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Friday
Jul302010

What could drive a mother to infanticide?

DateFriday, July 30, 2010 at 3:05PM

With the grim discovery this week by French police of eight newborn babies allegedly smothered to death by their mother, the BBC's Zoe Murphy asks what could lead a woman to kill her child in the first few minutes of life.

Police unearthed the remains of the eight tiny bodies at two properties in the village of Villers-au-Tertre, in northern France.

Dominique Cottrez, a 45-year-old care assistant, is said to have kept her dark secret from her husband for more than 20 years.

Mrs Cottrez will now undergo a series of psychological tests.

Prosecutors have said she was "perfectly aware" of her actions.

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Friday
Jul302010

Convicted of murdering six prostitutes, BC man denied new trial

DateFriday, July 30, 2010 at 2:25PM

The Canadian Supreme Court has rejected a request for a new trial from a pig farmer convicted of killing six women

The court ruled unanimously that Robert Pickton, found guilty of killing and butchering six Vancouver sex workers, had received a fair trial in 2007.

He had appealed against the verdict, arguing the judge's final instructions to the jury precluded a fair trial.

The ruling suggests prosecutors will not try Pickton over an additional 20 killings of which he is accused.

The women's butchered and frozen body parts had been found in outbuildings on Pickton's property in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, prosecutors said during the trial.

The 11-month trial followed the largest serial killer investigation in Canadian history.

Prosecutors said that over a four-year period, Pickton had killed Sereena Abotsway, Mona Wilson, Andrea Joesbury, Georgina Papin, Marnie Frey and Brenda Wolfe.

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Thursday
Jul292010

Death row woman arranged murder of husband, stepson for money

DateThursday, July 29, 2010 at 7:15PM

First US execution of woman since 2005 set for September


By DENA POTTER

RICHMOND, Va. – A Virginia woman who used sex and money to persuade two men to kill her husband and her stepson to collect a $250,000 life insurance policy was scheduled Thursday to be executed in two months, which would be the first U.S. execution of a woman in five years.

A judge set a Sept. 23 execution date for Teresa Lewis, 41, the only woman on Virginia's death row. She would be the first woman executed in the state in nearly a century.

Lewis offered herself and her 16-year-old daughter for sex to two men who committed the killings. She provided money to buy the murder weapons and stood by while they shot her husband, Julian Clifton Lewis Jr., 51, and stepson Charles J. Lewis, 25, in 2002 in Pittsylvania County in south-central Virginia.

Lewis rummaged through her husband's pockets for money while he lay dying and waited nearly an hour before calling 911.

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Thursday
Jul292010

Murder-suicide in gated community leaves residents shaken

DateThursday, July 29, 2010 at 7:04PM

Police: Gunman kills 3 then himself in San Antonio


By PAUL J. WEBER

SAN ANTONIO – A 69-year-old man pulled two handguns from a briefcase and killed his stepfather, another man and a mother as the woman's children played nearby, in an upscale gated community in San Antonio, authorities said Thursday.

The gunman then shot himself, San Antonio police Sgt. Chris Benavides said. But apparently not before the children — startled by the gunfire — ran back into the house and escaped through the front door. They fled to neighbors for help.

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Thursday
Jul292010

Insanity plea fails to impress jury in child murders case: death penalty delivered

DateThursday, July 29, 2010 at 6:31PM

Texas man gets death penalty for beheading 3 kids


By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN,

EDINBURG, Texas – A jury sentenced a south Texas man to death on Thursday, four days after convicting him of capital murder for beheading his common law wife's three children in 2003.

It is the second death sentence for John Allen Rubio, who was convicted of killing the children all under the age of four — smothering, stabbing and ultimately decapitating them — in a windowless Brownsville apartment.

Jurors deliberated for about four hours before returning the sentence.

Before entering the sentence, Hidalgo County District Judge Noe Gonzalez asked Rubio if there was anything he would like to say.

"I thank the jury for giving me a chance to show what I could," Rubio said quietly.

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Thursday
Jul292010

Evangelical pastor dabbled in diamonds

DateThursday, July 29, 2010 at 5:39PM

Dozens of creditors pursue Mwinda Lezoka

 

A popular evangelical pastor in Montreal with a long list of creditors — ranging from his parishioners to a zoo — had his eyes set on the lucrative diamond trade, according to a CBC investigation.

Mwinda Lezoka took steps to establish himself in the international diamond business, while he amassed as much as $1.5 million in debt at the expense of his parishioners and clients, who have now launched dozens of lawsuits against him for defaulting on loans.

