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Wed Mar 9 2005 12:42:17  BONNIE LEE BAKLEY Los Angeles, California Jurors in Blake murder case resume deliberations--(SacBee)Jurors in the Robert Blake murder case resumed deliberations on Wednesday.Blake, 71, is accused of killing his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, after she allegedly tricked him into marrying her. (registration required) Wed Mar 9 2005 12:32:30  Johnstown, Pennsylvania Two Charged in Baby's Diaper Rash Death--(Las Vegas Sun)Amy Livingston, 27, of Johnstown, was charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment in the Dec. 12 death of her 15-month-old son, Harley. She was charged with a second count of child endangerment because another son, 3-year-old Hunter, also had severe diaper rash, authorities said. Wed Mar 9 2005 12:30:39  JESSICA LUNSFORD, 9 y.o. disappeared 2/23/05 ZACHARY BERNHARDT, 8 y.o. disappeared 9/11/00 Missing Clearwater boy's case like Jessica's--(Tampa Bay 10, 03/09/05) The case is a lot like that of Zachary Bernhardt who disappeared on September 11, 2000. Like Jessica, the eight-year-old Clearwater boy was home at bedtime, but gone by morning. As with Jessica's disappearance there was an all-out search, still Zachary remains missing. Wed Mar 9 2005 12:29:42  HELEN BRACH - of E.J. Brach and Sons Candy Co Chicago, Illinois Informant: Horse rustlers snatched heiress--(seattlepi)A federal informant claims a millionaire candy heiress who mysteriously disappeared 28 years ago was beaten and shot and her body was dumped in an Indiana steel-mill furnace. Mon Mar 7 2005 20:08:43  MOLLY DATTILO, Missing since July 2004 Indianapolis, Indiana Dattilo family offers reward--(Madison Courier, 03/07/05) Molly Dattilo’s family is offering a $10,000 reward for a limited time to try to obtain information leading to the safe return of the missing Madison woman or establishing where she is. Dattilo Family Website Mon Mar 7 2005 18:05:21  TOM BROWN, victim of random homicide U.K. Murder without motive--(The Independent, 03/07/05) He had no enemies, no links to criminal gangs, no crazed stalker, yet Tom Brown was stabbed on his doorstep - one of a handful of people killed at random in Britain each year. Terry Kirby reveals how the trail went cold, and why police remain baffled Mon Mar 7 2005 17:39:17  LEIGH MATTHEWS, coed kidnapped and murdered in July 2004 DONOVAN MOODLEY, 23 y.o. accused of murder Johannesburg, South Africa Leigh murder accused living in luxury - paper--(IOL, 03/07/05) Rapport newspaper reported on Sunday that Moodley, an awaiting-trial prisoner in the Maximum A section of Johannesburg prison, had his own cell, with a CD player and a kettle, and relied on family and friends to bring him food rather than eat prison food. Leigh's final moments--(IOL, 02/18/05) At last, if the police are correct, we know how Leigh Matthews died - naked and shot in the back of the head. And we know when she died - soon after her father had handed over a R50 000 ransom on the night of her kidnapping. Mon Mar 7 2005 16:40:07  ANDREA HARVEY, slain newlywed; husband charged Boston, Massachusetts Slain teacher remembered as `Renaissance woman'--(Boston Herald, 03/07/05) It's her dazzling smile, her quirky sense of humor and her talent in the classroom that Andrea Harvey's parents hope others remember about their beloved daughter, whose light was snuffed out allegedly by her new husband last month. Mon Mar 7 2005 16:26:58  EDOUARD STERN, slain French banker Geneva, Switzerland Murdered banker was 'wearing a latex suit'--(Belfast Telegraph, 03/07/05) The investigation into the murder of the French banker Edouard Stern took a bizarre twist after a report that he was shot while wearing a latex bodysuit. Mon Mar 7 2005 15:43:21  JULIA "DEEDE" KELLER, Realtor's body found in car trunk El Segundo, California Man To Be Arraigned For Ex-Wife's Murder--(News10, 03/07/05) As long ago as July 29, authorities said they were close to an arrest. But it took months for forensic experts from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the San Diego Police Department and the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office to complete their investigation. Mon Mar 7 2005 15:32:53  The MICHAEL JACKSON Trial Los Angeles, California Accuser's Brother: Jackson Showed Boys Porn Sites--(Reuters, 03/07/05) The younger brother of the boy accusing Michael Jackson of sex abuse said on Monday the singer showed both children pornographic