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Thur May 24 2001 13:39:23  Sacramento, California New hope in hunt for rapist -- (SacBee) The rapist had invaded household after household with terrifying stealth, leaving behind dozens of devastated victims, frustrating Sacramento detectives for almost two years. Thur May 24 2001 13:37:24  Bonny Lee Bakley - murdered wife of actor Robert Blake Los Angeles, California New Letters to Blake's Wife Found -- (abcNEWS) As Los Angeles Police Department investigators try to identify a suspect in the shooting, the picture of the victim becomes more and more complex. Fascination with the crime has been a boon to Vitello's Italian Restaurant in Studio City, where Blake, 67, and Bakley, 45, ate just before she was killed. The Associated Press reported that Vitello's manager Steve Restivo said business is up 25 percent since the killing. Dozens of Unopened Letters Found in Bakley's P.O. Box -- (Fox) The postal business is about two blocks from both Blake's Studio City home and the site where Bakley was shot to death May 4th. Blake Wife's Family May Skip Burial -- (New York Post) A truce in the feud between Robert Blake and his slain wife's family fell apart yesterday, and Bonny Lee Bakley will probably be buried without any of her relatives at the service. Thur May 24 2001 13:29:17  Indio, California Downey pleads not guilty to reduced drug charges -- (Star Tribune) Actor Robert Downey Jr. pleaded not guilty today to reduced drug charges stemming from his arrest in November in a Palm Springs hotel. The 36-year-old actor, who wore amber-tinted glasses and a conservative blue suit, didn't speak during the hearing at a Riverside County courtroom. Thur May 24 2001 13:27:00  Minneapolis, Minnesota Man pleads guilty to manslaughter for pushing bus passenger -- (Star Tribune) Daniel E. Conner, of St. Paul, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the death of Amiruddin Quassim, who hit his head on a sidewalk. Thur May 24 2001 10:51:54  Marin County, California Marital troubles dogged noted family therapist After wife No. 1 divorced doctor/advice book author, second wife committed suicide -- (SFGate) Dr. Martin Blinder, famed forensic psychiatrist and expert on relationships, has married twice. Both wives committed suicide. Before leaping to her death last October, one tried to kill him. Blinder, whose "Twinkie defense" testimony helped Dan White get a light sentence for killing Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, also is an author, jazz pianist and horticulturist. Thur May 24 2001 10:34:15  Conway, Arkansas Alleged kidnapper faces multiple felony charges -- (Log Cabin) Dale S. Perkins, 19, who is accused of kidnapping a young child, holding her and her mother hostage and shooting at police, was formally charged Wednesday. Thur May 24 2001 10:32:39  Rawlings, Wyoming Inmate who killed another inmate sentenced to life in prison -- (Trib.com) A Wyoming State Penitentiary inmate has been sentenced to life in prison for killing an inmate. Edward John Britton pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of inmate Elles Kennedy. Thur May 24 2001 10:29:30  Lumberton, North Carolina Activist sentenced to life in prison for killing suspected robber -- (Intelligencer) Eddie Hatcher, 43, was convicted last week of first-degree murder and firing into an occupied dwelling in the May 1999 death of 19-year-old Brian McMillian. The jury acquitted him on an assault charge involving a teen-age girl who was wounded. Thur May 24 2001 10:26:10  London, England Accused man 'never saw Dando' -- (BBC) Barry George, 41, from Fulham, west London, denies murdering Ms Dando on the doorstep of her home, also in Fulham, on 26 April 1999. Jill Dando murder trial archive -- (BBC) Thur May 24 2001 10:19:22  Houston, Texas Man held in shooting of officer -- (Houston Chronicle) Alex Adams is in the Harris County jail without bail, accused of slaying officer Albert Vasquez during a drug-related incident. Slaying suspect attempts suicide -- (Houston Chronicle) The man charged in the fatal shooting of a Harris County sheriff's deputy was admitted to Ben Taub Hospital on Wednesday after an apparent suicide attempt using a knife he found in a police vehicle. Thur May 24 2001 10:15:17  Walter Contreras Valenzuela, 10 - found murdered 36 hours after reported missing Morristown, New Jersey Prosecutor tries to calm community -- (Daily Record) The mother of a slain 10-year-old boy Wednesday urged her neighbors to be mindful of their children and keep them safe, but investigators said families should not panic in response to the death of young Walter Contreras Valenzuela. Friends of slain Morristown youth describe him as lonely, troubled -- (Daily Record) He was 10 years old but in some ways Walter Enrique Contreras Valenzuela seemed much older, according to friends. They described him as sweet but troubled, a little boy who one day blurted out to one of his friends that he wanted to die. 2 deaths in six months hit school hard -- (Daily Record) Thur May 24 2001 10:09:19  Chicago, Illinois Shopaholic Defense Used