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Sun July 8 2001 22:15:53  Sydney, Australia Murdered mother was drowned by gang of robbers -- (Sydney Morning Herald) A mother-of-three found drowned in the bath at her South Strathfield home four months ago was the victim of a home invasion robbery, police believe. After murdering Mrs. Cam Van Chau, the killers ransacked her home, stealing a small safe and a $2,500 gold watch before fleeing. Sun July 8 2001 22:04:54  Christopher Reardon, 9 - charges involve 29 boys Northampton, Mass. Trial opens for Massachusetts man facing 130 child-sex charges -- (Nando Times) Many local parents considered Christopher Reardon to be truly trustworthy, with a resume that included youth minister, Boy Scout leader, YMCA swim coach. Sun July 8 2001 21:06:44  Los Palomas, New Mexico Family of 5 found dead in New Mexico -- (Nando) A couple and their three young daughters were found dead in their home after an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said Sunday. Investigators believe the husband shot the family Saturday night, then turned the gun on himself after a domestic dispute, State Police Lt. Pete Kassetas said. Sun July 8 2001 19:46:42  New York Man arrested at Kennedy Airport for alleged sexual abuse of girl, 11 -- (nj.com) A 48-year-old man was arrested Sunday after an 11-year-old girl claimed he molested her at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Sun July 8 2001 19:44:48  Los Angeles, California Autopsy results show prominent lawyer Barry Levin killed himself -- (Al.com) Attorney Barry Levin, who helped handle Erik Menendez's murder defense and more recently represented actor Robert Blake, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, an autopsy showed Sunday. Sun July 8 2001 17:39:37  Mobile, Alabama Sex offender had stolen identity of dead teacher, records show -- (Boston Herald) A fired assistant principal jailed for failing to register as a convicted sex offender in Alabama had used the identity of a deceased Florida teacher to obtain a job in Mobile, an investigation revealed. Sun July 8 2001 17:37:08  Southampton, New York Publicist arrested after Hamptons car accident injures 16 -- (Boston.com) A New York publicist who represents rapper Jay-Z and one of Madonna's friends was charged Sunday with backing a sport utility vehicle into a crowd of people outside a Long Island nightclub and fleeing the scene. More than a dozen people were hurt. Sun July 8 2001 15:27:21  Chandra Levy - Intern missing since April 30 New York Condit 'Apologetic' For Not Admitting Earlier to Affair With Chandra Levy -- (Today's News) While Washington police continue to classify the disappearance of former government intern Chandra Levy as a missing persons case and not a crime, Newsweek has learned that the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington has assigned a veteran homicide prosecutor, Heidi Pasichow, to oversee the investigation and used a sitting grand jury last month to subpoena telephone, bank and other records. Sun July 8 2001 14:41:53  West Palm Beach, Florida Police play classical music on West Palm corner in effort to deter crime -- (Boston.com) A free concert of Mozart, Bach and Beethoven is being played 24 hours a day on a blighted street corner, not to enlighten the masses but to reduce crime. Sun July 8 2001 14:39:00  Mobile, Alabama City pulled licenses of 6 adult businesses -- (Al.com) Several Mobile businesses, behind the facades of tanning salons and adult video stores, hid an underworld of live sex shows, late-night orgies, and at least one sex "dungeon," according to police. Sun July 8 2001 13:26:11  Edmonton, Alberta Edmonton mother charged in death -- (Cnews) A 10-week-old baby found badly hurt in a trashed west Edmonton apartment died Thursday night from her injuries. The baby's mother, 18-year-old Krystal Coombs, faces a charge of aggravated assault in the case and is to appear in court Monday. Sun July 8 2001 13:23:33  Norristown, Pennsylvania Team targets unsolved murders -- (Times Herald) Nothing nags at seasoned homicide investigators like an unsolved case. They take pride in being entrusted with determining how a fellow human being died and won't let anything thwart their bringing a culprit to justice. Sun July 8 2001 11:42:56  Colorado Springs, Colorado Mom: Cops used son as 'target practice' -- (Denver Post) Family members of a purse snatcher who was gunned down and killed by seven Denver police officers early Friday blasted police for using their son as "target practice." Police fired at least 42 shots at Richard Vaughn Dutson Jr. Sun July 8 2001 11:40:28  Miami, Florida Con artist gets 10 years for theft -- (Sun Sentinel) A scam artist who sent police a videotape daring them to catch him has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Alexander Pena, 28, must also pay an undetermined amount of restitution to his victims after pleading guilty last week to fraud and grand theft. Sun July 8 2001 10:02:34  Paul Burrel - personal effects found during police raid London, England Palace offers deal to halt theft probe on Diana's butler -- (The Sunday Times) A criminal investigation by Scotland Yard into allegations of theft against the former butler