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Fri Apr 27 2001 13:55:18  Hollywood, Florida Five shot, three of them fatally, in Florida -- (CNN) One of the dead was a suspect, a 35-year-old man dressed in black who police said had entered the lobby around 10 a.m. and began firing. He then barricaded himself in the building. Fri Apr 27 2001 10:23:38  Los Angeles, California Lawyers Spar Over Retrial of Demirdjian -- (LA Times) Lawyers got personal Thursday as they sparred for advantage before the retrial of Michael Demirdjian, accused of bludgeoning two boys to death on a La Crescenta playground. Demirdjian's defense attorney, Charles T. Mathews, sought to remove Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph F. De Vanon from hearing the case. Fri Apr 27 2001 10:16:20  Hackensack, New Jersey Man charged with beating 12-week-old son -- (Boston.com) Police say a Bergen County man fed up with hearing his infant son cry beat the 12-week-old boy so hard that the child started vomiting blood. The baby also sustained four broken ribs, police said. Fri Apr 27 2001 10:12:21  Orange County, California 'Fluke' Sparks Bizarre End to Kidnapping -- (LA Times) What started out as the brazen kidnapping of a Santa Ana contractor known to carry large sums of cash ended with a wild police pursuit through Long Beach during which one of the suspects, a 14-year-old gang member, fired dozens of shots at officers with an AK-47 rifle, authorities said Thursday. Fri Apr 27 2001 10:03:02  Scott Hanko, 44 - arraigned yesterday New York Lingerie fan hooked, eyed in 10-year spree -- (NY Daily News) Hanko made it his hobby over the last 10 years to anonymously send sexy women's lingerie to men across America. Fri Apr 27 2001 09:49:09  MARGARET BERNARD, 62 - remains discovered Kendra Bernard, 38 - arrested and in custody Solano County, California Woman arrested in bizarre murder case -- (KCRA) An already gruesome case took a bizarre twist Thursday. The remains of the same woman were found 100 miles apart Friday, the head feet and hands found in a Solano County orchard, a torso discovered in Sierra County. Thur Apr 26 2001 23:49:30  Washington McVeigh says he pondered killing Reno -- (TheStar) Timothy McVeigh said he considered assassinating former U.S. attorney general Janet Reno and others instead of bombing the Oklahoma City federal building to retaliate against the government. Thur Apr 26 2001 20:40:06  Washington House passes bill making it a crime to harm fetus during assault -- (NJ.com) The House voted Thursday to make it a federal crime to harm a fetus during an assault on its mother, urging action on behalf of "unborn victims." Abortion rights advocates decried the bill as a foot in the door toward legal recognition of fetuses as people. Thur Apr 26 2001 20:31:54  KIMYALA HENSON and her 2 CHILDREN - still missing Frank Lee Oehring, 28, and Christine Noel Mayer, 24 - bodies found last Friday Naples, Florida Deaths near Naples in missing family case ruled murder-suicide -- (Florida Times) A Missouri fugitive and his girlfriend traveled across the country using fake ID and credit cards in the name of a missing Oregon woman before the couple's murder-suicide at a rest stop in southwest Florida, authorities said Thursday. Thur Apr 26 2001 18:56:50  Tallahassee, Florida Court rejects appeal from condemned killer -- (Miami Herald) The state plans to execute Gregory Mills at 6 p.m. Wednesday by lethal injection for the May 25, 1979, murder of James Wright during a home burglary in Sanford. The 70-year-old man was shot as he came out of his bedroom. Thur Apr 26 2001 18:54:02  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Retracing a Killer's Steps -- (abcNEWS) Kathy Graham Wilburn has spent six years finding out as much as she can about Timothy McVeigh, the man who murdered her grandsons in the Oklahoma City bombing. Thur Apr 26 2001 18:52:10  Terre Haute, Indiana Oklahoma City Bomber McVeigh Called Model Prisoner -- (Reuters) Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was described on Thursday as a model prisoner who has not yet chosen his last meal, as officials unveiled elaborate plans for his execution in three weeks. Thur Apr 26 2001 15:20:28  Austin, Texas Answers Sought in Hanging Death -- (Newsday) A state lawmaker asked for an investigation into the death of a black man whose body was found hanging from a tree in East Texas earlier this month. Thur Apr 26 2001 15:17:13  Calgary, Alberta Family outraged as teen who killed boy at Calgary school gets 4 years -- (CP) Samer Jaber was slain last Nov. 20 just as classes were beginning at Lester Pearson High School. Court heard that Jaber was stabbed 10 times and slashed another 15 times in the attack just outside the school. A 16-year-boy facing a first-degree murder trial pleaded guilty Thursday in youth court to second-degree murder. Thur Apr 26 2001 15:14:38  Road Town, British Virgin Islands Attorneys continue with motions to dismiss case against Americans -- (Boston.com) Jeffrey Plante, a 