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Fri Feb 13 2004 18:39:13  CARLIE BRUCIA murder Sarasota,Fl. Gag Order Request Denied in Carlie Case--(FoxNews) A judge declined to impose a gag order (search) Friday in the case against an auto mechanic charged in the videotaped abduction and slaying of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia (search), but said he won't rule out such an order in the future. Fri Feb 13 2004 18:27:34  JOE FRAZIER Philadelphia,Pa. Boxing Great Joe Frazier Charged With Assault--(FoxNews)Former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier (search) was arrested Friday morning for allegedly assaulting a woman in a domestic dispute, police said. Fri Feb 13 2004 10:07:31  VALENTINE ATTACK ANNIVERSARY Leon Adams Wales,England Valentine attack anniversary appeal--(BBCNews)The family of a barman who has been in a coma for two years following a robbery say they have not given up hope of finding his attackers. Fri Feb 13 2004 10:01:16  North East Wales,England Teenager search - body found--(BBCNews)A body has been found in Flintshire by police searching for a 17-year-old boy who vanished after leaving a pub two weeks ago. Fri Feb 13 2004 09:25:03  The JONATHAN LUNA homicide Baltimore, Maryland Search uncovers Luna's penknife -- (Baltimore Sun) Authorities probing the mysterious death of Baltimore federal prosecutor Jonathan P. Luna now think the young lawyer likely suffered from stab wounds inflicted with his own pocketknife and are re-examining financial records that may shed more light on the final months of Luna's life. No suspects in slaying of prosecutor -- (Washington Post) The FBI said yesterday that it has no suspects in the slaying of Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan P. Luna, more than two months into a massive investigation that began when the federal prosecutor was found stabbed and drowned in a rural Pennsylvania creek. Fri Feb 13 2004 09:01:25  The KAYLA MICHELLE KIME disappearance New Albany, Indiana FBI joins search for missing girl -- (Wave3) The FBI is now investigating the disappearance of a 12-year-old southern Indiana girl. Kayla Kime, who is mildly retarded, was last seen Monday night in the back yard of her New Albany home on Market Street. Thur Feb 12 2004 10:51:40  Juarez, Mexico Crackdown on policemen heartens some in Juarez -- (AZ Central) While federal investigators dug for corpses in a nearby yard, Deonicio Delgadillo Picazo watched over his 11-year-old daughter, who was playing on a seesaw. Delgadillo said he was not surprised that 17 state police officers had been implicated in the deaths of 12 people found buried in the neighborhood. But he was shocked, he said, that some of those policemen were in jail. Thur Feb 12 2004 10:46:21  TOBY STUDABAKER England Ex-marine pleads guilty -- (Sky News) A former US Marine has admitted abducting a 12-year-old British girl he allegedly met on the internet. Toby Studabaker, 32, of Michigan, pleaded guilty to two charges of child abduction and one of incitement to gross indecency. Thur Feb 12 2004 07:26:07  BATON ROUGE SERIAL KILLINGS Baton Rouge, Louisiana Derrick Todd Lee Police: Seventh murder linked to La. serial killings suspect -- (Fox News) The man arrested in the serial murders of six Louisiana women has been linked by DNA evidence to another slaying, police said Wednesday. Wed Feb 11 2004 17:07:15  COURTNEY LOVE Los Angeles, California Judge issues bench warrant for Courtney Love -- (NBC San Diego) Singer Courtney Love is in trouble with the law again. According to Reuters News Service, a California judge issued a bench warrant for Love Wednesday after the singer-actress failed to appear for a hearing in Beverly Hills on felony drug possession charges. Wed Feb 11 2004 14:10:42  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gunfire wounds boy, crossing guard in Pa. -- (ABC News) An 8-year-old boy was shot in the face at a school playground Wednesday and a school crossing guard was wounded in the foot, police said. Wed Feb 11 2004 13:38:52  PLAN TO ATTACK SCHOOL Laguna Creek High, California Plan to attack school alleged--(Sacramento Bee)Acting on a dead-of-night tip from a worried