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Mon July 30 2001 10:01:48  CHANDRA LEVY - missing for 91 days Washington, D.C. Vanished (Chicago Tribune) Controversy circles Chandra Levy's disappearance, but what allures us, what confounds us, is the mystery of it. Leads in Levy case depleted, Chief says (Washington Post) . "Now there's a 50-50 chance that the case will be solved, and that's being very generous." Miles between missing and murdered (Washington Post) Without evidence of violence, cases often languish for years. FBI finds no leads in Condit's possessions (Washington Post) An FBI analysis of items and materials taken from the apartment of Rep. Gary A. Condit and from a car used by one of his staffers has proved inconclusive. River search urged for intern -- (NY Post) A former top FBI agent yesterday urged Washington police to drag the Potomac River. NYPD would crack Condit (NY Post) If the Chandra Levy tragedy had happened in New York... Police say Rep. Condit not central to Levy case (CNN) Assistant chief says polygraph not likely. Who is Gary Condit? (CNN) Transcript July 28, 2001 Mon July 30 2001 09:17:12  BILL CHRISTIAN, 53- murdered June 24, 2001 Mark Ray Collins - charged with first-degree murder Knoxville, Tennessee Police think claw hammer found in lake may be murder weapon (The Tennessean) Divers searching Fort Loudon Lake may have found evidence, including the murder weapon, in the bludgeoning death of a cafeteria worker, police say. Sun July 29 2001 22:33:06  MOLLY BISH - believed abducted June 27, 2000 North Brookfield, Mass. Bikers gather in 2nd ride for Molly (Union-News) A sea of sparkling helmets, glistening chrome and a roar of engines started the Second Annual Ride for Molly yesterday — with 1,100 motorcyclists turning out for the event, about 200 more than last year. Sun July 29 2001 22:24:41  Mike Tyson - boxer San Bernadino, California Another heavyweight fight? (abc NEWS) Investigators in San Bernadino, Calif. are looking into a young woman's sexual assault allegations against former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. Sun July 29 2001 22:21:54  CHANDRA ANN LEVY, 24 - still no clues to her whereabouts Washington, D.C. Washington police not 'obsessed' with Chandra (Fox News) Washington, D.C.'s police chief said Sunday that things aren't what they seem regarding the Chandra Levy case - that despite his and his deputy's nearly daily media appearances, the capital's police department is not "obsessed" with finding the missing former intern. Levy search to be scaled back (CH2000/CBS) The Washington, D.C., search for missing intern Chandra Levy will be scaled back by the end of the week. Networks' coverage of Chandra Levy case questioned (Nando Times) With few actual developments in the case to justify the saturation coverage, some critics are asking: is it news or entertainment? Who is Chandra Levy (Washington Times) Chandra Ann Levy is something of an enigma to those who knew her even before the ambitious graduate student and former federal intern disappeared three months ago from the reach of family and friends. Mom won't judge Chandra (Washington Times) Susan Levy concedes her family is mortified by rampant speculation about the sexual exploits of her missing daughter. Non-existant phone calls - and other false tales (MSNBC) A flurry of last-minute calls has been widely reported - but it didn’t happen. Condit story is all about sex (NY Daily News) In 1988, New Yorker writer Janet Malcolm had this to say about journalists: "Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible." Chandra probe stymied (NY Daily News) Police recruits got a day off yesterday from searching heavily forested park areas for possible remains of Chandra Levy, as investigators reportedly concluded they uncovered no clues during a recent search of Rep. Gary Condit's condo. Police eye car ride in Chandra's vanishing (NY Post) Authorities now believe that Chandra Levy may have gone missing after getting into a car with someone she knew outside her Washington apartment. Fri July 27 2001 18:24:08  Farmington, Utah Davis officials: DNA links inmate to 1972 murder (Standard-Examiner) DNA testing appears to have solved the 29-year-old South Weber murder-rape case of Roylene Alexander. Fri July 27 2001 16:11:42  Inskip, California Two California deputies killed -- (USA Today) Two sheriff's deputies who had responded to a call about a shooting were found dead in a cabin, along