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Thur Jan 3 2002 11:13:59  Kathleen Peterson - severe blows to the back of her head Michael Peterson - indicted on murder charges Durham, North Carolina Attorneys ask judge to speed author's hearing - (Herald Sun) Attorneys for author and former City Council candidate Mike Peterson have asked a judge to accelerate a hearing on whether he must stay in jail while awaiting trial in the death of his wife. Investigation into Kathleen Peterson's Death - (ABC-WTVD) Case links and archives Blood and Michael Peterson - (Spectator Online) Can Durham police investigate their most vocal critic fairly? Peterson in 2002 predictions - (Herald Sun) Columnist Tom Gasparoli Jail Journals - (Hizzoner.com) Starting Dec. 27, Mike Peterson has resumed the writing of periodic columns, styled "Jail Journals," for hizzoner.com." They will continue under that title as long as he remains confined in the Durham County Jail, since the jail provides his source material. Michael's columns will be reflections and observations on life in confinement. Thur Jan 3 2002 09:52:59  ETHEL HUBBS - tip said she may be buried at her home Gerald J. and John J. Hubbs Jr. Hubbs, twins - arrested and under investigation Paulsboro, New Jersey Authorities search for mother's body after sons are charged -- (NJO News) The search for a Paulsboro woman's body will continue at her home on Thursday, even though authorities will not confirm that she has died. Thur Jan 3 2002 09:45:23  Atlantic City, New Jersey Teen bludgeoned to death, boyfiend arrested -- (PA Daily News) Helen Croudy, a 16-year-old high school junior, and Cordell Harper, an 18-year-old casino security guard, had dated off and on for the past several months. That is, until a deadly encounter in Atlantic City's South Inlet on New Year's Eve. Thur Jan 3 2002 09:39:48  GAIL KATZ, 29 - strangled, dismembered and tossed from a plane Dr. Robert Bierenbaum - serving a 20-years-to-life sentence New York Flying doc's lawyers ask court to nix slay conviction -- (NY Post) A brilliant but evil plastic surgeon made a courtroom bid for freedom in Manhattan yesterday when his lawyers told skeptical appeals judges he should never have been convicted in his wife's 1985 murder. Thur Jan 3 2002 09:34:25  ALFORD NICHOLS, 50 - died of head wounds, body found one year later Harold Comalander, 38 - charged with murder and arson Jury decides murder case today -- (Pensacola News-Journal) A jury is expected to decide today whether Harold Comalander lured his friend into the back room of a house to beat him to death with a hammer, or if he acted in self-defense. Thur Jan 3 2002 09:24:51  Kevin Cruz, 27 - on trial in Shipyard shootings Seattle, Washington Testimony begins in trial for '99 shipyard slayings; victim reported 'threats' -- (Seattle Times) Peter Giles and Russell Brisendine, a supervisor at the Northlake Shipyard, were fatally shot in their Lake Union office on Nov. 3, 1999. Patrick Ming and Jaromir Mach were wounded but survived. Thur Jan 3 2002 09:11:39  Michael Schwartz, 36 - roomate found body Christmas Day Newark, New Jersey Suspected ATM thief found dead in Florida -- (Nando Times) An automated teller machine restocker suspected of stealing $5 million has been found dead in Florida. Thur Jan 3 2002 00:39:21  Littleton, Colorado Columbine parents seek probe into whether officer killed student - (Nando) Brian Rohrbough claims his son, Daniel, was shot by Denver police Sgt. Dan O'Shea, not the two student gunmen who killed the other 12 victims in April 1999. Wed Jan 2 2002 20:23:25  Riverview, Florida Tampa-area father kills infant son, himself - (Boston.com) A bail bondsman barged into a friend's home at gunpoint Wednesday, demanded that his ex-girlfriend hand over their infant son and then shot the boy dead, police said. Carl Erik Ishikawa, 33, then fatally shot himself after running from the home in an upscale suburban Tampa neighborhood. Wed Jan 2 2002 20:10:22  KIM NOVAK - former movie star Christian Alan Flogerzi, Jason Nathaniel Corbin, Dean Smith - arrested Chiloquin, Oregon Movie star's home robbed, three arrested -- (Oregon Live) Three men were arrested on charges of stealing firearms and tools worth more than $20,000 from the rural home of screen great Kim Novak. Wed Jan 2 2002 19:32:59  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Meteorologist could face charges for wrong weather forecast -- (Nando Times) A meteorologist's predictions of rain storms for this flood-weary city that never materialized could land him in court facing criminal charges. Wed Jan 2 2002 18:56:36  Bothell, Washington DNA may solve Bothell killing - New technology could crack 1999 murder case -- (Eastside Journal) Elizabeth Ann Nelson, 36, was found strangled to death in the bedroom of her rented house Dec. 18, 1999. For more than a year, the detective assigned to the case full time has remained silent about someone he considers a person of significant interest. Wed Jan 2 2002 17:45:16  MORRIS BLACK - murdered and dismembered KATHLEEN DURST - missing since 1982 Robert Durst - Galveston, Texas and New York Slain Durst Pal Had Big News: Mag - (New York Daily News) A former close friend of millionaire murder suspect Robert Durst said she was prepared to "blow the top off things" just days before she was found shot to death, according to a newly published report. Durst Confessed to Wife-Slay: Mag - (NY Post) Durst, 58, is in jail facing charges he killed an elderly neighbor Talk Magazine - (Talk Magazine) Online edition has not yet updated with the Durst article Wed Jan 2 2002 17:34:53  Hartford, Connecticut Skakel Trial Set for April - (NY Daily News) Michael Skakel, 41, a nephew of the late U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy, is accused of killing Martha Moxley by beating her with a golf club in 1975. Both were 15 and next-door neighbors in Greenwich. Wed Jan 2 2002 17:29:40  Washington Jailed writer takes case to Supreme Court - (Nando) A novice crime writer jailed since July for withholding notes from a grand jury is asking the Supreme Court to grant her freedom. Vanessa Leggett wants the court to use her case to give writers and reporters more rights to protect the confidentiality of their sources. Wed Jan 2 2002 16:03:26  Fernando Dutra Pinto, 22 - died of apparent heart failure Sao Paulo, Brazil Man accused in kidnappings dies -- (USA Today) A man accused in two high-profile kidnappings, including the abduction of the daughter of a Brazilian television magnate, died in jail Wednesday, officials said. Wed Jan 2 2002 15:58:06  Robert Tulloch - goes on trial April 8 on two first-degree murder charges in the stabbing deaths of married professors Half and Susanne Zantop Concord, New Hampshire Tulloch's lawyers argue state police lab work is unreliable - (Boston.com) Tests on forensic evidence collected in the murder of two Dartmouth College professors are unreliable because the state laboratory is not accredited, lawyers for a teen-ager charged in the killings say. Wed Jan 2 2002 15:53:38  Martha Flores, 27 - murder by child abuse charge in the death of her stepdaughter, Zoraida Flores Las Vegas, Nevada 6-year-old a key witness in case against mother - (Las Vegas Sun) Six-year-old Sylvia Deande may not take the stand against her mother later this month, but jurors will still hear her describe how the woman allegedly beat her 5-year-old stepsister to death, a judge ruled Monday. Wed Jan 2 2002 15:42:32  CHILDREN, 11, 10 and 9 - shot to death ELVIRA CHARLEY, 31 - facing tribal charges, federal charges pending Klageto, Arizona Arizona mother accused of killing kids -- (12News) Authorities say the woman turned herself in after killing the children. Wed Jan 2 2002 15:15:29  ZACHARY, SADIE, MADISON and mother MARY JANE LONGO - homicide victims Christian Longo - fugitive Waldport and Newport, Oregon Longo's psyche probed Suspect in family's murder still missing -- (Ann Arbor News) Despite outward appearances, Christian Longo and his family may have demonstrated what a local expert considers risk factors for domestic homicide: Longo had a criminal past and his family was estranged. Wed Jan 2 2002 13:57:15  Chicago, Illnois Chicago: No. 1 in murder -- (Newsday) Windy City supplants New York's unwanted prominence. Wed Jan 2 2002 12:57:49  Penetanguishene, Ontario Killer thoughts: Condition worsened but still gets passes - (Toronto Sun) Psychotic mass killer Victor Hoffman is allowed day passes from Penetanguishene mental hospital despite his belief that a woman's most innocent smile is a bid to seduce him. And Hoffman, 55, who has been detained since he was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 1968 for the execution-style slayings of a Saskatchewan couple and their seven kids, still hears voices, cannot tell dreams from delusions and has thoughts of torturing and murdering anyone who threatens him. Wed Jan 2 2002 12:47:54  King County, Washington In crime lab, a single cell can solve case - (Seattle Times) Bone fragments. A tuft of hair in a decorative tin. And boxes and boxes of jewelry and watches — all taken from Green River suspect Gary Leon Ridgway's home, his former homes and his cars. Wed Jan 2 2002 12:39:22  Long Beach, California Police arrest man suspected of attacking women, cutting off their hair - (Star Tribune) A man suspected of attacking at least six women and cutting off swaths of their hair was arrested Tuesday, police said. Michael Lynn Howard, 47, was arrested at an apartment in Long Beach. Wed Jan 2 2002 12:37:01  Rodeo, California Public's help asked in search for killer - (Contra Costa Times) Kevin Bennett was shot to death in the Viewpointe neighborhood about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. He met with a man, an evident stranger to him, to make a drug transaction. The two fought; authorities don't know why. Wed Jan 2 2002 11:38:44  KIRSTY JONES, 23 - murdered in August, 2000 Thailand and Britain Murder police return to Thailand -- (BBC) UK detectives investigating the murder of backpacker Kirsty Jones are to return to Thailand to hand over the