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Sat May 19 2001 17:30:32  Lacy Township, New Jersey Body found in Pinelands ruled a homicide -- (Boston.com) A body found in the Pinelands by a couple out on a fishing trip had been slain, Ocean County authorities determined. Sat May 19 2001 17:28:50  Syracuse, New York Wanted by N.J. authorities for 20 years, man arrested in Syracuse -- (Boston.com) When he was stopped for a traffic violation on Thursday, the man told police he was Donald Jones and he worked for a day care center. Police found marijuana in the car and ran a fingerprint check. Sat May 19 2001 17:25:19  Romulus, Michigan Reason to kill: Two violent deaths shatter two families -- (Freep) A workplace murder followed by a suicide made Michigan headlines for three days in March and then faded from view for everyone except the family, friends and coworkers whose lives will never be the same. Sat May 19 2001 14:50:43  Toronto, Ontario Victim taped his own murder -- (Cnews) Murder victim Adesegun Farquaharson may have caught his killer on tape when he called his own voice mail moments before he was shot to death early yesterday. Sat May 19 2001 12:35:32  Washington D.C. Puzzles Over Missing USC Student -- (LA Times) Chandra Ann Levy is so private that she said little at work about her personal life. At the gym where she trained nights near Washington's Dupont Circle, she rarely spoke to other members. Even one of her closest friends, who came to the nation's capital from California on a similar internship program, had not talked to her for four months. Sat May 19 2001 11:49:28  Fresno, California Teen ordered to trial in slaying -- (Fresno Bee) John Pasquele Renna of Fresno was stabbed eight times and slashed 13 times and possibly hit over the head with a bottle Aug. 15 at his residence. Palm Beach County, Florida Lawyer downplays likelihood of murder charge for Jupiter doctor -- (Sun Sentinel) The attorney for the Jupiter doctor charged with improperly dispensing prescriptions for OxyContin on Friday said there are no grounds for murder charges against his client after four of his patients overdosed on the powerful painkiller. New Orleans, Louisiana Telltale tattoo leads to arrest -- (Nola) Bleeding from gunshot wounds in his head, chest and stomach, New Orleans police officer Christopher Abbott still managed to take note of the words tattooed across his assailant's forehead: "No Mercy." Sat May 19 2001 09:29:33  Hopkinsville, Kentucky Two dead in shooting at church service -- (Nola) A man walked into a church during a worship service Friday night and fatally shot his estranged wife and another woman before fleeing with their young boy, police said. He was arrested after a standoff with an officer. Spartanburg, South Carolina Woman wanting officers to kill her shoots self -- (Nola) A woman who walked into a sheriff's office with a gun demanding that officers shoot her killed herself before authorities were able to calm her down. Sat May 19 2001 09:20:46  James Holloway, 40 - slain music teacher Parkland, Washington Stalker Kills At Random, Then Takes Own Life -- (Washington Posr) A man who had apparently been obsessed with a woman for nearly four decades shot one of her colleagues to death on a university campus before killing himself, authorities said today. A suicide note said the slaying was planned but the victim was chosen at random. Fri May 18 2001 21:56:53  Los Angeles, California Blake Lawyer Say Bullets Don't Match -- (Washington Post) Robert Blake's lawyer said Friday he believes ballistics evidence gathered by police does not link the actor to the murder of his wife. Fri May 18 2001 20:58:10  Miami, Florida Man cleared in 4 murder convictions may also be innocent in rape case -- (Sun Sentinel) As Miami-Dade prosecutors consider whether to drop the two remaining murder convictions of a man cleared by DNA in four Broward County slayings, questions are emerging about a rape conviction for which he also is serving life. Fri May 18 2001 20:34:41  Chicago, Illinois Woman bites off Chicago man's testicles -- (ABC News) A woman walked into Chicago Police headquarters early on Friday and handed over a pair of testicles she said she had bitten off a man who had sexually assaulted her, police said. Fri May 18 2001 18:46:12  Jessica Koopmans, 5 - abducted, murdered Lethbridge, Alberta Jessica was alive when dumped -- (Cnews) Jessica Koopmans was alive when she was dumped in a woodpile, believes the nurse who found the five-year-old's body. According to 54-year-old Wilma Beaudry, Koopmans was clutching a branch in her hand when they found her. "I think she was still alive when she hit that woodpile," said