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Sat Feb 23 2002 11:16:13  Adair Garcia, 30 - expected to be arraigned as early as Monday Los Angeles, California Father arrested in asphyxiation deaths of five children - (SacBee) Authorities arrested a Pico Rivera man shortly after his release from a Whittier hospital for allegedly killing five of his children by lighting a charcoal grill in the family living room. Sat Feb 23 2002 10:00:08  Slidell, Louisiana Woman may face death in abuse case -- (Nola) A 44-year-old woman is facing a possible death sentence for her alleged role in the death of a 10-year-old relative found emaciated, beaten and unconscious on the floor of her Slidell home last month. Sat Feb 23 2002 09:15:40  Miami, Florida Estafan stalker trouble -- (E! Online) It wasn't exactly the rhythm of the night that moved authorities to arrest a Venezuelan actor accused of stalking Gloria Estefan and her music mogul husband, Emilio. Sat Feb 23 2002 08:42:09  DANIELLE VAN DAM, 7 - abducted three weeks ago and still missing David Westerfield, 49 - arrested yesterday for kidnapping Sabre Springs, California Van Dam neighbour had ben focus almost from start -- (SD Union-Tribune) Neighbors of missing girl react to arrest with relief, but still ask: 'Where is she?' -- (SD Union-Tribune) 'A trial dog': Defense attorney in girl's kidnapping case is widely respected for his relentless legal tactics -- (SD Union-Tribune) DNA use has gone from controversial to common -- (SD Union-Tribune) Klaas offers suggestions to protect children -- (SD Union-Tribune) Fri Feb 22 2002 22:37:37  Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Man arrested, charged with murder in case of Vancouver missing women -- (CP) RCMP said Friday night that Robert William Pickton has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Fri Feb 22 2002 22:22:03  DANIELLE VAN DAM, 7 - still missing Sabre Springs, California Danielle's blood found on neighbour's clothing -- (The San Diego Channel) Police: Westerfield linked without a doubt. Police say neighbour kidnapped Danielle -- (NBC) Police Chief David Bejarano said that even though Danielle has not been found, forensic evidence conclusively links Westerfield to the disappearance. Police Chief David Bejarano said that even though Danielle has not been found, forensic evidence conclusively links Westerfield to the disappearance. Fri Feb 22 2002 20:36:42  Nathaniel Bar-Jonah - charged with molesting three young boys, also is charged with kidnapping and murdering 10-year-old Zachary Ramsay Butte, Montana Lawyers suggest falsehoods in Bar-Jonah case - (Billings Gazette) Defense attorneys on Thursday tried to downplay testimony from three boys who say a neighbor molested them, suggesting that police may have coerced false statements from the youths during interviews. Pains send Bar-Jonah to hospital - (Great Falls Tribune) Prosecutors add evidence, testimony in child-molestation case - (Boston.com) Fri Feb 22 2002 20:30:00  Noble, Georgia Judge defers decision on bail for Ga. crematory operator accused of discarding bodies - (AL.com) A judge declined to set bail Friday for the operator of a north Georgia crematory where nearly 300 decaying bodies have been discovered. Magistrate Judge Jerry Day said he would decide in the next few days whether Ray Brent Marsh should be eligible for bail. Fri Feb 22 2002 18:32:51  Seattle, Washington Man sentenced to 15 years in Mardi Gras death - (Seattle Times) A Seattle man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for the beating death of another man during a Mardi Gras riot one year ago in the city's Pioneer Square district. Jerrell Thomas, 18, was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Kristopher Kime, 20. Fri Feb 22 2002 17:17:16  Sacramento County, California Sacramento County puzzles over jail deaths - (SacBee) Last week's suicide of murder suspect Nikolay Soltys marked the eighth death in Sacramento County jails in 10 months, a figure a coroner's official says is "far above normal." Fri Feb 22 2002 17:14:53  Zantop Murders White Junction, Vermont Windsor County prosecutor says Parker will not face charges there - (Boston.com) The Windsor County state's attorney's office will not press charges against one of the teen-agers accused of