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Wed Oct 20 2004 23:27:47  DR DAVID STIDHAM, Murder Victim Tucson, Arizona Documents Reveal New Details In Doctor Murder Investigation--(KOLD-13) Court documents outline numerous links between Dr. Bradley Schwartz and a suspected hitman he's accused of hiring in the murder of Dr. David Stidham, a pediatric eye doctor who was stabbed to death outside his Tucson office earlier this month. Daphne Stidham, Wife of a Murdered Pediatrician Speaks Out--(KOLD-13) In a written statement Daphne Stidham says, “This has been my worst nightmare. I can't believe someone could be so sadistic, we're relieved that these people have been arrested." Who is Dr. Bradley Schwartz? Ex-Girlfriend Speaks Out--(KOLD-13) Watching him be taken away in handcuffs Friday as bulbs flashed and videotape rolled Kristin Pederson couldn't believe her eyes. This was the man she'd grown to know and love: a former flame--and now friend--making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Wed Oct 20 2004 22:40:08  ERICA BAKER Kettering, Ohio Privilege Denied in Missing-Girl Case; Supreme Court Lets Stand Order for Lawyer to Talk --(The Enquirer) The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a Dayton lawyer's fight to keep secrets of her deceased client - and prosecutors and the parents of a missing girl say it's time for the lawyer to tell what she knows. Wed Oct 20 2004 22:27:04  REV. WALLACE "MICHAEL" ANSON Mississauga, Ontario Visiting Pastor Goes Missing, Family Worried--(The Mississauga News) Police are searching for a California pastor who went missing in Mississauga sometime Saturday night. Reverend Wallace "Michael" Anson, 43, never returned to his hotel room at the Days Inn on Tomken Rd., after walking towards the Dundas St. and Winston Churchill Blvd. area to check out less expensive accommodations at the Halton Motel, said his distraught wife Francine Donawa. "This has never happened before and this is totally out of character for him," said Donawa, 43. "I'm hoping he's not dead somewhere. I don't know what to think." Wed Oct 20 2004 22:05:42  PEORIA COUNTY SERIAL KILLER Task Force Fears For Three More Women Peoria, Illinois Three women missing--(PJStar.com) Just days after the sixth victim of what may be a serial killer was found in rural Peoria County, families of three missing women - all of whom fit the profiles of the victims - hope for the best, but at least two families are fearing the worst. Wed Oct 20 2004 21:55:04  JULIE CROCKER, Missing Scotland Missing Mother Case Treated as 'Murder Inquiry' --(The Scotsman) A murder-style inquiry is underway in a bid to solve the mystery of a Plymouth mother of three missing for a month. Housewife Julie Crocker, 40, from Honicknowle, was last seen in the city on September 20. Wed Oct 20 2004 21:36:02  ANNA ANGELINA GIAMMONA Malibu Lakes, Florida Police Searching for Missing Pregnant Woman--(ABC-7) The Collier Sheriff's Office is attempting to locate 28 year old Anna Angelina Giammona. She was reported missing Tuesday by her parents after she did not return home from running errands Monday morning. She disappeared less than two hours before she was scheduled to be induced. Wed Oct 20 2004 21:27:46  CAROL MOULD Murder victim remembered as community members mark personal milestones Local Youngster Now Cancer Free--(Wellington Daily News) Peralez was the recipient of a home makeover last Mother's Day, an emotional time for her after the tragic loss of her son and Wellington High school student Curtis Peralez. During this make-over, her thoughts went to her sister, Carol Mould, a recent murder victim in her home in Benton, Kan. Mould worked on her sister's make-over with a group of approximately 60 volunteers. Wed Oct 20 2004 19:59:52 NEW ZEALAND FACES RASH OF MISSING PERSONS CASES Iraena Asher "just one of several" Searches on for missing people--(New Zealand City) There has been a rash of missing persons inquiries. The search for part-time model Iraena Asher west of Auckland is just one of several. Wed Oct 20 2004 19:08:17 IRAENA ASHER, Missing for Ten Days New Zealand Family hears 111 tape of missing model--(stuff.co.nz) The family of missing Auckland model Iraena Asher have been played a tape of the emergency call in which she asked police for help. Police admit mistake with missing model's 111 call --(New Zealand Herald) "The report has found the final judgements and assessments which resulted in sending a taxi in response to her call was wrong in these circumstances." The findings of an inquiry into the way a 111 call was handled also showed that during police conversations about Ms Asher "the