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Mon Oct 28 2002 14:06:20  The "AMERICAN BEAUTY case San Diego,Ca Jury Sees Taped Interview With Rossum --(NBCSanDiego)Defendant Sobs During Questioning By Detective. A former San Diego County toxicologist accused of a poisoning murder of her husband was shown today in a police videotape introduced by the prosecution at her trial. Mon Oct 28 2002 12:50:50  TUCSON, Ariz. Four Killed at U. of Arizona Nursing School --(FOXNews) A gunman opened fire in a classroom at the University of Arizona's School of Nursing on Monday, killing four people, including himself. Mon Oct 28 2002 10:06:58  JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Mourners stone to death killer driver --(CNN)A reckless driver killed six people when he hit a group of mourners, prompting surviving funeral-goers to stone him to death and try to set fire to his body, police said. Mon Oct 28 2002 07:54:07  Daniel Hawke Fears SALLISAW, Okla Okla. Teen to Make Court Appearance --(ABCNews)It all started with high school senior Daniel Hawke Fears getting scolded for driving his pickup truck recklessly near children. What followed was a rampage in which Fears allegedly killed two people and wounded eight, including a toddler. Sun Oct 27 2002 20:27:09  SANTA MONICA, Calif. Body of woman, 19, found on sand at Santa Monica beach --(KCal)The body of a 19-year-old woman who suffered several gunshot wounds to the upper body was found on the beach and witnesses reported seeing two men running from the scene, police said Sunday. Sun Oct 27 2002 19:06:48 Lucy Allenby England Father's appeal for missing schoolgirl --(BBC)The father of a 15-year-old girl who has not been seen since Monday night has begged her to get in touch. Sun Oct 27 2002 09:05:12  The KYNANDE BENNETT case Conway, South Carolina Groups from four states to look for missing girl -- (Myrtle Beach Online) At least six groups from four states are preparing to join a two-state search for 4-year-old Kynande Bennett, as the one-month anniversary of her disappearance approaches, search organizers said. Sun Oct 27 2002 08:58:11  The CHRISTOPHER DIXON case High Point, North Carolina Family scours area for boy -- (News&Record) The search for a missing 13-year-old continued Saturday with the help of a state police helicopter and a tracking dog, and his family has started a reward fund for information leading to his return. Sun Oct 27 2002 08:41:14  The SNIPER case Sniper suspect sold fake passports, ran immigration scam -- (Jamaican Observer) During his strange sojourn on this Caribbean island, John Allen Muhammad was a friendly mechanic, an itinerant salesman and reportedly a purveyor of Antiguan passports to people looking to emigrate illegally to the United States. Malvo's family harassed -- (Jamaica Herald) Local and international media continued hounding local relatives Friday, digging into the background of Malvo, who was described as the "adopted" stepson of Muhammad, a U.S. army veteran and the main sniper suspect. Sun Oct 27 2002 07:47:18  Sallisaw, Oklahoma Two killed, eight injured in wild Oklahoma spree -- (MSNBC) 18-year-old arrested after alleged attacks in four cities. Sat Oct 26 2002 13:03:44  The KIMES case - Mother and Son Grifters New York and Los Angeles, California Mother-son killers may face death penalty -- (abc NEWS) Los Angeles prosecutors are expected to seek the death penalty for Sante and Kenneth Kimes, the mother and son con artist serial killers, for the fatal shooting of a business associate, according to law enforcement officials for California and New York. Sat Oct 26 2002 12:35:46  The DANIELLE VAN DAM case San Diego, California Access to Westerfield data asked -- (SD Union-Tribune) Attorneys for The San Diego Union-Tribune and several other media outlets have requested that the 4th District Court of Appeal order the judge in the David Westerfield trial to immediately unseal all transcripts and documents in the case. Sat Oct 26 2002 12:06:48  The KEENYA COOK case Tacoma, Washington Suspect had ties to Tacoma victim -- (Seattle Times) John Allen Muhammad, one of two people charged in the Washington, D.C.-area sniper attacks, is also being investigated in an 8-month-old killing that had baffled Tacoma police, law-enforcement officials said yesterday. Muhammad scrutinized in area death -- (Tacoma Tribune) John Allen Muhammad is a "person of interest" in an unsolved Tacoma homicide, police said Friday, offering yet another twist in a serial killer case that unexpectedly turned to the South Sound this week. Sat Oct 26 2002 10:22:42  The ELIZABETH SMART case Salt Lake City, Utah Expert offers 'some new leads' in Smart case -- (Salt Lake Tribune) As police investigating Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping became stymied by a dearth of solid leads over the months, the case has grown conspicuously cold. That could change following a recent visit from renowned forensics expert Henry Lee, who was recruited to examine evidence in the mysterious kidnapping. Sat Oct 26 2002 10:15:24 The AMY MIHALJEVIC case Bay Village, Ohio Police still get tips about murder of girl --(Enquirer.com)The unsolved murder of Amy Mihaljevic, the 10-year-old whose smiling grade-school photo appeared across the