Frustrated Volunteer Searchers Leave Aruba
Monday October 31, 2005
Dave Holloway, father of missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, and a team of volunteer searchers have left the island of Aruba in frustration because of a lack of cooperation and ... Read More
Slain Illinois Student's Car Found in Atlanta
Monday October 31, 2005
The car of a Illinois State University student, whose badly burned body was found in a Mississippi chicken house a week after she disappeared, has been found in a high-crime ... Read More
Vitale Suspect's Mom to Testify Against Him
Monday October 31, 2005
The mother of Scott Dyleski, the teen accused of murdering Pamela Vitale, has been released from jail on charges of obstruction after she agreed to testify against her son. Meanwhile, ... Read More
Phil Spector's Statements Allowed, Judge Rules
Monday October 31, 2005
Statements made by Phil Spector on the night Lana Clarkson's body was found at his Los Angeles mansion that he shot the former actress by accident will be allowed in ... Read More
Lottery Winner Used Stolen Credit Card
Friday October 28, 2005
A woman who won $1 million in the Oregon lottery may have to give up her winnings because police said she used a stolen credit card to purchase the winning ... Read More
Suspect's Mother Arrested in Pamela Vitale Case
Friday October 28, 2005
The mother of Scott Dyleski, charged with the death of Daniel Horowitz's wife Pamela Vitale, has been arrested on charges of accessory to murder on the day her 16-year-old son ... Read More
Police Puzzled Over Illinois Student's Death
Thursday October 27, 2005
Illinois authorities are looking for clues in trying to determine how Illinois State University student Olamide Adeyooye died and how her body ended up in a burned chicken coop in ... Read More
Red Ribbon Campaign Turns 20
Thursday October 27, 2005
The National Red Ribbon Campaign, the Drug Enforcement Administration's annual drug prevention effort, celebrated its 20th anniversary this week with an estimated 80 million participants nationwide.
The Red Ribbon campaign was ... Read More
Suspected Serial Killer Convicted in Alabama
Wednesday October 26, 2005
An Oklahoma man, Jeremy Bryan Jones, suspected of murders in New Orleans and Atlanta and possibly 10 other deaths, has been found guilty of capital murder in the 2004 rape ... Read More
Brando Takes the Fifth at Blake Trial
Wednesday October 26, 2005
Christian Brando, who was once told by Bonny Lee Bakley that he was the father of her unborn child, evoked his Fifth Amendment rights more than two dozen times as ... Read More
State Sues BTK Killer's Psychologists
Tuesday October 25, 2005
Two psychologists hired by the state to interview BTK serial killer Dennis Rader have been sued by the Kansas attorney general for profiting from the videotapes of their sessions.
"It is ... Read More
Profile of Taylor Behl
Tuesday October 25, 2005
Taylor Behl, a 17-year-old freshman at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, left her dormitory room Sept. 5, 2005 to give her roommate some privacy with her boyfriend and was never ... Read More
Trial Begins This Week in Carlie Brucia Murder
Monday October 24, 2005
A man who was caught on a car-wash security camera abducting an 11-year-old Sarasota, Florida girl will go on trial this week for the murder, kidnapping and sexual battery of ... Read More
Duncan Photographed Himself With Shasta, Dylan Groene
Monday October 24, 2005
The graphic and disturbing video images found in the jeep of Joseph Edward Duncan III, allegedly showing him with Dylan and Shasta Groene at a remote Montana campsite, were being ... Read More
Dave Holloway Continues Search for Natalee
Sunday October 23, 2005
Dave Holloway, father of missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway, has returned to Aruba to personally take part in an offshore search with the help of Texas EquuSearch volunteers and investigators ... Read More
Phil Spector's Attorneys Want Statement Tossed
Sunday October 23, 2005
Defense attorneys for music producer Phil Spector have asked the court to throw out statements made to police, shortly after they found actress Lana Clarkson dead in his mansion, because ... Read More
Gag Order Issued in Taylor Behl Case
Friday October 21, 2005
A judge presiding over a special grand jury investigation the death of Virginia Commonwealth University student Taylor Behl has issued a gag order preventing witnesses from talking publicly about the ... Read More
Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Throwing Sons in Bay
Friday October 21, 2005
A mentally ill woman who was off her medication has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder, after she was seen throwing her three young sons into the San ... Read More
Rapist Arrested Trying to Cash Victim's Check
Friday October 21, 2005
Stupid Criminal File: A Florida man, who broke into a woman's home, raped her at gunpoint and forced her to write him a check for $1,400, was arrested a few ... Read More
Teen Arrested for Pamela Vitale Murder
Thursday October 20, 2005
A teenage neighbor of Daniel Horowitz, who was apparently involved in a credit-card-theft scheme to purchase marijuana-growing equipment, has been arrested for murder in connection with the prominent attorney's wife, ... Read More
Flashback: Joe Ball and His Alligator Pond
Wednesday October 19, 2005
Joe Ball decided on a career as a bootlegger, over working in a legitimate family business, after he graduated from the University of Texas. Ball had a full proof way ... Read More
Investigation Still 'Wide Open' in Horowitz Case
Tuesday October 18, 2005
Although more than 100 interviews have been conducted, no arrests have been made and the investigation is still "wide open" in the murder of Pamela Vitale, wife of prominent attorney ... Read More
Murder Rate Drops to 40-Year Low
Tuesday October 18, 2005
The nation's murder rate dropped to a 40-year low in 2004 when the number of murders declined for the first time in four years, while the overall rate of violent ... Read More
Mistrial Declared in Susan Polk Murder Trial
Monday October 17, 2005
A mistrial was declared today in the murder trial of Susan Polk, accused of killing her wealthy therapist husband, because of the murder of the wife of her lead attorney, ... Read More
Jury Faces Gory Evidence in Dismemberment Trial
Monday October 17, 2005
The trial of former nurse Richard W. Rogers for killing and dismembering two gay or bisexual men is scheduled to begin this week with jury selection, which is expected to ... Read More
Supreme Court Rules on Mental Retardation Issue
Monday October 17, 2005
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that individual states have the discretion to determine how they will decide if a defendant facing the death penalty is mentally retarded, overturning a ... Read More
Man Faces Murder Charge After Victim Dies 32 Years Later
Monday October 17, 2005
A man who already served three years in prison on reckless endangerment for a 1973 shooting that left a Brooklyn many paralyzed from the neck down has now been charged ... Read More
Discussion: Neo-Nazi Protest Causes Riots
Monday October 17, 2005
Crime Forum post from SewingDeb
I think the police were very slow to act. The stood one block away while a building was broken into, looted and set on fire. They ... Read More
Wife of Attorney Daniel Horowitz Found Dead
Sunday October 16, 2005
Pamela Vitale, the wife of prominent San Francisco defense attorney Daniel Horowitz, has been found dead at the couple's home and investigators said her death was "definite homicide."
Police said Daniel ... Read More
Services Held for Taylor Behl as Investigation Continues
Sunday October 16, 2005
Medical examiners are waiting on the results of additional tests to determine the cause of death of Virginia Commonwealth University student Taylor Behl, as more evidence emerged linking the only ... Read More