dispatcher used language that was inappropriate and disrespectful to Iraena." Wed Oct 20 2004 18:58:25  SEARCH FOR BODIES ON KANSAS FARM ENDS Family Demands Apology Authorities Leave Kansas Farm: Court hearing brought up tales of alleged murder, incest--(Amarillo Globe News) And then they were gone. Authorities searching a Morton County, Kan., farm for evidence, possibly bodies, pulled out Monday, a spokesman for Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline said late Monday. Wed Oct 20 2004 18:49:53  NORI JONES Pocatello, Idaho No Arrest Made For the Murder of Nori Jones--(KPVI-6) A headline in a local paper states police make an arrest in the murder of Nori Jones, but police say otherwise. Wed Oct 20 2004 16:33:08  LORI HACKING murder Salt Lake City, Utah Hacking's Body Too Decomposed To Find Cause Of Death--(10News)Utah authorities say it's impossible to tell exactly what killed Lori Hacking, the young woman whose body was found in a landfill two months after she disappeared.Examiners say Hacking's body was so decomposed that forensics can't pinpoint how she died. Wed Oct 20 2004 07:31:37  ANTHONY ALLEN SHORE HOUSTON Man feared to be serial killer on trial in woman's death--(Chron.com)A man who avoided suspicion for years while investigators say he kidnapped women, raped them and strangled them with a cord is on trial this week for capital murder in one of four deaths that date back nearly two decades.Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Anthony Allen Shore, 42, who was not a suspect in the four deaths until a new DNA test last year led to his arrest.Shore's trial has been limited to the death of Maria Del Carmen Estrada, 21, who was found dead April 16, 1992, in the drive-through of a Spring Branch fast-food restaurant. Wed Oct 20 2004 07:19:12  FOX NEWS CAMERAMAN MICHAEL BURKE CarlsBad,Calif. Body Found Near Beach Is That Of Fox Cameraman--(nbcsandiego)A man found dead on a Carlsbad street had just finished filming a Fox reality show when he was killed, authorities said Tuesday.Michael Burke, 25, was a cameraman for the Fox reality show, "Renovate My Family." The show had been filming in Oceanside and Burke was on his way home from a "wrap party" when he was killed, according to an Oceanside resident who hosted the party.Burke died of blunt cranial force, according to a medical examiner's report, but the office had not yet released an official cause of death. Tues Oct 19 2004 11:56:46  HOLLY WELLS & JESSICA CHAPMAN murders Soham England Jailed U.K. pedophile takes up voodoo--(WashTimes)A man jailed in a British prison's segregated health care center for killing two young girls has taken up practicing voodoo, The Sun reported Tuesday.A newly released inmate from the 410-year-old Wakefield prison told the newspaper Ian Huntley, 30, made six, 9-inch clay dolls in art class, and has taken to sticking them with needles.Former inmate Barry Jackson said since Huntley was jailed for life in December for the murder of two 10-year-old girls, he began copying another pedophile in the same protected custody area who was making dolls and naming them.Huntley has also begun reading books on voodoo, the newspaper said. Tues Oct 19 2004 10:21:22  THEODORE AMMON'S murder trial East Hampton Victim's driver testifies at Pelosi trial--(Newsday)When the two men stepped inside Theodore Ammon's sprawling East Hampton mansion on Oct. 22, 2001, they had not heard from the millionaire venture capitalist in two days, and they had the feeling something was wrong."We called out 'Ted, Ted,' but nobody answered," Ammon's chauffeur, Milton Macias, testified in a Riverhead courtroom Monday. Tues Oct 19 2004 10:16:08  MAFIA GRAVEYARD Investigation New York Remains of mafia captains identified--(CNN)Authorities have found the skeletons of two mafia captains, believed to be victims of a gangland shooting over 20 years ago, FBI officials said Monday.An FBI agent said the two week long excavation in a Queens lot has uncovered the bones of Bonanno capos Philip "Phil Lucky" Giaccone and Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera. Tues Oct 19 2004 10:00:01  Louisville Kentucky 5-year-old girl found dead in home--(Courier-Journal)Police found a 5-year-old girl dead in a Phoenix Hill home yesterday after they entered looking for the girl's father, who is wanted on a felony arrest warrant.The identity of the girl was not released last night.She has an older sister and a younger sister, Mitchell said. An Amber Alert was issued last night for one of the children, 2-year-old Larossa Darnise Knuckles.The alert said she was may be with her father, Keith Darnell Knuckles, who was thought