with the suspected gunman. Fri July 27 2001 15:44:35  TIONDA and DIAMOND BRADLEY - missing for three weeks Chicago, Illinois Mom keeps focus on girls -- (Chicago Tribune) Tracey Bradley gives fresh details about the day two of her daughters turned up missing. And police declare the case a kidnapping. Fri July 27 2001 15:35:04  Kano, Nigeria 13-year-old girl arrested over 51 killings -- (Reuters) Jummai Hassan, a pupil at an army college, was arrested on July 17 in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State over the disappearance of a two-year-old boy, Ibro Joseph. Fri July 27 2001 15:28:24  DANIEL SQUIRES, 21 - shot in the throat James Brand, 21 - admits both were drinking Bradenton, Florida Florida man charged with killing his friend -- (abc NEWS) A man who said he accidentally shot his best friend while acting out a screenplay has been charged with manslaughter. Fri July 27 2001 12:42:07  LEAH ROBERTS - vanished March 2000 in Washington state KRISTEN MODAFFERI - missing, since June 1997, from San Francisco Raleigh, North Carolina Levy case brings reminders of missing NCSU women -- (WRAL) Fri July 27 2001 12:34:49  Tampa, Florida Tampa federal judge sentences Outlaws leader 'Taco' Bowman to life in prison -- (abc News) International Outlaws motorcycle gang leader Harry 'Taco' Bowman, 52, was sentenced to life in prison Friday for orchestrating the killing of rival gang members, drug trafficking and fire bombings. Fri July 27 2001 12:21:37  BARRY GRUNOW - shot to death May 26, 2000 Nathaniel Brazill, 14 - has spent 428 days in jail West Palm Beach, Florida 28 years for teen who killed teacher -- (MSNBC) Prosecutors pushed for a life sentence while attorneys for Brazill and his mother sought to keep his sentence as short as possible. Fri July 27 2001 11:41:29  WILLIAM LEWIS FLANDERS III - stabbed to death Amy Jo Flanders, 35, and Andrew M. Manos, 20 - charged with murder Edgewater, Florida Mother and son arrested on charges of killing husband -- (TBO-Florida) Less than two days after getting out of jail on a charge of punching her husband in the face, a woman and her son were arrested for murder after the man's body was found floating in the Intracoastal Waterway. Fri July 27 2001 10:59:03  Cadillac, Michigan Police, FBI will give details about dead body's identity -- (Traverse City Record-Eagle) Police and FBI agents are expected to say this morning whether a body found near Cadillac is that of Hansel Troy Andrews of Kalkaska, who has been missing for almost a year. Fri July 27 2001 10:31:44  North Miami Beach, Florida Cops find van they think is clue in murder of N. Miami Beach mom -- (Sun-Sentinel) Two days after a man gunned down Joan "Joni" Rosenblum in front of her mother and daughter, police found an abandoned minivan fitting the description of the car used by the suspects. Fri July 27 2001 09:32:54  Tokyo, Japan Woman kills and slices up sister -- (Japan Today) Police arrested a 41-year-old woman in Ome, western Tokyo, on Friday on suspicion of killing her sister and cutting up the body, the police said. Fri July 27 2001 09:27:11  The Warren family - teens found deceased Kenly, North Carolina Three teen-age siblings found shot to death in garbage-strewn mobile home -- (abc NEWS) Three teen-age siblings were found shot to death in a squalid mobile home filled with trash and animal droppings, authorities said. Officials investigate Johnson County teens' deaths -- (WRAL) The parents are said to be in the custody of the sheriff's office, but not considered suspects. Fri July 27 2001 08:57:27  JONBENET RAMSEY, 6 - unsolved 1996 homicide Boulder, Colorado Tabloid seeks Ramsey files -- (Daily Camera) Boulder County will square off against the New York Post in U.S. District Court today, arguing that the tabloid newspaper shouldn't get access to the district attorney's files on the JonBenét Ramsey homicide. Friday July 27 2001 8:30:04  CHANDRA ANN LEVY, 24 - vanished without a trace Washington, D.C. Mrs. Condit in suicide vow to pal -- (NY Daily News) Rep. Gary Condit's wife was so passionate about her husband that she once told a friend she would kill herself if he ever left her. Mrs. Condit, missing intern, may have clashed before disappearance -- (Capitol Hill Blue) Police sources say they have evidence that Carolyn Condit lied when she told police that she had never met nor heard of missing intern Chandra Levy before Levy vanished on or about May 1. Police, FBI interview