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Fri Mar 24 2000 09:50:30  KATIE POIRIER - abducted and murdered Donald Blom - awaiting trial Carlton, Minnesota Defense report may undercut key piece of evidence against Blom -- (Star-Tribune) The document indicates that the element zirconium, which was detected on a charred tooth found in the fire pit on Blom's vacation property near Moose Lake, might not be as uncommon as first believed. Blom's defense files new interviews -- (Duluth News) Reports question rarity of dental substance, fire-pit scenario. Fri Mar 24 2000 09:43:34  MARILYN SHEPPARD - murdered in 1954 Dr. Sam Sheppard - served 10 years before aquittal Sam Reese Sheppard - seeking to clear father's name Cleveland, Ohio Jury hears testimony from woman who had affair with Dr. Sam Sheppard -- (Cleveland Live Newsflash) In videotaped testimony, a woman said she had an affair with Dr. Sam Sheppard in the years before his wife was beaten to death in 1954. `Other woman' testifies in Sheppard civil lawsuit -- (Beacon Journal) Woman tells of affair she had with Bay Village doctor. Fri Mar 24 2000 07:50:54  HUDSON, MA Report: Infant duct-taped to day care wall (Fox News ) The director of a day care center duct-taped an 8-month-old girl to a wall, thinking the sight of the struggling baby was funny, state officials said in a report Fri Mar 24 2000 07:49:15 LAPD Corruption Probe Deputy District Attorney George Rosenstock - Yanked from the task force and "exiled" Feb. 7 to a nondescript post in Long Beach LOS ANGELES, CA Prosecutor who fought to charge cops reassigned (Los Angeles Daily News ) A top veteran prosecutor who aggressively pushed to file criminal charges against Rampart Division anti-gang officers was abruptly removed from District Attorney Gil Garcetti's LAPD corruption task force and reassigned to low-level work, the Daily News has learned Fri Mar 24 2000 07:47:55  LEAH ROBERTS - Missing since March 9 BELLINGHAM, WA Missing woman's car found in Wash. forest (Raleigh (NC) News & Observer ) Police intensified their search Thursday for a former N.C. State University student whose wrecked sport utility vehicle was found in a remote forest 80 miles north of Seattle Brother Heads To State of Washington In Search of Missing Sister (WRAL ) JENNIFER MENGE - Missing since March 17 SACRAMENTO, CA Pediatrician, 30, missing (Sacramento Bee ) Sacramento woman never took her flight to friend's wedding Fri Mar 24 2000 07:46:36  Michael Wayne McGray - Claims to have murdered 17 people Convicted murderer wants to strike a deal (CBS News ) "I wish I could say I felt bad for the victims because that's what society wants to hear, but I don't." Murderer claims 17 victims (Canada-Toronto Sun ) Murderer Michael McGray claims responsibility for more killings (Vancouver Sun ) 'When I kill, it's a big high for me' (Canada-National Post ) Fri Mar 24 2000 07:45:22  CLARENCE "CJ" WILKERSON III(9) - Missing since Jan. 12 Derrick Lee Glover - Charged with kidnapping,/i> District attorney may seek murder indictment in CJ disappearance (Raleigh (NC) News & Observer ) A first-degree murder trial without a body would be the first of its kind in county history Fri Mar 24 2000 07:43:50  REENA VIRK(14) - Beaten and drowned Kelly Ellard(17) - On Trial VANCOUVER, BC Defence rests in Virk murder trial (CBC News ) The defence has rested its case at the murder trial of Kelly Ellard. The 17-year-old, charged with second degree murder, testified Wednesday that she did not kill Reena Virk three years ago in Victoria. JOEY CARO(11), MIKEY CARO(8) and CHRISTOPHER CARO(5) - Shot to death Socorro Caro - Charged with murdering her children SANTA ROSA VALLEY, CA Mother must stand trial in children's deaths (Ventura County Star ) Caro, wearing a blue jail uniform, shackles on her ankles, her hair still shortened from brain surgery and a scar visible on the side of her head, wept numerous times during the hearing. TIFFANY EUNICK(6) - Died from a beating that caused more than 35 injuries to her body Lionel Tate (13) - charged as an adult with first-degree murder Boy who killed girl, 6, was jealous of her, prosecutor says (Sun-Sentinel (FL) ) Young murder suspect Lionel Tate was infatuated with his victim's mother and repeatedly asked whether he could live with her, the prosecution says in court papers Thur Mar 23 2000 22:51:57  F. Lee Bailey - accused of violating ethics rules Naples, Florida Bailey