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Thur Mar 20 2003 08:50:55  Tyngsboro, Massachusetts Route 3 closed after fugitive hit state police cruiser -- (Boston.com) State police closed Route 3 and sent a bomb squad to investigate after a man believed to have a suspicious device in his vehicle fled police in New Hampshire and rammed into a state police cruiser, state police said. Thur Mar 20 2003 08:23:19  Madrid, Spain Spanish police seek playing card serial killer -- (Reuters) Spanish police are hunting an assassin suspected of killing two people and trying to murder another two in the last six weeks, leaving a playing card by each body, a government official said on Wednesday. Thur Mar 20 2003 08:20:53  The LACI PETERSON homicide Modesto, California Surprise help in Fresno search for Laci -- (KGPE) News 47 was with private investigators as they used infrared cameras along with a hi-tech G.P.S. system to search the waters. Driver says that she saw something in back of Scott Peterson's truck -- (Modesto Bee) A woman says she stopped beside Scott Peterson at a red light on Dec. 24 and alerted him that something might be coming loose from his truck bed. Wed Mar 19 2003 21:16:51  BATON ROUGE SERIAL MURDERS Louisiana Patricia Cornwell signing to benefit B.R. serial killer reward fund -- (Nola) Best-selling writer Patricia Cornwell will be signing her latest book, about serial killer Jack the Ripper, to help a reward fund for capture of the Baton Rouge serial killer. Wed Mar 19 2003 16:56:55  Brownsville, Texas Grisly details emerge in three children's slayings -- (Houston Chronicle) A couple charged with the grisly deaths of their three young children killed their daughters, then cleaned up the scene and had sex before killing their son, investigators said at a bond hearing today. Wed Mar 19 2003 10:53:57  The LONGO trial Newport, Oregon New evidence expected -- (KOIN) Significant developments are expected to emerge Wednesday in the Christian Longo murder trial. Wed Mar 19 2003 09:08:42  The BRITTANY WILLIAMS case Richmond, Virginia Former guardian of missing girl arrested for fraud -- (Daily Press) The former guardian of a missing 10-year-old girl with AIDS was arrested Tuesday on charges she continued to receive Social Security benefits for Brittany Williams long after the child left her care. Wed Mar 19 2003 08:53:55  The MALCOLM & ISAIAH JOHNSON case Alaska Missing boys are not forgotten by classmates -- (Anchorage Daily News) Standing near Malcolm's tiny desk in a Tudor classroom Tuesday, Police Chief Walt Monegan said authorities are closer to finding the brothers, with a dozen policemen and federal agents following two "big leads." He said the previous 24 hours yielded 20 fresh tips. Wed Mar 19 2003 08:39:19  The LINDSEY RYAN and TERRY DRAKE case Susanville, California Another confirmed sighting of missing Lindsey Ryan -- (WOOD-TV) There's been another sighting of missing 14-year-old Lindsey Ryan. The Cass County girl has been gone for more than two weeks and is reportedly in the company of 56-year-old Terry Drake, a convicted murderer from Indiana. Wed Mar 19 2003 08:32:57 The LACI PETERSON homicide Modesto, California Rumors fly as search for Laci goes on -- (Tri-Valley Herald) Police are trying not to respond to the crush of rumors that pop up every day, and they are taking time to make sure the rumors are true before acting. Wed Mar 19 2003 07:25:24  The ELIZABETH SMART Case Salt Lake City, Utah Accused Abductors Charged With Felony Sexual Assault -- (Salt Lake Tribune) Mitchell, 49, and Wanda Barzee, 57, face two counts each of aggravated sexual assault, and one count each of aggravated burglary and aggravated kidnapping in connection with Elizabeth's ordeal, which ended last week. Media balancing sensitivity with basic reporting -- (Salt Lake Tribune) "Are you planning on giving Elizabeth a polygraph?" Star's Bob Smith asked Salt Lake District Attorney David Yocom. Officer blasts Rocky for Smart panel -- (Salt Lake Tribune) Children sometimes gain theraputic value from testimony -- (Salt Lake Tribune) Utah law makes a defense of insanity extremely difficult under any circumstance -- (Salt Lake Tribune) Wed Mar 19 2003 06:29:53  Charlotte, North Carolina Lane sentenced in federal case; awaits trial on murder charge -- (NewsObserver) A federal bank robbery case resolved, Deidra Lane now faces a state murder charge in the shooting death of her husband, former NFL running back Fred Lane. Wed Mar 19 2003 06:24:54  Everett, Washington Sketching class draws police, artists who want to battle crime -- (Seattle Times) In a short time a Snohomish County sheriff's detective was able to transform a cartoonish-looking flat face and ovular head into a realistic-looking sketch. He