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Mon Oct 9 2000 13:28:10 Mon Oct 9 2000 13:25:35  PACOIMA, Cal. Girl, 9, shot watching TV in her living room -- (Dailynews.com) A 9-year-old girl watching television with her father was hit in the back by an errant bullet when a gunfight erupted among rival gangs outside her home, police said Sunday. Mon Oct 9 2000 13:17:06  FLUSHING, N.Y. The Path to Murder -- (Newsday) They call it the Wendy's gun. That is how federal agents refer to the cheap, black .380-cal. pistol that made its way across the country from a California factory to an Ohio gun store to the New York area in four years. One of 165,000 such guns made in the United States in 1996, it would figure in a crime of singular brutality. Mon Oct 9 2000 13:11:35  HOUSTON, Tex. Two Arrested In Ambulance Theft -- (Houston Chronicle) Two people were arrested early today after a Houston Fire Department ambulance was stolen from the patient unloading area behind Ben Taub Hospital. Mon Oct 9 2000 10:59:59  HARTFORD, Conn. Man charged with assault on young girl -- (Boston.com) City police have arrested a 59-year-old man on a sexual assault charge involving a 5-year-old girl. Daniel Morales was arrested early Monday, charged with fourth degree sexual assault, reckless endangerment and risk of injury to a minor. Mon Oct 9 2000 10:58:07  NORWALK, Conn. Missing man turns up in hospital -- (Boston.com) The 20-year-old grandson of Norwalk Mayor Frank Esposito, reported missing since last week, was found safe over the weekend in New Jersey. Mon Oct 9 2000 10:51:04  Edward Danny Deloney, 28, and Alonzo Morefield, 31 DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. Escapees found inside DeKalb jail -- (Atlanta J-C) Two DeKalb County jail inmates, one charged with killing his 6-year-old daughter during a hostage siege and the other accused of robbing and kidnapping while impersonating a police officer, were recaptured today inside the jail, nearly 12 hours after overpowering two guards and stealing their uniforms. Mon Oct 9 2000 10:47:45  Sondra Better, 68 - unsolved Aug. 24, 1998 murder DELRAY BEACH, Fla. With DNA match but no suspect, Delray police pursue murder of boutique clerk -- (Sun-Sentinel) "We have absolute proof of the person that's responsible," Police Detective Robert Stevens said.The DNA, recovered from a large trail of blood outside the consignment store, revealed the suspect is a man. "All we need is a name," Stevens said. Mon Oct 9 2000 10:42:20  Charles Gouveia, 80 - stabbed to death Donna Buchanan, 38 - charged with murder BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. Woman, 38, charged with fatally stabbing 80-year-old boyfriend near Lauderdale -- (Sun-Sentinel) A grandfather who won notoriety in a case involving the suicide of his granddaughter, a teenage stripper, was found stabbed to death in his home near fort Lauderdale over the weekend. Mon Oct 9 2000 10:36:41  TORONTO, Ont. Sex offender Karla Homolka beyond hope, says father of Kristen French -- (Montreal Gazette) The father of one of Karla Homolka's teenaged victims says the notorious sex offender is beyond rehabilitation. "She can never be rehabilitated, as far as I'm concerned," Doug French, father of 15-year-old Kristen French, said Sunday in an interview from his home in St. Catharines, Ont. Jail move 'a good thing' -- (Toronto Sun) "It's a good thing -- it should be done," said the mother of 14-year-old victim Leslie Mahaffy. Debbie Mahaffy feels the psychiatric evaluation in Saskatoon is an important part of her jail time. Homolka transferred to psychiatric facility -- (Cnews) Homolka was involved in the horrific deaths of Leslie Mahaffy, 14, Kristen French, 15, and her own 15-year-old sister, Tammy. Homolka is serving a 12-year term for her role in the slayings. She received that sentence after making a plea-bargain in 1993 to testify against her then-husband Paul Bernardo. Mon Oct 9 2000 10:31:08  Richard Tremblay, 53 - Cops say $20,000 was for 4 biker hits MONTREAL, Que. Killer under contract? -- (Toronto Sun) Escaped killer Richard Tremblay was living in Montreal under a false name and police believe he was poised to carry out four murders for a biker gang. Mon Oct 9 2000 10:07:23  MARTIN BLINDER, 63 - expected to recover from stabbing Dorothy Braco, 61 body washed shore on beach San Anselmo, California ‘Twinkie Shrink’ stabbed -- (abc NEWS) The psychiatrist known for presenting the 'Twinkie defense' in a murder trial over 20 years ago was stabbed in the chest this weekend, and now the suspected attacker - his ex-wife - has washed ashore dead. Sun Oct 8 2000 23:24:54  Jacquely R. Simmons, 34 - charged