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Sun Dec 9 2001 13:45:37  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Convicted cops out on bail - (CBC) Two former Saskatoon police officers are free on bail after being sentenced to jail terms Friday. Ken Munson and Dan Hatchen were sentenced to 8 months for abandoning an aboriginal man on the outskirts of the city on a freezing winter night. Sun Dec 9 2001 13:39:53  Austin, Texas Texas killer's papers show soul in torment - (Access Atlanta) It was a list he read and thought about the morning of Aug. 1, 1966. Charles Whitman had killed his mother and his wife, Kathleen, earlier that morning. He was on his way out the door on a shopping binge that would complete the arsenal he took up to the 27th floor of the University of Texas Tower. From the tower later that morning and into the early afternoon he would shoot and kill 14 more people, wound 31 and be killed by two Austin police officers who converged, guns firing, on the observation deck. Sun Dec 9 2001 13:33:54  Naperville, Illinois Lawyer in Roscetti case offers forgotten a lifeline - (Chicago Tribune) A Naperville attorney has taken on the tough cases and triumphed. She has won the freedom of 7 wrongly imprisoned men in 7 years. Kathleen Zellner thinks she can trace her keen empathy for the underdog to a single moment in childhood. Sun Dec 9 2001 13:28:36  Easton, Missouri Police, family seek clues in 15-year-old's abduction, death - (Kansas City Star) The family of Sarah McCoy, a 15-year-old Easton, Mo., girl found dead Wednesday, urged the public to report any clues as police continued to investigate her abduction and homicide. A 16-year-old boy was charged Friday with abducting Sarah, who disappeared Monday afternoon after a school bus brought her home. Search for missing teen ends in heartbreak - (Kansas City Star) Sun Dec 9 2001 13:23:55  Moscow and Ottawa, Ontario Diplomat's death remains unsolved - (Cnews) Russian and RCMP major crime investigators are probing the death of a young Canadian diplomat in Moscow -- a puzzling case with hints of foreign espionage, drug-assisted robbery and sealed government information. Sun Dec 9 2001 13:20:23  Marion County, Indiana Body of baby boy found in trash bin - (Indy Star) Deputies say autopsy will show whether the child, whose cord was attached, was stillborn or died later. Sun Dec 9 2001 10:28:47  XIANA FAIRCHILD, 7 - unsolved abduction/homicide Vallejo, California The Xiana story, two years later -- (Vallejo Times-Herald) A needy children benefit and a candlelight vigil are planned Sunday to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the abduction of 7-year-old Xiana Fairchild. Two years after Xiana's kidnapping, killer has yet to be found -- (SF Gate) The need to find her niece's killer is so keen that Stephanie Kahalekulu sold her belongings andmoved her family from Colorado to California last summer to search in person. Sun Dec 9 2001 10:12:01  Botswana Triangle of Murder -- (New York Daily News) Mariette and Justin Bosch emigrated to Botswana from their native South Africa in 1992, seeking relief from crime and economic stress in their homeland. The Bosches quickly fell into cahoots with Maria and Marthinus (Tienie) Wolmarans, an outgoing couple who lived nearby in Phakalane, a comfortable, secure suburb of Gaborone, capital of Botswana. Sun Dec 9 2001 09:49:02  Miami, Florida O.J. Simpson investigated for satellite TV theft -- (abc NEWS) After raiding his home this week, federal investigators are building a satellite TV theft case against ex-football star O.J. Simpson. Sun Dec 9 2001 09:42:12  JENNIFER and ABBY BLAGG - reported missing November 13 Grand Junction, Colorado Missing pair's kin still upbeat -- (Denver Post) It was a typical evening in the Blagg household - a closeknit place of protective rules, routines and religion. Sat Dec 8 2001 16:11:37  "The Beauty Salon Murders" DOROTHY HARRIS, 62, BRENDA PATCH, 41, and CYNTHIA PAULUS, 71 - unsolved November 6 slayings Florence, Montana TV show airs tonight -- (The Missoulian) The investigation into three murders at a Florence beauty salon last month will be one of the segments featured on Fox television network's most effective crime-solving show to be aired in Missoula on Saturday night. A tale of five murders -- (The Missoulian) The Blackwood murders, which happened at an isolated home outside Ovando on the Fourth of July weekend of 1988, were solved with the confession and subsequent 1998 execution of Langford. In many ways, the crime bears uncomfortable similarities to the recent murders of three women in a Florence beauty shop. Sat Dec 8 2001 16:00:10  Clayton Lee Waagner - escaped from prison in February Cincinnati, Ohio Anthrax hoax suspect lived high life -- (CBS) The man who was one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives until his capture near Cincinnati this week had lived pretty well while on the lam. Sat Dec 8 2001 15:45:02  MARCIA NUNNERY, 38 - her checks were still being cashed Ronald Joe Nunnery, 45, and Eunnona Faye Starkey, 43 - charged with first-degree murder Patterson, Missouri 2 arrested in alleged Patterson murder, victim missing 16 months -- (Daily American Republic) After working