Loses Bid to Bar Colleague's Testimony -- (TBO Florida) F. Lee Bailey lost a round Thursday in a case that could lead to his disbarment, when a judge refused to ban the testimony of colleague Robert Shapiro in Bailey's May 30 misconduct trial. Thur Mar 23 2000 22:19:21  Investigators seize letters written by Stayner, pen pal Woman says romance has been 'touched upon.' -- (The Fresno Bee) PEORIA, Illinois Investigators of the slayings of four women in and around Yosemite are poring through nearly 1,000 pages of personal letters and two computer hard drives from a woman who began a long-distance relationship with suspect Cary Stayner after his arrest last summer. Lisa Noe, 28, said agents from the task force investigating the murders searched her Peoria, Ill., home Feb. 12. Thur Mar 23 2000 18:47:28  HAMILTON, OH Dad accused in girl's slaying -- (Middletown Journal) A Hamilton man has been charged with murder following the death Tuesday of his 2-year-old daughter, Randi Fuller. Christopher J. Fuller, 29, has been charged with murder, two counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and felonious assault. Fuller resides at 610 Sycamore St., where the victim also lived. ANDERSON, SC Arrest made in Anderson motel slaying -- (Greenville News) An Anderson teen was charged Wednesday with the weekend slaying of a motel owner. Fredrico D. Riddley, 19, of 212 Old North Church Road in Anderson, is charged with murder and armed robbery in connection with the beating death of motel owner Savita Patel. REIDSVILLE, NC Early morning beating in Reidsville claims man's life -- (News & Record) Ronald Reed Shelton, 43, of Fleming Road, died shortly after midnight after being struck in the head and abdomen with a five-foot-long manual grass edger, said Reidsville Interim Police Chief Capt. Guilio Dattero. Reidsville police arrested William Robert "Robbie" McKinney, 23. KERNERSVILLE, N.C Man indicted on charges of killing wife of 62 years -- (News & Record) A Kernersville man has been indicted on charges of first-degree murder in the death of his wife of 62 years. Lewis Cornelius Gardner, 82, was charged with murder in the Jan. 10 death of Julia Emma Gardner, 82. Thur Mar 23 2000 16:06:55  Anthony Premo, 23 - in F.B.I. custody Washington, D.C. Armed man arrested in Pentagon parking lot -- (CNN) Suspect, from Oregon, had guns, bomb material in his car. Thur Mar 23 2000 15:56:30  LEAH ROBERTS, 23 - missing under mysterious circumstances Bellingham, Washington Ticket stub, checkbook found near wrecked Jeep of missing woman -- (Oregon Live) A ticket stub in a wrecked 1993 Jeep Cherokee found down an embankment off a remote road east of here leads authorities to think that a missing Raleigh, N.C., woman apparently saw a movie here on March 13. Thur Mar 23 2000 15:43:25  Harry Sisson, 61 - bird smuggler Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England Bird expert 'smuggled' parrots -- (BBC) A rare birds expert smuggled nine endangered parrots worth £50,000 each into the UK and illegally sold them, a court has been told. Thur Mar 23 2000 15:37:05  Los Angeles, California Lone gunman robs three banks in 25 minutes -- (Reuters) It was probably quicker than waiting in line for a teller. Police on Thursday were looking for a lone gunman in a hurry who robbed three banks in 25 minutes. Thur Mar 23 2000 15:00:35  Candice Kitto, 23 - held without bond Las Vegas, Nevada Nellis mom charged in death of newborn -- (Las Vegas Sun) A Nellis Air Force Base airman was charged this morning with murder more than three months after her newborn girl was found dead in a plastic bag in a closet of her North Las Vegas apartment. Thur Mar 23 2000 14:54:20  JONBENET RAMSEY,6 - murdered December, 1996 Boulder, Colorado Parents of JonBenet Ramsey get extraordinary television coverage -- (NJO News) After their fifth straight appearance on the "Today" show Friday, John and Patsy Ramsey's television tour takes them next to an unprecedented two nights in front of Larry King's microphone on CNN. Thur Mar 23 2000 13:51:35  Lisbon, Ohio 6th-Grader Holds Class at Gunpoint -- (Washington Post/AP) A sixth-grader pulled a gun in his classroom Thursday morning but a teacher persuaded him to drop the weapon, the school superintendent said. Thur Mar 23 2000 11:02:40  JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - murdered in her home Dec '96 BOULDER, CO Polygraph tests on Ramseys possible -- (Daily