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Sun Jan 19 2003 00:42:23  The LACI PETERSON case Modesto, California Calif. Police Mum on Missing Woman Search -- (Las Vegas Sun) While black and white posters of Laci Peterson, 27, abound on city utility poles and storefront windows, and prayers and e-mails have poured into this Central Valley city of 186,000 from across the world, officer searches of area reservoirs, irrigation canals and other waterways have proved fruitless. Sat Jan 18 2003 13:10:41  The SUSAN McFARLAND case San Antonio, Texas Homicide charge filed against McFarland -- (Express-News) Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed filed a homicide charge today against Richard McFarland in the death of his wife, Susan McFarland, whose charred remains were found earlier this week at an abandoned farm in Southeast Bexar County. Sat Jan 18 2003 13:00:57  Las Vegas, Nevada Trail of tragedy ends in trash bin -- (LV Review-Journal) Single mother in trouble with law believed slain in apartment, then discarded. Sat Jan 18 2003 09:11:33  MURDERABILIA Souvenirs of murder take on new life on Web -- (Sacramento Bee) From the macabre to the absurd, the items fetch big bucks, adding to the suffering of crime victims. Sat Jan 18 2003 07:46:01  The LACI PETERSON case Modesto, California Volunteers close up center -- (Modesto Bee) Volunteers who have worked daily since Christmas to help search for Laci Peterson have closed their Modesto center and canceled plans to open a temporary center in Los Angeles. Peterson eyed for link to missing student -- (Modesto Bee) Peterson, husband of Laci Peterson, went to Cal Poly at the same time as Kristin Smart, who disappeared May 25, 1996. Racing against the clock -- (Contra Costa Times) Kristen Modafferi vanished one summer day in 1997, an 18-year-old scholarship student visiting the Bay Area for a summer of adventure, work and photo classes at UC Berkeley. The mysterious case, like the Christmas Eve disappearance of pregnant 27-year-old Laci Peterson of Modesto, drew a flurry of media and thousands of tips from across the country. Fri Jan 17 2003 16:28:19  Decatur, Georgia Bobby Brown sentenced -- (Yahoo News) Singer Bobby Brown was sentenced to eight days in jail and ordered not to drive for a year after pleading guilty Friday to a 1996 drunken driving charge in DeKalb County. Fri Jan 17 2003 07:40:20  The DANIELLE VAN DAM case San Diego and Sacramento, California Brenda van Dam seeks tighter death penalty law -- (SD Union-Tribune) The mother of 7-year-old Danielle Van Dam has asked California lawmakers to expand the definition of kidnapping so that anyone who murders a child and moves the body would be eligible for the death penalty. Fri Jan 17 2003 07:24:27  The RILYA WILSON case Miami, Florida Miami jury finds Rilya's ex-caretaker guilty of fraud in ID theft -- (Sun-Sentinel) A Miami-Dade County jury found the former caregiver of Rilya Wilson guilty of fraud Thursday for using a friend's identity to buy a new sport utility vehicle. Thur Jan 16 2003 21:43:05  The LACI PETERSON disappearance Modesto, California Missing woman's husband reportedly in affair -- (KPIX) Friends and family of Laci Peterson are reportedly reeling from news that her husband was having an affair. Husband of missing pregnant woman speaks out -- (KCRA) A man whose pregnant wife has been missing since Christmas Eve spoke out for the first time about the disappearance. Scott Peterson breaks his silence -- (NBC11) The husband of a missing Modesto woman broke his silence Thursday, speaking with NBC11's Jodi Hernandez. Laci Peterson’s family says police disclosed affair, insurance policy -- (Modesto Bee) Modesto police told Laci Peterson’s family that her husband was having an affair and recently took out a $250,000 life insurance policy on her, a family member said Thursday. Search expanding to Merced County area -- (Merced Sun-Star) Grantski said Sharon and Laci were especially close, and lived less than a mile from each other. Thur Jan 16 2003 18:55:08  Milwaukee, Wisconsin Complaint: Teacher Ties