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Fri Jan 18 2002 14:25:46  Emily and William "Bill" Harris, Mike Bortin and Sara Jane Olson - bank robbery, murder James Kilgore - still at large Sacramento, California Accused bank robbers spent years blending in - (ModBee) The accused killers and former revolutionaries swept up by police Wednesday were interrupted in the most mundane moments of what had become mostly mundane lives. Aging Radicals Charged in '75 Heist - (Las Vegas Sun) The bank robber in a ski mask pressed a shotgun to Myrna Opsahl's side and killed her with a single blast, the result of a holdup by a 1970s group known for its revolutionary rhetoric. Ex-SLA Member Gets 20 Years to Life - (Las Vegas Sun) Fri Jan 18 2002 13:43:39  John Geoghan, 66 - Priest convicted Cambridge, Massachusetts Former priest convicted in sex assault case - (Boston.com) A defrocked Roman Catholic priest was convicted Friday of indecent assault and battery for improperly touching a 10-year-old boy at a swimming pool a decade ago. Fri Jan 18 2002 13:40:46  Randal Dooley, 7 - victim of severe child abuse Toronto, Ontario A brave boy stands by his baby brother - (National Post) Teego Dooley tells the tale of the last violent night in the life of Randal, aged 7 Brother describes Randal's final day - (Toronto Star) Teego — who is now 11 years old and living with his aunt in Jamaica — testified via closed-circuit television from another room in the courthouse yesterday at the trial of his father, Edward "Tony" Dooley, and his stepmother, Marcia Dooley. They have pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder charges in the Sept. 25, 1998 death of 7-year-old Randal. Fri Jan 18 2002 13:16:45  Delaware, Ohio Killings revive cases of two other slain wives -- (The Columbus Dispatch) It could be a tragic coincidence. Three women, married at different times to the same man, die violent deaths. During the 1970s, Gerald "Bob" Hand lost wives Donna and Lori to homicide. On Tuesday night, his wife, Jill, was gunned down in their Genoa Township home. Fri Jan 18 2002 12:06:02  KIMBERLY, BRADLEY and JILL CAMM - shot to death January 28, 2000 David Camm - trial expected to last six weeks Georgetown, Indiana Tapes convey Camm's fears, concerns -- (The Courier-Journal) The tapes portrayed a man who appeared to be growing desperate as he realized he was the primary suspect. Jurors hear Camm - on tape -- (ConnectIndiana) Jurors heard an audio interview, two telephone conversations and saw a video interview - all of which Camm gave hours and days after the murder of his wife and two young children. Fri Jan 18 2002 11:55:19  Rodney Love, 29 - bond at $1 million Randall County, Texas $1 million bond set for assault suspect - (Aamarillo Globe) The man suspected of molesting a young girl in southwest Amarillo on Monday learned the conditions of his potential release from jail at a Thursday hearing. Fri Jan 18 2002 10:34:29  Cambridge, Massachusetts More sex abuse trials await former priest - (Foster's) John J. Geoghan’s trials don’t end this week with the conclusion of a Middlesex County case that accuses the former priest of fondling a young boy in a Waltham swimming pool. Geoghan, 66, faces two other criminal sexual abuse cases, the first of which is scheduled to go to trial Feb. 20 in Suffolk Superior Court, and 84 civil lawsuits. Jurors hold fate of former priest - (Boston Globe) Fri Jan 18 2002 09:51:59  CHRISTA WORTHINGTON, 46 - found dead in her home January 6 Truro, Massachusetts 2-year-old caught in the middle of a Cape Cod murder mystery - (LA Times) The little girl with curly hair placed a cloth on her mother's face, hoping it would make her feel better, hoping it would make her wake up. But Christa Worthington, a 46-year-old fashion writer with an international reputation, was dead: stabbed early this month by an intruder so bent on entry that a deadbolt lock was ripped from Worthington's door. Unsolved murder puts town on edge - (Cape Cod Times) The notion of a killer on the loose is unsettling to residents of this Outer Cape town with a scant year-round population of 1,800 