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Sat Feb 21 2004 08:32:17  The HARGON FAMILY disappearance Yazoo County, Mississippi Polygraphs, dogs, no sign of family -- (The Clarion-Ledger) Michael Hargon's sister, Jennifer Hargon, said law enforcement officials have questioned and polygraphed some family and friends about their whereabouts when her brother and his family were discovered missing. Sat Feb 21 2004 08:19:24  The MAURA MURRAY disappearance New Hampshire and Vermont A lonely vigil for mother of missing Hanson woman -- (The Enterprise) Murray will travel to New Hampshire as early as today in hopes of meeting the man, the unidentified witness, who police say is the last person to have seen Maura after she crashed her car in a snowbank along Route 112 at the Vermont border on Feb. 9. Search for missing woman extended -- (Caledonian Record) The search for a missing 21-year-old Massachusetts woman has shifted in a different direction, at least for the moment. Fri Feb 20 2004 19:50:59  CARLIE BRUCIA murder Sarasota, Florida Man indicted in Carlie Brucia's slaying -- (Nola) The state attorney's office separately filed charges of kidnapping and capital sexual battery against Joseph P. Smith, 37, assistant state attorney Dennis Nales said. Fri Feb 20 2004 19:47:24  MICHAEL and REBECCA HARGON and their son, JAMES PATRICK Vaughan, Mississippi Clues sought in family's disappearance -- (Nola) Bloodhounds, aircraft and the FBI scoured a wooded area of rural Mississippi Friday for a family of three missing since they disappeared Valentine's Day. Fri Feb 20 2004 16:43:01  TIMOTHY LOPEZ Yellow Springs, Ohio Remains of missing teen believed found in yard -- (News Journal) Investigators digging in the back yard of a Yellow Springs residence unearthed early today what they believe are the remains of a teenager who disappeared two years ago. Fri Feb 20 2004 09:51:08  Green Forest, Arkansas Search finds bag filled with bones -- (Star-Tribune) A bag of bones, believed to be human, was found in a Mattox House Motel room last Friday while police were investigating a meth lab case. Fri Feb 20 2004 09:39:33  The ZUBAIR GHIAS case Chicago, Illinois FBI question Lincoln Park man found on Morocco-bound flight -- (NBC5) An international flight was turned around Thursday night and it was discovered that a missing Chicago investment banker was on board the plane. Fri Feb 20 2004 08:00:56  STEPHANIE CROWE murder trial San Diego, California Witness says Tuite 'didn't look right' -- (NBC San Diego) A former resident of the Escondido neighborhood where 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe was murdered told jurors Thursday that Richard Tuite was prowling her and her fiance's property the night the seventh-grader died. Fri Feb 20 2004 06:53:17 Roanoke, Virginia Lawyers try to stop charge in hiker case -- (Boston.com) Lawyers for a man once accused of slashing two hikers to death in Shenandoah National Park asked a federal judge Thursday to bar prosecutors from trying to charge him again. Darrell David Rice "is innocent, and he's entitled to the same closure as the families of the victims," Fri Feb 20 2004 06:49:26 The HARGON FAMILY disappearance Jackson, Mississippi Clues sought in family's disappearance -- (Las Vegas Sun) It's been almost a week now since Michael and Rebecca Hargon, and their 4-year-old son, James Patrick, vanished into thin air. Fri Feb 20 2004 06:47:32  Manassas, Virginia D.C. sniper's lawyers seek new trial -- (Las Vegas Sun) Lawyers for sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad are crying foul over letters that conspirator Lee Boyd Malvo sent to a fellow inmate, saying prosecutors' failure to share the correspondence is grounds for a new trial. Thur Feb 19 2004 20:14:48  Detroit, Michigan Police suspect serial killer in Detroit -- (Interest Alert) Detroit pollice, confronted with the discovery of the bodies of 11 women, fear they might be dealing with a serial killer. Thur Feb 19 2004 18:24:21  The MARYANN MEASLES homicide