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Sat May 26 2001 18:29:59  Luverne, Minnesota Authorities looking for white car in murder of state park employee -- (Star Tribune) Rock County authorities were looking today for a car seen speeding away from Blue Mounds State Park the day a park employee was found killed. The car was described as a full-size, large white car. It was seen leaving the park near Luverne in southwestern Minnesota at high speed last Sunday afternoon, between 2:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. That day, the body of Carrie Nelson, 20, was found at the park. Sat May 26 2001 18:14:11  Hartford, Connecticut Meriden, Hartford police investigate separate shootings that kill 3 -- (Boston.com) Police in Meriden and Hartford are investigating separate shootings that claimed three lives Saturday. Sat May 26 2001 16:54:03  Canbridge, Massachusetts Remains of girl found in New Hampshire linked to Malden crime scene -- (Boston.com) The body of a teen-ager killed in Malden and dumped in Hooksett, N.H., has been identified. The remains were identified as Kelly Hancock, 14, of Malden, Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley said Saturday. Hancock was last seen on July 17. Sat May 26 2001 16:51:49  Miami, Florida Police cleared in death of preacher in custody -- (Sun Sentinel) To the dismay of many Haitian-Americans, the Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office said on Friday it has closed its investigation into the death of Marc Dorvil, the part-time Baptist preacher who died May 14 after a violent confrontation with eight police officers in North Bay Village. Sat May 26 2001 16:49:57  Pembroke Pines, Florida Pines teen tells police that 'God' made him beat dad to death -- (Sun-Sentinel) An 18-year-old with a history of psychiatric problems beat his father to death with an aluminum baseball bat Friday night in a Pembroke Pines trailer park, said a police spokesman. Sat May 26 2001 16:48:18  Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2 shot, 1 killed in late-night attack in Fort Lauderdale -- (Sun-Sentinel) Homicide detectives are still trying to figure out why either one or two men walked up to Leon Hardin, 51, and Jeffrey Glover, 35, and shot them as they talked outside Hardin's apartment, said spokesman Mike Reed. Fri May 25 2001 20:45:04  Welland, Ontario Dead teen's family sues Take our Kids to Work -- (National Post) The family of a teenage girl killed while driving a utility vehicle at a John Deere plant is suing the company, the school board and the organizers of Take Our Kids to Work day. A statement of claim filed at the Welland courthouse names Amanda Peat's father, grandparents, brother and sister as plaintiffs in the $330,000 case. Fri May 25 2001 19:24:53  Delaware County, Pennsylvania Man charged in 1980 slaying -- (Philly.com) For years after his daughter was raped and killed, David Aisenstein would make the short trip from his Overbrook home to Haverford Township, where Kay Aisenstein's body was discovered in June 1980 at a church parking lot. A decade of DNA comparisons, with ever-improving technology, helped close the case, investigators said. Fri May 25 2001 18:06:13  LOIS LIVINGSTON MCMILLEN, 34 - body found on beach January 2000 William Labrador, 37 - convicted May 10 Road Town, British Virgin Islands Long Island man to appeal Crribean slay conviction -- (N.Y. Daily News) The regional appeals court, which travels from island to island, will have its next sitting in the British Virgin Islands next month. It was not clear if Labrador's appeal, filed this week with the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal, will be heard then. Fri May 25 2001 17:38:37  BONNY LEE BAKLEY, 45 - victim of unsolved May 4 homicide Los Angeles, California O.J.