to be driving a black 2001 Mazda sport utility vehicle, license plate 1835MT, with tinted windows and purple neon license plate frame. Tues Oct 19 2004 09:45:50  JENNIFER EASTERLING murder San Francisco,Calif. Man Freed in Wife's Death on Watercraft--(LATimes)A man arrested on suspicion of killing his wife after a daylong excursion on their personal watercraft was released Monday night without being charged.Prosecutor Alex "Bud" McMahon said in court that the investigation into the death of Jennifer Easterling, 35, was continuing. He refused to comment further. Mon Oct 18 2004 19:50:46  CASSANDRA KINDLON Albany, NY Albany man charged with killing Cassandra Kindlon--(Albany Times Union) A man suspected of killing his girlfriend last spring was charged with murder today. Mon Oct 18 2004 19:35:03  TRICIA RIGGS Australia Missing woman case in limbo--(Courier Mail) REDCLIFFE detectives investigating the baffling disappearance of mother-of-four Tricia Riggs have finally received long-awaited advice from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions about the case. Mon Oct 18 2004 19:29:33 DARUNEE APHIROMLERK and MARK THOMAS New Zealand Concern over two others missing --(New Zealand Herald) A new missing person's investigation is under way in Auckland, where concerns are growing for the safety of a 49-year-old Manurewa woman. Mon Oct 18 2004 19:21:09  IRAENA ASHER New Zealand Missing model's taxi went to wrong address, man sought--(New Zealand Herald) A taxi company called by police to send a taxi to pick up missing Auckland student and part time model Iraena Asher sent their driver to the wrong address, police say. Police also said today they are seeking a man ejected from a Piha motor camp on the night Miss Asher went missing. Iraena Asher's sister returns to find home burgled --(New Zealand Herald) Iraena Asher's sister Angelique returned to her Auckland home yesterday to find burglars had been busy as she searched for her missing sister. Police Assn Head Defends Taxi Call--(xtrammsn.com) The head of the Police Association has jumped the gun and come to the defence of officers who sent a taxi to the aid of missing Auckland model Iraena Asher. Mon Oct 18 2004 19:15:27  INDIA'S ROBIN HOOD VEERAPPAN India Police kill India's 'Robin Hood'--(CNN) India's most wanted criminal, who once boasted of cutting up his victims and feeding them to fish, has been shot dead in an hour-long gunbattle with police in a jungle in southern India.The man known as Veerappan was killed, along with three of his associates, in a gunfight with Special Task Force members around 10:50 p.m. (4:20 p.m. GMT) Monday in a forest in the Tamil Nadu state, Indian police said.Many compared him to a modern-day Robin Hood, operating in the jungles and carrying out crimes against the rich to help the poor. Mon Oct 18 2004 19:04:03  TRICIA, GILLIAN and JAMES DOYLE Manchester, NH Brother to face charges in stabbing deaths of sister, children--(AP) A man has been charged with stabbing his sister and her two children to death, nearly two weeks after the bodies were found in his home. Christopher Bernard, 35, of Manchester, was arrested Sunday and charged him with three counts of first-degree murder. Brother to claim insanity in stabbing deaths of sister, children--(AP) Christopher Bernard, the Manchester man who attempted suicide after allegedly murdering his sister and her two young children two weeks ago, will pursue an insanity defense, his lawyer said Monday. Mon Oct 18 2004 18:52:27 SIXTH BODY IN SERIAL KILLER INVESTIGATION Peoria, Illinois Task force investigates sixth body found--(Pekin Daily Times) The task force formed recently to investigate the deaths of five women whose bodies were found in rural Tazewell and Peoria counties is now investigating the death of a sixth woman, whose body was found in rural Peoria County early Friday morning. Mon Oct 18 2004 18:46:57  ARSON SUSPECT KILLS SELF, WIFE, CHILDREN Brentwood, California Suspect in three killings believed to have committed suicide --(SignOnSanDiego.com) Police believe a man suspected of killing his wife and two daughters in a Northern California suburb later committed suicide after starting a fire that burned 2,000 acres in Yosemite National Park. Mon Oct 18 2004 13:42:15  KELLY ANNE QUINN Calgary Ex-boyfriend charged in Kelly Quinn killing--(Calgary Herald) Searchers have found Kelly Anne Quinn's body in a snowy field north of Hanna and police have charged her former boyfriend with second-degree murder a month after the Calgary woman disappeared. Mon Oct 18 2004 13:32:29 BODY SEARCH ON FARM CONTINUES Elkhart, KANSAS Kansas search continues --(Amarillo Globe News) Authorities continued their search for evidence, possibly bodies, on a Kansas farm "as soon a sunlight broke" Sunday, said an investigation spokesman who would say little else about the process. Buried secrets?