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Mon Mar 20 2000 11:49:47  JAMES PATRICK RILEY - wounded in murder attempt Dr. Larry Ford - suspect, suicide victim IRVINE, CA Puzzle Deepens in Irvine Shooting and Suicide -- (LA Times) By now, according to the plan, Inner Confidence should have been on store shelves. Sales should have been booming, surpassing $46 million by year's end. And Ford and Riley, as founding partners, should have been wealthy. Instead, Ford is dead and Riley is in hiding. Mon Mar 20 2000 11:25:49  Joseph Palczynksi - Suspected quadruple murderer holding three people hostage DUNDALK, Md Police halt evacuations in area around hostage home -- (MSNBC) After evacuating about 30 people from homes around an apartment where Joseph Palczynski is holding three people hostage, Baltimore County police say they can’t take anyone else out. TV stations struggle with hostage coverage questions -- (AP) The accused gunman was watching it. A police spokesman asked to be on it. And relatives' pleas appeared throughout the day. Nothing is predictable in madness of attacks -- (Sun Spot) Mon Mar 20 2000 11:10:58  IRVING, Texas Three Killed in Texas Car Wash -- (Las Vegas Sun) Three people were found shot to death today at a car wash and three others were critically wounded in an apparent robbery. LAS VEGAS, NV Five Teens Killed by Swerving Van -- (Las Vegas Sun) A van veered off a highway and slammed into a group of juvenile offenders working on a county-run trash cleanup crew, killing five and critically injuring a sixth. The 20-year-old driver was jailed for investigation of driving under the influence . DETROIT, MI Abandoned newborn left at church door -- (Michigan Live) The baby boy with his umbilical cord still attached lay in front of a west side Detroit Baptist church Sunday afternoon. MILWAUKEE, WI Wis. Uses DNA to solve old crimes -- (UPI) Wisconsin's controversial program to collect DNA samples from convicted felons already is yielding results in linking old crimes, but in neighboring Illinois, a lack of technicians to perform the crucial tests is delaying efforts to solve cases. Mon Mar 20 2000 10:57:48  LOS ANGELES, CA Missing Oscars found in L. A. trash -- (Cnews) A man looking for moving boxes Sunday discovered dozens of missing Academy Award statuettes in a trash bin in the city's Koreatown neighbourhood. Mon Mar 20 2000 10:55:23  WASHINGTON, DC Louisiana inmate who gouged out his eyes denied appeal -- (Nando) The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal by a Louisiana inmate who won, and then lost, a $1 million award from jail officials who failed to protect him from gouging out his eyes during a psychotic episode. MONTGOMERY, Ala Chemical castration may be in Alabama sex offenders' future -- (Nando) Alabama lawmakers could make their state the ninth to pass legislation that would allow child molesters to be chemically castrated as a means of keeping them from repeating their crimes. Mon Mar 20 2000 01:32:34  QUEEN ELIZABETH - on official tour Suspect, 24 - in custody Australia Armed man charged at Queen venue -- (BBC) Police say the man was carrying a knife and crude explosive device when he was stopped. He has been charged with unlawful possession of a knife and of a prohibited drug. Sun Mar 19 2000 22:35:00 FORT HOOD, Texas U.S. district judge bars release of Waco re-enactment video--(Postnet) Once again Sunday, at about 11 a.m., tanks rolled not far from Waco while overhead aircraft recorded their actions. In about three hours, the court-ordered test at Fort Hood to determine whether flashes on an infrared video taken at Mount Carmel on April 19, 1993, were caused by gunshots or glint was over. Sun Mar 19 2000 20:38:02  Joseph Palczynksi - Suspected quadruple murderer holding three people hostage More Shots Fired From Standoff Home -- (AP) DUNDALK, Maryland A murder suspect holding three people hostage for a third day fired shots out a window Sunday evening