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Mon June 4 2001 09:39:28  KATHLEEN SUCKLEY, 29 - stabbed 40 times April 7, 1993 Corpus Christi, Texas Woman's murder remains unsolved -- (Caller Times) It's been eight years since a physical trainer was found slain in her Corpus Christi home, and no one has been brought to justice for the crime. Mon June 4 2001 09:21:21  JOHN GENTER, 35 -died of bullt wound to chest Felicia Genter, 28 - fired six shots through bedroom door Zepherhills, Florida Deadly mistake -- (abc News) A woman who apparently mistook her husband for a prowler shot him to death in their home, police said. Sun June 3 2001 19:09:53  BOBBIE JO BARRY, 7 - taken from her bed and killed Barry Satta, 39 - abducted best friend's child Marion, Ohio Man guilty of raping, murdering 7-year-old -- (The Columbus Dispatch) In a hushed courtroom lined with a dozen police officers, a Marion man was found guilty yesterday of kidnapping, raping and murdering 7-year-old Bobbie Jo Barry, a blue-eyed wisp of a girl who'd known him as a family friend. Sun June 3 2001 18:53:36  Tampa, Florida Two students on trial in painkiller death -- (Nando Times) Matthew Kaminer was just a week away from finals in his freshman year at the University of Florida when he had a few drinks, then popped an innocent-looking pill handed to him by a friend. Sun June 3 2001 18:45:26  Victoria A. "Vicky" Weaver, 35 and Mary N. Maxham, 30 - "theft and deceptive practice" Fairfield, Illinois Two Girl Scout leaders caught with hands in cookie jar -- (Nando Times) A former Girl Scout leader and her assistant face felony charges for allegedly skimming more than $2,500 cash from this year's Girl Scout cookie sale. Sun June 3 2001 14:22:00  MOLLY BISH, 16 - missing since June 27, 2000 Warren, Mass. Molly's spirit was present -- (Telegram & Gazette) As Magdalen M. Bish got ready to attend the Quaboag Middle/Senior High School graduation ceremonies yesterday, she was overwhelmed by the knowledge that her daughter Molly would not be receiving her diploma. Sun June 3 2001 13:10:50  Bogota, Colombia Police nab breast-temptress thieves -- (Reuters) Three young Colombian women preyed on men by smearing their breasts with a powerful drug and luring the victims into taking a lick, before making off with their wallets and cars, police said on Friday. Sun June 3 2001 12:29:05  DARYL HEDBIRD, SR., 41 - shot to death EUGENE and CAROL CAMPBELL - stabbed and hospitalized Ten Lake Township, Minnesota Murder victim's house burns during funeral -- (Duluth Tribune) As family and friends gathered Saturday on the Leech Lake Indian Reservations for the funeral of a man allegedly killed by his 14-year-old son, the home where he was found shot to death on Monday burned. Sun June 3 2001 12:13:03  Kathmandu, Nepal Official Nepal line: Killing of Royal Family "accidental" -- (Fox News) Nepal's acting king asserted Sunday that eight members of the royal family were shot to death by accident, contradicting officials who had suggested a day earlier that the crown prince killed his relatives in a dispute over his wedding plans. Sun June 3 2001 11:58:42  Washington, D.C. List for FBI’s top job narrows -- (MSNBC) Attorney General John D. Ashcroft has begun interviewing candidates to succeed longtime FBI Director Louis J. Freeh, who is preparing to leave office by the end of this month, sources said last week. Sat June 2 2001 21:53:42  Bonny Lee Bakley - murdered wife of actor Robert Blake Los Angeles, California A month later, Blake case still an unsolved mystery -- (SacBee) Unlike the TV drama Robert Blake once starred in, where murder mysteries were solved in an hour, police are struggling a month later to learn who killed the actor's wife. Sat June 2 2001 21:08:34  Sandpoint, Idaho Children leave home in Idaho where they remained holed up for five days -- (Star Tribune) Five children left their isolated home Saturday evening after a five-day stalemate with sheriff's deputies. The children were seen riding past sheriff's barricades in a large sport-utility vehicle at about 6 p.m. Saturday. They were taken to a hospital in nearby Sandpoint, but authorities released no information on their condition. Sat June 2 2001 18:14:15  Chicago, Illinois 5-year-old's death fall detailed in court case -- (Herald Online) A 5-year-old boy screamed for his mother as two other youngsters, ages 10 and 11, dangled him from a 14th-story window and then deliberately dropped him to his death, a jury was told Friday. The dramatic account of how Eric Morse was killed was read to Cook County Circuit Court jurors as a wrongful death trial in the 7-year-old case that stunned this city completed its fifth week. Sat June 2 