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Sat Oct 7 2000 22:13:21  Dr. Douglas Snider, 59 - body has never been found Dr. Abraham Cooper, 61 - manslaughter conviction EDMONTON, Alta Northern Alta. doctor found guilty of manslaughter in death of colleague -- (Excite/CP) A small-town doctor accused of first-degree murder in the mysterious disappearance and presumed death of a colleague he had feuded with was found guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter Friday night. Doctors' feud in small Alta. town ends in death, rumours abound about killing -- (Excite/CP) The mystery continues, even though the verdict is in. What did Dr. Abraham Cooper do with the body of his medical colleague, Dr. Doug Snider? Cooper, 61, was convicted of manslaughter late Friday after a four-week trial. Sat Oct 7 2000 22:01:07  Saul Sandoval, 30 - arrested VENTURA COUNTY, Cal. Man Held in Machete Attack at Intersection -- (LA Times) A man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly attacked another man with a machete at an intersection in a residential neighborhood. Sat Oct 7 2000 21:41:30  HOWARD MORRIS JR, 18 - shooting death Sept. 22, 1999 Cherie Lee Forstein, 46, James Cable Stringer, 42, and Curtis Howard, 78 - 25 years to life in prison for first-degree murder SACRAMENTO, Cal. Three get prison in slaying -- Victim's father explodes in anger, is led away as killer speaks in court -- (Sac Bee) The father of a teenager gunned down in a struggling south Sacramento neighborhood couldn't bear to hear his son's killers utter a contrite word Friday. And he made sure they knew it. Sat Oct 7 2000 21:25:48  DENVER, Colo. Columbine gunman's father denies finding pipe bomb before massacre -- (CNN) The parents of Columbine gunman Eric Harris have denied blocking a police search for explosives in their home or finding a pipe bomb a year before their son and a friend killed 13 people at their high school. Sat Oct 7 2000 21:25:12  Nancy Spangler, 45, David Spangler, 17 and Susan Spangler, 15 - died of gunshot wounds Donna Sundling Spangler, 59 - died of fall Robert Merlin Spangler, 67 - arrested GRAND JUNCTION, Colo Ariz. extradition set for Spangler -- (Denver Post) Robert Spangler, who has confessed to killing two wives and two children in the past 22 years, winked at his current wife and looked untroubled as he appeared in U.S. Federal Court Friday morning for a brief hearing. Confession shocks 4th spouse -- (Rocky Mountain News) Robert Spangler's fourth and current wife has never feared her husband and had no idea he was involved in the deaths of two previous spouses. Sat Oct 7 2000 21:05:48  VALIREE JACKSON, 9 - murder victim Brad Jackson - father faces 20 to 28 years SPOKANE, Wash. Prosecutors plan to ask for exceptional sentence for Jackson -- (MSNBC) Brad Jackson now faces a long prison sentence for the murder of his nine-year-old daughter, and prosecutors want to make that sentence even longer. Valiree Jackson's Family Saddened But Relieved -- (KXLY) Emotion flooded the courtroom as Valiree's family heard the verdict."The justice sytem works! It works! It works! Praise the lord! Praise the lord! Justice has worked!" Valiree Jackson's Memory Lives Online -- (KXLY) Sat Oct 7 2000 19:15:08  WACO, Tex. Supreme Court rejects appeal by death row inmate in Waco assault, murder -- (Access Waco) The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to consider the appeal of death row inmate Ramiro Rubi Ibarra, who was convicted in the March 1987 sexual assault and strangulation death of a 16-year-old Waco girl. Ibarra also is serving a life prison term for sexually assaulting his nephew. JACINTO CITY, Tex. Woman found in trunk of car that suspects left -- (Houston Chronicle ) Jacinto City officers chasing four suspects in the attempted robbery of a pharmacy Thursday got the getaway car and a surprise -- a naked woman in the trunk. LUBBOCK, Tex. Three men sentenced in theft of $731,000 from armored van -- (Avalanche-Journal) A federal judge imposed prison sentences Friday on three Lubbock men connected to the theft of $731,000 from an armored