Condit again -- (CNN) The Thursday night meeting lasted more than two hours. Condit staffer denies trying to sway ex-aide -- (Modesto Bee) Also Thursday, new details emerged about where Condit's wife, Carolyn, was when Chandra Levy disappeared, and new legal possibilities arose. Turlock man's photo of Levy now seen nationwide -- (Modesto Bee) She was just one of the 10,000-plus high school students whom Jon Michael Terry has photographed since opening his studio in Turlock 26 years ago. Condit wife's mystery phone call -- (NY Post) -- Police want to reinterview the wife of Rep. Gary Condit - and plan to ask her about a five-minute phone call she made to her husband's D.C. condo several days before Chandra Levy vanished. Senior Condit aide talks to investigators -- (Washington Post) A senior aide to Rep. Gary A. Condit has been interviewed by investigators looking into the disappearance of Chandra Levy, and another has offered, through his attorney, to talk to authorities, law enforcement sources said yesterday. Levy neighbours not interviewed -- (Washington Times) Some residents of Chandra Levy's former apartment building near Dupont Circle said D.C. police have not contacted them for interviews regarding the missing intern, disputing police officials' assertions that residents have avoided interviews. Chandra Levy's family considers suing Rep. Gary Condit -- (Nando Times) - The lawyer for Chandra Levy's family raised the possibility Thursday of a lawsuit against Rep. Gary Condit if police cannot solve the former federal intern's disappearance. Thur July 26 2001 23:49:30  JOHN GORDON JONES, 46 - to be set free immediately Long Beach, California http://www.channel2000.com/news/stories/news-89186220010726-170711.html -- (CH2000) A millionaire businessman jailed without bail for two years while accused of luring women from Hollywood nightclubs and into a limousine by drugging and later sexually assaulting them was acquitted Thursday. Thur July 26 2001 16:25:46  Derbyshire, England Appeal over 74-year-old murder case -- (BBC) The case of a man who was hanged 74 years ago for the murder of his mother has been referred to the Court of Appeal. Thur July 26 2001 15:50:56  Richard Abbott, 49 - created false invoices White Plains, New York Former VP accused of stealing $160,000 from blind -- (NJO news) A fund-raiser for a guide-dog charity stole more than $160,000 from the organization by using its checks to pay off his credit card bills, the Westchester district attorney said Thursday. Thur July 26 2001 15:47:07  Miami, Florida Ambush slaying of mother a mystery -- (Miami Herald) Joni Rosenblum sang to the infirm, taught music to children and doted on her family. She died Tuesday night in front of her home -- ambushed by killers with a shotgun who stole nothing. Police and her family have one big question: Why? Thur July 26 2001 12:59:30  Waterbury, Connecticut Mayor arrested on sexually related charges -- (CNN) Mayor Philip Giordano was arrested Thursday morning on two federal charges dealing with "sexual activity" involving a child, the FBI said. Thur July 26 2001 11:45:55  Rocky Robertson - escape bid Enid, Oklahoma Inmate wields giant potato masher -- (AP) An inmate armed with a 3-foot potato masher threatened to give jailers a few lumps during an escape, authorities say. Thur July 26 2001 11:04:58  Gregory Leroy Brown, 38 - died at the scene Tammie Renee Thompson - shot in self-defense Augusta, Georgia Woman kills former boyfriend -- (Augusta Chronicle) Man gains entry to home by breaking window, gets shot in confrontation; no charges are filed. Thur July 26 2001 10:25:59 CHANDRA LEVY, 24 - missing since May 1, 2000 Washington, D.C. Police want to re-interview Condit's wife -- (Fox News) Carolyn Condit initially told police that she had no knowledge of Levy until after the young woman vanished. Police now want to investigate reports that the California Democrat's wife may have met with Chandra prior to her disappearance. Condit aides hire powerful lawyers -- (Modesto Bee) The price of loyalty to Ceres Rep. Gary Condit is growing steeper for his senior staff members, who now have hired lawyers. FBI talks to minister with claim of affair -- (Modesto Bee) O.C. Thomas was interviewed again by the FBI on Wednesday. Feds to interview Condit again -- (Modesto Bee) "Within days". Heat on alibi -- (NY Post) Authorities specifically want to know more about whom Condit met and spoke with by phone