after several hours of calm following a morning burst of gunfire. Gunman Holds Three Hostages For Third Day in Maryland -- (Fox News) Suspected quadruple murderer Joseph Palczynksi fired several times at police on Sunday but no one was injured, police said. Shots were fired from the house where Palczynski is holding three people hostage early Sunday evening. Sun Mar 19 2000 20:17:58  JESSICA RODRIGUEZ, 10 - Abducted and then released after three days Kidnapping sent shivers through region -- (Gainesville Sun) GILCHRIST COUNTY, Florida There was a little girl out there, one of their own, stolen by a stranger who whisked her away from the driveway of her Gilchrist County home after she stepped off her school bus. Not able to simply sit at home and worry, some Gilchrist County residents took to the roads as an impromptu civilian posse. Against the Odds, A Young Girl Returns Home -- (Fox News) Less than 24 hours after a 10-year-old Florida girl was kidnapped from the driveway of her family's rural home, the girl's parents were featured on television holding a photograph of their missing daughter for all eyes to see. Sun Mar 19 2000 19:59:22 UNSOLVED MURDERS: CyberSleuths Featured WebSite of the Week   Wilson "Wally" Black Elk and Ron Hard Heart Unsolved, Uninvestigated Murders Haunt Pine Ridge Indian Reservation -- (website maintained by Camp Justice) When the bodies of two more Lakota men were found on June 8th, 1999 and the law enforcement of Sheridan County Nebraska seemed to either not care, or were possibly covering up for one of their own, the people of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation demanded justice. When there was little or no investigation into the deaths of these men, nor any investigation into previous deaths of Indian people in this area, the brother of one of the slain victims, Tom Poor Bear, and others, organized a peaceful march to the town of White Clay, Nebraska, just two miles from the South Dakota border, and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. RELATED: WANTED: Unknown Ronald Hardheart And Wallace Black Elk, Jr. Killer(s) -- (AMW.com) America's Most Wanted TV show web coverage of the case. Unsolved Crimes: Website of the Week -- (CyberSleuths.com) Contains links to previously featured sites. Sun Mar 19 2000 14:50:56  UNION CITY, N.J. Children's Dentist Investigated After Boy's Leg Is Broken -- (NY Times) "The dentist explained to me that my son was struggling, and that he had begun to kick his legs in the air and had kicked him in the head," she said. "He told me, 'I pressed down on his leg, and I heard his bone snap.' " Mario Rivero has a broken right femur, and has a cast on his entire right leg, part of his left leg and halfway up his chest, his mother said. Dr.Kevin P.Ward, 42, did not respond to telephone messages left at his office Thursday and Friday; neither did his lawyer, Vincent Loughlin. BERKELEY COUNTY, SC Berkeley man dies in shooting -- (Charleston.Net) A Berkeley County man was killed by shots fired late Friday when groups of armed men jumped from two cars in a robbery attempt near Jamestown, police said. BUCKS COUNTY, PA Two men sentenced in road-rage killing -- (Bucks County Courier Times) James Galione was sentenced to five to 10 years and Jeremiah Reeves will serve eight to 16 in the road-rage beating of musician Dave Albert. Bristol Borough police say others could be arrested for taking part in the deadly brawl. Sun Mar 19 2000 13:21:58  CALGARY, ALTA Self-styled prophet calls wife's starvation 'God's will' -- (National Post) - The family of Eda Lee, who starved to death on a remote mountainside during a quest for spiritual enlightenment, knew something was wrong when her husband was spotted in Calgary without her, the woman's sister says. Mr. Lee faces charges of improperly disposing of a human body . 