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Tues Jan 23 2001 19:38:10  Covington, Louisiana Boy, 12, booked in attack on sisters -- (Advocate) A 12-year-old boy attacked his younger sisters with a chain, then tried to stab one with a 12-inch knife, sheriff's deputies said Monday. Deputies arrested the youth on one count of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated battery. Tues Jan 23 2001 18:47:26  James Jerome Mack, 17 - a sickening, vicious homicide Buffalo, New York Five arrested in beating, burning of teen -- (Newsday) Five young people were being held without bail Tuesday, charged with beating and sexually abusing a teen-ager and then setting his body on fire behind a church. Tues Jan 23 2001 16:29:25  Leroy B.J. Brown Jr. and his mother, Karen Clarke - murdered witnesses Waterbury, Connecticut Defense seeks to suppress Josephine Lee testimony -- (Newsday) The state's star witness in the trial of Adrian Peeler will be allowed to testify that she saw Peeler gun down an 8-year-old boy and the boy's mother. Tues Jan 23 2001 16:10:28  Leon Henry Jr., 29 - credit card theft Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Morgue Theft -- (Newsday) One of 10 former employees of the city's medical examiner's office pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing from bodies at the morgue. Tues Jan 23 2001 15:07:06  Robert Yates - 'Spokane Serial Killer', serving 408 years Spokane, Washington and Dale County, Alabama Yates may be linked to Alabama murder -- (MSNBC) The murder being investigated happened in Dale County, Alabama, back in August of 1995. The victim was a male transvestite, a man dressed as a woman. Sheriff’s deputies say he was working the streets as a prostitute. Tues Jan 23 2001 14:51:39  DR. HENRY LEE - forensic scientist and author New Haven, Connecticut Forensics experts revisit famous crime scenes in new book -- (New Haven Register) John F. Kennedy, JonBenet Ramsey...forensic scientist Henry Lee, who has investigated thousands of crime scenes, tackles these crimes and others in a new book called 'Famous Crimes Revisited'. The book, which Lee co-wrote, is his first true-crime book on cases in the United States. Tues Jan 23 2001 14:13:42  Donald Newbury, 38 and Patrick Murphy Jr., 39 - fugitives Colorado Springs, Colorado Fugitives’ van found in Colorado -- (MSNBC) Police said a van used by two of the remaining "Texas Seven" fugitives was found abandoned in a parking lot here Tuesday and officials were sweeping the area. Police say Rivas admits slaying -- (UPI) George Rivas, the alleged leader in the Texas prison break last month, admitted after his capture in Colorado that he was involved in the Christmas Eve slaying of a police officer in the Dallas area, Irving police confirmed Tuesday. Tues Jan 23 2001 11:07:58  Sara Jane Olson - charged with placing bombs under squad cars Los Angeles, California Found fugitive wants charges dropped in wake of Patty Hearst Shaw's pardon -- (Nando Times) Since President Clinton pardoned Patricia Hearst Shaw last week, Sara Jane Olson has renewed her plea to the Los Angeles district attorney's office to drop the attempted bombing charges against her. Tues Jan 23 2001 11:03:21  Roxborough, Pennsylvania Stalker kills cook, self -- (Philly.com) James "Vinny" Passalaqua calmly strolled into the CJ & Eck's, a popular Roxborough bar yesterday, nodding hello to customers as he headed straight into the kitchen. He shot the 42-year-old cook three times in the head, then turned the gun on himself and fired a single bullet into his head, police said. Tues Jan 23 2001 10:55:24  MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 - bludgeoned to death in 1975 Michael Skakel, 40 - charged in 2000 with murder Writer denies bogus lead in Moxley case -- (Greenwich Times) A former Greenwich resident who has written a screenplay based on the 1975 Martha Moxley murder once detoured the police investigation by falsely claiming to know who the killer is, the state's lead investigator for the case said. Tues Jan 23 2001 10:54:24  Hartford, Connecticut Judge clears way for jury pick -- (Boston.com) Chasity West, 26, pleaded innocent to killing Jarrell Cuyler 7, and attempting to kill the cousin's daughter, Lindsey Cuyler 2, in an alleged plot to marry the children's father. Tues Jan 23 2001 10:43:56  Wells, Vermont Police seek suspect in slaying of Wells woman -- (Boston.com) State