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Wed Jan 31 2001 06:54:01  DANIELLA ELDER, 13 - missing since Sunday Stephen Robertson, 30 - mom's ex-boyfriend, arrested and charged Coos Bay, Oregon Man charged in Bandon girl's death -- (Oregon Live) Police arrested a man after the body of a missing 13-year-old girl was found Tuesday in a brushy area north of Bandon, authorities said. Miami, Florida Former Playboy model charged with trying to buy cocaine -- (TBO-Florida) Former Playboy playmate Maria Luisa Gil was arrested for trying to help her husband buy $209,000 of cocaine from an undercover federal agent, officials said. HALF and SUSANNE ZANTOP - bodied found in home Hanover, New Hampshire Officials say no arrest near in N.H. killings -- (Boston Globe) In a case shrouded in mystery, the state's top law enforcement official said yesterday that investigators are not close to making an arrest in the slayings of two Dartmouth College professors whose bodies were found in their off-campus home Saturday night. RACHEL MELLON, 13 - vanished January 31, 1996 Bolingbrook, Illinois Mellon case unsolved 5 years later -- (The Herald News) Rachel Mellon disappeared five years ago today, the anniversary arriving with far less fanfare than the last and little indication she's ever coming back. Denver, Colorado Skier to be sentenced for fatal collision -- (POSTnet) Nathan Hall had just ended his shift as a lift operator at the Vail ski resort and was heading down the slope when he caused a deadly collision that prompted resorts to crack down on speedy skiers. Hall, who was later convicted of negligent homicide, admits he was skiing too fast when he struck Alan Cobb of Denver on May 26, 1997. Tues Jan 30 2001 22:32:34  Aristotle Marr, 25 - fugitive Jamaica Bank-robbery suspect is hiding out in Jamaica -- (Seattle Times) Bank-robbery suspect Marr is indeed hiding in the West Indies island nation - likely moving between hideouts by cover of night, protected by relatives and a circle of close associates. Tues Jan 30 2001 21:36:34  London, England and Canada Doctor, wanted in Canada, accused of illegally taking body parts in Britain -- (Ottawa Citizen) A Dutch doctor wanted by police in Nova Scotia illegally ordered that every organ be stripped from every child during autopsies at a Liverpool hospital over a seven-year period ending in the mid-1990s, says a British inquiry. Tues Jan 30 2001 21:32:41  Brisbane, Australia Court told woman bought chainsaw before killing husband -- (ABC net) A Brisbane court has heard allegations that a Gold Coast woman bought a chainsaw and a high-powered electric knife before killing and butchering her ailing husband. Akiko Kitayama, 54, has pleaded not guilty to killing her husband of 21 years, Hamogo Kitayama, in 1999. Tues Jan 30 2001 21:24:03  DIANNE WHIPPLE, - mauled to death Jan. 26 Sacramento, California Owners of killer dogs adopt racist prison inmate -- (Sac Bee) On Jan. 15, 2001, attorneys Robert Noel and Marjorie Knoller, entered into a written agreement to adopt Paul John Schneider, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison currently serving a life sentence for attempted murder. Felons ran fighting-dog ring from behind bars -- (Sac Bee) Tues Jan 30 2001 21:19:53  Cambridge, Massachusetts Office massacre defendant to be sent for psychiatric tests -- (Boston.com) Michael McDermott, the man accused of killing seven co-workers at a Wakefield Internet company on Dec. 26, has been ordered to Bridgewater State Hospital for a psychological evaluation. Tues Jan 30 2001 21:16:49  Camp Zeist, Netherlands Verdict in Lockerbie trial imminent -- (Star Tribune) Families of the 270 victims in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 -- which blew up Dec. 21, 1988, over Lockerbie, Scotland -- rushed to a special court in the Netherlands on Tuesday after the three Scottish judges said they were ready to issue their verdict. Tues Jan 30 2001 21:14:43  Trenton, New Jersey Exception from Megan's Law asked for boy deemed sexual offender at 10 -- (Boston.com) The lawyers for a boy who was 10 years old when he was deemed to be a sexual offender asked Tuesday that he be protected from the procedures