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Mon Aug 28 2000 17:14:53  Brian Miller, 30, Jaime Quinones, 38, Maria Hernandez, 39 - victims WATERBURY, Conn. Questions follow slayings -- (Boston.com) A friend said Mark Cote had talked despairingly about his urge to kill his former wife's boyfriend. Cote's girlfriend told her mother that he had hit her. People who knew him said he was volatile and depressed, but they also said that they saw no signs of danger. They never saw him as a potential killer. Then, Saturday morning, Cote shot three people in three different locations in less than 20 minutes. He finally turned a gun on himself. Mon Aug 28 2000 15:47:10  BOBBIE JO BARRY, 7 - reported kidnapped Sunday morning Marion, Ohio Search for missing 7-year-old continues -- (MSNBC) The search for a 7-year-old girl who disappeared during a sleepover has spread beyond her neighborhood to nearby parks and the county fairgrounds, police said Monday. Body found that matches missing child's description -- (WBNS) Authorities have scheduled a news conference for 5pm to discuss the girl's disappearance. Mon Aug 28 2000 15:36:14  DYLAN CASSONE, 4 - drowned March 19 Kerry Cassone, 29 - charged with aggravated manslaughter West Palm Beach, Florida Cocaine found in dead boy's system -- (Tampa Tribune) A woman who found her son unconscious in her swimming pool faces a manslaughter charge because authorities found cocaine in the child's system. The boy nearly drowned in the same pool Nov. 11, 1996. Mon Aug 28 2000 14:44:59  Istanbul, Turkey Girl locked in freezer at McDonald's -- (Reuters) Turkish prosecutors said they were seeking attempted murder charges against two former McDonald's employees who they say locked a 10-year-old girl in a freezer for trying to sell tissues at a burger outlet. Mon Aug 28 2000 14:38:12  JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - 1996 homicide John and Patsy Ramsey - being interviewed today Atlanta, Georgia Ramseys: "We're here to find the killer" -- (Access Atlanta/WSB-TV) "We've got two people who are either involved or were witnesses," Beckner said. "They were two of three people in that house." At the same time, Beckner said that while police had new questions about statements made in the Ramseys' recent book, "The Death of Innocence," as well as other topics, they had no new evidence. Ramsey attorney says police interrogation going smoothly -- (CNN) In a news conference Monday, Ramsey attorney Lin Wood said he felt the questions have been fair. Mon Aug 28 2000 14:17:54  Fayetteville, Arkansas Shots fired on Arkansas campus; two dead -- (POSTnet) Two people were shot to death Monday in an apparent murder-suicide in a faculty office at the University of Arkansas, authorities said. Mon Aug 28 2000 14:06:20  MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 - bludgeoned to death October, 1975 Greenwich, Connecticut Transfer of Skakel case expected -- (The Connecticut Law Tribune) Prosecutor contemplates dropping charges if case stays in juvenile court. Rush transcript of Burden of Proof, August 28, 2000 -- (CNN) Murder in Greenwich: Michael Skakel's attorney Mickey Sherman discusses the case. Mon Aug 28 2000 13:18:11  XU "Sue" WANG - disappeared August 11, 1999 Darien, Illinois Police ask psychic to help them find doctor -- (Chicago Tribune) Police investigators, federal agents and dogs trained to sniff out human remains have been back in the woods near Argonne National Laboratory over the past few days, after an Arkansas psychic pointed detectives to an area to search for clues in the disappearance of physician Xu "Sue" Wang. Mon Aug 28 2000 12:54:23  Ed Gein - serial killer Plainsfield, Wisconsin Supposed dirt from serial killer's grave being sold on Internet -- (Star-Tribune) Someone is trying to hit pay dirt by selling soil from the grave of serial murderer Ed Gein, whose crimes inspired the book and movie "Psycho." Mon Aug 28 2000 12:28:36  JILL BEHRMAN, 19 - vanished during bike ride May 31 Bloomington, Indiana The search for Jill Behrman: Update -- (Indiana University Alumni Association) "We're encouraged by the content of the leads and I firmly believe they will lead to a resolution in the case," said Gary Dunn, an FBI agent stationed in Bloomington. "We've eliminated a lot of suspects and we are continuing to look at others not eliminated." The Jill Behrman 'Run for the End Zone' -- (Indiana University Rec Sports) Proceeds from this event