with kidnapping and burglary JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Third woman charged in kidnapping of infant -- (Boston.com) Police have charged a third woman in the break-in and abduction of a 10-day-old girl from her mother's home. The infant was found safe about 18 hours after being taken from the Jacksonville home of her mother, Angela Brown. Sun Oct 8 2000 23:21:36  Steven Nowicki, 37 - guilty on all 22 counts of sodomy, sexual abuse and endangering children WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. Nowicki convicted of abusing children -- (Boston.com) A former fifth grade teacher was convicted Sunday of sexually abusing two boys who said he crept into their bunk beds after their father invited him to spend the night. Sun Oct 8 2000 23:19:33  NEWARK, N.J. $800,000 available for investors cheated in meat scam -- (Boston.com) Federal authorities have $800,000 available to reimburse investors cheated by a meat broker who engineered a multimillion-dollar pyramid scheme, but the overseer of the fund said officials cannot find all the investors. Sun Oct 8 2000 23:16:48  BANGOR, Maine Alleged killer of Maine women to be returned to state -- () Texas inmate James Rodney Hicks, who has now confessed to killing three Maine women, was on his way back to Maine late Sunday as part of a deal that would let him serve his time in a prison setting closer to his home. Sun Oct 8 2000 21:26:39  MERIDIAN, MS. 3 men held in killing of mail carrier -- (Sun Herald) Three men are in custody on charges related to the Oct. 3 killing of a rural mail carrier in Kemper County. Authorities charged Michael D. Sims, 30, of Meridian with capital murder, kidnapping and burglary in Brenda Rogers' death. CINCINATTI, Oh. Bond set for man held in shooting death of brother -- (Cincinnati Enquirer) Bond was set at $500,000 for the man who came to the Cincinnati area Thursday night and allegedly shot and killed his brother over a dispute about a stolen piece of heavy equipment. Hamilton County Municipal Judge Dennis Helmick set the bond Saturday morning during an arraignment for Matthew Gray, 46, of Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. Mr. Gray was charged with murder by Forest Park police. Sun Oct 8 2000 21:17:06  Amanda O'Meara, 12 - second- and third-degree burns over 25 percent of her body Tara Tallman, 15, and Lynette Bodenhofer, 12 - felony charge of willful injury MAQUOKETA, Iowa Friends charged with setting fire to 12-year-old -- (Fox) After school Wednesday, authorities say, Tallman and Bodenhofer allegedly doused O'Meara with gasoline and set her on fire over apparent jealousy about a boyfriend. Sun Oct 8 2000 21:13:47  Lamont Wilson, 21, Richard White, 26, and Michael Demps, 20 - victims ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Three men shot to death in pre-dawn ambush in Atlantic City, N.J. -- (Fox) A man with an assault rifle opened fire on a car stopped at a traffic light Friday, killing three of the four people inside, authorities said. Sun Oct 8 2000 21:11:53  Herald & Review editor Peggy Bellows - contempt DECATUR, Ill. Editor held in contempt for refusal to turn over photos -- (Fox) A judge held a newspaper editor in contempt Friday after she refused to turn over unpublished photos related to a murder case. The photographs were subpoenaed in the case of Karyn Hearn Slover, whose dismembered body parts were found floating in a lake two days after she disappeared on Sept. 27, 1996. Her ex-husband and his parents were charged with murder in January. Sun Oct 8 2000 21:06:12  DENVER, Colo. Released Sex Offenders in Custody -- (Newsday) Eight of nine sex offenders who were turned loose in the weeks between a state Supreme Court ruling on parole guidelines and the court's agreement to reconsider were taken back into custody on Sunday. Sun Oct 8 2000 15:30:00  Sandi Nieves, 36 - convicted killer SAN FERNANDO, Cal. Calculated Carnage -- (LA Times) So this gruesome mass murder case--one of the worst California's ever known--is just about over. Only one more death left to go. The killing of the killer. Anybody who murders four children deserves nothing less, the feeling is. A judge refused Friday to overturn a jury's recommendation. He agrees with those jurors that this killer needs to be put to death. Sun Oct 8 2000 14:24:22  LATANISHA CARMICHAEL, 3 - beaten to death in 1979 Madeline Carmichael, 61 and Gregory Carmichael, 38 - on trial Tuesday facing second-degree murder charges NEW YORK Mother and son near trial in macabre murder case -- (Boston.com) It was the morning after Madeline Carmichael's mummified toddler dead for two decades was discovered by police in