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Did I kill my wife? No, I didn't. I really didn't.

That tells it all.
If someone did not do something, why the need to reaffirm, to try to convince?

Save the death penalty

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

Debra J. Saunders
Updated 9:10 p.m., Friday, September 21, 2012

Recently, Editorial Page Editor John Diaz asked Mark Klaas if he expects to feel closure if California executes Richard Allen Davis, the man who kidnapped, toyed with and then killed Klaas' 12-year-old daughter, Polly, in 1993. A jury found Davis guilty and sentenced him to death in 1996. From the early days after Davis snatched Polly from a Petaluma slumber party, Klaas has been a highly visible advocate for strong laws to protect the public, especially children, from career criminals and predators like Davis. He had come to The Chronicle with other opponents of Proposition 34, the ballot measure that would end California's death penalty and resentence California's 700-plus death-row inmates to life without parole.

Klaas' answer may surprise you. He sadly shook his head and answered, "Is it going to bring any closure to me? No."

But, Klaas added, Davis "will no longer be able to run his website." Young girls no longer will write to him.

It turns out the Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty hosts a Richard Allen Davis home page, on which the convicted killer displays "hand-painted wood hobby craft items," which he made, and posts photos of himself. Davis also wonders if there's anyone out there who wants to know who he really is, and "if for someone like myself, can one ever fall back in love with life again?"

Read more:

http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/saunders/article/Save-the-death-penalty-3884281.php

Someone needs to cut off this former mayor's Viagara use!
Wow. Hormones gone rampaging!

Martin Millar, former South Palm Beach mayor, arrested on aggravated battery charges

" A few minutes after arriving at the other club, the unidentified man told police he received a text message from a friend stating Millar was en route to the club and "wanted to kill" him, according to the report.

The manager of the Dirty Martini said he witnessed "an elderly man," later identified as Millar, walk up to the man and jab him in the side of his neck with "an object that flashed." The manager told police he believed it was a Taser.

When police arrived at the scene, they said Millar was rolling on the ground, yelling that he was being attacked.

When Millar was read his Miranda Rights, the arrest report states he continuously interrupted officers and was stating his Miranda Rights with them in a mocking fashion.

According to the report, he advised the arresting officer that he was a former police officer and was going to "signal 5" the victim -- a term used by police to mean "murder."




Read more: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_c_palm_beach_county/martin-millar-former-south-palm-beach-mayor-arrested-on-aggravated-battery-charges#ixzz27CFcDUA6

Fatal Episode: The Producer's Story
September 22, 2012 7:45 PM

A former reality show producer accused of killing his wife is on trial in Mexico, but is the case falling apart? "48 Hours" has his only jailhouse interview. Troy Roberts reports.

Is the case against Bruce Beresford-Redman falling apart?



More videos at Link:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7422666n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox

48 HOURS MYSTERY

September 22, 2012 10:50 PM

Is the case against Bruce Beresford-Redman falling apart?

Bruce and Monica Beresford-Redman (David and Juanita Beresford-Redman)

Produced by Paul LaRosa, Joshua Yager Ana Real, Ira Sutow, James Stolz, Alec Sirken and Avi Cohen

In February, "48 Hours" went inside a Mexican prison for the only interview with Bruce Beresford-Redman, the American television producer accused of murdering his wife, Monica. The interview, recorded on a smart phone, is raw and gritty.

Now, Beresford-Redman talks with "48 Hours" again in a new interview from behind bars as his trial remarkably enters its seventh month. The question is - is the case against him falling apart?

For more than seven months, American Bruce Beresford-Redman, once a highly regarded reality TV producer, has been a prisoner in Mexico.

"I've been here...almost seven months now...and I've been on trial that whole time and there's no evidence. It's very hard for me to understand why I'm still in jail," Bruce told "48 Hours" during a recent interview by phone.

It's a painful reality for Bruce's anxious parents and his two young children.

"In many ways, they're doing beautifully but they never forget about... their dad and their mom, but mostly about Bruce. They want him home so badly," Bruce's mother, Juanita Beresford -Redman told "48 Hours."

Read more:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18559_162-57518025/is-the-case-against-bruce-beresford-redman-falling-apart/

48 HOURS MYSTERY

Extra: Bruce Beresford-Redman on wife, murder trial

September 22, 2012 7:45 PM

In a phone interview from prison in Mexico on Aug. 31, 2012, Bruce Beresford-Redman discusses the status of his trial and his thoughts on his late wife, Monica, with "48 Hours" correspondent Troy Roberts.



http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7422532n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsVideo48Hours+(CBSNews.com+Video%3A+48+Hours)

Teen with history of depression missing from Northwest Side

BY SUN-TIMES MEDIA September 22, 2012 11:08AM

An alert has been issued for a missing Northwest Side Dunning neighborhood 17-year-old girl last seen on Thursday.


Rachel Arias, missing since 9/20/12. Photo/Chicago Police Dept.

Rachel Arias is suffering from depression and may have driven to Wisconsin, an alert from Area North Special Victims Unit detectives said.

Arias is missing from the 4000 block of North Pioneer Avenue, the alert said. She is driving a white 2004 Kia Spectra with license plate P434026 and may have crossed the border into Wisconsin, the alert said.

Arias is 5-feet, 5-inches tall, 125 pounds, with black hair and hazel eyes, the alert said.

