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Tues Jan 9 2001 07:30:15  DONALD E. ROGERS, 74 - killed August 12, 1999 Harry V. Titlow, 33 - wanted to become a woman Troy, Michigan Man killed for sex-change money -- (Chicago Sun-Times) After undergoing hormone therapy, Titlow still needed money for a sex-change operation in Canada, so he struck a deadly deal last summer, authorities said. Mon Jan 8 2001 22:25:08  Washington, D.C. DC Judge denies bid to suppress suspect's statements -- (Boston.com) A judge on Monday refused to suppress potentially incriminating statements by a man charged with killing two high school sweethearts. Superior Court Judge Russell F. Canan denied the request by lawyers for Carlton Blount, 19, who is charged with murder in the Feb. 8 shootings of Natasha Marsh and Andre Wallace, both 17. Mon Jan 8 2001 21:56:39  Chicago, Illinois Police seek carjacking suspects, car -- (Chicago Tribune) An Ohio woman who was shot and run over Sunday afternoon during a carjacking on the South Side remained in critical condition today as police sought two suspects and the vehicle involved. Mon Jan 8 2001 21:45:32  San Francisco, California California inmate wants to die -- (Las Vegas Sun) A California death row inmate imprisoned for 21 years dropped his appeals Monday, setting the stage for a rare execution in the state with the largest number of condemned inmates. Robert Massie, 59, could be executed within months for the 1979 murder of a San Francisco liquor store owner. Mon Jan 8 2001 21:16:26  BERNICE GRAY - body never found Robert Pann - accused boyfriend Detroit, Michigan Testimony will begin in 1991 murder trial--(Detroit Free Press) Testimony is to begin Tuesday in the trial of Robert Pann, who is accused of killing his estranged girlfriend Bernice Gray in 1991. Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor Steve Kaplan, who has called Pann "a spurned and scorned man," said the Pann case is the first murder prosecution in the county in which the victim's body was never recovered. Mon Jan 8 2001 21:01:09  London, England Mother-of-two jailed for biting off testicle -- (Lineone News) A mother who bit off a testicle after a drunken party turned violent has been jailed for six months. Denise Carr, 28, of Low Fell, Gateshead, had pleaded guilty at Newcastle Crown Court in December to a charge of affray after biting her husband's friend. Mon Jan 8 2001 20:44:57  Battle Creek, Michigan Man flees police, dies of hypothermia -- (Salon.com) A man died of hypothermia after wading into an icy river to escape police who wanted to question him about a series of purse snatchings, police said. Mon Jan 8 2001 20:38:47  Kristen Gilbert, (33) accused of killing four patients Springfield, Mass. Defense may call prosecution expert who botched scientific evidence -- (Boston.com) A medical researcher who had been expected to be one of the prosecution's chief witnesses against a nurse accused of killing four patients could now end up being called by the defense to testify. Mon Jan 8 2001 20:27:21  London, England HIGH court decides Bulger killers' future--(Sky News) The mother of James Bulger has condemned the lifelong anonymity granted to her son's killers. High Court judge Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss passed the injunction after claiming any revelation of Jon Venables and Robert Thompson's assumed identities or whereabouts would put them at "serious risk" of revenge attacks. Mon Jan 8 2001 20:15:41 Los Angeles, California Judge Sends Reagan Grandson to Drug Rehabilitation--(postnet) Cameron Michael Reagan, the troubled grandson of former U.S. president Ronald Reagan and son of talk-radio personality Michael Reagan, was sentenced Monday to 90 days in a drug rehabilitation program after he was found with a small amount of marijuana. Mon Jan 8 2001 20:04:02  Leonarda Beltran, (33) Elpidio Beltran, (40) Chicago, Illinois Parents accused of leaving disabled boy in unheated van -- (Chicago Tribune) The parents of a 10-year-old boy with cerebral palsy have been charged with endangering his life and health after allegedly leaving him in an unattended and unheated van for several hours while they went to a party on the West Side, police said today. Mon Jan 8 2001 18:39:04  RONALD RUDIN, 64 - shot, decapitated then burned December 1994 Margaret Rudin - charged with murder Las Vegas, Nevada Prosecutors consider jealousy as possible motive in slaying -- (Las Vegas Sun) For years prosecutors have maintained that Margaret Rudin killed her husband to get her hands on his millions. Seven boxes found last month have provided prosecutors with another possible motive: jealousy. Rudin is scheduled to go to trial on Feb. 26. Mon Jan 8 2001 17:59:22  Tulsa, Oklahoma Authorities say report of Texas fugitives false -- (Oklahoman) The reported sighting of Texas fugitives in Oklahoma turned out to be a case of mistaken identity, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Monday. Public reward fund aimed at anyone aiding Texas fugitives -- (CNN) Texas police are inviting the public to contribute to a reward fund in an effort to make