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Wed May 9 2001 10:14:37  Anchorage, Alaska Note found in area of Pritchard's car -- (Fairbanks News-Miner) A man charged with attempting to murder four elementary school children by slashing their throats with a filet knife lashed out Tuesday at his court arraignment. "Kill the young children. Kill yourself. Kill the young children first, then kill yourself," Jason Pritchard yelled as he was led from the courtroom. Pritchard, 33, remained mute and did not answer questions during his arraignment in District Court on four counts of first-degree attempted murder and four counts of first-degree assault. Wed May 9 2001 10:04:02  Bonny Lee Bakley, 44 - fatally shot Los Angeles, California Actor's lawyer says slain wife solicited money through personal ads -- (CNN) Form letters seeking money and plane tickets from lonely men were found in the home of actor Robert Blake's wife after she was killed, his lawyer said. Some of the letters, released by Blake attorney Harland Braun, offered the men nude pictures in return. Mystery figure lurked near Blake's house -- (The Star) A few weeks before Robert Blake's wife was murdered, a stranger began showing up in front of the actor's Studio City home, according to his lawyer and a private investigator. Actor's wife corresponded with many men, clouding search for her killer -- (OC Register) When Bonny Bakley married actor Robert Blake, it seemed the culmination of a celebrity-obsessed woman's long quest for entry into the world of stars. Actor's wife ran con until she died -- (Fresno Bee) 2 Guns Among Items Taken at Blake's Home -- (LA Times) Autopsy of Blake's Slain Wife Is Sealed -- (LA Times) Grifter's Angry Letters -- (NY Daily News) After a lifetime of preying on men, Bakley smelled a rat when Blake allegedly told her he knew someone who wanted to buy their baby daughter for $100,000. Tues May 8 2001 22:51:15  Kansas City, Missouri Reward fund reaches $10,000 -- (KC Star) After a weeklong campaign, community activists announced Monday that the "Precious Doe" reward fund stands at $10,000. Police found the girl's decapitated body on April 28 in a wooded area near 59th Street and Kensington Avenue. Days later, a volunteer searching the woods found her head wrapped in trash bags. Community activists have dubbed the girl Precious Doe. Tip turns up no clues in Precious Doe investigation -- (KC Star) Tues May 8 2001 21:15:32  Lethbridge, Alberta Police search door-to-door for Jessica -- (CBC) Police in Lethbridge are now going door-to-door in the area Jessica Koopmans was last seen. "I ask the entire community to be watchful for this five-year-old girl and work with us to get Jessica safely back home," said Lethbridge police Chief John LaFlamme. Search Effort Web Site -- (JessicaKoopmans.com) Tues May 8 2001 21:02:25  Reno, Nevada Police: Missing Woman Found Dead -- (Las Vegas Sun) A missing Oregon woman has been found shot to death in Nevada, and two traveling companions who turned up dead in Florida are the suspects, Nevada police said Tuesday. Tues May 8 2001 19:41:57  Washington, D.C. A Case of Conviction -- (Washington Post) It's hard to convey, more than 16 years later, the impact Catherine Fuller's murder had on Washington. It's hard to remember how different the city was in 1984, still on the innocent side of the plague of drug violence and social dysfunction that would make crimes like this one all too familiar in years to come. Tues May 8 2001 19:16:06  Stine Sofie Sørstrønen, 8 and Lena Sløgedal Paulsen, 10 - murder victims Kristiansand, Norway Witnesses place suspects at crime scene -- (Aftenposten) Two witnesses have each placed both child murder suspects now on trial in Kristiansand near the scene of the crime. Their observations were made independently and within five minutes of each other. Tues May 8 2001 18:35:55  Las Vegas, Nevada Four teens charged with murder in beating death of homeless man -- (Las Vegas Sun) Justice of the Peace James Bixler ruled Monday that there is enough evidence to try Rocky