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Sun Sept 17 2000 08:56:55  STEFANIE HILL, 19 - murdered on Memorial Day STACEY DeSHAWN NORRIS, 33 - died from 4 gunshot wounds April 1 TRACY ANDERSON-SMITH, 44 - died on April 7, which was her birthday Lubbock, Texas Three murders clouded in mystery -- (Lubbock Online) Three murders this year, all unrelated except for remaining unsolved, continue to plague Lubbock police and disturb the victim's families. Sun Sept 17 2000 08:42:45  WILLIAM MARSH RICE, 84 - poisoned with mercury, murdered with chloroform New York Rice's mysterious murder revisited 100 years later -- (Houston Chronicle) The time was early fall 1900; the place, New York City. In the hands of New York's journalistic sensation-mongers, the Rice story became the hottest attraction of the new century. But today, despite its competent chronicling in two scholarly books and a popular play, much has been lost in obscurity. Sun Sept 17 2000 08:31:48  TIFFANY LONG, - kidnapped, assaulted and murdered October 16, 1998 Harold Jones, 18 - last defendant, trial to begin September 18 Dorthia Bynum, then 17 - convicted and serving life plus 25 years Joseph Jones, then 13 - convicted and serving life plus 25 years Greensboro, North Carolina Final Tiffany Long murder trial set -- (News & Record) It has been nearly two years since Tiffany Long, a shy heavy-set girl who played with dolls, was raped and sodomized, choked with a metal TV cable, and beaten to death with a metal-tipped bedrail. Sat Sept 16 2000 21:30:50  WAYNE A. SHUMAKER, 59; CORBY MYERS, 30; and LYNN GANGER, 54 - shot in the head, and all were found with their hands tied behind their backs Robert Lee Washington Jr., 20, Phillip A. Stroud, 21 Curtiss F. Smith, 24, and Charity Lynn Payne, 18 - arrested LAKEVILLE, Ind. Workers' Deaths Shocks Ind. Town -- (Newsday) -- Police arrested four people Saturday in connection with the execution-style killings of three construction workers found dead inside a barn where they were installing a loft. Sat Sept 16 2000 18:18:46  WENDY SULLIVAN, 25 - battered and strangled last Tuesday Rhodes, Greece Two arrested in Greece over murdered Briton -- (The Guardian) Police identified the suspects as 22-year-old Ukrainian construction worker Denis Pavlenko and 19-year-old Roman Maximov, from Moldova. Sat Sept 16 2000 17:52:19  Jonathan Burton, 19 - Aug. 11 death first thought to be heart attack Salt Lake City, Utah Autopsy finds passengers killed man in 'air rage' case -- (AP) A man who attacked other passengers and pounded on the cockpit door during a Southwest Airlines flight in August was killed by other passengers, not by a heart attack as originally believed, an autopsy has concluded. Sat Sept 16 2000 17:32:53  ORANGE COUNTY, Cal. Murder Plot in Drug Ring Alleged -- (LA Times) Police say Westminster businessman was targeted by wife and another, both arrested. Ecstasy supply to area believed to be significantly pinched. Sat Sept 16 2000 17:25:02  BANGOR, Maine Man threatened with a hammer; Dispute on bus leads to incident -- (Bangor Daily News) Bangor police charged a 33-year-old man with criminal threatening after it was reported he tried to hit another man with a hammer during a fight on a Bangor city bus Friday morning. Sat Sept 16 2000 17:21:14  TORONTO, Ont. Jail dad for humiliating son: Crown -- (Toronto Sun) An enraged dad should be jailed a year for handcuffing his naked teenaged son, beating him with a belt and dousing him with cold water as discipline, a prosecutor says. "This went beyond the realm of discipline," Crown attorney Suhail Akhtar said. Sat Sept 16 2000 17:18:11  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah Teen Killed by Passengers on Plane -- (Newsday) A passenger who tried to break into the cockpit during a Southwest Airlines flight was killed by the passengers who restrained him, not by a heart attack, an autopsy concluded. The U.S. Attorney's office described Jonathan Burton's Aug. 11 death as an act of self-defense by frightened passengers and said it would not file criminal charges. TOPEKA, Kan. Former Kan. Lottery Worker Accused -- (AP/Yahoo) A former lottery administrator is accused of using his access to the agency's computers to steal tens of thousands of dollars from the Kansas