-case detective eyes Blake -- (New York Post) Robert Blake's wife was not the victim of a professional hit as the actor's lawyer has suggested, former LAPD Detective Mark Fuhrman said yesterday. Actor's wife buried at cemetery of the stars -- (SacBee) Actor Robert Blake, looking haggard and somber, spoke fondly of his slain wife during a brief funeral Friday that drew more reporters than mourners and none of Bonny Lee Bakley's family. Fri May 25 2001 17:07:23  New York Six charged in alleged rare coin scheme -- (Reuters) Six alleged con artists are accused of bilking at least 1,000 elderly people nationwide out of millions of dollars in retirement money by persuading them to buy "rare" coins for far more than their actual worth, authorities said on Thursday. Fri May 25 2001 17:01:11  Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Father of slain N. Side boy seeks custody of other son -- (Post-Gazette) Christopher Drake, the father of Scott Drake, the 11-year-old boy who was found slain and sexually mutilated in September, is seeking custody of his 10-year-old son and has accused the boy's mother of abandonment. Fri May 25 2001 17:00:33  Dewey George Moore, 64 - convicted in cheerleader's murder Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Criminalists to retest evidence -- (Newsday) Hair and fiber used to send an Oklahoma man to death row 16 years ago will be retested amid questions about the state's handling of forensic evidence. Fri May 25 2001 16:52:01  Angela Garcia, 24 - murdered her children by arson Cleveland, Ohio Mom guilty of murdering her two children -- (Plains Dealer) Two earlier trials ended in mistrials after jurors could not reach a unanimous decision on whether Garcia purposely killed Nyeemah Garcia, 3, and Nijah Evans, 2. Fri May 25 2001 15:58:10  Charlottesville, Virginia Man who bombed girlfriend gets life sentence -- (Pilot Online) A man convicted of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend with a pipe bomb in 1997 will spend life in prison without parole, a federal judge ruled today. The jury in the case of Coleman Leake Johnson Jr. was unable to unanimously decide whether to recommend life in prison or the death penalty, so it deferred to U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon. Fri May 25 2001 15:52:43 Madison County, Alabama Investigators search for victim's purse -- (al.com) Who killed Dottie Epps? Madison County Sheriff's investigators believe a white purse with a small strap is one clue that might help them answer that question, sheriff's Sgt. Terry Ergle said. Fri May 25 2001 14:56:20  Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania teen sentenced for auto stunt that killed friends -- (Nando) A 19-year-old who killed two friends and severely injured one other in a car crash six hours after getting his driver's license has been sentenced to three-to-six years in prison. Noah Berryman was trying to get his car airborne on a hill when he struck a tree, police said. Fri May 25 2001 14:25:45  Mount Vernon, Ohio Man who lived in teen's closet sentenced -- (Nando) An Army deserter who lived in a 15-year-old girl's bedroom closet was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday for having sex with the girl and other offenses. Jeffrey Scott Martin, 26, pleaded guilty in March to unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, taking nude pictures of the girl and possessing military explosives. Fri May 25 2001 13:56:50  Washington Police Search Near Trail Intern Used -- (Washington Post) More than a dozen D.C. police officers canvassed a heavy patch of woods near a popular jogging trail in Adams Morgan yesterday looking for clues to the whereabouts of Chandra Ann Levy, who has been missing for about three weeks and who was known to frequent the area, police said. Find Chandra Homepage -- (findchandra.org) Fri May 25 2001 13:43:03  Naperville, Illinois Tearful Lemak OKs divorce settlement -- (Chicago Sun Times) With restraints on her arms and tears in her eyes, Marilyn Lemak made short, clear statements Thursday as she testified in open court for the first time since her 1999 murder arrest. The Naperville woman accused of killing her three children told DuPage County Judge John Elsner that she agreed with the terms of a confidential divorce settlement her parents recently finalized with her ex-husband, Dr. David Lemak. Fri May 25 2001 11:57:30  Washington Ashcroft Says All Documents Released to McVeigh's Lawyers -- (Fox) Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday that Timothy McVeigh's legal team has received all documents previously withheld from them during the Oklahoma City bombing case. He also strongly reiterated that he would not further