Arbaugh, 17, Anthony Quickbear, 18, Donald Jones Jr., 16, and Ed Hayes, 17, with the April 1 death of Russell Frasher, 50. Tues May 8 2001 18:31:59  St Louis, Missouri Accused paramedic is put on leave -- (STLtoday) A St. Louis Fire Department paramedic is on administrative leave after being charged with sex crimes in two incidents - one of them that allegedly occurred in his ambulance, authorities said Monday. Tues May 8 2001 17:52:51  Merrillville, Indiana and Las Vegas, Nevada Principal, Girl Found in Las Vegas -- (Las Vegas Sun) William A. Beith, 28, was arrested on federal charges of coercing and enticing a minor into sexual acts and transporting a minor across state lines for sexual purposes, said FBI agent Doug Garrison in Indianapolis. Tues May 8 2001 17:51:01  On TV: Dateline Investigating the murder of JonBenet Ramsey -- (MSNBC) Katie Couric reports on the ongoing investigation into the murder of JonBenet Ramsey in an exclusive interview with Lou Smit, a police detective who served as a consultant for the prosecutors in the case from 1997-98. Tues May 8 2001 16:34:03  Mount Vernon, Illinois Public defender seeks resentencing for Paula Sims -- (STLtoday) A public defender told an Illinois appellate court on Monday that Paula Sims should be resentenced because of an error by the trial judge who sent her to prison for life for killing her newborn daughters. Tues May 8 2001 15:33:42  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Alleged swindlerr to the stars to be tried -- (Reuters) Christopher Rocancourt, accused of spinning tales of a jet-set life and fleecing the rich and famous around the globe, will stand trial in Canada before he is returned to the United States, a prosecutor said on Monday. Tues May 8 2001 14:54:44  West Palm Beach, Florida Brazill takes stand at murder trial, says he's no 'psycho' -- (Sun Sentinel) Nathaniel Brazill was 13 when he was charged last year with firing a shot from a cheap pistol that killed Barry Grunow, a few minutes before school let out for summer break. If convicted as charged, the only sentence is life in prison without parole. Experts conflict on whether Brazill's gun had defects -- (Sun Sentinel) Gun experts clashed Monday over the chances the Saturday Night Special that Nathaniel Brazill pointed at his English teacher went off unintentionally as the teen told police. Teacher's widow shuns spotlight during Brazill trial -- (Sun Sentinel) She didn't gasp or turn away as the brutal details of her husband's shooting unfolded in the courtroom on the first day of Nathaniel Brazill's murder trial. But she didn't come back, either. Tues May 8 2001 14:44:34  Wampsville, New York Authorities say missing woman was raped, murdered -- (Boston.com) Madison County authorities say the 1981 disappearance of a 19-year-old woman has turned into a murder investigation and they have suspects in the case. On the 20th anniversary of Tammy Mahoney's disappearance, authorities revealed that the young woman was gang-raped and murdered on Oneida Indian Nation land on May 8, 1981. Tues May 8 2001 14:42:19  Road Town, British Virgin Islands Closing arguments in LI man's murder trial -- (Boston.com) William Labrador, a 37-year-old financial adviser from Southampton, N.Y., is charged with killing 34-year-old Lois McMillen of Middlebury, Conn. Her body was found on a rocky beach on Tortola in January 2000. Both Labrador and McMillen were vacationing on the island. Tues May 8 2001 14:40:34  New Bedford, Massachusetts Sect members cite religious objection to blood test, judge suggests compromise -- (Boston.com) Jacques and Karen Robidoux, charged with murder in the 1999 death of their son Samuel, have said their religious beliefs prohibit them from providing blood samples that prosecutors had sought to help prove that remains found in Maine last summer are those of the couple's son. Tues May 8 2001 10:26:07  Moncton, New Brunswick Crown charges McGray with new murder -- (Cnews) -- Crown attorneys have resurrected a charge of first-degree murder against serial killer Michael McGray. The