REENA VIRK, 14 - beaten to death by 7 teen girls
Kelly Ellard, 17 - the 2nd to be tried for murder
VANCOUVER, BC Lawyer speaks before teen's trial -- (National Post) Kelly Ellard's lawyer will be raising questions about allegations she was a key player in the beating death of 14-year-old Reena Virk more than two years ago. Ms. Ellard, 17, faces a charge of second-degree murder in B.C. Supreme Court today.
CORNELIA WYSS, 23 - strangled
Seref Yuce, 39 - murder, theft, assault, attempted rape, living off the avails of prostitution
CANADA, SWITZERLAND and TURKEY. Swiss have new leads pointing to husband of slain Canadian -- (National Post) Swiss police are investigating fresh evidence that a Turkish national accused of killing his Canadian wife in Switzerland enlisted a network of handlers to smuggle him back to his homeland. The Swiss-Canadian woman was killed days before a scheduled court date to finalize a divorce. A child's blanket had been spread across her dead body and the apartment door had been locked.
HALIFAX, NS Prisoner released from jail by mistake sought for being unlawfully at large -- (National Post) An 18-year-old prisoner who was mistakenly let out of jail last weekend has been charged with being unlawfully at large. RCMP laid the charge against Sean Avery Upshaw and issued a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest. His early release was a result of somebody at the jail mistakenly changing his February, 2001, release date to February, 2000.
Mon Mar 6 2000 07:35:33
JONBENET RAMSEY, slain 6 year-old BOULDER, Colorado Ramsey detectives off to California--(Daily Camera)--Police to meet with therapist of woman who claims possible link to case
Sun Mar 5 2000 22:34:32
LITTLETON, Colo. Sheriff urged to release Columbine report before shooting anniversary -- (Nando) Parents of the victims of the Columbine High School massacre and state review panel officials are urging sheriff's investigators to release their final report before the first anniversary of the rampage. The report on the April 20, 1999, attack, in which 12 students, a teacher and the two teen-age gunmen died, initially was to be released last November.
Sun Mar 5 2000 22:11:54
RALPH PETER GAWOR - murdered
FRESNO COUNTY, CA Profile of Murder Suspect -- (Fresno Bee) Paul Hurth, 44 is living a nightmare: a jail cell for a home, a murder charge, disgrace. He sits, anguished, in the Fresno County Jail, suspected of murdering the husband of his alleged mistress.
KINGSBURG, CA Driver of rig admits to bribe -- (Fresno Bee) A truck driver blamed for causing a 1998 74-car pileup on Freeway 99 near Kingsburg that killed two people admits he received his drivers license after a bribe was paid to an Illinois secretary of state's office manager.
HUNTERSVILLE, NC Search warrant unveils details from alleged murder of high school student -- (Gaston Gazette) The murder of a North Mecklenburg High School sophomore may have stemmed from a dispute involving money that was provided for an abortion, but instead was spent on clothing and other items.
Sun Mar 5 2000 18:03:10
NICHOLAS, 7, EMILY, 6, AND THOMAS 3, slain children
Marilyn Lemak, awaiting trial NAPERVILLE, Illinois Jailers keep close watch on Lemak--(Naperville Sun)--A year after police found Marilyn Lemak huddled on her bedroom floor near the body of her dead daughter, the Naperville woman spends her days in a 70-square-foot cell awaiting a trial that could possibly result in her execution
Sun Mar 5 2000 14:11:18
UNSOLVED MURDER
JONBENET RAMSEY, slain 6 year-old BOULDER, Colorado Ramsey detectives off to California--(Daily Camera)--Police to meet with therapist of woman who claims possible link to case
Sun Mar 5 2000 14:06:59
SEATTLE, WA Man gets 12 years for robbing homes during funerals -- (Northwest Herald) A 40-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for burglarizing the homes of newly widowed people while they were attending the funerals of their spouses.
LYONS, NY Jury finds Faeth guilty of murder -- (Finger Lake Times) After just four hours of deliberating, a jury returned to a Wayne County courtroom Friday and convicted Christopher Faeth of second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in the death of Randy Markel last summer.
LEHIGH, FL Lehigh teacher accused of molesting teen -- (Southwest Florida Times) A Lehigh Senior High School health teacher is accused of fondling a 16-year-old student and sending her sexually explicit e-mail messages, according to a Lee County Sheriff’s Office report. Alan R. Bradford, 45, was arrested Saturday on a felony charge of child abuse, a report said.
Sun Mar 5 2000 14:05:22
Carmen Grad, - neglect and criminal confinement
Joseph Grad, - neglect and criminal confinement
PLYMOUTH, IN Complaints about child abuser flood gov's office -- (Evansville Courier) The scheduled early release of a man convicted of locking his 6-year-old son in a cage and urinating on him as punishment has prompted a flood of protests to Gov. Frank O’Bannon’s office.
Sun Mar 5 2000 14:04:13
NEW ORLEANS, LA Car theft suspect killed by deputy on I-10 -- (Nola News) A man driving a stolen car was shot and killed by a Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputy on Interstate 10 in Metairie Saturday after he tried to run over one of the deputies, police said. The man, who had not been identified Saturday night, was shot twice in his side after he put the car in reverse and smashed into the deputy's cruiser.
Sun Mar 5 2000 13:40:04
Leland McCoy, 54 - originally pleaded innocent
DURANGO, CO Man pleads guilty in day-care crime --(Durango Herald) A Durango man pleaded guilty Friday to one count of sexual assault on a child as part of a plea bargain for his alleged role in molesting two girls and a boy at his wife’s unlicensed day-care center.
Sun Mar 5 2000 12:16:13
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WA Police Dog Costs Taxpayers $412,500 -- (Northwest Herald) In 1996, the big black-and-tan German shepherd was owned by the Tacoma Police Department, which was then trying to train him for patrol work. Yukon liked to bite, but not let go. And so one day, his trainers decided to do something about it. Record shows Yukon bit at least 15 people, not all criminals -- (Northwest Herald) Simply put, records show Yukon the police dog was a lawsuit on four legs. Police dog Yukon's record in Snohomish County -- (Northwest Herald) Yukon patrolled the streets in Snohomish County for nearly 3 1/2 years. Here are some of his statistics over the last two years.
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