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  • August 2007

    • Dunne Wanted Daughter's Murderer Killed

      newser  |  Slate  |  Aug 30, 07 11:00 AM CDT

      Dunne Wanted Daughter's Murderer Killed

      Crime writer Dominick Dunne asked Anthony Pellicano to put out a contract on his daughter’s killer’s life—and relented only when the private investigator talked him down. Dunne hired the now-incarcerated Pellicano to follow John Thomas Sweeney in the mid-1980s; the Vanity Fair writer now tells Slate he wanted the murderer murdered. “I was nuts at that time with rage,” he says. More »

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      murder  • Vanity Fair  • Anthony Pellicano  • private investigator

    • Crime Rocks New Orleans

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Aug 29, 07 5:59 AM CDT

      Crime Rocks New Orleans

      Only two-thirds of the population of New Orleans has returned since Hurricane Katrina destroyed large parts of the city two years ago—but crime has returned full force. The murder rate in the Big Easy is rocketing, crime is a constant fear among citizens and many are arming themselves for protection, Reuters reports.   More »

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      murder  • crime  • drugs  • Hurricane Katrina  • New Orleans  • Louisiana

    • Russia Arrests 10 for Murder of Journalist

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 27, 07 1:57 PM CDT

      Russia Arrests 10 for Murder of Journalist

      Ten men were arrested today in the murder of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya last October, the Guardian reports. A Chechen organized-crime boss led the group responsible for the slaying, Russian authorities say. Those arrested are said to include current and former officials in the interior ministry and the security service. More »

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      Russia  • murder  • Vladimir Putin  • journalist  • organized crime  • Chechnya  • Anna Politkovskaya  • freedom of press

    • Ex-Klansman Gets 3 Life Terms for 1964 Murders

      newser  |  Clarion-Ledger  |  Aug 24, 07 3:45 PM CDT

      Ex-Klansman Gets 3 Life Terms for 1964 Murders

      A 72-year-old ex-Klansman drew three life sentences today for his involvement in the 1964 murders of two black teens in Mississippi, the Clarion-Ledger reports. "Justice is ageless," the judge told James Ford Seale, who was found guilty in June of kidnapping and conspiracy in the abduction, beating, and drowning of Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore. More »

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      murder  • kidnapping  • civil rights  • conspiracy  • hate crime  • Ku Klux Klan  • Charles Eddie Moore  • Henry Hezekiah Dee  • James Ford Seale  • KKK

    • Boy, 11, Shot Dead, and UK Press Reels

      newser  |  Sun (UK)  |  Aug 24, 07 8:37 AM CDT

      Boy, 11, Shot Dead, and UK Press Reels

      An 11-year-old boy was shot dead in Liverpool yesterday, leading to soul-searching and recriminations across the British press. Rhys Jones died in his mother's arms, apparently an innocent victim in a showdown between two local gangs. Rhys's photograph is on the cover of almost every newspaper today alongside claims of "anarchy in the UK." More »

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      murder  • crime  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • shooting  • gangs  • gang violence  • Jacqui Smith  • Liverpool

    • Murder, She IMed

      newser  |  Wired  |  Aug 23, 07 2:38 PM CDT

      Murder, She IMed

      A married 45-year-old former marine carried on a tempestuous IM relationship with an 18-year-old girl. Thomas Montgomery pretended to be an young sniper in Iraq to win the heart of Jessi. When the deceit was exposed, she took up—online—with a younger friend of his. A jealous Montgomery shot and killed his rival. Neither man had ever met Jessi in person. More »

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      Internet  • murder  • love triangle  • Instant Messenger

    • Key Suspect Nabbed in Schoolyard Executions

      newser  |  Star-Ledger  |  Aug 19, 07 5:42 AM CDT

      Key Suspect Nabbed in Schoolyard Executions

      A principal suspect and his teenage half brother have been arrested in the New Jersey schoolyard executions of three college students in a crime that has shattered the Newark community. Nicaraguan immigrant Rodolfo Godinez, 24, and the teen were arrested in two separate apartments near Washington, D.C., and were preparing to flee the country, reports the Newark Star-Ledger. More »