Litchfield, Connecticut Man pleads guilty in group murder case -- (Fox News) Alan Walter Jr., one of eight friends accused of abducting, raping and drowning 13-year-old Maryann Measles in October 1997, pleaded guilty Thursday to six counts, including felony murder. Thur Feb 19 2004 10:58:07  The SARAH & PHILIP GEHRING homicides Concord, New Hampshire Accused child-killing father commits suicide -- (Fox News) A man accused of killing his two children and burying them in the Midwest last summer apparently killed himself in his jail cell, the state attorney general said Thursday. Thur Feb 19 2004 10:18:11 DESTINY MARIE FLORES murder Houston, Texas Man who raped and killed 3-year-old gets death -- (Houston Chronicle) A jury returned a death sentence Wednesday for a man convicted of biting, raping and fatally beating his girlfriend's daughter on her third birthday. Thur Feb 19 2004 10:05:50  LACI PETERSON murder trial Redwood City, California Defense seeks to stifle wiretaps -- (SF Gate) Tape recordings made by police of Scott Peterson's telephone conversations in the months following his pregnant wife's disappearance should be booted out of court, defense attorney Mark Geragos said during a pretrial hearing Wednesday in Redwood City. Thur Feb 19 2004 10:01:33 MARIA CRUZ disappearance New York, NY Search for missing woman turns up remains in home of fugitive -- (Canoe.ca) A woman's body was found buried in cement at the former New Jersey home of a fugitive wanted for posing as a doctor. Thur Feb 19 2004 09:49:27  Detroit, Michigan Detroit’s Jack the Ripper? -- (ABC News) Some were stabbed, some were strangled, some were bludgeoned to death. In all, the bodies of 11 women have been found in one Detroit neighborhood, and police fear they have a serial killer on their hands. Wed Feb 18 2004 21:13:02 STEPHANIE CROWE murder trial San Diego,C California Obsession led Tuite to kill girl, jury told -- (SD Union Tribune) Richard Tuite's obsession with a friend named Tracy – and his increasing frustration at being unable to find her – led him to kill 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe in her Escondido bedroom, a prosecutor told jurors yesterday. Tuite defense points finger at Crowe brother, friends -- (SD Union Tribune) A transient's sweat shirt and undershirt stained with the blood of 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe could have been contaminated by a police tripod or crime scene investigators, a defense attorney told a jury today.In his opening statement, William Fletcher said there was no "trace" evidence, including hair, fibers or fingerprints, to connect Richard Tuite to the Crowe residence in Escondido. Wed Feb 18 2004 10:10:31  The SHAWN HORNBECK disappearance Richwoods, Missouri $75,000 reward offer will be withdrawn -- (STL Today) The parents of missing youth Shawn Hornbeck took the unusual step Monday of rescinding a $75,000 reward for information leading to his recovery in hopes that someone would come forward before the deadline expires at midnight tonight. Wed Feb 18 2004 10:05:35  THE HARGON FAMILY disappearance Vaughn, Mississippi Ominous signs: Bloody clues found after family vanishes -- (ABC News) Police say a well-liked family from rural Mississippi went missing over the weekend, leaving behind only bullet holes and blood in their modest home.Relatives are offering a $25,000 reward for the safe return of Michael Hargon, 27, his wife, Rebecca, 29, and their son, James, 4, who disappeared from their home in Vaughan Saturday. Wed Feb 18 2004 09:55:45  Los Angeles, California Rapper, two others arrested -- (abc NEWS) A rapper and two other men were arrested in connection with the stabbing of a security guard outside a nightclub, authorities said Tuesday. Wed Feb 18 2004 09:54:18 Fort Worth, Texas Texas woman's murder may be linked to serial killings -- (Houston Chronicle) Law officers are investigating whether the deaths of 10 victims in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Mississippi are linked to a serial killer described