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Mon Jan 15 2001 09:53:13  Vestavia Hills, Alabama $2 million jewelry theft still unsolved -- (Alabama Live) Investigators are still trying to determine who is behind a jewelry heist last summer in Vestavia Hills where $2 million in diamonds and other assorted jewelry was stolen. Mon Jan 15 2001 08:51:28  James Porter Parker, 39 - suspect and fugitive Gainesville, Florida Brinks driver a suspect in heist -- (Gainesville Sun) A Brinks armored truck driver is on the run with a large amount of cash - at least several hundred thousand dollars - from his Gainesville pickup route, officials said Sunday. Mon Jan 15 2001 08:31:41  Seattle, Washington Boyfriend chasing woman slain by police -- (Post-Intelligencer) A 20-year-old woman, held hostage in a West Seattle apartment by her gun-wielding boyfriend late Saturday, dashed to freedom when he was not looking. Mon Jan 15 2001 08:27:17  RON RUDIN, 64 - chared remains found January 21, 1995 Margaret Rudin, 57 - under murder indictment Las Vegas, Nevada Rudin lawyer alleges conflict of interest -- (Las Vegas Review-Journal) An attorney for murder suspect Margaret Rudin on Friday filed court documents that show Clark County District Attorney Stewart Bell represented Rudin during divorce proceedings while he was in private practice in the mid-1980s. Mon Jan 15 2001 08:20:05  Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Police suspect Mafia gravesite in Nova Scotia -- (National Post) Investigation launched: Rural patch of land may be burial ground for murder victims. Mon Jan 15 2001 07:59:16  Laredo, Texas Ax murders still unresolved -- (San Antonio Express-News) Thursday marks a decade since the Laredo ax murders of James Smiley, a 33-year-old restaurateur and Baptist youth counselor, and Ruben Martinez, 22, and Daniel Dueñez, 14, two Nuevo Laredo residents who were staying at Smiley's home. Sun Jan 14 2001 22:33:41  Yarmouth, N.S. Possible Mafia graveyard in Nova Scotia -- (Cnews) Massachusetts police will be in Yarmouth on Monday to investigate a possible Mafia graveyard in southwestern Nova Scotia. The four American officers will fly to the town on a private plane early Monday morning to discuss with local RCMP the significance of a small parcel of land in rural Deerfield, N.S. Sun Jan 14 2001 19:43:25  Calgary, Alberta Victim search expands to Canada in grisly Montana child-cannibalism case -- (Cnews) American police are searching in Canada for other possible child victims of a suspected Montana cannibal charged with killing a boy and serving the remains to unsuspecting neighbours in stews and pot pies. "Alberta and Saskatchewan are the two places I think we were able to place him in, somewhere in the mid-'90s." Nathaniel Bar-Jonah, 43, of Great Falls, is in custody awaiting trial for the kidnapping and murder of 10-year-old Zachary Ramsay. Sun Jan 14 2001 18:38:05  Dr. Joseph Goodman - found dead Jan. 6 Hilton Head Island, S.C. New details emerge in case of doctor's death -- (Boston.com) Police are investigating the death of a retired Connecticut doctor who was found in his home with a stab wound to the neck. Sun Jan 14 2001 18:34:15  Laconia, N.H. Law enforcement officials prompt investigation of judge -- (Boston.com) The investigation of Laconia District Judge David Huot was prompted by a four-page complaint by the Belknap County sheriff, state police, Marine Patrol and seven of the nine Belknap County police chiefs. Questions and concerns about Huot were mostly complaints about his rulings. Sun Jan 14 2001 18:30:48  Shiremanstown, Pa. Ex-convict sought in stabbing death found dead -- (Fox) An ex-convict who stabbed his mother to death and repeatedly slashed four other people, including three family members, was found dead in his truck Sunday. He apparently killed himself, police said. Robert Leon Cassel III, 28, was found 13 miles from the murder scene with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Sun Jan 14 2001 15:36:11  Commentary Violence in the workplace -- (Rocky Mountain News) Everybody must have asked the question sometime: "Why is there so much senseless violence?" Is it a genetic legacy to every human? Is it all those hours watching murder on the boob tube? Sun Jan 14 2001 15:25:23  Bobby Dale Smith, 31 - victim Prattville, Ala. Fugitive on murder charge caught in Ohio -- (Alabama Live) An Alabama teen-ager wanted for murder in connection with a Christmas night shooting has been captured in Ohio. Jeffrey Martez Reese, 18, also known as Ted Reese, was arrested Friday in Cincinnati by the FBI, Prattville Police Chief Alfred Wadsworth said. Sun Jan 14 2001 14:47:07  Harold Shipman,(54) serving 15 consecutive sentences LONDON, England Shipman case to be turned into tv drama--(Sky News) Yorkshire Television and production company Chameleon are working on the project and are scouting for locations in the north of England. Sun Jan 14 2001 14:24:38  BILOXI, Miss. An Alabama man shot and wounded three...