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  • June 2008

    • Manson Family Member Pleads for Release

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 14, 08 8:24 AM CDT

      Manson Family Member Pleads for Release

      (Newser) - A member of Charles Manson's "family" of killers is asking for compassionate release after 37 years in jail, the Los Angeles Times reports. Susan Atkins, who stabbed Sharon Tate to death while the 8-months-pregnant actress begged for mercy—and then used her blood to write "PIG" on the front door—is dying of brain cancer and wishes to spend the few months she has left as a free woman. More »

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      murder  • Charles Manson  • Sharon Tate  • Manson Family

    • Mugabe's Militia Burns Enemies' Wives Alive

      Times (UK)  |  Jun 12, 08 10:46 AM CDT

      Mugabe's Militia Burns Enemies' Wives Alive

      (Newser) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Patson Chipiro came home Friday to a burning house. “I was trying to put the fire out,” he says. “I thought my wife was hiding in the bushes.” But Mrs. Chipiro was in the blazing house, where militia men loyal to Robert Mugabe had tossed her after chopping off one of her hands and both her feet, the Times of London reports. More »

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      murder  • Zimbabwe  • Robert Mugabe  • Zimbabwe elections  • violence  • Zanu-PF  • MDC

    • Cold Case 101: College Sleuths Try Their Hands

      CNN  |  Jun 11, 08 6:22 PM CDT

      Cold Case 101: College Sleuths Try Their Hands

      (Newser) - A college club is using cold cases to instruct criminal-justice students in techniques of investigation—and perhaps uncover that crucial piece of evidence missed by police, CNN reports. The Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, counting students at three Southern schools, uses high-profile cases like Natalee Holloway and Chandra Levy, to bring “textbooks to life,” in the words of founder Sheryl McCollum. More »

    • Girls' Sleepover Killings Stump Okla. Cops

      ABC News  |  Jun 11, 08 12:19 PM CDT

      Girls' Sleepover Killings Stump Okla. Cops

      (Newser) - Police in rural Oklahoma have no suspects in Sunday's slaying of two girls aged 11 and 13, ABC News reports. The best friends were found with multiple gunshot wounds in a ditch by a country road. They had gone for a stroll after a sleepover at one girl's house. Police think a local person was behind the killings but are stuck for a motive. More »

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      murder  • shooting  • Oklahoma  • unsolved crimes

    • Bury Bodies How I Left Them: Alleged Killer

      AFP  |  Jun 10, 08 11:53 AM CDT

      Bury Bodies How I Left Them: Alleged Killer

      (Newser) - Neil Entwistle, the Briton accused of murdering his wife and baby in a Boston suburb in 2006, requested that the bodies be buried “the way I left them,” according to his stepfather-in-law. Joseph Matterazzo, 61, testified yesterday a “wimpering” Entwistle called and asked him to “bury them side by side because that’s the way I left them … I mean, found them.” More »

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      murder  • crime  • murder trial  • Neil Entwistle

    • NFL Steroid Dealer's Death Called Suicide

      Dallas Morning News  |  Jun 7, 08 6:15 AM CDT

      NFL Steroid Dealer's Death Called Suicide

      (Newser) - Convicted steroid dealer David Jacobs’ death has been ruled a suicide, the Dallas Morning News reports. Authorities say Jacobs, 35, shot himself in the stomach and head. Officials also found some 150 containers of steroids in his Texas home. The medical examiner has not yet explained the death of Jacobs’ girlfriend, whose body was found with his, apparently shot several times. More »

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      NFL  • murder  • Texas  • steroids  • suicide  • drug dealer  • bodybuilder  • David Jacobs

    • NFL Steroids Dealer, Girlfriend Shot to Death

      Dallas Morning News  |  Jun 6, 08 11:25 AM CDT

      NFL Steroids Dealer, Girlfriend Shot to Death

      (Newser) - Convicted steroids dealer and bodybuilder David Jacobs and his girlfriend have been found shot to death to death in his Texas home. Jacobs, 35, who got probation after cooperating with investigators, recently met with NFL officials to discuss his client list. The couple had a volatile relationship, but police would not say whether the case was a murder-suicide, the Dallas Morning News reports. More »

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      murder  • Texas  • steroids  • Dallas Cowboys  • drug dealer  • bodybuilder  • David Jacobs

    • Dad to Start Trial in Wife, Baby Murder

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 2, 08 4:51 AM CDT

      Dad to Start Trial in Wife, Baby Murder

      (Newser) - A young British father is set to begin trial today in the Massachusetts murder of his American wife and baby. Prosecutors say Neil Entwistle fired two .22-caliber bullets into wife Rachel and 9-month-old Lillian Rose as they snuggled under a quilt in bed. He was said to be depressed about debt, and unhappy with his sex life; according to court papers, he conducted online searches for escorts and information about murder before the bodies were found in early 2006. More »

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      murder  • crime  • Neil Entwistle

    • Iraqi 'Honor Killing' Mother Gunned Down

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 1, 08 8:46 AM CDT

      Iraqi 'Honor Killing' Mother Gunned Down

      (Newser) - The ex-wife of an Iraqi man who beat, choked, and stabbed their 17-year-old daughter to death over an innocent crush on a British soldier has been gunned down, the Guardian reports. Leila Hussein had been staying in a series of safe houses while arrangements were being made to flee the country. She was shot to death by three men in a car as aid workers walked her to a taxi that would have taken her to Jordan. More »

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      Iraq  • murder  • women's rights  • honor killings

  • May 2008

    • Prison Letter Could Nail Bronco's Killer

      Rocky Mountain News  |  May 31, 08 6:55 AM CDT

      Prison Letter Could Nail Bronco's Killer

      (Newser) - A letter written by a jailed Colorado gang member could tie him to the murder of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams, the Rocky Mountain News reports. The letter, intercepted by the suspect's cellmate, mentions the man's worries about a witness who saw him shoot "D-Will." Williams was gunned down in a drive-by shooting on New Year's Day 2007. More »

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      NFL  • murder  • shooting  • Colorado  • Denver  • Denver Broncos  • Crips

    • Dead Calif. Family Was All Clad in Black

      ABC News  |  May 29, 08 8:58 AM CDT

      Dead Calif. Family Was All Clad in Black

      (Newser) - The mysterious Turkish-American family with three generations of members found dead in their tony San Clemente home last week were all dressed in black, ABC reports. The 21-year-old twin daughters lay side-by-side on a bed. Their parents, a retired professor and his wife, along with her elderly mother were also dead in the bedroom. Handguns were found next to the parents. Police believe a suicidal family member likely killed the others. More »

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      murder  • Southern California

    • 7 Cops Cut Down in Mexican Drug Battle

      CNN  |  May 28, 08 4:23 AM CDT

      7 Cops Cut Down in Mexican Drug Battle

      (Newser) - A gun battle in Mexico's drug capital of Culiacan ended with seven federal police officers and a civilian lying dead, and four officers wounded. Drug dealers opened fire and hurled a grenade as police raided a drug house in the city, where 1,000 people have died in drug-related violence since the beginning of the year, reports CNN. More »

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      murder  • Mexico  • cocaine  • Felipe Calderon  • drug cartel  • methamphetamine

    • Aussie Pardoned 86 Years After Execution

      Reuters  |  May 27, 08 6:27 AM CDT

      Aussie Pardoned 86 Years After Execution

      (Newser) - An Australian man hanged fo