will benefit the Jill Behrman Fund, a $50,000 reward fund being offered for any new information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for Jill's disappearance. Mon Aug 28 2000 11:23:58  MOLLY ANN BISH - believed abducted from lifeguard post June 27 Warren, Mass. Bish mystery leads Andover to shut down pond early -- (Boston Herald) Andover officials haved closed the town's only swimming hole early this year. Mon Aug 28 2000 09:40:53  JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - unsolved 1996 homicide John and Patsy Ramsey - parents under suspicion Boulder, Colorado Ramseys to face police meeting -- (The Daily Camera) When Boulder Police Chief Mark Beckner sits down for a day-long interview with John and Patsy Ramsey this morning, it will mark the first time the department's top officer has met with the couple. Ramseys meet with police -- (Inside Denver) "They say they need our help. We're here to help," Patsy Ramsey said as the couple arrived. Picture of John and Patsy Ramsey arriving for today's interviews. -- (AP News) Picture of videographer Michael McElroy brings his gear into the offices of attorney Lin Wood, the attorney for John and Patsy Ramsey, early Monday, Aug. 28. -- (AP News) Investigative Reports: JonBenet - Anatomy of an Investigation -- (A&E Network) August 28, 10 PM/9 PM CT: The Ramsey murder case is put under the microscope to discover how it was irreversibly damaged and who is really to blame for failing to bring the murderer to justice. New details, new questions -- (abc NEWS) Cops promise to break new ground with JonBenet's parents. Ramseys face more police questioning -- (Dallas Morning News) Police chief cites new forensic testing. JonBenet's parents face new questions from cops today -- (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Atlanta criminal defense lawyer Steve Sadow, who has served as an adviser and consultant to Wood on the case, will not be there. Mon Aug 28 2000 09:35:28  BOBBIE JO BARRY, 7 - unexplained disappearance Marion, Ohio Family, police search for girl who vanished from her bed -- (Columbus Dispatch) Bobbie Jo Barry's father told Marion police he found muddy footprints in the room of his 7-year-old daughter. Child missing after apparent kidnapping -- (Digital City) A set of muddy footprints led from a window to the bed in her father's home where the child had been sleeping. Sun Aug 27 2000 18:25:28  EMILY ROSE MELANCON, 8 months - reported missing, body found in pond Joseph and Kristi Melancon - both charged with murder Hopkinsville, Kentucky Parents indicted in death of infant -- (Cincinnati Enquirer) Investigators are looking into malnutrition and neglect as possible factors in the baby's death. Couple indicted in baby's murder -- (Digital City) All test results are not back yet on Emily Rose, but officials say they believe the baby may have been starved to death. Sun Aug 27 2000 17:39:36  VICTIM, 8 - now being cared for by relatives Suspect, 30 - stepfather in hospital for a psychiatric assessment Calgary, Alberta, Canada Stepdad held in torture -- (Toronto Sun) Veteran cops all too familiar with child abuse cases say they're sickened by the torture inflicted on an eight-year-old boy over a two-day period in his Calgary home. Sun Aug 27 2000 16:22:46  JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - murdered in her home December 26, 1996 John and Patsy Ramsey - parents "under the umbrella of suspicion" Boulder, Colorado Ramseys, police to meet for first time in two years -- (POSTnet) Wood, the Ramseys' Atlanta-based attorney, said he advised the couple not to meet with police because he was concerned about "the potential for innocent people to be caught up in a web of an overzealous prosecutor and unobjective or less than objective police officials." "I think it would be safe to say there's probably no lawyer who would recommend they participate in this kind of interrogation," Wood said. Ramseys, cops to meet after two years -- (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) The Ramseys will terminate the interviews immediately if they are "attacked, abused or treated unfairly," civil lawyer Lin Wood said. Ramseys to meet with Boulder detectives Monday -- (KUSA) Beckner says they have a number of questions in mind regarding new information they've discovered in their two year investigation. Sun Aug 27 2000 13:36:55  JANE DURREA, 13 - victim died Nov. 5, 1968 MONMOUTH COUNTY, N.J. Key clues