Lottery through dozens of small cash payments. LOS ANGELES, Cal. TV millionaire bride Conger's mother missing -- (CNN) Police searched Friday for the mother of TV's reluctant "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire" bride Darva Conger, who was reported missing late Thursday after she was last seen exploring a Los Angeles museum with a friend. Sat Sept 16 2000 14:48:01  BATON ROUGE, La. Police persist in search for student's killer -- (The Advocate) Kassie Federer’s killer is still free. More than a year ago, on Sept. 13, 1999, he forced her apartment door open, shot her and fled. The only thing missing from the Park Boulevard apartment where she and her roommate lived was Federer’s book bag. Debby Murry, Federer’s mother has doggedly tried to drum up information about her daughter’s killer. She has appeared several times on national television, including on "America’s Most Wanted" and "Leeza," hosted by Leeza Gibbons. Sat Sept 16 2000 14:42:36  Cincinnati, Oh. Witness loses nerve, sprints from courtroom -- (Cincinnati Enquirer) A witness who was supposed to testify against an accused killer ended up in jail himself Friday. While testifying in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, Kevin Davis jumped over the witness stand and sprinted out of the courtroom. He was tackled by three deputies, put in handcuffs and taken to jail. Sat Sept 16 2000 14:36:51  BOSTON, Mass. DNA Eyed in 'Boston Strangler' Case -- (Las Vegas Sun) The lawyer who represented Albert DeSalvo in the Boston Strangler case says he would support DNA testing in the case even though he believes his client was responsible for the murders. "I'm satisfied that he's the guy," F. Lee Bailey told the Boston Herald on Friday. Sat Sept 16 2000 12:46:16  SHENG JIN LIU, 44 - killed for food Stacy Royster, Robert Savage, Darryl Tyson, James Stone and Jamel Murphy, ages 14-17 - accused of vicious beating NEW YORK The gang's all here and with it the possibility of brutal crime -- (Boston.com) In the crowd that night were a cheerleader eager to start college, a math and science whiz, another young man crazy for sports and girls, and two guys known as regular church-goers. The same words came up over and over to describe the five teen-agers: good, polite, all-American kids. But prosecutors and police charge another word needs to be added to the list murderer. Sat Sept 16 2000 12:32:46  TED BINION - murdered casino mogul Rick Tabish, 35 and Sandra Murphy, 28 - convicted in May LAS VEGAS, Nev. Murphy, Tabish sentenced to more than 20 years -- (Las Vegas Sun) Convicted killers Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish were sentenced Friday to more than 20 years for the death two years ago of wealthy gambling figure Ted Binion. BINION MURDER: Case Closed -- (Las Vegas R-J) As a judge prepared to formally sentence their children Friday for a murder they insist they did not commit, the parents of Rick Tabish and Sandy Murphy couldn't stifle their anger. Binion's Killers Sentenced to Near-Maximum Terms -- (LA Times) A Las Vegas judge sent a con man and a young topless dancer to prison Friday for the murder of casino heir Lonnie "Ted" Binion, ending the most publicized criminal case in the city's history. Sat Sept 16 2000 12:25:01  Dr. John Malmstrom - prominent Bangor neurologist gunned down nearly four years ago Geraldine Malmstrom - aquitted BANGOR, Maine Malmstrom murder may remain mystery -- (Bangor Daily News) It was a trial that could have been scripted by Hollywood writers. A murder shrouded in mystery that drew spectators to the Penobscot County Courthouse in droves to watch the tale unfold. Sat Sept 16 2000 12:18:18  David Donald Lange - arrested DELHI, Cal. Nude man arrested in murder -- (ModBee) Sheriff's deputies arrested a naked 18-year-old man Friday evening and booked him on a murder charge after they found a woman's body inside a Delhi home. update ALBERTO SEPULVEDA, 11 - shot by SWAT team MODESTO Slain boy's father released -- (ModBee) The father of an 11-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a Modesto police officer walked away from a federal courthouse Friday after promising to post a $20,000 bond. Father declares innocence; says he is destroyed by son's death -- (SacBee) Jacob Lee Silva, 18 and