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Sat Apr 15 2000 18:42:33  BEND, Oregon Reward for killer of dog is increased to $15,000 --(Bend Bulletin) The reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed humane society director Kimball Lewis’ dog, Donner, has grown to $15,000, and even Gov. John Kitzhaber has expressed his outrage over the slaying. Sat Apr 15 2000 17:08:00  Dr. Henry Lee - pathologist Wichita, Kansas Pathologist puts life, death in perspective -- (Wichita Eagle) Henry C. Lee has seen the darkest side of human behavior, but he keeps an upbeat attitude as he investigates and solves crimes with science. Sat Apr 15 2000 15:58:52  JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - unsolved 1996 homicide Boulder, Colorado Larry King Live transcript, April 14, 2000 -- (CNN News) Does 'JonBenet: Inside The Ramsey Murder Investigation' reveal the true killer? About.com chat with Steve Thomas -- (About.com - Crime/Punishment) Thursday, April 20 at 10 PM EDT. Polygraph talks 'ongoing' -- (Daily Camera) Attorney for John and Patsy Ramsey threatens to sue ex-detective. Bully for you, Steve -- (Denver Post) Former Boulder Detective Steve Thomas will soon be speaking at a high school career day, telling kids how to turn confidential information into big dollars. Sat Apr 15 2000 15:07:45  VICKI ROBINSON, 49 - Choked, injected with bleach, then fatally stabbed Valessa Robinson, 17 - On trial for first degree murder TAMPA, Fla Missing persons -- (St. Petersburg Times) Jon Whispel finishes his testimony and disappears from view. After five days of trial, he is not the only person out of sight. Father of Accused Teen-Age Killer Defends Her -- (AP) Chuck Robinson, the father of slaying suspect Valessa Robinson, said in an interview Friday that he has spoken with his daughter everyday for more than a year and she misses her mother. Jury views photos of slain mom -- (The Tampa Tribune) The prosecution showed videotape of the house - particularly the kitchen where her mother was killed - at Robinson's first-degree murder trial Friday. As she watched from the defense table, the teenager appeared to get tears in her eyes. Sat Apr 15 2000 14:47:10  Robert Blair - convicted of killing wife and child Rutland, Vermont Rutland police will dig again for bodies in murder confession -- (Boston Globe) Police say they'll search again for two bodies of people a convicted murderer says he killed and buried nearly two decades ago. Sat Apr 15 2000 14:41:30  UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN, 31 - stabbed with syringe Dr. Steven Pack, 44 - charged with assault New York Doctor attacks woman with syringe -- (Washinton Post/AP) A doctor stabbed a pregnant nurse six times with a syringe outside a Bronx hospital, police said Saturday. Sat Apr 15 2000 13:55:29  Aileen Wuornos, 44 - On death row DADE CITY, Florida Inmate's ex-lawyer says he guaranteed an appeal -- (St. Petersburg Times) In a deposition last fall, anti-death penalty attorney Steven Glazer said he told his client, serial killer Aileen Wuornos, that he was giving her guaranteed grounds for appeal. Sat Apr 15 2000 08:36:26  LAQUINDA CALICUTT(2) - Beaten to death Bobby Willard - Guilty of murder LUBBOCK, TX Willard guilty of murdering 2-year-old girl (Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal ) A jury of seven women and five men took less than two hours Friday to agree with prosecutor Susan Scolaro that Bobby Willard didn't breathe life into Laquinda Calicutt Ð he beat it out of her. Sat Apr 15 2000 08:34:53  DES MOINES, IA Woman who profited from cancer scare avoids jail time (ABC News-National-Wire ) Two years ago, after Charlene Zimmerman told her husband and three children she was dying of cancer, people all over Des Moines rushed to help. VIJAY BULLA - Strangled Satish Mariswamy - Convicted of first-degree murder ANN ARBOE, MI Jury: Murder premeditated (Ann Arbor (MI) News ) Rejected suitor faces mandatory life sentence Juan F. Enriquez - Died from a gunshot wound to the head Police detective’s suicide came after sexual assault charge (El Paso (TX) Times ) Police officials refused to disclose details about