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WARNING: The following case might not be suitable for some readers. Caution is advised by the author. Toronto, Ontario - Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka HUNT FOR THE SCARBOROUGH RAPIST - By Bill Kelly - The police folder read like a chronicle of sadistic insanity. The details of his eroticism and bestiality were so risqué that even the most outspoken Canadian newspapers felt they could not publish them. Mon May 1 2000 09:07:39  RENETTA CORN, 29 - subject of mother's death plot Sheila Corn, 49 - conspired to commit murder Lorain, Ohio Murder plot charge tied to family fight over children -- (Clevelan Plain Dealer) "It’s one thing to worry about a carjacking," said Corn, a single mother. "It’s another thing to worry that your mother is going to walk on your porch and try to kill you." JESUS HARO, 3 - died of scalding injuries Leticia Hernandez, 19 - facing death penalty if convicted Muleshoe, Texas Muleshoe murder case goes to trial -- (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal) Jury selection in the capital murder case of a Muleshoe mother accused of scalding her son begins Monday in Bailey County. VICTIM, 13 - abducted schoolgirl SUSPECTS, 18 and 19 - sailors under arrest Everett, Washington Two sailors jailed in alleged rape of girl -- (Seattle Times) Two sailors suspected of kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old Everett girl are in jail, two months after they allegedly snatched the girl on her way to school and forced her to consume beer and drugs at a local hotel. John Edward Nichols, 29 - identified by photo line-up Orlando, Florida Suspect arrested in grotesque squirt gun attacks against young rirls -- (TBO-Florida) Police charged a Pine Hills resident Sunday with one attack in of bizarre series where a man used a squirt gun to spray a bodily fluid on young girl. CHILD, 9 - claims mis-treatment Richard Hatch, 38 - allegedly forced son into pre-dawn run Boy says 'Reality Show' dad abused him -- (NY Post) 'Survivor' show finalist arrested on child abuse charges. Mon May 1 2000 00:16:39  CINDY BOUCHARD, 43 - dead, reported missing on Friday morning man's name not released MONTREAL, Que Husband arrested after missing woman's body found -- (Cnews) A 41-year-old man who claimed his wife was kidnapped has been charged with killing her after the woman's body was found Sunday in back of a garbage truck. Sun Apr 30 2000 22:40:17  ADELINE EZE, 18 - blinded Lagos, Nigeria Three get life in jail for plucking out lady's eyes -- (Panafrican News Agency) Justice has finally caught up with three Nigerian men who will now spend the rest of their lives in jail after being convicted for plucking out the eyes of an 18-year-old girl for money-making rituals. Sun Apr 30 2000 21:40:18  GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala Mob Kills Tourist, Bus Diver -- (Washington Post) A mob in northern Guatemala stoned to death a Japanese tourist and his tour's bus driver, believing the group had come to the village to steal children. Sun Apr 30 2000 21:37:31  VARNER, Ark. Arkansas prepares to execute first female since 1800s -- (Nando) Christina Marie Riggs, 28, is scheduled to die Tuesday. Like the son she was convicted of killing 2 1/2 years ago, she will be given a lethal injection. Sun Apr 30 2000 21:33:55  Marilyn Sheppard - bludgeoned in her bed early on July 4, 1954 CLEVELAND, Ohio Sheppard side will challenge losing verdict in civil trial -- (Boston.com) The jury verdict rejecting the claim that Dr. Sam Sheppard was wrongfully imprisoned for killing his wife in 1954 will be challenged, the Sheppard family's lead attorney said Sunday night. Sun Apr 30 2000 18:54:15  Christopher Tyler, 47 and Tashiaunna Tyler, 23m - held the child to his chest when the vehicle sank MILWAUKEE, Wis. Police: Man killed self, granddaughter on way to Vietnam ceremony -- (Fox) A man who crashed his car into Lake Michigan, killing himself and his young granddaughter, was a Vietnam veteran who had planned to attend a lakefront ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, police said Sunday. Sun Apr 30 2000 17:26:34  TUSHAUN JAMES THOMPSON, 24 - treated at hospital and released Sedonia Renee Martin, 22 - claims incident was accidental Covington, Louisiana Louisiana woman accused of running down husband after church -- (Nando Times) A woman infuriated after her husband looked at another woman during church Sunday tried to run him down with her car three times and succeeded on the final try, authorities said. Sun Apr 30 2000 16:58:02  Herman Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes - 1861-1896 Jacksonville, Florida Novel tells story of nation's first serial killer -- (TBO-Florida) Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, and Jeffrey Dahmer were deadly and efficient serial killers, but no match for Herman Mudgett, who terrorized the country a century ago. University of Michigans most murderous alumnus -- (Michigan Today - Summer 1999) Among the items in the Medler Crime Collection in the Clements Library is Holmes the Arch-Fiend, or A Carnival of Crime, the story of a Michigan alumnus who has the dubious distinction of being the first identified serial killer in the United States. Sun Apr 30 2000 15:59:46  KAYLA McKEAN, 6 - beaten to death by father TAVARES, Fla Stepmom's words key to Kayla beating trial -- (Orlando Sentinel) One minute Richard Adams was crying, and the next he was defiant about beating his 6-year-old daughter, Kayla McKean, to death. Adams' lawyers lose effort to keep testimony about Kayla's burial from jurors -- (Orlando Sentinel) Defense attorneys won't be able to keep information about Kayla McKean's burial out of Richard Adams' murder trial next week, Circuit Judge T. Michael Johnson ruled Friday. Adams wants jury to know he asked for help with his temper before killing his daughter -- and didn't get it -- (Orlando Sentinel) Sun Apr 30 2000 15:50:48  CONCORD, N.H. Penalties for incest less than for child sexual assault -- (Boston.com) In New Hampshire, a parent convicted of molesting his own child gets less prison time than if he molested his child's best friend. PALM HARBOR, Fla. Battered spouse free in slaying of her husband -- (MSNBC) A wife who killed her husband is free today because a grand jury refused to indict her on a first-degree murder charge after hearing about a history of domestic abuse. Ray Schneider, 50, died from two shots she fired into him on Jan. 3. Debra Schneider, 47, was charged with murder and jailed. PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Incest victim triumphs over evil -- (Foster's Online) Aleka Munroe has forgiven her father. Whether she can let him know is another matter. Nine years ago, Munroe sued her father alleging years of sexual and ritualistic abuse from the time she was a toddler to age 18. VENTURA COUNTY, Cal. Swindling of Elderly Gets Lawmakers' Attention -- (LA Times) Abuse: Bill before the Legislature would encourage bank tellers to report suspected scams. In some cases, trusted caregivers drain the accounts. PASADENA, Calif. Dentist charged in overdoses of 5 kids -- (Az Star) A dentist is accused of felony child abuse for allegedly overdosing five children with a sedative, leaving one brain-damaged. The 15-year-old girl went into cardiac arrest, and a young boy fell and cut his face on a table after Drueciel Ford gave them oral doses of chloral hydrate, a prosecutor contends. Sun Apr 30 2000 15:31:10  BOULDER, Colo DA candidate Thompson: Elect me for a Ramsey arrest -- (Longmont) A lawyer running for Boulder County district attorney says if he is elected, arrests will be made in the JonBenet Ramsey case when he takes office in January. Sun Apr 30 2000 12:58:19  MONTREAL, Que Girl, 5, shoots two-year-old dead in northern Canada -- (Reuters) A five-year-old girl shot a two-year-old boy dead when the children were left alone with rifles at a remote native hunting camp in northern Quebec, police said Saturday. Two-year-old boy shot dead by little girl in accident at hunting camp -- (Montreal Gazette) A two-year-old boy has been shot dead by a five-year-old girl in an apparent accident at a Cree hunting camp in northern Quebec. The incident happened Thursday evening after two men from the village of Chisasibi, on the banks of La Grande River just east of James Bay, had returned to the camp from hunting geese. Sun Apr 30 2000 12:52:27  PITTSBURGH, PA Baumhammers lived, worked in Atlanta in '90s -- (Access Atlanta) The man accused of shooting to death five people Friday in suburban Pittsburgh lived in the Atlanta area for several years in the mid-1990s. Clues sought in slaying suspect's life, note he left -- (Access Atlanta) As police continued investigating Saturday the man they say fatally shot five people --- including three immigrants --- in an apparent rampage of hate killings, a picture of a reclusive and alienated immigration lawyer began to emerge. Shooting suspect hoped to found anti-immigration party, paper reports -- (Modesto Bee) A Pittsburgh newspaper reported Sunday that the suspect in a series of racially motivated killings in the area Friday had a history of mental illness and hoped to found a political party opposing immigration from the Third World. Community struggles with shooting rampage’s aftermath -- (Nashua Telegraph) Accused lawyer in shooting went to Cumberland -- (Birmingham News) Sun Apr 30 2000 12:44:19  