people. The possibility that the culprit is a local makes it even more chilling. Cops asked neighbors about visitor to dad of slain writer - (Boston Herald) "Detectives were here either on Monday or Tuesday when this first happened and asked about a girlfriend. I didn't even know he had a girlfriend," said one neighbor of 72-year-old Christopher Worthington. ``It would be awful to think he is involved in his daughter's demise - even inadvertently.'' Fri Jan 18 2002 09:42:14  Media, Pennsylvania Pa. Man Shoots Mall Worker, Self - (LA Times) Samuel Plunkett, 23, of Swedesboro, N.J., was shot four times in the parking lot of the Granite Run Mall on Thursday evening. He was in critical condition Friday, a spokeswoman at Crozier Chester Medical Center said. The alleged gunman, George Karl Hahn III, 24, shot himself in the head at his home in Norwood. Fri Jan 18 2002 09:36:01  Los Angeles, California Man's headless body found in trash bin - (LA Times) The headless body of a man was found stuffed in a trash bin Thursday at a southwest Los Angeles apartment complex, police said. The body, which was of a black man, was jammed into a plastic trash container in an alley in the 4000 block of Buckingham Road near Palmyra Road. The container was one of about a dozen behind the complex. Fri Jan 18 2002 09:33:54  Los Angeles, California Tattoos draw pictures of life in L.A. gangs - (Los Angeles Times) Some tattoos found on gang members are well-known. Authorities say the symbol of a black hand with a prominent letter M on the palm indicates affiliation with the Mexican Mafia. Three dots in the form of a triangle placed somewhere on the hand mean "Mi Vida Loca" or "My Crazy Life." Fri Jan 18 2002 07:42:36  David and Rebecca Corneau - refuse to show newborn to court Attleboro, Massachusetts Sect mother free pending appeal -- (Boston Globe) An Attleboro Christian fundamentalist couple will remain free while their lawyer appeals a judge's order yesterday to jail the pair for not presenting their presumed newborn in Juvenile Court. Fri Jan 18 2002 07:15:33  HYO JUNG JIN, 21 - body found October 25, 2001 IN HE SONG, 22 - disappeared December 8, 2001 London, England Man arrested over body in suitcase -- (BBC) A man has been arrested in London over the death of a Korean woman whose body was found in a suitcase in a hedge in North Yorkshire. Fri Jan 18 2002 06:35:15  Vietnam Coffee shop owner jailed over steamy videos -- (Reuters) A court in southern Vietnam has jailed a Vietnamese woman for showing pornographic videos to customers in her coffee shop in Ho Chi Minh City, official media reported Thursday. Fri Jan 18 2002 02:06:34  Grimeston, Orkney Islands, Scotland Bodies of four babies expose island isle mystery -- (The Times) A collection of infant bones, uncovered by workmen renovating a cottage kitchen, has stirred unwelcome memories of a woman who was said to have murdered four illegitimate grandchildren at birth less than a century ago. 'She put on a witching frown, staring with burning eyes' -- (The Times) The grisly secrets of St. Olaf’s Cottage are just a little close to home - literally, in my case. Fri Jan 18 2002 01:52:22  Mexico City, Mexico Mexican court blocks handover of murder suspect -- (Fox News) Agustin Vazquez Mendoza - one of the United States' most wanted men - is at the center of a disagreement over a 1978 extradition treaty that threatens to create a diplomatic impasse. Thur Jan 17 2002 20:48:43  Steven L. Hugueley, 34 - two life sentences for murder Nashville, Tennessee Tenn. Inmate Stabs, Kills Counselor - (ABCnews) An inmate at a privately run prison stabbed a counselor to death Thursday with a rod-like weapon, authorities said. Delbert Steed, 57, was stabbed in the back and the arms, said Steve Owen, spokesman for Nashville-based Corrections Corporation of America. Thur Jan 17 2002 20:46:23  New York DNA frees 100th inmate - (ABCnews) Marking DNA's stunning revelations for the nation's criminal justice system, new tests led to the release of the 100th person to be freed nationwide because of genetic testing. Thur Jan 17 2002 20:37:57 Randal Dooley, 7 - victim