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Fri May 4 2001 17:49:11  Oklahoma City Bombing - Timothy McVeigh Execution Should Execution Be Televised? -- (abcNews) Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is set to be executed on May 16 and lots of people argue that it should be televised — even some who don't support capital punishment. Fri May 4 2001 17:20:14  Miami, Florida Miami police say misidentification led to shooting of teen -- (Sun Sentinel) Police officers who shot and killed an unarmed teenager this week mistook the Jeep he was riding in for another Jeep taken in an armed carjacking. Fri May 4 2001 17:18:28  Nathaniel Brazill, 14 - accused of murder in the shooting death of teacher Barry Grunow West Palm Beach, Florida Classmate says Brazill had gun, bullets days before teacher shot to death -- (Sun Sentinel) Progress reports, letters and Web site printouts about firearms were taken from 14-year-old Nathaniel Brazill's bedroom during a search warrant days after the May 26 shooting, which the defense maintains was an accident. Jury watches teen kill teacher on school surveillance video -- (Sun Sentinel) The jury's viewing of a silent school surveillance videotape came during a day of testimony that painted the then-13-year-old as an angry teenager who didn't seem bothered after fatally shooting Lake Worth Middle School teacher Barry Grunow. Case archives -- (Sun Sentinel) a collection of stories from the Nathaniel Brazill murder trial. Fri May 4 2001 11:53:39  John David Battaglia, 45 - accused of killing Faith Battaglia, 9, and Liberty Battaglia, 6 Dallas, Texas Man faced arrest before shootings -- (Dallas Morning News) Dallas County prosecutors were pushing to arrest a divorced accountant for probation violations hours before police say he fatally shot his two young daughters, court records show. Records paint portrait of anger -- (Dallas Morning News) John Battaglia was the kind of father who decorated his Uptown accountant's office with photos of his two young girls and tattooed their names on his arm. Murders of Sisters Leaves Family, Friends Wondering -- (WFAA.com) Fri May 4 2001 11:47:41  Kerrville, Texas Suspect in girls' abduction found dead in Kerrville -- (Dallas Morning News) A man suspected of abducting girls and holding them in a Central Texas cabin killed himself when authorities stopped him today. His most recent victim was safe, an FBI official said. When the suspect was stopped in rural Kerr County, a girl bolted from the other side of the car and ran toward law enforcement authorities. The suspect then shot himself in the head, FBI spokeswoman Sheila Thorne in Slidell, La., said. The man was identified as Gary Dale Cox, 48. Fri May 4 2001 10:00:42  JERMAINE GOFFIGAN, 9 - killed on his birthday: Halloween 1994 Michael Brown, 23, and Bennie Santos, 22 - indicted Boston, Mass. Grand jury indicts 2 in Goffigan slaying -- (Boston Globe) Nearly seven years after Jermaine Goffigan was shot to death on Halloween and five years after the wrong man was jailed for the slaying, authorities said yesterday they finally have identified the killers. Fri May 4 2001 09:51:49  On Film Somber Look at Serial Killer 'Ed Gein' -- (LA Times) "Ed Gein" is as plain as its title, which will strike revulsion in the hearts and minds of anyone who remembers that this is the name of the lonely 51-year-old Wisconsin farmer, whose murder of a woman in his tiny town of Plainfield in 1957 revealed a schizophrenic who carried necrophilia and cannibalism to such extremes he inspired "Psycho," "The Texas Chainsaw Murders" and the Jame Gumb-Buffalo Bill character in "The Silence of the Lambs"--among some 40 other movies. Fri May 4 2001 09:51:25  GLADYS CABEZA, 37, and ALEXANDREA CABEZA, 4 - murdered February 28 New York Hunt's on for killer in Bronx -- (NY Daily News) Wife and daughter slain, husband wonders why. Fri May 4 2001 09:48:12  Orange County, California O.C. Grand Jury Sees Safety Threat in Police Radio System -- (LA Times) Transmission failures that have dogged a new, $80-million police