If anyone has information regarding her whereabouts they are asked to contact detectives, at (312) 744-8266.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/15309896-418/teen-with-history-of-depression-missing-from-northwest-side.html

Wisconsin Teens Charged in Murder of Great-Grandmother

Posted: Sep 22, 2012 12:52 PM CDT
Updated: Sep 22, 2012 12:52 PM CDT

By Clayton Holloway, Content Editor

SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. (AP) -- Two 13-year-old Wisconsin boys are charged with using a hatchet and hammer to kill one boy's great-grandmother while stealing jewelry and a car from her home.

Both teens appeared Friday in Sheboygan County court and were ordered held on $1 million bond each on charges of party to first-degree intentional homicide.

Prosecutor Joe DeCecco says 78-year-old Barbara Olson's great-grandson and another boy went to her home Monday to steal from her and kill her. Authorities say Olson was killed and her body left in the garage, where it was discovered by her daughter Wednesday.

Read more:

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/19612484/wisconsin-teens-charged-with-murder-of-one

Mother Sues Tulsa Megachurch Over Rape Allegation

TULSA, Okla. September 23, 2012 (AP)


The mother of a 13-year-old girl allegedly raped at a Tulsa megachurch is suing the church for waiting two weeks to report the allegation.

The lawsuit — first reported by the Tulsa World — was filed Friday in Tulsa County District Court. It seeks more than $75,000 and alleges that Victory Christian Center officials tried to conceal the allegation in an effort at "damage control."

Former church employee Chris Denman is charged with raping the girl before a church service Aug. 13.

Read more:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/mother-sues-tulsa-megachurch-rape-allegation-17299742

Clearwater mother, her two children found dead in their home

By John Woodrow Cox, Time Staff Writer
John Woodrow CoxTampa Bay Times In Print: Sunday, September 23, 2012

CLEARWATER — William Lavold thought it was a bad joke or a poorly worded expression. Anything other than what it really was.

"I need your help," the text message said. "Dawn killed the kids."

It came from his best friend, Murphy Brown. And it meant exactly what it said.

Sometime Friday night, Brown's wife, Dawn, killed their two children — Zander, 9, and Zayden, 5 — authorities believe. They say she then wrapped an electrical cord around her throat, tied it to a ceiling fan and hanged herself.

Read more:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/clearwater-woman-kills-her-two-children-commits-suicide-officials-say/1252920

Public hunt for missing woman

September 24, 2012
Adam Cooper

Missing... ABC radio employee Jill Meagher. Photo: Facebook: Help Us Find Jill Meagher


A MASSIVE social media campaign is in full swing in a bid to help police find an ABC employee last seen leaving a Brunswick bar early on Saturday.

Jill Meagher, 29, an Irish national who works as a unit co-ordinator at the ABC, was last seen leaving Bar Etiquette, in Sydney Road, about 1.30am after a night out with colleagues. Police believe she intended walking to her nearby home.

As police and her husband yesterday appealed for information on her disappearance, social media took hold. On Twitter, dozens of people posted or retweeted links to news stories, including ABC managing director Mark Scott, presenters Wil Anderson, John Safran, Leigh Sales, Francis Leach, Rafael Epstein, Libbi Gorr, Jenny Brockie and Tamara Oudyn, and the Twitter feeds for the broadcaster's respective programs.

Read more:

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/public-hunt-for-missing-woman-20120923-26eou.html#ixzz27P2xNNNn

Help us find Jill Meagher



Jill went mssing Friday night, she was last wearing a black dress, black jacket and black patterned stockings. She was last seen leaving the Brunswick Green (Sydney Road) between 1.30am - 2.00am heading home towards Lux Way, Brunswick.

If you saw Jill or anything suspicious in that area please contact Detective Steve Bull from Morland CIU his number is 0407 566 345, or Thomas Meagher on 0422 376 285. - Please send out this page to all your Melbourne friends.

https://www.facebook.com/HelpUsFindJillMeagher

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Concerns raised as Irish woman disappears in Australia

23/09/2012 - 12:02:13
Police in Melbourne, Australia, have expressed concern following the disappearance of an Irish woman.

Jill Meagher was last seen leaving a bar in the Brunswick area of Melbourne at around 1.30am on Saturday morning.

Officers were told the 29-year-old woman left the venue with the intention of walking home.

Police are concerned that the disappearance is out of character, and investigators are in the process of determining whether the circumstances are suspicious.

Jill's husband Thomas spoke to Channel Nine news in Australia: "She was with her friends there and the last person to see her got in a cab. She was going to walk home and hasn't been seen is.

"I just don't know where she is. I would love to know what happened."

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/concerns-raised-as-irish-woman-disappears-in-australia-567949.html

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Husband begs for return of missing wife



September 23, 2012: A husband has shed tears begging for his missing wife to return home. Irishwoman Jill Meagher was last seen in Brunswick in the early hours of Saturday morning.

http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/husband-begs-for-return-of-missing-wife/xdjvsy6

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Police launch hunt for missing woman Jill Meagher


Jill Meagher, 29, was last seen leaving Brunswick's Bar Etiquette about 1.30am on Saturday. Source: Supplied

A WOMAN who mysteriously disappeared after a night out with work friends insisted she wanted to walk home alone, a friend has revealed.

Police have launched a major investigation into the disappearance of Jill Meagher.

Her distraught husband, Thomas, now fears the worst.

The 29- year-old has not been seen since she left Brunswick's Bar Etiquette about 1.30am on Saturday.

Det Acting Sgt Steve Bull said police were treating the disappearance of Ms Meagher, who works for ABC radio, very seriously.


Tom Meagher is worried sick about his wife. Picture: Norm Oorloff Source: Herald Sun

"We have concerns for her safety. This is totally out of character for Jill and we just haven't been able to find her," he said.
ABC radio colleague Tom Wright told the Herald Sun he was the last person to see Ms Meagher. Mr Wright offered to walk her home,but she declined.