parent, Sacramento and Elk Grove law enforcement officials say they thwarted a "Columbine-style" plot by students to attack Laguna Creek High School with guns and bombs during the lunch break today. Parents: Teen is a 'good kid' but was being bullied -- (Sacramento Bee) When three law enforcement officers showed up on their doorstep Sunday to ask if their children might be involved in a plot to kill students at Laguna Creek High School, the parents thought immediately of their eldest son. Wed Feb 11 2004 07:25:52  LACI PETERSON murder trial Redwood, California Peterson defense objecting to use of GPS -- (Fox News) Defense lawyer Mark Geragos (search) will try to convince the judge in the Scott Peterson double-murder case Wednesday that global positioning technology is inaccurate and unreliable. Tues Feb 10 2004 19:59:14  GREEN RIVER KILLER GARY LEON RIDGWAY Seattle, Washington Green River Killer tells all on DVD -- (Fox News) In the words of mass murderer Gary Leon Ridgway (search): "I chose to be a serial killer."It's just one snippet of thousands of hours of footage released on DVD by the King County prosecutor's office, which brought the "Green River Killer" to justice this past year. Tues Feb 10 2004 19:21:18  ADAM BROWN Riverside, California Officer under arrest, accused of having sex with children -- (ABC7.com) Eyewitness News has learned that Riverside Police Officer Adam Brown is now under arrest and accused of having sex with a number of children. He allegedly used the Internet to find, and then meet at least five young boys. Tues Feb 10 2004 17:33:47  Erie, Pennsylvania Bizarre bank robbery case note released -- (ABC News) The FBI released sections of a nine-page handwritten note found in a car belonging to an Erie pizza deliveryman killed six months ago when a bomb locked around his neck exploded after he robbed a bank. Tues Feb 10 2004 17:23:27  LAURA ARROYO murder Otay Mesa, California DNA links neighbor to girl's 1991 murder -- (The San Diego Channel) 1n 1991, Arroyo went to answer the doorbell of her Otay Mesa condominium, but when her parents went to check on her, the door was open and she was gone. Arroyo's body was found behind a Chula Vista church 10 hours later. Tues Feb 10 2004 13:29:27 LACI PETERSON murder trial Redwoood, California Peterson lawyer seeks two juries -- (Modesto Bee) Citing an "intense, unrelenting media frenzy," Scott Peterson's attorney asked a judge Monday for two juries and requested that both be sequestered during his client's double-murder trial. Tues Feb 10 2004 07:40:50  STEPHANIE CROWE murder trial San Diego, California Six men, six women chosen for Tuite trial--(SDUnionTribune)Ajury of six men and six women was selected yesterday to hear the murder case against Richard Tuite, the former transient accused of fatally stabbing 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe in her Escondido bedroom six years ago. Tues Feb 10 2004 07:28:56  KENNETH PARNELL Oakland, California 'Steven' kidnapper convicted of trying to buy boy -- (Fox News) Kenneth Parnell, infamous for the 1972 kidnapping of Steven Stayner, could spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted Monday of trying to buy a child last year. Mon Feb 9 2004 16:31:36  Bali, Indonesia Aussie pedophile ring hits Bali -- (News.com.au)Australian pedophile rings have infiltrated the Indonesian island of Bali and are using the pretence of adopting or fostering poverty-stricken children in order to abuse them. A shocking new report has revealed that expatriate Australians are also organising sex tours to the island for tourists to abuse children and they have become more pronounced since the 2002 Bali bombings. Mon Feb 9 2004 12:55:21  San Francisco, California Convicted killer wins stay -- (abc NEWS) The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request for an 11-judge panel to rehear the case of Kevin Cooper, convicted in 1983 of hacking four people to death. Mon Feb 9 2004 11:27:03 LACI PETERSON murder trial Los Angeles, California Judge to hear motions on sequestering jury in Peterson case -- (NBC San Diego) The judge in the Scott Peterson case will hear motions Monday on whether or not the jury