2001 18:02:17  Jamaal 'Shyne' Barrow - admitted he fired his gun New York Puffy protegee 'Shyne' sentenced -- (Washington Post) The shooting occurred in a New York nightclub. Sat June 2 2001 17:51:12 Amy Andrews, 36 - shot execution style Tucson, Arizona Unsolved daughter's murder 'killing' mom -- (Tucson Citizen) Gail Hoath doesn't sleep or eat much and rarely leaves her home. It's not a life-threatening disease that's eroding the 58-year-old woman's health; it's the brutal slaying of her daughter four years ago Sunday. The West Side homicide is unsolved. Unsolved killing can ruin family -- (Tucson Citizen) Sat June 2 2001 16:36:41  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Newspaper: Philly police injured prisoners with erratic driving -- (Boston.com) At least 20 suspects riding in the back of police vans in recent years suffered injuries ranging from a broken tailbone to paralysis as a result of officers' driving erratically to deal with apparently difficult suspects, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Sat June 2 2001 16:34:14  Salem, Massachusetts Reardon to face 120 charges in single trial -- (Boston.com) A judge has ruled that accused child molester Christopher Reardon must face 120 of the 131 counts against him in a single trial, a decision that substantially granted a prosecution request that all the charges be combined in one trial. Sat June 2 2001 16:28:56  New York Police: 5-year-old girl sodomized at school -- (CNN) Two boys, ages 10 and 11, have been arrested in the sodomy of a 5-year-old girl, who was attacked multiple times at an elementary school. Sat June 2 2001 16:27:12  Sand Point, Idaho 'Progress' reported in standoff with Idaho kids -- (CNN) Five children began a fifth day holed up in their rural Idaho home on Saturday, but a court-appointed attorney for their mother said "progress has been made" to end the standoff. The children have held police at bay with guns and vicious dogs since Tuesday, when police arrested their mother. Sat June 2 2001 13:29:28  DAWN RUSS, 43 - murdered for money Charleston, South Carolina Woman gets life for role in murder -- (Post and Courier) Kandy Gilliard will spend the rest of her life in prison for helping a mentally handicapped man strangle her friend for $1,298 at a video poker parlor. Sat June 2 2001 13:17:22  Franklin D. Moore, 20 - convicted of rape Clarksville, Arkansas Talk show guest sentenced to 10 years for impregnating 13-year-old girlfriend -- (abc News) Under Arkansas law, a person commits rape if the victim is younger than 14 and at least two years younger than the partner. Fri June 1 2001 21:13:38  LILIANA CIAPRIANU, 12 - attacked Easter Sunday John Dumitru, 49 - faces 88 years in prison Knox, Indiana Indiana man convicted of murdering 12-year-old stepdaughter -- (abc News) A man who testified he may have been under the spell of witches when he fatally beat his stepdaughter with a rifle has been convicted of murder. Fri June 1 2001 21:07:46  Kathmandu, Nepal Nepali Crown Prince kills King, shoots self -- (abc News) Nepal's Crown Prince Dipendra was reported to have killed the king, queen and five senior members of the royal family on Friday night before fatally shooting himself, the Nepali Times newspaper said on Saturday. Fri June 1 2001 16:22:45  NAPOLEON BONAPARTE - "major exposure to arsenic" Paris, France Arsenic shows up in tests of Napoleon's hair -- (Nando Times) What killed the emperor? Some say it was arsenic, and on Friday they put forth a new piece of scientific evidence to convince doubters that Napoleon Bonaparte was the victim of a slow, calculated murder by poison. Fri June 1 2001 16:04:27 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Police car theft leaves officers with no clues -- (The Oklahoman) An Oklahoma City police cruiser that was scheduled to be replaced and sent to an auction was stolen Wednesday near downtown, police said. Fri June 1 2001 15:57:26  BRIAN YAO, 19 months - died of heatstroke Jie Hua Yu, 41 - addicted to poker machines Victoria, Australia Todddler killer jailed -- (Herald Sun) Yu wept as Justice Bernard Teague told how Brian Yao was cooked alive in a hot car for nearly two and half hours as she played the pokies. Fri June 1 2001 15:27:55  New York New York police commander indicted -- (Nando) A senior police commander was charged with staging an arrest so he could steal money from a drug dealer, making him the city's highest-ranking officer to be charged with drug-related corruption. Dennis Sindone, 39, was suspended without pay. Fri June 1 2001 15:25:29  Northbridge, Massachusetts Cops Hunt Man Accused of Raping 6 Girls at Daughter's Slumber Parties -- (Fox) Police have launched a