killing two Dartmouth College professors. Fri Feb 22 2002 17:11:02  Providence, Rhode Island Carjacking murders accomplice testifies about victims' last moments - (Boston.com) In their last moments of life, Amy Shute and Jason Burgeson sat on a patch of dirt, huddled together, while their captors argued about what to do. While Raymond Anderson, triggerman Gregory Floyd and two others Samuel Sanchez and Harry Burdick have pleaded guilty, a fifth man Kenneth Day has pleaded innocent and has taken his case to trial. Fri Feb 22 2002 15:29:51  Andrea Pia Yates' capital murder trial Houston, Texas Jail Psychiatrist: Yates Had to Be Given Sedative - (Fox News) Dr. Melissa Ferguson said Yates had to be given a sedative while she was being assessed in the county jail's psychiatric unit June 21. A day earlier, she had called police to her Houston home, then told officers she drowned her children in a bathtub. Conviction could get her the death penalty. Prosecution Rests, Defense Begins In Yates Case - (Click2Houston) Case Coverage - (Houston Chronicle) Fri Feb 22 2002 14:06:58 RANDAL DOOLEY, 7 - victim Marcia and Tony Dooley - 2nd degree murder charge by child abuse Dooley suggested wife as possible killer - (The Star) Three days after his 7-year-old son died, Edward "Tony" Dooley told police the only person who could have caused the countless injuries to the boy was his wife Marcia, the child's murder trial has heard. 'I never killed my son': Tony Dooley - (The Star) If Marcia Dooley had anything to do with the death of her stepson Randal, the boy's father told police he wasn't going to be "taken down" with her, the child's murder trial has heard. It seems parents knew little of son - (The Star) Whatever a Superior Court of Justice jury eventually determines about guilt or its absence in the slow dying of 7-year-old Randal Dooley, a lesser tragedy becomes day by day more apparent in a Toronto courtroom - those on whom the boy depended seem hardly to have known him. Fri Feb 22 2002 13:49:50  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Murder witnesses in danger: Cops - (Toronto Sun) Police had a message yesterday for the friends of Justin Sheppard who witnessed his murder last summer -- if your consciences don't get to you, the killer just might. Fri Feb 22 2002 13:21:41  DANIELLE VAN DAM, 7 - abducted three weeks ago Sabre Springs, California Westerfield arrested in connection with van Dam abduction -- (KFMB) Westerfield was arrested shortly after leaving his attorney, Steven Feldmen's office in Golden Hill at 10:45 a.m. Friday. Police arrest Westerfield -- (San Diego Union-Tribune) Police today have arrested David Westerfield, 49, in connection with the disappearance of Danielle Van Dam. Van Dam neighbour arrested -- (NBC) Police Chief David Bejarano is scheduled to announce a significant development in the investigation at 12:30 p.m. They say they will not provide any details until then. Neighbour of missing California girl arrested -- (CNN) It was not immediately clear on what charges, if any, Westerfield has been arrested. Fri Feb 22 2002 12:19:05  CHANDRA ANN LEVY, 24 - missing Washington intern Fresno, California Condit's wife sues Enquirer $10 million demanded over 'untrue' story alleging run-in with Levy -- (SF Chronicle) Carolyn Condit, standing outside the Fresno federal courthouse accompanied by her son and two libel lawyers, said the article, headlined "Cops: Condit's wife attacked Chandra," was false and hurtful to the close-knit Condit family. Condit's wife sues Enquirer -- (The Modesto Bee) Carolyn Condit filed a $10 million libel lawsuit Thursday against National Enquirer Inc., claiming that the tabloid's report of a "heated phone screamfest" between her and Chandra Levy never happened. Fri Feb 22 2002 12:17:53  Huntsville, Texas Officials believe convicted killer hiding in Indiana - (Nando) A convicted killer who escaped from prison last weekend may have shopped at an Indiana Kmart some 850 miles away, but authorities said that he left the store five minutes before police arrived. Police say a man tried to use a credit card Thursday that John William Roland III is accused of stealing during the breakout. Fri Feb 22 2002 12:03:30  Las Vegas, Nevada Woman denies plot to kill her husband - (Las Vegas Sun) Metro