Police were questioning a 26-year-old Wells man Tuesday whose mother was found dead in her home on Endless Brook Road. Joan Hunter, 54, was found dead Monday by her brother, who had become worried when she didn't go to work, said police Lt. Myles Heffernan. Tues Jan 23 2001 08:32:24  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hi-tech tunnel from slum to prison -- (Reuters) Police in Rio de Janeiro on Monday found an 80-yard tunnel stretching from a shantytown toward the Bangu III maximum security prison, a half-complete passageway that would have been used in a jailbreak, police said. Tues Jan 23 2001 08:04:21  Newport Beach, California Trial's tale of murder is talk of town -- (LA Times) Pegye and Eric Bechler were the perfect couple. Then the money dried up and she was reported missing at sea. Now he's charged with killing her for $2 million in insurance. Tues Jan 23 2001 07:48:31  Jeffrey Dahmer - serial killer Columbia County, Wisconsin Charges urged in Dahmer eBay case -- (JS Online) Prison worker accused of trying to sell shaving kit. Tues Jan 23 2001 07:38:53 CYNTHIA ST. ROSE, 47 - shot to death STEPHANIE ST. ROSE - shot in abdomen, fetus died Christopher Webb, 34 - first-degree murder charges New York Seek jury in granny, fetus slay -- (NY Daily News) Jury selection dragged into its ninth week yesterday in a death-penalty case in which a fetus and its grandmother were killed. Tues Jan 23 2001 07:32:06  Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs - trial delayed Jamal "Shyne" Barrow - arrested Sunday evening New York Puff Daddy trial delayed after co-defendant's arrest -- (Reuters) Jury selection in the gun possession and bribery trial of rap star Sean Combs was suspended for a day on Monday after his co-defendant was arrested for driving with a suspended license, police said. Tues Jan 23 2001 07:15:27  TRACY LATIMER, 12 - killed by carbon-monoxide poisoning Robert Latimer - second-degree murder conviction upheld Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Latimer supporters plan to demonstrate outside Saskatoon correction centre -- (Vancouver Sun) Supporters of Robert Latimer are planning a demonstration outside the Saskatoon Correctional Centre on Wednesday to demand clemency for the man who killed his disabled daughter. Robert Latimer homepage -- Copies of the petition and details of the protest. Tues Jan 23 2001 06:54:37  THE TEXAS SEVEN - four apprehended, one suicide Patrick Henry Murphy Jr. and Donald Keith Newbury - armed and dangerous Woodland Park, Colorado FBI searching for 2 Texas escapees still on the loose -- (CNN) "It is very important for the public to listen," FBI Special Agent in Charge Mark Marshon said Monday. "We have two subjects that are still on the loose. They are armed and extremely dangerous. They are in fact heavily armed. We know this based upon an interview with the subjects in custody." Tues Jan 23 2001 06:46:59  KURT, 5 and KEITH, 3 - drowned in Everglades canal Kirk Douglas Billie, 32- two counts of first-degree murder Miami, Florida Jury selection in Miccosukee charged in sons' deaths -- (TBO-Florida) Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a Miccosukee Indian charged with drowning his two sons by driving his ex-girlfriend's car into a canal after an argument. Authorities build case in murder of toddler -- (Daily Herald) Asserting its long-held rights as a sovereign nation under U.S. law, the tribe has barred Miami-Dade and federal authorities from its lands as they have tried to subpoena and interview the only people who saw what happened that June night in 1997: the Miccosukees who know Billie and the tribal police officers who initially arrested him. Tues Jan 23 2001 06:45:24  Henry Von Schwarc - fugitive courier Fort Myers, Florida Most of Brinks' loot recovered -- (Nando Times) Investigators have found most of the $3.5 million taken during a September burglary at a Brinks' warehouse. But the former employee blamed for the heist continues to elude police. Tues Jan 23 2001 06:44:37  LAUREN SERENE KEY-MARER, 4 - 'fall' now thought homicide Cameron Brown, 39 - father and prime suspect Monterey Park, California Investigators say child's death no accident -- (CH2000) Search continues for possible key witness. Mon Jan 22 2001 21:14:14  ERIC MILLER, 30 - suspicious death Raleigh, North Carolina Arsenic probe takes police to another home -- (WRAL) Police