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Mon May 15 2000 09:54:24  VANCOUVER, BC Man shot to death outside posh wedding -- (Vancouver Province) A young man shot dead in Vancouver's upscale Arbutus Ridge late Saturday is believed to have been a guest earlier that night at a wedding reception also attended by Premier Ujjal Dosanjh. BCTV reported last night that Brar is a cousin of notorious drug dealer Bindy Johal, who was shot dead in a Vancouver nightclub on Dec. 20, 1998. Terrified teen: A foot closer I would have been dead -- (Vancouver Province) Home alone, 18-year-old Lauren Chang recoiled in horror as a bullet crashed through a window about 11:30 p.m. Saturday Mon May 15 2000 09:50:45  Danny Rolling, 45 - convicted serial killer Starke, Florida Danny Rolling indicates he killed 3 others -- (The Tampa Tribune) Danny Rolling, on death row for five murders that terrorized the University of Florida 10 years ago, accepts responsibility for three previous slayings in a television interview airing today. Mon May 15 2000 09:35:42  CAROLE SUND, JULI SUND, SILVINA PELOSSO, JOIE ARMSTRONG - murder victims Yosemite Park, California Yosemite tourist tells creepy tale -- (Modesto Bee) Months before Cary Anthony Stayner became the prime suspect in the Yosemite sightseer murders, a respiratory therapist from Chicago tried to tell the FBI about a darkly handsome man and others who followed her around Cedar Lodge over three days in 1998. Mon May 15 2000 09:07:06  Hjelmeland, Norway Man takes hostages at nursery school -- (Chicago Tribune) A man believed to be armed took about 25 children and 10 staff hostage at a Norwegian nursery school today, police said. EARL and BRENDA MARSH - murdered April 18, 1983 Alexsis, Illinois Murders are not forgotten -- (QC Times) Seventeen years ago, a young couple was murdered in their rural farmhouse near this community on the Mercer-Warre counties line. Earl Marsh was shot and his wife, Brenda, strangled. Their infant son was left unharmed in his crib. KAREN DENICE RINER, 35 - died in fire August 12, 1998 CHARLES DOUGLAS RINER, 36 - indicted by grand jury for murder and arson Fredericksburg, Virginia From the ashes, a murder case -- (The Free Lance-Star) The charred remains of a two-story frame house haunt the hill overlooking Main Street in this small town in southwest Virginia. DAQUEL THOMPSON, 10 - shot in the face Suspect, 12 - charged with murder Powder Springs, Georgia Twelve-year-old faces murder charges in shooting death of his cousin -- (Macon Telegraph) A 12-year-old boy was charged with murder Saturday for allegedly shooting his 10-year-old cousin in the face. ERIKA ADAMS, 18 - getaway driver Auburn, Washington Teen allegedly committed crime to pay for her prom -- (Post-Intelligencer) When an Auburn teenager was arrested for allegedly taking part in a robbery, she told police that she committed her crime to help cover the costs of her prom. Sun May 14 2000 21:58:02  SANTA CRUZ, Cal. Watsonville man, accused of killing wife, says he wants to show he’s not a monster -- (Santa Cruz Sentinel) The trial of Isaac Coronado, the Watsonville man accused of kidnapping and slaying his wife and then abandoning her body near Fresno, has been postponed over the defendant’s objections. Coronado said that while he sees little likelihood of an acquittal — the prosecution has a tape recording of Coronado telling his wife he was about to kill her — he wants to show the world that he isn’t a monster and that his wife was abusive as well. SPRINGFIELD, Ohio Jury: Old Woman Was Scared to Death -- (San Francisco Examiner) A burglar was convicted of scaring a 79-year-old woman to death. Mary Virginia Jones went screaming into the night after hearing the sound of breaking glass and seeing an intruder kick in her kitchen door Feb. 1. SANA'A, Yemen Morgue assistant arrested for murder of 16 women in Yemen -- (SF Gate) A morgue assistant who lured medical students to his workplace has been arrested for the murder, rape and mutilation of at least 16 young women in Yemen, a police officer said Sunday. ELLA WONG, 47 - skinned and disembowled Vadim Mieseges, 27 - in custody pending a May 19 arraignment on a murder charge SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Suspect feared being 'sucked into the matrix' -- (San Francisco Examiner) A college student accused of killing the woman who rented a room to him told police she was giving off evil vibes and that he feared he was going to be "sucked into the matrix." SAN DIEGO, Cal. Deputy DA's irate, obscene tirade against judges bared -- (San Diego Union-Tribune) Angry