the amount of money irresistible to those who may be helping the seven escaped prison inmates accused of fatally shooting a police officer in a Christmas Eve robbery during their five weeks on the run. Mon Jan 8 2001 17:57:21  KATHALEENA DRAPER, 17 - murdered, unborn child removed from womb Erin Kuhn, 31 - charged with murder by child abuse Yerington, Nevada Mental evaluation ordered for Sacramento woman in Fernley killings -- (Las Vegas Sun) A psychiatric evaluation was ordered today for a former emergency room technician accused of killing her pregnant niece and her niece's unborn baby in a Fernley motel room. Mon Jan 8 2001 17:46:40  Renee LaDean Flaherty, 32, and her children: Logan, 4; Amanda, 6; and Geoffrey, 8 - shotgun slayings Shalimar, Florida Quadruple-murder trial begins today -- (Miami Herald) Persian Gulf War veteran Jeffrey Hutchinson never wavered from his claim that two men wearing ski masks burst into his Florida Panhandle home and killed his live-in girlfriend and her three children. Mon Jan 8 2001 17:38:35  Albert Foulcher, 50 - at large Toulouse, France Convicted killer shoots dead four people in France -- (Reuters) A man already sought by police to serve a life sentence for murder shot dead four people on Monday including two prosecution witnesses at his trial and two policemen, officials said. Mon Jan 8 2001 14:41:08  Bryan, Texas 2 Die in Shooting at Texas Plant -- (Newsday) A gunman walked into a chicken processing plant Monday and shot a company official to death during a meeting, then killed himself, police said. Mon Jan 8 2001 12:29:08  TEXAS SEVEN Tulsa, Oklahoma Texas gang spotted here -- (Tulsa World) A gang of seven fugitives who escaped from a Texas prison and are accused of killing a police officer was spotted just south of Tulsa Sunday night after their car broke down, an Okmulgee County Sheriff's Officer said. Mon Jan 8 2001 12:04:46  Concord, New Hampshire Anti-cop lawmaker offers conditional resignation -- (Postnet) A freshman state lawmaker who stunned his constituents by admitting he supported the killing of police officers said Monday that he would resign under certain conditions. Republican Tom Alciere, 41, said he would step down if other lawmakers agree to shepherd his bills in the New Hampshire House. Mon Jan 8 2001 11:06:21  LEROY "BJ" BROWN, 8 - murdered trial witness Waterbury, Conn. Five excused from jury; trial delayed -- (Boston.com) Five jurors were excused Monday from the case of a man accused of killing an 8-year-old murder trial witness and the boy's mother. Twelve jurors and six alternates two more alternates than usual had been seated Nov. 29 to hear the trial of Adrian Peeler, the accused triggerman in the slayings of Leroy "B.J." Brown and his mother, Karen Clarke. Mon Jan 8 2001 10:58:41  Bay Villiage, Ohio Murder surprises cops: Though man fell, learned next day he was shot in head three times -- (Morning Journal) Police in Bay Village were surprised to find out they had a murder to investigate after discovering the body of 34-year-old roofer Robert Cutler outside a Lake Road home last Thursday. At first, officers thought Cutler had fallen from the roof. Police didn't know until the next day that he'd been shot in the head three times, according to officials. Mon Jan 8 2001 10:54:12  Denver, Colorado Hit-run suspect also held in mom's death -- (Denver Post) Dean L. Burgoyne, 32, faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of Diane Y. Brown, Denver Police Department spokeswoman Virginia Lopez said Sunday. "There is enough evidence at this point to name him as the suspect in that homicide," Lopez said. Mon Jan 8 2001 10:42:55  Jeffrey Kurpik, 24 - charged with rape and gross sexual imposition Cleveland, Ohio Child-abuse suspect, 24, is sought -- (Cleveland Live) A local law-enforcement task force is asking for help in finding a man who allegedly sexually assaulted two girls, ages 5 and 6, last summer in the Cleveland area. Mon Jan 8 2001 10:39:22  Avonmore, Ontario Writer jailed for his 'imagination' -- (Ottawa Citizen) Writers beware - your imagination could land you in jail. That's the warning from the lawyer representing a 16-year-old boy imprisoned for writing a fictional story in which a tormented teen plans to blow up his school to avenge years of abuse from school bullies. Mon Jan 8 2001 08:42:50  JAMES GUY BAILEY, 28 - died May 17, 2000 Cape Breton, Newfoundland, Canada Ottawa man turned to police for help and ended up dead in a jail cell -- (Ottawa Citizen) Erroneously jailed as a drunk, Bailey screamed for help for five hours before he died. Mon Jan 8 2001 08:15:02  Denise Carr, 28 - claimed to be rescuing friend Gateshead, England Woman jailed for testicle bite -- (BBC) A woman who claimed she bit off a man's testicle "in self defence" has been jailed for six months. Mon Jan 8 2001 07:44:14  Columbia, South Carolina Without a trace: State might end up trying murder case without body -- (The State) There has been no sign of life from Frances Franchey since August 1998. No credit card charges, no checking account activity, no family contact, no appearances anywhere. Law