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    Wed Oct 23 2002 15:32:56



    White Plains, New York
    Ice cream man charged with over 100 sex offenses -- (Fox News) A man who took jobs that involved working with children, including camp counselor, lifeguard and ice cream truck driver, was charged with more than 100 sex offenses.



    Wed Oct 23 2002 15:03:59



    The TOOGOOD case
    South Bend, Indiana
    Judge orders Madelyne Toogood to undergo counseling -- (Fox News) A woman caught on videotape beating her 4-year-old daughter must undergo counseling and take classes in parenting and rage control before she can regain custody of the child, a judge ordered Wednesday.



    Wed Oct 23 2002 14:28:50



    Banning, Ca
    16 year old Banning High School student stabbed to death --(KESQ)A mother and father found their 16 year old son dead inside the family's home in Banning over the weekend. Tonight, police say the boy was murdered. But they don't have any suspects.






    Wed Oct 23 2002 12:26:04



    The RILYA WILSON case
    Miami, Florida
    Caregiver's daughter denies fraud -- (abc NEWS) A daughter of one of Rilya Wilson's caregivers pleaded innocent Wednesday to fraud charges and said she doesn't know the missing girl's whereabouts.



    Wed Oct 23 2002 11:57:07



    The SNIPER case
    Angry missive complains of "ignored" calls -- (Washington Post) An angry letter found tacked to a tree behind a restaurant where the sniper wounded a man last weekend complained of six failed attempts to reach police, and threatened more killings -- of children in particular -- if millions of dollars were not deposited in a bank account within two days, according to law enforcement sources.



    Wed Oct 23 2002 10:46:07



    The TOOGOOD case
    Indiana
    Hearing today to address 4-year-old's fate -- (South Bend Tribune) Madelyne and John Toogood will hear today what they need to do to be reunited with their 4-year-old daughter, Martha.



    Wed Oct 23 2002 09:17:22



    The BAKLEY-BLAKE case
    Los Angeles, California
    Police collect items from Blake's house -- (AZ Central) Two .38-caliber revolvers, live ammunition and other items were recently recovered from inside a barn behind Robert Blake's Hidden Hills home by detectives looking for further evidence implicating the actor in his wife's murder, according to a police search-warrant affidavit released Tuesday.



    Wed Oct 23 2002 07:09:30



    The TAUZER case
    Bakersfield, California
    Susect arrested in D.A. death -- (UPI) A former district attorney's investigator was arrested Tuesday on charges he murdered a high-ranking California prosecutor who was also his boss and a close family friend.



    Wed Oct 23 2002 07:03:33



    The SHORT case
    Roanoke, Virginia
    Canadians return Bowman to N.C. -- (News&Record) Garrison Storm Bowman, the Mayodan carpenter sought for questioning since the August triple slaying of Jennifer Short and her family, may soon appear before a federal grand jury in Roanoke, Va.



    Tues Oct 22 2002 22:13:11



    New York
    Man charged in basement assaults -- (Fox News) A man raped and beat a woman he kept in a basement for a month along with her son, hitting her with a baseball bat and beating the boy when they tried to leave, prosecutors said Tuesday.



    Tues Oct 22 2002 20:40:18



    The ANNA CARDELFE case
    Freehold, New Jersey
    Mna pleads guilty to kidnapping girl -- (abc NEWS) Barry Sherman, 37, pleaded guilty to the Nov. 8, 2001, abduction of Anna Cardelfe, of Spring Lake, under a deal with prosecutors that could put him in prison for 25 years.



    Tues Oct 22 2002 17:11:53



    The BLANCHARD trial
    Marion, Indiana
    Trial begins in infant boy's death -- (The Indy Star) Prosecutor says father of baby found in trash bag in ditch also let victim's twin starve.



    Tues Oct 22 2002 16:55:59



    The SHORT case
    Virginia
    Local authorities interview Bowman in Short investigation -- (News&Record) Local authorities have interviewed Garrison Storm Bowman as part of their investigation into the triple slaying of a Virginia family.



    Tues Oct 22 2002 12:41:02



    The RILYA WILSON case
    Miami, Florida
    Police to quiz man over missing girl -- (abc NEWS) A relative of one of Rilya Wilson's caregivers pleaded guilty to theft and fraud charges Tuesday under a plea agreement that requires him to tell investigators everything he knows about the missing girl.



    Tues Oct 22 2002 12:05:22



    Hartland Township. Michigan
    Woman apparently drowns daughters -- (abc NEWS) A woman apparently drowned her two daughters and then shot herself to death, authorities say.



