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Fri May 11 2001 13:25:31  Bogota, Colombia Escaped inmates reappear at prison, want in -- (ABC News/Reuters) After visiting family and friends, the prisoners said they had opted to take advantage of a Colombian amnesty law that forgives and forgets prison breaks if fugitives return voluntarily within 72 hours. "They wanted to see their children, have a few drinks," a spokesman at the state-run National Penitentiary Institute told Reuters. "As long as they are all back by 10 p.m. tonight, they will not be penalized." Fri May 11 2001 10:26:48  Fort Lauderdale, Florida Lauderdale man, 72, ccharged with killing 90-year-old neighbor -- (Sun Sentinel) Homicide detectives are trying to find out why a normally quiet 72-year-old man went into the apartment of his 90-year-old next-door neighbor sometime early Thursday morning and killed her, a police spokesman said. Fri May 11 2001 10:23:25  Kansas City, Missouri DNA tests confirm bones found in desert were Angel Hart's -- (Kansas City Star) DNA tests proved that bones found in a California desert are those of 5-year-old Angel Hart, killed eight years ago in one of Kansas City's most notorious child murders. Fri May 11 2001 10:20:26  New York Three dead in Manhattan shooting -- (CNN) Three people were killed in a drug-related shooting in an apartment above the famed Carnegie Deli in New York City's Theater District, police said. Fri May 11 2001 10:15:31  Roanoke, Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Gay Bar Shooting -- (Fox) A man who told police he was angry over being teased about his last name -- Gay -- pleaded guilty to murder and other charges Thursday for killing one person and wounding six others in a shooting rampage at a gay bar. Ronald Edward Gay, 55, faces a maximum of four life terms plus 60 years in prison for the Sept. 22 shooting. Fri May 11 2001 10:11:25  Washington Another Black Eye for the FBI -- (Fox) For an agency still reeling from the discovery of an alleged spy in its ranks, the last thing the FBI needed was the disclosure that it withheld evidence from lawyers representing the man convicted of the worst act of domestic terrorism. Timothy McVeigh was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday. Now his lawyers are weighing whether to seek a stay of the execution, which would have been the first federal death penalty sentence carried out since 1963. FBI Data Given to McVeigh Defense -- (Fox) Statement From FBI -- (Fox) Lapse May Stop McVeigh Execution -- (Fox) Fri May 11 2001 03:13:30  Missing: Jessica Koopmans, 5 Lethbridge, Alberta Family of missing Alberta girl offers $50,000 reward - even to captor -- (CP) If the abductor of a missing five-year-old returns her safely, he can claim $50,000 with no questions asked, says a member of the girl's distraught family. Fri May 11 2001 03:10:23  New Orleans, Louisiana Doctors Seek Way to Measure Evil -- (Newsday) During a symposium Thursday at the American Psychiatric Association convention, Dr. Michael Welner, a forensic psychiatrist, asked more than 120 psychiatrists to help create a depravity scale which could be used by the courts to judge criminals. Fri May 11 2001 03:07:10  Chesterfield, New Hampshire Family of missing mother, daughter fears they are dead -- (Boston.com) Tina Sinclair was very close to her family, and often talked about opening a hair salon. Her 15-year-old daughter, Bethany, was a high school pupil who rarely missed class. Thur May 10 2001 22:05:44  LOIS LIVINGSTON MCMILLEN - body found on beach January 15, 2000 William Labrador - convicted Road Town, British Virgin Islands American found guilty of artist's murder in Caribbean -- (Nando Timws) A jury on Thursday convicted a New York man of murdering a female artist from Connecticut, who had been vacationing in British Virgin Islands. Thur May 10 2001 18:33:14  Ted Binion, - murdered casino mogul Las Vegas, Nevada New allegations of misconduct by jurors arise in Binion case -- (Las Vegas Sun) Sandy Murphy's defense team is trying to interview two jurors in the Ted Binion murder trial about new allegations of misconduct on their part. Thur May 10 2001 18:28:32  Martinsville, Indiana Woman Convicted in 7 Crash Deaths -- (Las Vegas Sun) Judy Kirby, 32, was guilty of seven counts of murder and could get up to life in prison when she is sentenced June 7. She sobbed as the verdicts were read. Thur May 10 2001 18:26:24  New York NYPD Detective Indicted in Mob Case -- (Las Vegas Sun) A New York City detective was arrested Thursday and accused of removing shell casings from the scene of a mob hit to cover up the alleged role of his cousin. Michael Silvestri, 44, was arraigned on a federal charge of being an accessory to murder. Thur May 10 2001 16:40:14  Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee man arrested in triple homicide -- (JS Online) James C. Mitchell Jr., 19, Jejuan Brown, 20, and Willie Figures Jr., 22, were found shot to the head last Tuesday afternoon in their apartment at 2627 N. 35th St. Thur May 10 2001 16:38:02  Santa Ana, California Admitted pedophile tells jurors relations with boys were about 'love.' -- (OC Register) I'm a pedophile, he admitted. "I'm not going to stand here and say these acts didn't occur -- because they did," said a well-groomed and articulate Kenneth Teague, representing himself in a lurid sex-abuse trial in Santa Ana. Thur May 10 2001 16:35:04  Amsterdam, Netherlands KLM passenger tries to open door during flight -- (The Star) A passenger on board a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Newark spat on a flight attendant, threatened passengers with a cane and tried to open the emergency exit while in flight, an airline official said today. Thur May 10 2001 14:57:27  Palm Beach, Florida Tearful Brazill recalls shooting as defense rests in teacher murder case -- (Sun-Sentinel) Nathaniel Brazill repeatedly contradicted previous testimony, accused a couple of witnesses of lying and briefly broke down in tears Wednesday as an experienced prosecutor hammered him with questions. While Brazill, 14, faced the barrage of emotionally charged questions for two hours, he remained insistent that he never intended to shoot Lake Worth Middle School teacher Barry Grunow. Brazill didn't intend to kill, ex-juror says -- (Sun-Sentinel) Kenneth D. Wright, 36, said he thought prosecutors failed to prove that the shooting at Lake Worth Middle School was premeditated. Thur May 10 2001 14:54:10  Ada County, Idaho Inmate given death penalty for murder -- (Idaho Statesman) Fourth District Judge Deborah Bail sentenced Michael Alan Jauhola, 28, to death Wednesday, making him the eighth person to be put on Death Row in Idaho in the last decade and the first in Ada County since 1993. Thur May 10 2001 14:51:28  McCurtain County, Oklahoma Police Investigate Two Separate Murders in McCurtain County -- (KSLA) The murders happened in neighboring cities just north of Idabel and they both happened just hours apart. One of the cases involved the murder of a mother...and her husband and son are now behind bars. Chief Don Winship, Valliant Police Dept.: "The condition of the house, it was covered in blood, pretty gory." Thur May 10 2001 11:00:30  BONNY LEE BAKLEY, 45 - shot to death in car Studio City, California Under suspicion: Blake a prime suspect -- (ABC News) LAPD searches home a second times. Baretta and Bonny Lee: A Whodunit -- (Washington Post) Murder of actor's wife reveals a woman of many mysteries. Thur May 10 2001 10:45:55  TANYA BATISTA, 29 - found unconscious in car trunk Michael Scott Segal, 40 - to be arraigned today Miami, Florida Suspect trailed by debts, allegations -- (The Miami Herald) His convoluted business and personal affairs turn on a dollar sign, catching investors in his company, an accountant he stiffed and the ex-girlfriend he allegedly tried to kill. Thur May 10 2001 10:27:45  RICHARD and JOHN SHORT - beaten and hacked to death Ronald Short, 51 - "deliberate act of butchery" New York Judge gives dad double life in sons' murders -- (NY Daily News) The Short children, Richard, 7, and John, 3, were hacked to death by their father, who hid their bodies in the basement of a Chelsea building that he managed for a real estate firm. Thur May 10 2001 10:18:10  TAMIQA GUTIERREZ, 11 - found in apartment hallway Tuesday New York Cops grill neighbour in girl's murder -- (New York Post) Police last night were questioning a neighbor of a strangled schoolgirl after following a trail of blood and vomit to his apartment, investigators said. Thur May 10 2001 10:00:21 Robert Rogelio Rios, 45 - DNA matches stillborn baby Santa Ana, California Caregiver arrested for allegedly raping patient -- (CH2000) Police say that a mentally incapacitated woman who was entrusted to the care of a Santa Ana couple was raped and impregnated and then later gave birth to a stillborn baby. Thur May 10 2001 09:52:10  Jill Dando Murder Trial London, England Jury to visit murder scene -- (Telegraph UK) THE Old Bailey jury will be taken to the scene of the murder of Jill Dando today to see the house where she lived and died. They are due to arrive at about the same time of day that the prosecution alleges the television presenter was shot on April 26 1999. Women 'saw accused opposite Jill's home' -- (Telegraph UK) Two women who lived on the same road as Jill Dando identified Barry George, who is accused of murdering her, as the man they saw standing near her home in the hours before she was shot, they told the Old Bailey yesterday. Thur May 10 2001 09:40:04  Bangor, Maine Police identify suspect in theft of rare books and maps -- (Boston.com) Police are searching for a 19-year-old Bangor man accused of stealing $27,000 worth of rare books and maps from the Bangor Public Library. Thur May 10 2001 09:38:13  Las Vegas, Nevada Principal Found With Missing Girl to Be Arraigned -- (Fox) A former Baptist school principal who allegedly kidnapped an 11-year-old girl faces abduction and sexual abuse charges following his arrest near the Las Vegas Strip. 