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Wed Aug 1 2001 11:21:47  Atlanta, Georgia GBI profiler, agent assigned to case of 2 suspicious deaths -- (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) A profiler for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called in to a case involving the sudden deaths of two public safety officers romantically linked to the same woman. Wed Aug 1 2001 10:54:54  London, England Boy "held captive for eight years" -- (BBC) Police have appealed for the public to help identify a teenage boy who says he was held prisoner in his own home for up to eight years. Wed Aug 1 2001 10:28:35  MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 - bludgeoned with a golf club Michael Skakel, 40 - trial elevated to adult court Stamford, Conncecticut High court to hear Skakel appeal -- (Greenwich Time) The state Supreme Court agreed yesterday to hear Michael Skakel's appeal of a juvenile court judge's ruling that he must be tried as an adult. Wed Aug 1 2001 10:16:08  CHANDRA ANN LEVY, 24 - still no answers to her disappearance Washington, D.C. Levy aunt speaks -- (abc NEWS) In her first live, on-camera interview, Chandra Levy's aunt today told ABCNEWS’ Good Morning America that she holds out hope the missing intern was still alive and delivered an emotional plea for help. Levy parents say Chandra admitted affair (CNN) "She didn't tell me who she was involved with. I kinda got it out," Susan Levy told reporters gathered outside the family home. Police call off park search-- (MSNBC) Washington police called off an intensive two-week search of area parks. Condit will huddle with his kids -- (NY Daily News) Rep. Gary Condit has no plans to address his constituents for the next several weeks - not until after a family retreat with his two adult children, whom he hasn't seen since the May 1 disappearance of Chandra Levy exposed his secret life. Recruits finish search of woods -- (Washington Post) Woodfolk said he didn't call police because it didn't occur to him to do so, despite the intense media coverage the case has received. Levys keep their hopes alive -- (Modesto Bee) "My daughter is the central figure," Robert Levy said. Fateful warning -- (NY Post) Revealing new intimate family details three months after the 24-year old Bureau of Prisons intern vanished, Mrs. Levy also defended her daughter's character. Dianne Feinstein says Condit lied to her about his affair with Levy. -- (Fresno Bee) "I called him on the phone, and he said he did not have a romantic relationship with her," Feinstein said. "He lied to me, and that's something I just can't forgive." Wed Aug 1 2001 09:46:35  Paterson, New Jersey Prosecutors seek school records of five teens charged in beating death -- (Boston.com) Passaic County prosecutors have asked to see the school records for five of the 12 Paterson teen-agers accused in beating death of a homeless man in June. Wed Aug 1 2001 08:48:52  Jennings, Louisiana Murder suspect smirked, asked policeman to kill him -- (Nola) Phil Karam is accused of killing close friends Kenny, 48, and Christine Guidry, 32, and then firing on officers who responded to an emergency call from the couple's home last year, fatally wounding Officer Burt LeBlanc, 30. Wed Aug 1 2001 08:34:42  Anival Franco, 19 - arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and sexual assault Sacramento, California Woman raped, left for dead -- (Sac Bee) A 51-year-old developmentally disabled Sacramento woman who was repeatedly raped and left for dead after being hit several times on the head with a hammer Monday managed to crawl for help and identify her attacker, sheriff's deputies said. Wed Aug 1 2001 08:29:15  Abington, Massachusetts Man Arrested In Murder Spree -- (Boston Channel) Jonathon Rizzo, 19, had been missing since last Friday. His body was recovered behind a mini-golf course on Route 18 Tuesday night. Police said that they searched the area because the suspect, Gary Sampson, told them where to find the teen's body. New Hampshire man arrested in connection with three murders in two New England states -- (Nola) Wed Aug 1 2001 08:21:15  Global Worm Turns as Code Red Virus Fizzles Out -- (Reuters) Fears that the Code Red computer worm would cripple the Internet appeared to be entirely overblown on Wednesday, leaving the IT community to wonder if a global call to arms worked or if the worm was merely a dud. Wed Aug 1 2001 08:17:45  Portland, Oregon Woman Sentenced in Child Heat Death -- (Las Vegas Sun) A woman was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison in the death of her 4-year-old foster child whom she left in a closed car parked in the sun for hours. Tamera A. Coffee, 34, pleaded guilty in April to second-degree murder. Tues July 31 2001 18:05:40  Pristina, Yugoslavia Dutch doctor arrested after being found with a baby police suspect she purchased -- (abc NEWS) A Dutch doctor, working in relief efforts in Kosovo, was arrested by U.N. police after she was found with a baby that was not hers, a police spokesman said Tuesday. Tues July 31 2001 17:04:43  MOLLY ANNE BISH - believed abducted June 27, 2000 Worcester, Mass. Reward offered for information on whereabouts of teen -- (Boston.com) A special $18,000 reward was established Tuesday for