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    Sat Nov 16 2002 08:06:16



    The DR. MARK SALERNO case
    Scottsdale, Arizona
    Runaway doctor's car found in Pennsylvania -- (Arizona Central) Salerno has been missing since Halloween. Earlier this year he had a run-in with the law after staging his own kidnapping, locking himself in the trunk of his car in San Diego.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 23:09:00



    SAMANTHA BURNS - vanished Monday evening
    AMANDA JOHNSON - vanished Tuesday evening
    Huntington, West Virginia
    Two teens are missing, new developments in one case -- (MSNBC) The FBI is now involved in the search for a missing Marshall University student. Meanwhile another family says their sixteen year old daughter is missing.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 22:28:31



    The ELIZABETH SMART case
    Orange County, California
    Police clear local man in Elizabeth Smart case -- (NBC4) Utah police no longer consider an Orange County man a suspect in the June kidnapping of Salt Lake City teen Elizabeth Smart.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 20:56:00



    Los Angeles, California
    Two actors charged in sex investigation -- (ABC News) Los Angeles prosecutors say Paul Reubens, better known as Pee-wee Herman, is charged with a misdemeanor count of possessing materials depicting children under the 18 engaged in sexual conduct. Jeffrey Jones is charged with employing a minor for purposes of taking sexually explicit photos and possessing child pornography. Jones is best known as the uptight high school principal in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."



    Fri Nov 15 2002 20:51:02



    Taken at gunpoint, now child home safe -- (ABC News) A 16-month-old boy was back home in El Monte with his mother today after his father took him from his mother at gunpoint, police said.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 17:09:46



    The MOORS MURDERS
    Bury St. Edmund, England
    UK Child killer Hindley dead -- (CNN) Myra Hindley, one of Britain's most notorious child-killers, has died in hospital at the age of 60.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 14:14:21



    The BAKLEY-BLAKE case
    Los Angeles, California
    California Supreme Court denies bail for Robert Blake -- (Sacramento Bee) The 69-year-old actor had hoped to be released from the Men's Central Jail until a preliminary hearing Dec. 11.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 14:05:41



    The MIRANDA GADDIS & ASHLEY POND cases
    Oregon City, Oregon
    Testimony suggests alcohol in one girl's body -- (The Oregonian) Weaver's daughter was a witness before the grand jury that indicted him on aggravated murder charges and probably will be a witness in his murder trial. Visits raise the potential that Weaver could influence his daughter's testimony.
    Alcohol found in girl's system -- (KATU) Ward Weaver allegedly gave alcohol to the 12-year-old girl who was found buried under a slab at Weaver's rented home, according to court testimony at a juvenile hearing.
    Weaver hearing reveals details of girl's death -- (KOIN) A routine hearing turned into a major revelation in the Ward Weaver murder case Thursday.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 12:14:57



    The CARR Bros case
    Wichita, Kansas
    Jury recommends death for brother killers -- (CNN) Jurors recommended the death penalty Thursday for two brothers convicted of shooting five people on a snow-covered soccer field.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 11:22:40



    FOUR MISSING COLLEGE STUDENTS
    St. Paul, Minnesota
    Relatives of missing Minnesotans gather to share, vent -- (Star-Tribune) As prospects for finding four missing college-age Minnesotans dimmed Thursday, family members gathered in St. Paul to vent frustrations and share stories in hopes of shoring up their strength.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 10:39:16



    Bloomington, Indiana
    Several suspects may be named in Behrman affidavit -- (WISH-TV) The father of missing Indiana University student Jill Behrman says multiple suspects may be named in a probable cause affidavit that could be filed by the end of November.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 08:31:46



    The KYNANDE BENNETT case
    Conway, South Carolina
    $5,000 reward offered for help finding girl -- (Myrtle Beach Sun) A $5,000 reward is being offered for a limited time for information that leads authorities to Kynande Bennett, a 4-year-old girl from Conway who has been missing nearly two months.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 08:26:51



    The SHAWN HORNBECK case
    Richwoods, Missouri
    Sheriff picks 2 to lead hunt for boy -- (STL Today) The search for 11-year-old Shawn Hornbeck took an unusual turn Thursday when Washington County Sheriff Gary Yount removed the lead detective in the case and replaced him with two other investigators.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 08:18:00



    The JAHI TURNER case
    San Diego, California
    Missing toddler's family still hoping for good news -- (Gazette) Wwhen Douglas Pierce of the Millennium Children's Fund, a nonprofit agency, flew in from California claiming to have news of Jahi's whereabouts, the family anxiously gathered for word of his fate.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 08:11:38



    Syracuse, New York
    Man fatally shot near brother's apartment -- (Boston.com) Robert E. Haynes Jr., 25, of Syracuse, was shot just before 3 a.m. Thursday as he was leaving his brother's downtown apartment.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 07:32:03



    The SHORT case
    Roanoke, Virginia
    Grand jury ends without indictment -- (News & Record) A federal grand jury investigating the Short family slayings ended its term Thursday without indicting anyone in the shooting deaths this summer.