that his career appears to be in ruins, an embittered prosecutor accused of misconduct in one of the county's longest and most emotional murder trials lashed out at judges in the case during an interview with investigators. Sun May 14 2000 21:44:31  FALL RIVER, Mass. Two more cult members held for refusal to testify -- (Salem Evening News) Two more members of a religious sect have been jailed, bringing the total to six locked up for refusing to talk about what happened to two young boys missing since last October. ORLANDO, Fla Suspect fatally shot by Orlando police officer -- (Orlando Sentinel) An Orlando police officer fatally shot a man who rammed a pickup into a house and started shooting at police, authorities said Saturday. SHREWSBURY, Mass. Robber in trouble with cops, but not the fashion police -- (Boston.com) Police are hunting for the armed robber who mixed fashion and firepower Thursday evening, seizing control of a Shrewsbury bank moments before it closed and then vanishing into the twilight with piles of cash. NEWMAN, Cal. Man in shower busts burglars -- (Mod Bee) It started late Friday with a man in a bath towel trying to thwart would-be burglars. It ended more than five hours later Saturday morning at an adjacent apartment -- with the help of the SWAT team and police. MEXICO CITY Mexico police linked in border executions -- (Seattle Times) In 1995, after a Texas jury had acquitted him of cocaine trafficking, Alberto Ochoa Soto, reportedly a member of a Colombian drug cartel, was driven to the top of the bridge over the Rio Grande and released into Mexico, where his lawyer greeted him, witnesses have said. Sun May 14 2000 21:16:32  JACINTH BAKER, 21 - fatally stabbed RICHARD LOLLER, 24 - fatally stabbed Ray Lewis, 24 - Baltimore Raven charged with murders ATLANTA, GA Ray Lewis' murder trial to begin -- (Mercury Center) The murder trial of star Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis begins Monday with jury selection. He and co-defendants Reginald Oakley and Joseph Sweeting are charged with murder in the deaths of Jacinth ``Shorty'' Baker, 21, and Richard Lollar, 24. HONOLULU XEROX SHOOTINGS Byran Uyesugi - accused HONOLULU, HI Hawaii awaits shooting trial -- (Oklahoman) On Monday, copier repairman Byran Uyesugi goes on trial for seven slayings, and Merry Lynn Balatico, a 33-year-old mother of two, will force herself to listen as prosecutors paint a detailed and bloody portrait of her husband's death. CAROL NEULANDER, 52 - bludgeoned to death in 1994 Rabbi Fred G. Neulander - husband accused of murder-for-hire TRENTON, NJ Prosecutors consider seeking death penalty against rabbi -- (Bergen Record) If Camden County Prosecutor Lee Solomon decides to seek the death penalty against Rabbi Fred J. Neulander, experts say it would be the first time since New Jersey restored the law that jurors would be asked to execute a clergyman. Sun May 14 2000 21:01:50  ALICIA VERSLUIS, 3 - missing for seven days Ponoma, California What happened to Alicia Versluis? -- (CH2000) Sister says mom "wrapped Sissy in a jacket and put her in the drain." Police end dig for missing 3-year-old -- (CH2000) Police say that their search of a junk-strewn field for a missing 3-year-old is over. Police fruitlessly search field for missing girl, 3 -- (LA Times) Police scoured a field in Pomona throughout the day Saturday. Sun May 14 2000 21:00:51  CARTASS ALRIDGE, 14 - victim NEW ORLEANS, LA Mom says robbery motive for killing -- (Nola Live) A 14-year-old New Orleans boy who was fatally shot in the neck in Central City two days before Mother's Day was killed for his money, his mother said Saturday. DETECTIVE HUGO ARANGO, 24 - shot several times DORAVILLE, GA Man Sought in Doraville Killing: Slain officer mourned -- (Access Atlanta) Doraville police were searching Saturday for a man wanted for questioning in an early morning shooting outside a dance club that left an officer dead and the club's manager critically wounded. DAQUEL THOMPSON, 10 - shot in the head COBB COUNTY, GA Boy, 12, accused of murder in Cobb -- (Access Atlanta) A 12-year-old Douglas County boy is charged with murder in the shooting death of his younger cousin on Saturday in Powder Springs. TONY McFARLAND, 25 - victim MINNEAPOLIS, MN Man slain as he runs from gunman in north Minneapolis -- (Star Tribune) A 25-year-old Minneapolis man was shot to death as he ran from a gunman in north Minneapolis about 12:30 p.m. Saturday, police and witnesses said. Fri May 12 2000 21:26:44  Robin Stavinsky, 19; Wendy Baribeault, 17; and Brunais and Leslie Shelley. victims Michael Ross, 40 - Serial Killer NEW LONDON, Conn. Serial Killer Michael Ross Receives Six Death Sentences -- (Fox) Serial killer Michael Ross received six death sentences Friday, six years after his original death penalty was overturned by the state Supreme Court. Judge Thomas P. Miano ordered the execution be held Sept. 15, although all death sentences are automatically stayed pending Supreme Court appeals in Connecticut, which hasn't executed an inmate since 1960. Death Penalty timeline -- (FOX) A look at death and time Fri May 12 2000 20:26:36  MIKE TYSON - boxer Las Vegas, Nevada "She's in it for the money." -- (CNN) Topless dancer accuses Tyson of hitting her at Vegas bar. Fri May 12 2000 19:47:57  Allenstown, New Hampshire Remains found in Allenstown reminder of unsolved killings -- (The Union Leader) Officials are still trying to determine if bones found in Allenstown earlier this week belong to a human being or an animal. At the same time, if the bones are human, prosecutors were not prepared yesterday to make a connection between those bones and the remains of two unidentified females found in Allenstown in 1985. Fri May 12 2000 19:38:14  KAYLA McKEAN. 6 - beaten to death by father Richard Adams, 2 - Death Row or life in prison? Tavares, Florida Father: Didn't mean to kill kid -- (Washington Post) Adams: "I tried to do the best job I could as a parent." Adam's family describes childhood marred by abuse -- (TBO-Florida) The father of Kayla McKean testified Friday that he didn't mean to beat his 6-year-old daughter to death and had sought repeated help from child welfare workers to deal with his anger. Fri May 12 2000 18:22:48  THE BEATLES - John, Paul, George and Ringo London, England Strawberry Fields, Not Forever -- (ABC News) The Beatles sang "Strawberry Fields Forever," but two British thieves today proved they were wrong — by stealing the gates from the Liverpool children’s home immortalized in the song. Fri May 12 2000 17:28:56  Jack Nicholson - actor Los Angeles, California Jack Nicholson cited in sex and assault lawsuit -- (Reuters) A woman who claims that Hollywood actor Jack Nicholson beat her and left her with serious injuries after refusing to pay for sex has filed a lawsuit in a bid to overturn a 1997 legal settlement she says she reached with him. Fri May 12 2000 17:21:29  Roger Daneau, 64 - jailed Mark Daneau, 21 - jailed Fall River, Massachusetts Massachusetts sect members jailed in missing boys' case -- (Nando Times) Two more members of a religious sect have been jailed for refusing to testify about what happened to two boys investigators believe may have been buried in a Maine park last year. Fri May 12 2000 15:03:20  GP Harold Shipman, 54 - jailed for life for 15 murders Hyde, Greater Manchester, England Shipman may have killed 192 -- (BBC) The number of deaths being investigated by police probing the criminal activities of serial killer Harold Shipman has risen to 192. Fri May 12 2000 14:45:25  MICHAEL ROSS - execution date Sept. 15, 2000 New London, Connecticut Serial killer Michael Ross receives six death sentences -- (The Boston Globe) Serial killer Michael Ross received six death sentences today, six years after his original death penalty was overturned by the state Supreme Court. Fri May 12 2000 13:16:35  C.J. WILKERSON, 9 - the end of hope, the beginning of healing Derrick Glover - cut a deal to save his life Raleigh, North Carolina Family, friends prepare to say final farewell to C.J. Wilkerson -- (WRAL) Even people whose lives did not cross C.J.'s directly have been affected by the tragedy. Fri May 12 2000 13:11:31  VAN NUYS, Cal. Father Held in Apparent Beating Death of Boy, 2 -- (LA Times) A father was arrested on suspicion of murder after his 2-year-old son died of an apparent beating early Thursday, police said. Juan Deras, 33, was being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Van Nuys jail, said Los Angeles Police Officer Don Cox. Fri May 12 2000 12:45:52 ALICIA VERSLUIS, 3 - reported missing last Sunday Simona Denise Demery, 19 - mother Jeffrey Jones, 24 - live-in boyfriend Ponoma, California Police quote sister on how child disappeared -- (LA Times) The twin sister of a missing 3-year-old Pomona girl has told authorities and family members that her teenage mother "took Sissy and wrapped Sissy in a jacket and put her in the drain," police said Thursday. Missing girl's mom to face judge -- (KNBC) A 19-year-old Pomona woman arrested for child endangerment after reporting her 3-year-old daughter missing on Sunday is due in court this morning. Fri May 12 2000 12:18:53  THE BOSTON STRANGLER Albert