to '68 murder -- (Ashbury Park Press) The killer, who remains unpunished more than 30 years after the crime, left a calling card behind when he abandoned Jane's half-naked body beside abandoned railroad tracks on the Bayshore: a smear of semen on her underpants that contains his DNA. Sun Aug 27 2000 13:31:42  Muriel Holland - raped, strangled, murdered MISSISSAUGA, Ontrio Legacy of murder: Cops still hunt 1991 killer of Muriel Holland -- (Toronto Sun) Sometime during the night, a man cut the screen on a 9x17-inch window of the ground-floor apartment and squeezed through. He found Holland sleeping on a pull-out bed in the living room. She had given up her bed to her father in the next room. It's not known if the intruder startled Holland or simply attacked her as she slept. Sun Aug 27 2000 13:26:13 Stanislaus County, Cal. 5 years later, stabbing death still not solved -- (Mod Bee) Five years ago a killer slipped into the Riverbank home of Donald C. Norwood and stabbed him to death with a knife from Norwood's kitchen. The killer hasn't been found. Sun Aug 27 2000 13:22:56  HEATHER TELL, 17 - asphyxiated Tamworth, England Police hunt killer after body of 17-year-old girl is found -- (Telegraph UK) The corpse was concealed but not buried or covered, said Staffordshire police. Heather Tell, a student, went missing while on her way to meet a friend. Murdered Heather, 17, Dreamed Of Being A Dancer -- (Guardian UK) Heartbroken friends of a murdered teenager whose body was found in bushes near a busy road say she dreamed of being a dancer. Sun Aug 27 2000 13:06:54  JANICE LANCASTER - shot James Steven Lancaster Sr. - abuser La Plata, Maryland In Maryland, a Murder In the Making -- (Washington Post) Tracy Dawson found it hard to imagine Steve Lancaster had grown menacing. She had gone to La Plata High School with the Lancasters. They seemed lucky at love--together 17 years, two good children; good to each other, too. She remembered cookouts when Janice cuddled on his lap, like the teenage sweethearts they once were. Sat Aug 26 2000 22:13:45  Adam J. Gray, 21, Josh A. McLean, 20, and Billy Joe Jones, 25 - in custody PLACER COUNTY, Cal. Three jailed in man's slaying: Victim was supervisor where trio had worked -- (Sac Bee) Three former employees of the security firm that hired newlywed Matthew Andrew Lenabat as a supervisor just two weeks ago have been arrested in connection with his kidnapping and slaying, authorities said Friday. Sat Aug 26 2000 18:56:10  SAN BERNARDINO, Cal. Policeman Wanted On Sex Assault Charges -- (Channel 2000) An Adelanto police officer is wanted in connection with two possible sexual assault cases. Walter William Petty, 33, is believed to be eluding authorities anxious to question him about allegations that he forced himself on a 14 year-old girl. Sat Aug 26 2000 18:48:29  WATERBURY, Conn. Man Kills 3, Self in Connecticut -- (Newsday) A man went on a killing spree Saturday, gunning down three people, including a firefighter who was collecting money for charity, before shooting himself to death, police said. Sat Aug 26 2000 15:07:36  NICHOLAS MARKOWITZ, - victim SANTA BARBARA, Cal. 4 Plead Not Guilty in Slaying of Teenager -- (LA Times) Three young men and a 17-year-old pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of kidnapping and executing a West Hills teenager whose body was found in a shallow grave. Ryan James Hoyt, 21, of West Hills; William R. Skidmore, 20, of Simi Valley; Jesse Taylor Rugge, 20, of Santa Barbara; and Graham Pressley, 17, of Goleta, were charged with one felony count each of kidnapping and murder. Sat Aug 26 2000 15:03:16  pitchfork attack MERCED, Cal. Answers sought in Merced killings -- (Mod Bee) Merced County sheriff's officials admitted Friday that some questions about Wednesday's slayings of two young children may never be answered. Sat Aug 26 2000 14:55:52  SHELBY DUIS, 2 - beating death Heidi Watkins convicted of felony child endangerment STORM LAKE, Ia. DHS denies fault in Duis death -- (Des Moines Register) The Iowa Department of Human Services is not to blame for the death of Shelby Duis, director Jessie Rasmussen said Friday. Duis lawyer: Case victory will be tough -- (Des Moines Register) Attorneys for the father of slain toddler Shelby Duis said winning a $7 million claim from the state for alleged negligence by human-services workers will be an uphill battle. Shelby Duis Case -- (Des Moines Register) case over-view Sat Aug 