"I said, 'can I walk you home?', because it's late at night, and she said: 'No, no I live around here, I know it really well, don't worry'. I said goodbye and I said, 'really, you don't want me to walk you home?', and she said: 'No, no, no'," Mr Wright said.

Read more:

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/police-launch-hunt-for-missing-woman-jill-meagher/story-fndo1wyv-1226479708333

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Appeal after Irishwoman goes missing in Australia

Police in Australia have said they are concerned for the safety of an Irish woman who has gone missing in Melbourne.

Updated: 15:28, Sunday, 23 September 2012

Video at link:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0923/concern-over-irishwoman-missing-in-australia.html

Alessandra_Deux wrote:Clearwater mother, her two children found dead in their home

By John Woodrow Cox, Time Staff Writer
John Woodrow CoxTampa Bay Times In Print: Sunday, September 23, 2012

CLEARWATER — William Lavold thought it was a bad joke or a poorly worded expression. Anything other than what it really was.

"I need your help," the text message said. "Dawn killed the kids."

It came from his best friend, Murphy Brown. And it meant exactly what it said.

Sometime Friday night, Brown's wife, Dawn, killed their two children — Zander, 9, and Zayden, 5 — authorities believe. They say she then wrapped an electrical cord around her throat, tied it to a ceiling fan and hanged herself.

Read more:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/clearwater-woman-kills-her-two-children-commits-suicide-officials-say/1252920

This is terrible rush to judgement by the LE. They allowed others into the crime scene BEFORE collecting any evidence. Besides, with the poverty level this family was living due to poor financial decisions, why would the father be out playing poker at that time of night?? Who sends a text message to a friend rather than calling PD when children/spouse are found dead? And if they were struggling with bills, why does he pay for a cell phone? Why didn't he wash a few dishes, mow a yard, etc.?If he had gas to get to the casino, I am sure he had gas to get to the PD. (Borrow a cup of dish soap, borrow a lawnmower from a neighbor, etc. Such a sweet guy neighbors would have helped him out.)

Like to hear of the autopsy reports on the wife and the children. Also would like to know IF both children were found in bathtub together--- at their ages. Was there water in tub? Time of deaths? Time he sent message to his friend? Time he entered/left casino according to vids? Something is not right here. And it is bigger than a woman hanging herself from a ceiling fan when there is no power to the home.

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Police: Boy abducted from Detroit school, raped
9/12/2012
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"I (saw) the little boy walking up the street with his hands behind his back and he had no pants on. He had no shoes on," Snyder said. "His hands taped behind his back."


"I went to the school and (I) asked them... 'Do (you) know it was a little kid that was pulled from here and was raped? Do (you) have surveillance cameras on your doors?' And they told me that (they) do, but (they're) (broken). Are you serious?" said Snyder. "

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/19528335/police-investigating-boys-abduction-from-detroit-school-rape-0913

Michael Skakle parole hearing next month. He is Kennedy cousin serving time for murder of Martha Moxley

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SKAKEL_PAROLE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Milford Teen Reported Missing

Anyone with information regarding Tricia McKenna's whereabouts is asked to contact the Milford Police Department at (203) 878-6551.

By Ryan Sartor | September 24, 2012


Tricia McKenna

Tricia McKenna, age 18, of Milford, has been reported missing to the Milford Police Department. McKenna was last seen in West Haven on Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.

McKenna was last seen operating a 2006 Chevrolet Malibu color blue bearing Connecticut registration plate ZL 1082.

Investigators have received information that McKenna is possibly in the New Haven county area and that she may also have ties in Eastern Massachusetts.

Anyone with information regarding McKenna’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Milford Police Department at (203) 878-6551.

http://milford.patch.com/articles/milford-teen-reported-missing#photo-11475805

Michelle Warner Missing: Houston Mom Disappears After Fight With Ex-Boyfriend

Posted: 09/27/2012 5:39 pm EDT Updated: 09/27/2012 5:39 pm EDT

Michelle Warner, 31, was last seen on Saturday around midnight.
A Houston woman has vanished after an argument with her ex-boyfriend, who then skipped town with the couple's 3-year-old son.

Michelle Warner, 31, was last seen around midnight on Saturday, at the apartment complex where she was living with her ex, Mark Castellano, and their son, Cayden, ABC reports.

Authorities say Warner stormed out of the apartment after a fight with Castellano, KHOU reports. Later that night, Castellano took Cayden over eight hours away to stay with relatives.



Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/27/michelle-warner-missing-fight-ex-boyfriend_n_1920931.html

Runaway teacher, student found

September 29, 2012: A 15-year-old British schoolgirl, who went missing with her school teacher, has been found safe and well. Her 30-year-old companion has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction.

http://video.au.msn.com/watch/video/runaway-teacher-student-found/xy1evwt

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Runaway teacher and teen found in France

AFP
September 29, 2012
9:21PM



A BRITISH schoolgirl who ran away to France with a married teacher was expected to return home while the arrested man was in prison awaiting extradition.

Jeremy Forrest, a 30-year-old maths teacher, was being held in the Gradignan prison in southwestern France after his arrest in Bordeaux on Friday on suspicion of abducting Megan Stammers.

He is awaiting a court hearing on Tuesday which will decide whether to extradite him to Britain, and he has said he will not oppose being handed over to British authorities, according to his lawyer Daniel Lalanne.

Forrest was seen on Friday evening in the corridor of a Bordeaux court without handcuffs and "a long face'', surrounded by police, a witness said.