'A Sweet Spirit' -- (Calgary Sun) Eda Lee, who fasted to death on a religious experience with her self-proclaimed prophet husband, was "beguiled and deceived," mourners heard yesterday. REENA VIRK, 14 - swarmed, beaten, drown VANCOUVER, BC Ellard took me to murder scene: friend -- (National Post) Kelly Ellard took a friend on a guided tour of the area where she murdered Reena Virk, pointing out such spots as the tree she had smashed the 14-year-old's face into, B.C. Supreme Court was told yesterday. MONTREAL, QUE Officers who beat taxi driver to death to return to work -- (National Post) Two police officers who fatally beat a cab driver seven years ago will be allowed to return to work because of a court ruling that ordered their reinstatement. OTTAWA, ONT Former Mountie's last hope rejected -- (National Post) A former Mountie convicted of killing his wife 15 years ago has been denied his last chance of winning a new trial. NORTH YORK, ONT Weekend in jail for slay suspect -- (Toronto Sun) The man charged in the meat cleaver-killing of a Toronto loan shark is a real estate salesman. Accused killer Wai Leung "Patrick" Lee, 48, appeared briefly in court yesterday, gingerly holding his heavily bandaged right hand. OTTAWA, ONT Youth justice isn't kid stuff -- (Toronto Sun) How bad is public perception of the Young Offenders Act? It's so bad, people now think the YOA causes youth crime. OTTAWA, ONT Search for dead man uncovers mystery -- (Ottawa Citizen) Rene Cleroux watched as police fished a red hatchback out of the Ottawa River near Cumberland yesterday, looking to the blue sky and praying the dead man in the driver's seat was his missing nephew, Stephane Cleroux, who was beaten to death in December. ST-JEAN-BAPTISTE-DE-NICOLET, QUE Small town copes quietly with tragedy of seven dead children -- (Montreal Gazette) This community mourns in silence but turns vocal in its support for the woman involved in a horrific crash that killed seven children. "If that woman is charged, I'm convinced there will be a riot in this town," said Madeleine Lupien Sun Mar 19 2000 13:18:53  CRIME FILES JUSTICE STORY Milton, New Hampshire -- Saturday, Feb. 4, 1939 Vicious Villain--(NY Daily News) It was not like Maude Horne to be late for dinner. Punctuality was a virtue Horne developed early in life and cultivated during her many years of teaching school — and that in New Hampshire, a no-nonsense state. Sun Mar 19 2000 10:49:09  YOSEMITE MURDERS - February, 1999 California Probe aims to find if Stayner had help -- (Modesto Bee) In recent weeks, law officers have served a number of search warrants -- one as far away as Peoria, Ill. -- trying to learn whether Stayner had help in the murders of Carole Sund, 42, of Eureka, her daughter Julie, 15, and family friend Silvina Pelosso, 16, of Cordoba, Argentina. Sun Mar 19 2000 10:29:14  REISKY de DUBNIC, 54 - murdered March 20, 1999 Arkansas Suspect list narrows in slaying of Field heir -- (Chicago Sun-Times) One year after the great-great-granddaughter of Chicago mogul Marshall Field was gunned down in her beloved hideaway in Arkansas' Ozarks, investigators have narrowed the list of suspects to a handful from about 20. Sun Mar 19 2000 10:02:26 Jan. 31, 2000 Airliner crash which killed 88 people Air crash a criminal case: paper --(Daily SouthTown)--What began months ago as an inquiry into maintenance practices at an Alaska Airlines facility has become a criminal investigation into the deadly crash of Flight 261, The Seattle Times reported Saturday Sun Mar 19 2000 08:39:39  MARYLAND HOSTAGE STANDOFF Joseph Palczynski, holding three people hostage BALTIMORE, Maryland Suspected killer fires shots in Baltimore hostage standoff--(CNN)--Some of the gunshots were fired from the rear of the apartment. Several others came from the front, police said, adding that no one appears to have been injured inside or outside the apartment as a result of the shots. Shots Fired From Md. Standoff Home--(Star Tribune)--Shots were fired early Sunday from a home where a heavily armed murder suspect was holding three people