hadn't taken art classes since high school, but during five days of training last week he learned how to be a composite artist. Wed Mar 19 2003 06:22:22  Buffalo, New York Kopp convicted in abortion doctor slaying -- (Las Vegas Sun) Anti-abortion extremist James Kopp was found guilty Tuesday on a state charge of second-degree murder for gunning down Dr. Barnett Slepian with an assault rifle through a window of the doctor's home. Wed Mar 19 2003 06:20:19  Washington House panel approves Amber Alert package for kidnapped children, but it faces obstacles -- (Boston.com) Before his daughter was found last week, Ed Smart criticized House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., for not letting the Amber Alert system be voted on separately. Tues Mar 18 2003 19:23:56  El Cajon, California Truck-driver pleads guilty to 1965 murder in El Cajon -- (Mercury News) Investigators believe Wilkerson, who has a crime record for rape, assault, burglary and drug dealing, could be responsible for unsolved slayings and rapes across the United States. Tues Mar 18 2003 19:07:33  The NICOLAS ZAVALA disappearance Indianapolis, Indiana Blood found at grandmother's house is missing boy's -- (The Indy Channel) Regarding the blood, investigators say only that it confirms Nicolas Zavala -- who was 12 when he was reported missing Aug. 13 -- was at the home at some point, according to state police Sgt. Shana Kennedy. Tues Mar 18 2003 18:04:02  The CARRIE LYNN YODER homicide Baton Rouge, Louisiana Murdered woman serial killer's fifth victim, DNA shows -- (Fox News) DNA evidence has linked the slaying of a college student to a serial killer who has murdered four other women in Louisiana, authorities said Tuesday. Tues Mar 18 2003 13:16:34  The ELIZABETH SMART kidnapping Salt Lake City, Utah Suspects charged -- (AP) Self-proclaimed prophet Brian Mitchell and his wife were charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated burglary Tuesday in the abduction of Elizabeth Smart. Mitchell, Barzee charged in Smart kidnapping -- (USA Today) Bail for each defendant was set at $10 million. Tues Mar 18 2003 09:20:53  The SOFIA JUAREZ case Kennewick, Washington Family holds out hope for missing girl, 5 -- (The Oregonian) One minute, Sofia Juarez was badgering her mother for a dollar to go to the store. The next, she was gone, apparently whisked away in the brief moments when she was supposed to run out to her granddad's car. Tues Mar 18 2003 09:00:31  The MALCOLM and ISAIAH JOHNSON case Anchorage, Alaska Case of missing boys now considered an abduction -- (Daily News) Anchorage police are now considering the case of the missing Johnson boys a criminal abduction, they said Monday, a week after the brothers vanished from their Dowling Road-Lake Otis Parkway neighborhood. Tues Mar 18 2003 08:47:59  Soham, England Date set for Soham trial -- (BBC) Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr will stand trial on 6 October in connection with the deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. Tues Mar 18 2003 07:50:28 The ELIZABETH SMART case Salt Lake City, Utah Woman rebuffed Mitchell's proposal to be plural wife -- (Salt Lake Tribune) "You are the only woman that God sent us to . . . We are one, even as I am one with the Father," Mitchell said in a four-page handwritten marriage proffer to Julie Adkison dated March 1, 2001. Family asks for privacy for Elizabeth during probe -- (Salt Lake Tribune) After she allegedly was kidnapped at knife point from her bedroom last June, Elizabeth Smart was subjected to "coercion, assault, degradation and ripping apart one's life of identity and self-respect," the girl's father said through a family spokesman. Tues Mar 18 2003 07:29:35  New York Baby-starving trial begins -- (Newsday) A vegan couple accused of starving their first child nearly to death was neither reckless nor depraved and should not be convicted of assault charges, defense attorneys told a Queens jury yesterday. Tues Mar 18 2003 07:10:17  The HANNAH FOSTER homicide Portsmouth, England Murder police find Hannah's mobile -- (Ananova) The handbag and mobile phone of murdered teenager Hannah Foster have been recovered from a recycling tip. Tues Mar 18 2003 07:04:27  Waterbury, Connecticut FBI 'sick' about missing what seems obvious now -- (Hartford Courant) Against the backdrop of a child sex-assault case, and after a woman has already testified about bringing her prepubescent daughter and niece to then-Waterbury Mayor Philip A. Giordano for sex, the significance of the wiretapped phone conversation of April 20, 2001, seems obvious. Mon Mar 17 2003 20:21:40  VANCOUVER'S MISSING WOMEN Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada Task force steps up Pickton farm search -- (Canada.com) Police