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Tues May 22 2001 16:19:12  Laura Gassaway, 33 - allegedly shoplifted ammunition Rockford, Illinois Wal-Mart shooting (ABC News) A woman accused of shoplifting shot and wounded three employees at the store today before police shot and killed her, authorities said. Tues May 22 2001 11:08:06  MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 - 1975 homicide Michael Skakel, 40 - accused Stamford, Connecticut No cameras in courtroom -- (Fox News) A Superior Court judge has rejected a request by Court TV to allow cameras in the courtroom for the murder trial of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel. Tues May 22 2001 10:57:32  Rebecca Merrick - misappropriation of funds Princeton, Kentucky Caldwell 911 supervisor faces 24-count theft indictment -- (Kentucky New Era) It is believed that about $28,000 was misappropriated -- by Merrick writing additional payroll checks to herself and making improper purchases. Tues May 22 2001 10:46:15  BONNY LEE BAKLEY, 45 - unsolved May 4 homicide Los Angeles, California Tabloid twist in Bakley murder case -- (MSNBC) A tabloid newspaper has agreed to give police tape recordings that reportedly depict actor Robert Blake pressuring Bonny Lee Bakley to get an abortion. Tues May 22 2001 10:45:31  Cinnaminson, New Jersey Missing Cinnaminson woman had accused husband of abuse -- (Boston.com) A 36-year-old woman reported missing about two weeks ago said in divorce papers filed earlier this year that her husband had abused her and threatened to kill her. Tues May 22 2001 09:21:25  Luverne, Minnesota Woman, 20, is first state park employee slaying victim -- (Star Tribune) The body of Carrie Christine Nelson was found about 2:45 p.m. Sunday at the entry of Blue Mounds State Park, just north of Luverne. She had been dead less than an hour and an undisclosed amount of money was missing, authorities said. Tues May 22 2001 09:19:06  Retford, Nottinghamshire, England Child-killer 'wants to marry in prison' -- (ITN) Child-killer Beverley Allitt wants to marry her "vampire" boyfriend in a prison chapel, it has been reported. Former nurse Allitt, 31, was given 13 life sentences for murdering four children and attempting to murder nine others in her care. Tues May 22 2001 09:12:24  National, USA Short-Staffed Medical Examiner's Offices Face Mounting Backlogs -- (abcNews) In Washington, D.C., there's a backlog of 1,300 cases stretching back to 1999. In Providence, R.I., last year, the medical examiner's office was so swamped from the October 1999 crash of EgyptAir Flight 990, delays ran up to a year. In Alabama recently, the wait has been as long as 30 months. Tues May 22 2001 08:06:58  JESSICA KOOPMANS, 5 - abducted, murdered Lethbridge, Alberta Jessica's mother braces for court showdown -- (The Star) Sylvia Koopmans was preparing today for the moment when she would face the family friend charged with the murder of her youngest daughter. Accused killer 'marked' man -- (Cnews) Concerns over the safety of five-year-old Jessica Koopmans' accused killer have prompted extraordinary security measures in a Calgary hospital, a patient on the same ward has told Sun Media. Tues May 22 2001 08:04:43  Northridge, California Woman Stabbed, Run Over In Northridge -- (Channel 2000) A man described as crazed and delusional attacked and killed a woman late Monday, first stabbing her in the middle of the street, and then driving his car over her as she lay bleeding but alive. Tues May 22 2001 08:02:45  Kansas City, Kansas Pregnant woman, boyfriend shot to death in KCK; children escape -- (Yahoo) After counting to three early Monday, an 8-year-old Kansas City, Kan., boy grabbed his 2-year-old sister from the bed on which their pregnant mother lay shot to death and ran with their 7-year-old sister to a neighbor's house, police said. Mon May 21 2001 21:53:25  Las Vegas, Nevada Body of a newborn found in dumpster behind Las Vegas Strip casino -- (Las Vegas Sun) Las Vegas police say the baby's body was found about one p-m behind Harrah's hotel-casino. The baby appeared to be less than 24 hours old. Mon May 21 2001 20:50:04  DEBORAH WILKES, 44 - stabbed and strangled Eric Wilkes, 31 - says wife had obsessive-compulsive disorder Clearwater, Florida Clearwater man says hand-washing prompted wife's murder -- (Sun-Sentinel) A man confessed he stabbed and strangled his wife because she would not stop washing her hands, police said Monday. Mon May 21 2001 20:34:44  LINDA DAVID, 52 - imprisoned and beaten for 24 years Victor David, 61- "She grew when she was with me." Everett, Washington Man convicted of beating disabled wife -- (ABC News) A man was convicted Monday of beating his disabled wife during the more than two decades he kept her confined on a filthy sailboat. Mon May 21 2001 19:40:22  Sacramento, California Man suspected in road rage shooting returns to scene, kills himself -- (Star Tribune) Nancie Mann drove by the highway exit ramp where her husband had been killed two weeks ago in a road-rage shooting. Patrol cars and police tape were once again blocking the road. "I