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Mon Jan 21 2002 09:47:01  Seattle, Washington Public Asked To Help ID Murder Victim - (KOMO) Seattle Police need your help to identify a woman found stabbed to death in a park bathroom. Mon Jan 21 2002 08:49:12  Pineland, Texas Hitchiker killed for gas money, police say -- (CNN) Ken Bimbo Tillery, 44, was visiting a trailer park in Jasper Friday night when he began looking for a ride home. Blake Little, 34, and three others offered a ride home in his pickup truck after agreeing on a price of $5 for gas, Sabine County Sheriff Tom Maddox said. Sun Jan 20 2002 22:19:23  Christa Worthington - murdered writer Truro, Massachusetts Cape Cod town abuzz about murder - (USA Today) The mystery of who killed former fashion writer Christa Worthington has all the essentials of a crime novel: a soap opera cast of characters, drugs, adultery and high couture. Sun Jan 20 2002 19:37:00  Chicago, Illinois Friends keep faith, help to show pal wasn't killer - (Chicago Tribune) In the weeks after a 41-year-old cocaine addict named Netta Bell was found stabbed to death in her home two summers ago, word was traveling fast on Chicago's South Side. The woman's son, a young man with a history of mental illness and an IQ so low he had been defined as borderline mentally retarded, had been charged with the murder. He had even confessed on videotape. Sun Jan 20 2002 17:43:46  Dracut, Massachusetts Officials identify remains found in Dracut - (Boston.com) Authorities on Saturday identified human remains found during a wetlands inspection as a 22-year-old Dracut woman who was first reported missing last May. Middlesex County prosecutors are calling the death of Heather Geldart, ''suspicious.'' Sun Jan 20 2002 16:56:26  Time Magazine special report Andrea Yates - set to go to trial for killing her children Houston, Texas The Yates Odyssey - (Time.com) Andrea Yates wanted lots of kids and a solid family life but lost it all one murderous morning. As her trial begins, the defense will try to prove she is insane. But that begs the question: could the tragedy have been averted? Sun Jan 20 2002 16:48:28  Adele F. Freeman, 48 - covicted of first-degree murder of Kevin Gross Prince Frederick, Maryland Judge to Rule on Convicted Killer's Mental State - (Washington Post) The fate of a Huntingtown woman convicted of first-degree murder last week now lies in the hands of a judge who must determine whether she is criminally responsible for shooting her boyfriend to death. Sun Jan 20 2002 16:42:01  Kearis Bonham, 6 - victim Prichard, Alabama Seven charged in police ambush, Prichard boy's slaying - (AL.com) Seven people have been arrested and charged with capital murder in the slaying of a 6-year-old Prichard boy hit by a stray bullet during an apparent ambush of police officers. Sun Jan 20 2002 16:02:13  RICHARD GODKIN - died on barroom floor April 11, 1984 Frank Riccardi - arrsted August 2001 New York Son tracks father's alleged killer after 20 years on the run -- (Nando Times) On the night of his father's murder more than two decades ago, Brian Godkin was just 8 years old. His 10-year-old sister, Christine, sat watching television as their dad prepared for a shift pouring drinks at his Queens tavern. Sun Jan 20 2002 11:16:49  Tampa, Florida Convict fires lawyer, wins acquittal on murder charge - (CNN) Ernest Spann, 35, who has a grade 11 education, was tried three times on murder and burglary charges connected to a 1991 slaying. After deliberating three hours, the jury acquitted him Friday. He had faced life in prison. Sun Jan 20 2002 10:36:28  CHRISTA WORTHINGTON, 46 - unsolved January 6 homicide Truro, Massachusetts Murder on the Cape: a tale of love and death -- (Boston Blobe) - That weekend, all was quiet on the frozen tip of the Cape. There was one person who knew what had happened, and she was too little to speak. Mystery case unsettles Cape -- (ctnow) The tourists are long gone and most of the shops and motels along Route 6 are vacant and shuttered. Coyotes abound and bay at night. It's downright desolate here in the gray light of winter - a fitting stage for the murder mystery that consumes this not-so-tightly-knit town. Police silence may help solve Truro murder -- (Cape Cod Times) Don't expect the police to shed their reticence anytime soon, law enforcement experts say. Sat Jan 19 2002 21:06:41  Michael Thornton, 46 and Janeen Snyder, 22 - abduction, rape and murder charges Riverside, California Previous kidnapping claim allowed as evidence in murder case - (SacBee) A couple accused of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a 16-year-old Las Vegas girl had been jailed after another teen-ager claimed they held her captive for 40 days, an investigator testified. Sat Jan 19 2002 18:26:34  New Orleans, Louisiana Gangsta rapper booked in teen killing -- (The Times-Picayune) New Orleans gangsta rapper C-Murder, the younger brother of music artist Master P, was booked Friday with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Avondale teen Steve Thomas, 16, in a Harvey nightclub. Sat Jan 19 2002 18:24:06  Tacoma, Washington Daughter of elderly woman found in putrid apartment is arrested - (Seattle P-I) A 42-year-old Tacoma woman is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail because, police said, she treated her elderly mother so badly that the 81-year-old was found with dead flies imbedded in her skin and rats scurrying around the garbage pile that was her bed. Sat Jan 19 2002 17:33:55  Vincent Rodriguez, 18 - arraigned on two counts of attempted murder Manhattan, New York Manhattan school gunman brought gun in side door, police say - (Nando) Police said that the student accused of shooting two classmates at a high school had taken a gun into the building through an unattended side door. Sat Jan 19 2002 17:28:14  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mobster under guard, may lose arm - (Philly Inquirer) Mobster Raymond "Long John" Martorano was under police guard for his own protection at a Philadelphia hospital yesterday while police and the FBI continued to look for suspects and a motive in his shooting on Thursday. Sat Jan 19 2002 17:12:25  Albany, New York Joel Steinberg denies harming daughter; says a 'very substantial' pension awaits him -- (Newsday) Joel Steinberg says he made mistakes which caused him to feel responsibility for the death of his illegally adopted daughter Lisa in 1987, but he insisted he didn't physically harm the girl. Sat Jan 19 2002 16:55:42  CAROLE and JULI SUND, and SILVINA PELOSSO - homicide victims Cary Stayner, 40 - confessed to murders but pleaded innocent Fresno, California Stayner's options weighed -- (The Fresno Bee) Trial location to be considered; lawyer seeks to ban evidence. Sat Jan 19 2002 15:54:33  Terri Rapp, 56 - vanished from parking lot January 9 Terry Rapp, 57 - broke down and confessed to murder Orlando, Florida Terry Rapp leads searchers to body -- (The Orlando Sentinel) The husband of a woman who disappeared 10 days ago from a Celebration parking lot led investigators late Friday to a wooded area in Volusia County where her body was buried. Sat Jan 19 2002 15:44:17  Canton, Ohio Blood on club linked to victim -- (The Beacon Journal) DNA expert testified yesterday that Jennifer Himes' blood was on the face of a driver found in the golf bag belonging to the stepfather of Chad Mayle, 18, who is standing trial for his role in the woman's homicide. Sat Jan 19 2002 12:11:52  Long Island, New York Police bust 1979 'killer' at brother's funeral wake - (NY Post) Cops revealed yesterday they discovered Amerigo Vespucci - a fugitive wanted on charges of murdering a friend 22 years ago - by staking out his brother's wake on Long Island. Sat Jan 19 2002 12:06:49  Randal Dooley, 7 - victim Marcia and Tony Dooley - 2nd degree murder charge by child abuse Toronto, Ontario, Canada 'Whip marks' seen - (Toronto Sun) Randal Dooley's teacher wept on the witness stand yesterday as she recalled discovering "whip marks" on the arms and back of a student she described as an "absolute sweetheart." Teego Dooley laid poor Randal's body down to rest - (National Post) Randal Dooley suffered acute brain injury after months of abuse, which has been admitted in court. At issue is which of his parents inflicted most of the damage. Sat Jan 19 2002 11:55:24  Hopkinton, Rhode Island State pursues leads in old case of murdered transvestite heiress - (Boston.com) ) It's been seven years since Camilla Lyman was declared dead, yet her killer's identity has remained a mystery. Sat Jan 19 2002 09:42:07  KATHLEEN DURST - vanished almost 20 years ago MORRIS BLACK - murdered and dismembered Robert Durst - alleged to killed Black Galveston, Texas Durst's bizarre link to Texas slay victim -- (New York Post) Just weeks before his death, the Texas man allegedly butchered by Big Apple real-estate heir Robert Durst said he knew someone who had "a lot of money." Sat Jan 19 2002 08:38:59  Brittany, France Mother watches 3 gang-rape 4-year-old son -- (Pravda) Three men between 20 and 30 years of age have been arrested France for gang-raping a four-year-old boy. The boy’s 26-year-old mother has also been arrested after it was revealed that she was watching the scene. Sat Jan 19 2002 08:19:23  KIMBERLY (35) BRADLEY (7) and JILL (5) CAMM - shot to death Sept. 28, 2000 David Camm (36) - on trial for murders Georgetown, Indiana Camm repeatedly denied killing family -- (The Courier-Journal) Former state trooper David Camm told two detectives that he "didn't do it" nearly 70 times when they questioned him about the slayings of his wife and children in a two hour interrogation three days after the murders. Expert testifies Camm at shooting -- (The Courier-Journal) The T-shirt that former state trooper David Camm wore the night his family was shot dead clearly has eight tiny dots of his daughter's blood on it. The question is how the blood got there. Sat Jan 19 2002 07:58:28  ROB ANDREW, 39 - killed with a shotgun November 20. 