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Mon Mar 26 2001 19:39:59  Los Angeles, California White supremacists gets life for bloody LA hate crime -- (Fox) White supremacist Buford O. Furrow was sentenced to life in prison Monday after apologizing for killing a postal worker and wounding five people at a Jewish center. Mon Mar 26 2001 17:50:39  Robert Tulloch, 17, and James Parker, 16, - each face two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Half and Susanne Zantop Concord, New Hampshire AG withdraws opposition to release of documents in Dartmouth murder case -- (Boston.com) Authorities investigating the murders of two Dartmouth College professors found one victim's blood on knives discovered in the bedroom of one of the teen suspects, according to court documents released Monday. Evidence found in Dartmouth murder case -- (USA Today) Mon Mar 26 2001 17:34:27  YEDA SHARON ROSENTHAL, 32 - location of body unknown Charles "Crazy Eddie" Reddish, 39 - pleaded guilty March 19 Camden, New Jersey Burlington County man refuses to cooperate in search for woman's body -- (NJO News) A Burlington County man who pleaded guilty last week to the 1991 smothering death of a Cherry Hill woman and agreed to show investigators where he buried her body refused Monday to cooperate with the investigators, an official said. Mon Mar 26 2001 17:33:36  Miami, Florida Monk confesses to murder of nun in Kendall area -- (Sun Sentinel) The police identified the victim Monday afternoon as Sister Michelle Lewis. No other details were immediately available on the Eastern Orthodox nun. The suspect, Mykhaylo Kofel, is 18, a native of the Ukraine. Mon Mar 26 2001 16:31:02  Washington Court To Review Death Penalty Cases -- (AP) The Supreme Court rejoined the heated national debate over the death penalty Monday, announcing it will decide whether the Constitution's ban on ``cruel and unusual punishment'' bars execution of mentally retarded people. Mon Mar 26 2001 15:41:06  Miami, Florida Woman dies in underground plastic surgery -- (Reuters) South Florida police searched for a man suspected of accidentally killing a woman during underground plastic surgery to enlarge her buttocks. Mon Mar 26 2001 15:20:50  BARBARA CONROD - shot while watching TV Steven Conrod, 44 - charged with second-degree murder Alva, Florida Lee County deputies: son says TV told him to kill his mother -- (TBO-Florida) A man told investigators that he fatally shot his mother while she watched TV because the television told him to do so, sheriff's investigators said. Mon Mar 26 2001 15:05:37  Indianapolis, Indiana Murder victims' favorite dishes are collected in cookbook -- (ABC News) "A Survivor's Cookbook: Food for Our Soul", a collection of the favorite recipes of people gunned down on the streets of Indianapolis, is a project started by the Marion County prosecutor's office. Mon Mar 26 2001 13:55:31  Fairfax County, Washington Flat Tire Leads to Death Along I-395 -- (Washington Post) A Prince William County high school senior was killed and his sister injured in a hit-and-run accident on Interstate 395 yesterday as they were walking along the highway's shoulder to get help for their disabled car. Mon Mar 26 2001 13:08:54  Fall River, Massachusetts Prosecutor: body parts belonged to Providence victims -- (Bosotn.com) Four Rhode Island men were carrying a bag with the severed hands of victims of a Providence double homicide when they were arrested during a traffic stop in Massachusetts, police said. Mon Mar 26 2001 13:06:57  Kristen Gilbert, 33 Springfield, Massachusetts Nurse sentenced to life in prison for killing patients at VA hospital -- (Boston.com) A former veterans hospital nurse who killed four patients by overdosing them with medicine was spared the death penalty Monday when a federal jury decided she should spend the rest of her life in prison. Kristen Gilbert, 33, could have been sentenced to lethal injection and would have become the only woman on federal death row. Veteran Deaths -- (Boston.com) Former veterans hospital nurse Kristen Gilbert was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing four patients and trying to kill two others. Mon Mar 26 2001 11:02:04  San Diego, California Suspects in 2 School Shootings to Be Arraigned Today -- (LA Times) The two students accused of opening fire on their high schools in suburban San Diego will be arraigned in the same court this afternoon. Charles Andrew Williams, 15, and Jason Hoffman, 18, coincidentally had their appearances in El Cajon Superior Court scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Mon Mar 26 2001 10:47:24  Pasadena, California Mysteries Surrounding Murders May Be Unraveled -- (LA Times) In La Crescenta, an idyllic, close-knit bedroom community nestled between the San Gabriel and Verdugo mountains, the discovery of the bloody, battered bodies of two boys at a schoolyard could not have been more shocking. Christopher McCulloch, 13, and Blaine Talmo Jr., 14, had been bludgeoned beyond recognition--their bodies sprawled on the playground of Valley View Elementary School. Mon Mar 26 2001 10:13:53  Washington Web site closed, child porn alleged -- (Fox) Law enforcement officials in the United States and Russia have shut down a Russian Web site that sold videotapes worldwide depicting children performing sexual acts. Many of the tapes, costing $200 to $300, were shipped to the United States. Mon Mar 26 2001 10:06:21  Chicago, Illinois Father charged in fire that killed 5 kids -- (Chicago Tribune) Child endangerment charges were filed early this morning against a man who left five children alone in a Near Southwest Side apartment for what he said was a five-minute trip to buy cigarettes, police said. While he was gone Sunday night a fire broke out, killing all of the children as it swept through the second-floor apartment, according to officials. Antoine Lee, 28, was charged with five counts of child endangerment. Mon Mar 26 2001 09:19:54  PHILIP BOGDANOFF - shot dead as he sunbathed Stephanie Allen, 29 - sentenced in 1990 to 15 years Santa Barbara, California Daughter who helped plot murder up for parole -- (NewsExpress) Stephanie Allen was born in the small Northern California town of Paradise, but her life has been more like hell. Mon Mar 26 2001 09:11:23  LORI BERENSON, 31 - TV interview Lima, Peru New Yorker on trial in Peru claims she's a political prisoner -- (NJO News) American Lori Berenson, who is facing a retrial after serving five years in Peruvian jails for her alleged involvement with leftist guerrillas, says she is a political prisoner. Mon Mar 26 2001 09:06:49  Turkey Stolen 'Picassos' found in Turkey -- (BBC) Turkish police have arrested four men who allegedly tried to sell two stolen paintings attributed to Pablo Picasso to undercover officers, according to media reports. Mon Mar 26 2001 08:59:38  Austin, Minnesota Murder suspects escape from Minnesota jail -- (Nando Times) Two murder suspects escaped from jail Sunday after they beat a pair of guards and jumped out a second-story window, authorities said. Sun Mar 25 2001 21:43:57  Washington Growth rate in prison populations slows -- (CNN) The growth in the number of inmates held in state prison systems throughout the United States dropped to a 30-year low last year, and suggested the nation's booming prison population increases may be over, according to a government report released Sunday. Prison Populations by State -- (Newsday) The number of state and federal prisoners in each state as of June 30, 2000, as compiled by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The list does not include people in local jails. Sun Mar 25 2001 18:13:56  Baton Rouge, Louisiana Expert says murder suspect purposely plowed into 11 people -- (Nola) A Baton Rouge man accused of murdering five people killed his victims by purposely running them down in his Oldsmobile, an accident expert testified. Leroy V. George Jr., 22, pulled his car onto a Baton Rouge sidewalk in July 1999 and drove 135 feet, avoiding a fire hydrant, a fence and two telephone poles but hitting 11 people and killing five, police said. Sun Mar 25 2001 16:14:54  Unity, Maine Men are targets of new pyramid scheme in rural Maine -- (Boston