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manhunt stories: 13 news summaries
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Man Stabs Himself to Get Out of Blockbuster Shift

Winds up in jail after manhunt for imaginary assailant

Nov 4, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Aaron Siebers was willing to go to some pretty radical lengths to avoid his shift at Blockbuster. On Monday the 29-year-old stabbed himself in the leg before going into work, claiming he’d been attacked by three men. He got out of work, but things swiftly got out of hand... More »

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work • police • Blockbuster • stupidity • manhunt

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Student Named as Suspect in Yale Homicide

Has defensive wounds, failed polygraph test; may not be fellow Yalie

Sep 14, 09 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police have a suspect in the slaying of a Yale graduate student: another student—not necessarily enrolled at Yale—who bears defensive wounds and failed a polygraph test, MSNBC reports. An autopsy performed today confirmed that the body found yesterday is Annie Le's. Police have turned their focus to finding... More »

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murder • New Haven • body • student • suspect • Yale • manhunt • police search • Annie Le

(AP) - Federal prosecutors said today that one member of a North Carolina group that sought to wage "violent jihad" is still at large. US Attorney George Holding says authorities hope to soon apprehend an eighth person described in an indictment unsealed yesterday. The person's name is redacted from court papers. More »

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US attorney • terrorism • Pakistan • jihad • United States • North Carolina • domestic terrorism • manhunt

Minn. Cancer Fugitive, Mother Return Home

Authorities take Hauser, 13, for checkup after week on the lam

May 25, 09 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thirteen-year-old Daniel Hauser and his mother Colleen have returned to their home state of Minnesota after fleeing court-ordered chemotherapy, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Authorities have taken Daniel Hauser for a medical checkup; they wouldn’t say whether the return was the result of an arrest, deferring questions to a... More »

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cancer • Minnesota • manhunt • Daniel Hauser • Colleen Hauser

(Newser) - A colleague of the University of Georgia professor suspected in a triple murder April 25 went into hiding after police found directions to her house in George Zinkhan’s abandoned car, she tells the Red & Black. At investigators’ urging, Barbara Carroll stayed out of sight from May 1-6. “... More »

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murder • Georgia • fugitive • University of Georgia • manhunt • George Zinkhan • Barbara Carroll

Police Uncover
Body of Fugitive
Professor

Alleged wife-killer hid
in woods before killing himself: cops

May 9, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two weeks after George Zinkhan allegedly murdered his wife and two men at a Georgia playhouse, police say they located the body of the fugitive marketing professor, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Dogs found Zinkhan today about a mile from where his Jeep had been recovered in a wooded area near... More »

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crime • murder • Georgia • fugitive • University of Georgia • manhunt • George Zinkhan

Georgia Prof Suspected in Triple Murder Still in US: Cops

Zinkhan's passport recovered from his car

May 4, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities believe George Zinkhan, the University of Georgia professor accused of murdering his wife and two friends, has not left the country as they have his passport, police told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution today; the document was found in his abandoned car. Zinkhan was scheduled on a weekend flight to Amsterdam,... More »

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crime • murder • school shooting • University of Georgia • passport • manhunt • George Zinkhan • fleeing

Wanted Prof's Jeep Found in Ga. Ravine

Zinkhan, suspected
of killing wife and 2 others, still at large

May 1, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The University of Georgia professor suspected of shooting and killing his wife and two others last weekend remains at large, but authorities have finally found his car, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Jeep was discovered “well off the beaten path” in a wooded ravine near George Zinkhan’s house.... More »

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murder • Georgia • University of Georgia • suspect • manhunt • Jeep • George Zinkhan

Prof Wanted in
Triple Murder
Branded 'Weird'

Suspected killer likely getting desperate
hiding out: cops

Apr 27, 09 4:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The University of Georgia professor wanted for the triple murder of his wife and two other adults is still hiding out and likely in a state of "desperation," police tell the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A nationwide manhunt is on for marketing prof George Zinkhan, who eyewitnesses say shot his... More »

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murder • University of Georgia • professor • Wanted • manhunt • George Zinkhan

 Dad Hunted in 4-Kid Massacre 

'Live your life, love it,' murdered wife texted her father before the end

Mar 6, 09 2:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Police are hunting a Cleveland father believed to have shot dead his new wife and four young children in the midst of a violent domestic confrontation, the Mansfield News-Journal reports. A sixth victim, a 12-year-old boy, managed to flee the scene and alert neighbors. At least one of the murdered... More »

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Cleveland • murder • children • shooting • manhunt

Killer of 3 Captured After Wisc. Manhunt

Gunman emerged
from woods, shot
4 swimmers

Aug 1, 08 10:15 AM CDT
(AP) - A man dressed in camouflage clothing walked out of the woods in northern Wisconsin woods yesterday and opened fire on four young people who had gathered at a river to go swimming, killing three of them, the AP reports. Authorities made an arrest this morming, after a dragnet that included... More »

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Wisconsin • murder • mass shootings • manhunt

Kidnap Suspect May Be Fleeing NY by Yacht

Cops: Bahamas could be destination for Rockefeller, 7-year-old

Jul 28, 08 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The man believed to have kidnapped his daughter after a custody visit in Boston yesterday could be trying to flee the country on his yacht, authorities said today. Clark Rockefeller might have been dropped off, along with 7-year-old Reigh, at New York’s Grand Central Station last night, aiming to... More »

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crime • kidnapping • Long Island • Bahamas • custody battle • manhunt • Clark Rockefeller • Reigh Boss

Ex-Con Suspected in
8 Murders Captured in Ill.

Nicholas Sheley recognized in a bar

Jul 2, 08 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - An exhaustive, two-state manhunt for an ex-convict suspected in eight grisly slayings ended with the man quietly arrested last night outside a bar known as a police hangout. Police knew from a number of witness reports that Nicholas T. Sheley, 28, was in the area, said the police chief in... More »

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FBI • murder • St. Louis • Illinois • serial killers • Nicholas T. Sheley • manhunt

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