Internet sites on their first visit to the singer's Neverland Ranch. Mon Mar 7 2005 00:07:43  ALASKA "We live in a place," Dolly Hills said, "where people disappear." Alaska: the land of the lost--(Los Angeles Times, 03/06/05) Richard Hills was one of 3,323 people reported missing in the state last year, not a record but far more, in ratio to population, than anywhere else in the United States. On average, about five of every 1,000 people go missing every year, roughly double the national rate. Since Alaska began tracking the numbers in 1988, police have received at least 60,700 reports of missing people. Sun Mar 6 2005 23:45:32  WILLIAM LEE, 2004 disappearance now a homicide investigation Sand Lake, New York Case of missing man turns to homicide probe--(Troy Record, 03/06/05) For six days, 100 people scoured the scores of acres of wooded terrain around William Lee's 40 Thais Road home and found not a trace of the man, who in the last decade rarely, if ever, left his property. Sun Mar 6 2005 23:20:51 AUDREY MAY HERRON, Missing since August 2002 Freehold, New York E-mailer claims to be missing woman; police suspect hoax--(Daily Freeman, 03/05/05) State police in Catskill and Canadian police are working to identify an Internet subscriber who sent an e-mail claiming to be Audrey May Herron, a Freehold woman who disappeared in August 2002. Sun Mar 6 2005 17:02:56  DENNIS RADER, Suspected BTK serial killer Wichita, Kansas Defendant's darker side emerging in serial killer case--(Washington Post, 03/06/05) Over the past 25 years, Rader raised two children, held steady jobs, volunteered in his son's Boy Scout troop, earned a college degree in criminal justice, and became the president of his church's governing council. But no one here could name close personal friends -- people he might have socialized with outside work. And none has surfaced to defend him. Sun Mar 6 2005 16:53:32 The BONNY LEE BAKLEY Murder Trial Los Angeles, California Blake murder trial even more bizarre than TV--(NY Times News Service, 03/06/05) During the murder trial of Robert Blake, the public has been privy to one bizarre scenario after another, grist for a true-life pulp novel. Sun Mar 6 2005 11:47:02  Mayerthorpe, Alberta Roszko killed officers then himself: RCMP --(CBC.ca)Four RCMP officers killed on an Alberta farm were shot by James Roszko, reported RCMP Supt. Marty Cheliak on Saturday. An autopsy shows that Roszko was hit by return fire by the officers, but Cheliak says those bullets did not kill him: Roszko killed himself with his own rifle. Mayerthorpe mourns its Mounties --(CBC.ca)According to RCMP, the four officers – three from the Mayerthorpe detachment and another from nearby Whitecourt – raided a farm near Rochfort Bridge early Thursday, looking for stolen property and a marijuana grow operation. Mountie was new to force -- (CBC) "Over time, I saw all the good things you could do for people, and I enjoyed that." In the line of duty:Deaths of RCMP officers -- (CBC) Until March 3, 2005, a total of 187 officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and its forerunner force, the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), had died in the line of duty since the 1880s. The shootings of four young officers in Rochfort Bridge, Alta., raise that total to 191. Sun Mar 6 2005 11:35:36  MICHAEL LEFKOW, slain husband of Chicago Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow DONNA HUMPHREY, slain mother Chicago, Illinois Tight Security at Judge's Spouse's Funeral--(Las Vegas Sun)Amid tight security, hundreds of mourners filed slowly past the casket of slain attorney Michael Lefkow as his wife, U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow, appeared to comfort those filling the suburban Chicago church. Killings Put Focus on Judges' Safety--(Las Vegas Sun)Inside courthouses, judges are protected by marshals, bailiffs, court security, police and FBI agents. But outside, they have no special protection unless a threat is recognized. They drive themselves home from work, eat out at restaurants, visit shopping centers and walk in their neighborhoods like anyone else. Sat Mar 5 2005 18:00:03  CLARA HARRIS, dentist convicted of running down husband Gatesville, Texas Famous inmate talks about prison, her children and her crime--(Houston Chronicle) After two years in prison, Clara Harris, the Friendswood dentist convicted of running over her husband in her Mercedes-Benz, has involuntarily turned her attention from dental work