Camera) Nearly a week after the release of the book "The Death of Innocence," John and Patsy Ramsey are sorting through e-mail tips and police are preparing to take the couple up on their offer to take a polygraph test. The John and Patsy Show -- (Westword) Even the most impassioned naysayers would have to admit that the marketing campaign surrounding their book about the case -- The Death of Innocence: The Untold Story of JonBenét's Murder and How Its Exploitation Compromised the Pursuit of Truth, officially released to bookstores on March 17 -- has been absolutely brilliant. Owens not in on deal between Hunter, Smit -- (Longmont) While deciding last fall not to appoint a special prosecutor in the JonBenet Ramsey case, Gov. Bill Owens was apparently unaware of a secret agreement in which prosecutors agreed to give up evidence to a former detective who now works for the Ramsey family. Thur Mar 23 2000 10:46:06  BARRON VICTOR Jr., 19 - victim McKinley Phipps Jr., 22 - charged with 1st degree murder BATON ROUGE, LA Rapper indicted in Slidell lounge killing -- (Times Picayne) McKinley Phipps Jr., the Baton Rouge rapper who calls himself Mac "The Camouflage Assassin," was indicted by a St. Tammany grand jury Tuesday on a charge of second-degree murder in the slaying of a 19-year-old Alton man who was shot during a hip-hop extravaganza at a Slidell area bar last month. KATELYN RIVERA, 20m - body not yet recovered Robert Rivera, 33 - facing murder, kidnapping and aggravated assault charges DELAWARE COUNTY, PA Father charged with murder -- (Philly.com) Prosecutors in Delaware County yesterday took the unusual step of charging a man with murder based on circumstantial evidence that he killed his 20-month-old daughter, though no body has been found. Asked where Katelyn was, Rivera reportedly responded, "If I told you, I would spend the rest of my life in jail." MELVIN WASHINGTON, 47 - victim Christopher Ball, 16 - faces two to 12 years in prison DENVER, CO Street teen found guilty of manslaughter in Denver homeless death -- (Nando) A homeless teenager has been found guilty of manslaughter in the beating death of a homeless man, one of a series of attacks last year that sent fear throughout the city's street community. ROXBURY, MA Roxbury woman held in brutal slaying -- (Boston Herald) A Roxbury woman was arrested at Boston police headquarters last night for the brutal weekend murder of 35-year-old Tanya Zdanovich. The two women lived in the same neighborhood. Thur Mar 23 2000 10:25:20  no names released ARUNDEL, Que Quebec teen held in parents' shooting deaths -- (Montreal Gazette) A 17-year-old was being held in police custody Thursday in the shooting deaths of his parents. Police discovered the bodies after the teen's 15-year-old sister arrived home to find blood in the house in Arundel, 100 kilometres north of Montreal. Thur Mar 23 2000 09:41:31 LEAH T. ROBERTS, 23 - Missing BELLINGHAM, Washington Ticket stub, checkbook found near wrecked Jeep of missing woman -- (AP) Authorities think that a missing Raleigh, N.C., woman apparently saw a movie here on March 13. But sheriff's detectives have no clues as to what happened to Leah T. Roberts, 23, between that viewing and the time her car was found last Saturday. Have you seen Leah Roberts? -- (The Bellingham Herald) The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office is distributing an informational flier and picture of Leah T. Roberts, 23, who is still missing after leaving her Raleigh, N.C., home on March 9 for a cross-country road trip. Thur Mar 23 2000 09:14:27  CARY ANN MEDLIN, 8 - Abducted, raped and murdered in 1979 Robert Glen Coe - Execution stayed NASHVILLE, Tennessee Two families wait for execution decision -- (NewsChannel 5) The uncertain nature of Coe's execution left the killer's family and the family of Coe's victim waiting. For Cary Medlin's family, news of Coe's latest stay was devastating. Medlin family gathers at gravesite -- (The Commercial Appeal) GREENFIELD, Tennessee Cary Ann Medlin's family, friends and supporters gathered at the 8-year-old's grave here Wednesday to remember her. Then they continued the two decades of waiting for the execution of Robert Glen Coe, her convicted murderer. Town has 'never been the same' since girl was slain -- (The Commercial Appeal) GREENFIELD, Tennessee In 1979 8-year-old Cary Ann Medlin was abducted while riding her bicycle a block from her home, snatched