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  • January 2008

    • Wholesome Seattle Girl or Foxy Knoxy?

      Times (UK)  |  Jan 13, 08 10:31 AM CST

      Wholesome Seattle Girl or Foxy Knoxy?

      (Newser) - She claims to be “a girl of 20, who came to Perugia to learn Italian,” but on her blog, Amanda Knox—accused by Italian police of sexually abusing and murdering British student Meredith Kercher, 21—more aptly nicknamed herself "Foxy Knoxy." The Times of London reports on the divide between the wholesome Seattle girl she says she is and the wild side she might've overly indulged in Italy. More »

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      murder  • Meredith Kercher  • Amanda Knox  • Perugia  • Raffaele Sollecito  • Rudy Hermann Guede

    • Suspect in Pregnant Marine's Killing Spotted in La.

      Associated Press  |  Jan 13, 08 9:24 AM CST

      Suspect in Pregnant Marine's Killing Spotted in La.

      (Newser) - The Marine suspected in the murder of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach and her unborn child was spotted last night exiting a bus in Shreveport, La., and could be headed to Texas, police said today. Authorities said they believe Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean could be dangerous if "put in a corner," and are hopeful he will be apprehended soon, the AP reports. More »

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      murder  • rape  • Marine  • Maria Lauterbach  • pregnant marine  • suspect  • Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean

    • Charred Body, Fetus Found in Marine's Yard

      CNN  |  Jan 12, 08 4:03 PM CST

      Charred Body, Fetus Found in Marine's Yard

      (Newser) - Police found the burnt remains of a woman and a fetus today buried in a Marine's backyard, CNN reports. The suspected remains of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach are being rushed to a North Carolina medical examiner for positive identification as police launch a manhunt for Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean, the chief suspect in Lauterbach's disappearance. More »

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      murder  • rape  • North Carolina  • US Marine Corps  • Maria Lauterbach  • Cesar Armando Laurean

    • Hiker's Friends Remember Slain 'Angel'

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Jan 12, 08 8:16 AM CST

      Hiker's Friends Remember Slain 'Angel'

      (Newser) - Hundreds of people packed a Georgia church yesterday to remember slain hiker Meredith Emerson as both a "firecracker" and an "angel," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. "Her light is reflected in your eyes," said her mother, who took the podium when Meredith's nephew became overcome with emotion. The family also brought Meredith's beloved lab mix, Ella. More »

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      murder  • Georgia  • kidnapping  • missing person  • Meredith Emerson  • Georgia hiker  • Gary Hilton

    • Police Dig Up Remains at Marine's House

      CNN  |  Jan 11, 08 10:11 PM CST

      Police Dig Up Remains at Marine's House

      (Newser) - Police seeking a missing Marine have found blood and human remains at the yard of the Marine she had accused of raping her, CNN reports. Cops found a "trace of violent activity in the house" of Cpl. Cesar Armando Laurean in North Carolina, and "evidence of an attempted cleanup." Police are treating Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach's death as murder and waiting for daylight to search a cavity in Laurean's yard. More »

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      murder  • crime  • rape  • North Carolina  • US Marine Corps

    • LA Gang Killings Down 27% Since '06

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 11, 08 7:18 PM CST

      LA Gang Killings Down 27% Since '06

      (Newser) - Los Angeles gang killings dropped 27% from the 2006 high of nearly 300, reports the Los Angeles Times . The city reported 216 gang-related killings in 2007, which still accounted for more than half of all homicides in Los Angeles. Authorities credited the reduction to a program that used police, federal agents, probation officers and prosecutors to target the 11 most dangerous gangs. Manpower was concentrated in eight "gang reduction zones." More »

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      murder  • violence  • gang violence  • killings

    • DNA May Shine Light on Killer

      LiveScience  |  Jan 11, 08 2:20 PM CST

      DNA May Shine Light on Killer

      (Newser) - Authorities in Indiana are hoping DNA evidence will help them close the case of a woman who killed at least 25 people in the early 20th century before possibly faking her own death. A woman's headless body was found in the burned-out basement of Belle Gunness' house in 1908, and suspicions that the body wasn't hers soon arose, LiveScience reports. She may have fled West and continued killing. More »

