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Tues June 20 2000 14:15:22  CAROLE and JULI SUND, SILVINA PELOSSO, and JOIE ARMSTRONG - victims Cary Stayner - accused to undergo 'positron emission tomography' (PET) Yosemite, California Wrong in the head: Brain scans increasingly common in courtrooms -- (abc NEWS) Cary Stayner has confessed to committing shockingly brutal crimes in Yosemite National Park: He allegedly beheaded one woman, killed and burned two others and slit the throat of a fourth. What made him do what he says he did? Tues June 20 2000 14:01:39  MARTHA MOXLEY MURDER STAMFORD, Conn. Kennedy Relative's Friend Testifies To Rehab Confession of Killing -- (Fox) Kennedy nephew Michael Skakel tearfully admitted his involvement in a 1975 murder during a late-night conversation at an alcohol treatment center, a witness testified Tuesday. The witness, John Higgins, was a student at the Elan School at the same time as Michael Skakel. Tues June 20 2000 13:58:08  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Victim painfully recalls baseball bat beating -- (Star-Phoenix) Marcella Pete's voice cracks when describing how she hid in a locked bedroom and listened to the sound of her husband and his friend getting savagely beaten with aluminum baseball bats early Sunday morning. Tues June 20 2000 13:57:11  LEROY "B.J." BROWN Jr, 8 - murdered KAREN CLARKE - killed Russell Peeler - life sentence BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Convicted Witness Killer Sentenced -- (Las Vegas Sun) A man convicted of ordering the slaying of an 8-year-old witness in a murder trial was spared the death penalty Tuesday after jurors could not agree on a sentence. Tues June 20 2000 13:43:49  ROBERT ROMERO, 7 - last seen June 7, 2000 Santa Fe, New Mexico Missing Santa Fe boy featured on America’s Most Wanted -- (MSNBC) 'America’s Most Wanted' says at least 11 tips were called in after Robert’s picture appeared on television sets across the country. Have you seen him? -- (Santa Fe New Mexican) $13, 000 reward offered. Tues June 20 2000 13:38:07  Stine Sofie Sørstrønen, 8 - victim Lena Sløgedal Paulsen, 10 - victim Kristiansand, Norway Another kife found -- (The Norway Post) A third knife was found by the Kristiansand police on Monday. In the search for the murder weapon in the killings of two girls a month ago, the knife was found in a lake close to the murder site. Tues June 20 2000 10:01:29  MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 - bludgeoned to death October, 1975 Michael Skakel, 39 - reasonable cause pre-trial hearing begins today Stamford, Connecticut A ghost in Greenwich -- (Detroit Free Press) Decades-old mystery cloaked in old money Michael Skakel to face ex-schoolmates at hearing in murder case -- (Nando Times) Schoolmates of Michael Skakel, who is accused in a 25-year-old murder case, are expected to tell their story in court for the first time this week. Skakel case takes new turn -- (Greenwich Time) Twenty-five years after the body of 15-year-old Martha Moxley was found at the edge of her family's Greenwich property, two men will testify this week that Michael Skakel admitted to them that he killed her, according to sources close to the investigation. Hearing to begin for Kennedy cousin -- (MSNBC) At issue is whether he’ll be tried as juvenile or adult in 1975 slaying. Michael Skakel admitted involvement in 1975 killing, witness testifies -- (Nando Times) The witness, John Higgins, was a student at the Elan School at the same time as Skakel. Tues June 20 2000 09:34:09  Richard Vespender, - held on bond ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Police Arrest Rape Suspect -- (ABQjournal) A 25-year-old Albuquerque man was arrested early Sunday for allegedly raping an 83-year-old woman at a retirement home, and police say they believe he might have committed a similar crime last year. OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. Man convicted of '98 rape -- (Oklahoman) Glen Darrell Hampton Jr. was convicted of rape and eight other counts in an Oklahoma County