    Fri Nov 15 2002 07:18:57



    The BARBARA JANE MACKLE case
    Chesney, Indiana
    Doctor with a dark past -- (abc NEWS) He was convicted of kidnapping a college student and burying her alive. Now Gary Steven Krist has a license to practice medicine.



    Thur Nov 14 2002 20:35:17



    The DANIELLE VAN DAM case
    San Diego, California
    Westerfield lawyers ask for new evidence, delay of sentencing -- (San Diego Tribune) Lawyers for David Westerfield, the man convicted of kidnapping and killing Danielle van Dam, requested Thursday that his sentencing be delayed and prosecutors hand over unspecified evidence they believe could show the 7-year-old girl died in her bedroom.



    Thur Nov 14 2002 18:37:26



    The ELIZABETH SMART case
    Salt Lake City, Utah Head of Smart probe issues call for help -- (Deseret News) The head of the Elizabeth Smart Task Force went on a media blitz Wednesday and Thursday, hoping to drum up more clues in the puzzling search for the missing teenager and her kidnapper.



    Thur Nov 14 2002 14:19:58



    The KING Bros. case
    Brothers sentenced to prison -- (KFMB) 14-year old Derek King will spend eight years in prison for third degree murder and arson. 13-year-old Alex, received a seven-year sentence.



    Thur Nov 14 2002 13:15:17



    Offices of rap mogul searched -- (ABC News) Deputies surrounded Row Records along the Miracle Mile section of Wilshire Boulevard early Thursday morning. They served one of 17 warrants in two states related to several homicides and conspiracy to commit murder.



    Thur Nov 14 2002 13:07:26



    + El Monte, California
    16-month-old kidnapped at gunpoint -- (ABC News) Police are asking for your help finding a parolee who kidnapped his 16-month-old son from the boy's mother at gunpoint last night



    Thur Nov 14 2002 10:57:53



    The KING Bros. case
    Pensacola, Florida
    Resolution reached in Florida boys' murder case -- (Fox News) A settlement has been reached in the case of two teenage brothers charged with murdering their father, a mediator announced Thursday.



    Thur Nov 14 2002 09:15:39



    The CARR Bros. Case
    Wichita, Kansas
    Carr jurors to begin sentence deliberations -- (LJ World) Jurors will begin deliberations Thursday on whether to recommend two brothers convicted of killing five people, including four shot execution style in a snow-covered soccer field, be put to death.



    Thur Nov 14 2002 09:07:40



    The YASMIN MOODY case
    Couple charged with murder in death of girl with infected wounds -- (Salt Lake Tribune) An Ogden couple are facing murder charges in the August death of a 3-year-old girl whose wounds became infected after she was beaten repeatedly with a hairbrush, prosecutors allege.



    Thur Nov 14 2002 08:46:37



    The FADUMA MOUSSA case
    St. Paul, Minnesota St. Paul father charged with killing his baby daughter -- (Star Tribune) A 43-year-old father was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder in the apparent beating death of his 6-week-old daughter.



    Thur Nov 14 2002 08:30:24



    The MARYANN MEASLES case
    Measles affidavits: wildly divergent -- (CTNow) Police get conflicting accounts from suspects



    Wed Nov 13 2002 19:01:35



    Des Moines, Iowa
    Green convicted in boy's death -- (The Register) A jury takes less than two hours to find the Des Moines woman guilty of killing her stepson.



    Wed Nov 13 2002 16:51:19



    JENNIFER LONG case
    Wichita, Kansas
    FBI searches Kansas field for homicide victim -- (CNN) FBI agents in protective suits were searching Wednesday in a field south of Wichita, Kansas, for the body of a Kansas City, Missouri, girl who vanished four years ago.



    Wed Nov 13 2002 16:34:16



    College Park, Maryland
    2 Arrested in U. of Maryland Slaying --(ABCNews)Two men who crashed a weekend off-campus party face first-degree murder charges in the fatal stabbing of a University of Maryland student.



    Wed Nov 13 2002 11:46:12



    Jacksonville, Florida
    Ex-cop gets lefe sentence for murder -- (abc NEWS) A former police officer will avoid the death penalty for killing a convenience store owner because a federal jury ruled Wednesday that the crime was unintentional.



