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Sun Jan 27 2002 22:12:00  Greensboro, North Carolina Machine lifts hard-to-get fingerprints -- (News-Record) City police are using new technology to lift fingerprints off dead bodies. The Cyanoacrylate Body Chamber - or CBC - already has been used in two homicide cases since the department got the $2,000 machine in August. Sun Jan 27 2002 20:44:23  Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada Infants found dead in Thunder Bay motel room - (Thunder Bay Source) Officers were called to the Thriflodge, the former Circle Inn on Memorial Avenue before 11:00 a.m. on Sunday after paramedics responded to two infants found in a room with no vital signs. Sun Jan 27 2002 18:59:20  Robert Lee Yates - alleged 'Spokane Serial Killer' Spokane, Washington Yates team seeks to move trial, suppress evidence - (Seattle Times) Sheriff Mark Sterk says he is confident the Spokane County investigation of convicted serial killer Robert Yates Jr. can withstand legal challenges by Yates' lawyers. Sun Jan 27 2002 17:18:23  Stephen Wayne Anderson, 48 - scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday San Quentin, California 2 Portraits of Grandmother's Killer Emerge - (LA Times) He is an instinctual killer, the government believes, a Vegas hit man, a "poster child for the death penalty" who learned how effortless murder can be when he caught a bird as a young man and crushed it in his palm without a second thought. Sun Jan 27 2002 16:18:41  New Orleans, Louisianna Man arrested in kidnapping and sexual assault - (Nola) Jarvis Bernard, 20, was booked with second-degree kidnapping, aggravated rape with a weapon and indecent behavior with a juvenile, according to Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office records. He is being held on $335,000 bond. Sun Jan 27 2002 15:56:06  Albany, Oregon Officials hope expanded DNA database will solve more crimes - (Oregonlive.com) Over the first decade the state collected about 19,000 DNA samples. Under the new rules passed by the last Legislature an additional 50,000 samples will be collected in the next six months. Sun Jan 27 2002 14:51:06  THEODORE "Ted" AMMON, 52 - unsolved October homicide East Hampton, New York Ammon's wife threatened him over phone: pal -- (New York Post) A former business associate of murdered millionaire Ted Ammon said that during an argument Ammon's widow Generosa made threats against him. Sun Jan 27 2002 14:41:16  Los Angeles, California Officer who helped symbolize LAPD scandal faces sentencing - (SacBee) Nino Floyd Durden went from cop to criminal when he robbed a suspect and framed an unarmed gang member who was paralyzed in a police shooting. On Monday, the officer who helped symbolize corruption in the LAPD is scheduled to be sentenced in Superior Court on six state charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice, perjury, grand theft and filing a false report. Sun Jan 27 2002 14:39:25  Sacramento, California Candlelight vigil marks one year since dog mauling incident - (SacBee) About 200 friends and supporters of Diane Whipple held a candlelight in a rain-soaked park Saturday to show they hadn't forgotten the popular woman mauled to death by dogs at her doorstep last year. Sun Jan 27 2002 13:20:14  Lacey Township, New Jersey Murder-suicide probe ongoing in Lacey Twp. - (PressofAtlanticCity) Authorities do not know what drove James Lambertson, 54, to shoot Robin Bloodgood, 44, and her 22-year-old son in her house at about 6 p.m. Friday, according to Gregory J. Sakowicz, a spokesman for Ocean County Prosecutor Thomas F. Kelaher. Sun Jan 27 2002 13:05:07  Ramsey County, Minnesota Woman pleads not guilty in courthouse gun case - (Star Tribune) A woman who says she forgot about the loaded gun in her briefcase pleaded not guilty Friday to carrying it into the Ramsey County Courthouse on Jan. 9. Ericka L. Moses, 33, of St. Paul, also known as Abyan Erika Musa, is scheduled for trial May 13 on the felony charge. Sun Jan 27 2002 12:31:56  Auburn, Washington Police seek clues to human skull -- (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Discovery of young woman's remains spurs check of missing-person files. Sun Jan 27 2002 10:21:23  GENE CATTANEO, 59 - photographed mammoth yard sale David Earl Reed, 61 - enraged over picture-taking Las Vegas, Nevada Photos key evidence in slaying -- (LV Review-Journal) Man took pictures in last moments of life on Thanksgiving Day; trial scheduled for April. Sun Jan 27 2002 09:42:24  JENNIFER and ABBY BLAGG - reported missing January 13 Grand Junction, Colorado Detectives narrow scenarios for missing mom, daughter -- (Denver Post) In the 10 weeks since Jennifer and Abby Blagg vanished from their comfortable suburban home, investigators have collected information from five states, sought advice from psychics as well as profilers, dealt with cruel pranksters and helpful tipsters and had dozens of conversations with the husband and father of the missing pair. Sun Jan 27 2002 09:34:00  CHRISTA WORTHINGTON, 46 - slain fashion writer Truro, Massachusetts Novelist hired for