the sexual assault allegation. Leon said only that “it’s a very major ... serious case.” DIANNA LOUISE ROSE - Missing since April 5 WHEELER, MI FBI, police looking for missing Michigan woman ( ) FBI and police in Michigan and El Paso are hoping attempted calls on a cellular telephone in El Paso will lead to the whereabouts of a missing 33-year-old Michigan woman. Steven Eugene Vernon - on suspicion of felony child endangerment and soliciting for prostitution MODESTO, CA Boy sent for hooker, police say (Fresno (CA) Bee ) A Modesto man used his 8-year-old son to contact an undercover police officer so the father could solicit her for acts of prostitution, Fresno police said Thursday. Sat Apr 15 2000 08:33:18  Arohn Kee -Suspected serial killer Cop Talks Of DNA Trickery Against Serial Kill Suspect (New York (NY) Daily News ) When the NYPD tricked a suspected serial killer into leaving a DNA sample on a coffee cup, it was the second time cops had tried to get the evidence by subterfuge, a detective testified yesterday. Sat Apr 15 2000 08:32:25 Dr. Stephen Pack - arrested on second-degree assault charges NEW YORK, NY Doctor stabbed pregnant girlfriend (New York (NY) Post ) An enraged married doctor repeatedly stabbed his pregnant nurse lover with a filled hypodermic needle outside a Bronx hospital last night in an apparent bid to induce an abortion, cops and witnesses said. Sat Apr 15 2000 08:31:01  LAKE STATION, IN Parents: 3 Murder Plot Girls Are Sorry (CBS News-National ) Three first-graders accused of plotting to kill a classmate were overcome with remorse once they were confronted with the gravity of the plan, according to their parents and counselors who evaluated them. HEBRON, IN Murder plots uncovered in Florida, Indiana (Chicago (IL) Tribune ) Authorities say three middle school girls in Hebron, Ind., plotted to kill a 13-year-old boy for dumping his girlfriend, by putting a mixture of water and acid in the boy's milk Tuesday while he ate in the school cafeteria. The plot was never carried out and the three were suspended from school for 10 days. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL Tease spurred schoolgirl murder plot, classmates say (Miami (FL) Herald ) An intense friendship between two girls spiraled into a murderous plot after mischievous classmates stole one girl's beeper and taunted her with it by passing it around the schoolyard. Sat Apr 15 2000 08:28:42  John Eric Armstrong - Claims to have killed as many as 30 people NEW BERLIN, NC Havelock police look for link between suspect, slaying (Detroit (MI) Free Press ) No links have yet been established between a suspected serial murderer from New Bern and any crimes in the area, but police are looking at an unsolved slaying in 1992. Man claims 30 killings, police say (Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review ) Man charged with five strangulations, police investigate 11 other slayings (St. Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch ) Fri Apr 14 2000 23:57:17  AMARILLO, Texas Prisoner surrenders after taking female prison guard hostage -- (Fox) A Texas prison inmate who took a correctional officer hostage surrendered to prison officials after a seven-hour standoff Friday. Fri Apr 14 2000 23:53:22  LOS ANGELES Court overturns 10 more convictions in L.A. police scandal -- (Nando) A judge on Thursday reversed 10 more convictions tainted by the widening Los Angeles police corruption scandal, bringing to 60 the number of convictions overturned because the cases involved officers under investigation for allegedly framing, beating and shooting innocent people. 