Meanwhile, British media have reported that Stammers's mother Danielle Wilson has gone to Bordeaux to bring her home.

Read more:

http://www.news.com.au/world/runaway-teacher-and-teen-found-in-france/story-fndir2ev-1226483797508?from=public_rss

Actor found dead in Hollywood murder mystery

Updated Fri Sep 28, 2012 10:32am AEST

A 28-year-old US actor has been found dead after allegedly killing an 81-year-old woman in a Hollywood murder mystery.


Photo: Police say Johnny Lewis either jumped or fell to his death. (Reuters: Mike Cassese)

Johnny Lewis, an ex-boyfriend of singer Katy Perry known for his role in TV series Sons of Anarchy, either jumped or fell to his death after allegedly attacking the woman at her house in the Los Feliz neighbourhood east of Hollywood.

Neighbours heard a screaming woman mid-morning on Wednesday and alerted police, who found a woman dead inside the house, from blunt trauma.

She was later identified as Catherine Davis, who rented rooms to boarders.

Two other men received minor injuries after being attacked by Lewis in neighbouring properties, police said.

The actor's body was found outside on the driveway.

Read more:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-28/actor-found-dead-in-hollywood-murder-mystery/4285072

Canadian Story:

http://www.globaltoronto.com/breaking+david+james+leblanc+suspect+in+ns+confinement+case+arrested+in+ontario/6442722415/story.html

Police in northern Ontario have arrested David James Leblanc, a suspect in the Nova Scotia teen confinement case.

Leblanc, 47, has been on the run since last week, after a 16-year-old boy escaped from a cottage in Upper Chelsea, about 125 kilometres south of Halifax, bound in chains and nearly naked.........Thirty-one-year-old Wayne Alan Cunningham, the other suspect in the case, is still at large and media reports suggest he may be headed west toward Calgary. He is believed to be driving a grey 2003 Hyundai Elantra with Nova Scotia licence plate FBP 233.


Read it on Global News: BREAKING: David James Leblanc, suspect in N.S. confinement case, arrested in Ontario


Read it on Global News: BREAKING: David James Leblanc, suspect in N.S. confinement case, arrested in Ontario


Hopefully they can find the other suspect!

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TODAY | Aired on October 01, 2012

Tweet sparks concern for missing teen

On Sunday, Kara Alongi, 16, tweeted that someone was inside her house, asking people to call 911. Now, her parents are staying quiet and police are saying the New Jersey teen is missing. NBC’s Katherine Creag reports.

http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/49238271/#49238271

Kara Alongi: NJ teen goes missing after tweeting about an alleged home intruder, police say

October 1, 2012 10:18 AM



(CBS/AP) CLARK, N.J. - Police said they don't believe missing New Jersey teen Kara Alongi who tweeted about an intruder in her home is in any physical danger, The Star-Ledger of Newark reports.

The 16-year-old girl gained hundreds of followers after asking people on Twitter to call 911 on Sunday evening.

"There is somone in my hour ecall (sic) 911," her tweet said.

People re-tweeted her message and the hashtag "#helpfindkara" trended on the social network.

Police Chief Alan Scherb tells the newspaper that there was no sign of foul play in Alongi's Clark home.

"There was nothing disturbed inside the home," he told the Star-Ledger.

As of Monday morning, Sgt. Vincent Concina said Alongi is "still listed as missing" and that there were no developments in the overnight search efforts, the Star-Ledger reports.

Read more:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57523331-504083/kara-alongi-nj-teen-goes-missing-after-tweeting-about-an-alleged-home-intruder-police-say/

Missing N.J. teen Kara Alongi's tweet was hoax, police say

Published: Monday, October 01, 2012, 9:25 AM Updated: Monday, October 01, 2012, 2:42 PM

By Eunice Lee/The Star-Ledger


Clark teenager Kara Alongi (right) sent out a tweet last night that someone was in her home, pictured on the left. Police are still searching for her.

Clark - The Clark teenager who tweeted Sunday night that someone was in her house and implored her followers to call 911 likely left her home voluntarily, township police said this morning.

Kara Alongi's disappearance is now being investigated as that of a runaway juvenile, Clark police chief Alan Scherb said.

Her parents returned home around 7:20 p.m. and called police, about an hour after the Arthur L. Johnson High School student tweeted, "There is somone in my hour ecall 911."

Read more:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/clark_teenager_is_a_runaway_po.html

Did cheating pastor allegedly kill both his wives?

By HLNtv.com Staff
updated 3:01 PM EDT, Mon October 01, 2012

•Retired pastor, Arthur Schirmer, accused of killing both wives
•1st wife found bleeding from head at bottom of the stairs
•2nd wife died in what hubby claimed was a fatal car crash



Two years after being charged with the death of his second wife, an alleged philandering pastor has been charged with the murder of his first wife after new grand jury evidence reveals her injuries were not consistent with a fall down the stairs.

http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/10/01/did-cheating-pastor-kill-his-1st-2nd-wife

Clayton Whittemore Arrested, Charged With Second Degree Murder Of Alexandra Kogut, University Of Brockport Student

Posted: 10/01/2012 10:44 am EDT Updated: 10/01/2012 10:25 pm EDT


Clayton Wittemore

Alexandra Kogut, an 18-year-old College of Brockport student, was found dead in her dormitory Saturday morning. Her boyfriend, 21-year-old Clayton S. Whittemore, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, according to local NBC affiliate KSEE 24.

In his arraignment Saturday morning, Whittemore plead not guilty, according to the Star Gazette. Reports say he admitted to causing the death.