of Megan's Law because of his age. Tues Jan 30 2001 21:10:43  Concord, New Hampshire Death penalty foes try again to repeal law -- (Boston.com) ) Kirk Bloodsworth was 23, a former Marine with no criminal record, but he spent time on death row because no one believed he was innocent until DNA tests proved it so. Death penalty facts -- (Boston.com) New Hampshire's capital murder law Tues Jan 30 2001 21:07:44  Somerville, Massachusetts Couple charged with running shopping scam -- (Boston.com) Robert Feigenbaum, 49, of Westbury, N.Y. and Cynthia Feigenbaum, 48, of Boca Raton, Fla. pleaded innocent to charges including larceny and receiving stolen property. They were ordered held on $50,000 cash bail by Somerville District Court Judge Paul Mahoney. Tues Jan 30 2001 21:05:20  Cambridge, Massachusetts Prosecutors drop charges in 35-year-old mob case -- (Boston.com) Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped charges against two men who claim they served decades in prison because the FBI allowed them to be framed in a 1965 underworld killing. Tues Jan 30 2001 21:03:34  New Haven, Connecticut Conviction in sexual assault of girl -- (Boston.com) A Wallingford man has been convicted of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old relative several years ago. A six-member jury Monday convicted James Americo Gerace, 47, of first- and third-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. Tues Jan 30 2001 21:01:10  Cupertino, California Police: Photo lab clerk uncovers `Columbine-style' plan -- (Postnet) Police say a photo lab clerk tipped them to a community college student who allegedly had dozens of pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails and other weapons stashed in his room at home and planned to use them in a ``Columbine-style attack'' on his school. Tues Jan 30 2001 14:59:35  James Paul Long, 43 - pleaded guilty Cape Girardeau, Missouri Man guilty of growing marijuana, setting booby traps -- (POSTnet) A southeast Missouri man has admitted manufacturing more than 1,000 marijuana plants in the Mark Twain National Forest, and booby-trapping the area. Tues Jan 30 2001 14:55:21  Shawn Robert Martin - wanted by police Hillsborough County, Florida Child marketed on Internet in case with multiple charges -- (The Tampa Tribune) Detectives looking for a 13-year-old runaway say they found her living with a man who was advertising her for prostitution on the Internet. Tues Jan 30 2001 14:34:07  Officer Frank Wright - 9 'strip' complaints Yaphank, New York Review turns up 4 more complaints against 'strip' cop -- (NJO News) A review of hundreds of traffic tickets produced complaints from four more women against a Suffolk County police officer suspected of making female drivers strip after traffic stops, the police commissioner said Tuesday. Tues Jan 30 2001 12:22:17  KRYSTAL STEADMAN, 9 - abducted, assaulted and murdered Thomas Soria Sr., 40 - suspect found dead in Sunday Minden, Nevada Autopsy finds Thomas Soria, Sr. had heart defect -- (Sac Bee) The man found dead in his jail cell while standing trial for the rape and murder of a 9-year-old South Lake Tahoe girl had a long-term heart defect. Tues Jan 30 2001 11:41:53  Lakeland, Florida Ray Lewis' grandparents home broken into -- (NJO News) The home of Ray Lewis' grandparents was broken into as the couple watched their grandson lead his team to a Super Bowl victory. Tues Jan 30 2001 11:35:46  T.J. Solomen, 17 - serving 40 years Alto, Georgia Highschool gunman unconsious in jail cell -- (Newsday) The boy who wounded six classmates at a suburban Atlanta high school two years ago was taken to a hospital Tuesday after he was found unconscious in his prison cell. Tues Jan 30 2001 10:56:28  XIANA FAIRCHILD - missing for almost 14 months ROBERT "Robbie" ROMERO - missing for 7 months Vallejo, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico Wait continues on skull DNA results -- (Vallejo Herald-Times) DNA results from the child's skull found in the Santa Cruz Mountains were still unavailable Monday, officials said. New Mexico officials said they are also investigating if the skull could be that of a missing boy from that state. Tues Jan 30 2001 10:49:35  