are doubling the number of anthropology specialists searching a 5.6-hectare farm property in suburban Port Coquitlam owned by accused serial killer Robert Pickton. Mon Mar 17 2003 18:08:14  The CARRIE LYNN YODER homicide Baton Rouge, Louisiana Families of serial killer victims believe Yoder's death linked -- (WDSU) On Sunday, family and friends of the serial killer victims and a few hundred people rallied on the state Capitol steps demanding progress in the investigation. Mon Mar 17 2003 17:54:20  Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania Police: Missing woman was killed by son-in-law after sex -- (Penn Live) A woman whose body was found in a shallow grave more than two years after she was reported missing was killed by her son-in-law after they had sex and she threatened to tell his wife, according to an arrest warrant. Mon Mar 17 2003 13:33:27  The LINDSEY RYAN and TERRY DRAKE case 'America's Most Wanted' airs segment on Lindsey Ryan -- (South Bend Tribune) For the second week in a row, a missing Cass County girl was splashed on television sets across the country in an effort to bring her safely home. Mon Mar 17 2003 13:27:00  Del Mar, California Detectives seek help from public in Del Mar homicide -- (North County Times) An autopsy on a charred woman's body found in a trunk of a burning car early Thursday morning has been sealed and investigators are trying to identify the victim, a sheriff's homicide lieutenant said. Mon Mar 17 2003 13:15:26  London, England Cellar skeleton identified as mother of three -- (Daily Telegraph) A skeleton found in the coal cellar of a house in London has been identified as that of a mother of three who was murdered more than 40 years ago. Mon Mar 17 2003 08:48:05  The ELIZABETH SMART case Salt Lake City, Utah Smarts fielding book, movie proposals to tell Elizabeth's story; total of pitches nears 100 -- (Boston.com) It's no surprise that in the five days since the kidnapped teen returned home, the family's spokesman has fielded more than 3,000 media calls and received nearly 100 film, book or made-for-TV-movie proposals. Suspect Considers Utah Teen His Wife -- (NewsOk) The self-proclaimed prophet accused of abducting Elizabeth Smart told his attorney he considers the girl his wife and wants the 15-year-old to be renamed "Remnant Who Will Return." Relatives defend suspect in Smart disappearance -- (CNN) "How many of these fiends, degenerates, take little kids and dismember their bodies or kill them outright and bury them. Now when they're getting to be overcritical of Brian, they should remember that," Smart case one of many that has put spotlight on Utah's polygamous history -- (Casper Star Tribune) Mon Mar 17 2003 08:38:42  Boston, Massachusetts Horseplay led to shooting -- (Boston.com) Police charged a 14-year-old boy with manslaughter after he allegedly shot a friend in the chest during an incident another friend said was an accident. Sun Mar 16 2003 12:35:38  The RAPP case Lakeland, Florida Man convicted in wife's murder -- (The Ledger) A jury convicted a man of second-degree murder for killing his wife in their Orange County condominium, then burying her body to hide it. Sun Mar 16 2003 12:11:56  England Body found in teenager hunt -- (Ananova) Hannah Foster, 17, was last seen by a female friend as she walked home in Portswood, Southampton, after a visit to a pub. Sun Mar 16 2003 10:49:20  The CARRIE LYNN YODER homicide Baton Rouge, Louisiana Yoder family speaks -- (WBRZ) "The forensic evidence left at the scene is still being processed and has not conclusively linked Miss Yoder's death to the other homicides currently under investigation," Iberville Parish Sheriff Brent Allain said Friday. Sun Mar 16 2003 09:50:17  Oregon 'COPS' producer falls off cliff, missing -- (abc NEWS) The creator of the long-running reality television series "COPS" fell 300 feet from an Oregon cliff into the Pacific Ocean and was missing, police and the Coast Guard said. Sun Mar 16 2003 01:47:31  The ELIZABETH SMART case Salt Lake City, Utah Elizabeth Smart in San Diego County -- (KFMB) Rick Roberts' Court of Public Opinion listener "Mindy" snapped these exclusive photographs of kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart, and abductors Brian David "Emmanuel" Mitchell and Wanda Eileen Barzee when the trio were in Lakeside, California in January, 2003. The Missing Nine Months -- (TIME.com) Elizabeth Smart is finally found, but what happened while she was under the spell of a deranged drifter? Sun Mar 16 2003 01:11:49 Las Vegas, Nevada Authorities misplace body of woman in Vegas spy shop case -- (Las Vegas Sun) Authorities have misplaced the body of a woman connected to the case of a former spy shop owner who killed a 20-year-old customer. |