from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 'Hannibal' pro is on case -- (NY Daily News) Condit to sit down with FBI profiler who prepped actor. On Day 1, Rep. was all smiles - with Bush -- (NY Daily News) Three high-profile meetings with the President or vice president in three days is a rare coup for an obscure backbencher who is not even a Republican. Ebay pulls art item at request of Condit -- (LA Times) : Congressman's office says his intellectual property rights were violated in collage about intern's disappearance. Condit-Levy story fits classic pattern -- (MSNBC) Washington can’t get enough of it, and everyone has a theory. Thur July 26 2001 09:48:04  Boulder, Colorado What a Circus! -- (Westword, July 26, 2000) In the center ring, now and forever: JonBenét Ramsey. Thur July 26 2001 09:44:42  Darlie Routier - on Death Row Dallas, Texas Condemned mom raises issue of conflict of interest in appeal -- (Austin American-Statesman) Lawyers for convicted killer Darlie Routier have filed an appeal that questions whether her husband had a role in the 1996 slayings of their two sons. Thur July 26 2001 09:40:16  Kellyann Gormley, 23, and Tracey Pearsall, 21 - allegedly took cans with cash Butler, New Jersey 2 women indicted in theft of charity coin canisters -- (Record-News) Two women have been indicted for allegedly stealing charity canisters containing thousands of dollars from businesses in Bergen and Passaic counties to finance their heroin habits. Thur July 26 2001 09:32:50  CRYSTAL HORROCKS, 16 - missing since June 22 New York Missing Connecticut grl found alive in New York -- (CNN) The Horrockses are praising law enforcement for finding their granddaughter. The Paul & Lisa Foundation, which works closely with the city's vice squad to protect children from exploitation, had been scouring the city daily for Crystal and other missing children like her. Wed July 25 2001 23:53:24 CHANDRA LEVY - vanished May 1, 2001 Washington, D.C. Congressman answered 4 questions about missing intern during lie detector test -- (Nando Times) A private polygraph taken by Rep. Gary Condit asked 10 questions, four concerning Chandra Levy and none addressing allegations by a flight attendant that the congressman tried to persuade her to sign a false affidavit. What was Chandra thinking? An F.B.I. profiler investigates -- (Fox News) With little physical evidence to go on, answering that question might be the only thing that helps authorities find out what happened to the 24-year-old federal intern. And answering that question is the job of the F.B.I. profiler who has been called into the investigation. Condit inquiry gets new twist -- (USA Today) A former aide's allegations that she had an affair with Rep. Gary Condit and was urged to keep quiet about it is giving authorities another way to examine whether Condit or his staff tried to thwart the investigation into Chandra Levy's disappearance. Top aide to Condit added to probe -- (USA Today) Authorities involved in the search for Chandra Levy are investigating whether a top aide to Rep. Gary Condit urged a San Francisco-area woman not to speak with law enforcement officials about an affair she says she had with the congressman. Levys seek Condit interview -- (Washington Post) The Levy family's attorney wants to talk with Rep. Gary A. Condit, who has agreed to be interviewed by law enforcement officials for a fourth time but refuses to meet with the family's investigators. Condit's camp tried to 'spin' police involvement in fourth interview -- (Fox News) Probers have been assured that at least one police investigator will be involved in any meeting or interview with Condit. Wed July 25 2001 22:01:09  Lagos, Nigeria Court orders hand amputation for boy -- (Reuters) The Birmin-Kebbi Upper Sharia Court convicted Abubakar Aliyu of stealing 32,000 naira ($286) from a businessman's home. Wed July 25 2001 21:34:52  Bozeman, Montana Montana teens charged in MTV show copycat crimes -- (Nando Times) Three teen boys face misdemeanor charges for firing plastic pellets at bicyclists, pedestrians and drivers in a series of attacks one of the boys said was inspired by the MTV prank show "Jackass", police said. Wed July 25 2001 21:30:36  Waco, Texas Police give polygraph tests to family members of slain couple -- (Waco Tribune) Waco police have asked family members of Orville and Ruby Loving to take polygraph tests as the investigation into the deaths of the elderly couple continues. |