During the years Lezoka ministered to his parish at the Bethel Christian Community Church in Ahuntsic, he also studied gemology, and appeared to head a Kinshasa-based export agency specialized in diamond trading.

Lezoka, 47, signed up for a weekend workshop on diamond grading in 2009 at the Montreal School of Gemology, according to the institution's president.

 

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Thursday
Jul292010

France stunned by "normal" woman's killing of eight babies

DateThursday, July 29, 2010 at 11:42AM

French mother confesses to eight baby murders


by Nicolas Gubert

DOUAI, France (AFP) – A French mother admitted killing eight newborn babies Thursday, investigators said, as a shocked nation struggled to digest the latest grisly tragedy of village life.

Dominique Cottrez, a nursing assistant in her forties, was charged with the murder of the babies and her husband Pierre-Marie Cottrez with failure to report a crime and illegally hiding corpses.

The mother admitted suffocating the infants and insisted her husband knew nothing about the pregnancies nor the killings, according to an official close to the investigations. She faces life imprisonment.

Her husband denied any knowledge of the deaths, the official said.

Stunned residents of the pair's quiet village of Villers-au-Tertre in northern France put flowers and candles outside the two houses where police had found the skeletal remains over the previous few days.

Prosecutors described it as the worst case of infanticide in recent French history, following a string of similar cases in which isolated and troubled mothers disposed of their newborns.

The suspects were brought before a magistrate in the nearby town of Douai to hear the charges. They were remanded in custody and prosecutors promised to hold a news conference to explain the charges.

Pierre-Marie Cottrez worked as a carpenter and was a respected member of the council in Villers-au-Tertre, a 620-strong community.

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Thursday
Jul292010

Teen son did not murder family in Staten Island fire but was killed

DateThursday, July 29, 2010 at 11:27AM

Mother's death in NYC fire is ruled a suicide

 

By COLLEEN LONG

NEW YORK – A single mother who died in a mysterious fire with her four children committed suicide and her teenage son's death was a homicide, the medical examiner ruled Thursday, clearing up questions about whether the boy had been responsible for the deaths.

Leisa Jones died from smoke inhalation in the mysterious blaze at her Staten Island home last week in a case briefly believed to be an accidental fire before it became a homicide investigation.

Firefighters responding early July 22 found the charred bodies of Jones and two daughters, ages 7 and 10, in a front room, and that of her 14-year-old son, C.J., slumped over a bed in a back bedroom. A 2-year-old son pulled out alive died at a hospital of smoke inhalation.

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Thursday
Jul292010

Fears mount for abducted Mexican journalists

DateThursday, July 29, 2010 at 10:52AM

Drug hitmen kidnap four Mexican journalists: report


MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Suspected drug hitmen have kidnapped four Mexican journalists who were reporting on organized crime innorthern Mexico, the latest attempt by cartels to silence the media, a Mexican media group said on Wednesday.

The Milenio newspaper and TV network said one of its cameramen and three other journalists were abducted Monday after covering a prison scandal in the northern state of Durango in which inmates are accused of being hired guns for a local cartel.

Two cameramen from Mexico's leading broadcaster Televisa were among those kidnapped, Milenio said. Televisa and Durango state authorities declined to comment.

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Wednesday
Jul282010

Seeking Assistance in Locating Armed Serial Bank Robber

DateWednesday, July 28, 2010 at 7:14PM

ATLANTA—Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Brian D. Lamkin, FBI Atlanta, requests the assistance of the public in identifying and locating two armed bank robbers responsible for today’s armed robbery of the Wachovia Bank, located at 2725 Clairmont Road, Atlanta, Georgia (Dekalb County).

On Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at 10:44 a.m. two black males entered the Wachovia Bank, 2725 Clairmont Road, and announced a robbery. Robber #1 jumped the teller counter with a blue canvass bag and obtained an undisclosed amount of money from the teller stations. Robber #2, brandishing a silver semi automatic handgun, remained in the lobby of the bank and ordered customers to the ground. Both robbers departed the bank shortly thereafter without further incident.

The robbers are described as follows:

Robber #1: Black male, 20-30 years in age, wearing a short black wig, glasses and t-shirt.

Robber#2: Black male, 20-25 years in age, wearing a shoulder length wig, black in color, cammo shorts, timberlake style boots, stocky build, brandishing a silver semi auto handgun.

The robbers are believed to be traveling in a 2005 Toyota Corolla, grey in color, bearing Georgia license plate BIG-9533. This vehicle was stolen in a carjacking on 7/26/10 at 3:10 a.m. in the 4000 block of Treecrest Parkway (Crestview Apartments), Dekalb County, Georgia.

Anyone with information regarding this matter should contact the FBI Atlanta office at tel. (404) 679-9000.