to passing her time learning to convert printed text into Braille. Sat Mar 5 2005 17:48:40 The BONNY LEE BAKLEY Murder Trial Los Angeles, California Blake Murder Case Goes to Jury in Los Angeles--(Reuters, 03/04/05) A Los Angeles jury on Friday began deliberating whether actor Robert Blake was so obsessed with hatred for his wife that he killed her by shooting her twice as she waited for him outside a favorite restaurant almost four years ago. Sat Mar 5 2005 16:53:10  DANIELLE IMBO & RICH PETRONE, last seen 02/19/05 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Couple's disappearance leaves families in turmoil--(Philadelphia Daily News, 03/05/05) How can two people simply vanish off the face of the earth? How is it possible that a couple in their 30s can leave a bar on South Street one night, and then just disappear? Sat Mar 5 2005 16:45:34  DENNIS RADER, accused BTK serial killer Wichita, Kansas Lawyers hope for fair BTK trial--(The Mercury News, 03/05/05) As the case of the man accused of being the BTK serial killer moves through the legal system, one issue is sure to come up: Can Dennis Rader get a fair trial in a city shaken by the killings for three decades? BTK suspect's pastor shocked--(AP, 03/05/05) "I do not have the privilege of assuming that he's guilty," Clark said. "I have to stand there with him and help him through this, whatever the outcome. "If Dennis has done what they've alleged he did, then he must pay the price. It still does not have any effect on how I minister to him. I still will love him." Sources: Rader admits to killings--(Wichita Eagle, 03/05/05) Dennis L. Rader has confessed to all 10 killings he has been charged with, The Eagle has confirmed through several independent sources. Sat Mar 5 2005 16:29:21 ALISTAIR WILSON, slain banker Scotland, U.K. Nothing to show in search for bank manager's killer --(The Scotsman, 03/04/05) Today there will be no cake aglow with candles to lighten the darkness inside Lothian House, a grey, ivy-clad Edwardian villa with blue railings. Instead of celebrating Alistair Wilson’s 31st birthday, his wife, Veronica, and their two small children will continue to mourn his death. Sat Mar 5 2005 14:38:07  JESSICA LUNSFORD, Missing 9 y.o. Homosassa, Florida Every missing child is his--(The St. Petersburg Times, 03/05/05) They never found the body of Roy Brown's daughter, Amanda. And now whenever a child like Jessica Lunsford disappears, Roy is drawn to a scene he knows all too well. Sat Mar 5 2005 08:25:54  JULIA 'DEEDE' KELLER murder Los Angeles,Calif Ex-Husband Charged With Realtor's 2004 Murder--(10News)The ex-husband of a Los Angeles-area real estate agent whose body was found in the trunk of her Mercedes, which had been abandoned in San Diego, was charged Friday with murdering her.Erwin Percy Howard, 51, of El Segundo, is accused of the July 2004 slaying of Julia "Deede" Keller. Fri Mar 4 2005 18:39:30  JESSICA LUNSFORD, 9 y.o. last seen 02/23/05 Homosassa, Florida Missing Girl's Grandfather Admits Record --(AP, 03/04/05) The grandfather of a 9-year-old girl missing since last week has admitted to a decades-old criminal record, including arrests for attempted rape and planning a kidnapping, but there was no sign he had anything to do with her disappearance, police said Friday. Jessica's dad believes someone in family knows who took his daughter--(Tampa Bay 10, 03/04/05) Mark Lunsford believes someone entered his home on Sonata Avenue and abducted his daughter. He also believes it's someone the family knows. Fri Mar 4 2005 18:26:02 MARK DEGNER & BRYAN HAYES, 13 y.o. boys missing since 2/10/05 Jacksonville, Florida Missing Paxon boys may have been spotted in Callahan area --(WAWS, 03/04/05) According to police, there have been reports that Mark Degner and Bryan Hayes, the two boys who went missing from Paxon Middle School, have been seen in the Callahan area. Fri Mar 4 2005 18:12:57 LAURIE BONCIMINO, 20 y.o. student missing since Wednesday Buffalo Grove, Illinois Police search for missing Buffalo Grove woman --(ABC7-Chicago, 03/04/05) The search continues in the northwest suburbs for a college student missing since Wednesday. Twenty-year-old Laurie Boncimino was last seen at her workplace in Buffalo Grove. Fri Mar 4 2005 18:08:39  JULIA "DEEDE" KELLER, 55, Slain Real Estate Agent El Segundo, California Ex-husband of slain realty agent held --(SignOnSanDiego.com, 03/04/05) Erwin Percy Howard, 51, who denied in a July 22 interview with the Torrance Daily Breeze