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      murder  • genetics  • Indiana  • DNA evidence  • serial killers

    • DC Woman: 4 Daughters 'Had Demons'

      Washington Post  |  Jan 11, 08 7:21 AM CST

      DC Woman: 4 Daughters 'Had Demons'

      (Newser) - A Washington, DC, woman accused of killing her four daughters admitted to police she had lived for months with their decomposing bodies. Banita Jacks told police that the girls died in their sleep, but told jail blockmates that she killed them because they were possessed by demons, the Washington Post reports. Investigators estimate the girls died as long ago as last May. More »

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      murder  • Washington DC  • stabbing  • eviction  • demonic possession

    • German Woman Flushed Hubby Down the Toilet

      Der Spiegel  |  Jan 9, 08 6:30 PM CST

      German Woman Flushed Hubby Down the Toilet

      (Newser) - German police are searching for a woman they believe hacked up her husband and flushed the pieces down the toilet, Der Spiegel reports. Neither wife nor husband have been seen since just before Christmas, when neighbors report hearing hammering, strange noises, and repeated flushing. The woman reportedly told her grown children, “You won’t see him again, I flushed him down the toilet.” More »

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      murder  • crime  • Germany  • homicide  • toilet

    • Kidnapped Blonde Murdered by Cannibal Beau: Cops

      Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph  |  Jan 7, 08 4:10 AM CST

      Kidnapped Blonde Murdered by Cannibal Beau: Cops

      (Newser) - A man accused of brutally murdering his former girlfriend mutilated her and may have cooked and eaten some of her body parts, according to police. Christopher Lee McCuin, 25, has been charged with capital murder in the killing of Jana Shearer, 21, who was abducted from her Texas home last week, reports the Tyler Morning Telegraph . More »

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      murder  • Cannibal

    • 'Blood Diamonds' Trial Opens

      Times (UK)  |  Jan 7, 08 3:29 AM CST

      'Blood Diamonds' Trial Opens

      (Newser) - The war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor is set to begin in The Hague after months of costly delays—forcing the court to ask for financial handouts to complete the proceedings. Taylor, 59, trained Sierra Leone's notoriously violent Revolutionary United Front in exchange for "blood diamonds," so called because of their cost in human lives,  He is charged with crimes against humanity, murder and rape. More »

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      murder  • rape  • war crimes  • Liberia  • blood diamonds  • crimes against humanity  • Sierra Leone  • Charles Taylor

    • Grandfather Charged in Deadly Fire

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jan 2, 08 5:40 PM CST

      Grandfather Charged in Deadly Fire

      (Newser) - In the third case since August of a Chicago-area Indian family using fire in a domestic dispute, a 57-year old who disapproved of his daughter's marriage was charged Monday night with murdering his pregnant daughter, son-in-law, and grandson by setting fire to their apartment building. Subhash Chander told police he disliked his son-in-law, who came from a lower caste, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      murder  • family  • arson  • caste system

  • December 2007

    • Marine to Stand Trial for Iraq Killing Spree

      Union-Tribune (San Diego)  |  Dec 31, 07 6:40 PM CST

      Marine to Stand Trial for Iraq Killing Spree

      (Newser) - A Marine will face court-martial for leading a bloody strike against Iraqi civilians two years ago, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Charges filed against Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich today include voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault, but a Marine commander dismissed the more severe charge of unpremeditated murder. Wuterich could face 160 years in the brig, a sentence experts call unlikely, the AP reports. More »

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      Iraq  • murder  • trial  • Marine  • manslaughter  • court martial  • Haditha  • Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich

    • Daughter & Lover Confess to Killing 6 in Family: Cops

      Associated Press  |  Dec 28, 07 3:53 AM CST

      Daughter &amp; Lover Confess to Killing 6 in Family: Cops

      (Newser) - The daughter of a murdered couple and her boyfriend have confessed to killing the young woman's parents and four other relatives, according to police. Michele Anderson, 29, and her live-in lover gunned down Anderson's parents Christmas Eve at their home outside Seattle, police said. When Anderson's brother, his wife and two young children arrived, they were also shot dead to eliminate witnesses. More »

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      murder  • Christmas  • Seattle  • Washington  • confession  • Carnation, Wash.  • Joseph McEnroe

    • Daughter, Beau Arrested in Christmas Eve Family Killings

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Dec 27, 07 4:22 PM CST

      Daughter, Beau Arrested in Christmas Eve Family Killings

      (Newser) - Police have arrested a 29-year-old woman and her boyfriend in the gruesome Christmas Eve shootings of six members of her family in rural Washington, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The couple is being held on suspicion of murdering the woman's parents, her brother, his wife, and their 6- and 3-year old children. The six were found yesterday. More »

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      murder  • shooting  • Washington state  • Carnation, Wash.  • Joseph McEnroe

    • LA Murder Rate Plummets

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 24, 07 6:44 AM CST

      LA Murder Rate Plummets

      (Newser) - The murder rate in Los Angeles has sunk to its lowest in nearly 40 years, the Los Angeles Times reports. There have been 368 killings in the City of Angels this year, down from over 1,000 in 1992. The last time the murder rate was so low was 1970, when LA had 1 million fewer people, guns were less prevalent on the streets, and gangs were a smaller presence. More »

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      California  • murder  • Los Angeles  • homicide  • gangs  • crime statistics

    • Boat Slayings Suspect Blabs in Prison

      Associated Press  |  Dec 20, 07 4:52 PM CST

      Boat Slayings Suspect Blabs in Prison

      (Newser) - A jailhouse confession could doom two suspects in the murder of four people in the Joe Cool fishing boat case, the AP reports. A fellow inmate says suspect Guillermo Zarabozo came clean about the September killings, claiming that accomplice Kirby Archer shot the victims and that Zarabozo dumped the bodies overboard. The killings came after the boat's captain refused to take the pair to Cuba, the inmate said. More »

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      murder  • Cuba  • extradition  • pirates  • missing boater

    • Parents Face Capital Murder Charges in Baby Grace Case

      Houston Chronicle  |  Dec 13, 07 3:40 AM CST

      Parents Face Capital Murder Charges in Baby Grace Case

      (Newser) - A grand jury took just three minutes to decide to bring capital murder charges against a Texas couple in the death of their 2-year-old daughter, the Houston Chronicle reports. The child's mother has admitted that the child, dubbed Baby Grace, died after she and her husband beat the little girl. Baby Grace's body was found stuffed in a plastic cooler in Galveston Bay months later. More »

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      murder  • Texas  • grand jury  • Baby Grace

    • Pastor Confirms Stacy Told Him: 'He Did It!'

      Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 11, 07 8:43 AM CST

      Pastor Confirms Stacy Told Him: 'He Did It!'

      (Newser) - Rev. Neil Schori, Stacy Peterson's pastor, confirmed in a TV interview last night that the missing 23-year-old told him her husband, former cop Drew Peterson, had admitted to killing his ex-wife. “He did it,” Stacy blurted over coffee, referring to the 2004 death of Peterson’s third wife, which was ruled an accidental drowning, the Chicago Tribune reports More »

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      murder  • Drew Peterson  • Stacy Peterson

    • Pig Farmer Guilty of Butchering Women

      Reuters  |  Dec 10, 07 2:14 AM CST

      Pig Farmer Guilty of Butchering Women

      (Newser) - A Canadian pig farmer has been convicted of murdering six women, chopping up the corpses in his slaughterhouse and feeding parts to his pigs. Robert "Willie" Pickton, 58, may face trial for up to 20 other murders—and police believe he's responsible for even more. Pickton told an undercover cop that he killed 49 women, reports Reuters. More »

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      murder  • prostitute  • Vancouver  • British Columbia

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