say early tests indicate Miller died of arsenic poisoning Dec. 2. They still await test results from the FBI and at least one other lab for final confirmation. Mon Jan 22 2001 21:04:58  Wayne County, Michigan Dispute over an exorcism ends in death -- (Freep) An exorcism that was to help rid a man of evil spirits and cure his mental illness turned into a deadly quarrel Sunday morning, police said. A 30-year-old Detroit woman died after being stabbed in her chest after an argument with the 22-year-old man, Detroit Police Officer Kevin Jones said. Mon Jan 22 2001 21:02:49  Wayne County, Michigan 4 arrested for robbery done as cops -- (Freep) Four people have been charged with robbing a Canton Township man after posing as state police troopers and a private detective looking for a runaway girl. Mon Jan 22 2001 20:59:50  Beaumont, Texas After murder case, custody battle ensues -- (The Enterprise) Christopher Wayne Gregory Jr. turned three years old yesterday. Christopher Wayne Gregory Sr., now 23, is serving a 50-year sentence for the October 1999 murder of the toddler's mother, Kristy Robbins, 20. Robbins' charred and decapitated body was found in her burning Ford Explorer under the Neches River Bridge in Orange County. Mon Jan 22 2001 19:51:44  New Orleans, Louisiana Case of sleeping lawyer revisited -- (Newsday) A Texas death-row inmate who came within minutes of being executed in 1987 was deprived of ''the guiding hand of counsel'' when his lawyer slept for 10-minute stretches during his trial, a defense attorney told a federal appeals court Monday. Mon Jan 22 2001 17:38:31  Roger Wheeler - organized crime victim James Bulger - crime boss, one of FBI's most wanted Tulsa, Oklahoma Sons await charges in 20-year-old slaying of Tulsa millionaire -- (Boston.com) Wheeler's 1981 murder is entangled in a complex case that spans three states, involves 20 other killings and sensational allegations tying a corrupt FBI agent with the bloody Boston underworld. Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris agreed to a plea deal with admitted triggerman, John V. Martorano, in 1999. Three weeks ago, Tulsa police gave Harris an affidavit naming South Boston-based Winter Hill Gang leaders James ''Whitey'' Bulger, 71, Stephen ''The Rifleman'' Flemmi, 66, and former Special Agent H. Paul Rico, 73, in a murder conspiracy. Mon Jan 22 2001 17:32:09  Alfred, Maine Plea entered in jail plot case against murderer -- (Boston.com) A convicted murderer accused of plotting to smuggle hacksaw blades into the York County Jail pleaded guilty Monday to a reduced charge of attempted criminal mischief. Steven Schoff Jr. entered the plea before jury selection got under way in Superior Court. Mon Jan 22 2001 17:29:55  John Peter Galanis, 57 - at large Report: Swindler walks away from work release program -- (Boston.com) A financier sentenced to 27 years in prison for swindling $150 million from investors walked away from a work-release program and is now a fugitive, the Greenwich Time reported Monday. Mon Jan 22 2001 17:26:20  New York Man charged in Wendy's massacre admits killing three, wounding two -- (Boston.com) One of the two men charged in the massacre at a Wendy's in Queens last spring pleaded guilty on Monday, while prosecutors will seek the death penalty against his alleged accomplice. Craig Godineaux pleaded guilty to all of the 47 charges against him including first-degree murder and robbery in connection with the May 24 slayings at the fast food restaurant in the Flushing section. Mon Jan 22 2001 17:23:18  Darrell Sharpe, 32 - charged with murder of Vincetta Myers, 38 Brockton, Massachusetts Boyfriend of woman found dead is ordered held without bail -- (Boston.com) A city man has been ordered held without bail after pleading innocent to charges that he murdered his girlfriend and hid her body in a storage area at her apartment building. Mon Jan 22 2001 15:36:39  CANDACE WERTZ, JOHN MICHAEL CORTIZ, CYNTHIA and ALLISA JACQUES - victims Carlos Angel Diaz, 23 - rammed ex-girlfriend's car Reading, Pennsylvania Man convicted of murder in train deaths -- (Nando Times) A man was convicted Monday of the murder of his ex-girlfriend and three others by pushing her car into the path of a freight train. Mon Jan 22 2001 15:15:19  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Abducted triplets safe in Mexico, mother may face charges in Canada -- (Vancouver