Police arrested John Brian Ray, Susanne Carno's brother, Feb. 8 in connection with the slaying of Richard Carno, and detectives are still investigating allegations of a murder-for-hire plot. Fri Feb 22 2002 10:07:15  Durham, North Carolina DA denies different treatment for Peterson -- (Herald-Sun) Defense lawyers have accused Durham’s district attorney of saying one thing and doing another in the murder case against Michael Peterson, who is charged with killing his wife in the couple’s Forest Hills mansion Dec. 9. Sides spar over evidence -- (News & Observer) The defense and the prosecution in the Peterson case both say the other side is dragging its feet in showing its hand. Fri Feb 22 2002 09:46:02  DANIELLE VAN DAM, 7 - kidnapped from her bedroom Sabre Springs, California Search for girl goes south of border -- (San Diego Union-Tribune) The search for Danielle van Dam went into Mexico yesterday, and dozens of residents gathered at a local church last night to pray for the girl's return. Neighbors of missing girl finding it difficult to get back to normal -- (San Diego Union-Tribune) When Danielle van Dam disappeared from her home, neighbors in the Sabre Springs community focused on finding the 7-year-old and supporting her family. But now, 21 days after she was last seen, they yearn for a sense of normalcy. New leads and candlelight vigil raise hope in search for Danielle -- (KFMB) So far, they've come up empty handed. Fri Feb 22 2002 09:34:39  New Albany, Indiana Camm's in-laws react to trial -- (The Louisville Connection) Camm, a former Indiana State Police trooper, is charged with killing his wife, Kimberly, and their two children, Bradley and Jill, in their Georgetown, Ind., house in September 2000. Camm's lawyer opens defense, questions state troopers -- (Courier-Journal) Prosecutors rested their case against murder defendant David Camm yesterday after nearly six weeks of testimony about such things as blood stains found on his T-shirt and his romantic relationships with several women. Fri Feb 22 2002 08:56:47  John Day, Oregon Family stands by suspected killer -- (Oregon Live) As the hunt for an unemployed logger accused of killing his parents enters its fifth day Friday, some relatives insist Almeron William "Willie" Hinton must not be guilty. Two aunts and a cousin said they think that someone else shot Al Hinton, 76, and Arlene Hinton, 65, with a high-powered rifle at their home in Long Creek. Fri Feb 22 2002 08:56:21  Chad Brant Hagaman, 29 - charged with aggravated assault and battery Gwinnett County, Georgia Man strikes Gwinnett student in head with hammer; police charge man with two felonies - (Atlanta J-C) Police said a man walked into a Gwinnett County elementary school Thursday, selected a girl at random and struck her in the head with a hammer. Fri Feb 22 2002 08:52:46  Sylvan Hemingway - "I know that I like little boys" Allentown, Pennsylvania Sex offender sentenced to 50 to 100 years in prison - (Philly.com) A pedophile who met his young victims while selling used computers and Pokemon cards at a Richland Township flea market was sentenced to 50 to 100 years in prison. Fri Feb 22 2002 08:48:36  Lansdale, Pennsylvania Former mayoral candidate accused of killing own guide dog - (Philly.com) A legally blind former mayoral candidate accused of kicking and dragging his own guide dog to death was arraigned Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals. Thur Feb 21 2002 21:50:27 DANIELLE VAN DAM, 7 - kidnapped Sabre Springs, California Danielle search crosses south of the border -- (NBC7) Detectives headed across the border to look into one of the more than 500 tips authorities have received since the child's parents reported her missing on February 1st. Search for Danielle extends to Mexico -- (The San Diego Channel) Officers also search Coronado area. Search for Danielle van Dam shifts to Mexico -- (SignOnSanDiego) A high-ranking Mexican official said investigators searched for Danielle van Dam in a gritty Tijuana neighborhood close to the border crossing with San Diego. Klaas shares pain of loss with family of missing girl -- (San Diego Union-Tribune) Eight years later, Marc Klaas is still fueled by rage over the murder of his daughter by a twice-convicted kidnapper. "I could bash his brains out with