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Sat Feb 22 2003 14:29:04  Richmond, Virginia Forensics mystery -- (Free Lance Star) Were lab worker's records farsighted or just unorthodox? When forensic scientist Mary Jane Burton died in 1999, she left a legacy far more meaningful than the pages of a best-selling novel based on one of her cases. And a controversy that is only now surfacing. Sat Feb 22 2003 13:59:15  The STEPHANIE CROWE case San Diego, California Prosecutors to show 2nd set of tapes in Crowe case --(SD Union-Tribune)Richard Tuite's attorneys rested yesterday after airing 10 hours of videotape in his preliminary hearing on charges that he killed Stephanie Crowe in January 1998. Sat Feb 22 2003 13:57:50  Anchorage, Alaska Judge gives hatchet killer 99 years -- (Daily News) The victim's family wanted him killed. The prosecutor suggested 105 years or more in prison. Then the defendant made it nearly unanimous, telling the judge to give him the maximum. Sat Feb 22 2003 13:40:11  The LOUISIANA SERIAL KILLINGS Man sentenced for entering home of serial killing victim -- (The Advocate) Sneaking into the Baton Rouge town house where a woman had been murdered by the south Louisiana serial killer will cost a man six months in a halfway house, probation and a fine. Sat Feb 22 2003 13:35:32  The GAUTAM case Sacramento, California Body thought to be that of missing woman -- (Sacramento Bee) Authorities searching the Sacramento River on Friday recovered the body of a local woman believed to be that of a battered wife who vanished with her husband nine days ago. Sat Feb 22 2003 10:30:41  Milwaukee, Wisconsin Jury finds 'Dream Slasher' guilty of attempted murder -- (Channel 3000) Erin Cottrell said he was dreaming when he attacked and stabbed his wife last May. Sat Feb 22 2003 10:23:48  Los Angeles, California Officials with L.A. archdiocese testify before grand jury investigating clergy sex abuse -- (Boston.com) Four leaders of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles who have ties to the cardinal have been testifying before a grand jury regarding possible sexual abuse by 17 fellow priests. Fri Feb 21 2003 18:55:54  The KYNANDE BENNETT case Conway, South Carolina No clues to Kynande's location -- (Fayetteville Online) Investigators are no closer to finding Kynande Bennett than they were Sept. 29, the day her mother reported the 4-year old missing from the Kmart in Whiteville, N.C., Conway police Capt. Larry Shilling said Thursday. Prosecutors not ruling out death penalty in Bennett case -- (WECT) While Hembree says he's confident he'll win a conviction, hie biggest hurdle is doing so without a body. Kynande's parents wait for judge -- (Wilmington Star) Bail hearing in child murder case set for Feb. 24 in Horry County. Fri Feb 21 2003 18:33:25  The KATHLEEN PETERSON case Durham, North Carolina Peterson: Exhuming woman ‘cruel act’ -- (Herald-Sun) Novelist Michael Peterson, accused of killing his wife in 2001, predicted Thursday that a pending exhumation and autopsy will clear his name in the 1985 death of another woman in Germany. Fri Feb 21 2003 18:29:04  VANCOUVER'S MISSING WOMEN Port Coquitlam, British Columbia Pickton hearing resumes -- (Cnews) After breaking for more than a week, the preliminary hearing resumed Wednesday for accused serial killer Robert Pickton. Fri Feb 21 2003 15:13:04 The STEPHANIE CROWE case San Diego,Ca Defense rests in Tuite preliminary hearing --(SDUTribune)The defense rested today in a preliminary hearing for a transient accused in the 1998 stabbing death of Stephanie Crowe, as a judge considered the prosecution's request to present more evidence. Fri Feb 21 2003 09:12:27  San Bernadino,Ca Pair Make Plea in Mutilated Corpse Case --(ABCNews)Two employees of a company that transports bodies for the coroner's officer pleaded innocent today in San Bernardino to charges of mutilating the body of a four-year-old girl. Fri Feb 21 2003 08:04:12  The BELTWAY SNIPERS case Baltimore, Maryland Judge releases records -- (Fox News) Most of sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo's juvenile court records were unsealed Thursday in response to lawsuits filed by media organizations. Fri Feb 21 2003 07:22:25  CHARLES T. SINCLAIR Washington Serial killers: They're not always who we think -- (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) For years, the issue of whether Charles T. Sinclair was a bona fide serial killer remained a question of his intentions. Like serial killers, he trolled -- from New Mexico to Canada. Like serial killers, he had a pattern, killing coin shop dealers, all strangers. But unlike the popular perception of serial killers, Sinclair appeared to have a motive -- money. Thur Feb 20 2003 19:46:09  Faye Williams San Diego, California Police turn to public --(SD Union-Tribune) San Diego police investigators turned to the public for help today in the search for a 39-year-old San Diego woman who disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Thur Feb 20 2003 19:37:53 The STEPHANIE CROWE case San Diego, California Taped interrogations continue at Tuite hearing --(SD Union-Tribune) A teen originally charged in Stephanie Crowe's stabbing death informed a detective that a friend gave him the knife and threatened to kill him if he told anyone, according to a tape played in court today. The Feb. 10, 1998, taped interrogation of Joshua Treadway, now 20, was introduced by attorneys for Richard Tuite at his preliminary hearing. Thur Feb 20 2003 16:48:11  Queens, New York Four teens charged in underage sex case --(CNN) Four former students at Christ the King High School in Queens, New York, were charged with sexual misconduct Wednesday for allegedly having sexual relations with a teenage girl too young to consent, the Queens district attorney said in a statement. Thur Feb 20 2003 16:35:43  The LACI PETERSON case Modesto, California Peterson warehouse also getting second look -- (KTVU) Business operators near a warehouse Scott Peterson uses for his fertilizer business say that Modesto investigators have asked them to recall anything unusual they saw in days surrounding the disappearance of his wife, Laci. Modesto PD: Latest Peterson rumor false -- (Modesto Bee) The false information, which started circulating Thursday morning, included reports of remains being found in Fresno County, Madera County, and even under the home owned by Peterson and her husband, Scott. Police end search of missing woman's home -- (Pilot Online) Spokesman: No arrests imminent -- (CNN) Probe of Peterson house continues for second day -- (Modesto Bee) Thur Feb 20 2003 11:45:21  Richard Kuklinski aka "The ICEMAN" Trenton, New Jersey "Iceman" Hitman charged in television confession --(ABC News)This afternoon, an admitted mafia hitman known as "The Iceman" answers to charges he ambushed and killed a New York City detective over 23 years ago. Thur Feb 20 2003 09:20:27  The JANA CARPENTER KOKLICH case Norwalk, California Opening statements Bruce Koklich trial -- (KABC) Today Deputy District Attorney Eleanor Hunter told the jury that the case was going to be a case built on circumstantial evidence. Thur Feb 20 2003 09:01:54  The LE-ZAHN WILLIAMS abduction Vallejo, California Sentencing in Vallejo today in bizarre kidnap-murder case -- (SJ Mercury News) The first part of a bizarre murder-suicide case ends in Vallejo today as a woman is sentenced for helping raise an infant her daughter allegedly kidnapped after killing the child's mother. Thur Feb 20 2003 08:52:11  The KRISTINE LOUISE JOHNSON case Santa Monica, California Public's help sought finding missing woman -- (LA Daily News) Police asked for the public's help in finding a 21-year-old woman who disappeared on Saturday after saying she was going to meet a photographer in Beverly Hills who told her she had an unusual look. Search for missing Santa Monica woman -- (KABC) A search was under way today for a 21-year-old woman who was last seen in Santa Monica on Saturday afternoon and who is feared to have been the victim of foul play. Thur Feb 20 2003 08:01:26  The ELIZABETH SMART case Salt Lake City, Utah Utah police hunt transient -- (abc NEWS) Police investigating the abduction of a 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart from her Salt Lake City bedroom last June were hunting on Wednesday for a homeless street preacher who was identified by her sister as resembling the kidnapper. Thur Feb 20 2003 07:53:42  The SHAWN HORNBECK case Richwoods, Missouri Story of missing boy goes national -- (Daily Journal) Once more, the parents of missing 11-year-old Shawn Hornbeck are taking the boy's story to the nation by way of television. This time it will be the Montel Williams talk show. Two leads persisit in Hornbeck case -- (Daily Journal) Rupp would not discuss the specifics of the two leads, nor say if the investigators were looking at specific people as potential suspects. Thur Feb 20 2003 01:26:24  The SOFIA JUAREZ case Kennewick, Washington Infrared search turns up