    Tues Oct 22 2002 11:43:30



    The SLAVEMASTER Trial
    Olathe, Kansas
    Robinson arranged illegal adoption, brother says -- (LJ World) Witness after witness revealed Monday that the only legitimate signatures on an adoption prepared by John E. Robinson Sr. were those of his brother and sister-in-law.



    Tues Oct 22 2002 11:31:50



    The TOOGOOD case
    LaGrange, Indiana
    Toogood arraigned on theft charge -- (Fox News) The woman accused of beating her daughter in an incident caught on security videotape and broadcast nationwide was arraigned on charges of taking fabric from a department store.



    Tues Oct 22 2002 00:37:05



    The KYNANDE BENNETT case
    Conway, South Carolina
    Vets to join search -- (WECT) Former members of the military are enlisting themselves in the search for missing four-year-old Kynande Bennett.



    Mon Oct 21 2002 20:57:23



    The DANIELLE JONES case
    England
    Danielle's lipgloss 'in uncle's loft' -- (BBC) A tube of lipgloss identical to one bought by missing schoolgirl Danielle Jones was found in her uncle's house, a court has heard.



    Mon Oct 21 2002 20:43:38



    The AMANDA "MILLY" DOWLER case
    England
    DNA tests identify Milly remains -- (BBC) DNA tests have confirmed that human remains found in Hampshire woodland are those of schoolgirl Amanda Dowler.



    Mon Oct 21 2002 20:27:48



    The BONNIE LEE BAKLEY case
    Los Angelkes, California
    Lawyers for Actor Robert Blake make another bid for bail -- (FOX News) The filing is the latest in a series of legal maneuvers aimed at freeing the former "Baretta" star, who remains jailed on charges of murder, conspiracy, solicitation to murder and the special circumstance of lying in wait in the killing of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley.



    Mon Oct 21 2002 18:04:13

    The AMERICAN BEAUTY case
    San Diego, California
    De Villers' brother tells of confronting Rossum -- (NBC San Diego) Days after Greg de Villers' death, his brothers confronted Kristin Rossum with doubts about the story she told police, the victim's younger brother testified Monday.



    Mon Oct 21 2002 18:00:12



    The RILYA WILSON case
    Miami, Florida
    Rilya caretaker on house arrest after posting $140,000 bond -- (Sun-Sentinel) Authorities have said they hoped the fraud arrests of the Grahams and Geralyn Graham's son and daughter would squeeze more information from them on Rilya.



    Mon Oct 21 2002 08:00:41

    The KING BROS. case
    Miami, Florida
    Rosie O'Donnell hires attorneys to represent boys in Florida murder case -- (FOX News) Former talk show host Rosie O'Donnell has hired a high-profile criminal attorney to help the two young brothers accused in the fatal beating of their father.



    Sat Oct 19 2002 20:51:53



    The PETERSON case
    Durham, North Carolina
    Judge warns attorneys of potential jury poisoning -- (WRAL) As attorneys bickered Friday over evidence in the high-profile murder case of novelist Mike Peterson, the judge warned that the disputes could result in poisoning potential jury pools when the trial starts next year.



    Sat Oct 19 2002 20:23:45



    The TOOGOOD case
    LaGrange, Indiana
    Madelyne Toogood charged with theft -- (Fox News) The woman accused of beating her daughter in an incident caught on security video and broadcast nationwide has been charged with stealing fabric from a department store.



    Sat Oct 19 2002 09:16:24



    Modesto, California
    Woman charged with abuse after husband dies from bite wounds -- (Fox News) A woman was charged with elder abuse after her husband died from bites police say she inflicted during an argument.



    Sat Oct 19 2002 08:32:37



    The SHORT case
    Bassett, Virginia and Yellowknife, N.W.T.
    Bowman cleared for deportation -- (WSLS) The man, investigators want to question in the Short murder case could be back in the U.S. any day.



    Fri Oct 18 2002 14:54:44



    Knoxville, Tennessee
    Man suspected in dismemberment case -- (abc NEWS) The mutilated bodies of two teenagers were found rotting in a storage unit, hours before an elderly man's headless body turned up 200 miles away, and police suspected the man's stepson in both cases.



    Fri Oct 18 2002 10:50:37



    The ZODIAC KILLER
    San Francisco, California
    Tracking the Zodiac -- (abc NEWS) The Zodiac Killer who terrorized San Francisco three decades ago with coded messages and taunts to police has never been found. But now new technology — DNA testing techniques he could not have imagined in 1969 — could be the killer's undoing.