that he had anything to do with Julia "Deede" Keller's death, was taken into custody at a home in El Segundo, where he rented a room. Thur Mar 3 2005 23:41:52  Rochfort, Alberta 4 Mounties slain in drug raid--(cnews.ca)His voice tight with grim self-control, Alberta's commanding RCMP officer groped for a way Thursday to describe a catastrophic drug raid that left four young officers lying dead in a quonset hut. Four slayings spark renewed debate over grow ops, decriminalization of pot--(cnews.ca) Former Alta. Liberal leader says legal pot might have saved Mounties' lives--(cnews.ca) Dangers of marijuana grow-ops--(cnews.ca) Four Alberta RCMP officers killed during raid -- (ctv.ca) It's the single deadliest incident for Canada's national police force in 120 years. Thur Mar 3 2005 21:43:51  ANTHONY ASHLEY-COOPER, EARL OF SHAFTESBURY, Missing since November 5; wife confesses Cannes, France Missing earl was 'beaten to death'--New Zealand Herald, 03/03/05) French investigators believe that the missing Earl of Shaftesbury was battered to death by his brother-in-law during a quarrel about money. The 'sordid murder' of a philandering English earl --(International Herald Tribune, 03/03/05) At her book store, Storer dismissed the prevailing adjective, flamboyant, in most accounts of the missing earl's persona. "Of course, I didn't see him in the clubs at night, but he was always very polite, quiet, almost distracted," she said. "He used to let me choose his books. He didn't go for all that big song and dance that some famous people here prefer." She shook her head and added: "It's a bit sad, really, imagining him now. He's probably all chopped up in little pieces in the sea. But there you go." Thur Mar 3 2005 21:17:17 MARK DEGNER, 13 BRYAN HAYES, 13 Jacksonville, Florida Families of missing boys fear they were abducted by sex offender--(WTEV, 03/03/05) Mark Degner and Bryan Hayes, both 13, were last seen leaving Paxon Middle School on the afternoon of February 10th. At first, authorities believed the boys may have been runaways. Now, foul play is expected, and the families are not ruling out the possibility of a sexual predator. Thur Mar 3 2005 18:44:51 DANIELLE IMBO, 34 RICHARD PETRONE, 35 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Police have no answers about couple gone missing--(Burlington County Times, 03/03/05) Police have more questions than answers in the disappearance of a township mother and her friend who vanished after leaving a Philadelphia bar almost two weeks ago, authorities said yesterday. Thur Mar 3 2005 18:31:34 MICHAEL LEFKOW, slain husband of Chicago Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow DONNA HUMPHREY, slain mother Chicago, Illinois Chicago Judge Furious About Killings of Former Kansans--(AP, 03/03/05) The Chicago judge whose mother and husband died in an execution-style shooting in her own home says she's furious over what she calls a "cold-blooded'' attack. Hale Family Condemns Murder--(WEEK.com, 03/03/05) ''''There is simply no way that any supporter of mine would commit such a heinous crime. I totally condemn it and I want the perpetrator caught and prosecuted. I only hope they sincerely wish to apprehend this animal instead of railroading the innocent. Only an idiot would think that I would do this. My sentencing date is April 6.'' Thur Mar 3 2005 18:21:06 JESSICA LUNSFORD, Missing 9 y.o. Homosassa, Florida The search for Jessica is scaling back--(St. Petersburg Times 10, 03/03/05) The search for Jessica is scaling back. Investigators are calling off the ground search. Thursday will be their last day. Possible Jessica lead not pursued--(Tampa Bay 10, 03/03/05) A woman who thought she might have spotted 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford outside a Land O'Lakes grocery store the day she disappeared called the Pasco County Sheriff's Office to report what she saw. A dispatcher mistakenly told her the missing child had been found. Jessica Lunsford Incident Causes Parent Concern: How Can We Protect Our Kids?