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Mon Feb 25 2002 14:13:11  San Diego, California Westerfield to be arraigned for murder -- (KFMB) San Diego County District Attorney Paul Pfingst says despite the fact they have no body, they have concluded that Danielle van Dam is dead and will charge David Westerfield with murder as well as kidnapping. Mon Feb 25 2002 12:52:31  St. Louis, Missouri Five inmates escape from St. Louis jail - (SacBee) Police were searching for five inmates who escaped from a medium-security jail by sneaking through the ceiling of a shower stall and using a sheet to scramble over a barbed-wire fence. Mon Feb 25 2002 12:49:35  Burlingame, California Woman arrested in stabbing death of son - (SacBee) Police arrested a Donna Anderson, 49, on suspicion of killing the 13-year-old boy at his father's house in Burlingame Sunday. Anderson lived with her son in Shoreview, Minn., a suburb of the Twin Cities. Mon Feb 25 2002 10:56:11  Miami, Florida 81-year-old charged with Ecstasy smuggling -- (Reuters) An 81-year-old woman in a wheelchair was arrested at Miami International Airport on charges of trying to smuggle nearly 10,000 Ecstasy tablets into the United States, Customs inspectors said on Friday. Mon Feb 25 2002 10:50:26  London, England Axeman to be quizzed over murders -- (This is London) Detectives want to interview an axeman over the torso murders of two women and the disappearance of two others after his conviction on arms offences. Mon Feb 25 2002 10:07:02  COSTAS CHRISTOFI, 55 - shot to death February 14 Flemington, New Jersey Ex-NBA star turns himself in -- (Fox News) Former NBA star Jayson Williams turned himself in to police Monday and may be charged with manslaughter in the shooting of a limousine driver at his mansion. Mon Feb 25 2002 09:51:22  Lynnwood, Washington Jurors visit grave of mail-order bride - (Las Vegas Sun) Jurors who convicted a man of murder in the death of his mail-order bride wept as they brought potted plants to her parents and flowers to her grave. Mon Feb 25 2002 07:38:59  MARYJANE, ZACHARY, SADIE and MADISON LONGO - murder victims Christian Longo - arrested and awaiting trial Newport, Oregon Always a step ahead - until the end -- (Ann Arbor News) Murder suspect wove a tapestry of deceit. Mon Feb 25 2002 07:27:10  MATTHEW MARGOLIES, 13 - unsolved 1984 homicide Greenwich, Connecticut A possible break in the Margolies case? -- (MathewMargolies.com) A source in the Port Chester Police Department revealed that a retired detective from the department will be speaking with detectives of the Greenwich Police Department on Monday, February 25th, regarding an arrest of a former PCPD officer on charges of pedophilia in Texas. Mon Feb 25 2002 07:21:46  DANIELLE VAN DAM, 7 - abducted and still missing David Westerfield, 50 - arrested for kidnapping and burglary Sabre Springs, California Legal experts discuss van Dam case -- (KFMB) Detectives handling this case admit no motive has been established yet. However, new evidence or information may turn up as court proceedings go ahead. Westerfield likely to face charge of murder -- (SD Union-Tribune) Authorities believe 7-year-old Danielle is dead, source says. Kidnapping suspect to be arraigned Tuesday -- (North County Times) We are kind of doing a methodical search and our direction is now East County," said Diane Halfman, the center's director. Local restaurant holds fundraiser -- (KFMB) Volunteers continued to search for seven-year-old Danielle in a section of Borrego Springs on Sunday. Mon Feb 25 2002 07:10:40  Burlingame, California Stabbing death -- (abc NEWS) Police arrested a Minnesota woman on suspicion of stabbing her 13-year-old son to death at his father's house Sunday. Sun Feb 24 2002 23:58:27  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fingerprints Challenged in Court - (Newsday) On Monday, federal prosecutors will try to persuade U.S. District Judge Louis H. Pollak to reverse his recent decision barring experts from testifying about whether a fingerprint taken from a crime scene matches a defendant. If the judge doesn't change his mind, the decision could change the way forensic evidence is gathered and presented in court. Sun Feb 24 2002 23:51:39  Houston, Texas Suspected abductor of child is arrested - (Houston Chronicle) A man accused of abducting and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old Houston girl was arrested Sunday after he let the child go into a Stafford store and waited for her outside, police said. Sun Feb 24 2002 21:05:58  Youngstown, Ohio Tip gives clues in 1981 slaying - (DDN) Samuel Fossesca has been indicted in Mahoning County on charges of aggravated murder and murder in the April 1981 killing of Joseph DeRose Jr. DeRose, 32, was a rival of reputed mob figure Joseph ‘‘Little Joey’’ Naples, according to The Vindicator. Sun Feb 24 2002 18:49:07  New York Hells