Beaudry. City mourns Jessica -- (Cnews) The family of the child, who was abducted near her home May 4 and found dumped in a woodpile near Fort Macleod one week later, agreed that today's mass be televised and shared with hundreds of strangers touched by Jessica's death. Fri May 18 2001 18:40:14  Montreal, Quebec Employee fired for not helping teen -- (Cnews) Sitel Canada fired a supervisor Friday after he and other employees let a badly beaten, half-naked teenager lay in a nearby parking lot for nearly three hours. Fri May 18 2001 17:05:20  ELMER EDWARD SOLLY - captured fugitive Trenton, New Jersey Fugitive singer back in prison -- (NJO News) From the day he entered prison to serve time for killing his girlfriend's 2-year-old son, Elmer Solly's mother helped her boy plot his escape. Fri May 18 2001 16:43:50  Hartford, Connecticut Sex offender registry off Connecticut Web site -- (nj.com) A list of sexual offenders that had been posted on the state Web site was taken down Friday, but state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal took immediate steps to restore it. Fri May 18 2001 16:41:56  East Sussex, England Two teenagers arrested as vicar's remains are found -- (Telegraph UK) The arrests followed the discovery of parts of a body in woodland at Hastings where police began searching on Wednesday. A week after the disappearance of the Rev Ronald Glazebrook at the end of April, the same two 17-year-olds were arrested on suspicion of murder but released on police bail after 24 hours. Fri May 18 2001 16:39:44  Houston, Texas Two charged in slaying of child's mom -- (Houston Chronicle) Two people, including a woman who police said wanted to have a baby so she masterminded the kidnapping of an infant and his mother, have been charged with capital murder in the death of the northwest Houston woman. Fri May 18 2001 16:38:08  New York Jury convicts man in slaying of aspiring social worker -- (nj.com) David Jamison, 28, was found guilty of second-degree murder and robbery in the March 8, 1999, slaying of Amy Watkins, a Kansas native who came to New York to pursue her master's degree. Fri May 18 2001 14:29:12  Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington man charged with stabbing his parents to death -- (Star Tribune) A Bloomington man who was charged Thursday with killing his parents took money from his mother's purse after the stabbing and went to a drug house, police said. Timothy R. Clark, 39, is accused of second-degree murder in the stabbing of Joan and Donald Clark, both 68, early Monday in Bloomington. Fri May 18 2001 14:27:22  San Francisco, California Zodiac killer may be identified soon, newspaper reports -- (Sacbee) DNA evidence may be about to reveal the identity of the notorious Zodiac killer, solving a case that has baffled police for more than three decades, a newspaper reported Friday. Fri May 18 2001 11:04:49  New Britain, Connecticut Police: failed romance behind acid attack -- (Boston.com) A broken romance and anger over getting a sexually transmitted disease were behind an acid attack on a woman and her son earlier this week, police said. Fri May 18 2001 11:04:08  SARAH PAYNE, 8 - abducted and murdered July 1, 2000 Roy Whiting, 42 - remanded in custody until September East Sussex, England Sarah accused denies murder -- (BBC) Mr. Whiting has been dealt with under the new fast system and its handling of criminal prosecutions. Fri May 18 2001 11:03:02  White Plains, New York Mother acquitted of shaking infant to death -- (Boston.com) A woman who was accused of shaking her infant son to death fell to her knees, sobbed and collapsed after she was acquitted by a jury that heard sharply contrasting medical testimony. Fri May 18 2001 11:01:22  Boston, Massachusetts Victim's relative seeks lien on Flemmi proerty -- (Boston.com) A day after the government agreed to release $1.4 million in property to Stephen Flemmi's children as part of a plea bargain, the family of the gangster's murdered girlfriend urged a judge to place a lien on the property. Fri May 18 2001 11:00:05  New York Parents of alleged killer and victim share kindness -- (Boston.com) At least once a day, Margo Jamison shakes hands and talks about life with Lawrence Watkins and Gayle Greene Watkins, The New York Times reported Friday. Jamison's 28-year-old son, David, is on trial for the March 8, 1999, stabbing death of Amy Watkins, a 26-year-old social work student. Fri May 18 2001 10:57:36  Auburn, Maine Bagely pleads guilty to porn possession charge -- (Boston.com) A Bath man accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife has pleaded guilty to one charge of possession of child pornography. Fri May 18 2001 10:54:37  