Sun) Eight-year-old triplets allegedly abducted from their Stratford-area home Oct. 14 have been found in Mexico and reunited with their father. Their mother, Carline Vandenelsen, 38, has surrendered to Mexican authorities and may be extradited to face abduction charges in Canada. Mon Jan 22 2001 14:06:51  The Texas Seven - escaped from jail December 13, 2000 Woodland Park, Colorado 3 suspected Texas fugitives arrested in Colo. -- (Denver Post) Lt. Melissa Hartman of neighboring El Paso County Sheriff'sDepartment said FBI agents and her department's SWAT team were at a residence in Woodland Park but she could not be more specific. Three Texas inmates caught -- (KCNC-News4) The fugitives are wanted for the killing of an Irving, Texas police officer. Authorities believe they hold 4 of Texas escapees -- (CNN) No one was injured, a senior federal official said, adding that an announcement would be made Monday afternoon in Denver. 3 of 7 Texas fugitives caught in Colorado -- (Fox News) Colorado official believe they know where the other four fugitives are located. 4 of 7 escapees are arrested -- (Newsday) The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said one of them was George Rivas, 30, the suspected ringleader who was serving a life sentence for aggravated robbery and kidnapping. Mon Jan 22 2001 12:38:35 PATRICIA ARTZ, 46 - head was found on next door porch Kevin "Kip" Artz - open murder charge Jackson, Michigan Man accused of dismembering wife ruled competent in court -- (Detroit News) A state psychiatrist and an independent psychiatrist hired by the Artz family both testified Thursday that Artz understands the charge and is able to assist defense attorney Joseph Filip. Mon Jan 22 2001 12:27:51  CHERICA ADAMS - died of gun wounds Rae Carruth - sentenced today Charlotte, North Carolina Rae Carruth sentenced to 18-24 years for role in girlfriend's death -- (Nando Times) Superior Court Judge Charles Lamm handed down the sentence against Carruth after hearing emotional testimony from the parents of Adams, who was eight months pregnant when she was shot four times in November 1999. Carruth sentenced to more than 18 years in prison -- (Oregon Live/AP) Jury foreman Clark Pennell said Saturday that he didn't think there was any compromising, and that the jury was united in the final verdict. Mon Jan 22 2001 12:02:05  New York The kidnap and ransom industry -- (abc NEWS) It's a multimillion dollar industry that unites men in three-piece-suits with kids carrying Kalashnikovs - often with the kids giving orders to the suits. Mon Jan 22 2001 09:48:43  Cairo, Egypt Wife dispatches husband with killer punch -- (Reuters) A middle-aged Cairo woman killed her husband with a single punch and then pretended he had died of natural causes, security sources said Monday. Mon Jan 22 2001 09:04:45  DR. MALCOLM SCHVEY, 72 - told police his wife tried to smother him Roberta Bernstein, 55 - charged with attempted murder New York Doc's wife charged with slay attempt -- (NY Daily) The wife of a 72-year-old Park Ave. physician was charged with trying to suffocate him with a pillow in their upper East Side apartment, police said yesterday. Mon Jan 22 2001 08:07:14  CHERICA ADAMS, 24 - died one month after being shot in car Charlotte, North Carolina Carruth escapes execution, but faces up to 25 years in prison -- (Postnet) In a last-ditch effort to avoid prison, former NFL player Rae Carruth and his lawyer on Monday will ask to have his murder conspiracy conviction thrown out. Judge likely to be tough on Carruth, lawyers say -- (Charlotte Observer) Defense attorneys saved Rae Carruth's life, but they may be hard-pressed to keep the former Carolina Panthers player from spending much of it behind bars. Mon Jan 22 2001 08:02:46  Chicago, Illinois Police find body of missing girl in garbage bin -- (Chicago Tribune) Rolling Meadows police are investigating the death of a 2-year-old Chicago girl whose body was found Sunday in an apartment complex trash bin hours after she was reported missing. Mon Jan 22 2001 07:55:45  Nathaniel Bar-Jonah, 43 - alleged murderer and cannibal Hartford, Connecticut Conn. woman says Bar-Jonah attacked her -- (Boston Globe) Mary Patrone, a probation officer who lives in eastern Connecticut, told the newspaper that her attacker was never caught. She said she discovered who he was when she saw a picture of Bar-Jonah recently in a newspaper. |