    Wed Nov 13 2002 09:53:12



    The GRIFFIN case
    Jackson, Mississippi
    4-year-old suspected in killing -- (abc NEWS) Hinds County Coroner Sharon Grisham-Stewart said an autopsy showed 2-month-old Alfred Griffin Jr. died Monday of multiple skull fractures. The infant also had abrasions, bites and scratches on his face, Grisham-Stewart said Tuesday.
    Girl. 4, suspect in killing -- (Clarion Ledger) Jackson police believe one of the city's latest homicides was committed by a 4-year-old, perhaps Mississippi's youngest killer ever.



    Wed Nov 13 2002 09:51:56



    LAKAYLA JANEA RODGERS
    Suffolk, Virginia
    Suffolk father charged with killing 8-month-old baby -- (Virginia Pilot) Jamaine D. Rodgers, 22, has been charged with second-degree murder, felony child neglect and failure to seek medical attention for a minor.



    Wed Nov 13 2002 09:44:51



    TAMELLIA "Mellia" COBBS case
    Oakland, California 2 suspects in girl's killing arrested in Oakland,One of them reportedly had feud with her family --(SFGate)Two men were arrested Tuesday in the slaying of a 15-year-old East Oakland girl, police said.



    Wed Nov 13 2002 08:21:03



    Portland, Oregon Police release sketch of rape suspect -- (KGW) Detectives with the Clackamas County Sheriff Department just released a composite sketch of the suspect from the recent rape of a Portland woman.



    Tues Nov 12 2002 21:15:56



    The BAKLEY-BLAKE case
    Los Angeles, California
    Actor refuses jailhouse deposition -- (KABC) Robert Blake refused to take part today in a scheduled jailhouse deposition in a wrongful death lawsuit, despite giving verbal and written confirmation he would, an attorney said.



    Tues Nov 12 2002 19:52:18



    The SHORT case
    Roanoke, Virginia
    Bowman appears before grand jury -- (News & Record) Bowman, 66, who was deported in October from Canada to testify before the grand jury in the investigation of the Short family slayings, appeared at 11 a.m. at the courthouse. He and his attorney departed out a rear door about 30 minutes later.



    Tues Nov 12 2002 18:23:04



    The "AMERICAN BEAUTY" case
    San Diego, California
    Jury finds Kristin Rossum guilty -- (KFMB) A San Diego jury found Rossum guilty Tuesday in the poisoning death of her 26-year-old husband.



    Tues Nov 12 2002 14:31:12



    The MARTHA MOXLEY case
    Norwalk, Connecticut
    RFK Jr. article to defend Skakel -- (abc NEWS) The Atlantic Monthly plans to run an article by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proclaiming the innocence of his cousin, Michael Skakel, who was convicted in June of the 1975 murder of Martha Moxley.




    Tues Nov 12 2002 10:31:50



    The BENEDETTO-PIRO case
    Singer Island, Florida
    Four years on, family seeks answers to Singer Island murder, disappearance -- (Sun-Sentinel) As they did four years ago, Chris Benedetto's siblings stood in front of his Singer Island house on Monday, holding posters of their missing brother and his wife, Janette Piro. And like four years ago, her murder and his disappearance remain unsolved.



    Tues Nov 12 2002 10:11:10



    Denver, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia
    Ramsey slaying focus of 2 cases -- (The Daily Camera) The still-unsolved JonBenet Ramsey slaying will be at the center of two separate federal appeals cases 1,400 miles apart during the next week. Both appeals involve former Ramsey housekeeper Linda Hoffmann-Pugh, who sued both the Ramseys and Boulder County's district attorney.



    Tues Nov 12 2002 09:49:31



    The MIRANDA GADDIS & ASHLEY POND cases
    Portland, Oregon
    Ward Weaver writes again -- (KATU) Ward Weaver wrote his sister from behind bars about his daughter, his plans and his frustrations. He wrote the letter to his sister the same day he wrote to K2 offering exclusive interview rights to whichever news source pays him the most money.



    Tues Nov 12 2002 09:12:03



    The SHORT case
    Eden, Virginia
    Bowman to address grand jury -- (News & Record) Garrison Storm Bowman, who claims nothing but innocence in the Short family slayings, will appear today before a federal grand jury in Virginia.



    Tues Nov 12 2002 08:53:41


    Minnesota
    Four college students from Minn. missing in separate cases -- (Fox News) Four college-age students are missing in the Upper Midwest — all after visiting bars or being at parties late at night. Authorities, friends and relatives searched for them Monday.

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