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Sat Jan 26 2002 08:50:47  Bear Lake and Apopka areas, Florida Child's stalker may be habitual offender -- (Orlando Sentinel) The man who is terrorizing a Central Florida neighborhood by leaving sexually charged letters aimed at children is probably an experienced pedophile as well as a clever stalker, an expert profiler said Friday. Sat Jan 26 2002 08:24:38  Auburn, Washington Pelvis, tailbone found at dredging site -- (The Oregonian) A pelvis and a tailbone were found Friday in dredge spoils where a human skull was found earlier this week, police said. The King County Medical Examiner's Office determined the pelvis most likely belonged to a white female. Sat Jan 26 2002 08:08:23  Robert Angleton, 53 - indicted by federal grand jury Vanessa Leggett, 33 - jailed for 168 days for withholding information Houston, Texas Man arrested in case that jailed Texas writer -- (abc NEWS) A millionaire bookie was arrested on Friday on federal murder-for-hire charges in the 1997 death of his wife in a case that landed a Texas writer in jail for refusing to reveal sources for a pending book about the crime. Fri Jan 25 2002 22:14:13  Donald Mosser, 52 - staged his own disappearance Moriches, New York Moriches man's 12-year 'disappearance' ends fraud plea -- (Newsday) Twelve years ago, Chicago police found the automobile of a suburban businessman abandoned on a city street. The driver's side window had been smashed and blood was on the window and door. Fri Jan 25 2002 21:37:09  London, England Macabre find raises ritual murder fear -- (The Times) 'Torso in the Thames' mystery takes a new turn after discovery of candles and blankets linked to African witchcraft. Fri Jan 25 2002 21:24:09  Christian Michael Longo, 28 - charged in family murders Lincoln County, Oregon Longo defense wants cameras out of courtroom -- (Newport News-Times) Kenneth Hadley, the court-appointed defense attorney for Christian Longo, moved to ban cameras from the courtroom this week, and cited a possible interference with his client's right to a fair and impartial jury. Fri Jan 25 2002 21:19:15  Otto Nuss - faces federal kidnapping charges Landover Hills, Maryland Students tell of their "mysterious" trip - (Philly Inquirer) "We asked him where we were going, and he said it would be a surprise and we'd find out later," one student-passenger recalled the bus driver saying. Bus driver ordered to undergo psychiatric testing - (Philly Inquirer) "This was a real potential recipe for tragedy that was averted," FBI agent Thomas Harrington said. Fri Jan 25 2002 21:12:11  Starke, Florida Jurors, judge tour maximum security prison wing during murder trial of 4 prison guards - (Boston.com) The judge and jurors in the murder trial of four former Florida State Prison guards on Friday visited the prison cells where death row inmate Frank Valdes was allegedly beaten and stomped unconscious. Fri Jan 25 2002 18:34:16  Robert Lee Yates - alleged 'Spokane Serial Killer' Spokane, Washington Yates wants his murder trial moved -- (The Oregonian) Sheriff Mark Sterk said Friday he is confident the Spokane County investigation of convicted serial killer Robert L. Yates Jr. can withstand legal challenges by Yates' lawyers. Fri Jan 25 2002 18:01:25  Angie, Louisiana Bungled robbery in Angie leads to arrests -- (The Bogalusa Daily News) A hunting mishap that sounded fishy to Mississippi fish and wildlife officers turned out to be a bungled armed robbery attempt. Four Mississippi men were arrested recently after trying to steal Angie resident Dona Duncan Brooks' cancer medication and then getting in a shootout with Brook's 13-year old son. Fri Jan 25 2002 17:42:45  Michael Lee Anthony, 54 - two unidentified bodies found in his basement Highland Park, Michigan Rapist will finally go to prison, ten years after sentencing -- (Detroit Free Press) A rapist who never served his sentence and was free when he allegedly murdered two women was ordered back to the state prison system today. Fri Jan 25 2002 17:24:09  Evanston, Ohio Mom 'competent,' can stand trial now -- (The Cincinnati Post) Ms. Stovall, 24, initially was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial after her April 7 arrest for the drowning of her daughter Cariyan, 4, and son, Iyan, 18 months. Fri Jan 25 2002 16:23:28  Oceanside, California Police still seek witnesses in woman's year-old slaying - (North County Times) Police are asking for help in cracking the case of a 48-year-old woman who was found brutally slain in a downtown alley a year ago today. The Jan. 25, 2001 shooting and stabbing death of Rachel Rivera has frustrated Oceanside police Detective Kim Rainwater and Rivera's family. Fri Jan 25 2002 15:50:15  David Camm - ex-state