Marcia Dooley and Tony Dooley, - 2nd degree murder charge by child abuse Toronto, Ontario, Canada Stepmother admitted to abuse, Dooley trial told - (Toronto Star) Beatrice Dooley's nephew had died and she was hearing terrible rumours about the treatment of the boy in the weeks before his death. So she asked his stepmother straight up whether she had forced Randal to eat his own vomit. Her fears were confirmed. Thur Jan 17 2002 18:18:57  Boston, Massachusetts Teamsters union leader indicted on embezzlement charges - (Boston.com) Local Teamsters boss George Cashman was named Thursday in an indictment charging him with embezzlement in a scheme to give union health benefits to 19 ineligible people, including an alleged associate of fugitive mobster James ''Whitey'' Bulger. Thur Jan 17 2002 18:04:49  Las Vegas, Nevada Man gets 5 years in death of daughter - (Las Vegas Sun) Kenneth Moore, 74, will have to serve at least two years before becoming eligible for parole in the May death of Loretta Beechler, 49. Thur Jan 17 2002 16:29:45 Cambridge, Massachusetts Jurors consider case of defrocked priest accused of molesting boy - (CNN) "We discussed his ability to control his sexual fantasies and his sexual feelings about women and boys," said Dr. Edward Messner, Boston-based psychiatrist who said he treated John Geoghan between December 1994 and July 1996. Thur Jan 17 2002 16:28:09  Providence, Rhode Island 'Most Wanted' Vegas murder suspect arrested in Spain -- (Sign On San Diego) Christopher Michael Berarducci, 30, was indicted in Nevada on one charge of murder with a deadly weapon. He's accused of killing Andre "Dre" Collins, 31, while Collins slept on a sofa in his recording studio on April 25, 2000. Thur Jan 17 2002 16:16:44  Kristian and Amanda Fredrickson - held without bail on charges of first-degree murder Cook County, Illinois Grandparents get custody of girl, 5 - (Chicago Tribune) A judge ruled Wednesday that the 5-year-old sister of a toddler who starved to death in Streamwood can live with grandparents in Mississippi and revealed that the boy had been dead for 11 to 12 hours before he was taken to a hospital. Thur Jan 17 2002 13:39:37  Manuela Ruda and husband Daniel Ruda - accused in the murder of Frank Haagen Bochum, Germany Horror of 'vampire' murder case - (This is London) A murder trial which has horrified Germany with stories of devil worship and vampirism has heard that a self-styled "Bride of Satan" drank human blood on visits to Britain. Thur Jan 17 2002 13:32:51  Miami, Florida FBI agents helping probe multiple murder in Cuba - (Sun Sentinel) In a rare case of cooperation across the Florida Straits, FBI agents are helping Cuban authorities investigate the killing of five people -- two of them residents of Miami -- in a brutal roadside attack on the island last month, officials here said Thursday. Thur Jan 17 2002 12:24:25  MARTHA MOXLEY, 15 - 1975 homicide victim Michael Skakel, 41 - murder trial begins in April Stamford, Connecticut List of possible witnesses in Skakel trial includes Kennedy babysitter -- (Fox News) Prosecutors have identified nearly three dozen people who could be called to testify at the murder trial of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, according to a list obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday. Thur Jan 17 2002 12:09:58  CHRISTA WORTHINGTON, 46 - found dead in her home January 6 Truro, Massachusetts Debate surrounds value of polygraph -- (Cape Cod Times) While not always accurate, the tests can help police weed out suspects, experts say. Judge awaits DA test results in custody case -- (Cape Cod Times) The man who claims paternity of the murder victim's daughter submits to testing. Woman tied to Truro case back in court -- (Boston Globe) When she was arrested, allegedly with a packet of heroin and a hypodermic needle, Porter was wanted in both Quincy and Dorchester courts on warrants for earlier probation violations. Link between dad, ex-hooker confirmed -- (Boston Herald) Elizabeth Porter's family was aware of her relationhsip with Christopher Worthington, the murdered woman's father. Thur