Ty Erik Lopes, 33 - facing rape and murder charges MANTECA Arrests made in student's slaying in Manteca -- (ModBee) Detectives arrested two men Friday in connection with the slaying of Renee Ramos, an 18-year-old Manteca High School student whose body was found June 5 in the Home Depot store that was under construction. LOS ANGELES Three officers kill unarmed man -- (ModBee) Three Los Angeles police officers shot and killed an unarmed man they were pursuing for a traffic violation. The officers, who believed the man was armed, attempted to stop the motorist after he was caught speeding around midnight Friday in Cypress Park, just north of downtown Los Angeles. SACRAMENTO COUNTY Man arrested after police standoff -- (SacBee) Clement Mansion, 53, was booked in county jail on charges of spousal abuse, making terrorist threats and assault with a deadly weapon. PALOS VERDES ESTATES Evidence, Not of Crime, but of Forgetful Paleontologist -- (LA Times) Workmen renovating house discover human remains, but experts determine they were left behind by a former occupant. Sat Sept 16 2000 11:58:35  Omar Ramirez, 23 - sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus 32 years DENVER, Colo. Killer gets life in teens' slaying -- (Denver Post) They died within minutes of each other - Frank Monje from a bullet to the head and girlfriend Shantel Duran with four shots to the back of the head. Monje was 18; Duran was 14. Both were called innocent victims of an escalating conflict between two rival neighborhood groups. Sat Sept 16 2000 08:49:39  DAISY DIAZ, 25 - stabbed to death in October, 1999 Raudel Quiroz, 30 - brother-in-law, charged but still a fugitive Houston, Texas Slain woman's family sues over missing eyes -- (Houston Chronicle) The family of a woman who was stabbed to death last year has filed a lawsuit accusing the Lions Eye Bank of Houston of removing the woman's eyes without permission and inserting plastic discs in their place. Sat Sept 16 2000 08:29:45  JENNIFER ZUMACH, 21 - vanished January, 1999 KAREN RANDALL - 1992 "suicide" being reviewed James Vernon Randall, 31 - arrested Sept. 6 Shelburne, Ontario, Canada Cops find headless body in grave -- (Ottawa Sun) OPP investigators have uncovered a shallow grave containing the bagged remains of a woman whose head was found on her spouse's motorbike last week. More human remains found in shallow grave -- (Orangeville Banner) Using six "cadaver dogs," OPP officers discovered the remains near the intersection of Prince of Wales Road and Sideroad 15. Sat Sept 16 2000 08:08:47  LENA SLOEGEDAL PAULSEN (10) and STINE SOFIE SOERSTRENEN (8) sexually abused and brutally murdered with a knife May 19 this year Suspects, 19 and 21 - in custody Kristiansand, Norway Murder weapon not found -- (Norway Post) The 19-year-old who has confessed to killing one of the girls, has described in detail where the knife was hidden, but the police has so far not been able to find it. No weapon found in child murder case -- (Aftenposten) One of the suspects in a shocking child murder case believes his co-defendant has hidden the knife he says they used to kill two young girls. Sat Sept 16 2000 07:44:21  CASSANDRA LOPEZ and DENISE MARMOLEJO - cousins murdered July 30 Mario Orta, 50, and Pedro Bedolla, 45 - charged with capital murder San Antonio, Texas Two men charged in murder of 14-year-old girls -- (San Antonio Express News) San Antonio police announced today that two suspects have been charged in connection with the double murders of two 14-year-old girls in July. Sat Sept 16 2000 07:30:28  WILLIE DAVIDSON III, 14 months - "looked like a skeleton with skin on it" Glen Iris, Alabama Dead tot may have starved -- (Alabama Live) A Glen Iris boy died of apparent starvation Thursday and his siblings were being treated for malnutrition Friday, a Birmingham homicide detective said. Sat Sept 16 2000 04:43:17  Little Rock, Arkansas Attempted auction of crime photos prompts eBay policy change -- (POSTnet) An attempt to sell an autopsy picture and crime scene photographs of three slain boys has prompted the Internet auction site eBay to change its policy on graphic photos. Sat Sept 16 2000 04:29:21  ZACHARY BERNHARDT, 8 - reported missing early Monday morning Clearwater, Florida Police chase leads in missing