van earlier this year in Idalou. Sat Oct 7 2000 19:00:41  HEATHER VITARELLI, 30 - died from a stray bullet in the back Sept. 8 Stephen Mullen, 32 - in custody LAS VEGAS, Nev. Friends, family grapple with Hawaiian woman's senseless death -- (Las Vegas Sun) Heather Vitarelli grew up eating at the same dinner table as her aunts and uncles and hitching rides down a lush volcanic slope to Maui's Ho'okipa Beach. She died on the floor of Harrah's casino, surrounded by clanging slot machines. Experts say tourist's death 'a tragic anomoly' -- (Las Vegas Sun) Sat Oct 7 2000 18:55:09  Joey Merlino, 38 - awaiting trial on charges of racketeering and murder PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Jailed Mob Boss Sues Justice Dept. -- (Las Vegas Sun) An alleged Philadelphia mob boss is suing prison officials and the Justice Department, saying his isolated jail conditions amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Sat Oct 7 2000 17:16:54  MONTREAL, Quebec Fugitive murderer captured in Montreal after coast-to-coast hunt -- (Cnews) A special police unit that tracks escaped criminals swooped in on a Montreal apartment Saturday to arrest a convicted murderer they've followed across the country. Police issued a Canada-wide warrant for Richard Joseph Tremblay after he walked away from a Vancouver halfway house on Sept. 7. Sat Oct 7 2000 17:09:40  Danielle Gregorio, 18 - hit and run victim SAN PEDRO, Cal. Reward Offered for Help in Solving Fatal Hit-and-Run -- (LA Times) The Los Angeles City Council offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of two young men suspected in the hit-and-run death of a teenager. Sat Oct 7 2000 17:06:25  Eduardo Alberto Guzman, 22 - scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday SANTA ANA, Calif. Police used cellphone chip to track alleged Santa Ana serial rapist -- (Mod Bee) An electronic chip from an alleged victim's cellphone led investigators to the man suspected of raping four women and trying to rape four others, police said Friday. Police Seek to Link Suspect in 8 Assaults to Other Attacks -- (LA Times) Detectives Friday pulled reports of unsolved crimes, seeking any possible connections to the suspect in custody on suspicion of sexually attacking eight women in a spree that terrorized the city. Sat Oct 7 2000 16:08:28  DYLAN CASSONE, 4 - cocaine metabolite in the child's urine, and cocaine was recovered from his vomit Kerry Cassone, 29 - charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. State: No case against mother whose 4-year-old drowned with traces of cocaine in his system -- (Sun Sentinel) The State Attorney's Office said Friday it does not have enough evidence to pursue manslaughter charges against a woman whose son had cocaine in his system at the time he drowned in a pool. Sat Oct 7 2000 16:00:39  Theodore H. Pollard, 31 - convicted of three counts of forcible sodomy, two counts of forcible rape and one count of sexual abuse KANSAS CITY, Mo. Man who dressed as woman convicted of rape -- (Postnet) A Kansas City man who gained access to a woman's apartment by dressing as a woman was convicted Friday of raping and sodomizing her. Sat Oct 7 2000 15:57:57  People get closer to serial killers through murderabilia -- (Postnet) Ever wanted to get close to a serial killer? You could buy a fragment of ``Psycho'' killer Ed Gein's farmhouse, or a letter from ``Son of Sam'' killer David Berkowitz. How about a lock of Charles Manson's hair, or dirt from the crawl space where John Wayne Gacy hid the bodies of his victims? Sat Oct 7 2000 15:54:57  BOSTON, Mass. Rare Chinese books stolen from Harvard -- (Postnet) Forty-one centuries-old Chinese books and two scrolls worth over $1 million are missing from Harvard-Yenching Library, which houses the largest collection of East Asian books outside Asia. Sat Oct 7 2000 15:53:15  CHICAGO, ILL. Inmate's demand: 'Get me a DNA, man. This will clear my name' -- (Postnet) When John Willis was convicted of being the ``beauty shop rapist,'' DNA was rarely used in Illinois courts, but prosecutors didn't need it: They had victims and eyewitnesses. Two