ATLANTA, Ga Tiny Road Rage Victim Clings to Life -- (Newsday) Jeremy Grimes spends hours staring through the glass of a children's intensive-care unit, at the tubes twisting out of his 2-year-old son's tiny body. Sun Apr 30 2000 10:59:04  DENVER, Colo. Woman held in stabbing death -- (Rocky Mountain News) A 41-year-old man was found dead in a hotel room early Saturday morning, police said. Eunice Mae Shije, 42, was arrested at the scene and is being held for investigation of first-degree murder, Detective Fran Gomez said. ORANGE COUNTY, Cal. Pair, Stabbed at Mall, Drive 5 Miles Looking for Hospital -- (LA Times) Two men bleeding profusely after a stabbing attack drove more than 5 miles from Westminster to Huntington Beach on Thursday night looking for a hospital, authorities said Friday. COEUR d'ALENE, Wash. Stabbing death on trail sends chill through area -- (Spokane.net) A stabbing death on a popular hiking trail off Lake Coeur d'Alene has left residents stunned as Kootenai County sheriff's detectives search for clues. Sun Apr 30 2000 10:53:02  Robert L. Yates Jr., 47 - charged with one count of murder, may be as many as a dozen women SPOKANE, Wash Task Force Probes Spokane Murders -- (Las Vegas Sun) The task force investigating serial killings of women in Washington state uprooted a tree next to the home of a man charged with one killing, and sifted soil from another site in a search for evidence. Prostitute says she knew Yates -- (Spokane.net) Mary is a "working girl" on the streets of Spokane who remembers numerous encounters with a man now accused of being a serial killer. Task force uproots tree by Yates' yard -- (Seattle Times) Sun Apr 30 2000 10:46:21  LONG BEACH, Calif. 2 Cops, 2 Civilians Hurt in Shooting -- (Las Vegas Sun) Two police officers were shot and wounded in their patrol car during an apparent ambush in a residential neighborhood, authorities said. Two bystanders, including a pregnant woman, also were wounded by the gunfire late Saturday. NEW YORK 3 Teens Charged in Shooting Death of N.Y. Livery Driver -- (LA Times) Felicia Fields, 18, Charles Rhodes, 17, and Tyriek Cross, 17, were each charged with second-degree murder. Cesar Lopez, 43, was shot in the back of his head while in his car Friday morning, said Sgt. Victor Ramos. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Dad Shot to Death When He Defied Gunman in Order to Save Daughter's Life -- (Salt Lake Tribune) Seconds after an out-of-control murder suspect put a handgun to a 12-year-old girl's head Thursday night, demanding that her father turn over the car, Peter Berg tossed the car keys out of the vehicle, distracting the gunman and saving his daughter's life. Sun Apr 30 2000 10:29:34  McALLEN, Texas Border War on Crime Overwhelms Courtrooms -- (LA Times) Law: Influx of cases from crackdown on drugs and illegal immigration pushes U.S. Southwest's legal system to the breaking point. Too few jails and personnel make the threat of violence a constant concern. GREENVILLE, Texas Coke worth $45M seized on interstate -- (Charleston.net) Members of a special state Highway Patrol drug team pulled over a pickup truck Thursday driven by Freddie Ramirez on I-85 near Greenville after he made an improper lane change. Angel Maturino Resendiz HARRIS COUNTY Skill, luck helped find serial-killer suspect -- (Houston Chronicle) Testimony begins Tuesday in the capital murder trial of suspected serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, who will be tried for the capital murder of Dr. Claudia Benton in Houston. If convicted, Maturino Resendiz could be sentenced to death. DALLAS Member of Drifters singing group shot to death in Dallas -- (Dallas News) Robert Warren, a member of the 1950s nostalgia group The Drifters, was fatally shot in South Dallas early Saturday, hours after the group performed at Six Flags Over Texas. Sat Apr 29 2000 23:19:07  MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich Man apparently upset by wife's departure kills her, two others, himself -- (Detroit Free Press) A man apparently distraught over his wife's decision to leave him shot and killed her and two others Saturday and then killed himself, authorities said. Sat Apr 29 2000 23:14:29  SAN BERNARDINO, CA Mayor arrested in abuse of woman -- (Daily Bulletin) Robert Bartlett, Rialto's economic development director and Monrovia's mayor, has been arrested and charged in the alleged kidnapping and abuse of his pregnant girlfriend, police said Friday. MARION COUNTY, IN TV report on sheriff's drinking praised, criticized -- (Star News) A TV station's hidden-camera report showing Marion County Sheriff Jack Cottey drinking alcohol and then driving his county-issued car on several occasions prompted a broad range