child case -- (The Tampa Tribune) Police continued their investigation Friday into the disappearance of 8-year-old Zachary Bernhardt. Detectives review case of missing 8-year-old -- (St. Petersberg Times) For detectives, the fifth day of the search for missing 8-year-old Zachary Bernhardt Friday was spent reviewing what they've learned so far. Fri Sept 15 2000 21:15:50  LYNSEY QYE, 21 - vanished at Christmas, 1998 Michael Quy, 52 - father-in-law, charged with conspiracy to pervert justice Mitchell Qye - husband, accused of murder Elliot Qye - brother-in-law, accused of assisting in disposal of body Southport, England Murder case charge dropped -- (Electronic Telegraph) The father-in-law of Lynsey Quy, whose dismembered body was discovered 18 months after she disappeared from her home at Christmas, will not face trial on a charge connected with her death. Fri Sept 15 2000 19:37:00  CHICAGO, Ill. Landmark $433 million suit against the gun industry dismissed -- (Boston.com) Mayor Richard M. Daley's $433 million lawsuit against the firearms industry was dismissed Friday by a judge who said the mayor might do better to combat city crime through law enforcement methods and legislation. Fri Sept 15 2000 19:34:01  COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. Inmates charged with helping murder suspect escape -- (Boston.com) Four inmates were charged with helping a murder suspect escape, police said Friday. Xavier L. Valentine, charged with the July shotgun slaying of a 22-year-old Norwich man, slipped out of the Otsego County Jail on Sept. 1. He stole a minivan from a woman but was spotted by police and captured a short time later hiding in a barn. Fri Sept 15 2000 19:31:35  NEW YORK Sex abuse victim accuses archdiocese, school of complicity with nun -- (Boston.com) The lawyer for a man who says his former grade school teacher, an ex-nun, sexually abused him when he was 12 years old charged Friday that Catholic church and school officials let the abuse happen. Brian O'Rourke, 25, of the Bronx, is suing the former nun, Linda Baisi, the Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and St. Frances de Chantal School in Throgs Neck for $150 million for the damage the alleged abuse caused him. Fri Sept 15 2000 17:59:28  MICHEL AUGER - reporter takes aim at Hells Angels and the Rock Machine, organized crime MONTREAL, Que. Woman charged with death threat -- (Montreal Gazette) A woman has been charged with threatening to kill crime reporter Michel Auger one day before he was shot five times in the back. But police are calling it a coincidence. Hundreds gather in Montreal to support crime reporter who was shot -- (Montreal Gazette) Several hundred people gathered Friday to show their solidarity for crime reporter Michel Auger, who was shot five times in the back earlier this week. Taking aim at gangs -- (montreal Gazette) In the wake of the shooting of Montreal crime reporter Michel Auger, Canada's justice minister says she will consider toughening anti-gang laws and giving police special powers to combat organized crime. Fri Sept 15 2000 17:52:35  MONTREAL, Que. Rogue ATM coughs up free money -- (Montreal Gazette) Over the past few days, the Bank of Nova Scotia cash machine in McGill University's student centre has been giving away cash bonuses to users. When withdrawals were made Wednesday and yesterday morning, the machine slipped customers an extra $20 gratis. Fri Sept 15 2000 16:56:07  MOLLY ANN BISH, 17 - believed abducted from lifeguard post June 27 Warren, Mass. Couple adds $10,000 more to reward in missing lifeguard case -- (Boston Herald) A Cape Cod couple is adding $10,000 more to the reward fund in the case of a missing teen-age lifeguard in Warren, lifting the total to $40,000. State lawmaker adds $10,000 to reward fund -- (Boston Globe) State Rep. Reed Hillman, a former state police commander, has donated $10,000 to a reward fund offered for information that helps solve the disappearance of teen lifeguard Molly Bish. Fri Sept 15 2000 16:54:33  Palos Verdes, California Mystery bones uncovered in Palos Verdes -- (CH2000) The home, which sits on a seaside bluff, was undergoing some remodeling when the crew stumbled upon the skeletal remains in a room under the house, believed to be an old bomb shelter. |