trooper on trial Georgetown, Indiana Camm jury takes trip to church gym -- (Courier-Journal) The jury in David Camm's triple-murder case left the courtroom in New Albany yesterday afternoon to inspect the church gymnasium where Camm played basketball the night his wife and two children were killed. Camm jurors taken to gym -- (ConnectIndiana) The prosecution contends that Jill Camm was molested. During opening remarks, they said Jill Camm was likely molested within 24 hours of the murders. Fri Jan 25 2002 15:31:25  Redondo Beach, Florida Bizarre attempted murder case ends in no-contest plea -- (The Beach Reporter) In a case that had elements of a bad slasher film, an 18-year-old Redondo Beach resident pleaded no contest Jan. 15 to several charges stemming from his reported attempt to kill a Torrance woman in her shower. Fri Jan 25 2002 14:50:47  CHRISTA WORTHINGTON, 46 - unsolved homicide Truro, Massachusetts Custody case awaits paternity test -- (Cape Cod Times) Two families fighting for the custody of a murdered woman's young child must wait at least two more weeks before a permanent home is established for the toddler. Truro murder probe continues; no suspects named -- (Cape Cod Times) Lt. John Lundborn of the Truro Police said that authorities were "still working on some fantastic information" and that he was confident they would decipher that information. Fri Jan 25 2002 14:20:24  Robert Durst - captured fugitive Easton, Pennsylvania Durst is a real nut job: Shrink -- (New York Post) Real-estate heir Robert Durst could mount an insanity defense when he returns to Texas to face charges of beheading and chopping up his elderly next-door neighbor, a top forensic psychologist says. N.Y. real estate heir Robert Durst to be handed over to Texas authorities -- (NJO News) A New York real estate heir will be turned over to Texas authorities to face charges in the dismemberment murder of a 71-year-old neighbor, a judge ruled Friday. Fri Jan 25 2002 13:54:54  Placer County, California Mom faces manslaughter charge in death of infant son - (SacBee) Rhonda Marie Modglin, 19, was picked up in Roseville and booked into the Placer County Jail on a warrant charging her with assault on a child causing death and involuntary manslaughter. Bail was set at $50,000. Fri Jan 25 2002 13:07:59  Mobile, Alabama Birmingham woman in Greensboro bank robbery sentenced to life - (al.com) A Birmingham woman has been sentenced to life in federal prison for the execution-style slaying of a bank teller during a robbery in Greensboro. Fri Jan 25 2002 11:25:58  Ashley Pond, 12 - reported missing Jan. 9 Oregon City, Oregon Dogs join search for missing girl - (Oregon Live) Police dogs have joined a three-week long search for a 12-year-old girl who disappeared from the apartment she shared with her mother and sisters earlier this month. Fri Jan 25 2002 11:22:46  Salt Lake City, Utah DNA leads to murder charge - (Salt Lake Tribune) Eight years after 14-year-old Chris Mosier was stabbed to death in his family's Salt Lake County home, prosecutors have filed a murder charge against his alleged killer -- with the help of improved DNA testing. Fri Jan 25 2002 11:20:41  Mifflintown, Pennsylvania Four Pa. family members killed; relative in custody - (Philly Inquirer) Two adults and two children were shot to death at their home and a 16-year-old family member was in custody in West Virginia today, state police said. Fri Jan 25 2002 11:18:12 Berlin, Connectiut Snelgrove, eyed in murder investigation, arrested in kidnapping case - (The Herald) Police arrested Edwin F. Snelgrove at his Savage Hill Road home Thursday afternoon, but not for the murder of a Hartford woman whose disappearance he has been linked to, but for allegedly attempting to kidnap and assault another woman. Fri Jan 25 2002 11:15:39  Placerville, California Internet 'date' leads to charge of attempted murder - (Mountain Democrat Online) A chance meeting on the Internet resulted in a Placerville man reportedly being attacked and stabbed in the neck late Monday night by a Mississippi woman whom he had met in a chat room. Fri Jan 25 2002 11:10:31  Carson City, Nevada Inmates lose appeal in killing of fellow Nevada convict - (Las Vegas Sun) Two Nevada prison inmates lost Thursday in state Supreme Court bids to overturn no-parole life sentences imposed for the January 1998 beating death of a fellow prisoner. Fri Jan 25 2002 11:08:14  Cambridge, Massachusetts Hockey dad sentenced to six to 10 years for beating death - (Boston.com) A man who beat to death another father in front of their children at a youth hockey practice was sentenced to six to 10 years in prison Friday for involuntary manslaughter. Thomas Junta, 44, had asked to be put on supervised probation with community