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Sun Mar 4 2001 15:41:42  Ottawa, Ontario Aquittal for Killer -- (Ottawa Sun) A jury of 10 women and one man told Rita Graveline she wasn't to blame for killing her husband. "You are a free woman," a visibly moved Justice Martin Bedard said. A battered wife for more than 30 years, Graveline shot her husband on the night of Aug. 10, 1999, while he slept. Sun Mar 4 2001 13:50:44  John "Rajohn Lord" Davis - will stand trial for murder, torture, child abuse and false imprisonment Joshua Tree, California Dad competent to stand trial in abuse, death -- (Contra Costa Times) A father accused of killing one son and burning his body in a trash can while keeping two others chained has been found mentally competent to stand trial. Sun Mar 4 2001 13:08:46  Washington, D.C. Police Warn D.C. Judge of 'Hex' -- (Washington Post) D.C. police believe that a human skull found inside a Northwest Washington house during a drug raid was being used to try to put a hex on a D.C. Superior Court judge, and they have alerted the U.S. Marshals Service, authorities said. Sun Mar 4 2001 13:04:16  John Hamilton, 52 - charged with first-degree murder Susan Hamilton, 55 - died of blunt force trauma to the head and ligature strangulation Oklahoma City Slaying shocks neighborhood -- (Oklahoman) From the outside, there was no way to tell that anything was wrong. The house squatted on its lot as it always had, its red-brick facade sprawling nearly to the curb. A Jaguar XJ6 sedan waited outside, parked beneath an attached canopy squarely in the center of a half-moon driveway. Sun Mar 4 2001 12:34:22  London, England Lucie's body arrives home -- (BBC) The family of murdered British woman Lucie Blackman have brought her body back to the UK from Japan. Lucie, 22, of Sevenoaks, Kent, disappeared on 1 July last year. She had been working as a nightclub hostess in Tokyo. Sun Mar 4 2001 12:24:36  Who killed JonBenet? Not the usual suspects -- (Toronto Sun) John Douglas, the now-legendary pioneer of criminal personality profiling at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Va. Specializing in studying serial killings (and killers), Douglas has broken new ground in crime-solving. Now retired, his expertise is up for grabs in various spectacular murders. He's co-authored a number of books on serial killing, all informative, authentic, entertaining and readable. Sun Mar 4 2001 11:59:53  Henderson, Nevada Body found near missing teacher's pickup -- (Las Vegas R-J) After a daylong search for a missing schoolteacher, authorities found a body Saturday evening in a desert area in Henderson a few hundred yards from the woman's abandoned pickup. Los Angeles, Claifornia Victim's Boss Is Arrested in Fatal 1996 Fall at Hotel -- (LA Times) A Houston man who said he was having sex with a co-worker on a hotel balcony in 1996 when she accidentally fell to her death was arrested Friday on suspicion of murdering her. Prosecutors hope that the arrest of Robert Salazar will resolve the bizarre, dormant case that began when the body of Sandra Lorena Orellana, 27, was found on a hotel patio 10 stories below her room in the city of Industry. Sun Mar 4 2001 11:56:25  Atlanta, Georgia Housekeeper to File Suit Against Ramseys -- (11 ALIVE Atlanta) Another lawsuit is in the works against John and Patsy Ramsey, this time by their former housekeeper. Linda Hoffmann-Pugh's attorneys will file a 50-million dollar libel suit against the Ramseys in Atlanta Federal Court on Monday. Sun Mar 4 2001 11:47:32  Houston, Texas Guilt in doubt after 21 years -- (Houston Chronicle) Young Max Soffar was a two-bit hood on a stolen motorcycle when a League City patrolman pulled him over on a hot summer morning in 1980. Had he kept his mouth shut, he might have remained one -- another line of fine print on a year-end police summary. But he started talking. The next thing he knew, the cell door slammed behind him on death row. Sun Mar 4 2001 11:44:15  Boston, Massachusetts Legal secretary duped her firm's clients out of millions -- (Boston.com) When Linda Otero began working as a secretary at a small downtown law firm in the summer of 1991, it didn't take long for her to establish herself as the office's go-to person. Sun Mar 4 2001 11:41:54  Lockport, New York Man pleads guilty in drug death at rave -- (Boston.com) A Niagara County man who injected heroin into the arm of a friend who died from a drug overdose faces a maximum sentence of a year in jail. Nathan Dashineau, 24 of North Tonawanda, accepted a plea bargain Thursday to attempted criminal injection of a narcotic drug. Sun Mar 4 2001 11:38:49  Syracuse, New York Police say son killed dad -- (Boston.com) Syracuse police charged a teen-ager Saturday night with beating his father to death with a baseball bat. Police found the body of Anthony Ariola, 48, in the basement of his home. The victim's son, Christopher Ariola, 17, appears to have beaten his father sometime between 9 and 10 p.m. Friday. Sun Mar 4 2001 11:37:05  Concord, New Hampshire State officials accuse feds of aiding fugitive's life on lam -- (Boston.com) New questions have been raised in the case against Alberto Lujan, 47, after the release of court documents and testimony by a New Hampshire state police sergeant. Lujan fled the state in 1992, and he was arrested six years later in Albion, Mich. Sat Mar 3 2001 19:51:26  Conway, Arkansas Escaped Murderer on Lam For Years -- (Las Vegas Sun) Neck-deep and alone in a Florida swamp, Theodore "Teddy" Menut could hear himself breathing and his heart beating. Dogs barked in the distance and helicopters buzzed the bayou. Sat Mar 3 2001 16:44:43  Dedham, Massachusetts Photos in stolen camera link burglar to heist -- (Boston.com) Note to prospective burglars: don't take your own photo with a stolen camera. Sat Mar 3 2001 16:41:36 Wilmington, Delaware Judge rebukes prosecutors in abandoned baby case -- (Boston.com) A Superior Court judge warned prosecutors for seeking longer prison terms for two former teen lovers from Virginia who pleaded guilty in the abandonment death of their newborn daughter. Sat Mar 3 2001 16:38:40  Moriches, New York Suffolk police investigate mysterious fire, one woman reported missing -- (Boston.com) Detectives on Long Island were searching Saturday for a woman who turned up missing after a mysterious arson fire destroyed her home a day earlier. ''I can tell you there's a lot of missing links to this,'' said Lt. John Gierasch, chief of the Suffolk County homicide squad. ''This is a particular mystery at this point.'' Sat Mar 3 2001 16:34:07  Racine, Wisconsin Man's Body Found in Vent in Wis. -- (Newsday) A man's decomposed body was discovered in a duct where he may have gotten stuck during a robbery attempt months ago, officials said. Fri Mar 2 2001 21:42:33  Dallas, Texas Henry Wade; Named in Roe vs. Wade, Tried Jack Ruby -- (LA Times) Henry M. Wade, the legendary Texas prosecutor whose 36-year tenure as Dallas County district attorney placed him in the national spotlight during two historic moments--he was the Wade in the landmark abortion ruling Roe vs. Wade and he prosecuted Jack Ruby--has died. Fri Mar 2 2001 21:26:26 Niagara Falls, New York and Nova Scotia Supreme Court Shrubsall beat mother to a 'pulp' -- (Halifax Herald) William Shrubsall used a baseball bat to beat his mother's face to a pulp. And almost 13 years after the murder in Niagara Falls, N.Y., American police Det. Frank Coney thinks the killer got off easy. Fri Mar 2 2001 21:18:15  Richard Cunningham, 56 - victim Cook County, Illinois Defense Attorney Fatally Stabbed By Son, Police Say -- (Chicago Tribune) A longtime criminal defense attorney known for his work on death penalty cases was fatally stabbed Thursday in his North Side home, allegedly by his mentally ill son. Fri Mar 2 2001 21:12:14  John Robinson, 56 - seven charges involving murder and assault Olathe, Kansas Kansas Sex Killings Suspect Bound Over for Trial -- (Reuters) A Kansas man accused of killing six women in a case involving sexual slavery and sadomasochism will be tried on charges that could get him the death