Globe) On the heels of a women-only pyramid scheme that gripped rural Maine last year, a new scam designed to entice men is drawing a torrent of racing fans who are dropping $5,000 each, authorities say. Sun Mar 25 2001 16:03:21  ALBERT COTHRAN, 38 - died of knife wound to chest Shirley Williams, 34 - admits stabbing Leesburg, Florida Police: Leesburg woman killed boyfriend as officers left -- (TBO-Florida) A woman is charged with second-degree murder after police said she stabbed her live-in boyfriend seconds after officers left the couple's apartment. Sun Mar 25 2001 15:29:39  Bridgeport, Connecticut Daughter charged in murder of ex-cop -- (Connecticut Post) A retired city police officer was shot to death in his home Saturday morning, and police have charged his live-in daughter with his murder. Police found the body of Richard Godwin, 58, at about 10 a.m. His daughter, Kirstie Godwin, 32, who lived with him, was arrested on the scene and is charged with murder. Sun Mar 25 2001 15:26:43  Mecklenburg, North Carolina Prosecutors hope to speed murder cases -- (Charlotte Observer) Mecklenburg prosecutors intend to put a record six murder suspects on trial for their lives this year - and push more murder cases through the clogged system. Homicide prosecutors are struggling to move a backlog of 82 murder cases and reduce the time cases languish in the courts. A third of the cases awaiting trial are either two or three years old. Sun Mar 25 2001 15:24:30  Topeka, Kansas Topeka man is charged in 85-year-old's murder -- (Wichita Eagle) A mental health group-home resident has been charged with the murder of an 85-year-old Topeka woman, authorities said. Hal C. Bates, 38, was charged Thursday in Shawnee County District Court with one count each of premeditated first-degree murder or, in the alternative, felony murder. Felony murder is a slaying committed during the commission of another felony. Sun Mar 25 2001 14:24:22  Mower County, Minnesota Murder suspects escape from jail -- (Post Bulletin Online) Three men charged with first-degree murder escaped from the Mower County Jail this morning. Two are still at large. Vernon Neal Powers Jr., 28, Scot Perry Christian, 30, and David Kenneth Christian, 28, overpowered jailers and escaped through a second story window in the jail at about 7 a.m. today, according to Sgt. Steve Howard of the Mower County Sheriff's Department. Sun Mar 25 2001 14:18:03  Owatonna, Minnesota Fugitive Zappa reportedly wants to turn himself in -- (Star Tribune) A fugitive wanted in Minnesota and two other states has talked with the FBI and apparently wants to turn himself in, according to a broadcast report. KARE-TV reported Saturday that Anthony Zappa, 29, called the FBI and planned to surrender Friday night in Owatonna. But Zappa's sister, Cindy Zappa, told the station her brother got scared and fled. Family waits, anticipates Zappa's surrender -- (Star Tribune) Sun Mar 25 2001 12:17:21  James Curtis, 26 - convicted for murder of Alex Boucher, 3 New Port Richey, Florida Toddler's killer gets 14 years -- (Sun Sentinel) A prospective adoptive father was sentenced Friday to almost 14 years in prison for manslaughter in the death of a 3-year-old Connecticut boy he bundled in a blanket so tightly the child suffocated. Sun Mar 25 2001 12:09:12  Edmond, Oklahoma Convict kills self, partner surrenders in Oklahoma standoff -- (CNN) William Davis, 46, killed himself after he and Douglas Gray, 35, released an elderly woman they were holding in her own home Saturday, authorities said. Gray then surrendered, ending the standoff and freeing the woman's husband. Sun Mar 25 2001 12:06:37  Washington Gangs Go Hi-Tech to Silence Witnesses -- (Fox) Days before the trial, 'K Street Crew' gang members used a scrap of information, the Internet and police scanners to track Chrishanna Gladden down, prosecutors said. They allegedly ambushed her on a poorly lit street and shot her. Gladden was one of seven witnesses killed in a three-year period, each before they had a chance to testify against the gang. Sun Mar 25 2001 11:58:26  Newport News, Virginia Suspect