26 2000 14:39:09  MOLLY ANN BISH, 17 - disappeared from lifeguard post June 27 Warren, Mass. Worcester DA backs off theory of Bish being a runaway -- (Boston Herald) Worcester County District Attorney John J. Conte says there is no new evidence that missing Warren lifeguard Molly Ann Bish ran away, describing such a scenario as a "very, very slight possibility" New suspects interviewed in missing lifeguard case -- (Boston.com) The head of the investigation into the suspected abduction of a teen-age lifeguard said Friday that more suspects have been developed in recent weeks. But District Attorney John Conte said it is still unclear if the new suspects will bring any breakthrough. Sat Aug 26 2000 14:32:19  SYDNEY, Australia Possible Olympic Plot Discovered -- (Washington Post) New Zealand said Saturday it had uncovered a possible plot to blow up a nuclear reactor in Sydney during the Olympic Games and protesters gathered at the site to demand its immediate shutdown. Sat Aug 26 2000 14:30:13 CLAUDIA KIRSCHHOCH - reported missing on June 2 NwewaRK, NEW jERSEY. Clue in Missing Writer Case -- (ABC News) A search dog picked up the scent of a missing New York-based travel writer in the car trunk of a resort bartender in Jamaica. The FBI is testing the trunk’s lining and the bartender’s boots for clues, the agency said this week. Sat Aug 26 2000 10:35:42  case related BOULDER, Colo. Criminal-libel inquiry targets journalists in Ramsey case -- (Rocky Mountain News) Several news organizations and journalists are targets of a Boulder police investigation into whether they criminally libeled Ramsey murder case witness Fleet White. Sat Aug 26 2000 10:22:38  NEW YORK Husband sentenced for bashing wife's head with barbell -- (Boston.com) A former securities executive who admitted bashing his wife's head and face with a 10-pound barbell has been sentenced to eight years and three months in prison. Aftab Islam pleaded guilty earlier this month to first-degree assault in the April 22, 1999, attack on Theresa Havell. Sat Aug 26 2000 10:20:33  BRIAN MUHA, 18 and AARON LAND, 20 - victims Nathan Herring, 19 - guilty of aggravated murder, kidnapping STEUBENVILLE, Ohio Man convicted in slayings of Ohio college students -- (Boston.com) A 19-year-old man has been convicted of abducting and killing two college students whose bodies were found last year along a highway in Pennsylvania. Fri Aug 25 2000 18:16:47  CARLOS ANDRES de JESUS BARROS, 6 - abducted and sacrificed Joaquim Alves, 71, and Priscila Souza Ferreira, 22 - suspected in other child killings Bahia, Brazil Brazil voodoo priests arrested for child sacrifice (Reuters) Brazilian police said Friday they arrested two self-proclaimed voodoo priests for the murder of a 6-year-old boy who bled to death in a black-magic ceremony. Fri Aug 25 2000 18:09:18  RUMA HAMID, 26 - strangled at a campsite Jeffrey Lewis Thompson, 38 - pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt New Castle, New York Cops: Drifter strangled wife, then buried her (NY Journal) A drifter visiting the area with his infant son told town police detectives he killed his wife in Minnesota and buried her body on land he bought this year in rural Tennessee, authorities said yesterday. Fri Aug 25 2000 14:03:49  LIANA DUKE, 22 and ERIK DUKE, 5 - August 10, 1996 deaths case not closed James Robert "Bob" Duke - father under suspicion Green River, Wyoming Autopsy finds nothing new in mother-son deaths -- (Casper Star-Tribune) A new autopsy revealed no new information about the deaths of a mother and son whose bodies were found at the base of a cliff near Flaming Gorge Reservoir four years ago. Fri Aug 25 2000 13:47:10  VICTIM, 24 - reportedly assaulted by same suspect last year Richard M. Smyres, 26 - bond set $100,000 Hutchinson, Kansas Missing woman found bloody, but OK -- (Lawrence Journal-World) A woman who'd been reported missing was found beaten and bloodied Wednesday morning in a parking lot across from the Reno County Law Enforcement Center. Investigators said the woman reported having been kidnapped, sodomized, raped and dragged along the ground by a cord tied around her neck. Fri Aug 25 2000 13:27:47 ANTONIO MIRALPES, 55 - second officer to die in exercise programs Manila, Philippines Cop dies trying to lose weight -- (USA Today) A police officer nearing retirement died of a stroke while trying to trim his bulging stomach to meet a 34" waistline limit, officials said Friday. |