courtroom Monday. Hampton, 44, was accused of raping a 42-year-old Oklahoma City woman in 1998 after picking her up in his van, which was equipped with 2-inch-thick foam padding that acted as soundproofing. KENNEBUNK, Maine Kennebunk police investigate possible link between voyeur and rape -- (Foster's) Police were looking for a man who raped an 18-year-old woman two days after neighbors saw a voyeur looking into windows of nearby homes. Police said the woman was home alone when she was attacked Sunday. Police were investigating a possible link between the rape and the voyeur. OTTAWA, Ont. Victim denies calling on cop -- (Ottawa Sun) A woman who says she was raped by a police officer when she was 15 years old denied defence suggestions yesterday that she had been "spurned" by him. "That didn't happen," said the emotional 37-year-old woman, who cannot be identified. LITTLE ROCK, Ark Pair charged in rape, abduction of women -- (Arkansas D-G) On Friday, North Little Rock police arrested Avron Lovelace and Charlie Brown Jr., both 18, on aggravated robbery, kidnapping, rape and robbery charges after a Little Rock woman assaulted on Thursday led detectives to Brown's home . Tues June 20 2000 09:20:01  Lakisha Jackson, 25 - bank fraud charge Akron, Ohio Cashiered teller jailed for spending windfall -- (Cleveland Live) Lakisha Jackson thought she hit the jackpot when $46,000 suddenly appeared in her Bank One account last year. Tues June 20 2000 08:27:39  KATHALEENA LOUISA DRAPER, - asphyxiated Erin Rae Kuhn-Brown, - arrested SACRAMENTO, Cal. Woman held in death of teen mom, baby: She allegedly removed child from her niece -- (Sac Bee) A 31-year-old North Highlands woman was arrested Monday in connection with the death of her pregnant niece, who was found asphyxiated this weekend in plastic bags. OGDEN, Utah SLC woman killed in shooting at Ogden home -- (Standard Examiner) One woman was killed and another assaulted Monday afternoon after getting into an argument with a 67-year- old Ogden man at his house, police say. LAYTON, Utah Ex-Layton school police officer charged with sex abuse -- (Standard Examiner) A former longtime Layton Police school resource officer known as "Officer Friendly" has been charged with five counts of forcible sexual abuse involving a 14-year-old girl. Thomas Ray Gibbons, 48, was booked into the Davis County Jail . CHRISTINA MARIE PIPKIN, 9 - victim Robbie Dale Tubbs, - dismissed WYNNE, Ark. Botched DNA evidence ends Arkansas murder case -- (Nando) Capital murder charges have officially been dismissed against a man accused of kidnapping and drowning a 9-year-old girl after prosecutors acknowledged that hair evidence was contaminated. Mon June 19 2000 23:43:49  SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. Court rules double jeopardy applies to fines in insurance-scam homicide case -- (Sac Bee) The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state's ban on double jeopardy prevents the state from imposing a higher fine on a person if he must be re-sentenced following a successful appeal. Mon June 19 2000 23:33:32  KATIE POIRIER, 19 - kidnapped and murdered May '99 Donald Blom, 51 - confessed VIRGINIA, MINN. 2 funeral directors don't want to testify in Blom case -- (Star Tribune) "I share the general public belief that Donald Blom is guilty of the murder of Katie Poirier and find it extremely distasteful and upsetting to be asked against my will to testify for Mr. Blom," Mark Waterston said in an affidavit filed in St. Louis County District Court. No new jurors were selected -- (Duluth News) No new jurors were selected this morning in the Donald Blom murder and kidnapping trial, which is now in its third week of jury selection here in St. Louis County District Court. Mon June 19 2000 21:05:15  YUTARO KISHI, 7 - victim Seiji Okada - guilty of kidnapping Kumamoto, Kyodo, Japan Kidnapper of banker's son handed a 3 1/2-year sentence -- (The Japan Times) The Kumamoto District Court sentenced a 49-year-old company owner Monday to 3 1/2 years in prison for kidnapping a 7-year-old boy last