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Wednesday
Jul282010

Surveillance Photos Reveal Weekend Robber

DateWednesday, July 28, 2010 at 7:11PM

The FBI Bank Robbery Task Force needs your help in identifying the man pictured in surveillance photos during a robbery of the chase Bank located at 9419 Mesa Road in Houston, Texas, on 07/24/2010.

At approximately 12:06 p.m., the man walked up to the teller counter and handed the teller a threatening note which demanded money. The teller gave the man some cash, and he fled the bank. No weapon was observed during the robbery. No one was physically hurt during the robbery.

The robber is described as a black male, 20-30 years old, approximately 5’7”-5’9” tall, 160-180 pounds with a dark complexion. He wore a black long-sleeved shirt, dark jeans, and a black cap with the Houston Olilers logo on the front. He carried a black backpack with him during the robbery

Crime Stoppers of Houston is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the charging and arrest of these individuals, or any felony suspect. If you have information about this crime, please call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 713-222-TIPS (8477).

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Wednesday
Jul282010

Polygamist Warren Jeffs to get new trial because of rape argument

DateWednesday, July 28, 2010 at 5:55PM

Texas, feds wait turns in polygamist leader cases


By JENNIFER DOBNER

SALT LAKE CITY – A Utah Supreme Court decision that overturns polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs' 2007 criminal conviction won't automatically make him a free man. Even if Utah doesn't retry him, Texas and federal prosecutors are waiting to move forward with their own cases.

Justices on Tuesday unanimously said Jeffs should get a new trial because state attorneys overreached in their argument that performing the marriage of a 14-year-old girl to her 19-year-old cousin amounted to facilitating a rape.

Utah officials now have two weeks to seek a rehearing before the state's high court and then a month to decide if they'll retry the 54-year-old head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on charges of first-degree felony rape as an accomplice.

A judge Wednesday set an Aug. 18 date for a hearing on a motion from Jeffs' defense attorneys seeking a "speedy trial before a jury of his peers."

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Wednesday
Jul282010

Starved children may be damaged for life by ordeal

DateWednesday, July 28, 2010 at 5:45PM

Mom's trial starts in Texas starved children case


By JEFF CARLTON

DALLAS – The defense for the mother of three children found starving in a hotel bathroom portrayed her Wednesday as another victim of her abusive boyfriend, but prosecutors said while she gave birth, "she's no mom."

Abneris Santiago, 31, at left, was charged with injury to a child after police discovered the children starved and shut in a Dallas extended-stay hotel room's bathroom last summer. The children's skeletons were visible beneath their stretched and flaky skin, and authorities said they could have been confined for as long as nine months.

"She may be a mother, but she's no mom," prosecutor Eren Price said of Santiago during opening statements.

The trial began in the same courtroom where Santiago's boyfriend, Alfred Santiago, was convicted Tuesday and sentenced to 99 years in prison. A different jury found him guilty of injury to a child and continuous sexual abuse.

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Wednesday
Jul282010

Japan hangs 2 death row inmates

DateWednesday, July 28, 2010 at 4:45PM

Justice minister calls for death penalty debate

Japan hanged two convicted killers Wednesday, including a man who burned six women to death, in the country's first executions in a year.

The justice ministry said Kazuo Shinozawa, 59, and Hidenori Ogata, 33, were hanged at the Tokyo Detention Center.

Shinozawa set fire to a jewelry shop in 2000, burning six women to death. Ogata strangled a woman and stabbed a man to death in 2003.

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Wednesday
Jul282010

Judge blocks Arizona's controversial immigration law

DateWednesday, July 28, 2010 at 3:48PM

A judge in Arizona has blocked key parts of the state's strict immigration law a day before it was to take effect.

The judge blocked a requirement that police check the immigration status of criminal suspects whom they had stopped while enforcing other laws.

The federal government argued the law usurped its authority over immigration policy.

Among the other parts of the law blocked was a section making it a crime not to carry immigration papers.

The Republican-controlled Arizona legislature passed the law in April amid fears of rising crime caused by illegal aliens and complaints the federal government had failed to act on the matter.

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Monday
Jul262010

FBI Seeking Public’s Assistance in Locating Fugitive

DateMonday, July 26, 2010 at 7:22PM

Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Weysan Dun announced today that the FBI-led Greater Omaha Safe Streets Task Force arrested two gang members and are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a fugitive gang member. Derell Smith and Calvin Hatten were arrested on counts of distribution of crack cocaine.