--(Boston.com) An Alabama man shot and wounded three people before fatally shooting himself at a busy Gulf Coast casino late Saturday night, Biloxi police said. Sun Jan 14 2001 12:54:23  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Officers don't know if gruesome find attached to a body -- (Ottawa Citizen) "We're treating it as a suspicious death. We have confirmed that it is a human leg. All we've got at this point is a left leg and we don't know if it belongs to a man or a woman. We don't even know if there is a body attached to it." Staff Sgt. Leo Janveau said. Sun Jan 14 2001 12:45:49  Robert Leon Cassel III, 28 - remains at large Shiremanstown, Pa. Ex-con sought in mother's stabbing -- (LA Times) An ex-convict under house arrest stabbed his mother to death and repeatedly slashed four other people, including three family members, before fleeing, police said. Sun Jan 14 2001 12:39:51  Evelio Rivera Zacarias, 41 - killer Rosemead, California D.A.'s yielding on death penalty could encourage extradition in murder case -- (LA Times) A year and a half ago, as detectives tell the story, a man obsessed with his ex-girlfriend stormed into the home of a family he didn't know and began shooting at point-blank range. Among the four people he killed that night in Rosemead was a 14-year-old boy whom he hunted down on the sidewalk and shot in the head in front of the boy's pleading mother. The suspect then fled to Mexico, where he has remained free. Sun Jan 14 2001 12:28:29  Wilbur Williams, 79, and his wife Wilma, 73 - slain Aug. 3, 1999 Kansas City, Kansas Twin sentenced in slaying of elderly couple -- (Postnet) The first of two teen-age twins convicted of murder in the slayings of an elderly couple has been sentenced to two life terms in prison. Donell Williams, 16, will serve the terms concurrently and he won't be eligible for parole until he's 41. Sun Jan 14 2001 12:15:06  Kenneth Kimes - con man and killer Plattsburgh, N.Y. Extradition on hold for New York murderer wanted in California -- (Boston.com) A judge will decide next month if murderer Kenneth Kimes can be extradited to California to face murder charges there. Kimes and his mother, Sante, were convicted in May of murdering 82-year-old Irene Silverman and conspiring to steal her $7 million Manhattan town house and other possessions. Sun Jan 14 2001 12:11:25  David Lemongello and Kenneth McGuire - officers in critical condition Shuntez Everett, 24 - suspect Orange, New Jersey Wounded Orange police officers remain in critical condition -- (Boston.com) As two police officers were hospitalized Sunday with critical injuries following a shootout that left a suspect dead, their colleagues and family were reminded how dangerous even the most routine assignment can be. Sun Jan 14 2001 11:54:17  JIMMY H. WEBB, 67 - shot to death and robbed Elberton, Georgia Few clues in Elbert case -- (Athens Online) Jimmy Webb, father, retiree and hobbyist, spent a lifetime collecting coins. In the end, it was the collection he took such pride in that cost him his life. Sun Jan 14 2001 11:42:03  New York Breaking into prison: Two teens in jail write winning script -- (abc NEWS) Two inmates at New York's Rikers Island, the nation's largest jail, have discovered a way to do what so many young people dream of - break into showbiz. Sun Jan 14 2001 09:13:24  JAMES BULGER, 2 - lured to his death by two 10-year-olds Robert Thompson - parole possible soon London, England Bukgar killer tried to strangle fellow inmate -- (Line One News) One of the killers of toddler James Bulger reportedly tried to strangle a fellow inmate at the secure unit where he is being held. Sun Jan 14 2001 08:33:42  AESHA MUHAMMAD - missing mother East Orange, New Jersy Toddler found outside church tells police, "Mommy was bleeding" -- (NJO News) A toddler who was apparently abandoned outside a church here told police his mother was hit by a rock and bleeding, according to a published report. Sun Jan 14 2001 08:10:18  New York Crime File: Justice Story Mobster's Unwise Murder -- (NY Daily News) In 1989, Farace, an aspiring Staten Island wiseguy, shot and killed Everett Hatcher, believing he was a police informant. In fact, Hatcher was a federal drug agent, and his murder touched off an unbridled manhunt that disrupted the Mafia's business as usual. Sun Jan 14 2001 08:00:01  DONALD BARTON - street-sweeper shot July 7, 1999 Jason Scott Dew, 18 - charged with capital murder Ormond Beach, Florida Tuesday marks start of trial in baffling murder -- (Daytona Beach News Journal) Donald Barton, a single parent raising a teen-age son, worked seven days a week to put food on the table and help his brother get their parking-lot sweeping business off the ground. Sun Jan 14 2001 07:50:23  Chicago, Illinois Report alleges crime lab fraud -- (Chicago Tribune) A supervisor at the Illinois State Police crime lab gave false testimony in nine cases, including trials that resulted in wrongful rape convictions of three Chicago men, according to an analysis by a leading forensic expert for alawsuit against the