by police as a long-haul truck driver preying on women around truck stops. Wed Feb 18 2004 09:34:28  COURTNEY LOVE hearing Beverly Hills, California Look of Love: Scary -- (NY Daily News) Wearing a sleeveless outfit that paraded bruises and open sores on her forearm and hand, a disheveled Courtney Love finally turned up yesterday to answer to drug charges in a Beverly Hills, Calif., court. Wed Feb 18 2004 08:59:53  CAMERON WILLINGHAM Huntsville,Texas Texas man executed for daughters' deaths -- (CNN) Spewing profanities at his ex-wife standing a few feet away, a man was executed Tuesday for the deaths of his three young daughters in a fire two days before Christmas 1991. Wed Feb 18 2004 08:38:26 STEPHANIE CROWE murder trial San Diego, California Additional evidence points to Tuite, DA says -- (NBC San Diego) Blood and candy wrappers link alleged killer Richard Tuite to 12-year-old Stephanie Crowe's murder, prosecutors said Tuesday. Wed Feb 18 2004 08:25:13 SHAFILEA AHMED England Missing girl's jewellery found on body -- (BBC News)The parents of a missing Cheshire teenager have identified jewellery found on a woman's body in a river in Cumbria as their daughter's. Shafilea Ahmed, 17, went missing from her home in Liverpool Road, Great Sankey, Warrington on 11 September last year. Wed Feb 18 2004 08:06:01  Phalaborwa, South Africa. Dismissed S. African worker allegedly fed to lions -- (Fox News) Police dropped murder charges Tuesday against one of four men accused of feeding a dismissed farm worker to lions at a northern game park. Wed Feb 18 2004 08:00:32  Los Angeles, California Teen surfs Net, learns he was allegedly abducted -- (Fox News) Authorities arrested the mother of a 17-year-old boy who saw his picture on a missing children's Web site and discovered that he was allegedly abducted from Canada 14 years ago. Tues Feb 17 2004 18:45:03 LACI PETERSON murder trial Redwood City, California Judge to allow GPS evidence in Peterson case -- (Fox News) Prosecutors in the Scott Peterson double homicide trial may introduce evidence gleaned from electronic tracking devices secretly planted on his vehicles before his arrest last spring, a judge ruled Tuesday. Tues Feb 17 2004 17:48:22  The HARGON FAMILY disappearance Yazoo County, Mississippi Relatives tour home of missing family -- (The Jackson Channel) For the first time since a Yazoo County family has been missing, authorities allowed relatives inside the home Tuesday. Tues Feb 17 2004 17:08:37  UK Body found in suitcase -- (Sky News) Detectives are hunting a killer who dumped a woman's body in a black suitcase. The human remains were found by the side of the River Thames in London by a passer-by on Monday afternoon. Tues Feb 17 2004 12:36:47  DANIEL PEARL kidnap & murder case Karachi, Pakistan Pakistan arrests Pearl murder suspect, colleague -- (Yahoo News) Pakistani police have arrested two Islamic militants, including one suspected of involvement in the kidnap and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, an officer said Tuesday. Tues Feb 17 2004 10:04:23  Pasadena, California Professor found decapitated in Pasadena -- (SD Union Tribune) Pasadena police today were investigating an apparent murder-suicide in which a woman was decapitated and her ex-lover stepped in front of a tractor-trailer. Tues Feb 17 2004 06:05:12  Detroit, Michigan 2 Detroit cops gunned down in traffic stop; suspect arrested -- (Freep.com) Detroit Police Officer Jennifer Fettig craved the action of the city streets, a far cry from her northern Michigan roots in Petoskey. Her partner, Matthew Bowens, proudly returned to Lincoln Park High School to show off his badge when he joined Detroit's force in December 2000. Tues Feb 17 2004 06:01:58  Las Vegas, Nevada Study: Nevada tops Texas in imposing the death penalty -- (Las Vegas Sun) As a percentage of murders, Nevada and Oklahoma impose the most death sentences, at 6.0 and 5.1 percent. In Texas, the percentage is 2.0 percent. Tues Feb 17 2004 05:53:11  JOHN LEYDEN murder Fort Lauderdale, Florida