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Thur Apr 19 2001 09:56:46  Fairfax County, Virginia Week of Vigils Draws Attention to Crime Victims -- (Washington Post) For some, the aftermath can be the worst part. In the very time that crime victims or their families are overcome with emotional trauma, they must deal with one complicated process after another: making arrangements with doctors, hospitals or funeral homes; staying abreast of a defendant's arrest, plea bargains and court dates; and dealing with insurance companies, employers and bills that need to be paid. Wed Apr 18 2001 22:10:54  Dallas, Texas Dallas man dies after forcing son, 6, to shoot him -- (abcNEWS) A Dallas man who police say followed a day of drinking by forcing his 6-year-old son to shoot him in the head died of his injuries Wednesday, according to a hospital spokeswoman. Ronald Moore, 42, was struck in the head by a bullet Easter Sunday when he ordered the boy to point a .22-caliber pistol at him and pull the trigger, Dallas police said. Wed Apr 18 2001 22:09:00  Indianapolis, Indiana Judge Rejects McVeigh Webcast -- (Newsday) A federal judge Wednesday denied a company's request to show on the Web live video of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh's execution. Wed Apr 18 2001 21:07:13  Norfolk, Virginia Stepfather enters plea of guilty to second-degree murder of boy -- (Virginia Pilot) The day Treshawn O. Davis died was not the first time the toddler had been beaten. ``Every time, I, you know -- every time I spank Treshawn, my wife always looks for bruises and stuff like that to see if I hit him hard or nothing, and she'll fuss if I did,'' Treshawn's stepfather, Curtis D. Peppers, told police. But on May 26, Peppers' wrath was too much for the 23-month-old, who died at his hands. Wed Apr 18 2001 21:03:48  Sørum, Norway Murder defendants claim alibis -- (Aftenposten) Tor Kjærvik, defense lawyer for defendant Kristin Kirkemo Haukeland, said in court that he can produce witness who can confirm she was nowhere near the Orderud family farm on the May 1999 weekend when three members of the Orderud family were shot and killed. Triple murder case has begun -- (Aftenposten) The four are charged with murdering or aiding and abetting the murder of Marie and Kristian Magnus Orderud and their daughter Anne Orderud Paust at the family farm northeast of Oslo in May 1999. Wed Apr 18 2001 19:53:21  Sacramento, California Pair plead guilty in eBay art scam -- (Sacbee) Two of the three eBay auctioneers charged with fraudulently driving up prices on canvases they claimed were painted by celebrated artists pleaded guilty Tuesday in Sacramento federal court. Wed Apr 18 2001 19:51:01  Napa County, California Suarez convicted of rape, murder -- (Sacbee) A jury convicted an Auburn ranch hand Wednesday of sexually assaulting a Galt woman and slaying four members of her family in July of 1998. Arturo Juarez Suarez, 33, was found guilty of multiple murder counts and rape by the Napa County jury, qualifying Suarez for the death penalty. Wed Apr 18 2001 18:35:58  William Labrador and three other men, Michael Spicer, Evan George, 23 and Alexander Benedetto, 35 - on trial for the murder of Lois McMillen Road Town, British Virgin Islands Inmate says murder suspect confessed -- (Boston.com) British Virgin Islands (AP) A prison inmate testified on Tuesday that his former cellmate, an American financial adviser accused in the killing of a Connecticut artist, confessed to the crime. Key Witness Takes Stand in Tortola Cellmate: Defendant confessed to murder -- (Newsday) Roadtown, Tortola-On Good Friday last year, William Labrador, 37, of Southampton, allegedly asked his cellmate Jeffrey Plante a question: "Mr. Labrador asked me if I thought God would forgive him if he had anything to do with killing someone," Plante told a jury yesterday. Case over view -- (B-V-I) Wed Apr 18 2001 18:29:40  Molly Ann Bish, - lifeguard missing since June 27, 2000 Boston, Massachusetts Direct-mail postcards to feature picture of missing Warren teen -- (Boston.com) A direct-mail company plans to put pictures of missing Warren teen Molly Bish on postcards that will be mailed to up to 79 million homes over the next six weeks. Wed Apr 18 2001 18:28:17  Los Angeles, California Pop legend Phil Spector's race car "Da Doo Ron Ron" away -- (Reuters) In a lawsuit filed this week in Orange County Superior Court, Spector said he never gave or sold the car, known as the CSX2287, to anyone even though it has changed hands several times. The car, which broke speed and land racing records, was built by racing legend Carroll Shelby and helped Shelby's racing team win a world title. It was retired in 1965 and sold to Spector. Wed Apr 18 2001 18:26:53  New York Man who counseled children while running a drug gang gets 30 years -- (Boston.com) A man who counseled troubled youths in Dobbs