Effectively -- (Las Vegas Sun) A woman who stole nearly a quarter of a million dollars from her former employer has avoided prison by convincing a judge she went on shopping sprees to fight depression. Thur May 24 2001 10:02:01  Camden, New Jersey Neulander's attorneys keep trying to access FBI records on key witness -- (Boston.com) Attorneys for the Cherry Hill rabbi accused of having his wife killed have taken their request for unedited documents on a key witness to a federal court. Concord, New Hampshire Farrell agrees to plead guilty for reduced sentence -- (Boston.com) In an unusual plea bargain, a young man whose second-degree murder conviction was overturned has agreed to plead guilty, but with a significantly reduced sentence. New York Police: Arrest in fatal stabbing of popular East Village senior -- (Boston.com) Police said Thursday they have arrested a suspect in the stabbing death of an elderly woman in her East Village apartment earlier this month. Wellesley, Massachusetts Prosecution loses appeal to bar evidence of unsolved killings -- (Boston.com) Prosecutors in the murder trial of Dr. Dirk Greineder lost a last-minute appeal to keep the defense from suggesting that Greineder's wife was murdered by a serial killer. Wed May 23 2001 22:22:06  Hanover, New Hampshire Blood, Handwriting Samples Wanted In Murder Case -- (Yahoo) Prosecutors in New Hampshire asked a judge for blood and handwriting samples from one of the two teenagers charged with killing two Dartmouth professors. Robert Tulloch and James Parker are accused of killing Half and Susanna Zantop in their Hanover, N.H. home on Jan. 27. Wed May 23 2001 21:11:04  New York Serial rapist sentenced to 275 years in rapes and robberies -- (Boston.com) A paroled drug criminal, convicted last month of the rapes and robberies of three Manhattan women and of the robbery of a fourth last year, was sentenced Wednesday to 275 years in prison. Wed May 23 2001 21:09:23  St. Johnsbury, Vermont Sheriff's staffer arrested in gun-threat case -- (Boston.com) A retired New Hampshire state police trooper who now works for sheriff's departments in Vermont and New Hampshire has pleaded innocent to charges he pointed a gun at the 11-year-old son of his girlfriend. Wed May 23 2001 19:34:34 Daly City, California Teen found dead in storage locker; Daly City police treating case as homicide -- (SF Gate) Daly City police and the San Mateo County coroner will not comment about how the boy, who was found Monday, died or whether he had visible injuries. Los Angeles, California Police Shoot And Kill Fleeing Suspect -- (Channel 2000) Los Angeles police officer shot and killed a suspect in Van Nuys Wednesday afternoon. Wed May 23 2001 18:58:25  Washington 'Operation Cyber Loss' targets online fraud schemes -- (Nando) Sixty-two people have been arrested or have pleaded guilty to charges that they bilked thousands of consumers out of $117 million through Internet schemes that ranged from fraudulent investments to bogus sales offers, the FBI said Wednesday. Wed May 23 2001 18:57:10  Austin, Texas Texas to end executions of mentally retarded killers -- (Nando) Texas would be banned from executing murderers declared mentally retarded under a compromise reached by a joint House and Senate committee Wednesday. Wed May 23 2001 18:53:40  Pierce County, Washington Mass murder was one option on the mind of PLU killer -- (Trib.net) Donald Douglas Cowan considered mass murder to strike back at a woman he'd obsessed about for years, but he eventually decided one killing would be "sufficient to teach a lesson." Three hours before he killed a popular Pacific Lutheran University professor, Cowan wrote of murder, rage and revenge in a handwritten suicide note that covers 16 legal-size sheets of paper. Wed May 23 2001 13:17:22  JAMES GRAY, 42 - died from multiple blunt-force head injuries Mercer Island, Washington Worker's death murder: Police investigate assault at home on Mercer Island -- (Eastside Journal) A construction worker who was found unconscious in front of a house in a northern Island neighborhood Thursday was murdered, the King County medical examiner determined yesterday. Wed May 23 2001 13:00:10  BONNY LEE BAKLEY, 45 - unsolved May 4 homicide Los Angeles, California New document in Bakley murder -- (MSNBC) Papers reveal unusual living arrangement with Blake. Wed May 23 2001 12:44:48  CHANDRA LEVY, 24 - mysterious disappearance Reno, Nevada Search for missing intern goes to Reno, Nevada -- (NJO News) Investigators looking for a missing Washington, D.C., intern were sent to Reno after authorities received a tip she might be in the city. Wed May 23 2001 10:16:06  Houston, Texas One officer dead, another critical in shootout -- (Houston Chronicle) Officer Albert Vasquez, 32, a seven-year Houston Police Department veteran, died minutes after the shooting, while the other officer, Enrique Duharte-Tur, 35, was in critical condition at Ben Taub Hospital, said Houston Police Department spokesman John Leggio. Wed May 23 2001 10:13:15  Halifax, Nova Scotia McGray to be charged with murder -- (Cnews) Police will charge