from quiet residential streets by a stranger in a dark brown car. Cary's broken body was found the next day in an overgrown field two miles away. She had been raped and stabbed to death. SPECIAL REPORTS Robert Glen Coe and the Death Penalty -- (The Commercial Appeal) Timeline of the case and past coverage. Thur Mar 23 2000 08:05:28 Tommy Lynn Sells - Confessed to killing 11 people LITTLE ROCK, AR Visiting confessed killer points out murder spots in LR, gets surprise at one (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (AR) ) Almost two decades after leaving Little Rock as a teen-ager, Tommy Lynn Sells returned in handcuffs Wednesday to help investigators track his criminal past. Police believe jailed drifter's confession (Dallas (TX) Morning News-Texas ) Paul Bernardo - Convicted murderer of two teenage girls TORONTO, CANADA Jail guard faces probe for serving Bernardo's dinner late (Canada-National Post ) Paul Bernardo, who tortured and murdered two teenagers, has laid a formal complaint against a member of Kingston Penitentiary's emergency response team for being two hours late delivering his chicken order from a supermarket. Joseph Palczynski - Murderer killed in hostage standoff BALTIMORE, MD Police reveal tale of terror (Baltimore (MD) Sun-Maryland ) Hostages were threatened constantly with death; `Colonel' Palczynski demanded to speak to former girlfriend; He sought `suicide by cop' Va. man phoned murder suspect / Tried persuasion to end standoff (Times Dispatch ) KRYSTAL STEADMAN(9) - Murdered Thomas Soria(19) - Arraigned on multiple charges LAKE TAHOE, NV Tahoe murder victim's throat slashed (San Francisco (CA) Chronicle & Examiner ) Preliminary autopsy results confirm that a 9-year-old Lake Tahoe girl died when her throat was slashed, Douglas County authorities said Wednesday. Police Seek Clothes In Tahoe Girl’s Killing (Reno (NV) Gazette-Journal ) RENA VIRK(14) - Beaten and drowned Kelly Ellard - On trial for murder Kelly Ellard takes the stand to deny killing Reena Virk (Vancouver Sun ) Looking calm and confident as she testified in her own defence, Kelly Ellard denied Wednesday that she murdered 14-year-old Reena Virk. RANDI FULLER(2) - Murdered Christopher Fuller -Charged with rapinga dkilling his daughter Man charged with raping, killing daughter, 2 (The Cincinnati Enquirer ) Christopher Fuller carried his 2-year-old daughter, limp and unconscious, into the corner grocery next to his house on Sycamore Street Tuesday afternoon, a clerk there says. Thur Mar 23 2000 08:03:35 Sandra Gaye Scott - Disappeared last November, body discovered Robert Wayne Harris - Texas car wash murderer IRVING, TX Suspect leads police to body (Dallas Morning News ) Robert Wayne Harris led police to one more funereal discovery Wednesday, the day after he confessed to the deadly carwash shootings. Rampage That Killed 5 Described In Documents (Ft. Worth (TX) Star-Telegram ) Thur Mar 23 2000 08:02:07  No names released PASADENA, TX Police: Man wounds 4, kills self in church (Chicago Tribune ) A man apparently spurned by a love interest opened fire in a church Wednesday night, wounding the woman and three other people before he shot and killed himself, police said. Victims have all been 4-6 years old LAS VEGAS, NV LV police reveal five abductions tied to molester (Las Vegas Review- ) A man has been luring girls into his car over the past year, and at least two have been sexually assaulted. Harutyun Arutyunyan- Shot in gun battle with police FORT LAUDERDALE, FL Cop, fugitive have gunfight in Fort Lauderdale bank lobby (Sun-Sentinel ) cop and a wanted man had a toe-to-toe gunfight in a busy downtown bank late Wednesday morning, spraying as many as a dozen shots around the lobby and sending customers and employees scrambling for cover Thur Mar 23 2000 07:44:56 LAPD Corruption Scandal LOS ANGELES, CA Dismissal sought in six more LAPD corruption scandal cases (CNN ) Dismissal sought in six more LAPD corruption scandal cases Thur Mar 23 2000 05:30:22  Woman sues stepdaughter over ad on Internet -- (St. Petersburg Times) SPRING HILL, Florida A Spring Hill resident is suing her 18-year-old stepdaughter for defamation after the girl placed an online advertisement listing her stepmother as a provider of "escort services." "I'm easy," read the ad, placed on Yahoo's classified section. Thur Mar 23 2000 05:13:39  ASHA DEGREE, 9 - Missing 37 days Police seek new ways to find Asha -- (Shelby Star) SHELBY,NC "Investigators have reason to believe that there may be individuals who have information pertinent to this investigation, that for some unknown reasons, have yet to come forward with said information." Hunt for girl will try a billboard -- (Charlotte Observer) Police say they will erect a full-size color billboard with the picture of a missing 9-year-old Cleveland County girl and other identifying information along the road where she was last spotted five weeks ago. A full-size color billboard with the picture of 9-year old Asha Degree went up today -- (WBTV) Authorities in Cleveland County say they are more sure than ever that someone was involved in the disappearance of Asha. Investigators from the Justice Department are here to interview her brother and classmates who are all described as potential witnesses. Thur Mar 23 2000 02:33:06 KRYSTAL STEADMAN, 9 - Murdered Thomas Soria, 19 - Arraigned on multiple charges LAKE TAHOE 9-year-old died of neck wound -- (Tahoe Daily Tribune) Preliminary autopsy results confirm that a 9-year-old South Lake Tahoe girl died when her throat was slashed, Douglas County authorities said Wednesday. Murder suspect arraigned -- (Tahoe Daily Tribune) Thomas Soria showed little emotion Tuesday when he was arraigned on charges of kidnapping and using a knife, or other sharp object, to murder a 9-year-old South Lake Tahoe girl. Prosecutor considering death penalty -- (Tahoe Daily Tribune) Douglas County District Attorney Scott Doyle is pondering whether to seek the death penalty in the murder case of 9-year-old Krystal Steadman. Thur Mar 23 2000 02:01:20  Leah T.Roberts, 23 - Missing on a cross-country trip Missing woman's relatives arrive to help -- (The Bellingham Herald) BELLINGHAM, Washington Leah T. Roberts, 23, is still missing after her 1993 white Jeep Cherokee was found wrecked on an abandoned logging road near Mount Baker Highway Saturday. Roberts left her Raleigh, N.C., home March 9 for a cross-country road trip. FBI Helping Deputies Investigate Case of Missing NC Woman -- (AP) The FBI and Whatcom sheriff's office are investigating the disappearance of a Raleigh, North Carolina, woman. Twenty-three-year-old Leah Roberts was on a cross-country trip. Thur Mar 23 2000 01:49:04  Robert Maudsley, 46 - has spent 25 years in solitary confinement Wakefield Prison, England Killer begs for budgie or suicide -- (BBC) One of Britain's most notorious serial killers has written letters pleading for the terms of his solitary confinement to be relaxed or to be allowed to commit suicide. Thur Mar 23 2000 01:33:50  LESLIE MAHAFFY, 14 - abducted and murdered KRISTIN FRENCH, 15 - abducted and murdered Paul Bernardo - convicted killer seeking re-trial Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ontario Court of Appeal bracing for return of Bernardo case -- (C-News) Court officials are bracing for a crush of the curious next week as the notorious case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka returns to the limelight. Thur Mar 23 2000 00:55:12  UNIDENTIFIED GIRL, 5-6 - skeleton discovered by building HOLLY - missing child, born March 2, 1962 Chicago, Illinois Police seek DNA link of woman, girl's body -- (Chicago Tribune) Chicago police have collected a DNA sample from a Nebraska woman to determine if she is the mother of a little girl whose skeleton was found buried beside a Lakeview apartment building last December. Thur Mar 23 2000 00:45:22  STEEN KEITH FENRICH, 19 - body parts found in park John Fenrich, Jr., 36 - committed suicide Dix Hills, New York Stepfather shoots himself on roof after teen's remains found -- (NJO News) A man climbed on his roof and fatally shot himself Wednesday after incriminating himself in his stepson's grisly murder, according to police sources. Thur Mar 23 2000 00:32:58  Kanunga Village, Thika District, Kenya Witness recounts how father dumped body -- (Daily Nation) A 19-year-old man recounted in the High Court yesterday how police started closing in on his father following the death of his mother and three sisters. Wed Mar 22 2000 23:38:18 Children's agency scrutinizing mom after kidnap report -- (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) FORT WORTH,Texas A woman who reported that her 9-year- old daughter was abducted by an acquaintance Tuesday night became the focus of a child- welfare investigation yesterday after the girl was found safe, warm and asleep. |