results of forensic tests on evidence. Kirsty Jones murder police return to Thailand -- (Ananova) British police officers investigating the murder of backpacker Kirsty Jones are to return to Thailand. Wed Jan 2 2002 11:24:02  Sheila Matthews - kidnapped 16-month-old Jasmine Anderson on Christmas Eve Charleston, West Virginia Kidnapping suspect approves transfer of case to Chicago - (Chicago Tribune) A woman accused of taking a toddler from a Chicago bus station will be transferred to Chicago for preliminary hearings on federal kidnapping charges, officials said today. Wed Jan 2 2002 11:00:34  SHAUNA WONZER - reporter hit in thigh by bullet HERB NYGREN - photographer grazed by bullet Fred Douglas Wallace, 73 - killed by SWAT team Tyler, Texas Man killed after firing gun from burning house -- (The Houston Chronicle) A man who shot a rifle from his burning home wounded a newspaper reporter and photographer before he was shot and killed Tuesday by a police officer. Wed Jan 2 2002 10:50:50  Lapeer, Michigan Drug thefts bite suspected veterinary clinic burglar -- (Michigan Live) When Dennis Parker, 21, was stopped Wednesday by a Macomb County sheriff's deputy in Romeo for suspected erratic driving, he consented to a search of his car but told the deputy all he would find "was drugs he stole from a vet clinic in Lapeer," said a state police detective. Uniontown, Pennsylvania Man who killed robber won't be tried -- (Post-Gazette) Fayette County District Attorney Nancy Vernon will not prosecute a Uniontown man who shot and killed one of three intruders accused of brandishing guns during a robbery and shootout in an apartment complex. State police said yesterday that Vernon will not prosecute James Simon Thompson, 46, because he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Charles Lendell, 28. Wed Jan 2 2002 10:28:50  SHIRLEY HARRISON, 74 - was in hospital because of possible stroke Thomas J. Harrison, 76 - shot himself in stomach Chicago, Illinois Wife shot to death in hospital -- (Chicago Sun-Times) A man was recovering Tuesday after he allegedly shot his ailing wife in an Oak Lawn hospital on New Year's Eve and turned the gun on himself, authorities said. Wed Jan 2 2002 10:14:28  MICHAEL COSTIN, 40 - beaten to death July 5, 2000 Thomas Junta, 42 - claims Costin was the aggressor Cambridge, Mass. Hockey dad's manslaughter trial begins -- (Fox News) A manslaughter case that has become a national symbol of parental violence at youth sporting events has made its way to a Massachusetts courtroom. Wed Jan 2 2002 09:52:55  UNIDENTIFIED BOY, 5 - abducted New Year's Eve, found alive ZACHARY BERNHARDT, 8 - vanished September 11, 200 from same apartment complex Clearwater, Florida Abducted five-year-old boy found -- (St. Petersburg Times) Taken from his apartment complex Monday, he is found 80 miles away. Kidnapped child crawls from trash bin -- (The Tampa Tribune) Police are searching for a man in a truck who they suspect abducted the boy from a playground near his apartment. Wed Jan 2 2002 09:42:31 MICHAEL RAADT, 3 - unable to say what happened to him Cape Town, South Africa Kid found after 20 days in veld -- (news24) Police are investigating the possibility that a three-year-old toddler - who was found in the Free State veld after he went missing more than 20 days ago - may have been abducted. Wed Jan 2 2002 09:31:22 KATHLEEN PETERSON - died December 9 in her home Michael Peterson - indicted by grand jury in wife's murder Durham, North Carolina Durham author’s lawyers ask judge to accelerate hearing on release -- (Herald Sun) Attorneys David S. Rudolf and Thomas K. Maher said in motions filed Monday that they should be allowed to argue for Peterson’s release next week instead of waiting until a scheduled Jan. 22 hearing. Wed Jan 2 2002 09:27:37  East St. Louis, Illinois Police investigating deaths of 12 women in East St. Louis area -- (Nando Times) Answers have been slow to come in the deaths of Seriece Johnson and 11 other women whose bodies were found since 1999 in this impoverished city or the surrounding metropolitan area that stretches across the Mississippi River into St. Louis. Tues Jan 1 2002 18:00:15  Payette, Idaho Sheriff: 'Cowboy Mike' escapes cell, attacks officer -- (Oregon Live) Michael 'Cowboy Mike' Braae briefly got out of his jail cell and attacked a guard before being subdued by four inmate workers and another corrections officer, the Payette County sheriff says. Tues Jan 1 2002 17:53:49  St. Paul, Minnesota Up and coming rapper Andre Locke, known as 'Lil Buddy', charged in Minnesota bank robbery -- (abc NEWS) Locke appeared in federal court Monday on charges that he entered Vermillion State Bank in Rosemount on Friday, wearing a ski mask, carrying a handgun and demanding money from the tellers. Tues Jan 1 2002 17:49:28  Clearwater, Florida Abducted 5-year-old boy escapes trash bin -- (CNN) A 5-year-old Florida boy abducted outside his home on New Year's Eve crawled free of the trash bin he was dumped in and flagged down a passing motorist for help, police said Tuesday. |