Crown alleges McGray killed 11-year-old Nina Hicks after he killed her mother, Joan Hicks, in their apartment in Moncton in 1998. Michael Wayne McGray Archive -- (Cnews) Tues May 8 2001 09:56:19  BONNY LEE BAKLEY, 45 - shot to death Sunday night Los Angeles, California Blake;s slain wife was carreer grifter -- (NY Daily News) She scammed men out of money using singles ads & sob stories. Prenuptial had bizarre details -- (NY Daily News) New details emerged yesterday about the stormy relationship between actor Robert Blake and his murdered wife - including a strange prenuptial agreement they negotiated before their marriage last fall. Tues May 8 2001 09:36:15  Claire Marsh, 18 - joined other youths in attack Kent, England Female rapist gets seven years -- (BBC) A teenager who took part in a canal-side gang rape broke down in tears as she was given a seven-year custodial sentence. Mon May 7 2001 20:48:30  Savannah, Georgia Police use reconstruction to help identify remains -- (Savannah Morning News) Chatham County Police investigators need help identifying human bones found 10 years ago. Mon May 7 2001 20:29:30  REV. RONALD GLAZEBROOK, 81 - last seen alive on April 27 St. Leonards, Sussex, England Police fear priest has been murdered -- (Electronic Telegraph) Police admitted yesterday that they feared an 81-year-old clergyman who disappeared almost a fortnight ago had been abducted and, possibly, murdered after the discovery of blood in his car and boat. Mon May 7 2001 19:42:04 Lethbridge, Alberta Foul play suspected in disappearance of Alta. girl -- (The Star) The search for missing five-year-old Jessica Koopmans was upgraded to a criminal investigation Monday as her mom made an anguished public plea for her safe return. ''She's my baby. She's Jessica. Everybody liked her. Everybody loved her. I just want her home,'' Sylvia Koopmans told a news conference before she broke down in tears. The massive search for the girl, which began Friday, has yielded nothing. Police suspect foul play for missing girl -- (Cnews) The last time Koopmans, 28, saw her daughter was Friday when the little girl told her mom she was going three doors down the street to visit a friend. "You've got 20 minutes because supper will be ready," were the mother's last words to her pre-schooler. Mon May 7 2001 17:30:11 West Palm Beach, Florida Expert: Teen's gun couldn't have fired by itself -- (CNN) An FBI expert testified Monday that a gun used by a 13-year-old boy in the fatal shooting of a middle school teacher could not have gone off accidentally. That contradicts a defense claim that Nathaniel Brazill, now 14, did not intend to fire the shot that killed Lake Worth Community Middle School teacher Barry Grunow. Brazill's mother joins protest over 'no parole' edict for murder -- (Sun Sentinel) The mother of 14-year-old Nathaniel Brazill said she plans to tell her son about the 125 people who huddled in downtown West Palm Beach on Sunday to protest the life sentence he will face if convicted of first-degree murder. Mon May 7 2001 17:19:56  Framingham, Massachusetts Wife charged in stabbing of husband -- (Boston.com) A 72-year-old man remained hospitalized Monday after he was stabbed at least seven times with a steak knife, and his wife was in custody, according to Framingham police. Claire Harfield, 64, allegedly attacked her husband, Bernard ''Bernie'' Harfield, inside their Blackthorne Road home. Mon May 7 2001 17:17:27  Lois McMillen, 34 - murdered January 2000 Road Town, British Virgin Islands Defense rests case in British Virgin Islands murder trial -- (Boston.com) Attorneys defending a Long Island man charged with murder rested their case Monday after a final witness attacked the credibility of an inmate who said the defendant confessed. Mon May 7 2001 14:58:39  Richard Dale Heighton, 45 - shot with rubber bullets and beanbags Pensacola, Florida Pensacola police stop man from hanging himself from train -- (Tampa Bay Online) Police ended the six-hour standoff. Mon May 7 2001 14:49:25  Anchorage, Alaska Four children stabbed at