Ferry while running a violent Manhattan drug gang was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison, well short of the 100-year term prosecutors had sought. Irving Mason, 32, made no comment before U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan passed along the sentence to a man he concluded had lied at his trial in Manhattan. Wed Apr 18 2001 13:50:37  Jefferson City, Missouri Prison inmates praised for attacking child killer -- (Nando Times) Two prison inmates who wrote letters to a newspaper in which they boasted about attacking a convicted child killer have been lauded by many of the paper's readers. Wed Apr 18 2001 11:09:55  LORI FOGLEMAN, 32 - killed with a rock Tennel McIntosh, 21 - jury could not reach a verdict in first trial Nassau, Bahamas Man accused of killing American teacher gets new trial -- (CNN) A Bahamian man, whose first murder trial ended with a hung jury, will go on trial a second time for the 1998 slaying of an American schoolteacher, the chief prosecutor said Wednesday. Wed Apr 18 2001 09:21:06  REBECA PENA, 26 - last seen alive a week ago Miramar, Florida Victim in suitcase apparently identified -- (The Miami Herald) The case is being monitored by Broward sheriff's detectives and the FBI, which are investigating two baggage murders last year. Wed Apr 18 2001 09:03:29  MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 - bludgeoned to death Michael Skakel, 40 - charged with murder Stamford, Connecticut Michael Skakel faces another hearing in 1975 homicide case -- (Nando Times) Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel was brought to tears last year as he listened to witnesses who testified he confessed to bludgeoning a Greenwich teenager to death 25 years ago. And he was expected to hear the same testimony again Wednesday. Witness testifies at Skakel hearing -- (Newsday) A childhood friend of Martha Moxley testified Wednesday that she was horrified when she found the teen girl's body a day after she was reported missing in 1975. Wed Apr 18 2001 08:43:43  WILLIAM J. TUTT, 60 - shot to death Robert Lee Green III, 42 - charged with murder Forkland, Alabama Property dispute leads to murder -- (The Tuscaloosa News) A Greene County man is dead after a bizarre property dispute led to a shooting Monday afternoon. Tues Apr 17 2001 22:57:20  Honolulu, Hawaii Help catch domestic-violence fugitives -- (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) Domestic violence can come in many forms and can go by many names. In the case of fugitive Joshua Reed, the crime includes teen rape. Reed, 25, is wanted for sexually assaulting his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend last October. Reed pleaded guilty last month to holding her and another teenage girl at knife-point in the victim's Kailua home. According to police, Reed had forced the other girl into another room while he sexually assaulted his former girlfriend. Prior to sentencing however, Reed fled the state by using an alias to board a plane departing for Los Angeles, police said. Now detectives say they think Reed is back in Hawaii. Tues Apr 17 2001 21:48:23  Golden, Colorado 'Rebirthing' Therapist Testifies -- (Newsday) In her second day on the stand, psychotherapist Connell Watkins gave a step-by-step account of how Candace Newmaker was wrapped in the flannel sheet to simulate a womb while adults pushed against her with pillows for 70 minutes. Candace died of asphyxiation during last year's session. Watkins, 54, and the other therapist, Julie Ponder, 40, are charged with reckless child abuse resulting in Candace's death. If convicted, they each could face 16 to 48 years in prison. Reckless or a Release -- (abcNews) A therapist accused of contributing to the death of a 10-year-old during a controversial technique called "rebirthing," says she was just trying to release the girl's repressed rage. Colorado outlaws 'rebirthing therapy' -- (Nando) With the tearful grandmother of 10-year-old Candace Newmaker by his side, Gov. Bill Owens signed a law Tuesday banning the "rebirthing therapy" that lead to the girl's death last year. Tues Apr 17 2001 21:40:26  Toronto, Ontario Police suspect killer at funeral of boxing champ -- (National Post) The man who killed Eddie "Hurricane" Melo may have joined the boxing greats, grieving family and low-level Mob hoods inside the church at yesterday's funeral for the former Canadian boxing champion and Mafia enforcer, police say. Homicide detectives investigating the murder of Mr. Melo, 40, who was shot dead in a plaza parking lot in Mississauga on April 6, were eyeing the crowd of 500 at St. Helen's Catholic Church on Dundas Street West in Toronto. Tues Apr 17 2001 21:37:16  Panama City, Florida Ex-medical examiner sentenced to life -- (Cnews) A former Florida medical examiner who retired to British Columbia was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole for at least 25 years for killing his first wife with a lethal injection almost 10 years ago. The jury that last month convicted Dr. William Sybers, 68, of first-degree murder had recommended the sentence, which the judge said he had little choice but to follow. The only other sentence possible was death by lethal injection. Tues Apr 17 2001 19:34:58  KAY SYBERS, 52 - killed with a paralyzing drug on May 30, 1991 Dr. William Sybers, 68 - sentenced Panama City, Florida Former medical examiner sentenced to life in prison -- (TBO-Florida) A former medical examiner was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole for at least 25 years for the killing of his wife with a lethal injection almost 10 years ago. Tues Apr 17 2001 19:07:11  Scot Alan Beane, 37 - inept bank robber San Francisco, California Man robs bank, leaves resume -- (Reuters) A San Francisco man may want to consider a career change after he was arrested for a string of bank robberies because he left his resume and receipt with his name on it at the scene of the crime. Tues Apr 17 2001 18:54:45  Barry Howell, 49 - arrested 49 times under 10 aliases Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania criminal gets probation deal, agrees to donate kidney -- (Nando Times) Facing up to 20 years in prison following his 21st conviction, con artist Barry Howell made a deal: He agreed to donate a kidney to his sick sister if the judge granted probation. Tues Apr 17 2001 17:59:37 David Parker Ray, 61 - faces up to 130 years in prison Estancia, New Mexico Ray convicted in retrial on sex-kidnap charges -- (ABQ Journal) Ray was being retried on 12 charges - ranging from kidnapping to criminal sexual penetration and assault with intent to commit a violent felony. Ray to appeal kidnapping, torture convictions -- (ABQ Journal) "From our point of view, this entire investigation and process has all the marks of a witch hunt," said Ray's attorney, Lee McMillian. "Nobody who engages in alternative sexual practices is going to be safe." Tues Apr 17 2001 17:52:26  Haverville, New Hampshire Investigative grand jury to reconvene in Zantop case -- (Boston Herald) New Hampshire prosecutors will return to court later this week to continue presenting their case to an investigative grand jury probing the murders of two Dartmouth College professors. The grand jury is scheduled to meet Thursday and Friday, and prosecutors have said they would seek an indictment against the older of the two suspects - 17-year-old Robert Tulloch - by the end of this month. Tues Apr 17 2001 17:49:09  Tampa, Florida Harry "Taco" Bowman, 51 - convicted Florida jury convicts motorcycle gang boss -- (Nando Times) Ending his monthlong racketeering trial, Bowman, the alleged kingpin of the Outlaws motorcycle gang, was convicted Tuesday of ordering the killings of snitches and rival gang members. Tues Apr 17 2001 17:35:22  New York 14-year-old brother arrested for alleged manslaughter in younger sibling's death -- (NJO news) A preliminary autopsy showed that the 10-year-old victim died of asphyxiation. Tues Apr 17 2001 17:27:58  Judy Kirby, 32 - defense notice withdrawn Martinsville, Indiana No insanity defense in 7 highway deaths -- (Chicago Tribune) Lawyers for a woman accused of causing a head-on crash that killed seven people said Monday that they are dropping plans to use the insanity defense in her upcoming murder trial. Tues Apr 17 2001 18:54:45 Barry Howell, 49 - arrested 49 times under 10 aliases Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania criminal gets probation deal, agrees to donate kidney -- (Nando Times) Facing up to 20 years in prison following his 21st conviction, con artist Barry Howell made a deal: He agreed to donate a kidney to his sick sister if the judge granted probation. Tues Apr 17 2001 17:59:37 David Parker Ray, 61 - faces up to 130 years in prison Estancia, New Mexico Ray convicted in retrial on sex-kidnap charges -- (ABQ Journal) Ray was being retried on 12 charges - ranging from kidnapping to criminal sexual penetration and assault with intent to commit a violent felony. Ray to appeal kidnapping, torture convictions -- (ABQ Journal) "From our point of view, this entire investigation and process has all the marks of a witch hunt," said Ray's attorney, Lee McMillian. "Nobody who engages in alternative sexual practices is going to be safe." Tues Apr 17 2001 17:52:26 Haverville, New Hampshire Investigative grand jury to reconvene in Zantop case -- (Boston Herald) New Hampshire prosecutors will return to court later this week to continue presenting their case to an investigative grand jury probing the murders of two Dartmouth College professors. The grand jury is scheduled to meet Thursday and Friday, and prosecutors have said they would seek an indictment against the older of the two suspects - 17-year-old Robert Tulloch - by the end of this month. |