City of Chicago. Sun Jan 14 2001 07:25:29  Lagos, Nigeria Girl, 17, to be flogged -- (Herald Sun Sunday) A 17-year-old girl who became pregnant after being forced to have sex with three middle-aged men, has effectively been sentenced to death under Islamic laws that forbid premarital sex. Sun Jan 14 2001 02:30:10  Biloxi, Misssissippi Gunman shoots three and self at Gulf Coast casino -- (Postnet) The shooting occurred at about 11 p.m. Saturday night in a high-stakes slot machine area of Casino Magic in Biloxi. The nature of the three victims' injuries was not immediately known. Sun Jan 14 2001 02:24:51  Chief Petty Officer Christopher Sczublewski, 33 - assault charges Okinawa, Japan U.S. sailor arrested in Japan for alleged assault -- (Reuters) A U.S. sailor was arrested on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Sunday for allegedly assaulting a women in the second criminal incident in a week in which a U.S. serviceman has been implicated. Sun Jan 14 2001 01:46:31  Gillian Guess - juror who had affair with accused Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Gillian Guess apologizes in court; contempt charge gets dropped -- (cnews) Notorious juror Gillian Guess apologized in court Friday - and a judge dropped a charge of contempt of court. Guess was charged after she posted details of police wiretap evidence on her Web site even though release of the information had been banned by court order. Sun Jan 14 2001 01:37:21  Denver, Colorado Mother faces child abuse count -- (Inside Denver) The mother whose 12-year-old son moved the family's van last week and pinned his brother against their garage wall was issued a summons for child abuse, Arapahoe County authorities said. Sat Jan 13 2001 17:13:35 TIFFANY EUNICK, 6 - beaten to death Lionel Tate, 13 - on trial for first-degree murder Fort Lauderdale, Florida Broward youth: Pro wrestling moves killed 6-year-old playmate -- (TBO-Florida) No one disputes that on a summer night in 1999, Lionel Tate beat a 6-year-old family friend to death in his home after his mother, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper, went upstairs. Sat Jan 13 2001 11:46:53  AMANDA "Nikki" CAMPBELL, 4 - abducted December 27, 1991 Fairfield, California Renewed search for missing girl new tip in '91 case -- (SF Chronicle) Police searched a crawl space under a Fairfield house yesterday, a block away from where 4-year-old Amanda "Nikki" Campbell lived when she disappeared nine years ago. Searchers leave empty-handed -- (The Daily Republic) Police and FBI agents Thursday evening concluded their search at a Salisbury Drive home. Sat Jan 13 2001 10:33:20  New York NY boy has dream, jumps out window -- (AP) A 9-year-old boy dreaming that his parents were being murdered was seriously injured when he tried to escape from a third-story window in his sleep, police said. Sat Jan 13 2001 10:12:23  CEZAR - leaped over 8-foot fence Everett, Washington Police dog goes on unauthorized patrol -- (Herald Net) One of the Everett police's own went missing Friday, prompting officers to launch an all-day doghunt. Sat Jan 13 2001 09:59:00  Staten Island, New York Boy, 5, eyed in death of his infant brother -- (NY Daily News) A Staten Island family struggled yesterday with an unthinkable tragedy after police said they suspect the couple's 5-year-old son accidentally suffocated his month-old brother. Sat Jan 13 2001 09:39:01  Calgary, Alberta, Canada 'Dangerous' Alberta rancher gets life for murder of oil executive -- (Vancouver Sun) An Alberta rancher convicted of murdering an oil executive during a dispute over a gas well received a life sentence Friday without any chance of parole for 15 years. In sentencing Eifion (Wayne) Roberts, Justice Peter Martin repeatedly called him "dangerous" for ambushing Patrick Kent and gunning him down. Sat Jan 13 2001 09:34:42 JODIE ANN SCHNEIDER, 32 and VINCENT PAWLOSKI, 37 - bodies found October 7, 1999 Kim M. Clark, 22 - claims fear led to silence Woman convicted of helping hide killings -- (Oregon Live) A Multnomah County jury on Friday convicted a woman of helping other members of a drug ring cover up a gruesome double homicide in which the victims were disfigured and dumped in the Columbia River Gorge. Sat Jan 13 2001 08:43:13 DARIUS WELCH, 2 - died of a severed spine and torn aorta Charles Berry, 35 - caused death of girlfriend's child Wilmington, Delaware Maximum jail time in tot's death -- (The News-Journal) Superior Court Judge Fred S. Silverman handed Berry, of New Castle, the maximum sentence allowed under state sentencing guidelines. Sat Jan 13 2001 08:33:43 AMBER HAGERMAN, 9 - unsolved 1996 abduction/homicide Arlington, Texas Unsolved Arlington case haunts investigator; 5 years have passed since Amber crime -- (FW Star-Telegram) A 9-year-old girl had been dragged screaming off her pink bicycle and forced into a black pickup in the parking lot of an abandoned Winn-Dixie store. Four days later, a man walking his dog found the Berry Elementary third-grader's body in a creek bed bottom. |