Still at large is Diablo William, who was indicted on July 19, 2010, by a federal grand jury for two counts of distribution of crack cocaine in the District of Nebraska and has an active federal arrest warrant. Williams is an active gang member and is described as a black male, 5’8”, 180 pounds, date of birth July 14, 1983.

This individual should be considered armed and dangerous. If you have information about Diablo William or his whereabouts, please call the FBI Office at 402-493-8688.   

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Monday
Jul262010

FBI and San Diego Police Department Seek Public’s Assistance to Identify the “Skateboard Bandit”

DateMonday, July 26, 2010 at 7:17PM

The FBI and San Diego Police Department (SDPD) are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the unknown male dubbed the “Skateboard Bandit” who is believed to be responsible for robbing the Wells Fargo Bank, 7875 Highland Village Place, San Diego, California, on Friday, July 23, 2010, and the Comerica Bank, 3312 Rosecrans, San Diego, California, on Monday, July 12, 2010.

On Friday, July 23, 2010, at approximately 2:48 p.m., an unknown male robbed the Wells Fargo Bank, 7875 Highland Village Place, San Diego, California. During this robbery, the robber approached a teller and made a verbal demand for money. The robber pulled up his shirt and displayed the handle of a handgun. The robber demanded that the teller place the money into a black backpack that he set on the counter. The teller complied with the robber’s demand and placed a sum of money into the backpack. After receiving a sum of money, the robber picked up the backpack and walked out of the bank. The robber carried a skateboard with him and his face was covered with a green paisley bandana that covered the robber’s nose and mouth. The robber may have left the area in a white late model SUV.

Witnesses describe the robber as follows:

  • Sex: Male
  • Race: White
  • Age: Late 20’s to early 30’s
  • Height: 5’9” – 5’11” tall
  • Build: Slender
  • Weight: Approximately 160 lbs.
  • Clothing: Black hooded sweatshirt, black backpack, black sweatshirt, dark fitted jeans, dark colored tennis shoes, green paisley bandana, carried a skateboard
  • Weapon: unknown handgun

 

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Monday
Jul262010

Fingerprint Technology: Making Two Systems Work as One

DateMonday, July 26, 2010 at 7:13PM

 

Two fingerprints

 

Call it the tale of two automated fingerprint systems.

The FBI has managed the nation’s collection of fingerprints since 1924, but we went fully electronic in 1999 when we launched the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, or IAFIS. This national repository of fingerprints and criminal histories enables law enforcement at every level to quickly match up criminal evidence with criminal identities.

On the other hand (so to speak), the Department of Homeland Security’s IDENT—the Automated Biometric Identification System that houses fingerprint records and limited biographic information—was created in 1994 to help U.S. border and immigration officials keep criminals and terrorists from crossing our borders.

Two different systems…with two different missions…for two different sets of users.

But in this post-9/11, globalized world, those charged with protecting the nation need to be on the same page…with appropriate access to each other’s information. So that’s why the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of State have worked hard in recent years to establish interoperability between these two fingerprint databases.

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Monday
Jul262010

Jury finds Texas man guilty of beheading children

DateMonday, July 26, 2010 at 5:57PM

EDINBURG, Texas – A jury has found a south Texas man guilty of capital murder for beheading his common-law wife's three children in 2003.

The Hidalgo County jury deliberated for about three hours Monday before returning its verdict. It was the second trial for 29-year-old John Allen Rubio of Brownsville.

A state appeals court overturned his previous conviction and death sentence in 2007, saying the children'smother had wrongly been allowed to testify.

Bodies of the three children, all younger than 4, were found on March 11, 2003, in a squalid Brownsville apartment. Rubio initially said he killed them because they were possessed.

The trial now moves to a punishment phase, in which prosecutors plan to again seek the death penalty.

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Monday
Jul262010

Prosecutor: Blagojevich guilty of shakedown scheme

DateMonday, July 26, 2010 at 1:57PM

By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARM

CHICAGO – Rod Blagojevich was so desperate for money that he tried to shake down everyone from a racetrack owner to a children's hospital executive to president-elect Barack Obama, a federal prosecutor told jurors Monday during closing arguments at the former Illinois governor's corruption trial.

The reason was that Blagojevich was broke and "he needed this golden ticket," said prosecutor Chris Niewoehner, who methodically reviewed the highlights of the seven-week trial, during which jurors heard Blagojevich on hours of secretly recorded FBI wiretap tapes.

Niewoehner said Blagojevich ramped up his alleged moneymaking schemes in late 2008 because a new ethics law taking effect on Jan. 1, 2009, would have limited the amount of money he could accept from people and businesses doing business with the state.

The prosecutor also countered defense suggestions that Blagojevich never acted on any alleged schemes.

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