November. Mon June 19 2000 19:27:05  ELIZABETH STACY, 24 - beaten to death with a rolling pin Steven Reid, 34 - on trial for murder England Lecturer killed student "because she was kind" -- (Electronic Telegraph) A socially inadequate PhD student and visiting lecturer beat a gregarious Cambridge graduate to death with a rolling pin at Westminster University because she "was kind to him", a court was told yesterday. Mon June 19 2000 19:15:59  RICHIE MCDONALD - Father's Day gift too good to be true Albuquerque, New Mexico Musician realizes $3,200 guitar stolen, returns it -- (ABQ Journal) Richie McDonald, an under-employed musician, knows what it's like to have a guitar stolen. Mon June 19 2000 18:30:16  PORT HURON, Mich. Former mayor gets up to 38 years in prison for sex abuse -- (Michigan Live) Former Mayor Gerald "Ajax" Ackerman was sentenced Monday to up to 38 years in prison after being found guilty of having sex with underage girls. Mayor's sentence brings some closure, but community needs time to heal -- (Michigan Live) Mon June 19 2000 17:45:08  William Patrick Fyfe, 45 - DNA test results led to the charges MONTREAL, Que. Fyfe arraigned on two first-degree murder charges -- (Cnews) A Quebec man accused of killing three women last fall was arraigned Monday on two additional murder charges in a case file that now dates back almost 20 years. Mon June 19 2000 17:40:55  VICTIM - unidentified woman BABY - whereabouts unknown Sacramento, California Slain woman a new mom; baby sought -- (Sacramento Bee) Sacramento police detectives are searching for a missing baby they believe was delivered by a woman whose body was found wrapped in plastic in the Northgate area this weekend. Mon June 19 2000 17:10:00  MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 - murdered October 30, 1975 Michael Skakel, 39 - probable cause hearing June 20, 2000 Greenwich, Connecticut Who killed Martha Moxley? -- (Court TV Online) Glamour and gore: Kennedy kin accused of 1975 murder. Skakel hearing set for Tuesday -- (Greenwich Time) According to court sources, the prosecution plans to take two days to present the evidence it will claim is sufficient to warrant Skakel standing trial for the 1975 murder of his 15-year-old Greenwich neighbor. Judge to determine if Skakel will be tried as adult -- (MSNBC) The hearing is expected to last up to five days. Mon June 19 2000 15:22:46  CIERA WEATHERSBY, 14 - suspicious death BATON ROUGE, LA. Autopsy set in death of 14-year-old -- (The Advocate) A young boy playing between two Baton Rouge apartment complexes found the bruised body of a 14-year-old girl Sunday afternoon. MICHEAL ANTHONY CARTER, - reported missing sunday RALEIGH, N.C. Man found dead in car -- (MSNBC) Raleigh police say a man whose body was found in his wrecked car near a shopping center early Sunday had been shot before the crash. LESTER, Ark. Search for woman ends as body found -- (Arkansas D-G) The search for 20-year-old Amanda Tusing ended about 3:30 p.m. Sunday when searchers discovered her body in a ditch along Arkansas 135, about 7 miles from where her car was found Thursday. Craighead County Sheriff Jack McCann is treating the case as a homicide. Mon June 19 2000 15:13:21  SHEENA RAE McDONALD, 12 - suffocated David Dewey, 15 - charged with 2nd degree murder COLUMBIA, Mo. Teen to face trial as adult in girl's killing -- (Postnet) A teen-age boy faces trial as an adult in last month's suffocation death of a 12-year-old girl who disappeared after going for a walk. Mon June 19 2000 14:24:33  TED "Lonnie" BINION - murdered September 17, 1998 Rick Tabish and Sandy Murphy - convicted in Binion murder Las Vegas, Nevada Tabish, Murphy get more time to file motions -- (MSNBC) Convicted murderers Rick Tabish and Sandy Murphy have been granted two additional weeks to file their motions for a new trial. Tabish hires new attorney; more time sought to file fornew trial -- (Las Vegas Sun) Louis Palazzo, who represented Tabish at trial last month, officially informed District Judge Joseph Bonaventure Thursday that William Terry has taken over the