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Mon Mar 11 2002 07:23:47  VIGIL OF HOPE Modesto, California 300 attend vigil for missing people -- (The Modesto Bee) More than 300 people gathered under a gray sky in Modesto on Saturday to help heal the wounds of losing a loved one or offer hope to those close to someone who is missing. Mon Mar 11 2002 07:18:55  Payette, Idaho Man facing attempted-murder charge says he's 'not violent man' -- (The Oregonian) Michael John "Cowboy" Braae is charged with attempted murder in Washington state and is being investigated in the deaths or disappearances of four Northwest women. Sun Mar 10 2002 16:44:43  Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Osmar guilty - verdict comes down Saturday night -- (TB Source) The jury in the Timothy Lloyd Osmar trial has found the Thunder Bay man to be guilty of two first degree murder charges in connection with the deaths of Raymond Greenwood and Theodore Keeper back in 1998. Both men were stabbed and beaten. Sun Mar 10 2002 16:27:04  Spring Mountains, Nevada Man found dead at campsite -- (LV Review-Journal) Hikers who stumbled upon a remote Spring Mountains campsite Saturday discovered women's lingerie, a machete and a shovel near a car containing a decomposed male body, prompting police to comb the vicinity for evidence of a female slaying victim. Sun Mar 10 2002 16:10:55  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Forensic psychiatrist's book chronicles mental illness of Canadian killers -- (CP) The Canadian justice system needs fundamental change to crack down on offenders trying to take advantage of the insanity defence and provide more humane sentencing for the truly mentally ill, says a leading forensic psychiatrist. Sun Mar 10 2002 15:52:28  DANIELLE VAN DAM case Sabre Springs, California 900 tips recieved in search for Danielle -- (SD Union-Tribune) Public desperate to help solve case, police say. Sun Mar 10 2002 09:26:29  Fayetteville, North Carolina Man charged with killing wife of Green Beret serving in Afghanistan -- (Nando Times) John Lennon Wood, 20, of Fayetteville was charged with first-degree murder Saturday in the death of Angie Mosden, 40. Sun Mar 10 2002 08:35:16  MIRANDA GADDIS, 13 - last seen Friday morning ASHLEY POND, 12 - last seen January 9 Oregon City, Oregon Police look for second missing girl -- (The Oregonian) Beth Anne Steele, FBI spokeswoman, described Miranda and Ashley as friends, and said agents are investigating the "obvious similarities" in the cases. The girls attend Gardiner Middle School and are both on the school's dance team. Authorities said they don't have evidence the cases are linked, but fear they could be. Sat Mar 9 2002 16:31:07  Darrell Wayne Condit, 50 - sought by police Fort Lauderdale, Florida FBI seeking Rep. Gary Condit's younger brother -- (Nando Times) The FBI issued an arrest warrant for Rep. Gary Condit's younger brother on charges that he fled Florida to avoid prosecution. Sat Mar 9 2002 13:21:34  Durham, North Carolina No closure for family of man slain in 1984 -- (Herald-Sun) It’s a case containing elements fit for a script straight out of Hollywood. It involves a rocky romance, a $5,000 payoff to hitmen and an execution-style homicide with no apparent motive and little or nothing for investigators to go on. But for the family of Linwood Allen Addison, his murder is a grim reality they have been coping with since he was killed 18 years ago today. Sat Mar 9 2002 12:37:26  Broomfield, Colorado Genius mom admits to making errors -- (abc NEWS) A woman who has acknowledged that she falsified records to help her 8-year-old son gain fame as a genius with an IQ test score of 298 has admitted in court she created an "injurious environment" for her child. Sat Mar 9 2002 09:10:14  Newport, Oregon Convicted killer Longo's pen pal -- (The Oregonian) A Salem inmate convicted of murdering three women has begun a correspondence with Christian Longo, the 28-year-old accused of killing his wife and three young children off the Oregon coast late last year. Sat Mar 9 2002 08:38:15  ASHLEY POND, 12 - vanished in January MIRANDA GLADDIS, 13 - last seen Friday morning Oregon City, Oregon Second girl missing from apartment complex -- (Oregon Live) Police went door-to-door here looking for a teen-age girl who never showed up at school Friday. Sat Mar 9 2002 00:37:33  KATIE POIRIER, 19 - abducted from convenience store Donald Blom - convicted of first-degree murder Carlton, Minnesota Donald Blom asks for new trial -- (Star Tribune) Donald Blom has requested a new trial on claims his attorneys were ineffective and publicity prevented him from getting a fair trial in the kidnapping and murder of Moose Lake clerk Katie Poirier. Sat Mar 9 2002 00:26:34  Gosnells, West Australia Body found under back yard slab -- (The West Australian) Human remains have been found under a freshly laid concrete slab in the backyard of the home of a Gosnells woman missing since last Friday. Fri Mar 8 2002 17:57:13  Reno, Nevada Man gets life in day-care abuse -- (abc NEWS) A man who molested at least nine toddlers at the day-care center