Disabled Girl To Chair -- (Channel 3000) A criminal complaint says several teachers and school workers at Gaenslen Elementary knew about the bizarre punishment used by Helen Biever, but police weren't called for months. Thur Jan 16 2003 18:50:36  Milwaukee, Wisconsin Laurie "Bambi" Bembenek Hopes DNA Clears Her of Murder -- (Las Vegas Sun) Now Bembenek wants to write an epilogue: exoneration via DNA testing. She hopes to clear her name 22 years after the crime. Ira Robins, a private investigator who has spent years working with her, said Bembenek believes she has nothing to lose by seeking exoneration. Thur Jan 16 2003 18:41:12  Cook County, Illinois Families, media clash outside rape hearing -- (Chicago Sun-Times) In dress clothes and with hands clasped tightly behind their backs, the four teens accused of raping and videotaping the attack of an unconscious 16-year-old girl during a party at a western suburban home said nothing during a court appearance Wednesday. The next court date is Jan. 30. Thur Jan 16 2003 13:07:11  The NEULANDER case Camden, New Jersey Rabbi sentenced -- (Fox News) A rabbi convicted of having his wife bludgeoned to death so he could carry on an affair with a radio show hostess was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. Thur Jan 16 2003 12:15:40  The SUSAN McFARLAND case San Antonio, Texas Nightmare unfolds -- (SA Express-News) The identification of a burned corpse Wednesday answered perhaps the most-asked question in San Antonio — Where is Susan McFarland? — even as it posed a grimmer one. Thur Jan 16 2003 11:30:04  The ALICE DONOVAN case Columbia, South Carolina Jail escapee discusses alleged kidnapping -- (Newsday) One of two jail escapees accused of kidnapping a South Carolina woman two months ago is saying the other man raped and killed the woman, court documents show. Thur Jan 16 2003 10:42:19  The BRANDON LONNIE DYSON JR. case Merced, California Mother admits to drowning tot -- (Modesto Bee) Seventeen-year-old Benita Ramos pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Wednesday in the drowning death of her son, Brandon Lonnie "Boo" Dyson, at Applegate Park in May. Ramos pleads guilty to murder -- (Merced Sun-Star) Fifteen-month-old Brandon Lonnie Dyson Jr. was still alive when his body was taken from Laura Fountain at Applegate Park and placed into Bear Creek last year. Thur Jan 16 2003 10:41:00  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Rampage ends in fatal plunge from high-rise -- (Philly.com) It was an odd match to start with. He was a career criminal, in the words of one prosecutor. And she is a law professor at Temple University who once defended him in court. Yesterday morning, an argument between the couple - about gas in the car - led Louis Rogers, 25, to hurl furniture from a 25th-story balcony and set two apartments on fire before plunging to his death from a downtown building. Havoc, fire, death at high-rise -- (Philly.com) Thur Jan 16 2003 08:55:08  Fallon, Nevada Once convicted killer seeks closure in Churchill County case -- (Las Vegas Sun) Harold Guyette wants proof that he is an innocent man. Guyette was convicted in the March 12, 1966 shooting deaths of Eva Briggs, 62, and her son Dean, 32, in the remote gas station they operated on U.S. 40 before it became Interstate-80. Thur Jan 16 2003 08:51:26  Texarkana, Arkansas Woman who admitted trying to poison husband with antifreeze sentenced to 30 years -- (Boston.com) Sandra Kaye Baker, 30, of Texarkana, pleaded guilty to attempted murder Tuesday in an agreement reached with prosecutors, her attorney said. Eighteen years of her sentence were suspended, leaving 12 years to serve, prosecutor Brent Haltom said. According to authorities, Baker tried to kill her husband to collect on a $2.5 million life insurance policy. Thur Jan 16 2003 08:49:08  Holderness, New Hampshire School trying to cope with hit-and-run deaths of two students -- (Boston.com) Anthony Begin, 38, of Holderness, was arraigned in Plymouth District Court on Wednesday on two charges of negligent homicide, one count of leaving the scene