DNA helps identify skull found in park --( Sun Sentinel) A skull discovered in March 2002 buried in a Fort Lauderdale park belonged to a Boston area man who was murdered a year earlier, police said. Mon Feb 16 2004 19:27:45 CARLIE BRUCIA murder Sarasota, Florida Amber Alert timing questioned -- (CNN) By the time an Amber Alert was issued for 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, a full day had passed since the moment she was led away by a dark-haired stranger in an abduction that was videotaped by a security camera. Mon Feb 16 2004 14:17:58 STEPHANIE CROWE murder trial San Diego, California Tuite trial set to begin Tuesday -- ( SD Union Tribune) More than six years after Stephanie Crowe's murder, opening statements are scheduled tomorrow in the trial of a transient and diagnosed schizophrenic charged with stabbing the 12-year-old girl to death. Mon Feb 16 2004 14:12:16  SOPHIE LANDRY murder trial Montreal, Quebec, Canada Quebec man found guilty of stabbing teen girl 173 times in 1987 -- (Canoe.ca) A man was found guilty of first-degree murder Monday in the 1987 death of a teenage girl. Mon Feb 16 2004 13:42:39  The HARGON FAMILY case Yazoo County, Mississippi Reward offered for missing family of 3 -- (Clarion-Ledger) Blood, shell casings found at home of man, wife and son, 4. Mon Feb 16 2004 13:21:38 Myrtle Creek, Oregon Body found in shallow grave at campsite -- (KOIN) The body of a missing man was found over the weekend in a shallow grave. The family of a 33-year-old Myrtle Creek man reported him missing Friday afternoon. Mon Feb 16 2004 11:05:16  Bronx, New York Pizzeria heroes foil kidnap bid -- (NY Post) Customers and workers in a popular Bronx pizzeria foiled the abduction of a 9-year-old girl, who was there eating a slice with her grandmother. Mon Feb 16 2004 08:33:11  HEIDI BROWN murder Princeton, West Virginia Police identify human remains, make arrest -- (Customwire) Police have identified mutilated body parts found buried in three locations as those of a 25-year-old Mercer County woman who had been missing since before Christmas. Sun Feb 15 2004 18:31:50  Bali Child sex murder claims -- (News.com.au) Hundreds of Balinese children are feared to have been abused, abducted and even murdered by a child sex network operating in Bali and Lombok and believed to have involved Australians. Sun Feb 15 2004 17:51:28  Austin, Texas Appeals courts review death row cases -- (Las Vegas Sun) In the year and a half since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled mentally retarded inmates cannot be executed, more than 40 death row cases were delayed or sent back for review in Texas - leaving appellate courts in a quandary. Sun Feb 15 2004 17:49:14  Columbus, Ohio Ohio highway shooting confirmed as 24th -- (Las Vegas Sun) Ballistics testing has confirmed that the Saturday morning shooting was the 24th in a series in the Columbus area, investigators said Sunday. No one was injured in that shooting. Sun Feb 15 2004 13:40:03 ROBERT WILLIAM PICKTON Vancouver, B.C., Canada Missing women's families pay tribute in Vancouver -- (Canoe.ca) Saturday was a tearful Valentine's Day for the families of the more than 60 women who went missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Sun Feb 15 2004 13:23:17  Madison, Wisconsin FBI joins MPD search for young girl's abductor girl screamed, got away -- (Channel3000) Madison police have alerted the FBI and are in the process of going through lists of registered area sex offenders as they hunt for a young girl's abductor. Police said they believe a man captured on hotel surveillance video may have information or may even be the man who grabbed the 13-year-old girl at gunpoint at the Comfort Inn around 7 p.m. Friday. Sun Feb 15 2004 13:09:37  MELISSA BITTLER murder trial Portland, Oregon Fate of accused murderer will wait until next week -- (KATU)The fate of Ladon Stephens, who has been on trial for the rape and murder of 14-year-old Melissa Bittler, rests in the hands of a jury. Sun Feb 15 2004 10:40:52  