postpone McVeigh's June 11 execution. Fri May 25 2001 10:34:02  Concord, New Hampshire Girl’s remains linked to Massachusetts murder -- (Citizen Online) Prosecutors said Thursday a teen-age girl whose remains were found in Hooksett last month was murdered in Massachusetts and dumped in New Hampshire. Attorney General Philip McLaughlin said authorities have not been able to identify her. No arrests have been made. He would not say if anyone has been ruled out of the search, including Molly Bish, a 16-year-old Warren, Mass., lifeguard who disappeared last June. Fri May 25 2001 10:30:59  Exeter, Rhode Island Police find body believed to be that of woman murdered decade ago -- (Syracuse.com) Police believe a skeleton they removed from a densely wooded area Thursday is the body of a woman who disappeared a decade ago, and have charged her husband's cousin with murder. Fri May 25 2001 10:28:48  Providence, Rhode Island Investigators turn attention to wife in doctor's East Side murder -- (Boston.com) Police have turned their attention to the wife of Hani Zaki in their investigation into the murder of the 51-year-old doctor found in his East Side home in April killed by a single bullet wound to the head. Fri May 25 2001 10:27:15  White Plains, New York Connecticut priest arrested in sex sting -- (Boston.com) A Roman Catholic priest who is the spiritual adviser at a Connecticut high school was arrested after allegedly having explicit sexual conversations online with what he believed was a 14-year-old boy. The Rev. John J. Castaldo was caught in the Westchester County district attorney's ongoing Internet sex sting, which has resulted in 42 arrests and 35 convictions. Fri May 25 2001 10:25:50  Henrietta, New York Guilty plea in slaying of ex-pastor -- (Boston.com) A 27-year-old man admitted killing a 65-year-old former pastor, and authorities said he left a written confession next to the victim explaining their romantic relationship had soured. Jacob Kovacevich will be sentenced next month to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to first-degree manslaughter. Fri May 25 2001 10:23:02  Hollywood, California Suspect Sought in Death of Boy, 4 -- (LA Times) Paramedics called to a North Hollywood apartment Thursday found a 4-year-old boy beaten to death, and police named the mother's boyfriend as a suspect. Fri May 25 2001 10:21:05  Van Nuys, California Slain Suspect Decided Own Fate, Police Say -- (LA Times) Antonio Almandarez did not go down without a fight. The suspected armed robber spun his 1972 Buick Riviera toward pursuing patrol cars Wednesday and engaged Los Angeles police officers in a joust-like gun battle, firing through an open window, authorities said Thursday. When it was over, the 33-year-old Almandarez lay dead on a Van Nuys street and Officer Jeff Nuttall had a slight wound to the shoulder. Thur May 24 2001 21:57:05  Shirley, Massachusetts Eight officers injured after disturbance at maximum security prison -- (Boston.com) Trouble at the Souza-Baranowski Corrections Center in Shirley began at about 5:15 p.m., said Department of Corrections spokesman Justin Latini. The disturbance was brought under control ''fairly quickly,'' Latini said, and the prison was locked down as inmates were being moved back to their cells. Thur May 24 2001 21:02:47  Albany, New York Police lieutenant indicted on federal charges -- (Boston.com) A lieutenant on a police force already plagued by legal problems was indicted Thursday on federal charges that he aided and abetted the operation of a crack house. Thur May 24 2001 21:00:47  New York Girl dies after school fight -- (Boston.com) Police were investigating the death of a 9-year-old girl shortly after she was involved in a fight with another girl in a Brooklyn school bathroom Thursday. Thur May 24 2001 19:57:41  Stanton, Michigan Police release sketch of murder suspect -- (Daily News) Witness descriptions have enabled a state police forensic artist to render a drawing of a suspect in the Katherine Dyer murder. Thur May 24 2001 19:53:01  New York Neighbor arrested in murder of elderly East Village woman -- (Syracuse.com) On Thursday, police arrested a neighbor accused of stabbing the 79-year-old woman 10 times in the neck, possibly with a pair of