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  • March 2008

    • After Witness Recants, Inmate Goes Free After 25 Years

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 21, 08 1:32 PM CDT

      After Witness Recants, Inmate Goes Free After 25 Years

      (Newser) - A man locked up 25 years for a murder he says he did not commit walked free from a Los Angeles prison yesterday after the sole witness recanted. "I'm not bitter," said Willie Earl Green, now 56. "I'm happy today." Among those to greet him were his wife, whom he met six years after his conviction, and the forewoman of the jury that convicted him. More »

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      murder  • Los Angeles  • prison  • jail  • guilty  • innocent

    • More Manson Victims?

      Associated Press  |  Mar 16, 08 9:37 AM CDT

      More Manson Victims?

      (Newser) - A rag-tag group of forensic investigators, a gold miner, and a corpse-sniffing dog say they have turned up evidence of long suspected killings by the Manson family in the California desert, AP reports. Using the tools and techniques of chemistry and archeology, the group has concluded that there may be bodies in the ground—and suggested that the cops get digging. More »

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      murder  • Los Angeles  • cult  • Charles Manson  • desert  • Sharon Tate  • forensic science  • Susan Atkins

    • Pregnant Marine's Neck Wound Likely Post-Mortem

      CNN  |  Mar 15, 08 12:46 PM CDT

      Pregnant Marine's Neck Wound Likely Post-Mortem

      (Newser) - A neck wound on the pregnant Marine slain earlier this year was probably made after death, pointing to faked evidence in her murder, CNN reports. The main suspect in the case, Cesar Laurean, said Maria Lauterbach, 20, slit her own throat, but the surface cut may have been made by her murderer to make the body “conform” to the suicide story, lawyers said. More »

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      murder  • suicide  • Maria Lauterbach  • pregnant marine  • Cesar Laurean

    • Colombia to Pay Ex-Rebel $2.5M for Slaying

      BBC  |  Mar 15, 08 11:51 AM CDT

      Colombia to Pay Ex-Rebel $2.5M for Slaying

      (Newser) - Colombia will pay the former FARC rebel who killed his commander last week part of a $2.5 million reward—a move critics say amounts to payment for murder, the BBC reports. Guerrilla Pedro Pablo Montoya shot his boss, then cut off his hand as proof. He will share the money with three others who provided intelligence information. More »

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      murder  • Colombia  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe  • Colombian rebels  • Raul Reyes  • Juan Pablo Montoya

    • Police Charge 2 in UNC Murder

      Associated Press  |  Mar 12, 08 7:33 PM CDT

      Police Charge 2 in UNC Murder

      (Newser) - Police in North Carolina have charged two men with the murder of a UNC student whose death drew national attention, the AP reports. One suspect, a 21-year-old, is in custody while the other, a 17-year-old, remains at large. Eve Carson, student body president at UNC-Chapel Hill, was found shot to death last week. Police did not disclose a motive; the two suspects are not UNC students. More »

    • Dr. Death Set to Make House Call

      Oakland (Mich.) Press  |  Mar 12, 08 2:28 PM CDT

      Dr. Death Set to Make House Call

      (Newser) - Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan doctor who says he's helped at least 130 die and who's been convicted of second-degree murder in one such assisted suicide, says he plans to run for Congress in a Detroit suburb, the Oakland (Mich.) Press reports. Kevorkian, 79, will make an independent bid against the incumbent Republican; he’ll need 3,000 signatures to get on the ballot. More »

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      Congress  • murder  • Michigan  • assisted suicide  • Jack Kevorkian

    • Ripper Case File to Be Unveiled

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 9, 08 9:15 AM CDT

      Ripper Case File to Be Unveiled

      (Newser) - For the first time in over a century the actual police file for London's notorious "Jack the Ripper" case will go on public display, the Guardian reports. The cache even contains a note that may have been written by Jack himself: It warns detectives that he will soon "set to work again and I think that my next job will be to polish you off." More »

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      Great Britain  • murder  • London  • prostitute

    • Police Issue Pics in UNC Probe

      News & Observer (Raleigh)  |  Mar 8, 08 8:00 PM CST

      Police Issue Pics in UNC Probe

      (Newser) - Police issued photos today of a "person of interest" in the killing of UNC-Chapel Hill student president Eve Carson, the News and Observer reports. The ATM camera shots show a black man, about 20, who used Carson's bank card and may have been driving her Toyota Highlander. "This is our biggest break so far in this case," said the police chief in Chapel Hill, NC. More »

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      murder  • investigation  • surveillance  • college student  • ATM  • security cameras  • Eve Carson  • UNC Chapel Hill  • police hunt

    • Cops Charge Brother in Mass Killing

      Commercial Appeal (Memphis)  |  Mar 8, 08 5:56 PM CST

      Cops Charge Brother in Mass Killing

      (Newser) - Memphis police collared a man yesterday and charged him in a mass killing that shocked the city last weekend. Jessie Dotson, 33, allegedly shot his brother Cecil, 30, in an argument and then murdered five possible witnesses. “When Jessie left, he believed everyone in the home was dead,” a police director said. “But as we know, through the grace of God, three children survived.” More »

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      murder  • crime  • police  • arrest  • Memphis  • mass shootings  • Memphis killings

    • Stacy Called Kathleen's Divorce Lawyer

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 8, 08 2:05 PM CST

      Stacy Called Kathleen's Divorce Lawyer

      (Newser) - The Illinois attorney who represented Drew Peterson's slain third wife, Kathleen Savio, in her divorce from Peterson said yesterday that missing fourth wife Stacy had also made tentative contact with him about a divorce, just days before her disappearance. Drew Peterson told the Chicago Tribune he was "pretty shocked" by the lawyer's comments. More »

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      murder  • Illinois  • Drew Peterson  • Stacy Peterson  • domestic violence  • Kathleen Savio

    • Man Kills Stranger, Fakes Own Death

      Chicago Tribune  |  Mar 7, 08 5:00 PM CST

      Man Kills Stranger, Fakes Own Death

      (Newser) - A Chicago-area construction boss trying to work a life-insurance scam killed another man, used the body to fake his own death, then killed himself as police converged, the Chicago Tribune reports. Authorities are now looking at whether the killer and his wife, who had email contact after his “death,” conspired to cash in his policy. More »

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      murder  • Chicago  • identity theft  • life insurance  • insurance fraud

    • Australian Lesbians Get Life for Murder

      West Australian  |  Mar 7, 08 4:30 PM CST

      Australian Lesbians Get Life for Murder

      (Newser) - In a case that has gripped Australia since 2006, two lesbian lovers—one with a vampire fixation—were sentenced to at least 24 years in prison today for murdering a teenage girl, the West Australian reports. They bludgeoned and strangled the girl and kissed over her body, taking video on a mobile phone. The pair showed little emotion as the sentence was read. More »

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      murder  • crime  • Australia  • lesbians  • Perth  • vampire

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