book on Truro case -- (The Boston Globe) Three weeks after fashion writer Christa Worthington's mysterious death, a book publisher has hired a novelist from Truro to write the town's tangled story of lovers, an inheritance, and a mother found slain in cold blood. Sun Jan 27 2002 09:30:29  Northeast Washington, D.C. 1st-Degree Murder Rejected In Slaying - (Washington Post) Walter T. Godbey, the Virginia contractor charged in the killing of America Online executive Douglas Small, will be tried for second-degree murder, a D.C. Superior Court judge decided yesterday. Sun Jan 27 2002 09:25:29  Louis Peyton Sr., 35 and son Louis Peyton Jr - went missing Jan. 16 Maumelle, Arkansas Ark. Father, Son Shot to Death - (JSOnline) A convicted murderer and his 5-year-old son were found shot to death Saturday, more than a week after they were reported missing. Police Chief Sam Williams said that while the investigation was continuing there was no indication a third person was involved. Sun Jan 27 2002 09:09:42  ASHLEY POND, 12 - vanished "under suspicious circumstances" Oregon City, Oregon Ashley Pond's family under investigation, search continues -- (KATU) While police prepare for the most extensive search yet for Ashley Pond, the Oregon City girl missing since January 9, authorities say Pond's family is still under investigation. Sat Jan 26 2002 23:35:34  Middletown, New York Malcolm X grandson charged in robbery, assault -- (Fox News) Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X who set a fire that killed his grandmother in 1997, has been arrested on robbery and burglary charges, police said. Sat Jan 26 2002 20:20:11  Fort Bragg, California Woman on 10,000-mile taxi ride held for psychiatric tests -- (Ananova) Police say Patricia Agness is undergoing a mental health evaluation after a disturbance at a hotel in northern California. Sat Jan 26 2002 19:49:55  Miss Cleo - Psychic Readers Network Johnstown, Pennsylvania Injunction issued against telephone psychic network -- (Nando Times) A judge has ordered the marketers behind television psychic Miss Cleo to stop calling customers who have asked not to be contacted and stop pressuring people to pay for calls they are disputing. Sat Jan 26 2002 19:38:34  KIMBERLY (35) BRADLEY (7) and JILL (5) CAMM - shot to death Sept. 28, 2000 David Camm, 36 - on trial Georgetown, Indiana Camm's mother-in-law testifies -- (Courier-Journal) She discusses her daughter's relationship with the former state trooper - and her granddaughter's soreness days before the triple murder occurred in Georgetown. Sat Jan 26 2002 19:09:26  Somerville, New Jersey Woman jailed for sex with 13-year-old boy -- (NJO News) Sheryl VanDyke, 36, of Bernardsville, showed little emotion Friday as she was handcuffed and led out of Superior Court Judge Edward M. Coleman's courtroom. Sat Jan 26 2002 18:50:53  Marilyn Lemak (Morrisey) 44 - convicted in the murders of Emily 6, Nicholas, 7, and Thomas, 3 DuPage County, Illinois Birkett undecided on Lemak penalty - (Chicago Tribune) DuPage County State's Atty. Joseph Birkett denied reports Friday that he has decided against pursuing the death penalty for Marilyn Lemak, a Naperville woman who was convicted in December of killing her three young children in 1999. Sat Jan 26 2002 18:45:01  Salisbury, North Carolina College football player dead, four others injured in shooting - (al.com) Darris Morris, 21, of Batesburg, S.C., died Friday night. He was a two-time, all-conference linebacker in the South Atlantic Conference. The shooting was sparked by an argument between students at Catawba and Livingstone College. Sat Jan 26 2002 18:41:45  SHEILA BELLUSH - slashed and shot to death in 1997 Allen Blackthorne, 46 - ex-husband convicted in murder-for-hire Sarasota, Florida Book chronicles quads' mom slaying -- (The Dallas Morning News) Hundreds of people turned out for a book event hosted by Ann Rule, a true crime writer promoting her new book — a novel based on the 1997 high-profile Sarasota murder of Sheila Bellush. Sat Jan 26 2002 18:38:21  Houston, Texas Former bookie faces murder charges - (Nando) A millionaire former bookie was arrested on murder-for-hire charges in relation to a 1997 case that landed a novice crime writer in jail for refusing to surrender her notes to prosecutors. Robert Angleton, 53, was indicted this week on charges of conspiracy to commit murder for hire, murder for hire and a firearms charge in the shooting death of his wife amid a bitter divorce battle. Sat Jan 26 2002 16:46:31  Pierce County, Washington Tacoma man, 69, sentenced to 68-1/2 years for murder, rape - (TRIBnet) A Pierce County judge Friday sentenced 69-year-old Ray Saunders to 68-1/2 years in prison for kidnapping, raping, robbing and murdering a woman who gave one of Saunders' friends a ride to his East Tacoma house after her car broke down. Superior Court Judge Sergio Armijo rejected prosecutors' request for a longer sentence but told the defendant, "No matter what I do with you, Mr. Saunders, you're being sentenced to life in prison." Sat Jan 26 2002 16:42:43  Randal Dooley, 7 - victim Marcia Dooley and Tony