    Fri Oct 18 2002 10:46:52



    The KYNANDE BENNETT case
    Conway, South Carolina
    Investigators "in no rush" to get test results in Kynande case -- (WECT) They're more concerned with finding Kynande, dead or alive, than with getting back the results or making a conviction.



    Fri Oct 18 2002 09:32:23



    Durham, North Carolina
    Peterson hearing scheduled for Friday afternoon -- (WRAL) The case of a Durham novelist accused of killing his wife returns to court Friday afternoon.



    Fri Oct 18 2002 09:20:28



    The SHORT case
    Bassett, Virginia and Yellowknife, N.W.T.
    Bowman effects will go to FBI -- (News&Record) A van and other belongings of Garrison Storm Bowman seized by Canadian police must be turned over to U.S. officials, a Canadian judge ruled Thursday in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.



    Fri Oct 18 2002 01:23:30



    The RILYA WILSON case
    Miami, Florida and Memphis, Tennessee
    2 friends contradict Rilya's caretaker -- (Miami Herald) Months before Geralyn Graham told police the Department of Children & Families took Rilya Wilson for medical tests and failed to return her, the girl's caretaker told two close friends she gave Rilya back to DCF because she didn't want her anymore.



    Thur Oct 17 2002 18:51:59



    The ELIZABETH SMART case
    Salt Lake City, Utah
    Smarts make plea to hunters -- (Deseret News) Elizabeth Smart's family is asking the estimated 250,000 hunters who will fan out across the state beginning this weekend to watch for signs of the missing teenager.
    Ricci pal pleads guilty in bank robbery -- (Deseret News) The getaway driver in a Sandy bank robbery masterminded by the late Richard Albert Ricci, a key figure in the kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart, admitted his role in federal court Wednesday.



    Thur Oct 17 2002 16:36:29



    The ALEX & DEREK KING case
    Pensacola, Florida
    New trial granted for Florida boys convicted of killing father -- (CNN) Circuit Judge Frank Bell threw out the convictions of Alex and Derek King,.ages 13 and 14. Bell ordered prosecutors and defense attorneys to try to resolve the case. He said he would order a new trial if the talks failed.



    Thur Oct 17 2002 13:37:10



    The SHAWN HORNBECK case
    Richwoods, Missouri
    Police looking for boy close command center -- (STL Today) Authorities said they would disband their command center Thursday in their search for a missing Washington County boy but stressed that investigators were not giving up on the case.



    Thur Oct 17 2002 11:39:27



    Ventura, California
    Man who dismembered wife sentenced -- (ABC News) A man who strangled his wife, chopped her into pieces, ground up her heart and tossed body parts into the Pacific Ocean was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.



    Thur Oct 17 2002 11:18:27



    The HOLLY MADDUX case
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Hippie guru Einhorn found guilty of girlfriend's murder
    -- (Fox News) Former hippie guru Ira Einhorn, who hid out in Europe for nearly 17 years after being charged with killing his girlfriend, was found guilty Thursday of murdering her and stuffing her mummified corpse in his closet.



    Thur Oct 17 2002 09:39:45



    The 'SOCIETY MURDERS' case
    Melbourne, Australia
    Son guilty of mum's murder -- (The Age) Matthew Wales entered guilty pleas to the murders of his mother and stepfather in Melbourne's so-called society murders.



    Thur Oct 17 2002 08:51:57



    The KYNANDE BENNETT case
    Georgetown, South Carolina
    More than 100 pray at missing girl's vigil -- (Myrtle Beach Online) More than 100 people took home yellow and white bows Sunday from a candlelight prayer vigil held for missing 4-year-old Kynande Bennett.



    Thur Oct 17 2002 08:49:30



    The SHORT case
    Bassett, Virginia and Yellowknife, N.W.T.
    Bowman case weighed -- (News&Record) A Canadian court will decide Thursday whether to give U.S. officials "material" gathered by Canadian police on Garrison Storm Bowman, a Mayodan man who authorities here want to question about the Short family slayings.



    Thur Oct 17 2002 08:44:18



    The ELIZABETH SMART case
    Salt Lake City, Utah
    Lee is mum on findings in probe of Smart case -- (Deseret News) Forensic expert Henry Lee spent Tuesday afternoon perusing the house from which Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped more than five months ago.



    Thur Oct 17 2002 08:40:07


    The JAMMIE RICHARDS case
    Box Elder County, Oregon
    Family mourns slain teenager -- (Deseret News) Terry Richards struggles to make sense of the events of the past five days as he sits at a kitchen table looking over pictures of his daughter Jammie.


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