Jan 17 2002 11:12:53  Rachel-Helene Boivin - missing since Dec 30 Penticton, British Columbia, Canada Reward yields no tips in disappearance - (Penticton Herald) He has offered $20,000 for information leading to her safe return, but the father of a missing Penticton woman has not received a single call. Thur Jan 17 2002 11:06:27 WallKill, New York Man charged with fatal stabbing of a teen-ager at New Year's party - (Boston.com) Shawn Cruz, 21, of Middletown, was charged Tuesday night at a Super 8 Motel in Kingston with second-degree murder, a felony, in connection with the stabbing death of Mahdi Allah. Thur Jan 17 2002 09:47:44  Michael Ouellette - "I'd like to say I'm sorry." New Britain, Connecticut Drifter Gets 60 Years For Murder Of Priest - (CTnow) The three-judge panel, which convicted the stocky ex-Marine of murder in November, gave the harshest sentence possible for the killing of the Rev. Robert J. Lysz inside St. Matthew Church on June 24, 1999. Thur Jan 17 2002 09:38:56 Sacramento, California 5 SLA members face murder charges in 1975 slaying - (SacBee) Five former members of the radical Symbionese Liberation Army will be charged with first degree murder in the 27-year-old slaying of Myrna Opsahl in a Carmichael bank robbery, the Sacramento County district attorney said Wednesday afternoon. They are Sara Jane Olson, Emily Harris, her ex-husband Bill Harris, Mike Bortin and James Kilgore. Crime well-planned, FBI says - (SacBee) They cased the banks on bicycle, riding up and down Fair Oaks Boulevard looking for targets. Lengthy trail led to Olson's 1999 arrest - (SacBee) Many years had passed since she fled California to avoid bombing conspiracy charges filed in Los Angeles in 1976, and Sara Jane Olson felt safe enough that she had become a prominent member of her community. Charges filed against former SLA members gratifying for son of woman killed in bank robbery - (AL.com) Thur Jan 17 2002 08:37:33  CHANDRA ANN LEVY, 24 - missing intern Washington, D.C. Levy case unchanged, officials say -- (Washington Post) F.B.I. denies report that it's taking over probe from D.C. Thur Jan 17 2002 08:26:20 Santa Ana, California Prosecutors seek death penalty in murder of college student - (ModBee) Deputy District Attorney Kevin Haskins said Wednesday that he will seek the death penalty against Ronald Tran and Noel Plata, both 26. The men are accused of killing 19-year-old Linda Park of Irvine during a 1995 robbery. Thur Jan 17 2002 08:24:27  HOLLY ANN HUGHES, 7 - kidnapped and never found Andre Rand - convicted kidnapper and child molester Staten Island, New York Body hunt in '81 S.I. kidnap -- (New York Post) Cold-case detectives bulldozed a Staten Island back yard yesterday, looking for the body of a 7-year-old girl who disappeared in 1981. Thur Jan 17 2002 08:23:08  Los Angeles, California Three indicted in scheme allegedly aimed at church members - (SacBee) Three men have been charged with cheating as many as 2,000 Baptists from around the country out of millions of dollars by persuading them to invest in what they said was a technology that would revolutionize the banking industry. Thur Jan 17 2002 07:34:14  TARA COSSEY - disappeared from San Pablo June, 1978 ANGELA BUGAY, 5 - disappeared from Antioch November 1983 ILENE MISHELOFF, 13 - vanished near Dublin June 1989 AMBER SCHWARTZ, 7 - vanished in Pinole June 1998 MICHAELA GARECT, 9 - abducted in Hayward November 1998 NICKI CAMPBELL, 4 - vanished from Fairield in 1991 Tim Bindner, 43 - good Samaritan or something more sinister? San Francisco, California Vanished: Missing Girls Mystery -- (abc NEWS) The disappearances of little girls in the East Bay area left law enforcement officers puzzled. "It was just taunting the investigators, taunting the public, taunting the families," said Linda Goldston, a reporter for 'The Mercury News' who covered the cases for years. "You just felt there was a master killer, it was a master suspect at work." Were the continuing disappearances along I-80 unrelated tragedies, or the work of one person? Investigators began to search for clues that might link some of the cases. |