country following her 1989 disappearance, still draws about a tip a month to the city's police department. Sat Oct 26 2002 09:53:12  The JAHI TURNER case San Diego, California Six-month anniversary of Jahi's disappearance noted -- (The San Diego Channel) A small group of volunteers still looking for for the boy gathered Friday morning to call attention to the ongoing case. Sat Oct 26 2002 09:37:27  Jeff dad accused of rapes, incest -- (NOLA.com) A Marrero man has been indicted by the Jefferson Parish grand jury on charges of aggravated rape of his wife, his younger daughter, his stepson and the friend of his older daughter, and on a charge of aggravated incest of the older daughter. Sat Oct 26 2002 09:32:16  Phoenix, Arizona Mother held in daughter's abuse -- (AZ Central) A Phoenix mother was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse Wednesday after bringing her malnourished 15-month-old daughter to the hospital with a partially severed finger and multiple fractures. Sat Oct 26 2002 09:24:40  The 'AMERICAN BEAUTY' case San Diego, California Prosecution to finish case against Rossum on Monday -- (NBC San Diego) The "American Beauty" murder trial is running a week ahead of schedule, the judge said Friday. Prosecutors say they will call their last witness against Kristin Rossum on Monday, and her attorneys expect to wrap up the defense case by the end of the week. Sat Oct 26 2002 04:03:08  The WINONA RYDER case Beverly Hills, California Jurors sworn in for Ryder's trial -- (abc NEWS) Opening statements are scheduled Monday in actress Winona Ryder's shoplifting trial after 12 jurors, including producer Peter Guber and other entertainment industry members, were sworn in. Sat Oct 26 2002 03:58:06  The CHRISTOPHER DIXON case High Point, North Carolina Police look for missing boy -- (News&Record) Police say they have not found evidence of a crime. They believe it is unlikely the boy ran away, so they are looking at a number of possibilities, among them that he was abducted or that he wandered off and got lost or injured. Sat Oct 26 2002 03:06:03  The SNIPER case Sniper suspect has Antiguan passport -- (Jamaican Observer) There was speculation yesterday whether stolen or fraudulent birth certificates, including one belonging to an Antiguan woman, may have been used by US sniper suspect, John Allen Muhammad, to obtain an Antiguan passport, officials in the eastern Caribbean island said yesterday. 'I want to talk to my son' -- (Jamaican Observer) Puzzled dad of J'can boy held in US sniper case says he wants answers. Teachers say Malvo was disciplined, bright -- (Jamaican Observer) Teachers who taught John Lee Malvo in the late 1990s when he attended York Castle High School and Spaldings High have difficulty reconciling the boy they knew with the 17 year-old arrested in connection with the Washington sniper killings. Suspect left danger signs in Bellingham -- (The Herald) The people at Stuart's Coffee House remember John Allen Muhammad as a quiet chess player who never wanted to be apart from his big, stuffed, heavy U.S. Army duffel bag. Students say Malvo nice guy, serious -- (The Herald) John Lee Malvo - the 17-year-old suspect arrested in the serial sniper case - was "the nicest guy," a serious student at Bellingham High School who wore dress shoes and pressed slacks every day and liked to play in pick-up basketball games, fellow students said. Muhammad scared some, charmed others -- (Tacoma Tribune) He was charming, competitive, handsome and handy. He was cold, violent, militant and vengeful. Sat Oct 26 2002 00:05:57  The BLANCHARD case Indianapolis, Indiana Father convicted of murdering baby -- (Indy Star) Man who suffocated crying infant and left his body in ditch could get 115-year sentence. Fri Oct 25 2002 20:58:59 Greater Manchester, England Teenage murderers are named -- (BBC) Sarah Davey, now 18, and Lisa Healey, now aged 19, were convicted of the murder of Lily Lilley, 71, from Failsworth, Greater Manchester, three years ago. Fri Oct 25 2002 17:37:33  Salt Lake City, Utah Utah killer to face firing squad -- (abc NEWS) A serial killer who asked to be executed by firing squad without the traditional hood over his head will be granted his wish, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. Fri Oct 25 2002 14:35:28 The "AMERICAN BEAUTY" case San Diego, California Detective: Call from De Villers' brother started murder investigation -- (NBC San Diego) Det. Laurie Agnew testified Friday that Jerome de Villers called to alert investigators that he doubted that his brother killed himself with an overdose of pills. He also was concerned that de Villers' wife, Kristin Rossum, was going to cremate his brother's body, which would make it impossible to do additional testing, Agnew said. Fri Oct 25 2002 13:28:29  VANCOUVER'S MISSING WOMEN Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Police wrap-up part of Pickton case -- (Vancouver Sun) Police have wrapped up part of their investigation into the disappearance of 63 women from the Downtown Eastside. A joint RCMP-Vancouver police task force has been searching two properties in suburban Port Coquitlam in what police have called the largest serial killer investigation in Canadian history. Fri Oct 25 2002 13:19:26  The BRENDA SIERRA