59-year-old real estate developer from Texas, shared a cell with some of the defendants when he was awaiting trial on credit card fraud. He has testified that suspect William Labrador confessed to him that he had killed Lois McMillen, 34, an artist from Middlebury, Connecticut. McMillen's body was found on a Tortola island beach in January 2000. Lois McMillen Murder Overview -- (B-V-I) Thur Apr 26 2001 13:02:31  North Tonawanda, New York Third-grade teacher accused of abusing students -- (Boston.com) A teacher at a Buffalo-area school has admitted that he molested six girls in his third-grade classes. Jason Lorich, 27, of North Tonawanda pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexual abuse. When he was arrested in January, he was classified as a ''serial pedophile.'' Thur Apr 26 2001 12:59:15  Albert Lea, Minnesota Man charged in death of toddler in Albert Lea -- (Star Tribune) Paul Gutierrez Jr. is accused of beating 17-month-old Makaio Lynn Radke while watching the boy and two other children Friday night while their mothers went shopping, according to court records. Thur Apr 26 2001 12:57:04  Bemidji, Minnesota 11-year-old driving van leads cops on 3 a.m. chase in Bemidji -- (Star Tribune) Two 11-year-old boys in a van were detained after leading police on a chase through downtown Bemidji. The driver was taken to a juvenile detention center in Crookston after the incident, while the other boy was released to his parents pending charges. Thur Apr 26 2001 12:53:50  Cook County, Illinois Man tells prosecutors he killed dog show judge -- (Chicago Sun Times) In a move rarely seen so soon after a murder arrest, the man accused of killing a 72-year-old dog show judge from Streamwood is telling prosecutors he committed the crime and won't stand trial. Thur Apr 26 2001 10:22:16  Albany, New York Woman accused of trying set Albany City Hall employees on fire -- (Boston.com) A 32-year-old woman was charged with splashing motor oil on three Albany City Hall employees and trying to set them on fire a day after she tried to change the father's name on her child's birth certificate. Thur Apr 26 2001 10:16:32  Holyoke, Massachusetts Mother faces sentencing in rape of daughters -- (Boston.com) As her severely diabetic mother was being beaten yet again, a 10-year-old girl made a critical choice. "I love you so much, but I just can't take it any more," she jotted in a note she left before fleeing her tenement apartment on a cold night in December 1998. She wasn't talking only about the beatings. Thur Apr 26 2001 10:09:37  Fullerton, California Mass killer could be released -- (OC Register) Edward Charles Allaway, the man who killed seven people in Orange County's worst mass shooting, will make another plea for a "restoration of sanity" hearing before an Orange County Superior Court judge on Friday. Thur Apr 26 2001 10:06:46  STINE SOFIE SORSTRONEN, 8 and LENA SLOGEDAL PAULSEN, 10 - murdered May 19, 2000 Viggo Kristiansen, 21 and Jan Helge Andersen, 20 - charged with rape and premeditated murder Kristiansand, Norway Second Baneheia suspect testifies Thursday -- (Aftenposten) So far, he has been painted as the force behind the crime. Child murder suspect breaks into tears -- (Aftenposten) Viggo Kristiansen, fingered as the main aggressor in a shocking child murder case, testified for the first time in court Thursday. He broke down when confronted with an earlier conviction for assaulting a child. Thur Apr 26 2001 10:06:18  Concord, New Hampshire Police seek help in identifying girl whose remains were found in Hooksett -- (Foster's Online) Authorities investigating human remains found in Hooksett said Wednesday they are those of a teen-age girl and are asking for help to identify her. Thur Apr 26 2001 10:04:22  Stanton, California A sign of resolve to find son's killer -- (OC Register) Some of her neighbors are unsettled by it, but Juanita Lopez keeps a wanted poster-like placard in her yard, offering $20,000 for a conclusive lead in the 1997 shooting. Thur Apr 26 2001 09:59:38 Roxbury, Massachusetts Roxbury Murder Arrests Shock Community -- (Yahoo) Danilo Lopes, 28, was arrested Wednesday after he surrendered to police in Brockton, Mass. Officials said that they searched Lopes' Brockton apartment and found evidence that connected him to the murder. He will be arraigned in Roxbury District Court. Thur Apr 26 2001 09:56:54  Danville, Arkansas Man pleads guilty in death of decapitated body in river -- (Cabinet.net) A man charged in a 1999 decapitation has pleaded guilty to manslaughter rather than risk another trial in the case. Gregory Strother and Charles Jester were originally charged with capital murder in the July 15, 1999, death of Randy Reed of Rover. Thur Apr 26 2001 09:53:17  Marion, Indiana Boy sentenced in father's death -- (Star News) Wayne Salyers Jr. was originally charged with murder in the Aug. 25 shooting of his father, 37-year-old Wayne Salyers Sr., but later pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Young killer's