Campus police say Kogut sustained "extensive upper body" trauma and that Whittemore allegedly beat her to death. She died between 1:30 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. according to the Utica Observer Dispatch. She was found after a welfare check prompted by her mother's call to campus police. Police arrested Whittemore in Dewitt, N.Y. at approximately 4:00 a.m. Saturday morning.

Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/clayton-whittemore-arrest_n_1928916.html?ir=College#slide=1585545

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NY college student found dead inside her dorm room


Alexandra Kogut

Police say 18-year-old Alexandra Kogut was found beaten to death inside her dorm room at a western New York college. Officials at the State University of New York College at Brockport say Kogut, of New Hartford, was a freshman majoring in communication. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says her body was found on Sept. 29, 2012, in her dorm room at SUNY Brockport, 15 miles west of Rochester. Police have arrested her boyfriend at a Thruway rest stop near Syracuse. Authorities have charged 21-year-old Clayton Whittemore, of New Hartford, with second-degree murder. Kogut is seen here in this undated photo provided by CBS affiliate WROC-TV.

Author: Edecio Martinez

Credit: CBS/WROC-TV

http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-504083_162-10013995.html?tag=contentAux;cbsPostCarousel

Evelynne Deuman, Suttons Bay, Michigan

Warning!

This is a tough one to read about!! It is involves the death of a child at the hands of a sexual predator, her father.

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/blog/2012/09/21/jury-convicts-man-for-orally-raping-his-baby-to-death/index.html

http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/blog/2012/08/31/location-of-crime-means-no-death-penalty-for-dad-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-killing-infant/index.html

Just found out about this one .... there has been an arrest but there is no sign of this 5 year old..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9586248/April-Jones-missing-five-year-old-in-Wales-live.html

April Jones, missing five-year-old in Wales: day four latest
Latest news on the disappearance of five-year-old April Jones from the mid-Wales town of Machynlleth.

more information about April Jones.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/april-jones-missing-friend-begged-1357238

this hits home for me ... my granddaughter is 5 ....grrrrr good thing I don't live in Wales!

justanopinion wrote:more information about April Jones.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/april-jones-missing-friend-begged-1357238

this hits home for me ... my granddaughter is 5 ....grrrrr good thing I don't live in Wales!

I have been following this case. Poor little gal. They have charged Mark Bridger with murder. Search teams are still committed to looking for April. Unfortunately, the river Dify is flooded and very swollen. I really think this poor child ended up in the river. My heart breaks for her family.

Police search Colorado suburb for missing 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway, who disappeared on walk to school
Police in Westminster, Colo. are searching for Jessica Ridgeway, 10, who was last seen walking to school.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/colo-cops-search-missing-10-year-old-article-1.1176563#ixzz28XmS8EXm

Justin Kowalczik, 17-Month-Old, Found Dead, Buried In Long Island Back Yard; Robert Rodriguez Eyed

The Huffington Post | By Andy Campbell Posted: 10/07/2012 10:06 am EDT Updated: 10/07/2012 10:06 am EDT

The body of Justin Kowalczik, just 17 months old when he died, was found in the back yard of a Long Island home Saturday.

An infant was found dead and buried in a Long Island back yard -- and his parents never reported him missing.

The body of 17-month-old Justin Kowalczik was unearthed Saturday at the home of a Farmingdale, NY mother of three, according to the New York Post. The mother's boyfriend, Robert Rodriguez, was immediately named as a person of interest in the case and is "not cooperating" with the investigation, officers told the paper.

The horrific find came after cops were called to check on the welfare of Rodriguez and Heather Kowalczik's 6-year-old son with autism, Alex. He and another of Kowalczik's sons, 9-year-old Robert Jr., were found to be fine.

Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/07/justin-kowalczik-17-month-old-buried-long-island_n_1946201.html

http://www.dailycamera.com/superior-news/ci_21719734/jessica-ridgeway-search-hunt-missing-westminster-girl-shifts

They found Jessica Ridgeways back pack 6 miles away in another subdivision. Some guy found it in front of his house and then put a notice online saying he had found a back pack with a water bottle inside with Jessica's name on it. Someone emailed him and said they thought that was the name of the missing girl, he then called 911

DALLAS (AP) - A Texas woman who admitted to beating her 2-year-old daughter and gluing her hands to a wall is to be sentenced.

Elizabeth Escalona pleaded guilty July 12 to injury to a child. The young mother is scheduled to be sentenced Monday and faces up to life in prison.


http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Mom-who-glued-kids-hands-to-wall-faces-life-term-173105581.html

April Jones murder: teenager jailed over offensive Facebook posts

Matthew Woods, 19, jailed for three months over 'abhorrent' comments about April Jones and Madeleine McCann

Press Association guardian.co.uk, Monday 8 October 2012 11.02 EDT


April Jones murder: Matthew Woods also wrote sexually explicit comments on Facebook about the missing five-year-old. Photograph: Lancashire police/PA

A man who posted "despicable" comments on his Facebook page about the missing five-year-old April Jones has been jailed for 12 weeks.

Matthew Woods, 19, from Chorley, Lancashire, made derogatory posts about April and missing Madeleine McCann after getting the idea from Sickipedia, a website that "trades in sick jokes".

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He also wrote comments of a sexually explicit nature about April, who went missing last week from near her home in Machynlleth, mid-Wales.