should be sequestered during the trial. Neither the defense or prosecution is talking about the issue, because they are under a court-imposed order not to discuss the case with the media. Mon Feb 9 2004 10:36:33  OHIO HIGHWAY SNIPER Columbus, Ohio Witness reportedly gets look at Ohio highway shooter -- (The San Diego Channel) An Ohio motorist said he got a good look at the man who fired a shot at his Mercedes-Benz from a highway overpass Sunday.He said the gunman was a middle-age white man with a medium build. Mon Feb 9 2004 10:30:20  Glenmont, Maryland Kidnap conspiracy foiled, police say -- (Washington Post) A routine traffic stop by Montgomery County police officers in Glenmont led to the discovery early Saturday of a duct tape-covered man lying facedown in the back seat -- the victim of an unreported kidnapping conspiracy, officials said yesterday. Mon Feb 9 2004 10:22:15  South Africa 'After 72 hours we begin looking for a body' -- (IOL - The Star) More than 60 000 streetchildren wander around daily nationwide, yet the families of only 860 have reported their offspring missing. Mon Feb 9 2004 09:21:05  NEIL SIMONS Australia School defends use of 'cage' -- (Herald Sun) The repeated locking up of an intellectually disabled boy in a cage at his school has sparked an investigation by the West Australian Education Department. Mon Feb 9 2004 08:34:35 Philadelphia, Pa. Man arrested in attack on girl in Philly -- (ABC News) A homeless man has been charged with sexually assaulting and critically injuring an 8-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Center City library, police said. Sun Feb 8 2004 17:22:41  OHIO HIGHWAY SNIPER Columbus, Ohio Police: Shots hit two more Ohio vehicles -- (ABC News) A van and a Mercedes were shot minutes apart on an interstate Sunday in a region where a series of 21 sniper shootings have occurred, investigators said. The gunfire seems consistent with the sniper shootings along Interstate 270 south of Columbus, based on initial evidence, Franklin County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Steve Martin. Sun Feb 8 2004 17:08:44  HOLLY WELLS & JESICA CHAPMAN murder Soham, England Wells family speaks out -- (Sky News) The parents of murdered schoolgirl Holly Wells have appealed to prison bosses to keep Maxine Carr behind bars.T he former girlfriend of Soham killer Ian Huntley could walk free this week. Sun Feb 8 2004 17:00:14  Mount Vernon, Illinois Police bust major child-porn ring in Illinois -- (Fox News) Soon after a 13-year-old runaway told police she had posed for pornography in a ramshackle apartment, police knocked on its rickety door. What they found inside stopped them cold. Sun Feb 8 2004 09:21:25  ALEX WEBER murder trial Mission Viejo, Ca. Woman to be tried for killing son of ex-lover -- (ABC7.com) Forty-five-year-old Tamara Kay Bohler is charged with using a large kitchen knife to kill Alex Weber as he slept in his father's condominium in Mission Viejo early July 4th. Sun Feb 8 2004 07:57:42 DEATH STALKS THE BORDER Juarez, Mexico Victims' mothers to miss march -- (Borderland News) Thousands of visitors are expected to be in Juárez on Saturday to demand the resolution of serial-like murders of women in this Mexican border town. Sat Feb 7 2004 21:54:53  CARLIE BRUCIA murder Sarasota, Florida Bond denied in Florida girl's slaying -- (Las Vegas Sun) Joseph P. Smith, who has been arrested at least 13 times in Florida since 1993, waived his first court appearance in the slaying of Carlie Brucia a day after her body was pulled from thick underbrush in a church parking lot. Sat Feb 7 2004 08:55:27 STEPHANIE CROWE murder trial San Diego, California Judge says Tuite defense can use statements from Stephanie's brother -- (SD Union Tribune) Fantasy writings by Stephanie Crowe's brother and statements to police that he didn't like his sister can be introduced in the trial of a transient accused of the girl's murder, a judge ruled Friday. Tuite's family talks -- (NBC San Diego) After years of silence, Richard Tuite's family talked to NBC 7/39 on Friday in an exclusive interview, telling about what it is like to have her son stand trial for murder. Sat Feb 7 2004 08:26:52  St.Louis, Missouri