radio system pose a threat to public safety and will cost the county millions of dollars to fix. Fri May 4 2001 09:43:23  Merrillville, Indiana Principal charged with sexual abuse, abduction of minor -- (abcNEWS) William A. Beith, 28, was charged Thursday with coercing and enticing a minor into sexual acts and transporting a minor across state lines for sexual purposes in connection with the disappearance of Gabrielle Grace Marshall. Fri May 4 2001 09:41:20  Calgary, Alberta Murder charge for boy -- (Calgary Sun) Homicide detectives have charged a 15-year-old Calgary boy with second-degree murder in relation to the downtown beating death of a homeless man. Two people have now been charged with murdering Robert Dwayne Christie, 36, whose body was found at 6 a.m. April 25 in a parking lot. Fri May 4 2001 08:57:36  San Diego, California Naked Hair Stylist Terrorizes Spa -- (Channle 2000) A naked hair stylist is under arrest after San Diego police said that he terrorized an upscale spa. Witnesses said that Danny Gallegos walked into the spa and tore off his clothes. They said that he then went into the men's and women's facilities, at one point dragging a female attendant and tearing her clothes off. Fri May 4 2001 08:49:59  London, England Dando murder trial begins -- (BBC) Barry George, 41, of Fulham, south west London, denies murdering 37-year-old Miss Dando outside her home in Gowan Avenue, Fulham on 26 April 1999. Fri May 4 2001 08:46:20  Seguin, Texas Kidnapping suspect search focuses near Seguin -- (MySanAntonio) The FBI released Thursday the license plate number of a vehicle that may be connected with at least three child abductions, including the 9-year old San Antonio girl, Nykema Augustine who was returned six days later. The vehicle is a white or light gray, small 4-door hatchback, with Texas license plate: NYZ-53W. They also suspect this is the same man who abducted 11-year-old Lisa Bruno in Slidell, La. Thur May 3 2001 21:56:23  Fairfield, California Anderson admits to kidnapping and killing Xiana Fairchild, paper reports -- (SacBee) Anderson told a reporter from the Fairfield Daily Republic that he abducted and killed 7-year-old Xiana Fairchild, who disappeared from Vallejo in December 1999. Her skull was found in January on a rural road in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Lawyer scoffs at molester's confession Kidnapper claims 12 victims, including Xiana -- (Sacbee) The exasperated attorney for convicted child molester Anderson said Anderson's reported confession to kidnapping 11 other girls over 30 years is probably a manipulative lie so he can put off being shipped to state prison. Convicted kidnapper says he will perpetuate child crimes from jail -- (SacBee) The FBI has been working to find out where Anderson was when three Bay Area girls, Michaela Garecht, Amber Swartz and Nikki Campbell, disappeared more than a decade ago. Thur May 3 2001 20:48:36  Barry Grunow - teacher fatally shot Nathaniel Brazill, 13 - murder charge West Palm Beach, Florida Teacher Slaying Shown on Video -- (Las Vegas Sun) Frame by grainy frame, jurors watched a surveillance video Thursday of a 13-year-old boy fatally shooting his middle school teacher last year. Out of the mouths of teens: It was `Nate,' they said -- (Sun Sentinel) On Wednesday, they held a room full of adults captive by their words and the fate of a former classmate in their hands. Classmates describe Brazill as stormy the day of teacher shooting -- (Sun Sentinel) Thur May 3 2001 20:41:57  Augusta, Georgia Augusta gunfight injures 2, results in charges against 3 -- (Augusta Chronicle) A gun battle rocked an upscale west Augusta apartment complex early Tuesday when a resident returned shots at men who had kicked in his door and opened fire, according to Richmond County sheriff's investigators. Thur May 3 2001 20:39:58  Washington D.C. cops disciplined for inappropriate e-mails -- (Nando) The District of Columbia's police chief said Thursday he was reassigning 19 patrol officers suspected of sending racist, sexist and anti-gay