Read more:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/oct/08/april-jones-teenager-jailed-facebook?newsfeed=true

April Jones Case

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_HbInPWNXM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2012/oct/08/april-jones-mark-bridger-court-video?newsfeed=true

Live Updates:

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/10/05/april-jones-live-updates-police-have-until-5pm-to-quiz-mark-bridger-91466-31947247/

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Christians supporting April Jones's family in prayer

“We will stand with them in this dark hour,” says national director of the Evangelical Alliance Wales

by Gethin Russell-JonesPosted: Monday, October 8, 2012, 14:17 (BST)

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/christians.supporting.april.joness.family.in.prayer/30782.htm


April Jones: Mark Bridger sobs in court during murder hearing

By Victoria Ward
1:22PM BST 08 Oct 2012

Murder suspect Mark Bridger sobbed in the dock today as he was accused of the murder of April Jones.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9593631/April-Jones-Mark-Bridger-sobs-in-court-during-murder-hearing.html


Mark Bridger, Accused Of Abduction And Murder Of April Jones, Remanded In Custody

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted: 08/10/2012 09:58 BST Updated: 08/10/2012 14:09 BST

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/08/mark-bridger-accused-abduction-murder-april-jones-remanded-custody_n_1947392.html


April Jones: Police focus on Machynlleth and River Dyfi

8 October 2012 Last updated at 12:20 ET Share this pageEmail Print

Police have stepped up their efforts to find missing five-year-old April Jones with 18 specialist search teams made up of 100 officers involved in the hunt.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-19871259

APRIL JONES MAY NEVER BE FOUND, ADMIT POLICE

Wednesday October 10,2012
By John Chapman

THE parents of missing five-year-old April Jones were in despair last night as police admitted they may never find the little girl’s body.

On the seventh day since her disappearance, Superintendent Ian John, of Dyfed-Powys Police, said:

“We have to prepare for the time when we accept we might never find April.”

Police fear her body may have been swept out to the Irish Sea by the fast-flowing and flooded River Dyfi.

The river flows by April’ mid-Wales home town Machynlleth.

Read more:

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/351118/April-Jones-may-never-be-found-admit-police

Was she MURDERED? Mystery continues in case of dentist's wife found dead beneath broken third floor window

By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 10:39 EST, 9 June 2012 | UPDATED: 13:37 EST, 9 June 2012


Murder?: Kathleen Desilets was found dead on the ground outside the home she lived in with her husband, Dr Roger Desilets

A woman who fell to her death from a third story window of her home may have been murdered, in a mystery that has baffled investigators since December.

Police are investigating the possibility that 65-year-old Kathleen Desilets was pushed from the window of her Princeton mansion, which was closed at the time.

Her body was found on December 6 at around 3am, surrounded by shards of broken glass.


Mrs Desilets fell to her death through a third story window

Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156863/Was-MURDERED-Mystery-continues-case-dentists-wife-dead-beneath-broken-floor-window.html

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Investigation continues into Desilets death

Court documents remain impounded

By Sandy Quadros Bowles

The death of Princeton resident Kathleen Desilets remains under investigation by Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early’s office.

Desilets, 65, was found Dec. 6 a distance beneath a third-story window of her Worcester Road home. She was transported to UMass Memorial Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

She died from blunt force trauma, the medical examiner determined.

The district attorney’s office was granted another three-month extension Wednesday, Oct. 10, on the impoundment of court documents related to her death Dec. 6. Court documents related to the case have been impounded at Leominster District Court since December.

Read more:

http://www.thelandmark.com/news/2012-10-11/Front_Page/Investigation_continues_into_Desilets_death.html

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Judge keeps documents sealed in Princeton woman's death last year

Thursday, October 18, 2012

By Linda Bock TELEGRAM & GAZETTE
lbock@telegram.com

LEOMINSTER — A district court judge has denied a request by the Telegram & Gazette for documents related to a Dec. 6 search of a Princeton home where a woman was found dead.

Kathleen M. Desilets was found on the front lawn of her home at 20 Worcester Road, Princeton, in the middle of the night Dec. 6, 2011.

Documents and affidavits in support of search warrants obtained by police have been impounded at the request of District Attorney Joseph D. Early.

The Telegram & Gazette this week asked a judge to unseal the documents, saying they were public and that prosecutors had no reason to seek their continued impoundment.

But in a one-page ruling, Judge Mark E. Noonan said the district attorney met its burden for continued impoundment. The judge ordered that the documents remain sealed 60 days, through Dec. 15.

Read more:

http://www.telegram.com/article/20121018/NEWS/121019366/1116

MICHAEL J. BABUKA

Case Type: Non Family Abduction
DOB: Oct 1, 2009
Missing Date: Oct 11, 2012
Age Now: 3
Sex: Male
Race: White
Height: 2'0" (61 cm)
Weight: 35 lbs (16 kg)
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Missing City: NILES
Missing State : OH
Missing Country: United States

Circumstances: Michael was last seen in his father's vehicle on October 11, 2012. An unknown person drove off in the vehicle with the child in the back seat. When he was last seen, Michael was wearing a camo jacket, Buzz Lightyear pajamas and shoes. They may be traveling in a silver 2007 four door Chevrolet Impala, with duct tape on the bumper, tinted windows and Ohio license plates FEA 2745.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PubCaseSearchServlet?act=viewChildDetail&LanguageCountry=en_US&searchLang=en_US&caseLang=en_US&orgPrefix=NCMC&caseNum=1204151&seqNum=1

How YOU can help to look for Elizabeth Marriott - UNH Student Missing in NH

Lizzi's family needs the help of the entire community. This is their daughter, their child. The chances that she took off without any personal belongings or clothing is very slim. It is always a possibility that she may have gone off a roadway. At present there is not indication of "foul play" and the investigators and police officers are diligently working and investigating. However, time is of the essence. The public needs to help find Lizzi. Here are some steps that you can take to assist:

Read more:

http://thelostnmissing.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-you-can-help-to-look-for-elizabeth.html#.UHgT6EVPqOw.twitter

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Elizabeth Marriott: Missing from New Hampshire



Lizzi Marriott, 19, has been missing since Tuesday night

UPDATE: October 13, 2012

Authorities believe that Elizabeth (Lizzi) is dead but have not found her body, Assistant Attorney General James Vara said Saturday at a news conference. He did not say how she died.