pleas went unanswered -- (Star News) Wayne Salyers Jr. doesn't have much reason to trust adults. His father regularly beat him. His family failed to protect him. Thur Apr 26 2001 09:50:34  Kokomo, Indiana Man sentenced to 20 years for role in 1999 rape, murder -- (Star News) A man accused of being involved in the July 1999 murder of a Kokomo man and the rape of his girlfriend was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison. Larry Adams, 28, admitted to robbery in exchange for prosecutors dropping charges of murder. Thur Apr 26 2001 09:48:03  Karen Clarke and her son, Leroy B.J. Brown Jr - crime witnesses murdered Waterbury, Connecticut Peeler faces 20 years in 2 slayings -- () His brother, Russell, is serving the rest of his life behind bars, and Friday, it will be Adrian Peeler's turn to face justice. Peeler, 26, will be brought before Waterbury Superior Court Judge Thomas O'Keefe Jr. to be sentenced for the executions of an 8-year-old Bridgeport witness and his mother. Thur Apr 26 2001 09:45:45  New York 45 arrested in FBI probe of New York crime family -- (Nando News) Threatening the stronghold of New York's most powerful organized crime family, federal agents arrested 33 alleged members of the Genovese crime family and 12 others on charges ranging from stock fraud to murder. Thur Apr 26 2001 09:44:44 Laval, Quebec Killed for love or money? -- (Montreal Gazette) Michel Ouellette used a coat to smother his 81-year-old wife to death as she lay in a hospital bed. Was it for love or money? It could be both, but a jury won't be asked to make that distinction. Thur Apr 26 2001 09:42:38  Montgomery County, Maryland Jury Trials for Minor Offenses Clogging Court System -- (Washington Post) Twice as many Montgomery County defendants charged with minor crimes have sought a trial by a jury in the past two years, threatening to clog the county's higher court intended to handle the most serious crimes. Thur Apr 26 2001 09:38:54  Margaret Rudin, - on trial for the murder of her husband, Ronald Rudin Las Vegas, Nevada Judge and defense again at odds as Rudin jury gets case -- (Las Vegas R-J) Arguments in the Margaret Rudin murder trial ended Wednesday as they began: with District Judge Joseph Bonaventure ripping defense attorney Michael Amador's comments to the jury. Ron Rudin Slaying Timeline and Archive -- (Las Vegas R-J) Thur Apr 26 2001 07:20:11  Jonbenet Ramsey, 6 - murdered December 1996 Boulder, Colorado Detective to show Ramsey photos -- (Daily News) Retired Colorado Springs detective Lou Smit says the information, some of which has never been released, points to the strong likelihood that an intruder killed 6-year-old JonBenét, not her parents, who remain under Boulder police suspicion. Parts of Smit's presentation come from his work on the 1996 homicide case. Smit's Powerpoint presentation, reportedly shown to a Boulder County grand jury, will be aired over a five-day period beginning Monday on the NBC Today show with Katie Couric. Daily Camera's Ramsey Archive -- (Daily News) CyberSleuths Crime Forums -- (Cybersleuths) Discuss the Jonbenet Ramsey Case Wed Apr 25 2001 21:57:15  Redwood, California Man Guilty of NFL Child Killing -- (Yahoo/AP) Mohammed Haroon Ali, 25, admitted strangling Tracey Biletnikoff, 20, on Feb. 15, 1999, and demonstrated for police in a videotaped interview how he did it - first with his hands and then with a T-shirt. The jury deliberated for 21/2 days before deciding on first-degree murder. Wed Apr 25 2001 19:49:58  Chicago, Illinois Arrest leads to more in robbery string -- (Yahoo) By stopping one crime, an Addison patrol officer may have helped solve a string of armed robberies that occurred this month throughout the suburbs. Emilio Chiappetta is credited with capturing Kevin A. Cagle at 11:20 p.m. April 18. Police say the 17-year-old Hanover Park resident and three friends planned to rob a Shell gas station at 251 N. Rohlwing Road. Wed Apr 25 2001 18:58:56  Calgary, Alberta Sex offender won't explain suspension from treatment -- (Cnews) Former youth jail guard Karl Toft will not explain to the National Parole Board why he was pulled from a sex offender treatment program and returned to prison just months before his release date. And that could extend his time behind bars until 2003. Wed Apr 25 2001 18:55:35  Laval, Quebec Possible vigilante justice in Quebec -- (Cnews) A man was charged Wednesday with assault with a weapon after another man was beaten to death with a baseball bat for allegedly sexually assaulting a young girl. Michel Richer, who faces no other charges, has close ties to the family of the alleged sexual assault victim, said Laval police Sgt. Andre St-Jacques. Wed Apr 25 2001 18:51:45  Toronto, Ontario Woman sought for part in illegal plastic surgeries -- (National Post) Police are searching for a Vietnamese woman who they say is travelling through Canada and the United States performing illegal plastic surgeries -- including one that led to the death of a Toronto woman last month. |