convicted serial killer Michael McGray with the murder of a Nova Scotia hitchhiker whose case has confounded investigators for 16 years. Michael Wayne McGray Archive -- (Cnews) Wed May 23 2001 10:10:36  Ansonia, Connecticut Woman in shackles eludes police -- (Boston.com) Ansonia police were searching Wednesday for a 450-pound woman who, despite confinement in leg shackles, escaped custody. Wed May 23 2001 10:08:49  White Plains, New York In police account, suspect admits slayings -- (Boston.com) The 36-year-old man charged in a 1996 double killing told detectives that he killed a 79-year-old man and his health care aide after the older man hit him in the head with a baseball bat, according to a police account. Wed May 23 2001 10:06:41  New York Prosecutors consider first-degree murder charge in Hofstra murder -- (Boston.com) Nassau County prosecutors are considering upgrading the charges to first-degree murder against Shaun Alexander, who is accused of killing a fellow student at Hofstra University. Wed May 23 2001 03:02:00  Houston, Texas One officer dead, another critical in shootout -- (Houston Chronicle) Two Houston police officers were gunned down, one fatally, while working off-duty security jobs at a Sharpstown-area apartment complex late Tuesday night. Tues May 22 2001 21:21:32  Woodbridge, Maryland Obsession Blamed for Double Killing -- (Washington Post) The scene of the Jan. 2 crime in Woodbridge yielded few clues. But since then, authorities have unraveled what they say is a bizarre tale of Internet love run amok. Tues May 22 2001 21:16:13 Baltimore, Maryland When Life Means Life -- (Washington Post) Although Maryland law allows for parole, it has become increasingly likely that lifers in the state will die behind bars. That's mainly because of a 1995 decision by Gov. Parris N. Glendening (D) to sign parole papers for lifers only when they are terminally ill. Only a few states do not allow parole for any life sentences. Tues May 22 2001 19:56:58 New York Man indicted on charges he killed a Bronx car thief -- (Boston.com) A Bronx man indicted on manslaughter charges in the shooting death of a man he allegedly caught breaking into his car was released on $15,000 bail Monday. Tues May 22 2001 18:52:53  Lake Worth, Florida Man trying to hold up store killed by owner -- (Palm Beach Post) An armed robber who held up a store across the street from the city police station Monday made his fatal mistake when he turned his gun from the shop owner and toward a woman and baby who came in the door, according to investigators. Miami, Florida Miami-Dade to review cases of Broward man who falsely confessed to murders -- (Sun Sentinel) The Miami-Dade County state attorney on Monday ordered a full review of the murder and rape cases against a Broward County man who has served 21 years in state prison after confessing to killings he didn't commit. Tues May 22 2001 17:46:36  Mabel Greineder - victim Dr.Dirk Greineder, 60 - accused of beating and stabbing his wife to death Dedham, Massachusetts Doc's defender wins ruling: Greineder lawyer may note other murders -- (Boston Herald) A Dedham Superior Court judge ruled yesterday that the jury in the murder trial of Dr. Dirk Greineder will hear ``a very narrow inquiry'' of the defense theory that the Wellesley allergist's wife was killed by a serial killer and not by her husband. Defense seeks link to 2 slayings -- (Boston.com) Tues May 22 2001 17:36:28  Uniontown, Maryland Female teacher charged with having sex with several male students -- (Star Tribune) Kim Merson, 24, is free on bond after being arrested over the weekend. She is charged with multiple sex offenses related to alleged sexual relationships with at least eight male students. Tues May 22 2001 17:24:44  Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney - country singers on trial Orchard Park, Buffalo, New York McGraw, Chesney lasso new judge -- (E! Online) The (legal) show must go on. Tues May 22 2001 17:13:16  Juan Gutierrez, 24 - shot and killed by police Houston, Texas Girl recovering from scalping by father -- (Reuters) A 3-year-old girl was recovering in a Houston hospital after her father tried to scalp her in a weekend attack, police said. Tues May 22 2001 17:10:23  Minneapolis, Minnesota Firefighter's actions questioned again -- (Star Tribune) Posing with a woman's remains last month at a fire scene was the second time in less than a year that Minneapolis Fire Capt. John Caston failed to show respect for a victim's body, according to a department investigation. Tues May 22 2001 17:09:40  Luverne, Minnesota Woman, 20, is first state park employee slaying victim -- (Star Tribune) Since Carrie Nelson's body was found at the Blue Mound State Park near Luverne, Minn., DNR officials kept the park closed for a second day today. Tues May 22 2001 17:05:39  Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas teen sentenced for killing father during quarrel -- (Las Vegas Sun) A 16-year-old boy was sentenced Tuesday to at least four years in prison after admitting he shot and killed his father during a dispute over dirty dishes. |