enforcement officials believe Franchey, who was 78, was killed, and last fall charged her 40-year-old son, Jeffery Weston, with her murder despite never finding the body. Mon Jan 8 2001 07:28:47  Nathaniel Bar-Jonah - accused murderer and cannibal Suspect linked to more assaults -- (Boston Globe) Bar-Jonah may have attacked at least eight more Central Massachusetts children besides the four boys he was convicted of assaulting in the Bay State. Mon Jan 8 2001 01:32:50  Edwin Edwards - convicted of corruption Baton Rouge, Louisiana Ex-Louisiana Governor faces sentencing -- (Newsday) Louisiana's boisterous former four-term Gov. Edwin Edwards, who says he's come through some two dozen legal investigations unscathed until now, faces sentencing Monday for corruption. Mon Jan 8 2001 01:22:44  JAMES BULGAR, 2 - lured to his death Jon Venables and Robert Thompson - committed murder at age 10 Merseyside, England Bulger killers' release 'may be secret' -- (BBC) James Bulger's killers could be released without the public knowing, it emerged in the High Court on Friday. Bulgar killers launch privacy fight -- (BBC) The two boys convicted of killing James Bulger in 1993 are to launch a High Court legal battle in an attempt to maintain their privacy after their 18th birthdays. Sun Jan 7 2001 22:37:50  LUCIE BLACKMAN - bar hostess last seen July 1 Joji Obara - businessman under suspicion of murder Tokyo, Japan Father gives up hope for missing bar girl Lucie -- (The Sunday Times) The father of Lucie Blackman, the British bar hostess who disappeared in Tokyo last July, has admitted he has finally given up hope of finding her alive. Sun Jan 7 2001 21:19:39 Joe Kennedy, 62 - to be released Greenboro, North Carolina Governor frees man whose daughter recanted molestation claim -- (Postnet) A man sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing his daughter, a claim she later recanted, is expected to be released this week after spending 14 years behind bars. Sun Jan 7 2001 20:37:12  James Rodney Hicks, 49 - serial killer Thomaston, Maine Killer returns to Maine after robbery sentencing in Texas -- (Boston.com) A serial killer serving two concurrent life sentences for murder was returned to Maine on Sunday after being handed a 55-year robbery sentence in Texas that officials say he probably will never serve. Sun Jan 7 2001 19:38:49  SYDNEY, Australia Boy 'raped and sold' at Australian refugee camp--(Telegraph) Investigations into allegations that a 12-year-old Iraqi boy was repeatedly raped by his father and then sold for sex to inmates of a detention centre in South Australia have revealed scandalous conditions there according to welfare agencies. Sun Jan 7 2001 19:37:53  SHELBURNE, N.S. Americans use Web to vote on Canadian mystery -- (CBC) Millions of viewers watched this weekend as Dateline NBC reviewed what happened to Janice Johnson at her home in a small fishing village February 1989. Interactive Dateline Mystery - Murder or Accident? -- (MSNBC) Sun Jan 7 2001 19:11:27 Crestview, Florida The long wait for justice -- (Northwest Florida Daily News) Life has been unimaginable for the family of Renee Flaherty and her three children since they were brutally killed in 1998. For Jeffrey Hutchinson's parents, having their son accused of the murders has been devastating. Parents plead, "Jeff is not a murderer like they say he is". Sun Jan 7 2001 18:53:23  Derrick St. John Bethea, 43 - casino cheat Mays Landing, New Jersey Bayonne man gets prison time for cheating casino -- (NJO Newsflash) A Bayonne man has been sentenced to 1½ years in prison for cheating Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino by distracting roulette dealers and placing bets when it was clear where the game's ball would stop. Sun Jan 7 2001 17:58:26  Budapest, Hungary Hair of dead Hungarian pop star stolen from hospital -- (LA Times) The hair of one of Hungary's most popular pop stars has been stolen from the hospital where he died earlier this week, a Hungarian paper said Saturday. Sun Jan 7 2001 17:41:06  San Francisco, California DNA Warrants: Ingenious prosecution or science gone too far? -- (Sacramento Bee) Statutes of limitations, which vary in time depending on the crime, are a bedrock of America's legal system. They demand that authorities obtain an arrest warrant or begin a prosecution within a certain time. Missing a deadline by as little as one day means a suspect cannot be prosecuted for the crime, even if evidence overwhelmingly points to his guilt. Sun Jan 7 2001 17:38:06  Trenton, New Jersey Committee plans new laws to address racial profiling -- (Boston.com) State lawmakers investigating racial profiling are preparing legislation to ensure police officers who violate a motorists' civil rights face state criminal charges. Sun Jan 7 2001 17:36:12  NATIONWIDE Top 10 jury verdicts of 2000 -- (Boston.com) The Top 10 highest jury verdicts of 2000, according to the magazine Lawyers Weekly USA, which published the list in Monday's editions. It was the second straight year in which the Top 10 awards were all greater than $100 million. Class action lawsuits were not considered. |