throughout the night, authorities exhumed the body of a Patterson woman from a grave in a cedar grove near her residence. Sat Dec 8 2001 14:14:15  Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Cops Eying Durst Bride - (NY Daily News) Authorities are investigating whether Robert Durst's new wife helped him evade capture during his six weeks on the run from a murder charge in Texas. Investigators suspect that Debrah Lee Charatan, 44, a Manhattan real estate broker, was in touch with Durst while he was a fugitive. Sat Dec 8 2001 12:39:02  The Boston Strangler Cambridge, Massachusetts Group said to eye Strangler case suspect - (Boston Globe) An independent team of scientists is prepared to compare a DNA sample from a New Hampshire man with evidence taken from the woman believed to be the last victim of the Boston Strangler in an effort to prove that Albert DeSalvo was not the notorious killer, according to a source involved in the independent probe. Sat Dec 8 2001 12:35:15  Denver, Colorado Judge: Search, arrest illegal in slaying case - (Denver Post) The decision by Denver District Judge Shelley Gilman dealt a severe blow to the prosecution case against Hal Hebert, 59. Gilman ruled Thursday that police illegally arrested Hebert as he walked out of his house and then improperly searched the home without first obtaining a search warrant. Hebert is accused of shooting his wife, Carol, in the head at their home. Sat Dec 8 2001 10:48:45  Fresno, California Writer's search for his father's killer leads him face to face with suspect 30 years later - (AL.com) A police sketch sat next to Mark Arax's bed throughout his teen-age years, a constant reminder of his father's unsolved killing. Sat Dec 8 2001 10:47:07  Goshen, Indiana Factory worker who went on shooting rampage involved in workplace love triangle - (AL.com) When Robert Wissman got in an argument with a male co-worker over a woman, managers at the NuWood Decorative Millwork factory told him to calm down, go home and take some time off. Sat Dec 8 2001 10:45:15  Gloversville, New York Teen arrested for bringing loaded gun to high school - (Boston.com) The teen was upset because because a girl preferred another boy, according to school officials. Assistant Fulton County District Attorney Louise Sira told The Daily Gazette it was not clear whether the teen intended to shoot the other student. Sat Dec 8 2001 10:43:16  Providence, Rhode Island Star witness in 1996 murder becomes Providence's 21st homicide victim - (Boston.com) A star witness in the 1996 murder of David Andrews was apparently shot Friday night and died after he stumbled into a corner grocery store on Atwells Avenue and begged workers to call police. Sat Dec 8 2001 10:41:51  Denver, Colorado Columbine gunman's parents fear publication of journal excerpts may lead to more violence - (Nando) The parents of Columbine gunman Eric Harris said they were horrified by the publication of their son's journal, fearing it could inspire copycat attacks. Sat Dec 8 2001 10:40:20  Rancho Cucamonga, California Jury Convicts Teen of Slaying Mother, Sister - (LA Times) Paul Yum next will face a sanity hearing to determine whether he knew right from wrong when he shot Ester Yum, 39, and Christine Yum, 9, at their Upland home in June 1999. Fri Dec 7 2001 18:54:40  Los Angeles, California Sinatra Jr.'s kidnapper contests 'Son of Sam' law - (OC Register) A man who took part in the 1963 kidnapping of Frank Sinatra's son asked the California Supreme Court on Thursday to strike down a law that bars felons from profiting by telling the stories of their crimes. Fri Dec 7 2001 18:47:27  Brownesville, Texas Ex-convict says he killed 26 as hit man - (Chicago Tribune) Juan Martin Cantu, who had served prison time in Texas and Mexico, told investigators this week he was a drug cartel hit man and killed people from Vera Cruz, Mexico, to Michigan. Cantu, 46, allegedly made the confession in a taped interview after his arrest Wednesday for felony marijuana possession. Fri Dec 7 2001 18:40:31  Cook County, Illinois 275-pound stumbling block - (Chicago Tribune) Joseph Kalady has made a career of running scams, and investigators said his last ruse would have been his finest. Fri Dec 7 2001 16:41:48  Marilyn Lemak (Morrisey) 44 - on trial for the slayings of her three children -- Emily 6, Nicholas, 7, and Thomas, 3 DuPage County, Illinois 2nd doctor claims Lemak insane on day of murders - (Chicago Tribune) Dr. Philip Resnick, of Cleveland, testified in Lemak’s murder trial at the DuPage County Courthouse that she was a 'loving mother.' Resnick said Lemak’s primary motive for 'taking the children’s lives was altruistic.' Fri Dec 7 2001 16:24:52  Alfonso Castillo, 37 - suspected of slaying an unidentified woman Ventura, California Officers find body parts floating in ocean -- (CBS News) A man splattered with blood was arrested Thursday after authorities discover several body parts floating in the ocean off a coastal bluff in Ventura. Fri Dec 7 2001 15:42:13  Benjamin W. Johnson, 21 - "long-standing mental health problems" New Haven, Connecticut Former Yale library worker accused of stealing rare books worth $2 million -- (abc NEWS) A former Yale University worker was charged with