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      murder  • shooting  • New Jersey  • Newark  • Cory Booker  • Rodolfo Godinez

    • Apartheid Officials Escape Jail Time in Murder Plot

      newser  |  BBC  |  Aug 17, 07 4:58 PM CDT

      Apartheid Officials Escape Jail Time in Murder Plot

      After pleading guilty, five former security officials in South Africa received suspended jail sentences today for their involvement in a bizarre, apartheid-era murder plot. Onetime law and order minister Adriaan Volk and four others admitted they had tried to kill Frank Chikane, a priest and anti-apartheid activist, in 1989 by lining his underwear with a deadly nerve toxin. More »

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      murder  • South Africa  • trial  • racism  • civil rights  • hate crime  • apartheid

    • Chess-Playing Killer Goes on Trial in Russia

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 14, 07 7:16 AM CDT

      Chess-Playing Killer Goes on Trial in Russia

      Russia is in the grip of the king of all murder trials, the Guardian reports: A chess player has been accused of luring dozens of opponents away from the board and to their brutal deaths in a Moscow park. Alexander Pichushkin has allegedly boasted of 63 murders, one shy of a chessboard, and each marked on his personal board with a cross. More »

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      Russia  • murder  • arrest  • Moscow  • chess  • Alexander Pichushkin

    • 4th Suspect Sought in Schoolyard Executions

      newser  |  Star-Ledger  |  Aug 12, 07 10:31 AM CDT

      4th Suspect Sought in Schoolyard Executions

      An arrest warrant has been issued for a fourth male believed to be involved in a triple schoolyard execution that has rocked the community of Newark—and as many as six people may have been involved, reports the Newark Star Ledger . Nicaraguan national Rodolfo Godinez, 24, is considered a "principal player" in the crime, according to police.  More »

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      murder  • shooting  • school shooting  • New Jersey  • Newark  • Rodolfo Godinez

    • Blood Raises New Fears Maddy Was Murdered

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 12, 07 7:57 AM CDT

      Blood Raises New Fears Maddy Was Murdered

      New evidence of blood in the Portuguese hotel room where little Madeleine McCann was kidnapped while her family was on vacation has raised fears among police that she was killed, reports the AP. Blood traces found on the walls are currently being analyzed in Britain, according to a Portuguese investigator, who said they give new "intensity" to the murder theory. More »

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      murder  • kidnapping  • Madeleine McCann  • Portugal  • disappearance

    • 3rd Suspect Held in NJ Slayings

      newser  |  Star-Ledger  |  Aug 10, 07 4:23 PM CDT

      3rd Suspect Held in NJ Slayings

      A teen wanted in connection with the slayings of three college students and the attempted murder of a fourth in Newark was taken into custody today, and authorities are seeking two more suspects implicated in the execution-style homicides. Another suspect, Jose Carranza, pleaded not guilty this morning; the third, a 15-year-old boy, is being held pending a detention hearing. More »

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      murder  • crime  • shooting  • New Jersey  • illegal immigrant  • homicide  • Newark  • Jose Carranza

    • Va. Tech Shooter May Have Practiced

      newser  |  Richmond Times-Dispatch  |  Aug 10, 07 3:49 PM CDT

      Va. Tech Shooter May Have Practiced

      The Virginia Tech killer may have rehearsed his rampage 2 days before the massacre of 32 people on April 16, police investigators said today. One witness reported spotted a suspicious-looking hooded male near doors inside the academic building where the shootings took place on April 14, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports; another witness saw chains on the door that same day. More »