said, 'Oh, my God. It looks like exactly the same thing. Something else has happened.'" Something had. Mon May 21 2001 19:03:45  Seoul, Korea Police focus search on mentally ill in brutal murder of four-year-old girl -- (The Korea Herald) he body of the four-year-old girl, identified by her last name Kim, was found Saturdayin an alley near her house in Songjung-dong, Sungdong-gu, in northeastern Seoul. Contained in a knapsack, the girl's head, arms and legs were wrapped up in black plastic bags. Mon May 21 2001 18:48:25  BONNY LEE BAKLEY, NICOLE SIMPSON and RON GOLDMAN - homicide victims Robert Blake and O.J. Simpson - husbands Los Angeles, California Scene of Blake's wife Bakley added to Hollywood 'Crime Scene Tour' -- (ABC News) First O.J. Simpson was offering advice to actor Robert Blake in the wake of his wife's killing. Now the scene of Bonny Lee Bakley's shooting has been added to the itinerary of a company that tours celebrity crime sites, including the key locales in the slaying of Nicole Brown Simpson. Mon May 21 2001 18:46:10  Ozark, Alabama Wimberly sentenced to die for double murder in Dale County -- (al.com) Circuit Judge P.B. McLauchlin ordered Shaber Chamon Wimberly to be put to death for the 1997 murder of retired state trooper Max King, 67, and his wife, Johneen King, 53, at their home in Midland City. Wimberly was 17 at the time. Mon May 21 2001 18:39:26  St. Paul, Minnesota Teen was paid $600 to kill friend's estranged wife, prosecutors allege -- (Star Tribune) St. Paul teenager Steven Yang was paid $600 to kill his friend's estranged wife with a sawed-off shotgun, a prosecutor told jurors today during opening arguments in Yang's first-degree murder trial. Mon May 21 2001 14:47:18  New York New Jersey hit man confesses on HBO program to two killings -- (Boston.com) Richard Kuklinski made the admissions in ''The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hit Man,'' which was shown Sunday night on HBO, just after the highly touted season finale of the Mafia drama ''The Sopranos.'' Mon May 21 2001 14:42:02  Boynton Beach, Florida Boynton officer wounded, police dog slain and burglar killed in gun battle -- (Sun Sentinel) The three-hour standoff at the Medication Station on Woolbright Road came to a fiery conclusion when the pharmacy erupted in flames ignited by tear gas canisters launched by the citys SWAT team to draw out the hiding suspect. Mon May 21 2001 14:36:30  Lakeside, California Man fatally shot after he lunged with a knife at a deputy -- (Union-Tribune) A 44-year-old man who reportedly threatened a sheriff's deputy with a knife was fatally shot by three deputies outside his condominium Saturday evening. Mon May 21 2001 13:58:18  Boulder, Colorado Investigator offers list of possible suspects in JonBenet Ramsey murder -- (Nando) If an intruder killed JonBenet Ramsey, then who was it? Two weeks ago, veteran detective Lou Smit went public with evidence of his intruder theory without identifying any suspects in the December 1996 murder. Mon May 21 2001 13:55:36  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Armed suspect killed in Saskatchewan -- (CBC) Saskatoon police shot and killed a man after he led them on a high-speed chase and shot a police dog late Sunday. Mon May 21 2001 11:52:17  Tehran, Iran Porn film actress stoned to death in Iran prison -- (Reuters) An Iranian woman convicted of acting in pronographic films has been stoned to death in the prison where she has been held for the last eight years, a newspaper reported Monday. Mon May 21 2001 11:42:59  Long Island, New York Fortune teller arrested in Long Island -- (NJO News) Rachel Ristich, 30, of Selden, on Saturday read Tarot cards for a female undercover officer at her Psychic Readings parlor on Middle Country Road, said Al Prim, a Suffolk County Police spokesman. Mon May 21 2001 11:15:59  ROBERT TOLBERT, 44 - died at botttom of stairs Karlene Cassandra Tolbert, 32 - changed her initial account Montclair, Virginia Montclair woman charged with husband's murder -- (The Arlington Journal) A Montclair woman who reportedly confessed to kicking her husband down the stairs, killing him, has made her first court appearance to be arraigned on a murder charge. Mon May 21 2001 11:01:48  Rome, Italy Italian child-sex ring arrests -- (CNN) As well as the six arrests, police seized 89,000 explicit pictures, 128 video films and 5,000 files. Ninety-one children, whose ages range from five to 13, were sexually abused, police said. Sun May 20 2001 17:59:56  York, Pennsylvania York mayor one of 8 charged in Pennsylvania racial killing case -- (Nando) It's been a 32-year wait for justice since a white mob killed a black woman during race riots in this city just north of the Mason-Dixon line, but many residents apparently are prepared to wait a little longer. During the weeklong rioting in July 1969, a white rookie policeman was killed in a black neighborhood. A few days later, Lillie Belle Allen, a 27-year-old black preacher's daughter, was shot dead by a white mob. Sun May 20 2001 17:57:17  Boston, Massachusetts Jury selection to begin in trial