30 L.A. Officers Called to Testify Before Grand Jury -- (LA Times Rampart: Pace of criminal probe quickens as statutory deadlines near on some alleged offenses by police. Fri Apr 14 2000 23:49:17  O.J. Simpson Concord, New Hampshire O.J. Simpson not allowed to profit from his name -- (Court TV) A New Hampshire patent lawyer has won the fight he began six years ago to keep O.J. Simpson from registering his name and nicknames as trademarks. Fri Apr 14 2000 21:30:10  Kenneth W. Trimble, 33 - alleged victims are boys 8 to 13 years old KERR COUNTY, Tex Camp worker admits to abuse -- (Austin-American) A former YMCA counselor has confessed to molesting nearly 20 boys at Camp Flaming Arrow, a Kerr County camp frequented by Central Texas children, investigators said Thursday. Fri Apr 14 2000 21:25:45  LEVELLAND, Texas FBI lists Hicks as serial killer -- (Bangor Daily) James Hicks, who was convicted of killing his wife in Carmel and is a suspect in the disappearance of two other Maine women, has been classified by the FBI as a serial killer, according to court documents on file in Texas. FBI lists convicted Mainer in Texas as serial killer -- (Boston.com) Hicks is suspected in the disappearances of Jerilyn Towers in 1982, who was last seen leaving a bar with him, and Lynn Willette, whom he lived with, in 1996. He was convicted of fourth-degree murder, the equivalent of manslaughter today, in 1984 for the 1977 disappearance of his first wife, Jennie Hicks, whose body was never found. He served six years in prison. Fri Apr 14 2000 19:55:59  TORONTO, Ont 650 charges in Canadian sex slave trade -- (National Post) Police have brought 650 criminal charges against 300 club owners and sex workers in a year-long investigation that has uncovered Canada's pivotal role in the international trafficking of sex slaves. NEW YORK Morissette faces $9M loss after arrest of financial advisor -- (National Post) Alanis Morissette is likely to lose $9-million (all figures U.S.) and her agent, Scott Welch, nearly $6-million after they invested with a New York financial advisor who is now facing criminal charges for stealing his clients' money. Ken Murray - obstruction of justice ST. CATHARINES, Ont Rosen questioned about Bernardo file -- (CBC) John Rosen was testifying at the trial of Bernardo's first lawyer, Ken Murray. Murray is charged with obstruction of justice for hanging onto tapes showing Bernardo sexually torturing some of his victims. Rosen has said Murray mishandled the case before turning it over to him. Bernardo's former lawyer used the videotapes to broker deal, defence says -- (CNEWS) He's now on trial for obstructing justice after keeping the tapes under wraps for 16 months, during which time Homolka brokered her own deal with the Crown -- 12 years in prison on manslaughter charges -- in exchange for testimony against Bernardo Fri Apr 14 2000 18:26:14  Sean "Puffy" Combs - rapper New York New probe: Did Puffy perjure? -- (New York Post) Prosecutors have launched a new probe into Sean "Puffy" Combs - convening a new grand jury to investigate alleged witness tampering and whether he committed perjury to hide his role in a club shooting. Fri Apr 14 2000 17:56:23  LOUIE ANDERSON - comedian and game-show host Richard J. Gordon, 35 - charged with extortion Los Angeles, California Louie's sex-extortion feud -- (Reuters) Authorities say it was a very un-family feud, and a blackmail game that portly funnyguy Louie Anderson was done playing. Fri Apr 14 2000 17:33:24  Columbia, Mo. Evidence collection will soon be easier -- (MSNBC) It’s like Scooby Doo’s mystery machine. Columbia’s new forensics van will make the long-arm of the law a little longer. Fri Apr 14 2000 17:10:59  SHANE BUTTERFIELD - smothered March 3, 1999 Paul Martin, 25 - found guilty of murder Nottingham, England Killer from lonely heart column gets life -- (Electronic Telegraph) A man who claimed in a lonely hearts column to be a wealthy company director was jailed for life yesterday for murdering the baby of a woman who responded. Fri Apr 14 2000 15:50:14  SHELTON, WA Father gets 40 years for abusing infant -- (Seattle-PI) Justin Ryan Jennings confessed last year to beating and throwing his daughter, as well as injecting citronella oil into her and raping her with a kitchen utensil until she frothed at the mouth in pain. Fri Apr 14 2000 15:47:45  John Eric Armstrong, 26 - arraigned on four counts of premeditated murder DETROIT, MI Man police say is linked to 16 deaths to be arraigned today -- (Michigan Live) Police worldwide are trying to match a suburban Detroit man's account of at least 16 slayings since the early 1990s to information they have about unsolved murders in their cities. Fri Apr 14 2000 