in failed robbery hospitalized -- (Daily Press) A man who tried to rob a pizza-delivery driver was in serious condition at Riverside Regional Medical Center on Saturday after the driver shot him, Newport News police said. Fringe News I know this looks real bad, your honor -- (Boston Herald) A 45-year-old man was in a Tennessee courtroom to face drug possession charges when he realized that he had a small bag of cocaine in his shirt pocket, police said. Sun Mar 25 2001 10:02:16  OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Report: McVeigh's ex-attorney disputes book -- (CNN) The man who represented Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh at his federal trial said he may testify against a co-conspirator if McVeigh tries to take sole responsibility for the attack. Sun Mar 25 2001 08:06:29 TIFFANY EUNICK, 6 - died of major body trauma Lionel Tate, 14 - convicted in adult court Okeechobee, Florida Attorney Johnnie Cochran joins Broward boy's defense team -- (TBO-Florida) Famed defense attorney Johnnie Cochran met Saturday with a 14-year-old Broward County boy serving a life sentence for killing a 6-year-old family friend. Sun Mar 25 2001 07:48:53  Draguignan, France Helicopter escape from French prison -- (BBC) Three prisoners have escaped by helicopter from a jail in the south of France, prison authorities said. Sun Mar 25 2001 07:44:50  CHAING HUNG-MUI, 32 - strangled Wong Chan-yin, 35 - confessed to manslaughter Hong Kong Two years jail for man who strangled his taunting wife -- Sun Mar 25 2001 07:35:49  RUTH MASTERS, 75 - unharmed Carter Masters, 74 - arrested Daytona, Florida Police fake fender bender to nab kidnapping suspect -- (Nando Times) Police evacuated 29 motel guests, then faked a car crash to lure from the building a man suspected of kidnapping his estranged wife. Sat Mar 24 2001 20:44:46  Edmond, Oklahoma Escaped Oklahoma murderers hold elderly couple hostage -- (CNN) Two convicted murderers who escaped from a prison a week ago took an elderly couple hostage in their Edmond, Oklahoma, home Saturday, police said. Police have been negotiating with Douglas Eugene Gray, 35, and William Dell Davis, 46, by telephone. Sat Mar 24 2001 19:25:49  Bridgeport, Connecticut Bridgeport woman arrested in father's shooting death -- (Boston.com) Authorities said Richard Godwin, 58, had been shot four times and was dead at the scene when police responded to his home about 10 a.m. Saturday. He was found on the second floor and his daughter, Kirstie Godwin, 32, was sobbing hysterically in the same room. The suspected murder weapon was found at the scene, said police. Sat Mar 24 2001 18:46:11  Washington White House Shooting Suspect Ruled Fit to Stand Trial -- (Washington Post) Robert W. Pickett, who has a long history of mental illness, has exhibited a "presumption of competence," Judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. said from the bench. Pensacola, Florida Doctor convicted of murdering wife in 1991 -- (Vancouver Sun) A jury found a former Florida medical examiner who retired to the Victoria area guilty Friday of murdering his wife by lethal injection nearly 10 years ago. Dr. William Sybers looked down as the jury convicted him of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Kay. Grand Rapids, Michigan Judge orders mental evaluation for man accused in double homicide -- (Star Tribune) District Judge Lois Lang ordered the evaluation of Gene William Carpenter, 33, at his first appearance in Itasca County Court on Friday on charges of second-degree murder and kidnapping in connection with the death of Mark I. Place Jr., 52, of Keewatin. San Bernardino, California Authorities seek man suspected of three murders -- (ModBee) Authorities are searching for a 21-year-old gang member known as "Wizard" in connection with the killings of three teen-agers whose bodies were found scattered across Southern California. Investigators in San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties say they believe Alfred Flores is responsible for the murders of Ricardo Torres, 15; Jason Van Kleef, 18, and Alexander Ayala, 17. |