stealing $2 million worth of books and snipping the signatures of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln off documents to make them easier to sell. Fri Dec 7 2001 15:39:42  Boston, Massachusetts Scientists say DNA evidence from exhumed bodies casts doubt on DeSalvo as `Boston Strangler' - (Boston.com) The families of Albert DeSalvo, who confessed to the Boston Strangler murders but later recanted, and Mary Sullivan, believed to be the last of 11 women killed by the strangler in the 1960s, on Friday said authorities have long ignored inconsistencies between DeSalvo's confession and the killings. Fri Dec 7 2001 14:13:07  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazilian police arrest seven in Blake's murder -- (Globe and Mail) Police arrested seven men and said they were closing in on other suspects Friday in the slaying of Peter Blake, a yachting champion from New Zealand shot to death by pirates in the Amazon. Fri Dec 7 2001 13:32:07  Potomac, Maryland Anonymous Claim Made in Killing - (Washington Post) Attorneys for a Potomac gynecologist charged with first-degree murder in the bludgeoning death of his wife said yesterday that they have received an unsigned letter from someone claiming responsibility for the crime. The letter said the writer found out recently that he is sick and will not live much longer and so wanted to confess to the Aug. 15 death of 49-year-old Marianne Oweiss, Paul Stein, an attorney for Zakaria Oweiss, said during a court hearing yesterday. Fri Dec 7 2001 12:25:21  Carole Sund, 42, her daughter, Juli, 15, and friend Silvina Pelosso, 16 - Stayner's victims Sacramento, California Prosecutors want Stayner trial held in Sacramento - (Sac Bee) Prosecutors want the triple-murder trial of Yosemite killer Cary Stayner held in Sacramento because it is convenient for witnesses and family members of the victims and defendant. Fri Dec 7 2001 12:22:02  Goshen, Indiana Workers had been warned about gunman in Indiana shootings, authorities say - (Nando) Authorities say a factory worker who shot one of his co-workers to death and wounded six others before taking his own life had either just been fired from his job or was about to be. They also were investigating reports that factory managers may have been worried enough after an argument with Robert Wissman that they warned employees to be on the lookout for him. Fri Dec 7 2001 10:22:13 Ovando and Florence, Montana A tale of five murders -- (The Missoulian) The Blackwood murders, which happened at an isolated home outside Ovando on the Fourth of July weekend of 1988, were solved with the confession and subsequent 1998 execution of Langford. In many ways, the crime bears uncomfortable similarities to the recent murders of three women in a Florence beauty shop. Fri Dec 7 2001 10:18:24  Gary Leon Ridgway - suspected Green River Killer King County, Washington Seattle veteran to defend Ridgway - (Seattle Times) In a move that caught King County legal circles by surprise, veteran Seattle criminal-defense lawyer Anthony Savage will represent Gary Leon Ridgway, the Auburn man accused of killing four victims attributed to the Green River killer. Slayings may share killer's distinct style, or 'signature' - (Seattle Times) Such analysis is based on this concept: Serial killers are driven by a primitive motivation to act out the same brutality again and again, leaving behind telltale psychological markers, much like a fingerprint. The Green River Case: A father led police to Ridgway in 1983 - (Seattle P-I) 'Survivor' recounts the night she got away - (Seattle P-I) Police comb Ridgway home for 'trophies' - (Seattle P-I) Fri Dec 7 2001 10:01:17  Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown - shot 11 times David Isaiah Ramsey, 29 - one of three accused Decatur, Georgia Bail Denied for Ga. Slaying Suspect - (My West Texas) Ex-DeKalb sheriff might have had hit list - (Ledger Online) Former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey, who is accused of ordering the murder of the man who defeated him for re-election, may also have targeted at least five others. Fri Dec 7 2001 09:45:52  Harrison, Michigan Prosecution witnesses pokes holes in murder suspect's story - (Michigan Live) Leonard Carsten, 57, is accused of killing his girlfriend Jeanette Marcum, 35, and her roommate Georgina Ostwald-Rowe, 37, in October 2000. Fri Dec 7 2001 09:43:13  Utica, New York Father found guilty of suffocating baby daughter - (Boston.com) Gordon T. Sachs of Rome blamed the girl's mother for her death. Both Sachs and the mother, Audrey Pritchard, 24, professed their innocence during the course of the four-day trial in Oneida County Court. Pritchard was not charged. Fri Dec 7 2001 09:41:19  James Parker, 17 and Robert Tulloch, 18 - accused Half and Susanne Zantop - murder victims Haverville, New Hampshire Younger teen formally enters plea; motive still a mystery - (Boston.com) James Parker, 17, pleaded guilty to being an accomplice to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Susanne Zantop 11 months ago, when he was 16. Prosecutors said they will recommend a sentence of 25 years to life in prison after Parker testifies against his best friend and co-defendant, Robert Tulloch. |