of doctor accused of slaying wife -- (al.com) To the outside world, Dirk Greineder was a prominent physician and a family man with three grown children and a loving wife. Sun May 20 2001 16:40:47  Lethbridge and Calgary, Alberta Man charged in Alberta girl's death -- (CBC) Police in Lethbridge have arrested a man in the death of five-year-old Jessica Koopmans. Harold Anthony Gallup, 31, is charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder. Cops hunt Firebird in little girl's murder -- (Ottawa Sun) Mother of slain Alberta girl says goodbye during graveside service -- (Cnews) : "I love you baby. I'll see you." Sun May 20 2001 16:27:31  Montgomery County, Maryland Md. Man Charged in His Mother's Death -- (WAshington Post) Osebor Kreem Clark, who lived with his mother, Lillita Maria Clark, 43, in her Silver Spring apartment, was charged with second-degree murder early yesterday and is being held in the Montgomery County jail in lieu of $1 million bond. Sun May 20 2001 14:31:21  Dallas County, Alabama Dallas County murders remain unsolved -- (Selma Times-Journal) The murders of Martha Gray, 32, and Terry Morris, 54, are two of the most recent unsolved murders in Dallas County. In late May 2000, Martha Gray of Orrville, was shot in the upper right chest while she and her husband, Wilbur Jackson, slept in their bed. Sun May 20 2001 13:11:00 Newport News, Virginia Dozens of unsolved murders remain in Newport News, Hampton -- (Daily Press) While some larger departments have "cold case" squads -- a team of detectives solely designated to tackle old murder cases, Newport News police has no such squad. Neither does Hampton. Since 1990, 41 homicides remain unsolved in Newport News. In Hampton, the number is seven. Sun May 20 2001 11:45:39  New York Disgraced Army captain faces trial in double-murder -- (Boston.com) John Lau was a con man who couldn't keep his lies straight. Prosecutors allege that on May 22, 1996, Lau hastily left his Army post in Italy and hopped on a jet to New York, where he and possibly an unidentified accomplice killed Alexander and Liane Barone. Sun May 20 2001 11:38:08  Chandra Ann Levy, - missing Washington Police Call Levy Case 'Very Unusual' -- (LA Times) Although there is still no evidence of a crime, the disappearance of Chandra Ann Levy is a "very, very unusual case," Washington's police chief said Saturday. As Missing Woman's Family Waits, Mystery Deepens -- (LA Times) Intern missing for three weeks in D.C. -- (Seattle Times) Sun May 20 2001 11:14:07  Chicago, Illinois Castrated rape suspect charged -- (Newsday) Erik Williams, 21, allegedly tried to force a 42-year-old woman to perform a sex act on him early Friday, and while the two struggled the woman bit off his testicles, police said. Sun May 20 2001 10:55:01  New Delhi, India India's 'Monkey Man' attacker not an animal: Police -- (Reuters) Injuries reported by dozens of people in the Indian capital as having been caused by a mysterious ape-like creature were not caused by an animal, police said on Sunday. Sun May 20 2001 10:49:10  Tom Green, 52 - polygamist Salt Lake City, Utah Utah man defends polygamy despite conviction -- (Fox News) A day after becoming the first Utah man convicted of bigamy in nearly 50 years, Tom Green said he has no plans to abandon his polygamist lifestyle even if he ends up in prison. Sat May 19 2001 21:04:31  Spokane, Washington Mark Fuhrman Book Infuriates Police -- (Washington Post) Former Detective Mark Fuhrman has written a new true-crime book accusing Spokane police of bungling a murder investigation, an allegation they hotly deny. "Murder in Spokane: Catching a Serial Killer," is to be released Tuesday. Sat May 19 2001 19:59:21  Corpus Christi, Texas Texas sex offenders to place 'Danger' signs in yards -- (Nando) Some 21 convicted sex offenders have been ordered to place signs in their front yards reading "Danger! Registered Sex Offender Lives Here." The signs were given to offenders Friday along with bumper stickers reading "Danger! Registered Sex Offender in Vehicle." State District Judge J. Manuel Banales ordered them posted immediately. Lodi, California California murder suspect takes own life at wife's grave -- (Nando) A California man suspected of killing a woman and her three grandchildren committed suicide Saturday atop his late wife's grave. Police found Roger Leroy Johnson, 48, lying face down at the Cherokee Memorial Park & Funeral Home on Saturday morning. He raised an arm and threw a grenade at officers and then collapsed again. Boston, Massachusetts Three British men arrested in air rage incidents -- (CNN) In a span of a few hours, two British flights headed for Mexico landed at a Maine airport to unload three men in separate air rage incidents that involved drugs, alcohol and brawling, police said Saturday. Boston, Massachusetts FBI seeks bank heist suspect -- (Boston Herald) A dark-haired white man with a reddish complexion used a note to rob a bank in the South End yesterday morning and asked that his note be returned before exiting with an unspecified amount of cash, an FBI spokeswoman said. |