where he worked and videotaped scores of the sex acts was sentenced Friday to 14 life terms. Fri Mar 8 2002 15:14:45 Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Judge bans publication of search warrant involving Pickton -- (The Oregonian) A provincial court judge banned publication Friday of a 1997 search warrant involving Robert Pickton, charged with murder in Vancouver's notorious missing-women case. Fri Mar 8 2002 13:23:55  Olympia, Washington Police make arrest in 29-year-old murder case using DNA -- (The Oregonian) Recent DNA evidence from the Washington State Patrol Crime Lab led to the arrest of 55-year-old William E. Cosden Jr. in the November 1973 death of 14-year-old Katherine Devine. Fri Mar 8 2002 09:47:52  DANIELLE VAN DAM, 7 - kidnapped and murdered David Westerfield, 50 - charged and held without bail San Diego, California Feldman calls jailhouse visit outrageous -- (KFMB) Attorneys for the man charged with Danielle van Dam's death are heading to court Friday morning. David Westerfield's attorney Steven Feldman is again asking the judge to issue a gag order in the case. Detectives take heat for attempt at interviews -- (SD Union-Tribune) Two San Diego police detectives who tried to contact David Westerfield in jail last week violated what legal experts said is a long-established principle in the law. Thur Mar 7 2002 17:59:16  LOIS McMILLEN, 34 - murdered on the beach British Virgin Islands New rap for aquitted beau in murder rap -- (New York Post) A New York publishing heir acquitted of his ex-gal pal's grisly murder in the British Virgin Islands is set to be reindicted for the killing, sources told The Post. Thur Mar 7 2002 16:45:13  New Albany, Indiana Camm takes stand in murder trial -- (The Louisville Connection) Camm, a former Indiana State Police trooper, is charged with killing his wife, Kimberly, and his two children, Bradley and Jill, in their Georgetown, Ind., house in September 2000. Thur Mar 7 2002 16:20:41  Louisville, Kentucky Bones identified as Radcliff woman -- (WLKY) Officials have made an identification on human bones found near Valhalla Golf Club in January. The bones belong to Mary Plumblee-Zambounis, a Radcliff, Ky., woman who police believe was murdered in December 1999. Thur Mar 7 2002 16:07:13  Fort Worth, Texas Driver charged in bizarre hit-and-run -- (z-wire) A Fort Worth driver faced charges Thursday of hitting a pedestrian with her car and then leaving his body impaled in the windshield for two or three days as he pleaded for help and died in her garage. Thur Mar 7 2002 15:41:55  Raleigh, North Carolina Judge: Lawyer must break attorney-client privilege in arsenic poisoning case -- (WRAL) A judge ruled Thursday that attorney Richard Gammon must provide the court in a sealed affidavit information from his conversations with Derril Willard, one of the key players in the case of poisoned UNC researcher Eric Miller. Thur Mar 7 2002 15:35:26  St. Louis, Missouri Catholic church computer seized in child porn probe -- (Fox News) A computer was seized at a suburban St. Louis Catholic church rectory as part of a child pornography investigation, an official for the St. Louis Archdiocese confirmed Thursday. Thur Mar 7 2002 13:35:12  San Francisco, California Malcolm X's family angry over auction -- (Nando Times) An auction house is planning to sell off a collection of speeches, journals and notes written by Malcolm X, a decision that has alarmed scholars and angered his family. Thur Mar 7 2002 10:16:22  Dardanelle, Arkansas Child found, mom in jail -- (The Courier) The Russellville mother of a 1 1/2-year-old boy, originally reported abducted Tuesday night to Yell County Sheriff's authorities, was arrested Wednesday and remains in the Yell County Jail in Dardanelle. Thur Mar 7 2002 09:02:31  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Police fear bombing of tattoo parlor related to biker gang war -- (AP) Police suspect that the firebombing of a South Philadelphia tattoo parlor on Tuesday was the latest volley in a running battle between the Pagans and Hell's Angels motorcycle gangs. Wed Mar 7 2002 08:02:06 DANIELLE VAN DAM case Sabre Springs, California Police tried to talk with Westerfield without his attorney -- (nbc7) San Diego police captain confirmed Wednesday that two detectives tried to talk with the man accused of killing Danielle van Dam when his lawyer was not present to represent him. A tragic discovery -- (Newsweek) The hunt for Danielle van Dam has ended. Now a new search begins: for the motive behind her murder. Detectives' bid to visit Westerfield protested -- (SD Union-Tribune) A San Diego police spokesman acknowledged the incident yesterday and called the detectives' behavior "inappropriate." Thur Mar 7 2002 07:57:36  CHANDRA LEVY, 24 - missing intern Washington, DC and Modesto, California Levys hold hope after Condit loss -- (Newsday) The morning after Rep. Gary Condit's first political defeat, Chandra Levy's parents said they hope he will keep his pledge to help investigators find their missing daughter. Thur Mar 7 2002 07:38:13  Seattle, Washington Two other '80s killings not linked