A 29-year-old man has been arrested and is in custody. Vara didn’t say whether the man knew Marriott or what led to his arrest.

Vara said the investigation was continuing.

http://www.missingpersonsofamerica.com/2012/10/elizabeth-marriott-missing-from-new.html?

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Missing NH college student dead; suspect charged

AP / October 14,



This photo provided by the Dover (N.H.) Police Dept. shows Seth Mazzaglia. Authorities say Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott, a 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student missing for days is dead, and Mazzaglia has been charged with second-degree murder, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Dover (N.H.) Police Dept.)

DOVER, N.H. (AP) — A martial arts instructor active in community theater was charged Saturday in the death of a 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student who disappeared days earlier.

Elizabeth ‘‘Lizzi’’ Marriott, a marine biology major who volunteered at the New England Aquarium, is believed to be dead and law enforcement officials continued to search for her body, Assistant Attorney General James Vara said Saturday.

Seth Mazzaglia, 29, of Dover, who’s charged with second-degree murder, knew Marriott, Vara said, but he declined to say how or what led to Mazzaglia’s arrest. He said police had ‘‘credible’’ information leading them to believe Marriott is dead, though he wouldn’t elaborate.

‘‘This is the worst parents nightmare, a missing child and with an unfavorable outcome,’ Marriott’s family said in a statement Saturday. The family asked for prayers for rescue personnel who are looking for their daughter, saying they need to ‘‘bring her home.’’

Read more:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/10/13/missing-college-student-dead-suspect-charged/fZ4r9zDcbfoZb3UVTCAOLN/story.html

Student's killing appears unjustified, lawyer says

By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 9:28 PM EDT, Thu October 11, 2012



(CNN) -- The shooting of an unarmed and naked Alabama university student killed in a late-night confrontation with a campus police officer appears to be unjustified, the lawyer for the young man's family said Thursday.

Part of the brief incident Saturday night that led to the death of 18-year-old Gilbert Thomas Collar of Wetumpka, Alabama, was captured on a surveillance camera outside the University of South Alabama police station.

The video has not yet been viewed by reporters or the public, but the Collar family's attorney, Jere Beasley, said, "There is nothing on the surveillance tape that justifies the use of deadly force."

Read more:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/11/justice/alabama-student-killed/index.html?hpt=ju_c2

Kankakee Doctor, His Wife Slashed at Home

Police say Phillip Horrell, just out of jail two days ago, slashed his own throat after attacking James and Betty Goldenstein

By Michelle Relerford | Friday, Oct 12, 2012 | Updated 10:53 PM CDT

View more videos at: http://nbcchicago.com.

A Bradley doctor is dead and his wife in stable condition after a stabbing that frustrated officials say could have been prevented.

Kankakee police say they were called to the intersection of West Court Street and South Curtis Avenue early Friday. There they found Phillip L. Horrell, 35, who they say told them that he'd killed two people.

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Officials say Horrell didn't serve a full prison sentence and was released just two days ago.

"For my office, it's very, very frustrating to know that we have done what we're supposed to do, which is to seek appropriate sentences for crimes. This was twice the amount he had received in the past for his most serious offense. It was a mandatory prison term case because of his criminal history, and the Illinois Department of Corrections let him out. I know this: had he served the full eight-year term, we would have avoided this tragedy today," said Kankakee County State's Attorney Jamie Boyd.

Read more:

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kankakee-stabbing-173976321.html

Zumba instructor accused of prostitution

By Dr. Drew staff
updated 8:19 AM EDT, Thu October 11, 2012

•Alexis Wright, 29, pleads not guilty to 106 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion, other charges
•Wright denies providing sex for money at her Zumba fitness studio, one-room office



http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/10/10/fitness-instructor-accused-prostitution

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Alexis Wright's Client List In Alleged Zumba Prostitution Ring Could Be Released

By TED SHAFFREY and DAVID SHARP 10/12/12 07:34 PM ET EDT

Alexis Wright allegedly ran a prostitution ring from her fitness studio in Kennebunk, Maine.

KENNEBUNK, Maine — Residents of this seaside community will have to wait at least the weekend to learn which of their friends and neighbors stand accused of giving business to a fitness instructor charged with running a prostitution operation out of her Zumba studio.

The police department declined Friday to release any of the more than 150 names of suspected clients because of an appeal pending before the state supreme court.

The delay prolongs the agony for town residents, who have heard that the list of could include lawyers, law enforcement officers and some well-known people.

"We're hearing that there are selectmen, there are policemen, that there are firemen – people that we're going to know in town," said Elaine Nicholson. "So everyone is, like, waiting with bated breath."

Read more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/12/alexis-wrights-client-list-zumba-prostitution-_n_1961030.html?ref=topbar

Mystery surrounds graves at boys' reform school

By Rich Phillips, CNN
updated 6:36 AM EDT, Mon October 15, 2012

•In 2009, Florida determined that 31 boys buried at a reform school were fire, flu victims
•Today, investigators have found 18 more graves at the same site
The team believes there's another grave where black students may have been buried
•The state has remained mum on the new findings



Marianna, Florida (CNN) -- This Florida panhandle town is the home of a mystery that has been lost to time.