case. Mon June 19 2000 12:25:45  Marc Dutroux - awaiting trial for abduction and murder of four girls Belgium Dutroux jailed for escape -- (BBC) A court in Belgium has sentenced the alleged child killer and rapist Marc Dutroux to five years in prison on charges of theft and assault in connection with his escape from police custody two years ago. Mon June 19 2000 11:23:43  ROBERT ROMERO, 7 - search in 12th day Santa Fe, New Mexico Search for boy was delayed -- (ABQ Journal) Santa Fe Police acknowledged Saturday that the search for 7-year-old Robert Romero didn't begin until nine hours after he was reported missing and one department official said that night-shift personnel failed to point out to their day-shift counterparts that a young boy had disappeared. Mon June 19 2000 11:14:25  Nate Dogg, 30 - a.k.a. Nathaniel Dwayne Hale Ponoma, California Trouble "doggs" Nate -- (abc NEWS) Rapper accused of kidnapping ex-girlfriend, torching car. Mon June 19 2000 10:36:44  MICHELL LYNN NNEELY, 23, and DOUGLAS SHANE CULTON, 25 - victims Ronnie Dale Neeley, 31, his brother William Neeley, 28, and their father, Ronnie Lee Neeley, 51 - accused RICHMOND, KY. Brothers and father accused of killing estranged wife -- (MSNBC) Two brothers and their father are accused of killing one man’s estranged wife and a friend in Annville and setting a fire at the woman’s home, Kentucky State Police said. KALAMAZOO, Mich. Man to be arraigned today on murder charges -- (Michigan Live) A 20-year-old man will be arraigned today on charges of open murder, assault with intent to murder, home invasion, assault with a dangerous weapon and a string of felony firearms counts in connection with Saturday morning's shooting death of 28-year-old Angel Star Ryan. LATISHA KNIGHT, - victim Gregory Dewayne Knight - arrested FOLEY, Ala. Summerdale woman dies from apparent stabbing in Foley -- (Mobile Register) An on-going domestic dispute ended Saturday with a 19-year-old Summerdale woman dead in Foley and her 22-year-old husband facing a capital murder charge, authorities said Sunday. Hung Thanh Mai, 29 - cop killer Lam Nguyen, 25 - murdered 2 ORANGE COUNTY, Cal. Gang leaders' death row reunion feared -- (OC Register) Federal and state prosecutors will ask a judge today to thwart the reunion, on California's death row, of two of Orange County's most notorious gang leaders. Mon June 19 2000 10:08:27  DOVER, England England Police Find Bodies in Truck -- (Excite/AP) British customs officials searching a suspicious truck made a horrific discovery when they opened the back: the corpses of 58 illegal immigrants, apparently from the Far East, packed into a space that was supposed to hold a cargo of tomatoes. "It's the subject of a major criminal investigation," Prime Minister Tony Blair, meeting other European leaders in Portugal, said in a British Broadcasting Corp. radio interview. "It underlines the importance of stamping out this trade in people." Mon June 19 2000 09:32:01  JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - body found in her home, Dec. 1996 Boulder, Colorado POlice, Ramsey talks up in air -- (The Daily Camera) Boulder police interviews with John and Patsy Ramsey are not likely to take place until late July — if they occur at all. Realty listing for Ramsey's ex-home in Boulder -- (Realtor.com) Ramsey lie detector tests didn't sway public, poll shows -- (Inside Denver) Only one in eight Coloradans say they believe the results. Mon June 19 2000 09:04:46  COLORADO'S MOST WANTED 142 wanted on murder charges -- (Colorado Gazette) Their names, ages and other demographics are kept on a database by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation - a list of warrants updated daily by authorities. Mon June 19 2000 08:52:29  CORY ERVING, 19 - last seen May 28, 2000 Altamonte Springs, Florida Investigators search ponds for Cory Erving -- (CH2000) Former NBA star Julius Erving spent a subdued Father's Day at home with his family Sunday, while investigators searched ponds east of Altamonte Springs, failing to find any trace of his missing son. |