--(Wichita Eagle) For residents around this remote ghost town, the first sign of something unusual was Kansas Highway Patrol cars blocking roads to the Bitner family farm. Then Attorney General Phill Kline disclosed Wednesday that authorities were searching for something in Morton County. He said residents didn't need to be scared. Ill will grows in farm search--(Wichita Eagle) As the KBI scrutinizes the Richfield farmstead, a woman raised on the property says she hasn't had a chance to grieve after her father's death. Mon Oct 18 2004 09:34:01  Calgary Remains found Sunday could be Alta. woman reported missing last month: police--(Canoe)Police have found human remains they believe could be a 25-year-old Calgary woman who was reported missing almost a month ago.On Sunday, search teams found a body in a remote area north of Hanna, Alta. Mon Oct 18 2004 09:21:52  LACI PETERSON murder trial Redwood City,Calif. Peterson Defense to Begin Presenting Case--(FOX) Scott Peterson's (search) lawyers were set to present his side of the story on Monday, as the defense prepared to open its case in the double-murder trial.The defense may call experts to say the fetus Peterson's wife, Laci Peterson (search), was carrying when she disappeared on Christmas Eve 2002 was born full term. Mon Oct 18 2004 08:31:04 ANTHONY ALLEN SHORE Houston,Texas Accused Texas serial killer faces four capital murder charges in Houston--(CBSNewYork)Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a registered sex offender charged with strangling three girls and a woman between 1986 and 1995, but a lawyer for the man says DNA evidence used by prosecutors is questionable.Anthony Allen Shore was arrested last year after allegedly being linked to the 1992 slaying of Maria Del Carmen Estrada in Houston. Police said he then confessed to the other murders.Opening statements in Shore's trial were set to begin after jury selection starts Monday. He faces the death penalty if convicted of capital murder in any of the four cases and his lawyer indicated DNA may prove crucial to the case. Sun Oct 17 2004 16:52:48 IRAENA ASHER New Zealand Inquiry Needed to Uncover The Facts--(ACT) New Zealand Deputy Leader and Police Spokesman Dr Muriel Newman today called for an urgent independent inquiry to ascertain just why police responded to an emergency 111 call from missing woman Iraena Asher by sending a taxi rather than a police car. Don't put us at risk, taxi drivers tell police --(New Zealand Herald) The head of the Taxi Federation is writing to the Police Commissioner asking for an explanation about why taxis are being used for 111 calls. Sun Oct 17 2004 15:47:15  DAVID STIDHAM Tucson, Arizona Accused murderer claims innocence--(KVOA, Tucson) Two men sat in jail Saturday night, charged with first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing death of a local children's doctor, Dr. David Brian Stidham. Lost patients may be motive in M.D. killing--(Arizona Daily Star) A pediatric eye specialist charged Friday with conspiring to murder his former partner hated the victim, was upset over losing patients to him and may have been plotting the death for some time, authorities said. Sun Oct 17 2004 11:40:52  PHYLLIS NEW murder Santee,Calif. Woman's death puzzles police--(SDUnionTribune)A woman who was found dead inside her mobile home Friday morning has been identified as Phyllis New, 58, and her death has been ruled a homicide, authorities said yesterday.However, detectives have made no arrests and the exact cause of her death is not being made public so as not to impede the investigation, according to a Sheriff's Department news release issued yesterday.She lived with her husband, Bill New, in the New Frontier Mobile Home Community, a gated retirement community on North Magnolia Avenue near Woodside Avenue in Santee. Sun Oct 17 2004 10:21:21  MARCUS HEDDING murder Riverside,Calif. A skateboard idol's hard fall--(PE.com)For years, Neil Heddings skated the world's empty swimming pools and most difficult concrete ramps.He rejected the X-Games as too commercial and won respect from skaters who admired his courage.Now Heddings and girlfriend Christine Rams - known as "Pinky" for her dyed hair - sit in Riverside County jails, accused in the death of Heddings' 2-year-old son, Marcus, nearly two years ago. The trial is tentatively set for next month. Sun Oct 17 2004 09:47:36  BRENTWOOD Cailf, Three bodies found in