to Ridgway -- (Seattle Times) King County Sheriff Dave Reichert yesterday said DNA evidence taken from the bodies of two women found in the 1980s does not match that of Gary Leon Ridgway. Wed Mar 6 2002 13:30:49  Newport, Oregon Judge keeps records sealed in Longo case -- (Oregon Live) Circuit Court Judge Robert Huckleberry's order, posted Monday, came in response to a motion filed last month by The Oregonian. The newspaper sought to have Longo's arrest warrant unsealed along with affidavits and other documents related to the search of his Newport apartment and vehicle. Wed Mar 6 2002 12:17:21  CHRISTA WORTHINGTON, 46 - unsolved homicide Truro, Massachusetts Police maintain silence on Truro murder probe -- (The Cape Codder) It’s been two months since Christa Worthington, was found dead of in her Depot Road home, with her 2-year-old daughter, Ava, by her side. Ex-hooker: Police have new suspect in Truro slaying -- (Boston Herald) A drug-addicted ex-hooker questioned in the January slaying of a Truro fashion writer was back in court yesterday with the victim's father and said investigators on the murder case have a new suspect, a courthouse source said. Wed Mar 6 2002 10:00:26  Medford, Oregon Inmates find cigarettes scarce but plenty of things to smoke -- (The Oregonian) Forced to give up cigarettes, desperate inmates are smoking anything they can get their hands on, and discovering that pages ripped from the Bible make excellent rolling paper, jail officials say. Wed Mar 6 2002 09:28:51 Andras Pandy, 74, and daughter Agnes, 44 - facing life in prison Brussels, Belgium Belgian jury convicts pastor and daughter in bizarre murder case -- (Nando Times) In a murder trial without bodies, a jury found a self-styled pastor and his daughter guilty Tuesday of killing a half dozen family members and dissolving the remains in drain cleaner. Wed Mar 6 2002 08:22:31  Memphis, Tennessee Report: Crash did not kill woman who died in flaming car -- (Fox News) A state Highway Patrol report released Tuesday confirmed a driver's license examiner charged in a bogus license scheme was not killed by the impact of her car ramming into a utility pole last month. Tues Mar 5 2002 23:50:51  Seattle, Washington Sheriff: Ridgway had access to 100 cars -- (The Oregonian) Investigators hope to track down 100 vehicles that Gary Ridgway may have used over the past two decades and scour them for clues to the deaths and disappearances of at least 49 women, King County Sheriff Dave Reichert said Tuesday. Tues Mar 5 2002 21:00:14  Provincetown, Massachusetts Dune slay victim a mystery once more -- (Boston Herald) One of the state's oldest unsolved murders grew more mysterious yesterday when DNA results revealed that the identity of the so-called Lady of the Dunes is not who officials long suspected. Tues Mar 5 2002 15:45:31  Leesburg, Virginia Slain scientist's daughter arrested -- (abc NEWS) Three months after DNA scientist Robert Schwartz was stabbed to death with a 2-foot sword and left with a ritualistic-looking X carved in the back of his neck, the case has turned out be less exotic than investigators thought, but chilling nonetheless. Tues Mar 5 2002 14:51:08  London, England Axeman gets four life sentences -- (BBC) A man has been given four life sentences for repeatedly slashing his former lover with an axe and possessing an arsenal of loaded weapons. Tues Mar 5 2002 13:19:46  South Brunswick, New Jersey Estranged husband accused of killing wife -- (NJO News) A man who had been ordered to stay away from his wife allegedly waited for her outside their home and stabbed her to death, then called police to say she had committed suicide. Tues Mar 5 2002 13:09:27  LARRY McNANNEY, 53 - killed with horse tranquilizer Elisa McNabney, 35 - linked to murder by autopsy results Sacramento, California Federal warrant issued for murdered lawyer's wife -- (KCRA) A federal warrant was issued Monday night for the arrest of the wife of a Sacramento lawyer found murdered in a shallow grave. Tues Mar 5 2002 12:54:02  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Two suspects arrested in Winnipeg in shooting 10 days ago of Mountie -- (CP) Daniel Courchene and Michael Regamy are accused of shooting RCMP Constable Mike Templeton, who is recovering in hospital from a gunshot wound to his face. Tues Mar 5 2002 12:47:12  Everett, Washington Mother pleads guilty in crash that killed daughter -- (The Oregonian) A woman accused of shoplifting who fled from a store and got into a crash, killing her young daughter, has entered a modified guilty plea to vehicular homicide. Tues Mar 5 2002 10:35:29  KATHLEEN PETERSON - Nor-Tel exec slain in December Michael Peterson - >i>indicted by grand jury for wife's murder Durham, North Carolina Peterson tries to bar evidence -- (News & Observer) Attorneys for the writer accused of killing his wife file a motion saying police searches were improper. Peterson's lawyers attack police tactics, motive -- (Herald Sun) Police used false and misleading affidavits to get search warrants for the home and grounds of murder suspect Michael Peterson, defense lawyers contend. |