women said Willis raped them. Several others said he robbed them. Sat Oct 7 2000 15:45:21  Theresa Andrews, 23 - murdered, unborn baby removed Michelle Bica, 39 - suicide RAVENNA, Ohio Questions, pain linger as small town copes with murder plot -- (Fox) They met by chance in the infants and toddlers section of a Wal-Mart. One woman was shopping for baby clothes. The other was looking for a baby. Sat Oct 7 2000 12:26:26  LOS ANGELES, Cal. O.J. Says Tabloids Tempt Him With Sultry Spies -- (Fox) Former football star O.J. Simpson says the supermarket tabloids are secretly paying beautiful women to date him — and then leak scandalous stories to disgrace him. Sat Oct 7 2000 12:24:26  Jermaine Fitzpatrick - murdered Ewan Bryce - facing deportation HARTFORD, Conn. Hartford man acquitted of killing government informant -- (Boston.com) A convicted drug dealer has been acquitted of killing a government informant who helped convict him and 27 others. Kristian Anthony Carriero, 3wks - cardiac arrest and severe head trauma BOSTON, Mass. Police questioning mother of dead baby -- (Boston.com) Police questioned the mother of a 3--week-old boy who was found dead Thursday on her bedroom floor in a Roxbury apartment. ''The mother was there and there were other people in and out of the house,'' Boston's homicide chief Deputy Superintendent Paul Farrahar told the Boston Herald. ''The concern is making sure that we find out conclusively how this baby died.'' LITTLETON, Colo. Columbine Killer's Parents Deny Responsibility for Their Son's Actions -- (Fox) The parents of Columbine gunman Eric Harris defended themselves in a Denver federal court Friday, denying they that they knew or should have known their son was planning the April 20, 1999 attack on Columbine High School that left 13 dead. Sat Oct 7 2000 12:16:06  Daniel B. Garrett III, 51 - maximum possible sentence FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. Ex-Fairfax Officer Sentenced in $330,000 Theft -- (Washington Post) A retired Fairfax County police officer who admitted stealing $330,000 in cash from the department over six years was sentenced yesterday to two years in federal prison and ordered to repay the money. Sat Oct 7 2000 10:13:42  Phuket, Thailand Briton raped in Thailand -- (BBC) A Scottish woman has been raped while on holiday in Thailand, the Foreign Office said on Saturday. Local newspaper reports say police are conducting a major manhunt after being ordered by the head of Thailand's police to arrest the man within a week. Sat Oct 7 2000 10:06:10  HEATHER THOMAS, 10 - vanished last Sunday evening Surrey, British Columbia, Canada Search for Heather Thomas continues -- (Vancouver Sun) The hunt for Heather Thomas continues, with police seeking up to 400 volunteers to assist in another large-scale ground and air search of the Cloverdale area today. Sat Oct 7 2000 09:39:43  Busta Rhymes, 27 - rapper New York Busted Rhymes on probation -- (E! Online) After a one-year delay, Busted Rymes has been sentenced for gun possession. Sat Oct 7 2000 09:36:11  SABRINA AISENBERG, 5 months - reported missing November, 1997, never found Steve and Marlene Aisenberg - indicted for lying to investigators Tampa, Florida Tapes in Aisenberg case could play in open court -- (The Tampa Tribune) A federal judge ruled Friday that he will begin hearings on Oct. 23 to determine if the tapes are audible. The hearings will continue for several days until all of the tapes that prosecutors intend to use at trial have been played. Fri Oct 6 2000 21:58:56  San Francisco, California Death penalty drama 'Dead Man Walking' now an opera -- (Nando Times) Two years in the making, the opera "Dead Man Walking" has its world premiere Saturday night at the San Francisco Opera. Composer Jake Heggie and award-winning playwright Terrence McNally adapted the story from Sister Helen Prejean's best-selling novel of the same name. Fri Oct 6 2000 21:28:11  Officers Kyle Shedran, 25 and Greg Day, 24 - placed on administrative leave with pay LEBANON, Tenn. Man killed by police who raided wrong house -- (Post.net) A 61-year-old man was