Brentwood home, suspect arrested--(Modbee)The bodies of a woman and two young girls were found in a home in this fast-growing community, and police have arrested a suspect believed to be linked to the killings, authorities said.Officers discovered the bodies about 11 a.m. Saturday when they conducted a "welfare check" at the two-story house in Brentwood, about 50 miles east of San Francisco in Contra Costa County, according to Brentwood Police Sgt. Tom Hansen. Sat Oct 16 2004 13:38:46 DANIEL THOMAS Australia $100,000 Reward for Daniel--(news.com.au) THE homicide squad is expected to announce a $100,000 reward today for information about the Daniel Thomas mystery. Outburst Mars Sad Tribute--(Border Mail) EMOTIONS overflowed yesterday at a memorial service for missing Myrtleford boy, Daniel Thomas, 2, as the frustrations, innuendo and anger of the past year took its toll. New Twist on Daniel--(Herald Sun) POLICE are to re-examine evidence in Myrtleford about the disappearance of toddler Daniel Thomas. As the first anniversary of the mystery approaches, his father said detectives were likely to return to the town. "They've let us know that they'll be revisiting the area," Kevin Ruffels said. Daniel, aged two at the time, was reported missing from his Standish St home on October 17, sparking an intensive investigation. Sat Oct 16 2004 11:42:42  DOROTHY MINGGIA Toledo, Ohio Overpass Prank Kills One--(ABC-13) Police suspect a 20-year-old ambushed at a Reading fast-food restaurant was killed because he helped them with a recent homicide. No arrests have been made in the Thursday night slaying of Jason Stief of Reading, who was surrounded by five hooded men and shot repeatedly as he waited at a McDonald's drive-through. Sat Oct 16 2004 11:22:35  JASON STIEF Reading, PA Police: Victim, 20, Helped in Recent Homicide Case--(WNEP) Police suspect a 20-year-old ambushed at a Reading fast-food restaurant was killed because he helped them with a recent homicide. No arrests have been made in the Thursday night slaying of Jason Stief of Reading, who was surrounded by five hooded men and shot repeatedly as he waited at a McDonald's drive-through. Sat Oct 16 2004 11:06:20 JENNIFER EASTERLING Vallejo, California Couple in Fatal Jet-Ski Incident Abused Drugs--(San Francisco Chronicle) A Vallejo man and the wife he is accused of killing during a jet-ski outing on San Pablo Bay often abused drugs and alcohol during their five-year relationship and fought regularly in full view of the neighbors in their trailer park, according to court records, residents and relatives. Sat Oct 16 2004 10:46:20  Falun Gong Mongolia Shocking Video Footage Captures Woman Near Death after Two Years of Torture -- (Falun) Emaciated Falun Gong practitioner is spared being cremated alive after her case is exposed via the Internet Sat Oct 16 2004 10:27:23 DAVID STIDHAM Tucscon, Arizona 2 Held in Killing of Doctor--(Arizona Daily Star) The one-time medical partner of slain children's doctor David Brian Stidham was arrested Friday night in a murder-for-hire plot. The arrest of Dr. Bradley A. Schwartz, 39, also a pediatric eye specialist who had worked with Stidham, by Pima County Sheriff's Department investigators, occurred hours after a man described as the "hit man" was arrested in the slaying that had been described by Sheriff Clarence Dupnik as brutal. Sat Oct 16 2004 08:40:18  ELIZABETH SMART Salt Lake City,Utah Mitchell's lawyers want jury restricted--(Deseret)Among a flurry of otherwise routine defense motions filed Friday in the case of Brian David Mitchell, who is accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart, was one not often seen in a Utah criminal case. His attorneys asked the judge to sequester the jurors during what is estimated to be a three-week trial. Fri Oct 15 2004 21:43:20  MICHAEL JACKSON Attorney Leaves Jackson's Defense Team--(CNN) One of the attorneys representing pop superstar Michael Jackson in his child molestation case has left the defense team for unspecified reasons. Fri Oct 15 2004 21:30:10  JENNIFER EASTERLING Vallejo, California Man Held in Death of Wife on Jet Ski; Abusive Relationship Cited--(SF Chronicle) A 35-year-old Vallejo man suspected of killing his wife and spinning a hellish tale of her dying while they were stranded overnight on San Pablo Bay remained jailed and on a suicide watch Friday. Fri Oct 15 2004 21:20:31  THE SAM COOPER SHOOTER Memphis, Tennessee Shootings Reported Along Busy Memphis, Tenn. Boulevard; School Buses Take a Detour--(SF Chronicle) A dozen cars have been shot at on a busy city road this year, police said, and school buses have shifted to other routes. No