Dilley, Texas Texas prison brawl quelled -- (AP) Inmates rioted for more than 2½ hours in a state prison cafeteria Tuesday morning before being subdued with tear gas. Tues Jan 30 2001 10:22:50  Galesburg, Illinois Trucker says child porn inspired anger that kept him alert at wheel -- (POSTnet) Dana Turner, 40, of Galesburg said the photos made him angry, because he can't understand why adults would portray young children in such a manner. He said he used the photos to get angry so he would not fall asleep on the road, according to the police report. Tues Jan 30 2001 10:17:00  Mark Dutroux - Belgium's most notorious prisoner Brussels, Belgium Convicted child rapist accused of murdering four girls to stand trial in 2002 -- (FOX News) A convicted child rapist accused of murdering four girls will stand trial in 2002, six years after their bodies were found buried on his property, Belgium's justice minister said Tuesday. Tues Jan 30 2001 09:16:33  TONY LEE, 17 - beaten to death Thomas Hernandez, 20 - on trial for murder New York Girl, 15, tells of bat slaying -- (NY Daily News) A tearful Queens high school sophomore skipped class yesterday to describe how a teenager wielding an aluminum baseball bat savagely beat her friend Tony Lee to death. Tues Jan 30 2001 09:06:51  MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 - 1975 murder victim Michael Skakel, 40 - arrested and charged January 20, 2000 Greenwich, Connecticut and Portland, Maine Rehab owner in Skakel case dies -- (Greenwich Time) Joseph Ricci, the flamboyant founder of a controversial Maine drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility where Michael Skakel allegedly confessed to having murdered Greenwich teenager Martha Moxley, died yesterday at the Maine Medical Center in Portland. Tues Jan 30 2001 08:44:25  MARY HALL, 13 - body found Sunday in vacant building Cincinnati, Ohio Missing Northside teen found murdered -- (The Cincinnati Enquirer) Cincinnati homicide investigators are trying to piece together the last hours of a 13-year-old Northside girl's life. Tues Jan 30 2001 01:28:52  Huddleston, Virginia Police investigate mutilation of woman -- (Roanoke Times) The Bedford County Sheriff's Office is investigating the apparent assault and mutilation of a woman in her home Jan. 19. Tues Jan 30 2001 01:09:56  Wales Man compensated for 'cordless gun' arrest -- (BBC) A man who was mistakenly arrested and charged with possessing a firearm which turned out to be a cordless drill has been awarded compensation. Tues Jan 30 2001 00:58:28  Miami, Florida Police: Second slain prostitute found in Miami-Dade waters -- (TBO-Florida) Police are conducting a joint probe of the slayings of two prostitutes whose bodies have turned up in Miami-Dade County waterways in the space of a month. Mon Jan 29 2001 21:23:27  Tucson, Arizona Murder trial shines light on meth addiction -- (Arizona Daily Star) Teresa Imel was a minister's daughter who home-schooled her four children in a Christian curriculum and lived in a nice home in the Tucson Mountains. Then came divorce and a little "speed" to get over it. Mon Jan 29 2001 20:56:53  Huntsville, Texas Inmate executed for woman's slaying -- (Newsday) Caruthers Alexander, 52, was the third condemned killer to be executed this month in Texas, where a record 40 executions were carried out last year. Mon Jan 29 2001 20:51:43 Medford, Massachusetts FBI Documents Exonerate Man Imprisoned 33 Years -- (Postnet) For 33 years in prison, Peter Limone knew he'd been set up. He knew J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI had used him, a low-level mobster, as a handy fall guy in the murder of a small-time thug. Now, it turns out, the government knew too. Mon Jan 29 2001 19:42:49  Chicago, Illinois Speeding motorists pose great danger to emergency workers -- (CNN) Speeding toward a disabled car on a Chicago expressway, state trooper Mike Karpinski points to a motorist cutting in front of him, apparently oblivious to his cruiser's flashing emergency lights and blaring siren. Mon Jan 29 2001 19:37:45  New Britain, Connecticut High school teacher accused of having sex with students -- (Boston.com) A 37-year-old New Britain High