case Los Angeles, California Body of missing girl found -- (KABC) The family's confirmation tragically ended a weekend-long search for the usually punctual 15-year-old who failed to show up for a ride to school Friday morning. Missing clue to Brenda's murder -- (KTLA) There is an appeal for help in finding an important clue to the murder of 15-year-old Brenda Sierra. It is her blue back-pack containing her textbooks and folders. Fri Oct 25 2002 13:05:31  The SLAVEMASTER trial Olathe, Kansas Testimony ends in barrel bodies case -- (Fox News) More than two years after the gruesome discovery of women's bodies stuffed into barrels on a rural Kansas property, the defense rested Friday in the multiple-murder case of John E. Robinson Sr. Fri Oct 25 2002 12:31:48  The SHORT case Virginia Letter says Bowman is 'potential suspect' -- (News&Record) On Oct. 4, the day skeletal remains found near Stoneville were identified as those of Jennifer Short, Henry County Sheriff Frank Cassell and Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page stood together in a news conference and said they had no suspects in the case. But that same day, their chief investigators both signed a letter stating they had "developed Garrison Storm Bowman ... as a potential suspect" in the August slayings of 9-year-old Jennifer and her parents. Fri Oct 25 2002 12:04:52 The CHRISTOPHER DIXON case High Point, North Carolina Police search for missing High Point boy -- (News&Record) Searches of the area around his home Thursday night with police dogs and bloodhounds failed to locate him, police stated. Fri Oct 25 2002 11:45:18 The SNIPER case: LEE BOYD MALVO Sniper boy Jamaican -- (Jamaican Observer) Teen abandoned in Antigua by mother, taken to US by 'adopted father'. Malvo not violent, says brother -- (Jamaica Gleaner) "We are still in the process of determining that the person we have identified as Lee Boyd Malvo is in fact the same John Lee Malvo," Oneil Hamilton, Chief Information Officer at the Jamaican Embassy in Washington, said last night. "A lot of information shows we are treading in the same direction." Fri Oct 25 2002 11:01:19  The McALLISTER case San Diego, California Graphic photo Of murder victim causes mistrial -- (NBC San Diego) One juror broke down in tears after seeing the emergency room photo of Emily McAllister, 86, with tubes taped to her nose and mouth, her face swollen and bandages on her body."That's what he did to her," said the prosecutor, Robert Stein, who had projected the photograph on a wall-size screen during opening statements Wednesday. "With his fists he beat her up." Fri Oct 25 2002 10:59:19  The SHAWN HORNBECK case Richmonds, Missouri Case of missing Heartland boy gets national attention -- (KFVS) Millions of people got to see the face of a missing Heartland boy on the CBS show "Without A Trace". Thursday night, at the end of the show, a clip of Shawn Hornbeck, the missing 11-year old boy from Washington County, aired. Fri Oct 25 2002 09:09:24 The "AMERICAN BEAUTY" case San Diego, California Rossum to spend birthday in court -- (NBC San Diego) The defendant in the "American Beauty" murder trial turns 26 today. Kristin Rossum faces charges that could put her in prison for the rest of her life. Expert describes Rossum's computer files -- (NBC San Diego) Fri Oct 25 2002 08:53:03  Los Angeles, California Man arrested in connection with series of LA sexual assaults -- (Fresno Bee) Police said the man last week forced a 14-year-old girl who attends Monroe High School into his car. He drove to an alley about two block away where he assaulted her, police said. Fri Oct 25 2002 08:39:56 Midvale, Utah Hearing is waived in attack on girl -- (Deseret News) Javier Wilford Sickler, the man who allegedly bashed in the face of an 11-year-old Midvale girl this summer, waived his right Thursday to have a preliminary hearing in the case. Thur Oct 24 2002 11:12:04  The SOLOMON case Everett, Washington Suicide note tells of son's slaying -- (The Herald) A judge Tuesday ordered a sobbing and apparently suicidal mother held on $500,000 bail pending charges in the weekend stabbing death of her 9-year-old son in Marysville. Wed Oct 23 2002 20:35:28  The RILYA WILSON case Miami, Florida Daughter of missing Rilya's caregiver pleads innocent -- (CNN) 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 20:30:56 Bakersfield, California Arrest made in slaying of longtime California prosecutor -- (CNN) A former investigator in a California district attorney's office was arrested on charges of slaying a longtime prosecutor who had become a father figure to his drug-addicted son. Wed Oct 23 2002 18:22:47  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 18:14:52 Chicago, Illinois Michael Jordan sues woman for extortion -- (FOX News) Michael Jordan filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming a woman was trying to extort $5 million from him to keep quiet about a relationship they had more than 10 years ago. Wed Oct 23 2002 18:02:13 The AMERICAN BEAUTY case San Diego, California Victim's former emploer testifies -- (KFMB) In the days before his death, Greg DeVillers was "hyper-nervous" and preoccupied with family problems, his former employer testified Wednesday in the Kristin Rossum murder trial. |