Angels member charged with murder after biker gang melee - (nj.com) An alleged member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang faced a murder charge and more than 70 other people were in custody on Sunday after a wild melee involving a rival gang at a Long Island convention hall. Sun Feb 24 2002 18:41:27  Alexandria Township, New Jersey Report: Victim's kin want answers in limo driver's death - (Boston.com) Relatives of a limousine driver found fatally shot at former basketball star Jayson Williams' estate are angry that the death was initially reported as a suicide.''If it was a suicide, they could have sent a card or a bouquet, but there was no comment, nothing from them,'' Costas Christofi's nephew, Chris Adams, told the New York Daily News for Sunday's editions. Sun Feb 24 2002 17:21:09  Salt Lake City, Utah Police quell unruly crowd at Olympics - (Nando) Police in riot gear used foam-tipped bullets to scatter an unruly crowd outside a downtown beer garden early Sunday on the last weekend of the Winter Games. Twenty people were arrested, but no major injuries were reported. Sun Feb 24 2002 17:06:47  Charles County, Maryland In One Family, Five Children, Three Deaths - (Washington Post) The first 911 call came on Christmas Eve 1995. A young couple in the planned community of St. Charles in Southern Maryland told authorities they had found their baby dead in her crib. The second call came in July 1997. The third call came Sept. 5. Law enforcement sources said the parents have described the three deaths as accidental. Michael Norman, 28, declined through his attorneys to be interviewed for this article. Sun Feb 24 2002 14:45:36 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fingerprints challenged in court -- (abc NEWS) Ninety-one years after fingerprint evidence was first presented in an American courtroom, its reputation as an infallible forensic tool is under attack in a court challenge that could change how criminal cases are tried. Sun Feb 24 2002 14:35:34  Throckmorton, Texas Three children, father die in Texas murder-suicide -- (Nando Times) A recently divorced father who was returning his three young children to their mother after a visit shot the children to death as they sat in his car outside their mother's house, then committed suicide, authorities said. Sun Feb 24 2002 14:24:01  Portland, Oregon Hinton arrested without incident in Grant County -- (The Oregonian) Almeron "Willie" Hinton, the unemployed logger accused of killing his parents and injuring a state police trooper in a shoot-out last week, was arrested late Saturday after he drove his pickup truck through the Grant County Jail, said Sheriff Glenn Palmer. Sun Feb 24 2002 12:06:46  Los Angeles, California Juror Relief May Turn to Grief - (LA Times) The Los Angeles County district attorney's chronic failure to be ready for trials on time threatens the effectiveness of the popular "one-trial" jury system, scheduled to expand to the largest courthouses downtown next month, top legal officials say. Sun Feb 24 2002 11:46:43  DANIELLE VAN DAM, 7 - abducted, still missing David Westerfield, 49 - arrested for kidnapping and burglary Sabre Springs, California Arrest of neighbor rouses many to join search for girl -- (SD Union-Tribune) Hundreds of volunteers hunt desert, forest to find Danielle. Sun Feb 24 2002 10:08:58  Newark, New Jersey New N.J. law eliminates statute of limitations when DNA is found -- (NJO News) Leave part of your genetic code behind at a crime scene in New Jersey, and you are never off the hook. Sun Feb 24 2002 09:15:29  Brooksville, Florida No body makes murder tough sell -- (St. Petersburg Times) The statute of limitations and spousal privilege make solving 3-year-old Megan LeeAnn Pratt's disappearance tough on prosecutors. Sat Feb 23 2002 22:53:52  Trenton, New Jersey Prosecutor won't say whether Williams plans to surrender in shooting -- (NJO News) A prosecutor on Saturday would not confirm a report that former basketball star Jayson Williams had arranged to surrender to authorities and face a manslaughter charge in a shooting death at his estate. Sat Feb 23 2002 21:42:23  White Lake Township, Michigan Ebay figurines seller disappears amid police, FBI probe of alleged fraud - (Boston.com) The customers say their purchases from a December online auction were never delivered by the seller, Stewart Richardson, 60, who disappeared Jan. 17, police said. Sat Feb 23 2002 21:39:23  Plainview, New York One killed, several injured in gang fight at biker expo - (Boston.com) One man was killed and at least 10 others were injured when rival motorcycle gangs armed with daggers, baseball bats and a machine gun clashed at the Hellraiser Ball, an indoor motorcycle and tattoo expo, authorities said. Sat Feb 23 2002 20:49:20 John William Roland III, 33 - was serving a life sentence for murder when he escaped last Sunday