information leading to the whereabouts of missing Warren lifeguard Molly Bish, whose 18th birthday is this week. Tues July 31 2001 16:50:49  Shell Lake, Wisconsin Police hold 14-year-old Wisconsin boy in murders of father and father's girlfriend -- (Newsflash) Sheriff's deputies found the bodies of Wilber Lepley Jr., 38, and Amber Williams, 23, at Lepley's home Monday in northwestern Wisconsin. Tues July 31 2001 16:44:38  JOYCE CHIANG - 1999 case now classified a homicide Washington, D.C. Seach for Chandra Levy reopens wounds for Joyce Chiang family -- (Asian Weekly) Brothers do not rule out a connection between the missing women. Tues July 31 2001 16:32:27  La Grange, Georgia Police say body may be missing Georgia student -- (CNN) The body was found about two miles from where Bryant Budd was last seen on April 1, 1999. Tues July 31 2001 16:20:18  CHANDRA ANN LEVY, 24 - vanished three months ago Washington, D.C. Police call off Levy park search -- (MSNBC) The search ends, but is it all over? Claim of Levy store sighting probed -- (Fox News) He said she was not with anyone and does not remember what she was wearing. Park search for Levy ends; police have new lead -- (CNN) "It had to be May, sometime in May, because it was definitely after the 30th of April, but it was during that week," said Woodfolk, who works at W.J. Candey Hardware. Key witness? -- (abc NEWS) More than three months after Levy vanished, a man who cuts keys at W.J. Candey's hardware in her Dupont Circle neighborhood has come forward and claimed to have seen her. Tues July 31 2001 15:44:58  MARGARET DELERY, 51 and MARY DELERY, 72 - killed in their home Juan Manuel Castanon, 22 capital murder charges Kerrvile, Texas Sheriff warns suspect may be serial killer -- (AP) A Texas sheriff warned Tuesday that the suspect in a double homicide may be an "international serial killer" similar to Rafael Resendez-Ramirez, the rail-riding Mexican who terrorized the United States two years ago. Tues July 31 2001 15:35:22  Rosemary Radovan - pleaded no contest San Jose, California Woman who stashed kids in car trunk while at work sentenced today -- (Inland Empire) A San Jose woman who stashed her two small sons in the trunk of her car because she couldn't find child care has been sentenced to three months in jail and five months of house arrest. Tues July 31 2001 15:10:03  Maria Luisa Gil, 28 - June 1998 Payboy model Pedro Pages, 35 - life sentence as repeat offender Miami, Florida Playboy Playmate cries as she's sentenced for helping husband in cocaine deal -- (Sun-Sentinel) A former Playboy playmate broke into tears as she apologized before being sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in federal prison for helping her husband buy $209,000 worth of cocaine from an undercover agent. Tues July 31 2001 15:03:51  Jamie Henry, 24 - pleaded no contest Grand Island, Nebraska Man pleads no contest to abusing child with cattle prod (-- abc NEWS) A man was convicted of felony child abuse Tuesday for using an electric cattle prod on his 5-year-old daughter and 8-year-old stepson as punishment for misbehavior. Tues July 31 2001 11:20:17  Miami, Florida Ex-Dolphins receiver gets six months for fake cash -- (Miami Herald) Former Miami Dolphins receiver Mark Ingram was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for getting caught with $3,290 in counterfeit cash during a police sting targeting a stolen vehicle. Tues July 31 2001 11:12:52  Robert W. Pickett - mentally ill Washington, D.C. White House shooter sentenced to 3 years in mental hospital -- (Nando Times) A former Internal Revenue Service auditor with a long history of mental illness was sentenced Tuesday to three years in a federal prison hospital and three years probation for a shooting incident outside the White House. Tues July 31 2001 11:05:57 Andrea Pia Yates - mother who drowned five children Houston, Texas Yates lawyers plan to enter insanity plea (Houston Chronicle) Her lawyers are hoping a jury might be persuaded to send Yates to a mental institution instead of prison. Tues July 31 2001 10:29:06  Ciudad Juarez, Mexico New prosecutor will oversee Juárez murder cases -- (Borderland) More than 300 girls and women have been killed in Juárez since 1993. Theories on who killed the women include one or more serial killers, copycat killers, drug dealers and gangs. Tues July 31 2001 10:14:19  London, England REM star denies air rage charges -- (CNN) REM guitarist Peter Buck has denied a series of charges relating to an alleged air-rage incident during a transatlantic flight. Tues July 31 2001 10:03:46  CHANDRA ANN LEVY, 24 - 92 days and still no answers Washington, D.C. New development in Levy case -- (WUSA) Reported sighting at hardware store. Claim of Levy store shooting probed -- (AP) Three agents interviewed John Woodfolk, a 16-year employee of W.J. Candey Hardware, located across the street from Levy's health club. FBI concludes minister invented tale about Condit -- (Washington Post) The Levys said they still believe his initial account. Cops backing off Condit -- (NY Daily News) , Dr. Robert Levy, dismissed the cops' pessimistic view of cracking the case. Levys dismiss D.C. police chief's comments -- (Modesto Bee) Susan Levy said she has contacted the Civil Air Patrol