a baseball bat and eat pizza over his quivering corpse," Klaas said during a recent visit to San Diego. Thur Feb 21 2002 21:15:41  Rochester, New York Woman convicted of shaking baby to death given 25 years to life - (Boston.com) A day care provider was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison for shaking a 2-year-old baby so hard it caused the child to die a day later. Defense attorney Karl Salzer said Rene Bailey would appeal the sentence, which is the maximum punishment allowed. Thur Feb 21 2002 19:49:11  John W. Mabie - charged with four counts of murder Toms River, New Jersey Four people dead in shooting in N.J. neighborhood - (Boston.com) A 70-year-old retired Newark police officer shot and killed his granddaughter at a relative's home before going from house to house on the street and killing three neighbors, police said. Thur Feb 21 2002 19:45:15  Norwalk, Connecticut Skakel case moved due to renovations - (ajc) The murder trial of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel will be held in Norwalk because a new courthouse in Stamford will not be ready, court officials said Thursday. Thur Feb 21 2002 18:55:50  Chicago, Illinois Cops seize $88 million cocaine stash - (Chicago Tribune) Police Supt. Terry Hillard announced the arrests of three Mexican nationals in connection with the seizure of 706 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated $88 million during a search of three homes Wednesday night. Thur Feb 21 2002 17:57:59  Raleigh, North Carolina Lawyer in arsenic poisoning case asked to break attorney-client privilege -- (WRAL) Richard Gammon represented Darril Willard, who police claim had some kind of relationship with Eric Miller's wife, Ann. Miller died from arsenic poisoning on Dec. 2, 2000. Willard committed suicide in his garage in January 2001 after police turned their investigation toward him and searched his house. Thur Feb 21 2002 17:18:18  ANDREA YATES - charged capital murder Houston, Texas Tears flow as video of Yates children's bodies shown to jurors - (Houston Chronicle) The photograph was projected onto a 7-foot-square screen on the wall as well as on a computer monitor directly in front of Yates at the defense table. Full Coverage - (Yahoo) Thur Feb 21 2002 17:09:04  New York Officials: WSJ reporter is dead - (AP) Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who was taken hostage a month ago by Islamic extremists in Pakistan, is dead, the State Department said Thursday. Two U.S. officials said, however, the FBI had obtained a videotape purportedly showing Pearl either dead or being killed, and is evaluating the tape's authenticity. Kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl dead - (nj.com) Bush, Bloomberg, officials, colleagues respond to journalist's death - (nj.com) Thur Feb 21 2002 16:49:17  CHANDRA LEVY, 24 - last seen April 30, 2001 Washington, D.C. Carolyn Condit files lawsuit -- (Modesto Bee) Carolyn Condit, wife of embattled Ceres Congressman Gary Condit, filed a $10 million lawsuit against the National Enquirer Thursday. In the lawsuit, Carolyn Condit contends the National Enquirer libeled her when it reported that she had verbally attacked Chandra Levy during a telephone conversation just days before Levy disappeared. Condit: Re-election could help Levy case -- (KCRA) Condit admitted that winning re-election will be difficult, but said his re-election could help in the effort to find missing intern Chandra Levy. Thur Feb 21 2002 15:19:07  Largo, Florida Evil Knievel ordered to leave ex alone -- (St. Petersburg Times) Living in a motor home, the retired daredevil appears for a domestic violence hearing. Thur Feb 21 2002 14:31:06 Andras Pandy and Agnes Pandy - father and daughter on trial for murders Brussels, Belgium Missing bodies make Pandy probe difficult -- (The Age) A father and daughter accused in the murder of six family members disposed of the bodies by dismembering them, dissolving them in acid and dumping the remains in trash bins and gutters, an investigator claimed today. Thur Feb 21 2002 13:10:03  VANCOUVER'S MISSING WOMEN Port Coquitlan, British Columbia, Canada 'Street is fighting back' in missing women case -- (Vancouver Sun) Police laud those who don't normally help for offering assistance to investigators. |