hostage, authorities said. Shooting Rampage-Timeline--(NJO NewsFlash) News Releases from the Baltimore County Police Dept. Baltimore Co. PD 'wanted' files - Palczynski Sun Mar 19 2000 08:23:39  KENNY KRAMER, murdered 3 year-old Harold Kramer Jr, convicted of 2nd degree intentional murder BROWNSVILLE, Minnesota Jury Convicts--(Chicago Tribune)--A man has been convicted of killing his 3-year-old son by taping him to a tree in the woods as a way to win back his estranged girlfriend. Kramer found guilty --(MSNBC)---Howey Kramer arrived in court hoping jurors would believe he was a loving father, and did not kill his three-year-old son Kenny. He would leave crying and disappointed. Sun Mar 19 2000 06:30:42  JONBENET RAMSEY(6) - Unsolved murder since 1996 BOULDER, CO Ramseys launch book tour — with restrictions (Court TV ) John and Patsy Ramsey began a tightly controlled media campaign Friday to launch their new book, which promotes the theory that an intruder broke into their home and killed their daughter three years ago. The Ramseys: ‘The Bogeyman Came’ (MSNBC ) Nelson Turns Page With Ramsey Book (Tennessean) 'The police are not interested in justice'--(Inside Denver)--In this house, there are only two doors, and the windows don't open. The owners want it that way Police see Ramsey 'smoke screen' --(Inside Denver)--John and Patsy Ramsey's portrayal of themselves as cooperative with police detectives investigating their daughter's slaying is a "smoke screen," Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner said. Chronicle of cooperation --(Inside Denver)--Here is a summary of the Ramseys' A Chronicle of Cooperation Allegations & responses --(Inside Denver)--Following is a list of "urban legends" John and Patsy Ramsey say have developed in the case -- and the couple's response to the allegations Investigator Smit says evidence points to intruder as murderer --(Inside Denver)--"I don't see the killer at the end of the Ramsey path," Smit said last week. "I see the killer at the end of the intruder path." Intruder theory--(Inside Denver)--Here is a summary of their scenario that an intruder in their home killed JonBenet Excerpts from 'The Death of Innocence'--(Inside Denver)--The Untold Story of JonBenet's Murder and How Its Exploitation Compromised the Pursuit of Truth, by John and Patsy Ramsey. Interviewer says he wants to move on --(Inside Denver)--And as for a dramatic moment when he reportedly accused her of lying to him, Haney said he no longer recalls the exchange in detail The Ramseys Speak--(ABC News)--John and Patsy Ramsey said they are on a mission to find the killer of their 6-year-old daughter, JonBenét, according to transcripts of an interview broadcast Friday on ABCNEWS’ 20/20. TRANSCRIPTS: The Timeline of the Case Possible Motives for Murder The Evidence and Investigation The Grand Jury and Beyond Sun Mar 19 2000 06:25:36 JESSICA RODRIQUEZ(10) - Kidnap victim James Paul Johnson - Under arrest GAINSVILLE, FL Lawyer: Suspect to plead innocent to kidnapping 10-year-old girl (News Journal ) The man accused of kidnapping a 10-year-old girl and then releasing her three days later will plead innocent, his lawyer said. Sun Mar 19 2000 06:22:31 LAPD CORRUPTION PROBE LOS ANGELES, CA Deputy D.A. sent warnings about bad cop (Los Angeles (CA) Daily News ) The District Attorney's Office ignored early signs of corruption in the LAPD Rampart Division, despite the repeated efforts of one prosecutor to expose the actions of rogue cops more than a year before the scandal was uncovered, the Daily News has learned Sun Mar 19 2000 06:21:32  HEYWARD BROWN and ELLEN BROWN - Died from blows to the head Harvey Brown - Suspected of murdering his parents LAKE GRAVE, NY Crime's Tangled Web Slain couple's son defends self online (Newsday ) The bizarre tale of two brothers bitterly pitted against each other over the unsolved murder of their parents in their Lake Grove home more than two years ago has taken another