nothing -- (KVEW) Detectives say they thought for a while Wednesday morning the camera may have uncovered new leads, but now police admit they are no closer to finding the little girl. Wed Feb 19 2003 21:38:52  The LACI PETERSON case Modesto, California Police Spend Second Day Searching Home of Missing Modesto Woman -- (KCBS.com) Laci Peterson disappeared on Christmas Eve. She was eight months pregnant at the time and was due to give birth earlier this month. The follow-up search came after police said they made unspecified new findings in the case of the 27-year-old substitute teacher. Connecting and Eliminating Dots -- (ABCNEWS.com) Wed Feb 19 2003 14:03:26  The ELIZABETH SMART case Salt Lake City, Utah Homeless Man Sought in Utah Girl's Case -- (Las Vegas Sun) A man known to the Smarts as "Emmanuel" has been identified as Brian David Mitchell, Police Detective Dwayne Baird said Tuesday. The family said he worked on their roof and did yard work in November 2001. Wed Feb 19 2003 11:14:37  The JONBENET RAMSEY case Boulder, Colorado Local professor profiles JonBenet’s ransom note -- (Quad City Times) He was not allowed to take photographs while touring the palatial Boulder, Colo. home where a 6-year-old girl had been killed just months earlier. But Thomas McAninch did what any good criminologist would: he carefully committed as many details as possible to his memory. Wed Feb 19 2003 10:21:59  Las Vegas, Nevada Weber Murder Trial: Victim's meth use examined -- (reviewjournal.com) On April 4, the bodies of Kim and Anthony Gautier were found in the First Street residence they shared with Weber. Timmy "T.J." Weber, 29, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, sexual assault of a minor and multiple other felonies. He faces a potential death sentence if convicted. Weber defense hopes to discredit girl's testimony -- (Las Vegas Sun) Wed Feb 19 2003 10:15:48 Cook County, Illinois Devine to put murder convictions to DNA test -- (Sun-Times) As a way to review whether DNA would exonerate any people who have been convicted of murder, the Cook County state's attorney's office said Tuesday it's opening a unit to review the cases of nearly 100 people convicted of murder. Wed Feb 19 2003 10:09:10 Rochester, New York Bail revoked for suspect in Internet-linked rapes -- (Boston.com) James Comfort, 28, who was freed on $26,000 bail last summer, was taken into custody after a routine pretrial hearing last week and charged with first-degree rape for attacking a teen in December while living in Syracuse. Wed Feb 19 2003 07:46:47  Ventura, California Max Factor heir sentenced -- (Fox News) The fugitive heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune was sentenced Tuesday to 124 years in prison for drugging and raping three women. Wed Feb 19 2003 07:33:49  The LACI PETERSON case Modesto, California Peterson home searched -- (Modesto Bee) Detectives returned to Scott and Laci Peterson's home Tuesday, hauling away about 50 bags of evidence in their second search of the house. Tues Feb 18 2003 23:02:53  The LANA CLARKSON homicide case Los Angeles, California Cops expect delay in Spector home probe -- (abc NEWS) Sheriff's detectives probing a fatal shooting at music producer Phil Spector's home will not be ready to present their case by his scheduled arraignment, the lead investigator said Tuesday. Tues Feb 18 2003 22:57:37  The JANA CARPENTER-KOKLICH case Norwalk, California Opening statements in murder of former state senator's daughter -- (San Jose Mercury News) A Superior Court jury heard opening statements Tuesday offering two very different descriptions of Bruce Koklich, the Long Beach real estate agent charged with murdering his wife, daughter of a former state senator. Tues Feb 18 2003 08:05:23  The DENA RALEY McCLUSKEY case Modesto, California 'Wings of Protection' helps families of missing persons -- (Modesto Bee) Like Laci and Chandra Levy and Carole Sund and Julie Sund and Silvina Pelosso, Dena Raley McCluskey is a woman with Modesto ties who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Unlike the other missing women, she never became a household name. Tues Feb 18 2003 02:05:38  Pete Russell Jr., 29 - convicted of capital murder Houston, Texas Man who killed girlfriend sentenced to die -- (Houston Chronicle) A man who viciously killed his police informant girlfriend because her tip led to his arrest on a drug charge was sentenced to death on Monday. Tues Feb 18 103 01:55:24
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