Mother to prison for allowing sexual abuse -- (CNN) A mother was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison Thursday for letting an Illinois man molest her daughter in their St. Louis home in exchange for cash. Sat Feb 7 2004 08:12:21 CARLIE BRUCIA murder Sarasota, Flaorida Remembering Carlie -- (ABC News) Hundreds of people, many of them children, turned out for the memorial at the Community Bible Chapel in Sarasota. Some held candles. Others carried signs with her photo that read, "In Loving Memory of Carlie J. Brucia." Fri Feb 6 2004 19:13:53 BATON ROUGE SERIAL KILLINGS Baton Rouge, Louisiana Derrick Todd Lee attorneys win delay -- (The New Orleans Channel) The first trial for Derrick Todd Lee, who is accused in the serial killings of six south Louisiana women, has been rescheduled for May 10 after defense attorneys argued Friday that they need more time to prepare their case. Fri Feb 6 2004 17:00:16 The DEBORAH SYKES homicide Winston-Salem, North Carolina DNA evidence frees N.C. murder convict -- (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Darryl Hunt left court a free man Friday, cleared by DNA tests of a murder that sent him to prison for 18 years. Fri Feb 6 2004 16:26:58  MASTER P Baton Rouge, Louisiana Master P cops to tax evasion rap -- (E! Online) The rapper, hip-hop mogul and star of the 1998 flick 'I Got the Hookup' pleaded guilty Thursday for failing to file a tax return seven years ago for his company Bout It Incorporated. Fri Feb 6 2004 16:20:36  The LAURENE McGILVRA disappearance St. Helens, Oregon Family says missing woman's remains found -- (KATU) Family members of 73-year-old Laurene McGilvra, who disappeared in May of 2002, say human remains found west of St. Helens belongs to the missing woman. Fri Feb 6 2004 10:43:02 STEPHANIE CROWE murder trial San Diego, California Jury Selection resumes in Crowe murder case -- (NBC San Diego) Jury selection resumes this morning in the murder case of Richard Tuite just four days after his escape from the downtown San Diego Courthouse. Fri Feb 6 2004 09:42:05  The FARAH KHAN homicide Toronto, Ontario, Canada Video depicts hunt for body -- (The Toronto Star) Six weeks after Muhammad Arsal Khan hid his daughter's head in an Etobicoke park, he was back again, this time leading detectives on a grisly hunt. Fri Feb 6 2004 07:48:19 DRU SJODIN Crookston, Minnesota Bloodhound spurs interest in search for Dru Sjodin -- (Star Tribune) Searchers plan to return in daylight to a site where a bloodhound picked up a scent near where a shoe thought to belong to missing college student Dru Sjodin was found two months ago, the dog's handler said. Fri Feb 6 2004 07:12:41  Lauderhill, Florida Boys, 11 and 12, charged with sexual assault -- (Fox News) Two fourth-grade boys, ages 11 and 12, have been charged with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in an elementary school bathroom. Fri Feb 6 2004 06:51:28 CARLIE BRUCIA murder Sarasota, Florida Cops: Carlie Brucia found dead -- (Fox News) The body of missing 11-year-old Florida girl Carlie Brucia (search) has been found, the local sheriff announced Friday morning, choking back tears. Thur Feb 5 2004 19:17:11 LACI PETERSON murder trial Modesto, California Peterson case defense witness dies -- (Fox News) A witness who claimed to have seen Laci Peterson hours after police allege her husband killed her has died, potentially dealing a blow to Scott Peterson's defense. Thur Feb 5 2004 18:45:13 The HOLLY WELLS & JESSICA CHAPMAN case Soham, England Soham 'House of Murder' to be demolished at Easter' -- (The Scotsman) The house where school caretaker Ian Huntley murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman is expected to be demolished in April, education authority officials said today. Thur Feb 5 2004 17:26:21  The LILLIAN LEILANI GILL case Big Bear Lake, California Arrest made in case of missing girl -- (Big Bear Grizzly) The mother of a missing Big Bear City girl has been arrested on charges of murder. Thur Feb 5 2004 12:50:25  BONNIE LEE BAKLEY murder trial Los Angeles, California Robert Blake trial postponed indefinitely due to defense shake-up -- (SD Union Tribune) The judge in Robert