one has been injured. Most of the reported shootings occurred in August and September, and 11 of them involved vehicle damage. The most recent was Thursday, when a man reported a window in his van was shot out as he slowed for a red light. Fri Oct 15 2004 18:42:39 SANTEE, CALIFORNIA Woman Found Dead In Santee Home; Husband Finds Wife On Floor, Door Open--(News10) Sheriff's deputies are trying to figure out how a Santee woman died Friday morning, 10News reported. Fri Oct 15 2004 18:37:14  FARM INVESTIGATED FOR BODIES Dodge City, Kansas Morton County Family Criticizes Investigation--(Wichita Eagle) Rampant speculation about bodies buried at a remote southwest Kansas farm where a law enforcement investigation is under way has prompted an attorney to release a statement on behalf of the Bitner family, saying they are "angered and confused by the activity taking place" on their property in Morton County. Attorney General Confirms Investigation Of Kansas Farm--(KAKE, 10/13/04) "We are executing that warrant and we are anticipating that the execution of that warrant will take a great deal of time, so we will be on that site for the near future at least," says Attorney General Phill Kline. Kline will not comment on what they are looking for or if they have found anything, but Governor Kathleen Sebelius has confirmed she received word of the investigation last week. She has been quoted saying, "I guess there have been rumors for years about murders and bodies buried." Fri Oct 15 2004 18:03:00  JERRY SARNOWSKI Sacramento, CA Reward Offered for Information About Murder of Sacramento Man--(News10) Sacramento County investigators hope a $5,000 reward will bring information about whoever shot and killed a south Sacramento man earlier this month. Today the Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation offered the reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people involved in the murder of Jerry Sarnowski. Fri Oct 15 2004 17:45:03  TRICIA, GILLIAN and JAMES DOYLE Manchester, NH Murder Probe Moving Slowly--(Union Leader) The investigation into the grisly stabbing deaths of a Hooksett mother and her two young children moves into its 12th day with no arrests while authorities wait for results of samples taken from two of the victims that are being tested for semen, The Union Leader has learned. Fri Oct 15 2004 12:36:19 MICHELLE PULSIFER murder Santa Ana,Calif. Couple Pleads Not Guilty To Killing Girl In 1969--(KCAL) Wisconsin woman and her long-ago boyfriend accused of murdering her 3-year-old daughter while living in Huntington Beach in 1969 were arraigned on murder charges Thursday.Donna Pulsifer Prentice, 57, of Genoa, Wis., and James Michael Kent, 62, of Lakemoor, Ill., long since estranged, entered innocent pleas in the alleged slaying of Michelle Pulsifer, whose body has yet to be found. Fri Oct 15 2004 12:23:04  TANNER KAHN Mount Angel,Orefon Police Shoot And Kill Kidnapper, Boy Unharmed--(KATU)A man who police believe abducted an 11-year-old boy was shot and killed by Linn County sheriff's deputies during an Amber Alert for the child, who was unharmed.The boy, Tanner Kahn, was returned to his family in Mount Angel, according to Sheriff David Burright.Kahn was taken Thursday by Jeffrey Eggiman, 38, who was dating Kahn's mother, police said. Fri Oct 15 2004 12:19:54  DAVID STIDHAM Tucson, Arizona Reward offered for doctor's killer--(AP) A $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the slaying of a 37-year-old Tucson doctor outside his clinic here. Local Doctors Questioning Safety After Stidham Murder--(KOLD-News13) He was Harvard educated, nationally acclaimed and one of only four pediatric opthalmologists in Pima County. With his wife and two young children, Dr. David Brian Stidham had everything to live for. Ironically, he died for no apparent reason. Though colleagues aren't about to let his murder go in vain. Fri Oct 15 2004 12:03:22  COURTNEY COCO Texas Slain woman's car found in Houston--(AP) A car belonging to an Alexandria woman whose body was discovered in Texas earlier this month has been found Fri Oct 15 2004 11:38:38  TIMOTHY GRAY Albany, New York UAlbany student, 23, pleads not guilty in hatchet death--(Albany Times Union) A University at Albany senior was arraigned Thursday on two counts of second-degree murder in the hatchet death of a Delmar man last week. Fri Oct 15 2004 11:24:39  TEXAS STUDENT BEATEN Hate Crime Victim? Student's Beating Investigated As Hate Crime--(NBC5) A party earlier this month resulted in the severe beating of one Cleburne High School student, and authorities believe the victim's sexual orientation prompted the attack. |