15:39:08 Tarver loses late bid to stop execution -- (Alabama Live) Convicted killer Robert Lee Tarver Jr. was heading back to Alabama's electric chair this morning, two months after being spared from execution in an unusual last-minute reprieve. Fri Apr 14 2000 15:37:20  WISE, Va Pixelon.com founder turns self in: was fugitive from Virginia -- (Boston.com) A fugitive embezzler who was on the state of Virginia's most wanted list changed his name, moved to California, raised $35 million from investors and founded a splashy ''dot com'' billed as the first online broadcast network, authorities said. Fri Apr 14 2000 10:40:25  Rodney Joel Blach, 53 - 11-count indictment ALAMEDA COUNTY, Cal Jury indicts bomb suspect -- (San Jose Mercury News) The man accused of being the ``Fremont Bomber'' -- who planted a series of explosives that terrorized the city in March 1998 -- was indicted by an Alameda County grand jury Wednesday on charges that include attempted murder. HUDSON, NH Boy arrested in bomb threat Thursday at Hudson Memorial -- (Nashua Telegraph) The student behind Thursday’s bomb threat at Hudson Memorial School has been caught, school officials said late Thursday. Superintendent Randy Bell said police caught a 14-year-old male juvenile in connection with the threat, which was written on a stairwell. The student confessed to writing the threat, Bell said. Threats continue at Hudson Memorial School -- (Union Leader) Another Hudson school was evacuated yesterday because of a bomb threat, the 11th time in more than a week. Parents help children deal with bomb fears -- (Nashua Telegraph) HERMISTON, Ore Bomb Threats at Incinerator Costing Workers Pay -- (Salt Lake Tribune) Working around tons of deadly chemical weapons is just part of the job for Joe Vandecar. Even a series of bomb threats has not fazed him. But when he thinks about all the money that he and his fellow workers at the Umatilla Chemical Depot are losing every time work is halted to check on a bomb threat, he gets mad. Fri Apr 14 2000 10:17:26 VICKI ROBINSON, 49 - Choked, injected with bleach, then fatally stabbed Valessa Robinson, 17 - On trial for first degree murder TAMPA, Florida Part 5 - The lost boy -- (St. Petersburg Times) One more time, Jon Whispel tells his story of the night Vicki Robinson died. The defense attacks, looking for holes. 6 men, 6 women to decide Robinson's fate -- (The Tampa Tribune) Citizens from diverse backgrounds, including some with law enforcement experience and some who were once accused of crimes, make up the Valessa Robinson jury. Valessa Robinson trial continues -- (Tampa Bay Live) Opening arguments Wednesday included an emotional opening statement from the assistant public defender. She told jury that Valessa was "confused, impressionable and finding her way in the world" when her "two-bit, loser" boyfriend committed the crime. Witness: Daughter says 'Let's kill my mom' -- (Daytona Beach News-Journal) Valessa Robinson and two friends were at a restaurant, tripping on acid, when the girl jumped up with a startling suggestion. "All of a sudden she gets happy, smiles, jumps up and down, and says: 'Let's kill my mom." Whispel gives testimony, Valessa listens and weeps -- (Tampa Tribune) The fourth day of Robinson's trial was marked by emotion. Robinson's father, Chuck Robinson, became visibly upset in court. His new wife, Venessa, sat behind the defense table and dabbed her eyes as Valessa Robinson's co-defendant described how the teenager's mother was murdered nearly two years ago. Fri Apr 14 2000 10:10:23  JONBENET RAMSEY, slain 6 year-old BOULDER, Colorado chuck green - Of field trips and lie tests--(Denver Post)--After publicly declaring their willingness to take lie-detector tests - Scroll to mid-page John Ramsey's prime suspect--(Boulder Weekly)--It's hard to be Chris Wolf. Unless someone is convicted for the murder of JonBenet Ramsey Former Detective on the Ramsey Murder Investigation--Chat Transcript 4/13/00--(ABC News)--Moderator at 11:57am ET--In your book, you identify JonBenét's mother, Patsy Ramsey, as the likely killer. In your opinion, what's the most compelling piece of evidence against Patsy? |