of an accident and a misdemeanor drug charge. Each homicide charge carries a maximum prison term of 15 years. Wed Jan 15 2003 20:09:13  Murfreesboro, Arkansas Mother-in-law charged in man's killing -- (Newsday) An 84-year-old woman fatally shot her son-in-law with a rifle from more than 200 yards away in an apparent family feud over rural land, prosecutors said. Wed Jan 15 2003 19:56:27  Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Pickton judge cracks down on media -- (Vancouver Sun) Internet now included in publication ban. Wed Jan 15 2003 15:47:25  The BAKLEY-BLAKE case Burbank, California Blake deposition erupts in arguments -- (KABC) A lawyer trying to quiz Robert Blake about his wife's slaying said Wednesday that the actor's deposition erupted into an argument with his own criminal defense lawyer, who threatened to quit if Blake discussed the case. Wed Jan 15 2003 15:44:01  San Juan Capistrano, California Gruesome discovery -- (KABC) A decapitated body of a woman was discovered Wednesday next to a remote highway near Cleveland National Fores. Mutilated body found on Ortega Highway -- (OC Register) Partially clad corpse discovered in inaccessible ravine five miles from the Riverside County line. Wed Jan 15 2003 13:39:40  LOUISIANA serial killings Lafayette, Louisiana Lafayette officials talk to victim's neighbors -- (The Advocate) Detectives with the Multi-Agency Homicide Task Force knocked on doors Tuesday, trying to jog the memories of Trineisha Dené Colomb's neighbors. Wed Jan 15 2003 08:42:07  Urbana, Ohio Arrests made in faked cancer case -- (abc NEWS) Police arrested the parents and grandmother of a 7-year-old girl who was told she had leukemia as part of an apparent fund-raising hoax that netted about $10,000 in donations from well-wishers. Wed Jan 15 2003 08:34:38  The LACI PETERSON case Modesto, California Searchers race the clock -- (Modesto Bee) From the moment a missing-person case begins, detectives are in a race against time. Wed Jan 15 2003 08:06:22  The SUSAN McFARLAND case San Antonio, Texas McFarland body foud burned, mutilated -- (San Antonio Lightning) Capital murder charges are pending against the husband of missing Terrell Hills mom Susan McFarland, following the discovery of the woman's burned and mutilated body in Southeast Bexar County. Case of missing Terrell Hills mom takes dramatic turns -- (San Antonio Express-News) First, investigators found a charred body. Then, Child Protective Services took the children. Ninety minutes later, Texas Rangers arrested the husband. Tues Jan 14 2003 22:17:27  Huntsville, Texas Death row inmate condemned for 1992 triple murder executed in Texas -- (Boston.com) A man convicted of beating and stabbing a partially paralyzed woman, her husband and daughter to death in 1992 was executed by injection Tuesday. Samuel Gallamore, 31, apologized in a statement distributed after the execution. Tues Jan 14 2003 21:33:43  The SUSAN McFARLAND case San Antonio, Texas McFarland arrested by Texas Rangers -- (San Antonio Express) Richard McFarland, considered by police the prime suspect in the disappearance of his wife, Susan, was arrested this afternoon, about an hour after the state took custody of their three children. Tues Jan 14 2003 17:19:43  Tampa, Florida DCF worker visited home of slain mom -- (The Tampa Tribune) On one side of the apartment door was a dead mother, a Marine suspected of domestic violence and a sick baby. On the other side was Helen Kirton, a state Department of Children and Families investigator whose job was to protect 11-week-old Devonte Coleman. Tues Jan 14 2003 14:06:46  The LISA McPHERSON case St. Petersburg, Florida Ruling lets Scientology death lawsuit proceed -- (SP Times) A judge decides that a jury needs to examine the circumstances of Lisa McPherson's death. Judge rules Scientology suit can proceed -- (abc NEWS) The cause and manner of Scientologist Lisa McPherson's death in 1995 "is legitimately an issue that needs to be decided by a jury," Judge Susan Schaeffer said in her ruling Monday. Tues Jan 14 2003 13:12:40  Brockton, Massachusetts