her bedroom closet. Sun Oct 8 2000 14:13:54  BARBARA KENNA - shot last month by landlord Louis Hubrecht, 66 - charged with second-degree murder NEW YORK Driven to Kill, Landlord Says -- (NY Daily News) To prosecutors, it was a cut-and-dried case of cold-blooded murder: An ornery Madison Ave. landlord gunned down his tenant, a harmless 69-year-old school librarian. So conniving was Hubrecht, say prosecutors, that he placed a hammer in his victim's hand, then claimed he'd fired his gun in self-defense. Sun Oct 8 2000 12:38:00  Jason Robbins, 22 - held without bond MIAMI, Okla. Baby dies; murder alleged in warrant -- (Joplin Globe) A 1-year-old girl who was being treated for head injuries died Saturday morning, and Ottawa County authorities have obtained a first-degree murder warrant for the boyfriend of the infant’s mother. Sun Oct 8 2000 12:24:19  Albert Jackson Arnold, 39 - facing up to 101 years in prison ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Man Pleads Guilty To 9 Counts of Rape -- (ABQjournal) Arnold was accused of raping nine women, including two 14-year-old girls, between March 1998 and April 1999, according to information contained in two indictments. Edward John Sanders - sufficient DNA evidence TUCSON, Az. What kind of man would rape old women? -- (Az Star) Sanders 44, stands accused of three heinous attacks since April of this year: the rape and murder of 88-year-old Irene Johnson; the rape of an 82-year-old woman; and a backyard attack on a third woman described only as over 70 years old. Sun Oct 8 2000 12:03:37  The Burglar.com unites burglars with victims -- (Ananova Ltd) A website that lets burglars negotiate a "reward" with their victims for the return of their property has been condemned by police. TheBurglar.com -- (TheBurglar.com) Protecting your heritage after the misfortune (sic) Sun Oct 8 2000 11:28:06  Marla Ann Douglas, 33 - dangerous offender Billings, Missoula Woman jailed for seventh DUI -- (Missoulian) Bond has been set at $70,000 for a Shepherd woman charged with her seventh DUI. Sun Oct 8 2000 10:39:58 Karla Homolka, 30 - convicted killer Montreal, Quebec and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Karla Homolka transferred to Saskatoon psychiatric facility: news reports -- (Montreal Gazette) The transfer of notorious sex offender Karla Homolka to a maximum-security psychiatric facility in Saskatchewan is being praised by the mother of one of her victims. Karla Homolka transferred to Saskatoon psychiatric facility: news reports -- (Vancouver Sun) Homolka was involved in the horrific deaths of Leslie Mahaffy, Kristen French, 15, and her own 15-year-old sister, Tammy. Sun Oct 8 2000 09:37:33  VICTIM, newborn baby girl - died of severe dehydration Elizabeth Grace Law, 14 - charged with criminal homicide Townsend, Mississippi Teen-ager says she gave birth to baby, left her in shed -- (The Daily Times) A teen-ager who lived within sight of the shed where a baby's body was found Wednesday has confessed to giving birth to the little girl and leaving her there. Sun Oct 8 2000 09:30:44  Bakersfield, California Answers to why inmates were eating mail -- (CH2000) Some prisoners were high for days after receiving letters. Sat Oct 7 2000 22:51:45  ADA, OK. Baseball cards offered in murder-for-hire -- (Oklahoman) A Hughes County woman charged with hiring an undercover sheriff's deputy to kill her husband offered him three relatively worthless baseball cards as a down payment. Sat Oct 7 2000 22:47:33  Alfredo Castro - shot by at least two gunmen BOGOTA, Colombia Outspoken professor killed in Colombia -- (Fox) Gunmen killed an outspoken college professor as his wife and teenage daughter watched, police in Colombia said Saturday. At least seven professors have been assassinated in just over a year, while others have fled death threats into exile. Sat Oct 7 2000 22:43:22  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Suspension Urged for Fla. Troopers -- (Newsday) Two Florida troopers should be suspended for five days for bungling a probe into a deadly crash involving an allegedly drunk FBI agent, a state report says. Sat Oct 7 2000 22:30:05  TORONTO, Ont. An ugly homicide truth: Fewer cases being solved -- (Toronto Star) In the public imagination, a city's homicide rate is the index of personal safety. For 25 years, Toronto's rate has stayed low and constant. But troubling facts emerge from an analysis of police records and news databases for the past decade: Fewer arrests are being made than 10 years ago and homicides are less likely to be solved in certain areas of the city. On the Web -- (Toronto Star) The Star's database of homicide statistics |