Dooley, - 2nd degree murder charge by child abuse Toronto, Ontario, Canada Jury told to ignore cousin's comment - (The Star) The judge in the Randal Dooley murder trial told the jury to ignore testimony blurted out in court yesterday. Audrey Ogle, cousin of accused child killer Marcia Dooley, testified she was told that Marcia had killed her stepson Randal. Sat Jan 26 2002 16:34:19  Hutchins, Texas DA: Mom sexually abused girl - (Dallas Morning news) The Hutchins woman who forced her 8-year-old girl to live in a closet with little or no food also sexually abused the child, prosecutors said Friday during the punishment phase of the trial of Barbara Atkinson. Sat Jan 26 2002 16:28:47  Robert Tulloch - planning to use insanity as a defense James Parker - agreed to plead guilty to a charge of accomplice to second-degree murder Hanover, New Hampshire Dartmouth Murders Trial to Begin - (JSOnline) Bob McCollum's celebration of his 76th birthday last January was interrupted when a woman burst through his door with horrific news. The retired doctor rushed about 100 yards to the home of Half and Susanne Zantop and found the butchered bodies of the Dartmouth College professors. Suspects write, meditate in jail as their town moves on year after murders - (Boston.com) People scarred by killings of Dartmouth professors hope trial will provide answers - (Boston.com) Timeline in Zantop murder case - (Boston.com) Sat Jan 26 2002 15:33:27  Wiley Eddie Wright, 60 - arrested on suspicion of murder Lemon Grove, California Deputies find woman's body in Lemon Grove home - (Union-Tribune) For more than a month, Ersa Ruby couldn't figure out the source of a rancid stench wafting into her back yard. The 61-year-old waitress got her answer Thursday. Sat Jan 26 2002 15:29:25  Stratford, Connecticut Man admits killing ex-girlfriend who was never reported missing - (Boston.com) A former town man walked into a police station in Arizona this week and confessed to killing a former girlfriend no one had ever reported missing, local police said. Luis ''the Boatman'' Castelare said he killed Diane Davis a decade ago. Sat Jan 26 2002 14:17:16  THEODORE AMMON - bludgeoned to death October 22, 2001 East Hampton, New York New hubby denies Ammon killing -- (NY Daily News) Nothing to do with mogul murder, he says from UK. Lover's spend spree -- (NY Daily News) Widow's boyfriend lived large, Long Island neighbour's say. Slay-case tail of woe -- (New York Post) Heiress Generosa Ammon left behind her children's beloved pooch, Buddy, when she moved to England because the dog was more attached to her slain husband. Sat Jan 26 2002 13:17:36 MICKEY and TRUDY THOMPSON - gunned down in 1988 Santa Ana, California Prosecutors will not seek death penalty in racing legend case -- (AP) If convicted, 56-year-old Michael F. Goodwin, a longtime suspect arrested in December, would face a maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Sat Jan 26 2002 12:45:00  KATHLEEN DURST - last seen in 1982 MORRIS BLACK - murdered and dismembered Robert Durst - to be extradited to Texas Easton, Pennsylvania Hurst dogged in PA -- (NY Daily News) As accused killer Robert Durst was led out of a courtroom after an extradition hearing yesterday, he was confronted by an old acquaintance who demanded, "Do the right thing. Tell me what you did to Kathie." Durst to face music in Texas -- (New York Post) Wearing classic charcoal-gray, huge glasses and Converse All-Star sneakers, cross-dressing millionaire Robert Durst yesterday waived extradition to Texas to face charges of beheading and carving up an elderly neighbor. Sat Jan 26 2002 11:26:23  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Three dead, one injured in Pittsburgh restaurant shooting - (Boston.com) Witnesses said the gunmen appeared to be targeting a man in a wheelchair, Thomas Mitchell, 31, who died in the attack. Also killed were Parrish Freeman, 35, and Taylor Coles, 8. A woman wounded in the attack was hospitalized in serious condition Saturday. Sat Jan 26 2002 11:22:22  Laird Stanard, 19 - serving 25 years for killing his mother White River Junction, Vermont Youth who killed mom tries to tie it to her pre-natal drug use - (Boston.com) Paula Easton-Stanard's cocaine and alcohol use during her pregnancy nearly 20 years ago could have caused her teen-age son to kill her, two psychologists have told a judge. Sat Jan 26 2002 09:21:27 CHRISTA WORTHINGTON, 46 - unsolved January 6 homicide Truro, Massachusetts Book will examine murder in Truro -- (Cape Cod Times) Author Maria Flook signs with Random House to tell the story of Christa Worthington. Cops quiz ex-hooker's beau about Truro slaying -- (Boston Herald) Investigators probing the brutal murder of a Truro fashion writer have twice gone to a Hub jail to question the boyfriend of a former hooker linked to the victim's father, a source said. 'Smoking gun' proves elusive for murder investigators -- (The Cape Codder) As the Christa Worthington murder investigation moves into its third week, police are still not releasing any details on the crime or pointing their finger at any possible suspects. |