    • Spector Jurors Try Out Victim’s Chair

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Aug 10, 07 1:37 PM CDT

      Spector Jurors Try Out Victim&rsquo;s Chair

      Jurors in Phil Spector’s murder trial got the full re-enactment experience in a trip to the record producer’s house yesterday, slumping back and playing dead in a replica of the chair where actress Lana Clarkson died. The field trippers asked permission to explore the case’s fine points firsthand, the Washington Post reports; the judge denied them makeshift gun pops. More »

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      murder  • trial  • Phil Spector  • Lana Clarkson  • jury

    • Second Suspect Surrenders in Newark Killings

      newser  |  Star-Ledger  |  Aug 9, 07 1:37 PM CDT

      Second Suspect Surrenders in Newark Killings

      A man Newark's mayor called the "principle suspect" in last weekend's brutal schoolyard murders turned himself in to police this afternoon, the Star Ledger reports. Jose Carranza was picked out of a photo array by the lone survivor of the killing spree several hours after cops arrested a 15-year-old boy whose fingerprints were found at the crime scene. More »

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      murder  • shooting  • New Jersey  • Newark  • Cory Booker  • Jose Carranza

    • Murder, He Wrote: Novelist Faces Prison

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Aug 9, 07 9:50 AM CDT

      Murder, He Wrote: Novelist Faces Prison

      A Polish author is on trial for allegedly committing the murder upon which he based his best-selling novel. A jury is currently deliberating the case of Krystian Bala, whose grisly novel Amok fictionalized a famous unsolved murder, the Times of London reports. Prosecutors maintain that the book contains details that only the victim's killer could know. More »

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      murder  • book  • trial  • Poland  • author  • novelist  • Krystian Bala  • Amok

    • Murder Charge for Boyfriend of NYU Student

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Aug 9, 07 7:42 AM CDT

      Murder Charge for Boyfriend of NYU Student

      The ex-boyfriend of a New York University student found dead Sunday has been charged with her murder, the New York Post reports. Michael Cordero told his brother-in-law he'd killed her, in a jealous rage, then slit his wrists and fled. He was chased by both family members and cops and caught on the roof of a West Side building. More »

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      murder  • student  • New York University  • NYU

    • Editor's Murder Shows Failure of Tolerance

      newser  |  Slate  |  Aug 7, 07 2:47 PM CDT

      Editor's Murder Shows Failure of Tolerance

      The notoriously irreligious Christopher Hitchens decries the Oakland police's tolerance of Your Black Muslim Bakery, one of whose employees has been arrested for the murder of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey. In an op-ed for Slate Hitchens writes that the bakery is in fact a front for jihadism and that Bay Area law enforcement is guilty of "official apathy— amounting to collusion." More »

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      murder  • racism  • jihad  • Muslim  • Oakland  • Chauncey Bailey  • Christopher Hitchens  • tolerance  • Your Black Muslim Bakery

    • NJ Mayor Under Gun in Triple Killing

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Aug 7, 07 4:34 AM CDT

      NJ Mayor Under Gun in Triple Killing

      Jersey residents shocked by the shooting deaths of three students at a Newark schoolyard this weekend are lashing out at a young mayor who rode a wave of hope and idealism into office, the Times reports. Cory Booker, 38, is facing a wall of public hostility—and calls for his resignation—after the gruesome shootings and a homicide rate that refuses to fall. More »

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      murder  • crime  • New Jersey  • mayor  • homicide  • gun violence  • Newark  • Cory Booker

    • Teen Confesses to Killing Journalist

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  Aug 6, 07 10:30 AM CDT

      Teen Confesses to Killing Journalist

      A 19-year-old man arrested last week in a police raid on an Oakland bakery has confessed to shooting journalist Chauncey Bailey, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Detectives say Devaughndre Broussard, a self-described "good soldier," targeted the Oakland Post editor because he had been investigating the bakery and the controversial group that operates it. More »

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      murder  • journalist  • Oakland  • Chauncey Bailey  • Your Black Muslim Bakery  • Oakland Post  • bakery  • Nation of Islam

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