turn, with one of the brothers-accused by the other in the killings-launching a for-profit Web site on their deaths. The address:www.doublemurder.com. Sun Mar 19 2000 06:19:37  RYAN STOFFER - Shot in the head Michael Dean Scott - On trial for murder CANTON, Michael Scott, accused in 2 murder cases, faces jurors this week (Canton (OH) Repository ) No one on trial in Stark County has been sentenced to death since 1986 MASON, OH Police step up hunt for serial rapist (The Cincinnati Enquirer ) Nearly two years after a serial rapist attacked his first victim and with a key date approaching, members of a multiagency task force are stepping up efforts to find the suspect. CANDICE RICHIE - Found dead in her apartment Sentrell Wilson - Suspect COLUMBIA, MO Victim’s dad wants murder charges filed (Columbia (MO) Tribune ) From the start, police have viewed Richie’s death as suspicious. STEVEN HAWKINS - Shot in the head by police NEW ORLEANS,LA Officer mistakenly shoots carjack victim (Dallas (TX) Morning News-Texas ) An off-duty officer who came upon a carjacking in progress shot and wounded the the car owner as he fired at the masked men trying to steal the car, authorities said. Sun Mar 19 2000 06:04:09 MARYLAND HOSTAGE STANDOFF Joseph Palczynski - Suspected of killing four people, now holding three people hostage BALTIMORE, MD Gunman's Kin Plead For Surrender (CBS News ) A heavily armed man suspected of killing four people remained holed up with at least three hostages in an apartment Saturday, as relatives and friends pleaded for him to come out. Murder suspect still holding hostages in Maryland (Nando Times ) Police continue talks with hostage holder (Baltimore (MD) Sun ) Palczynski Held Off Authorities In Idaho In 1992, Police Recall (Baltimore (MD) Sun ) Hostage Standoff Drags On (ABC News-National ) Man accused of killing 4 cornered in Md. (USA Today ) Sun Mar 19 2000 04:34:18 MBARARA, Uganda Doomsday Believers Die in Uganda Mass Suicide--(Rueters) More than 200 cult members, some leading children, set themselves alight in a church in southwest Uganda in the belief that the end of the world is approaching, police said. Sun Mar 19 2000 01:06:25  BRIAN WELZIEN - vanished New Year's Eve Chicago, Illinois Body in lake is 'probably' missing man -- (Chicago Sun-Times) Family and friends of Brian Welzien have at least a partial answer now. Search for missing college student ends -- (MSNBC) Welzien died from asphyxia due to drowning, according to the coroner. Sun Mar 19 2000 00:19:19  BOULDER, CO Police want Ramseys to face lie detector -- (USA Today) Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner says he would be interested in administering a lie detector test to the parents of JonBenet Ramsey. The Ramseys said they have never been asked to take a lie detector test and would be willing to take one now. ''If they are serious this time, sure, we'd be interested,'' Beckner said. JonBenet's Parents' Book Sells Poorly in Boulder -- (Washington Post) The Boulder Book Store had sold only eight copies of "The Death of Innocence" by closing Friday. Sun Mar 19 2000 00:12:41  SOMERVILLE, NJ Cops tie insurance agent to big theft -- (IN Jersey) A Mendham insurance agent was charged Friday with burglarizing the Bernardsville home of a client and stealing more than a half-million dollars in jewelry, furs, and a luxury sport utility vehicle. LITTLE ROCK, AK Two accused with stealing identities of the dead -- (MSNBC) Authorities say a Tulsa man was involved in a scheme to steal identities from dead people to buy vehicles using their names and credit histories. TORONTO, ONT Broker charged with $7M fraud -- (Toronto Sun) A veteran commodities broker for a downtown investments firm was charged yesterday with bilking his former employers out of almost $7 million TACOMA, WA Judge sentences boy to wear "I am a thief" sign -- (Oregon Live) A 17-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to car theft has been