Anchorage elementary school -- (ABC News) A man stabbed four children at an elementary school Monday before he was subdued by police. Mon May 7 2001 12:16:58  California Meth epidemic fueling child abuse -- (LA Times) Crime: Horrific cases proliferate along with speed labs in rural areas. Bill would provide funding to help victims. Mon May 7 2001 11:59:52  St Charles, Missouri Allegations of abuse put nursing home care in spotlight -- (KC Star) Workers at Claywest House said they had warned their supervisors that Karl Willard, an aide at the St. Charles, Mo., nursing home, tormented elderly residents. Mon May 7 2001 11:35:31  Calcutta, India Rejected baby girl survives 50 foot fall -- (The Times) Even in Calcutta, a city inured to the extremes to which poverty drives its crowded millions, a teenage mother’s decision to throw her unwanted baby girl from a hospital window has appalled people. It has also served to highlight the disturbing rates of female infanticide and foeticide in India. Mon May 7 2001 10:08:54  Lethbridge, Alberta Search continues for young Alberta girl -- (CBC) Searchers are once again walking through fields and brush and along river banks looking for a five-year-old girl missing from her home in Lethbridge, Alberta. Jessica Koopmans was last seen on Friday afternoon as she told her mother she was leaving home to visit a friend. Mon May 7 2001 10:06:29  Calgary, Alberta Boys' secret may hold clue to B.C. homicide -- (Cnews) The shocking revelation of a 25-year-old secret pact between three boys may be the clue police have been waiting for to solve a decades-old homicide in British Columbia. Mon May 7 2001 09:59:08  Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis police kill man mistaken for burglar -- (Nando Times) John Leaf, a 35-year-old stockbroker, lunged at deputies with a hunting knife after they surprised him in his bed while looking for a robber, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Department. Mon May 7 2001 09:43:13  Sydney, Australia Church-Run Drug-Injecting Center Opens in Australia -- (Fox) Behind frosted glass windows, Australian heroin users injected themselves for the first time in an officially sanctioned center that provides clean needles, counseling and medical staff, authorities said Monday. Mon May 7 2001 09:41:24  Enid, Oklahoma McVeigh's a Liar, Ex-Lawyer Says -- (Fox) Timothy McVeigh's former attorney said Sunday that the Oklahoma City bomber's execution could bring him martyrdom and create a wider forum for his anti-government views. Mon May 7 2001 09:39:59  New Haven, Connecticut Shootings prompt New Haven high school to begin metal detector searches -- (Boston.com) Neighborhood shootings, including one that snared a student in a cross fire, have prompted high school administrators to install metal detectors. Hillhouse High School on Monday was to be the third in New Haven to begin random searches for weapons. Mon May 7 2001 09:39:13  Syracuse, New York Owner charged after pit bull attacks police dog -- (Boston.com) A dog owner was charged early Sunday after his pit bull jumped in the open window of a city police car and attacked a police dog, police said. Byron J. Wood, 37, was charged with having a dangerous dog, an unlicensed animal and an unleashed animal. Mon May 7 2001 09:38:30  Lake Forest, Illinois Murder-suicide in Lake Forest -- (News Sun) The elegant serenity of Sunday in Lake Forest was blasted at midday by gunshots and two deaths in an apparent murder-suicide. Sitting upright in the driver's seat of an older model compact was a man who shot himself to death. He had driven to Deerpath Road after fatally shooting his ex-wife less than two miles away. Murder, suicide stun quiet suburb -- (Daily Herald) Miami, Florida Murder-suicides among seniors show alarming increase -- (Sun Sentinel) Sidifredo Rodriguez, 70, had been a man of power and wealth in Cuba, rich enough to attract a wife less than half his age. In Miami he felt he was nothing, and he hated that his pretty young wife had to work so the family could make ends meet. |