in Washington, D.C., requesting that aircraft be added to the search. FBI says minister was lying -- (Modesto Bee) The FBI investigation included three days of interviews. Levy case brings out cable's instinct for the racy and repetitive -- (The New York Times) Cable news channels dine on crisis, on major sustained stories. Raging Rep. Condit gets pushy in a fotog fury -- (NY Post) The usually cool Rep. Gary Condit yesterday blew his top for the first time. Search for Levy critisized -- (Washington Times) Leads in the case are drying up. Mon July 30 2001 19:33:57  Robert Yates Jr. - sentenced to 408 years Spokane, Washington Spokane office is grim gallery of serial killer's bloody trail -- (Seattle Times) The war room where detectives spent three years tracking serial killer Robert Yates Jr. is a tidy place. Prostitutes say serial killer was also crack user (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Confessed serial killer Robert L. Yates Jr. liked smoking crack cocaine, according to two prostitutes who had long business relationships with the Spokane man. Mon July 30 2001 19:23:49  DMX - rapper Earl Simmons New York DMX deep-sixes legal woes -- (E! Online) Go home, y'all. The show's over. That's the straight dope from DMX, who has finally managed to put his seemingly interminable court battle in upstate New York to rest once and for all. Mon July 30 2001 18:34:20  Andrea Pia Yates - could face death penalty or life in prison Houston, Texas Houston mom indicted for capital murder (MSNBC) Mother charged with 2 counts in the drowning deaths of her 5 children. Mon July 30 2001 17:42:55  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A bizarre soldier's story from north of the border -- (Fox News) Canadian soldiers who poisoned a commanding officer by putting antifreeze, boot polish and other substances in his coffee will remain in the military, the defense department said Monday. Mon July 30 2001 17:10:59  CHANDRA ANN LEVY, 24 - Where is this case headed? Washington, D.C. Under the hot lights: Gary Condits Cowboys -- (TIME, July 29, 2001) Now it's his top aides who are in the crossfire. TIME's Matthew Cooper on the questions facing the congressman's staff - and his August recess conundrum. Intern hopefuls cringe -- (The Modesto Bee) Valley teen-agers with political aspirations have been closely following the scandal engulfing Rep. Gary Condit. Police mum on Condit's 4th interview -- (CNN) "This could change to a criminal investigation, and if that's the case then we have to be very careful about some of the information that we have that gets into the public domain," Metropolitan Police Chief Charles Ramsey told reporters. Chandra levy please call home -- (UPI) There is a sea change in the Chandra Levy case. As suddenly as it grasped national attention, it is slipping back into the shadows. New team of recruits brought in to search for Chandra -- (Fox News) The new team, consisting of 20 "lateral recruits" who have experience in other areas of law enforcement, planned to search Theodore Roosevelt Island on the Potomac River between Washington and Virginia. They then planned to move on to White Haven Park, which is adjacent to Glover Park, and then on to Normanstone Parkway, which is adjacent to the U.S. Naval Observatory. Mon July 30 2001 16:39:56  Mashhad, Iran More Iranian prostitutes murdered -- (BBC) The body of a second woman has been discovered in the Iranian capital, Tehran, less than a week after police arrested a man suspected of murdering prostitutes in the northern city of Mashhad. Mon July 30 2001 15:10:32  Los Angeles, California LA's crime lab shortage delays DNA testing (-- Newsday) As many as 4,500 murder and rape cases may be going unsolved here because of huge backlogs at the crime laboratories of the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County sheriff's office. Mon July 30 2001 15:07:44  Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Man reports attempted theft of his marijuana --(CH2000/CBS) Emmitt Scott was livid. Police in Roanoke Rapids were stunned. Mon July 30 2001 12:46:14  JOYCE CHIANG - last seen alive January 9, 1999 Washington, D.C. Missing INS lawyer case called homicide -- (The Pawtucket Times) Twenty-seven months after her body was found, the Washington police are pursuing the death of Immigration and Naturalization Service lawyer Joyce Chiang as a homicide, her brother said Friday. Mon July 30 2001 11:18:16  RON RUDIN - slain December 1994 Margaret Rudin, 57 - convicted of murder Las Vegas, Nevada Attorney: Rudin transcript shows judge in worse light -- (Las Vegas Sun) The author of Margaret Rudin's motion for a new trial says District Judge Joseph Bonaventure's release Thursday of a previously sealed court proceeding puts the judge in an even more negative light. Mon July 30 2001 11:12:34  Maryland The jaws of justice -- (abc NEWS) Use of police dogs raises debate about use-of-force fairness. Mon July 30 2001 11:09:17 Paula Poundstone, 41 - comedian Santa Monica, California Poundstone due in court -- (CH2000/CBS) Poundstone is scheduled Monday morning to appear in a Santa Monica courtroom, where a preliminary hearing date is expected to be set in connection with her arrest for alleged lewd acts and child endangerment. |