School teacher was arrested Monday and accused of having sexual relationships with two male students. Kristi Van Buren, of Burlington, was arraigned on charges of second-degree sexual assault. She was released after posting a $100,000 bond. Mon Jan 29 2001 19:36:17  Skowhegan, Maine Teens admit fatally shooting horses in Pittsfield pasture -- (Boston.com) Two teen-age boys admitted in District Court on Monday that they shot and killed two horses that were grazing in a pasture in Pittsfield, a case that outraged members of the community. Mon Jan 29 2001 18:44:15  Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 'Nice boy' accused of stabbing his mom repeatedly during fight -- (philly.com) A teen-ager described in the neighborhood as a "nice boy" got into an early morning argument yesterday with his mother and stabbed her repeatedly in their townhouse in the small community of Franconia, Montgomery County, police said. Despite nearly 10 stab wounds to her neck and upper chest, according to police, Patricia Williams, 44, of Green Meadow Lane, managed to get to a phone and dial 911. Mon Jan 29 2001 18:02:15  Sean "Puffy" Combs - weapons and bribery charges New York Trial begins for Puff Daddy -- (AP) Rap mogul Sean "Puffy" Combs' weapons and bribery trial began Monday with prosecutors for the first time alleging he fired a gun inside a Times Square nightclub as one of his proteges allegedly shot and wounded three people. Mon Jan 29 2001 17:47:10  Las Vegas, Nevada Deadly gunfire may be linked to drugs -- (Las Vegas Sun) An ambush on Sunday night that left a suspect dead and two Metro Police officers and a security guard wounded may have been drug-related. Mon Jan 29 2001 17:36:12  Greenwood, S.Carolina Minister admits molesting children -- (Newsday) A minister and former elementary school aide who videotaped himself molesting children pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing nearly two dozen youngsters and was sentenced to 60 years in prison. Mon Jan 29 2001 17:34:29  Miami, Florida INS' `top 10' listing not a hit with fugitives -- (Miami Herald) They are wanted for armed burglary, aggravated assault, sexual battery on a child -- even attempted first-degree murder. Modeled after America's Most Wanted, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service has set up its own list of the top 10 most wanted Florida fugitives. It has distributed the list with the convicts' names and photographs to the media in hopes that they will be turned in -- so that the agency can deport them. Mon Jan 29 2001 16:26:58  COURTNEY MORLEY-CLARK, 3 - body was discovered by police shortly before 11am yesterday Point Claire, Australia Boy charged with murder of girl, 3 -- (News Limited) A 13-year-old boy was last night charged with the kidnapping and murder of a three-year-old girl whose body was found dumped on a vacant block of land on the central coast. Mon Jan 29 2001 16:17:59  Huntington Beach, California Huntington man arrested in blade attack -- (OC Register) Police arrested a 22-year-old Huntington Beach man Sunday on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly attacked another man with a machete or large knife, police said. Mon Jan 29 2001 15:56:30  Miami, Florida Second prostitute found dead -- (Miami Herald) A woman whose body was found floating off Key Biscayne last week was identified Sunday as a prostitute -- the second in a month to be stabbed and dumped in a waterway in Miami-Dade County. Angela Rose Senez, 22, was in the water at least a week before she was discovered Thursday between a half-mile and a mile off Crandon Marina. Mon Jan 29 2001 15:53:26  New York Ex-cop says he wanted federal prosecutor -- (Newsday) A disgraced Brooklyn patrolman who had admitted plotting the murder of a fellow officer testified Monday that he also considered knocking off a federal prosecutor. Mon Jan 29 2001 15:48:53 Miami, Florida Miami warrant accuses Montesinos associate of public corruption -- (Sun Sentinel) A close associate of Peru's fugitive intelligence chief stole $100 million in public pension funds, pocketed kickbacks on deposits and sold overpriced goods to the Peruvian military, a U.S. arrest warrant said. |