scissors. Candice Douglas, 28, was booked on charges of murder, and was awaiting arraignment. Thur May 24 2001 19:50:40  Santa Ana, California Judge throws out $475 million bankruptcy court award to Anna Nicole Smith -- (abcNEWS) A federal judge Thursday threw out a U.S. bankruptcy court ruling that gave former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith $475 million from her late husband's estate. Thur May 24 2001 18:49:09  Dekalb County, Georgia Teenager charged in foster home death -- (Atlanta J-C) With his feet dangling off a chair that was too big for his barely 5-foot frame, a bright-eyed 13-year-old foster child listened obediently Wednesday afternoon as a DeKalb County magistrate read the charges against him. Murder. Aggravated battery. Cruelty to children. Thur May 24 2001 18:45:15  Colleen Perris, 19 - missing Broward County, Florida Plantation parents keep hopes alive eight months after daughter vanishes -- (Sun Sentinel) He's somebody who has spent his days coping with time and taming it. A postal shop is like that: people walk in asking you to ship out their odd-shaped boxes, their express-delivered memories. To Newark by Friday. To Port St. Lucie overnight. Thur May 24 2001 18:42:44  Hollywoood, Florida Hollywood cops hunting man who performed lewd act in front of children -- (Sun Sentinel) Police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a mother and three children as they walked to Hollywood Central Elementary school, a police spokesman said Thursday. Thur May 24 2001 18:40:40  Van Nuys, California Related Police Chases, Shootout Leave 2 Dead, 1 Man in Custody -- (LA Times) Separate police pursuits of two men believed responsible for up to 50 armed robberies ended Wednesday with one suspect being shot to death in a Van Nuys gun battle with officers and the arrest of the second after he caused a collision in Eagle Rock that killed a passing motorist, authorities said. Thur May 24 2001 18:37:19  Photos, Missouri Missouri executes killer after stay lifted -- (CNN) Less than 24 hours after winning a stay of execution, a convicted killer was put to death Wednesday night by lethal injection in Missouri. Samuel Smith, 40, was pronounced dead at 9:07 p.m. (10:07 p.m. EDT) after receiving a series of doses of lethal drugs. Thur May 24 2001 17:23:53  Mabel Greineder - Struck with hammer, throat slit Wellesley, Massachusetts Prosecutor says doctor was cold-blooded killer, defense says sex secrets no motive for murder -- (Boston Herald) Dr. Dirk Greineder was a cold-blooded killer who murdered his wife after she discovered his secret life of prostitutes and Internet pornography, a prosecutor told jurors today in an opening statement at the allergist's murder trial. Judge denies DA’s attempt to block ‘serial killer’ theory -- (Town Online) A judge today denied the district attorney’s request to block the defense team’s strategy of hinting a " serial killer " could have killed Mabel Greineder. Trial in doctor's wife-murder case starts with a jury tour -- (Boston Globe) The murder trial of Dirk K. Greineder, the Wellesley allergist, began yesterday in a tour bus, as 16 jurors silently visited a local pond to see where Greineder's wife, Mabel, had been found murdered. Prosecutor: Doctor's secrets led him to kill wife; defense claims investigation was hasty -- (al.com) A well-known doctor murdered his wife after she discovered his secret life of prostitutes and pornography, a prosecutor told jurors Thursday in his opening statement. Thur May 24 2001 16:18:11  Glendale, California 'Extra' Learns That Robert Downey Jr. Was Questioned About an Unsolved Murder -- (Yahoo) ``Extra'' has learned that two days ago, Los Angeles Police questioned Robert Downey, Jr. for an hour about an unsolved murder involving the former girlfriend of Albert Aleixo, an exotic car collector and a friend of Downey. Aleixo is a friend of Downey for the last ten years, who was arrested with Downey on April 24 in Culver City. Thur May 24 2001 16:14:21  Washington S. Floridians among dozens held in e-fraud -- (Yahoo) The FBI announced Wednesday that it has arrested more than 60 people -- including several in South Florida -- on charges they bilked thousands of customers out of $117 million through Internet scams. |