2001 James Pavatt, 48, and Brenda Andrew, 37 - wanted fugitives Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Fugitive's card used in Mexico -- (NewsOK) Someone attempted to use an automatic bank or credit card belonging to fugitive James D. Pavatt at a cash machine in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, about a week after Rob Andrew was shot to death. Slain man's children believed alive and well -- (NewsOK) Oklahoma City homicide detectives believe Tricity Andrew and Parker Andrew are alive and healthy despite being on the run with their mother for almost two months. Transcript: Andrews dispute over visitation -- (NewsOK) Transcript: Rob Andrew reports death threat -- (NewsOK) Transcript: Rob Andrew reports brake line cut -- (NewsOK) Sat Jan 19 2002 07:29:50 CHRISTA WORTHINGTON, 46 - unsolved January 6 homicide Truro, Massachusetts Murder prompts media frenzy -- (Cape Cod Times) From the Boston Herald and People magazine to 'Good Morning America' and the 'Today' show, the murder of Christa Worthington has prompted a blizzard of media coverage, tempting some sensational simplifications of both the woman, a 46-year-old single mother and freelance writer, and of Truro, where she was found stabbed to death in her home 11 days ago. Murder investigation leads off-cape -- (The Cape Codder) "There are some individuals speaking to the press, giving information that they are not authorized to give," State Police Sgt. James Plath said Thursday. Slain writer's dad seen with ex-hooker: Takes woman to Hub ER for pneumonia -- (Boston Herald) Christopher Worthington sat at the back of the waiting room of Boston Medical Center's emergency room yesterday as Elizabeth Porter, the former prostitute questioned in his daughter's slaying, sought treatment for pneumonia. Sat Jan 19 2002 07:02:46  BEVERLY WEST, 41 - murdered in her apartment October 1979 Craig Nicholas Clark, 40 - arrested Everett, Washington DNA technology leads to arrest in 1979 homicide -- (Oregon Live) Clark lived in an apartment building next to West's at the time of the killing. He didn't become a suspect until 1990, when a relative told police that he had made incriminating statements. Sat Jan 19 2002 06:47:09  Tranda Wecker, 29 - "extremely happy" with sentence St. Louis, Missouri Mother of twins offered online for adoption sentenced for fraud -- (Nando Times) The mother of twin girls who were adopted over the Internet was sentenced Friday to three years of probation for lying to obtain rent subsidies, food stamps, and unemployment benefits. Fri Jan 18 2002 22:12:19  Wayne County, Nebraska Houston man tortured for days in Nebraska shop - (Houston Chronicle) Business owner Roger Van, 55, is accused of luring 36-year-old Jonathan Cooper of Houston this small college town last month via the Internet to begin a sadistic bondage relationship, Wayne County Attorney Michael Pieper said. Fri Jan 18 2002 19:45:00 Chicago Heights, Illinois Suspect in Brooklyn Park bus slaying arrested in Illinois - (Star Tribune) A man charged with the December killing of a man boarding a Metro Transit bus in Brooklyn Park was arrested Thursday evening in a southern Chicago suburb by members of the FBI's fugitive task force. The FBI tracked Victor D. Fields from Minnesota to Milwaukee, then eventually to Chicago Heights, Ill. Fri Jan 18 2002 18:35:37  RACHEL COOKE, 19 - feared abducted Georgetown, Texas No new leads in case of missing Georgetown teen -- (KEYE-TV) Last seen finishing a job near her parents home. Search intensifies this morning for Rachel Cooke -- (KEYE-TV) Two other neighbors also saw a suspicious older model sports car within 100 yards of Cooke's home. Police seeking man who may have been last to see Rachel Cooke -- (KEYE-TV) "The most unique thing about the individual is that he has an injured hand, injured to the point that he would need to seek medical attention," said Sgt. Michael Lummus. Fri Jan 18 2002 18:22:32  A look at FBI Profiling Ex-FBI profiler: No such thing as a 'typical' serial killer - (Seattle P-I) The world is full of experts on serial murder. Just walk the true-crime aisle of your local bookstore and look at the titles. Or punch in "serial murder" on an Internet search and watch the links roll in. But don't believe everything you read, and know that most of the common wisdom about serial murder is probably wrong. So what is the profile of a serial killer? Fri Jan 18 2002 17:24:27  MORGAN NICK, 6 - abducted in 1995 and never found Booneville, Arkansas Digging stops after nothing found in Morgan Nick search -- (The Cabin) After hours of digging, police gave up the attempted search for a body on a private piece of land Tuesday night. Police had used a backhoe to dig on the property near Booneville after giving considerable weight to a tip that a girl missing since 1995 might be buried there. Morgan Nick Foundation -- Morgan's story, and information on the Morgan Nick Alert. Fri Jan 18 2002 16:50:28  Cleveland, Ohio Cop accused of threatening Bush in love triangle - (WRAL) A Cleveland police officer who was out to get his girlfriend's ex-lover wrote letters threatening to kill President George W. Bush and signed the old boyfriend's name to them. Fri Jan 18 2002 16:43:32  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mobster shot in Center City - (Philadelphia Daily) Raymond "Long John" Martorano, 74, was ambushed while heading to a doctor's appointment. Some fear the attack could signal a mob war. Martorano is near death after hit - (Philadelphia Daily) In a brazen, rush-hour mob hit in Center City, Martorano, 74, was shot three times - in his chest, abdomen and right arm - and critically wounded at 4:35 p.m. Martorano: Cold, calculating, well-read - (Philadelphia Daily) Most recent mob hits - (Philadelphia Daily) |