--(eMediaWire, 03/03/05) Child Safety Expert and police veteran, Glen Evans, has launched an exciting new parent resource book designed to help parents worry less about their kids. Evans developed the children's safety ASSERT Kids program, which stands for Active and Simple Safety Education Response Training. Thur Mar 3 2005 17:53:11 The Michael Jackson Child Molestation Trial Santa Maria, California Sister: Accuser was in Jackson's hotel bedroom--(MSNBC, 03/03/05) The sister of Michael Jackson’s accuser took the stand Thursday in the singer's trial, telling jurors her younger brother visited Jackson's bedroom in a Miami hotel around the time of a now-infamous documentary that featured the singer and the accuser together. Thur Mar 3 2005 17:16:52  The Kobe Bryant Civil Lawsuit Denver, Colorado Kobe Bryant, Accuser Settle Lawsuit--(ABC, 03/03/05) Kobe Bryant and the woman who accused him of sexual assault have settled the civil lawsuit she filed against the NBA star. Thur Mar 3 2005 11:31:39  CHILD SEX TRIAL France Child sex trial opens in France--(BBC)Dozens of men and women accused of the rape and abuse of children have gone on trial in one of the biggest court cases in France's legal history. Thur Mar 3 2005 08:46:54 BTK "SERIAL KILLER" Dennis Rader Witchita, Kan. BTK Suspect 'Relieved' by Pastor Visit--(Fox)On the same day he was fired from his job, the suspect in the BTK serial killings (search) got assurances he will continue to be a member of the church where he is a leader. Thur Mar 3 2005 08:36:21  Chicago Two Men Sought in Judge Family Slay--(Fox)A federal judge whose husband and mother were slain execution style in her basement is vowing to return to the bench, and police were searching for two "persons of interest" seen near the home. Wed Mar 2 2005 10:19:50 Wichita, Kansas Police Seek New Evidence in BTK Killings--(Las Vegas Sun)As Dennis Rader was formally charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder in the BTK serial killings, investigators used metal detectors to search for new evidence along roads in Rader's suburban hometown. Cybersleuths Still Flock to BTK Case--(Fox) The Wichita Police Department BTK news release archive--(wichita.gov) Analysis of Arrest of BTK Suspect--(CNN)Larry King transcript Birth of a Serial Killer -- (crimelibrary) Wed Mar 2 2005 09:49:36  MICHAEL LEFKOW and DONNA HUMPHREY - Victims Chicago, Illinois Police probe suspicious calls, car--(Suntimes)Police brass said they were not settling on any one theory about what unfolded inside the Lakewood-Balmoral home. "We are looking in many, many directions,'' Judges across nation appalled by murders --(Suntimes) `Execution-style' hits--(ChicagoTribune)Investigators on the task force formed Tuesday believe that federal judge Lefkow's husband and mother were forced into the basement, made to lie on the floor, then shot multiple times, including in the head and chest, the sources said. Fellow jurists won't let fear stand in way of justice--(ChicagoTribune) Authorities Probe Slaying of Judge's Kin -- (Las Vegas Sun) A self-pronounced white supremacist unhappy with a court ruling hatches a scheme to kill the judge who handed it down. Only this wasn't fiction for Joan Humphrey Lefkow. Wed Mar 2 2005 01:30:12  MICHAEL LEFKOW and DONNA HUMPHREY - Victims Chicago, Illinois Police look into white supremacists in murder of judge's family--(cnews.ca)Authorities said Tuesday they are investigating whether the shooting deaths of federal judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow's husband and her frail, 89-year-old mother were the work of white supremacists out for revenge. Tues Mar 1 2005 10:30:46  The 'Bind Torture Kill' case Wichita, Kansas BTK Suspect Has Court Date--(CBS)The suspect in the BTK serial killings has a date in a Kansas courtroom today to hear the charges against him. But it's unlikely that Dennis Rader will be in the courtroom. Rader will probably appear via video at 11 a.m. CST so prosecutors can recite criminal charges against him and the judge can review bail. Tues Mar 1 2005 10:27:20  Washington Supreme Court Bars Death Penalty for Juvenile Killers--(Nytimes)The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Constitution forbids the execution of killers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes, ending a practice used in 19 states. Tues Mar 1 2005 10:18:41  Chicago, Illinois Judge Finds Spouse, Mom Dead at Ill. Home--(abcnews)A federal judge who was once the target of a failed murder plot by a white supremacist found two bodies in a pool of blood in her basement, and a source said the victims were her husband and her mother. Mon Feb 28 2005 12:20:28  JESSICA LUNSFORD Homosassa, Florida Weather clears as search resumes for missing 9-year-old girl--(sunsentinel)With the full-scale search for a missing 9-year-old girl in its fifth and possible final day, volunteers who have scoured acres of forest and marshland expressed mounting