service. He had faced up to 20 years. Fri Jan 25 2002 08:50:45  White Plains, New York Son who allegedly beat his mother is charged with murder after she dies -- (NJO News) Charles Raffaele, 48, had been in jail since Jan. 15, when police were called by neighbors who heard him yelling in the apartment he shared with his mother, Margaret Raffaele, 80. Fri Jan 25 2002 08:22:33  New York New York socialite murderer gets life -- (Newsday) Elbert Mitchell, 37, was found guilty last month of first-degree murder for killing Ruby Jean Johnson, 81, who was an ailing former hostess at Harlem's legendary Savoy Ballroom. Fri Jan 25 2002 08:16:20  JACKIE WATT, 20 - died from stab wound to neck BRENDAN CUNNINGHAM, 2 - in stable condition David Frances Cunningham, 22 - in custody after brief chase Langham, Saskatchewan, Canada Woman, child stabbed -- (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix) A young woman helping her friend flee an ex-boyfriend was murdered Thursday morning in this town of 1,200 off the Yellowhead Highway. Fri Jan 25 2002 08:00:55  Columbus, Ohio Anatomy of a child's murder plot -- (abc NEWS) What would make two children plan to kill their grandmother and other siblings? Officials are trying to answer that question as an 11-year-old boy and his 10-year-old sister sit in a juvenile detention center for allegedly plotting — and attempting — to kill their strict grandmother and their other two siblings on Monday. Thur Jan 24 2002 21:54:47  Toronto, Ontario Canada Serial kisser nabbed after year-long spree - (Reuters) A 56-year-old Canadian man, accused of planting hugs and kisses on unsuspecting pedestrians, will likely face a slew of sexual assault charges, police say. Thur Jan 24 2002 21:48:17  Paul Hamwi, 56 - allegedly paid $14,000 for the hit on wife Susan Hamwi, 38 Broward County, Florida New trial sought for developer convicted of murdering ex-wife in Lauderdale - (Sun Sentinel) A notorious 20-year-old murder is back in the news, with a hearing granted Wednesday to the man convicted of paying others to kill his ex-wife in Fort Lauderdale. Thur Jan 24 2002 21:44:20  Otto Nuss - faces federal kidnapping charges Landover Hills, Maryland Pa. school bus carrying 13 children found in Maryland; armed driver arrested - (Boston.com) A school bus driver with a loaded rifle took 13 children on a six-hour odyssey Thursday that ended in another state when he turned himself in to a police officer, authorities said. Thur Jan 24 2002 21:39:53  Berlin, Connecticut Suspect in Rhode Island murder case arrested on other charges - (Boston.com) Edwin Snelgrove, 41, of Berlin was charged with attempted kidnapping and third-degree assault. Police said he grabbed a woman by the arm and tried to pull her into his car on Capitol Avenue in Hartford last September. They said the woman got away from him. Thur Jan 24 2002 19:35:22  Las Vegas, Nevada Three indicted in shooting of 8-year-old girl - (Las Vegas Sun) Andre Lee, 30, Eric Ogle, 29, and Daniel McLeroy, 27, face multiple charges stemming from the shooting of Karatoya Wilkes, according to an indictment unsealed in District Court Wednesday. Thur Jan 24 2002 18:29:48  Diane Whipple - victim Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel - charged with involuntary manslaughter San Francisco, California Jury Selection in Dog Mauling - (ABCnews) Jury selection began today in the trial of a San Francisco couple accused of criminal responsibility for the death of their neighbor, who was mauled by their dogs in the doorway of her apartment. Thur Jan 24 2002 16:42:48  Key Largo, Florida Police: Robbers flee by car, boat and cab -- (CNN) A pair of armed robbers took the money and ran from a Florida Keys bank, making their getaway by stolen car, hijacked boat and rented taxi -- leaving a generous tip along the way. Thur Jan 24 2002 16:11:14  ELISABETH ANNE HUSTER, 9 - last seen in August, 1996 Karen Lee Huster - on trial for murder Washington County, Oregon Huster claims she was worried about daughter's mental state -- (KGW News) Huster said she shot the girl in the head, cut up her body and threw parts of it off a boat during a whale-watching tour months later. Thur Jan 24 2002 16:00:01  FRANCES WILLIAMS, 48 - stabbed and dismembered August 18, 1999 Connie Williams, 50 - claims he recalls nothing about wife's murder Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Loved wife, murder suspect says -- (Post-Gazette) In a quiet and sincere manner, Connie Williams testified yesterday as the sole defense witness in his homicide trial and professed his love for his wife, Frances. Afterward, skeptical prosecutor Chris Connors had a question. "Mr. Williams, if you loved her so much, how were you able to saw her head off?" Connors asked. |