H. DeSalvo - new developments in old case Boston, Mass. Families seek items from DeSalvo case -- (Boston Globe) Relatives of Albert H. DeSalvo, the man identified by police as the Boston Strangler, and one of his alleged victims plan to ask all law enforcement agencies involved in the murder investigation to turn over all information and items related to the case in an effort to prove that DeSalvo was not the killer. Families assemble DNA experts to help ID Strangler -- (Boston Herald) Attorney Elaine Whitfield Sharp, who represents the families, will announce that James E. Starrs, a world-renowned professor of forensic sciences from George Washington University, has voluntered to lead a team of experts to perform any DNA testing. Forensic expert called in to help prove Boston Strangler innocent -- (Boston Globe) Sharp said DeSalvo's family believes the prospect of selling the book and movie rights about the story enticed DeSalvo to confess to the killings. Fri May 12 2000 11:59:12  DELLA PATTON - alleges battery Patrick Kennedy - Rhode Island Democrat Los Angeles, California Patrick Kennedy to appear for battery hearing -- (CH2000) LAX secutity guard claims he shoved and grabbed her. Fri May 12 2000 11:34:28  ABBY DROVER, 37 - abducted by Hay when she was a 12-year-old Donald Hay, 66 - charged with five offences, including rape, indecent assault and gross indecency VANCOUVER, BC Victim describes 'hole' she was captive in for 181 days -- (Vancouver Sun) For the first time in 24 years, Abby Drover on Thursday faced the man who kidnapped and sexually abused her while holding her captive for six months in an underground "hole" at his Port Moody home. Fri May 12 2000 11:24:10  CRAIG WILLIAMS, 25 - stabbed 16 times Lawrence Douglas, 32 - sentenced to four to 12 years POUGHKEEPSIE, NY Chess match killing nets man 12 years -- (Poughkeepsie Journal) A City of Poughkeepsie man will serve up to 12 years in prison for fatally stabbing another man during an argument that began over a chess match. Peter Higginson, 44 - charged with aggravated sexual contact GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ Art teacher arrested in assault of student -- (Philly.com) Authorities arrested and charged a middle school art teacher yesterday in the sexual assault of a 13-year-old female student. Camden County Prosecutor Lee A. Solomon criticized school officials for not immediately reporting the incident. PENSACOLA, Fla Police wary of dog-fight season -- (Pensacola News Journal) Five men have been arrested and charged with dog fighting, marking the beginning of what Pensacola police say has become a gruesome summertime ritual. Petty Officer 2nd Class David Tate - facing 20 years in prison CAMP PENDLETON, Calif Navy Medic Pleads Guilty to Murder -- (Washington Post) A Navy medic admitted Thursday that he killed his wife after an argument and conspired with his former girlfriend to conceal her death. Fri May 12 2000 09:55:54  ELIZABETHTOWN, NY Burglary, sex charges against ex-police chief in Ti dropped -- (Press Republican) A plea agreement has settled the burglary and sexual-abuse case of former Ticonderoga Town Police Chief. John K. Wade, 48, of Ticonderoga had been charged with felony third-degree burglary for entering the home of a 33-year-old Ticonderoga woman who allegedly told him to stay outside while he investigated a theft of custom lingerie she was reporting. NICHOLAS SAMBOR, 40 - shot PHILADELPHIA, PA Ex-police chief's son killed at his Overbrook home -- (Philly.com) The son of former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Gregore J. Sambor was fatally wounded outside his Overbrook home late Wednesday in a shooting that police yesterday said was possibly linked to two recent nearby robberies. Cops see no connection to MOVE disaster anniversary -- (Philly.com) It seemed too coincidental to be random. But Philadelphia police say whoever killed Nicholas Sambor, son of the former police commissioner who implemented the deadly MOVE bombing in 1985, merely had an unbelievable sense of timing. Fri May 12 2000 09:18:49  JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - unsolved 1996 homicide Boulder, Colorado Writer strikes back -- (ABC News) Journalist sues Ramseys for $50 million. Ramseys file new round of libel lawsuits -- (E&P Online) Editor & Publisher's interview with John Ramsey. Colorado man moves lawsuit to Atlanta -- (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Chris Wolf of Boulder, Colo., alleges that Patsy Ramsey killed her daughter, JonBenet, and, with her husband's help, tried to deflect blame to him. |