of Diana, Princess of Wales may be dropped as part of an "immunity" deal between the royal family and police. Sun July 8 2001 09:55:24 LAURA CECERE, 25 - jawbone mailed to TV station KAREN C. ANDERSON, 35 - died November 1994 Max Roybal, 43 - insurance suspected as motive for murders Hopkinsville, Kentucky Tupperware set may be evidence in woman’s death -- (The Leaf-Chronicle) Pete Cecere, the father of slain Army Sgt. Laura Cecere, thinks that a Tupperware set may be a key piece of evidence linking his son-in-law to the death of his daughter. Sun July 8 2001 09:53:53  Houston, Texas Killings Put Dark Side of Mom's Life in Light -- (LA Times) Andrea Yates was the shy, pretty baby of a suburban family, a girl who spoiled the German shepherd, raced on the swim team and graduated valedictorian of her high school class. Until this summer, her story appeared to be that of a simple, quiet and utterly unremarkable Christian woman. Sun July 8 2001 09:53:37  Orange County, California Judge gives mother probation in postpartum depression case -- (Sac Bee) Paula Thompson says she only realized the seriousness of her postpartum depression after she tried to drown her twin babies. Thompson, 46, was sentenced to five years probation on Friday after pleading guilty to two counts of child endangerment. Sun July 8 2001 09:45:21  Boulder, Colorado Colorado detective urges judge to dismiss Ramsey lawsuit -- (Nando) A former Boulder police detective has asked a federal judge in Atlanta to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against him by JonBenet Ramsey's parents. Sun July 8 2001 09:43:25  Southampton, New York SUV injures 16 as it plows into New York crowd -- (Nando) Police said a sport-utility vehicle backed into a crowd of people waiting to get into a nightclub early Saturday, injuring 16. The driver fled. The 2001 Mercedes-Benz plowed into people outside the Conscience Point Inn on Long Island around 2 a.m., police said. Sat July 7 2001 21:02:23  Denver, Colorado Colo. to 'map' faces of drivers -- (Denver Post) First it was the photo-radar vans snapping pictures of Denver-area speeders. Now, some fear Big Brother's roving eye soon will be watching all of Colorado with the arrival of a new European import called "face recognition." Sat July 7 2001 20:59:56  Los Angeles, California Attorney Barry Levin Found Dead -- (AP) High-profile criminal attorney Barry Levin, who helped handle Erik Menendez' murder defense and more recently represented actor Robert Blake, was found dead Saturday at a veterans cemetery, officials said. KABC-TV reported that Levin committed suicide. Officer Don Cox, a police spokesman, confirmed that a suicide investigation was being conducted by the FBI at the Los Angeles National Cemetery. Sat July 7 2001 19:04:30  Chandra Levy Disappearance Washington Police source: Condit admits to affair with Levy -- (CNN) Rep. Gary Condit told Washington police he had an affair with 24-year-old former intern Chandra Levy, a police source told CNN. Terrance Gainer, Executive Assistant Chief of the Washington Metropolitan Police, said investigators interviewed Rep. Gary Condit for a third time on Friday about Levy's disappearance. Cops Interview Rep. Condit Again -- (ap) ``The congressman was not a suspect before the meeting, the congressman was not a suspect during the meeting and the congressman was not a suspect since the meeting,'' Terrance Gainer, Washington second-ranking political officials, told reporters Saturday. Sat July 7 2001 19:03:22  CHANDRA LEVY disappearance Washington, D.C. Condit Admits to Affair with Levy -- (Fox News) Rep. Gary Condit has admitted to D.C. police that he had an affair with mising intern Chandra Levy, police sources tell Fox News. Sat July 7 2001 16:34:28  Ottawa, Ontario Project heats up cold cases -- (Ottawa Sun) Killers who think they've gotten away with murder should start looking over their shoulders. OPP hope to identify every unsolved homicide or suspicious death in the province and determine which cases will benefit most from modern forensic and investigative techniques. Sat July 7 2001 16:31:47  Channing, Texas Teen in custody after adopted mom killed in N.M. -- (Houston Chronicle) A 16-year-old wanted in the beating death of his adopted mother in New Mexico was caught after being chased by officers and shooting fireworks at them from a van, authorities said. Arnell VanDuyne, 16, also known as Arnell Young, was being held today in a juvenile detention center in Amarillo. Sat July 7 2001 16:19:05  Concord, New Hampshire Man convicted of killing parents seeks new trial -- (Boston.com) Robert Dingman, 23, of Rochester, who is serving a life prison sentence without parole, now is representing himself. Strafford County Superior Court Judge Bruce Mohl earlier denied Dingman's request for a court-appointed lawyer. Sat July 7 2001 16:17:12  Vancouver, British Columbia Judge refuses argument that DNA databank law violates Charter -- (Cnews) A B.C. Supreme Court judge has refused to strike down the law that established Canada's DNA databank, despite arguments that forcing a man convicted of assault to hand over a DNA sample violated his constitutional rights. Sat July 7 2001 12:09:58  CHANDRA LEVY, 24 - missing intern