Huntsville, Texas Authorities: Texas killer arrested at N.C. motel - (CNN) Authorities on Saturday captured an escaped Texas murderer at a North Carolina motel, almost a week after he overpowered a corrections officer and fled in a pickup truck. Sat Feb 23 2002 19:15:41  Sharon Bloom - murder victim Rice County, Minnesota Suspect in 3M worker's death says he lost memory of that time - (Star Tribune) Stephan Zanter, 46, testified in Rice County District Court in Faribault this week that he lost his memory in mid-December 2000. After waking up in a St. Paul hospital, "I asked why I was there, and I was told that I had fallen, I was intoxicated," he testified, according to court transcripts. Sat Feb 23 2002 18:02:15  Camden County, New Jersey South Jersey teen charged with six slayings - (Philly.com) County Prosecutor Lee Solomon described the crimes -- all committed with the same gun -- as "chilling." He refused to release the identity of the suspect, arrested without incident last night, because he is a juvenille. The boy is facing six counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree attempted murder. Sat Feb 23 2002 17:07:08  Baltimore, Maryland Woman says she was stuck with syringe at store - (Sunspot) A Baltimore woman was treated at Harbor Hospital this week after she said she was stuck with a syringe in the pocket of a pair of jeans she was trying on at a Wal-Mart in Glen Burnie, authorities said yesterday. Sat Feb 23 2002 16:04:07  New York Elevator glitch leads to rape horror - (NY Daily News) A 35-year-old woman on her way to a prestigious Manhattan music school was savagely beaten and raped in the building when her elevator opened on the wrong floor, police said yesterday. Sat Feb 23 2002 15:02:20  DANIELLE VAN DAM, 7 - abducted and still missing David Westerfield, 49 - arrested yesterday Sabre Springs, California Blood found on clothes, in motorhome -- (KFMB) Police said Friday that child pornography was found in his home. Despite arrest, search continues -- (SignOnSanDiego) Hundreds of volunteers joined the search Saturday for a missing 7-year-old girl even as an arrest and the discovery of bloodstained evidence lent an increasingly grim sense to the task. Neighbour arrested in missing girl case -- (North County Times) The 49-year-old, self-employed design engineer was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and first-degree burglary and is being held without bail. Residents react to news of arrest -- (North County Times) News that a neighbor had been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping 7-year-old Danielle van Dam moved quickly Friday through the upscale community that is her home. Danielle webpage The Van Dam Family Is offering a $25,000 Reward for Information Leading to the Return of Danielle. Includes updates for media. Sat Feb 23 2002 14:21:39  Charlotte, North Carolina Jailed ex-NFL pro spends 10 days in solitary after fight over a pen - (Oregon Live) Former pro football player Rae Carruth, who was convicted last year of plotting the murder of his pregnant girlfriend, spent 10 days in solitary confinement after a prison fight over a pen. Sat Feb 23 2002 13:44:56  San Fernando Valley, California Valley man gets 432 years for crime spree - (LA Times) Steven Maurice Miko, 38, was sentenced to 17 consecutive terms of 25 years to life plus seven years for a 11/2-month crime spree that ended in April 2000 with a massive manhunt in North Hills. Sat Feb 23 2002 13:34:15  Danielson, Connecticut State rests case in Torres murder trial - (Boston.com) Renowned forensic scientist Henry C. Lee presented his reconstruction of the 1998 death of a Willimantic newspaper girl in Superior Court Friday as the state rested its case in the capital felony trial of the man accused of killing her. Sat Feb 23 2002 11:46:08  Andrea Pia Yates' capital murder trial Houston, Texas Doctor: Yates had satanic delusions - (AZcentral) Less than 24 hours after police arrested Yates last summer in the drowning deaths of her five children, she met with Dr. Melissa Ferguson in the Harris County Jail and described a series of complicated, irrational beliefs that hinged on her children being killed so they could be saved and go to heaven, Dr. Ferguson said. Yates believed children doomed - (Houston Chronicle) Case Coverage - (Houston Chronicle) Sat Feb 23 2002 11:39:02  KATHLEEN PETERSON, 48 - died December 9 from headblow Michael Peterson, 58 - indicted for murder Durham, North Carolina Scientific evidence key to Peterson case - (News Observer) An autopsy report that says Kathleen Peterson was beaten to death might sound like the last word, but to lawyers it's just the beginning of what promises to unfold as a battle of scientific experts. See the Kathleen Peterson autopsy report - (Herald Sun) Peterson Attorney Talks About Release Of Autopsy Photos - (WRAL) Full case coverage - (News Observer) |