Man allegedly kills family members -- (abc NEWS) A man apparently shot his 11-year-old daughter, wife and mother-in-law to death before taking his own life, police said Tuesday. The man's 12-year-old son, 21-year-old stepson and a teen-age nephew escaped unharmed Monday night. Tues Jan 14 2003 11:10:27  Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Pickton hearing begins -- (Vancouver Sun) Relatives of Vancouver's missing women, reporters from across North America and curious spectators crowded into a Port Coquitlam courtroom Monday to hear the start of the Crown's case against accused serial killer Robert (Willy) Pickton. Tues Jan 14 2003 10:13:44  Houston, Texas PBS tries to film jury process in murder case -- (USA Today) The mother of murder suspect Cedric Harrison says that if a Houston jury convicts her 17-year-old son and recommends he be executed, she wants the world watching. That's why Lily Williams has given permission for the PBS documentary show Frontline to film jury deliberations. Tues Jan 14 2003 09:01:44 Williamsport, Pennsylvania Mobster pleads innocent to sperm smuggling -- (Newsday) A New York mobster and his wife have pleaded innocent to allegedly conspiring to smuggle his sperm out of a central Pennsylvania prison to impregnate her. Tues Jan 14 2003 08:55:39  The RACHEL MORAN case Hull, England New lead in hunt for Rachel -- (BBC) Police searching for missing Hull woman Rachel Moran say a couple were heard arguing in the early hours of New Year's Day near to where the 21-year-old disappeared. Tues Jan 14 2003 07:59:01  The MIA ZAPATA case Seattle, Washington Zapata report from '93 gets closer look -- (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) A woman who may have seen Jesus Mezquia not long after Seattle punk-rock singer Mia Zapata's 1993 slaying was rattled enough to jot down his license-plate number and call police. Tues Jan 14 2003 07:31:19  The DANIELLE VAN DAM case San Diego, California Westerfield willing to 'end it right here,' transcripts say -- (SD Union-Tribune) Trembling and crying, David Westerfield stood with two homicide detectives in the middle of the desert last February and announced that he wanted to kill himself right then and there, according to testimony unsealed Monday. Tues Jan 14 2003 07:22:46  The LACI PETERSON disappearance Modesto, California Peterson effort spreads to LA -- ( odesto Bee) A one-day volunteer command center modeled after the one in Modesto will be set up Sunday in Los Angeles to attract volunteers who can plaster the missing posters throughout the region. Tues Jan 14 2003 06:36:34  The BELTWAY SNIPERS Fairfax, Virginia Prosecutors prepared for Malvo hearing -- (Fox News) Prosecutors say they have extensive evidence to present at a hearing to determine if teenage sniper suspect John Lee Malvo should be tried as an adult for capital murder and face the possibility of being put to death Mon Jan 13 2003 17:32:13  The BAKLEY-BLAKE case Los Angeles, California Lawyer: Blake won't answer questions -- (abc NEWS) Robert Blake's criminal lawyer said Monday he will not permit his client to answer questions at a civil deposition in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Blake's slain wife. Mon Jan 13 2003 13:45:19  The "AMERICAN BEAUTY" case San Diego, California Prosecutors of Rossum tell how they built case -- (SD Union-Tribune) Prosecutor Dan Goldstein listened to Kristin Rossum's 911 tape the day he was assigned her murder case and was immediately convinced that she had lied to police about the overdose death of her 26-year-old husband. Mon Jan 13 2003 13:00:07  The SHORT family murders Collinsville, Virginia Short reward dwindling -- (News&Record) Never had so much money been collected for an unsolved crime in Henry County, Va., than last August when 9-year-old Jennifer Short was reported missing from her home. Mon Jan 13 2003 12:15:09  The RILYA WILSON case Miami, Florida Jury selection to begin -- (Tampa Bay Online) Jury selection in the identity fraud trial of one of Rilya Wilson's former caretakers was set to begin Monday. |