penalty, a judge ruled on Friday. Fri Mar 2 2001 21:09:10  Oklahoma City Okla. Governor Grants Stay to Death Row Inmate -- (Reuters) Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating granted a 30-day stay of execution on Friday to a man set to be put to death next week for killing a man with a hammer after two key witnesses recanted testimony against him. Fri Mar 2 2001 21:06:11  Tiffany Eunick, 6 - victim Victim's Father Wants Life Term for Young Killer -- (abcNEWS) - The father of a 6-year-old girl who died at the hands of an older child two years ago pleaded emotionally in a Florida court on Friday for her convicted killer, 14-year-old Lionel Tate, to be sent to jail for the rest of his life. Fri Mar 2 2001 18:05:40  Boone County, Kentucky River mystery: Blood, no body -- (Kentucky Post) Shortly after Richard Adam Lambert told his girlfriend he had killed a woman in Covington and dumped her body in the Ohio River, the girlfriend went to police, sources told The Post. Her information set off a search near the boat dock in Petersburg and a warrant for Lambert's arrest. Police and divers still have not found a body. Fri Mar 2 2001 18:02:54  Austin, Texas Police file charges in 1985 slaying of girl, 6 -- (Austin A-S) More than 15 years ago, police found the body of a 6-year-old girl in a trash bin outside a North Austin apartment complex. On Thursday, they filed capital murder charges against the man they believe raped and strangled Volith Long. Fri Mar 2 2001 17:57:15  Dallas, Texas Lawyers: DNA test clears condemned killer -- (Houston Chronicle) New DNA tests on hair samples do not link convicted killer Michael Blair with the 1994 slaying of Plano 7-year-old Ashley Estell, for which he was sent to death row, the Texas Attorney General's Office said today. Fri Mar 2 2001 16:09:19  Riverhead, New York Grand jury set to consider charges in Suffolk police strip case -- (Boston.com) A special grand jury will convene next week to consider whether criminal charges should follow from accusations by several motorists that a Suffolk County police officer forced them to disrobe. A total of 14 people 13 women and a man have told investigators that an officer made inappropriate demands after stopping them on motor vehicle violations. Fri Mar 2 2001 16:04:37  May 1982 murder North Smithfield, Rhode Island Defendant charged in 19-year-old murder case -- (Boston.com) A grand jury charged Ricardo Ramirez, 48, with shooting 38-year-old William Sargent once in the head. Police would not reveal a motive, but said the men were friends and had criminal records. Fri Mar 2 2001 15:59:59  Leroy "B.J.'' Brown Jr. and his mother, Karen Clarke - victims Man convicted in slaying of 8-year-old murder witness -- (Fox) — A man was convicted of conspiracy Friday in the slaying of an 8-year-old murder witness and the boy's mother. But the jury acquitted Adrian Peeler, 25, of the most serious charges — murder and capital felony — which could have brought the death penalty. Peeler could get up to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder. Fri Mar 2 2001 13:57:33  Boston, Massachusetts Police Seek Motive In Double Shooting -- (Yahoo) Boston police are searching for clues into the motive behind an early morning shooting Friday in Jamaica Plain. When officers arrived at the third-floor apartment at 299 Hyde Park Ave. they discovered two men -- one with a gunshot wound to the head, the other hit in the chest. Fri Mar 2 2001 13:54:33  Fort Wayne, Indiana Inmate on Death Row Sues Jailers For Using His 'Slave Name' -- (Fox) Zolo Agona Azania, formerly known as Rufus Averhart, alleges that jail officials infringed upon his First Amendment rights by refusing to change his name in their records and failing to address him by his new name. Fri Mar 2 2001 13:52:26  Margaret Rudin - murder charge Ronald Rudin - victim Las Vegas, Nevada Rudin trial begins with diary excerpt -- (Las Vegas Sun) Rudin, 56, is suspected of shooting Ronald Rudin in the head numerous times as he slept on Dec. 18, 1994. She is then believed to have