Washington, D.C. Grand jury gets Levy case -- (SF Chronicle) A federal grand jury will investigate the disappearance of missing Washington intern Chandra Levy, authorities told The Chronicle yesterday. Police said to have subpoenaed Condit's phone records -- (CNN) The source said the subpoenas covered the cellular phones of both Condit and Levy, as well as their apartment telephones. Police deny grand jury to investigate Chandra Levy disappearance -- (Boston Herald) Executive Assistant Police Chief Terrance Gainer says the report in today's San Francisco Chronicle is, in his words, "incorrect." Sat July 7 2001 11:35:29  DOROTHY STEWART, 71 - mauled by as many as 20 dogs Nashville, Indiana Couple sentenced in census death -- (Newsday) A couple who owned a pack of dogs that fatally mauled a census worker were sentenced Friday to maximum terms. Sat July 7 2001 10:40:04 Blackstock, Ontario, Canada Ontario couple charged after boys locked in makeshift cages -- (National Post Online) A Southern Ontario couple were arrested yesterday and accused of locking two boys in enclosed baby cribs, forcing them to wear diapers and not giving them enough food. The boys were locked in separate cribs for hours every day for years, police said. Sat July 7 2001 10:04:32  CHANDRA LEVY, 24 - vanished without a trace more than 2 months ago Washington, D.C. Compton's car to sport picture of missing Levy -- (The Sun News) NASCAR has always been known for the creative advertisements its race cars show off. But this weekend, one car will have a different message. Missing intern: Everything but answers -- (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) No one seems to know whether or not Levy is alive -- whether she met some violent end after she vanished April 30 or is just hiding out somewhere. New in intern case: Hell's Angels tie -- (The Salt Lake Trinune) Investigators say Condit was close to members of infamous motorcycle gang. Levy family accuses Condit of public deceit -- (Fresno Bee) Aunt gives a 15-page transcript detailing what she says Chandra told her. Stance in Levy case has Condit on shaky ground -- (Fresno Bee) Congressman Gary Condit now faces double jeopardy: legally, and politically. Police want to talk to Condit again -- (Washington Post) Condit has yet to clarify his rlationship with Levy. Police seek congressman's phone records -- (abc NEWS) n general, police in cases such as these have the option to go to a sitting grand jury if they choose to request access to someone's telephone records. Sat July 7 2001 09:36:25  CLARE ENGHOLM, 7 months - dies of hyperthermia Kari Engholm, 34 - forgot to drop baby off at sitter Perry, Iowa Authorities consider charges against distracted mother -- (Fox News) As prosecutors weigh possible charges against a hospital administrator who said she forgot her 7-month-old daughter in the family minivan when she went to work, townspeople struggle with one question: How could she forget? Baby investigation continues -- (Des Moines Register) nvestigators are yet to wrap up their work on the death of infant Clare Engholm, who died last week after her mother forgot her in a closed minivan all day. Fri July 6 2001 21:42:56  Paula Thompson, 46 - plea deal Laguna Niguel, California Postpartum depression case -- (NJO News) A woman accused of trying to drown her twin babies pleaded guilty to child endangerment Friday and was given probation by a judge who called it a case of postpartum depression. Fri July 6 2001 18:37:22  Robert Kennedy, Jr. - among 180 arrested San Juan, Puerto Rico 30 day prison sentence -- (Nando Times) Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sentenced to 30 days in prison Friday for trespassing in attempts to thwart bombing exercises by the U.S. Navy on the small Puerto Rican island of Vieques. Fri July 6 2001 16:57:25  THOMAS ANTHONY NUZZI, 52 - where is he? Anchorage, Alaska Into Thin Air: Persistent nephew takes search for missing man out of the woods -- (Anchorage Daily News) Stephen Reeves came to Alaska for adventure. But instead of canoe trips and backpacking treks to celebrate his May graduation from college, the New Jersey native became embroiled in the mysterious disappearance of his uncle, a nurse who vanished June 18 from Anchorage. Fri July 6 2001 16:23:06  CHANDRA LEVY, 24 - missing intern Washington, D.C. Lawyer says Condit asked stewardess to sign false affadavit -- (abc NEWS) Transcript of attorney Jim Robinson on 'Good Morning America' re: his client Anne Marie Smith. Fri July 6 2001 12:31:49  Tampa, Florida Tampa bank robbers shoot police officer, take hostage -- (Nando Times) A police officer chasing two bank robbers was shot Friday, and the gunmen hid in an apartment complex with a hostage, police said. Fri July 6 2001 12:10:40  Sherry Scott, 39 - allegedly robbed patients Columbus, Ohio Nurse tech suspect in theft, fraud -- (Daily Tribune) A nurse technician has been accused of stealing the identities and credit cards of elderly patients she had taken care of in a local hospital. Fri July 6 2001 11:57:07  Monica Berger, 41 - charged with murder Louisville, Kentucky Mother stabs, kills child -- (CH2000) Police have arrested a Louisville woman for allegedly stabbing her 2-year-old son. |