manhunt from Massachusetts to Mississippi for a 48-year-old man they say drugged and raped at least six girls at his daughter's sleepover parties - and videotaped the sex assaults. The girls, ranging in age from 10 to 14, did not know they were raped until police told them, authorities said. Peter M. Gagnon, 48, has been missing since May 19, when an unidentified person brought copies of several of the videotapes to authorities in Northbridge, Mass., a suburb of Boston. Fri June 1 2001 15:15:29  Mississauga, Ontario Ex-students charged in principal's murder -- (Toronto Star) Two former students have been charged with the murder of the head of a Toronto-area private school catering to teens from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Mississauga resident and Taiwan native Thomas Ku, 48, went missing two weeks ago shortly before a scheduled recruiting trip to China. Fri June 1 2001 13:28:52  Montreal, Quebec Two arrested in shooting of journalist -- (Cnews) Montreal police are analysing DNA evidence they believe might allow them to determine who shot a Montreal crime reporter five times in the back. Police will use material collected from a gun and a vehicle that was found shortly after Michel Auger was gunned down in the parking lot of Le Journal de Montreal last September. Fri June 1 2001 13:25:39 New York Lawyer: Experts shun defense in death penalty case -- (Boston.com) Several expert witnesses have refused to testify on behalf of a man convicted of murder in the bombings of U.S. embassies because they fear being associated with a terrorist, according to defense lawyers. Fri June 1 2001 13:23:27  New York Barrow sentenced to 10 years in nightclub shooting -- (Boston.com) Jamaal ''Shyne'' Barrow was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for shooting and wounding two people during a dispute between rap impresario Sean Combs and another man in a Times Square nightclub. Fri June 1 2001 12:25:22  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U.S. Priest Said Strangled in Havana -- (Las Vegas Sun) A priest from Pennsylvania who has lived on and off in Cuba in recent years, helping the poor, was strangled in his home in Havana, his brother said. The Rev. George Zirwas was killed either Sunday night or early Monday morning. Fri June 1 2001 11:03:50  Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada Sweet-toothed bear wanted in bakery thefts -- (ABC News/Reuters) A black bear with a sweet tooth has three times smashed down the doors of a small bakery in rural Ontario to satisfy his craving for cakes and doughnuts. Fri June 1 2001 10:37:11  Bemidji, Minnesota Cass Lake boy charged in dad's death, stabbings -- (Star Tribune) Shackled and handcuffed, a chubby 14-year-old boy from rural Cass Lake was led to juvenile court Thursday and charged with murdering his father and attempting to murder the foster parents of his girlfriend. Fri June 1 2001 10:29:49  Rochester, New York Six-year-old beats toddler to death -- (Fox News) According to police, the 3-year-old threw a stone at his older brother, who retaliated by throwing a brick and repeatedly striking the child with a wooden baseball bat. Fri June 1 2001 10:28:42  Red Deer, Alberta Convicted sex offender gives up fight to see his daughters -- (CBC) This past weekend, Dillman reluctantly took her daughters to see their father, something she was ordered to do by a court. The visit was called off by a social worker when the girls became upset. Fri June 1 2001 10:24:51  Annapolis, Maryland Symbol of Justice, Source of Pain -- (Washington Post) Maryland Gov. Parris N. Glendening pardoned John Snowden yesterday, more than 80 years after the African American ice wagon worker was convicted of murdering a pregnant white woman, and hanged despite lingering doubts about his guilt. Fri June 1 2001 09:34:16  Sandpoint, Idaho Teen in Idaho Standoff in Custody -- (Washington Post) One of six children involved in a standoff at their rural home was taken into custody overnight after he went to a neighbor, authorities said Friday. Fri June 1 2001 09:32:49  Miami, Florida Case dropped against 100-year-old Miami man accused of dousing girlfriend, 38, with gas -- (Sun Sentinel) Hermenergildo Rojas was in court for his arraignment when Assistant State Attorney Jennifer Lesher announced that the state was dropping the case. Lesher wouldn't comment further. Fri June 1 2001 09:31:01 Broward County, Florida Mother charged with manslaughter in death of son -- (Sun Sentinel) More than two years after her boyfriend was charged with beating her toddler to death, an Opa-locka mother was arrested on Thursday on a charge of aggravated manslaughter in connection with her son's death. |