A small cemetery buried deep into the grounds of a now-defunct boys reform school dates back to the early 1900s. Rusting white steel crosses mark the graves of 31 unidentified former students.

Former students said the deaths were at the hands of abusive administrators, but a 2009 state investigation determined there was no evidence of criminal activity connected with any of the deaths or of abusive treatment.

But the investigation did not clear up the mystery over the fate of 50 other students who died at the school and whose bodies have not been accounted for.

Read more:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/13/us/florida-graves-mystery/index.html?hpt=ju_c1

Half-naked, hog-tied & humiliated by cops?

By HLNtv.com Staff
updated 4:43 PM EDT, Mon October 15, 2012

•32-year-old woman claims she was hog-tied and left half-naked for hours during arrest
•Ashleigh Davis is suing the Lake County Sheriff's Office and Leesburg Police Department in Florida



http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/10/15/half-naked-hog-tied-humiliated-cops?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Nancy Grace spars with atty on alleged hitman murder

By Katherine Cavazini
updated 3:55 PM EDT, Wed October 17, 2012

•Las Vegas firefighter accused of conspiring to kill wife
•Shauna Tiaffay, 46, sustained multiple blunt force injuries
•Cops say husband gave homeless man key to wife's home



http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/10/17/nancy-spars-atty-firefighter-accused-hiring-hitman

TJ Murray Missing -- 10/19/2011

Friday, October 19, 2012, will be one year that TJ Murray, a Sam Houston State University student, went missing in The Woodlands/Spring, TX area (north of Houston).

Earlier in the evening of October 18, 2011, TJ umpired a Little League ballgame. Afterwards, he met some friends at a sports bar in The Woodlands/Spring, TX area and per his mother, he and his friends were going to watch the first game of The World Series. TJ was last seen at Rookie's Sports Bar. The next day his cell phone was found in a ditch nearby and his dad's truck (he was using his dad's truck that night) was in the parking lot. There has been no activity on any of his accounts. Shortly after TJ went missing, Texas EquuSearch (TES) did extensive searches with their trained members to no avail.

One of TJ's brothers drowned in the Guadalupe River in New Braunfels, TX in July, 2012. In less than a year, the Murray's lost two of their sons. Very tragic!

TJ has not been found and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office - Conroe, TX (MCSO) suspects foul play.

One thing is for certain: Some one knows what happened to TJ. He, she or they need to come forward, do the right thing and contact MCSO. Put an end to this. Tell MCSO where TJ Murray can be found so that he can be brought home to his loving family for a proper burial.


Please light a candle for TJ Murray and remember him and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

You can click on the exclusive candle group (TJM) on the TJ Murray Missing thread. Here is a direct link to the candle group comment on his thread:

http://www.realitychatter.com/t3616p150-thomas-tj-murray-jr-missing-10-19-11#181013
Thomas "TJ" Murray, Jr. Missing -- 10/19/11



Thomas "TJ" Murray, Jr.


~ ~ ~ May the candles light the way home for you, TJ! ~ ~ ~


Thank all of you for taking the time to light a candle for TJ and his family. I know the Murray family will sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness and kindness.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57535414-504083/whitney-heichel-missing-police-search-park-mountain-in-ore-baristas-disappearance/

Investigators searched a park and mountain area on Wednesday looking for clues in the disappearance of 21-year-old Whitney Heichel, who was last seen two days ago leaving her apartment in the Portland suburb of Gresham.
She was headed to work at a Starbucks 5 min. from her home.

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Investigators searched a park and mountain area on Wednesday looking for clues in the disappearance of 21-year-old Whitney Heichel, who was last seen two days ago leaving her apartment in the Portland suburb of Gresham.
She was headed to work at a Starbucks 5 min. from her home.

Major search underway for Starbucks barista who vanished


Whitney Heichel, a 21-year-old Starbucks barista in Gresham, Ore., is missing. Police are conducting a major search. (Gresham Police Department)

By Amy Hubbard

October 18, 2012, 8:49 a.m.
Police have provided a timeline in the disappearance of an Oregon woman who disappeared Tuesday between home and the Portland-area Starbucks where she worked, a five-minute commute.

A major crimes team and 24 detectives are now searching for Whitney Heichel, of Gresham, Ore., according to the city's police department.

Police say the young woman's Ford Explorer was found in a local Wal-Mart parking lot with its front passenger-side window smashed in.

Read more:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-oregon-starbucks-barista-missing-20121018,0,2987937.story

Neighbors help, hope to find Whitney Heichel .

by Pat Dooris
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 6:26 PM



GRESHAM, Ore. -- Many in Gresham who know Whitney Heichel, and others who have never met her, are ready to help find her.

Friday night police were asking them to keep away from the search scene, so they were doing whatever they could to raise awareness.

At the Real Time Coffee Chop in Gresham, Mandy Hutchinson changed the sign on her reader board. Instead of advertising pumpkin lattes it now reads “Bring Whitney Home.” It also advertises the tip line phone number. Whitney applied for work at Real Time and stopped for coffee nearly every day. Her parents are regular customers too.

Read more:

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Hope-and-Caring-in-Gresham-175026711.html

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Police search for clues in Whitney Heichel's cell phone

by KGW Staff
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 5:19 PM
Updated today at 6:36 PM



http://www.kgw.com/news/Missing-Gresham-womans-SUV-found-in-Wood-Village-174492781.html