shot to death by police while his wife was handcuffed in another room during a drug raid on the wrong house. Police admitted their mistake, saying faulty information from a drug informant contributed to the death of John Adams Wednesday night. They intended to raid the home next door. Fri Oct 6 2000 21:19:27  James ``Whitey'' Bulger and Stephen ``The Rifleman'' Flemmi - charged with 17+ murders, still at large Feds eye Bulger Group's cache of weapons: Two warrants expected to find 'dozens of guns' -- (Boston Herald) Investigators building the case against the Bulger Group will soon search for a cache of weapons the alleged gangsters stockpiled for their use, sources said. They will execute at least two search warrants and hope to find ``dozens of guns,'' according to a source. Reputed gangster reportedly moved to state prison -- (Boston Herald) An associate of fugitive Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger has a new place to hang his hat today. Border Guards Not Aware Of Bulger Lead -- (Yahoo/WCVB) Law-enforcement sources said that Bulger may have been spotted in Venice Beach, Calif. Despite that lead, the border patrol apparently hasn't been put on notice to search for him. Fri Oct 6 2000 19:03:04  Boston, Mass. Police probe infant's death -- (Boston Globe) Boston homicide detectives are investigating the death yesterday of a 3-week-old Roxbury infant after he suffered severe head injuries under mysterious circumstances. Fri Oct 6 2000 18:33:22  Angel Maturino Resendiz - convicted "Railroad Killer" San Antonio, Texas Railroad killer blames murders on Waco seige -- (KENS-5) Convicted murderer Angel Maturino Resendiz is now blaming the Branch Davidian siege for his many alleged murders. Fri Oct 6 2000 18:30:38  ALICA MANGINI, 14 - OD victim Rafael Sierra, also known as Carlos Torres Rivera, 30 - manslaughter charge SALEM, Mass. Dealer charged in OD death: Peabody girl, 14, found stricken in motel -- (Boston Herald) A convicted Lynn drug dealer was held on $50,000 cash bail yesterday after pleading innocent to selling heroin to a 16-year-old Peabody girl whom he allegedly partied with in a Middleton motel until she overdosed and died. Fri Oct 6 2000 18:24:09  Sandi Dawn Nieves, 36 - was convicted in August Los Angeles, California US woman gets death sentence for murder of daughters -- (abc NEWS) A California woman was sentenced to death Friday for the murders of her four young daughters and attempted murder of her son by setting fire to the family home and trapping them inside. Fri Oct 6 2000 18:22:19 HAMILTON, Ontario Dragon Confronts Cops During Drug Bust -- (Yahoo) In their line of work, narcotics officers are used to confronting desperate drug dealers, belligerent bikers and even the occasional vicious Rottweiler. But a 4-foot-long meat-eating dragon and a poisonous scorpion with impulse-control problems? Fri Oct 6 2000 18:16:19  HOLLY MADDUX, - former girlfriend murdered in 1977 Ira Einhorn, 60 - fled the country in 1981 FRANCE AND PENNSYLVANIA French prime minister denies Einhorn an extradition stay -- (Philly Inquirer) The prime minister of France has denied Ira Einhorn's request to reconsider his extradition to Philadelphia, a move District Attorney Lynne Abraham hailed this afternoon as bringing her office "one step closer to our utlimate goal." Einhorn, 60, fled the country in 1981, shortly before his trial in a Pennsylvania court. The former prominent anti-war activist was tried in absentia and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Maddux. The Tyler, Texas, woman's corpse was found stuffed in a trunk in a closet at Einhorn's Philadelphia home. The saga of Ira Einhorn -- (Philly.com) He was Philadelphia's self-styled guru of '60s counterculture. He fled from charges that he killed his girlfriend, Helen "Holly" Maddux, in 1977. Sixteen years later, he was convicted of murder, in absentia. The story seemingly came to an end in June 1997 with Einhorn's arrest in France. But Ira had other ideas, and he continues to fight his extradition. Here is a compendium of Einhorn news from the Inquirer and Daily News. |