Blake's murder trial agreed Thursday to remove defense attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. due to "irreconcilable differences" between the lawyer and his client.The action by Superior Court Judge Darlene Schempp forces an indefinite postponement in the actor's trial. She set a hearing for Feb. 23 at which time she hoped a new lawyer would have been chosen. Thur Feb 5 2004 09:38:07 CARLIE BRUCIA abduction Sarasota, Florida Suspect in missing Fla. girl case not cooperating -- (Fox News) The suspect linked to missing 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, whose abduction was captured by a surveillance camera, is not cooperating with investigators, the sheriff said Thursday morning. Thur Feb 5 2004 08:37:00 STEPHANIE CROWE murder trial San Diego, California Prosecution wants jury to consider Tuite's escape -- (The San Diego Channel) Prosecutors in the Richard Tuite case said the fact that he escaped custody speaks to his guilt, 10News reported. Tuite, who is accused of murdering 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe in 1998, escaped from the courthouse Monday. Wed Feb 4 2004 18:51:23 CARLIE BRUCIA abduction Sarasota, Florida Suspect in Fla. girl's abduction in custody -- (Fox News) A suspect in the abduction of an 11-year-old girl has been arrested and taken into custody, the Sarasota County sheriff said on Wednesday. Joseph P. Smith, 37, was described as a white male and a prime suspect in the kidnapping. A sheriff's office spokesman said in a Wednesday evening press conference that the sixth-grader had not been located. Wed Feb 4 2004 18:06:54 ROBERT WILLY PICKTON Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Canadian serial killings case still in shadows -- (Fox News) The details of the murders are unbelievably gruesome. Police found human body parts in freezers used to store unsold meat. They also discovered remains in a wood chipper (search) — the victims' bodies turned into pig feed. But most Canadians don't know any of this horrifying evidence because the country's media has been barred from reporting it. Wed Feb 4 2004 17:54:09 CARLIE BRUCIA abduction Sarasota, Florida Videotape shows girl's kidnapper had gun -- (Fox News) Authorities searching for an 11-year-old girl who was apparently abducted Sunday said enhanced surveillance-camera videotape shows her kidnapper had a gun in his pocket and he showed it to her. Wed Feb 4 2004 17:49:09  DONETTE CRAWFORD murder Lucasville, Ohio Victim's family satisfied with execution -- (ABC News) Michelle Crawford held the hands of her father and the fiance of her sister the woman John Glenn Roe was put to death for murdering nearly 20 years ago. When Warden James Haviland announced that Donette Crawford's killer was dead, her sister raised the hands of Don Crawford and Steven Steiner and softly said, "Yes." Wed Feb 4 2004 16:46:51  QUIMANI CAREY murder Atlanta,Ga. Police: Man killed kin because of 'demon' -- (ABC News) Quimani Carey's naked body was found Jan. 19 inside an extended-stay motel in downtown Atlanta. She had been strangled and stabbed, and her arms and legs had been broken. Pages ripped from a Bible were strewn on and around the body. Wed Feb 4 2004 10:58:19 JAIME RODRIGO GOUGH murder Palmetto Bay, Florida Fla. teen charged Wwth classmate's murder -- (Fox News) A 14-year-old boy is charged with murder in the slaying of a classmate, a musician and baseball player who was found bleeding to death in a school bathroom. Wed Feb 4 2004 10:48:33 JOHNNY L. ROBINSON Starke, Florida Man who murdered Plant City woman set for execution -- (Jacksonville) Johnny L. Robinson, 51, was condemned for the Aug. 12, 1985, slaying of Beverly St. George, whose car had broken down in St. Johns County. Unless a court stops the execution, Robinson was scheduled to die by injection at 6 p.m. EST at Florida State Prison. Wed Feb 4 2004 09:24:04 CARLIE BRUCIA abduction Sarasota, Florida No good leads in Florida girl's abduction -- (Fox News) Dozens of FBI agents joined in the search for an 11-year-old girl whose abduction was caught on camera, but officials said Wednesday that none of more than 250 leads that have come in has proved solid. |
