mar 16 2000 11:56:41  Leona Keltie or Christie Jackson - wanted by police Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dancers stripped banks? -- (CNews) Fraud cops are hunting a Toronto stripper suspected of leading a ring of exotic dancers who were paid to commit millions of dollars in credit card fraud nationwide. Thur Mar 16 2000 11:38:04  Raymond Alves - suspect in 8 homicides New Jersey For families, pain of loss is still fresh -- (The Record Online) Law enforcement sources said Alves is a suspect in the unsolved killings of Denise Falasca, Donna Albright, Janet Ipsaro Adams, Mary Ann Della Sala, Irene Blase, and Darlene Polizzi. They said he is also under consideration in the slayings of Jacalyn Harp and Alys Jean Eberhardt. New look at old killings -- (The Record Online) Link includes pictures of victims. Alves and the law, 1968-2000 -- (The Record Online) Timeline Thur Mar 16 2000 11:17:31  Tabitha Potter, 11 - Raped and killed Melissa Fadden, 13 - Missing James Howley - Murdered then committed suicide Cops link killer of Lowell girl to missing teen -- (Boston Herald) LOWELL, Mass. A Tewksbury man who raped and killed an 11-year-old Lowell girl before committing suicide last summer has been tentatively linked to at least one other disappearance in the Merrimack Valley. Investigators have determined that James Howley, who killed Tabitha Potter in August, was romantically involved with 13-year-old Lowell resident Melissa Fadden before - and possibly after - she disappeared in March 1997. Thur Mar 16 2000 11:01:24 State official says morphine overdoses appeared intentional; nurse denies it -- (Oregon Live) SHERIDAN, Oregon The nurse who administered morphine to four elderly patients who later died said Wednesday that he never exceeded doctors' orders, but a state official said it appears the patients got intentional overdoses. Thur Mar 16 2000 10:49:24  Jessica Rodriguez, 10 - Abducted and released James Paul Johnson, 38 - Held on $1 million bail Man Arrested in Florida Abduction Makes First Court Appearance; on Suicide Watch -- (AP) GAINESVILLE, Florida An unemployed, divorced father of three young girls made his first court appearance Thursday in the abduction of a 10-year-old girl last week. He was ordered held on $1 million bond, in isolation and on suicide watch. Thur Mar 16 2000 10:41:03  FAIRBANKS , Alaska Fairbanks man guilty of killing friend with knife -- (Anchorage Daily News) A Fairbanks jury has found a 26-year-old man guilty of murder in the stabbing death of his best friend. Adam Hamilton was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder in the Nov. 24 death of David Dixon of Fairbanks. Dixon was stabbed in the neck, chest and back at his home. FAIRBANKS , Alaska Caregiver faces murder charge -- (Anchorage Daily News) Weeks before his death, David Haynes was living in slumlike conditions without running water while his unlicensed caregivers had full access to his bank account, according to Fairbanks police. Police have charged Eric J. Gorham, 55, of Fairbanks with murder in the death of Haynes, 74. Thur Mar 16 2000 10:37:55 Department of Children and Families employee charged with child abuse -- (Daytona Beach Journal) DAYTONA BEACH, Florida An employee of the state Department of Children and Families was charged with aggravated child abuse Wednesday after her son was found walking on a city street bound with duct tape and his body covered with welts. Thur Mar 16 2000 08:21:23  Javed Iqbal - confessed killer of 100 boys Lahore, Pakistan Death for Pakistan serial killer -- (BBC) Judge Allah Bukhsh Ranjha: "You will be strangled to death in front of the parents whose children you killed. Your body will then be cut into 100 pieces and put in acid, the same way you killed the children." The mind of a killer The horrifying crimes for which Javed Iqbal has been convicted have shocked Pakistan, and news of the verdict has been flashed around the world, such is their scale and enormity. |