e-mails from squad car computers. Thur May 3 2001 16:03:29  Marlon Esracio Pagtakhan, 22 - five years probation Los Angeles, California Star Trek stalker sentenced -- (E! Online) Resistance is futile. That's the lesson a Northern California man learned the hard way Wednesday when he was sentenced for stalking Star Trek: Voyager (news - Y! TV) star Jeri Ryan. Thur May 3 2001 14:37:38  Terri Clark, 32 - DUI Nashville, Tennessee Country star Clark charged with DUI -- (CNN) Country singer Terri Clark was arrested Tuesday night and charged with drunken driving. She has since been released on $2,000 bond, The Associated Press reports. Thur May 3 2001 14:17:47  Austin, Texas Blank birth certificates stolen in Texas -- (Nando Times) More than 3,300 blank birth certificates were apparently stolen from a locked safe at the Texas Department of Health. Thur May 3 2001 13:11:00  Lois McMillen, 34 - murdered artist from Middlebury, Connecticut Road Town, British Virgin Islands American to stand trial in Connecticut artist's murder, three acquitted -- (Boston.com) Judge Kenneth Benjamin approved three of the defense's motions to dismiss charges for lack of evidence, releasing Alexander Benedetto, 35, of New York City; Michael Spicer, 37, of Albemarle County, Virginia; and Evan George, 23 of Washington D.C. who have been in jail since January 2000. The court continued with the trial of the fourth accused man, William Labrador, 37, of Southampton, New York. Thur May 3 2001 10:38:59  DIMITRI MARTINEZ, 18 months - mystery death explained Marta Baquero - judged insane at time of son's death Florida Mother of dead baby gets ruling of insanity -- (Miami Herald) Fifteen months after Marta Baquero's decomposed toddler was discovered in a box stored in a warehouse, a Miami-Dade circuit judge declared her not guilty of aggravated manslaughter by reason of insanity. Thur May 3 2001 10:27:23  JACK LEYDEN, 42 - victim of shocking murder Bill Leyden, 39 - arrested Boston, Mass. Brother arrested in brutal killing -- (Boston Globe) Decapitated body found in East Boston. Thur May 3 2001 10:21:08  Prince George's County, Maryland Victims' Relative Assails Killer -- (Washington Post) Standing 15 feet from the man who murdered her brother and uncle, her voice trembling with anger, Chaunta Holmes yesterday began telling a Prince George's Circuit Court judge how the two violent deaths were inflicting a searing emotional and psychic toll on her. Suddenly, Holmes turned toward convicted murderer Reccardo Williams II and screamed obscenities as she started toward him. Thur May 3 2001 10:18:57  East Cleveland, Ohio Woman accused of trying to fake her death arrested in Tampa -- (Miami Herald) An Ohio woman who once faked her way into Yale University is now accused of trying to fake her death by plotting to kill a woman with a similar build. Police said Tonica Jenkins, 25, wanted to fake her death to avoid a federal drug trial. Thur May 3 2001 10:17:29  Superamaniam Munisamy, 45 - meat smuggler Singapore Pig intestine smuggler jailed -- (ABC news) A Malaysian truck driver will spend a year in jail for smuggling more than 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) of pig intestines and other meat into Singapore. Thur May 3 2001 09:25:50  Galliagh, Derry, Ireland Man receives the heart of his murdered nephew -- (Irish Times) Mr. Mark Robinson, 22, who died on Tuesday after he was repeatedly stabbed and beaten in a weekend attack close to his home in Derry's Galliagh area, signed an organ donor card after visiting his uncle, Mr. Lornie McMonagle, in hospital two weeks ago. Thur May 3 2001 09:17:20  LIBERTY and FAITH BATTAGLIA - shot to death John David Battaglia, 45 - jailed Dallas, Texas Police find bodies of two children in loft apartment -- (ABC News) An accountant was charged with shooting his two young daughters to death as he argued on the telephone with his ex-wife. Wed May 2 2001 19:55:36  Morristown, Pennsylvania Man freed after molesting charge recanted -- (Star Tribune) A man who served nine years of a possible 24-year sentence on