of responses Friday. INDIANAPOLIS, IN Ex-IPD officer convicted of murder in 1997 slaying -- (Star News) After two days of deliberation, a jury of eight men and four women late Friday found a former Indianapolis policeman guilty of murder. DODGE CITY, KS Father charged in Dodge child's death -- (Hutchinson News) 2-year-old, Rosa Peralta-Parson, was brought to Western Plains Regional Hospital early Thursday morning by her parents, Elias Peralta-Garibo, 24, and Carmen Pastor-Lugo, 23. She was dead on arrival, Dodge City Police Lt. John Ball said. SHELBY COUNTY, Al Bowen found guilty in former wife's death -- (Alabama Live) After deliberating nearly 10 hours, a Shelby County jury Friday convicted Jerry Lee Bowen, 52, of intentional murder in the death of his ex-wife, Brenda Bowen, 44, of Westover. "There were no winners" Sat Apr 29 2000 23:03:28  SAVANNAH, Tenn Road rage trial of Alabama man ends with reduced charge -- (Daily Mountain Eagle) An Alabama man faces three to six years in prison -- or possibly probation -- after being convicted in a road rage killing in which he pumped six bullets into another Alabama man in an exchange of gunfire. Sat Apr 29 2000 14:53:27  VANCOUVER, B.C. Bonkers in B.C. -- (Ottawa Sun) What is it with women in British Columbia? It seems that oversexed juror Gillian Guess is just the tip of the iceberg. For example, we have Kathy Macdonald, another B.C. juror with more than the law on her mind. She visited Shannon Murrin at his family home in St. John's, Nfld., just days after the jury she served on acquitted Murrin of killing of eight-year-old Mindy Tran. Sat Apr 29 2000 14:41:03 Richard Adams, - father charged: abuse, rape, murder TAVARES, Fla Kayla McKean Murder Trial To Begin -- (Newsday) Pictures of Kayla McKean's shy, sweet face were posted all over her hometown of Clermont shortly after her father reported her missing on Thanksgiving Day 1998. Trial to Begin for Father of Murdered 6-Year-Old -- (Fox) Sat Apr 29 2000 14:38:05  WASHINGTON Police Probe Death of Waco Expert -- (Newsday) There was no sign of a break-in or struggle at the firm of Infrared Technology outside Washington where the badly decomposed body of Carlos Ghigliotti, 42, was found Friday afternoon, Laurel police said in a news release. Ghigliotti had not been seen for several weeks. Sat Apr 29 2000 11:10:46 Andre "Dede" Desjardins - shot in the head MONTREAL, Que Quebec killing was a gangland hit: police -- (National Post) Police in Montreal believe the killing of a former union leader, once dubbed the "King of Construction," was a professional assassination related to organized crime and possibly the war between Quebec's rival motorcycle gangs. Cops to question Mom about gang-style killing -- (Montreal Gazette) Det.-Lt. Steve Roberts of the Montreal Urban Community police homicide squad said investigators want to question Maurice (Mom) Boucher, leader of the biker gang's Nomads chapter, who was seen having breakfast with Andre (Dede) Desjardins Wednesday, about 24 hours before Desjardins was gunned down. Deadly biker war erupts again in Quebec -- (CBC) After three years of relative quiet, the fierce fight between the Hells Angels and its rival Rock Machine reignited with deadly force last week. Three gang leaders were killed within four days. EDMONTON, Alta Couple convicted after ignoring newborn's condition -- (National Post) Severe malnutrition: Emaciated baby barely looked human, police said KITCHENER, ONT 12-year-old girl charged with threatening to kill classmates -- (National Post) Police in Kitchener have charged a 12-year-old girl with uttering death threats after she said she would bring a gun to school and kill two of her classmates earlier this week. VANCOUVER, B.C. Teen facing 12 years over fatal prank -- (National Post) After stealing a sport-utility vehicle on Oct. 18, 1999, Jeremy Coles, 19, sent the Ford Explorer "ghost-riding" -- in the words of a judge -- by jamming a stick on its gas pedal. The Explorer roared down a street and crashed head-on into Mr. Soper's motorcycle as the 42-year-old man took Cody to the child's babysitter. Both were killed instantly. Sat Apr 29 2000 10:39:00  Bernardo-Homolka case KEN MURRAY - lawyer charged with obstruction of justice St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada Murray's defence rests -- (Edmonton Sun) The former lawyer for sex killer Paul Bernardo ended six gruelling days of emotional testimony yesterday as Ken Murray's defence team rested its case. Murray right: Lawyer -- (Toronto Sun) Paul Bernardo's trial lawyer John Rosen's use of the infamous rape videos to grill Karla Homolka at Bernardo's trial has "huge" relevance in Ken Murray's obstruct justice trial, court heard yesterday. |