James D. Holloway - music professor fatally shot Parkland, Washington Professor fatally shot in apparent random killing near Tacoma -- (al.com) A college professor was shot to death on campus by a man who then committed suicide, leaving a note behind saying he chose his victim at random, authorities said. The gunman died of his injuries about seven hours after the shooting Thursday afternoon. Thur May 17 2001 22:45:19  MAX KOLB, 20 - victim of gruesome murder Shaun Alexander, 23 - charged with second-degree murder Long Beach, New York Hofstra-slay suspect kept rotting body in car: Cops -- (New York Post) A spoiled frat boy carved up a Hofstra honor student who spurned his sexual advances and drove around with the putrefying body in his Land Rover for a week before burying it in his yard, police said. Thur May 17 2001 22:28:53  Tim McGraw nd Kenny Chesney - country singers on trial Orchard Park, New York Judge's heart attack delays trial of country stars McGraw, Chesney -- (NJO News) Town Judge Edmund Brown Jr. remained in critical condition Thursday night after complaining of breathing problems in his chambers just before the start of the fourth day of testimony. Thur May 17 2001 17:18:19  REV. RONALD GLAZEBROOK, 81 - reported missing April 30, 2001 East Sussex, England Missing priest: Body parts found -- (BBC) Police investigating the disappearance of a clergyman from Sussex have unearthed parts of a body in a woodland in Hastings. Thur May 17 2001 17:09:02  VERONICA JANE THORNSBURY, 22 - died in car crash while in labor Charles Christopher Morris, 29 - held without bond since crash Pikeville, Kentucky Man indicted on two murder charges in death of pregnant woman -- (Messenger-Inquirer) A grand jury indicted a Pike County man on two murder charges in the car-crash deaths of a woman and her full-term fetus. Thur May 17 2001 16:46:22  NIKI TAYLOR, 26 - injured supermodel William Siegelin, 30 - experienced con artist Atlanta, Georgia Man arrested in scam involving Niki Taylor hospital photos -- (ABC News) A man posing as a friend of Niki Taylor bilked $8,000 from her publicist by claiming to have pictures of the critically injured supermodel in her hospital bed, police said Thursday. Thur May 17 2001 13:10:31  JESSE DIRKHISING, 13 - murder victim Josh Brown, 23 and Don Carpenter, 39 - raped, tortured and killed Dirkhising Dirkhising murderers speak -- (Fox News) Switching Their Stories: transcript of The Edge with Paula Zahn, May 16, 2001. Thur May 17 2001 12:59:57  BONNIE LEE BAKLEY, 45 - unsolved May 4 homicide Los Angeles, California Blake cancels wife's funeral service -- (CNN) Actor Robert Blake called off a family-only service for his slain wife when a media mob descended on the funeral home. O.J. takes a stab at advising Blake -- (New York Post) O.J. Simpson said yesterday he's "fascinated" by the murder of Robert Blake's wife - and knows just how the 'Baretta' actor feels. Larry King Live transcript: May 16, 2001 -- (CNN) Who killed the wife of 'Baretta' star Robert Blake? Blake renewed concealed weapons permit -- (CH2000) Actor hires second attorney but police still have not named suspect. Blake attorneys' theory: Bakley hired hitman -- (CH2000) Newest theory claims Bakley's contracted hit for Blake backfired. Thur May 17 2001 10:34:15 KATHY VROMAN - body found in January Lawrence Grant, 29 - facing 14 years in prison Jason Fisher, 22 - charged with Vroman's murder Warsaw, Indiana Man pleads guilty to three felony charges in case of woman's murder -- (Syracuse Newsflash) A man who helped police find a murdered woman's body four months ago has pleaded guilty to three felony charges, including unlawful movement of a body. Thur May 17 2001 10:10:05  CHANDRA ANN LEVY, 24 - mysterious disappearance Washington, D.C. DC searches for missing intern -- (MSNBC) In Washington, D.C. local police and the FBI are looking for clues in a high-profile disappearance. More than two weeks ago, a 24-year old California woman vanished without a trace, just after she’d completed an internship. Thur May 17 2001 09:59:29  Regina McKnight, 24 - drug addict Conway, South Carolina Crack addict gets 12 years for killing unborn child -- (Fox News) The verdict marks the first time a woman in the United States has been found guilty of homicide for taking drugs during pregnancy, an advocate for the defendant claimed. Wed May 16 2001 17:56:26  Riyad al-Khatib, 32 - guilty of robbery Amsterdam 'Cookie MOnster' convicted -- (Reuters) A con artist dubbed the "cookie monster", who robbed tourists in Amsterdam after giving them biscuits laced with a strong sleeping drug, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years jail Tuesday. |