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. Thur May 10 2001 09:35:01  Marjorie Knoller, 45, and Robert Noel, 59 - charges of involuntary manslaughter in the Jan. 26 mauling death of Diane Whipple San Francisco, California Couple Accused in Dog Attack Arraigned, Still No Pleas Entered -- (Fox) The couple charged in the dog attack death of their neighbor were arraigned Wednesday, but neither entered a plea and their lawyers now are challenging their indictment. Thur May 10 2001 09:31:50  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Attorney Found Guilty of Shootings -- (Fox) A jury found Richard Baumhammers guilty of murder and hate crimes, rejecting arguments that he was too delusional to know what he was doing when he killed five people and paralyzed another in a 90-minute shooting spree. Wed May 9 2001 23:41:01  Donald P. Ford, 43 - drug addict or murderer? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Medical resident convicted in infant's cocaine overdose -- (NJO News) A medical resident who put cocaine in a baby bottle to quiet a 4-month-old boy was convicted Wednesday of third-degree murder in the infant's overdose death. Wed May 9 2001 16:39:18  KIMYALA HENSON, 21 - body found, 2 daughters missing Wadsworth, Nevada Missing Oregon woman found dead in Nevada, police say -- (Court TV Online) The body of 21-year-old Kimyala Henson was found near Wadsworth, about 60 miles northeast of Reno, on April 29, according to the Washoe County sheriff's office. A couple she had traveled with were found dead in Florida and were suspected in the killing, police said Tuesday. Wed May 9 2001 16:31:07  Vienna, Austria Police paid extra to strip heavy corpses -- (Reuters) Austrian police will be paid more cash for undressing weighty corpses and sifting through human excrement for evidence, according to the interior ministry's new guidelines. Wed May 9 2001 16:18:39  Cleveland, Ohio Two men allegedly steal DNA from clinic -- (CH2000) Suspects accused of passing it on to Japan for research. Wed May 9 2001 16:14:37  East Manatee, Florida Florida man arrested for battery in golf rage incident -- (ABC News) Two men got teed off over a lost ball in a case of golf course rage that sent one of them to jail. Wed May 9 2001 11:57:32  DELPHINE ADAMSON, 62 - body found in makeshift grave Michael Adamson, 23 -charged with first-degree murder Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Man charged after dog brings wife's hand back from woods -- (C-News) A man was charged with first-degree murder after his own dog emerged from the woods with his wife's hand clenched in its mouth. Wed May 9 2001 10:58:07 Albany, New York Court refuses to hear case of mistakenly implanted embryo -- (ABC News) New York's highest court refused to hear an appeal of a ruling that denies visitation rights to a white woman who was the unwitting surrogate mother of a black child after an embryo mix-up at a fertility clinic. Wed May 9 2001 10:32:46  New York Police investigate murder of 10-year-old Bronx girl -- (Boston.com) The girl, identified as Tamiqa Gutierrez, was discovered unconscious and bleeding about 3:40 p.m. Tuesday by her father in the sixth floor hallway of their apartment building, police said. Wed May 9 2001 10:25:36  Washington Roll call of executed filled with poor and uneducated -- (Evansville Courier & Press) The states have executed 705 men and six women since America reinstated the death penalty in 1976, a roll call that began when Gary Gilmore told a firing squad in Utah, 'Let’s do it.' Wed May 9 2001 10:22:51  Grand Island, New York Police question father in death of infant -- (Boston.com) Police had been searching for Tyrone Trinidad since Christine Rosemary Trinidad died Monday afternoon after an argument between her father and mother. After he left the house, the mother found the infant bleeding in the crib. Wed May 9 2001 10:20:22  Alfredo Padilla, 28 - shielded himself from officers with his 6-year-old son Los Banos, California Naked driver jailed -- (Fresno Bee) A Bakersfield big-rig driver may have been high on drugs as he led authorities on a 60-mile chase and shot at other motorists Tuesday morning along Interstate 5, a California Highway Patrol officer said. The man later jumped from his truck and stripped naked in the middle of the highway before being arrested. |