decapitated him and burned his remains near Nelson's Landing in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. PHOTO: Opening Rudin Statements -- (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Rudin Case archives -- (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Fri Mar 2 2001 13:46:25  Las Vegas, Nevada Jurors to decide fate of double murderer -- (Las Vegas Sun) John Seka was convicted of first-degree and second-degree murder in the 1998 deaths of Eric Hamilton, 34, and Peter Paul Limanni, 33, respectively. He was also convicted of two counts of robbery. Fri Mar 2 2001 11:52:56  Patricia Artz - victim Kevin "Kip" Artz - first-degree murder charge Jackson, Michigan Man Allegedly Kills and Cooks Wife -- (Detroit Now) A Jackson man will stand trial for murdering his wife and has been charged with cutting her up and cooking her. After 12 years of marriage Kevin Artz said he looked at his wife Patricia and saw the devil staring back. Artz case rests in hands of jury -- (Michigan Live) A jury today began to decide if Kevin "Kip" Artz is not guilty by reason of insanity, or guilty of first-degree murder, in the 1999 killing of his wife. Fri Mar 2 2001 11:03:49  Jerry Collin - spousal abuse charges Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Singer's wife accepts blame -- (Philly.com) Her head was bashed against the bathroom wall with such force that her skull put a hole in the concrete. But from the witness stand yesterday, Veronica Collins looked at her husband, who stands accused of trying to kill her, and said, "I'm sorry."I love him very much so," she said later. Fri Mar 2 2001 10:56:46  Stockholm, Sweden Hacker Gets Hold of Top Secret U.S. Space Codes -- (Reuters) An unidentified computer hacker has got hold of top secret U.S. computer system codes for guiding space ships, rockets and satellites, a lawyer in Sweden said on Friday. Fri Mar 2 2001 10:52:11  Miami, Florida O.J. Simpson pleads innocent in Florida assault -- (Nando) An attorney for O.J. Simpson filed an innocent plea for him on charges that he assaulted another motorist during a traffic altercation. Fri Mar 2 2001 10:50:44  Denver, Colorado 200-year-old Torah stolen -- (Denver Post) A 200-year-old Torah that survived the Communists and then the Nazis has fallen victim to a burglar in Denver. The Torah, valued at $35,000, was discovered missing from an east Denver synagogue on Tuesday. Fri Mar 2 2001 10:49:46  Washington FBI expands use of lie-detector tests after agent's arrest -- (Nando) The FBI is stepping up the use of lie-detector tests for employees in response to the arrest of Robert Philip Hanssen, a 25-year veteran agent who is charged with spying for Moscow while working in highly sensitive counterintelligence jobs. Fri Mar 2 2001 10:48:47  Seattle, Washington Mother of man killed by Fat Tuesday mob scolds police -- (Seattle P-I) Deep within the seething Fat Tuesday crowds, as violence swept across Pioneer Square, 20-year-old Kris Kime ran to a woman's aid. He wound up dead. Seattle, Washington Scam artists emerge from the debris -- (Seattle P-I) Not all the aftershocks will come from below as the region recovers from the worst earthquake in 50 years. Damage of another kind will lurk with a ring of the front doorbell or a kindly telephone call asking for help, consumer protection experts warned yesterday. Colville, Washington Confession to family slayings is challenged -- (Seattle P-I) Lawyers for 16-year-old William Lembcke, accused of murdering his parents, sister and a brother in a dispute over chores, want his taped confession thrown out. Bellevue, Washington Sex offender arrested on charge of raping child -- (Seattle P-I) A registered sex offender has been arrested in the alleged rape of a child. Charles Wayne Pine was being held in the King County Jail for investigation of first-degree child rape, Bellevue police said. Pine, who has convictions for burglary and two for rape, is classified as a Level III sex offender. That designation is given to sex criminals the state deems most likely to reoffend. |