sentenced to wear a plainly visible sign for 16 months that reads, "I am a car thief." Sat Mar 18 2000 21:11:28  Joseph N. Green Jr, 44 - ''I got tears and I'm jumping up and down for joy " ST. PETERSBURG, FL Inmate freed by judge after spending six years on death row -- (Bradenton Herald) A man who spent more than six years on death row for a murder he always maintained he did not commit walked free Friday, after the judge who sentenced him to die acquitted him. Ex-Death Row inmate vindicated -- (Miami Herald) When Joseph N. Green Jr. went to trial for murder in 1993, the key eyewitness against him was a man who had originally gotten his race wrong and had admitted being high on crack, marijuana and beer the night of the killing. Sat Mar 18 2000 20:21:21  BRIAN WELZIEN - Body found, missing since January 1, 2000 GARY, Indiana Body matching description of missing student found on Lake Michigan shore -- (AP)--A body that washed up on the shores of Lake Michigan has been identified as that of a Northern Illinois University student who has been missing since Jan. 1, 2000. Lake County Coroner Dr. Thomas R. Philpot used dental records to positively identity the body of Brian Welzien, of Elgin, Ill., at about 5:55 p.m. Saturday, according to a written statement. The cause of death was listed as asphyxia due to drowning. Sat Mar 18 2000 20:01:30  MARK ROWLAND, 36 - Murdered social worker Daniel Ayer, 35 - Charged with first-degree murder and faces life in prison if convicted. NASHUA, New Hampshire Wife of murder suspect criticizes state agency -- (AP) A woman whose husband is charged with killing a social worker says the state's helping hand was more like an iron fist. Daniel Ayer, is accused of killing Mark Rowland of Manchester last August when the social worker arrived to visit the couple's son. Murder suspect's wife recalls thorny relationship with agency -- (Nashua Telegraph) Mrs. Ayer decided to speak with The Telegraph despite threats from DCYF to prosecute her for doing so, she said. "They told me if I went public, I'd be held on a misdemeanor," Ayer said. Report urges less adversarial DCYF -- (Nashua Telegraph) The state Division of Children, Youth and Families should focus more on helping children and less on prosecuting parents, a legislative study committee will recommend. Sat Mar 18 2000 19:11:22 JESSICA RODRIQUEZ, 10 year-old kidnap victim James Paul Johnson, under arrest GAINESVILLE, Florida Lawyer: Suspect to Plead Innocent to Kidnapping 10-Year-Old Girl --(AP) "This is an individual who, if indeed is the one who kidnapped the little girl, the little girl was returned after three days and that distinguishes this case from any that I've seen," Kurrus said. "It would suggest that while this man may be in serious need of psychiatric help and may have an ill mind, he does not have an evil heart." It is likely that Johnson will face more charges besides kidnapping, said Gilchrist County Sheriff David Turner. Sat Mar 18 2000 17:24:24  WAQUARUNNISA ANSARI - allegedly attacked Bombay, India Deputies strip rival -- (South China Morning Post) Right-wing Hindu women deputies of the Bombay city municipal corporation stripped a Muslim woman deputy and tried to strangle her. Sat Mar 18 2000 17:09:40 SHAZIA ZAIDI - victim SABA , 7 and ZEESHAN, 6 - victims Suspect, 34 - now in custody Bracknell, Berkshire, England Mother and two children killed in family home -- (The London Times) Sergeant Peter Gotch, of Thames Valley Police, said: "The offender, as far as we know, is on the loose and a major investigation is ensuing." Man arrested in triple murder case -- (BBC) Police are continuing to question a man arrested in connection with the murder of a mother and her two young children. Man held in triple murder case -- (The Guardian and Observer) The arrest of the 34-year-old in High Wycombe, Berks, came during a nationwide police hunt after the killings, which shocked a close-knit housing estate in Bracknell. |