child molestation charges is free after two brothers recanted the testimony that had led to his conviction. "I've got nothing to say because it won't be good," Peter Balodis said Tuesday in the hall outside Montgomery County Court. Wed May 2 2001 19:53:08  Waupun, Wisconsin Serial killer shipped back to Wisconsin -- (Star Tribune) -- Minnesota prison authorities have quietly returned a serial killer to Wisconsin, although his attorney traded his confessions for a guarantee he would be held out of state. Minnesota corrections officials said Tuesday they shipped David Spanbauer to the Dodge Correctional Institution in October. Wed May 2 2001 17:47:01 Nathaniel Brazill, 14 - faces life in prison West Palm Beach, Florida Classmate: Brazill had a 'strange look' day teacher shot to death -- (Sun Sentinel) Opening statements concluded Wednesday morning in the first-degree murder trial of Nathaniel Brazill with the defense calling the shooting death of a teacher an accident and the state calling it intentional and planned. Jury seated for teen accused of murdering teacher -- (Sun Sentinel) Respected prosecutor takes Brazill case in stride -- (Sun Sentinel) Brazill is no loser, defense lawyer says -- (Sun Sentinel) Wed May 2 2001 17:36:40  Los Angeles, California Kimes pleads innocent in Los Angeles slaying -- (Boston.com) A man convicted of killing a wealthy New York widow pleaded innocent Wednesday to the murder of a Los Angeles business associate. Kenneth Kimes, 25, entered the plea during his Superior Court arraignment, where he was kept behind a glass partition. Kimes and his mother, Sante Kimes, are accused of killing David Kazdin, a 63-year-old businessman. Wed May 2 2001 17:29:12 Ventura, California White supremacist sentenced to death for killing student -- (ModBee) White supremacist gang leader Justin Merriman was sentenced to death by a judge who called the rape and throat-slashing death of a college student "unspeakably brutal." Santa Monica College student Katrina Montgomery, 20, was killed in 1992. Wed May 2 2001 17:27:37  Santa Ana, California Girlfriend of suspect in attempted murder faces weapons charges -- (ModBee) Valerie Kesler, 37, of Newport Beach, was indicted by the Orange County grand jury and arrested. She will be arraigned Thursday in Orange County Superior Court and could face nearly nine years in prison if convicted of the weapons charges. Kesler was a lab assistant at Biofem Inc., which was co-owned by her boyfriend, Dr. Larry C. Ford, and James Patrick Riley. Wed May 2 2001 17:22:17 Vallejo, California Jury convicts Anderson in Vallejo kidnapping and assault case -- (ModBee) Curtis Dean Anderson was found guilty Wednesday of kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 8-year-old Vallejo girl, and could face life in prison. Jury convicts Anderson on all counts -- (SacBee) Wed May 2 2001 17:17:40  MARGARET RUDIN - convicted of murdering Ronald Rudin Las Vegas, Nevada Rudin found guilty of murdering millionaire husband -- (Las Vegas Sun) Former Las Vegas socialite-turned-fugitive Margaret Rudin was found guilty Wednesday of murdering her millionaire husband. Rudin, now 57, was accused of shooting 64-year-old Ron Rudin, a well-known Las Vegas real estate developer, four times in the head as he slept the night of Dec. 18, 1994. Ron Rudin Slaying Archives and Timeline -- (Las Vegas R-J) Wed May 2 2001 17:13:45 Miami, Florida Miami drive-by shooting leaves 1 dead, 8 wounded -- (CNN) One person was killed and eight wounded in a drive-by shooting early Wednesday outside a 24-hour supermarket, police said. Officials still had no motive for the shooting, which happened at 1:50 a.m. outside the Dolphin Supermarket in northwest Miami, said Nelda Fonticiella, spokeswoman for the Miami-Dade police. Wed May 2 2001 17:12:25  New York TV to air audiotapes from Georgia death chamber -- (CNN) Official audio recordings of electrocutions carried out in Georgia from 1983 through 1998 will be broadcast nationally on Wednesday. ABC News' "Nightline" planned to air portions of the tapes on the show. |