frustration Monday that no clues have been found. Massive search continues for Homosassa girl -- (sunsentinel) "The information is still the same," said Ronda Hemminger Evan, a spokeswoman for the Citrus County Sheriff's Department. "The leads that are coming in are not generating us in any one direction. We're not getting anything that's going to move this case forward at this time." Anyone with information about Jessica's disappearance is asked to call 352-726-1121. Mon Feb 28 2005 12:12:56  BTK KILLER Wichita, Kansas BTK Suspect Said to Confess to 6 Slayings--(Newsday)Police say they are confident that the arrest of a man suspected of being the BTK serial killer will end 30 years of terror, and a source said he confessed to some killings. Dennis L. Rader, the churchgoing family man and Cub Scout leader arrested Friday, confessed to six killings, the source close to the investigation told The Associated Press on Sunday. Mon Feb 28 2005 12:03:28  New York Kin: Killed over 'love for life'--(newsday)Breaking their silence over a grisly murder case, weeping relatives of Susan Ambrosino yesterday said she was killed because she refused to have an abortion and that they had brought her killer into their family circle only to have him betray them. Sun Feb 27 2005 09:43:33  Richmond, Virginia Ex-wife guilty in Va. professor's slaying -- (seattlePI) Piper Rountree, 45, was convicted of first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony for the Oct. 30 murder of Fredric Jablin, who was shot outside his home in a Richmond suburb. Sun Feb 27 2005 09:41:24 The BIND TORTURE KILL Case Park City, Kansas BTK killings suspect hid in plain sight--(seattlepi)Dennis Rader, the man police believe is the BTK serial killer, hid for more than 30 years in plain sight. Suspect in BTK case disliked by neighbors--(seattle PI) Police: Wichita serial killer arrested--(Kansascity)Wichita, Kan., Police said that Dennis Rader, a 59-year-old Park City, Kan., resident, has been arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in connection with the 10 deaths now tied to BTK. BTK Strangler--(Kansascity)case overview, victim pictures, Archive of BTK coverage Sat Feb 26 2005 13:08:30 JESSICA LANSFORD Homosassa, Florida Search Resumes for Missing Girl in Fla--(LAs Vegas Sun)Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Hampton, a Homosassa native, and his wife Katia offered a $25,000 reward Saturday to help locate the girl. Few Clues Found in Disappearance of Citrus County Girl--(the ledger)Jessica Marie Lunsford has been missing since Thursday morning when she wasn't in bed at the home she shares with her father and grandparents. The clothes she had laid out for school were still there and none of her shoes were gone. Sat Feb 26 2005 08:12:05  THE "UNDERWOOD SLAYINGS" Forth Worth, Texas Suspect's DNA tested to learn whether he was baby's father--(DallasNews.com)Fort Worth police are testing the DNA of capital murder suspect Stephen Barbee to determine whether he is the father of the unborn baby of Lisa Underwood, one of the victims he is accused of killing. Sat Feb 26 2005 08:03:04  BTK "SERIAL KILLINGS" Wichita, Kansas BTK Arrest--(Fox)Wichita, Kan., police and FBI question 59-year-old married man in probe of eight unsolved killings dating back to 1974; news conference Saturday Fri Feb 25 2005 11:30:47 JESSICA LUNSFORD Homosassa, Florida Florida Family Begs for Return of Girl--(Las Vegas Sun)The family of a missing 9-year-old girl who disappeared from her bedroom pleaded for her return Friday, calling her an "angel" who needs to be home. 9-Year-Old Vanishes; Fears Mount--(cbsnews)Asked pointblank if Lunsford might be in danger, Dawsy said simply, "Yes." Family pleads for information about missing girl -- (CNN) Jessica -- who is 4-feet, 11-inches tall, weighs 70 pounds and has light brown hair -- was last seen wearing a pink nightgown, when her grandmother put her to bed around 10 p.m. Wednesday. Fri Feb 25 2005 11:17:48  Tampa, Florida `Spider-Man' Burglar Sentenced To 15 Years--(TBO)Last month, Bobby Ray Romeo, 34, of Tampa pleaded guilty to 13 charges including multiple counts of burglary, dealing in stolen property and grand theft. Fri Feb 25 2005 11:11:43  Tyler, Texas Texas Man Kills Ex-Wife Outside Courthouse--(Las Vegas Sun)A man angry about being sued for unpaid child support opened fire with an AK-47 assault rifle outside a courthouse, killing his ex-wife and a bystander who intervened to protect the couple's 23-year-old son. |