JOHN MCPARTIN Gresham, Oregon More victims accuse teacher of sexual contact --(KOIN) He's already charged with arranging meetings with boys online for sex. Now, nearly a dozen boys say the Gresham teacher had inappropriate contact with them. Sun Feb 15 2004 10:35:56  FAHEEM THOMAS-CHILDS Philadelphia, Pa. Two men charged in Pa. child's shooting -- (Customwire) Kareem Johnson, 20, and Kennell Spady, 19, both of Philadelphia, were charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault in connection with the Wednesday morning firefight, police Capt. Richard Ross said late Saturday. Sun Feb 15 2004 09:37:39 PATRICK HUTCHINSON Lexington, Kentucky Man claimed to fight 'aliens' -- (Baltimore Sun) A man who told a reporter he was battling "alien clones" during a 6 1/2 -hour standoff at his home was charged yesterday in the deaths of his wife and a female firefighter. Sun Feb 15 2004 09:27:40  DEATH STALKS THE BORDER Juarez, Mexico Schakowsky marches for Mexican murder victims -- (Sun Times) For 10 years, the residents of the Mexican border town of Juarez have been grappling with the tragic and unsolved rapes, murders and disappearances of almost 300 women, many of them factory workers. Sat Feb 14 2004 18:21:32  The NANCY MACDUCKSTON disappearance California MacDuckston still missing, search goes on -- (SF Examiner) It has been six months now since Nancy Jean MacDuckston's van was found abandoned on the California coast in Santa Cruz County, but her family and friends do not need an anniversary to be reminded that she is gone. Police still stumped by MacDuckston case -- (San Mateo County Times) Following six months of searching, television shows and numerous tips, police say the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Nancy MacDuckston is at a standstill. Sat Feb 14 2004 18:11:05  Denver, Colorado Slaying of sweethearts unsolved after 4 years -- (Denver Post) The fourth anniversary of a double shooting of two teenage sweethearts is this weekend, and there have been no arrests. Stephanie Hart, 16, and Nick Kunselman, 15, were found shot to death early on Feb. 14, 2000. Sat Feb 14 2004 18:03:22  The DRU SJODIN abduction Grand Forks, North Dakota Evidence may link Rodriguez, Dru's car -- (GF Herald) Investigators think they have evidence that Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. was in, or on, Dru Sjodin's car. Sat Feb 14 2004 17:54:35  The LEE SELLERS murder North East Wales, England Missing teenager's body identified -- (BBC News) Police in north Wales have confirmed that a body discovered in a coal bunker is that of a 17-year-old boy who vanished after leaving a pub a fortnight ago. Sat Feb 14 2004 17:53:26  The ANDREA GONZALEZ case Muscle Shoals, Alabama Tip leads to search for remains of girl -- (AP) Authorities following a tip searched under a house in Muscle Shoals for the remains of a 5-year-old girl presumed dead for more than a decade, but they wouldn't discuss details of anything found. Sat Feb 14 2004 16:39:22  OHIO HIGHWAY SNIPER Columbus, Ohio Police: Highway shooting likely part of spree -- (Fox News) A man standing on a highway overpass fired a handgun at a sport utility vehicle Saturday on Interstate 70, and investigators said it appeared to be linked to the monthslong series of highway shootings in the Columbus area. Sat Feb 14 2004 08:32:01 YANG XINHAI China Serial killer executed in China -- (ABC.Net.AU) Chinese authorities have executed a serial killer who murdered 67 people and raped two dozen women in four-years.Yang Xinhai, 38, was put to death less than two weeks after a court in the central province of Henan handed down his sentence. Sat Feb 14 2004 08:27:14  THE LANA CLARKSON murder Los Angeles, California Record producer's defense says it has secret evidence -- (Baltimore Sun) Phil Spector's lawyers said yesterday that they have no obligation to share with the prosecution a piece of evidence discovered after sheriff's detectives left the music producer's mansion after investigating the fatal shooting of an actress. |
