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November 30, 2005
Juvenile charged in slaying of Marlee Johnston
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Prosecutors on Wednesday identified the 14-year-old boy who is charged with murder in the weekend slaying of a girl less than a quarter-mile from her home in Fayette. Patrick Armstrong, also of Fayette, is charged with the... read more...Posted by Nealus at 03:54 PM | Comments (0)
November 29, 2005
Family, Neighbors Saddened By Fayette Girl's Death
FAYETTE, Maine 14-year old Marlee Johnston left her home on Saturday, to walk the two family dogs. She never came back. Marlee Johnston's parents describe her as the perfect daughter. She was kind and warm, fun. A great athlete and... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:01 AM | Comments (0)
November 23, 2005
Kara Beth Borden: Not Involved In Parents' Killings
PHILADELPHIA - Kara Beth Borden, the 14-year-old who fled with her boyfriend, David Ludwig, after he is alleged to have gunned down her parents in the family's Lititz, Pa., home, was not involved in planning their deaths, her attorney said... read more...Posted by Nealus at 07:12 PM | Comments (0)
November 20, 2005
Steven Avery: a family-police feud
WHITELAW, Wis. -- The Avery family and the police don't mix. Never have. The family is so wary of authorities that Chuck Avery opened the trunks of his family's cars, just hours after prosecutors announced Friday that his younger brother,... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:15 AM | Comments (0)
Teen Murder Suspect Plotted to Kill on Video
LITITZ, Pa. — An 18-year-old man accused of kidnapping his girlfriend and killing her parents was videotaped discussing plans to conduct an armed raid on another family's home and kill people inside, according to court documents released Friday. David Ludwig's... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:08 AM | Comments (0)
November 16, 2005
John Regan facing his second kidnapping charge in over a year
When a Connecticut salesman was charged with trying to kidnap a New York teenager from her school parking lot Halloween night, police believed it was a random, isolated abduction attempt. Two weeks later, the man whose work van contained a... read more...Posted by Nealus at 02:33 PM | Comments (0)
Kara Beth Borden 'devastated' over parents' killings
LITITZ, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- An 18-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of killing the parents of his 14-year-old girlfriend and fleeing with her to Indiana is being held without bail on charges of criminal homicide, kidnapping and reckless endangerment. David Ludwig was... read more...Posted by Nealus at 08:52 AM | Comments (0)
Fugitive Police Officer Accused Of Child Sex Abuse
BALTIMORE -- Oprah Winfrey is on a crusade to save children from child sex offenders and is offering $100,000 to anyone who helps catch those on the run. One of the accused is a former Baltimore City police officer. Edward... read more...Posted by Nealus at 07:20 AM | Comments (0)
Lisa Lynnette Clark: Child Molestation Bride
Dan Sammons sat down with Lisa Lynnette Clark on Tuesday and tried to prepare her for what's to come. Sammons, the court-appointed attorney for the 37-year-old Hall County woman charged with child molestation of her 15-year-old husband, tried to explain... read more...Posted by Nealus at 06:41 AM | Comments (0)
November 15, 2005
Murder charges filed against Steven Avery
MANITOWAC, Wis. A Wisconsin man who served 18 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit has now been charged with murder. Steven Avery is accused of killing a freelance photographer who had an appointment with him on the... read more...Posted by Nealus at 03:17 PM | Comments (0)
Teresa Halbach: Steven Avery Timeline
and Majority of Halbach's body will likely not be found Oct. 31 - Photographer Teresa Halbach, 25, goes to an appointment to take pictures for Auto Trader Magazine at Avery's Auto Salvage near Mishicot, a rural area 90 miles north... read more...Posted by Nealus at 10:36 AM | Comments (0)
30 Years: "Cool Mom" Silvia Johnson
A woman who told police she had sex with teenaged friends of her children because she wanted to be a "cool mom" was sentenced to 30 years in prison after an emotional afternoon hearing in Jefferson County District Court. Silvia... read more...Posted by Nealus at 07:40 AM | Comments (0)
November 14, 2005
Teresa Halbach: Steven Avery and possible accomplices
CHILTON, WI -- A special prosecutor says charges filed against Steven Avery today or tomorrow will be limited to first-degree intentional homicide and mutilation of a corpse. But, Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz says other people may be charged... read more...Posted by Nealus at 11:37 AM | Comments (0)
November 13, 2005
Tara Grinstead: Still Waiting in the Dark
Let us not forget...tonight. This is the Georgia Bureau of Investigation... http://www.ganet.org/gbi/missing/taragrinstead.html Contact: GBI Agent Dominic Turner or Detective Bill Barrs at (229)468-7494 "On October 24, 2005 at 8:50 a.m. the Ocilla Police Department responded to a missing person report... read more...Posted by Nealus at 04:38 PM | Comments (0)
Leslie Marva Adams: Waiting in the Dark: $10,000 reward
Featured on America's Most Wanted - under "MISSING" Foul Play Suspected In Missing Georgia Woman Case _blank">http://www.amw.com/missing_persons/ Missing since 10/24/05 - October 24, 2005 When 40-year-old Leslie Marva Adams had finally had enough of her ex-boyfriend's physical abuse, police say... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:43 AM | Comments (0)
Iowa law may push sex offenders to Illinois
SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois officials are watching Iowa's new sex offender residency requirements closely, hoping the Land of Lincoln will not become a possible haven for child molesters. Iowa has adopted rules barring people convicted of sex offenses against minors from... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:18 AM | Comments (0)
murder and dismemberment in Mishicot
"Avery's Salvage Yard looks like a Hollywood movie set for a murder mystery." Mishicot area residents upset by grisly news. DOUG ERICKSON Wisconsin State Journal - madison.com MISHICOT - Jim Bydalek was taking his grandson to kindergarten early last week... read more...Posted by Nealus at 08:22 AM | Comments (0)
November 12, 2005
Halbach Brother, Michael Works For Packers
The brother of a Wisconsin woman who went missing on Halloween and is believed to have been murdered works for the Green Bay Packers in the team's video department. The Rev. James Baraniak -- team chaplain -- used the family... read more...Posted by Nealus at 06:30 PM | Comments (0)
Aspen astrologer pleads not guilty in molestation case
ASPEN — A former astrologer for The Aspen Times pleaded not guilty Thursday to molesting two girls, and a judge set a three-day jury trial for April. Tomas Brown, 53, of Glenwood Springs, sat beside his attorney, John Van Ness,... read more...Posted by Nealus at 01:53 PM | Comments (0)
Staffers at juvenile detention centers fired over rape of retarded boy
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Six juvenile detention center employees were fired and five others disciplined after police said a mentally retarded boy was raped by a sex offender who was allegedly assigned to bathe and change his diaper. Tallahassee police have... read more...Posted by Nealus at 01:46 PM | Comments (0)
November 11, 2005
Pages and Pages of Evidence
Friday afternoon, ten search warrant returns were filed with the Manitowoc County court. Within the documents are a precise list of potential evidence found on the Avery family property. The noted chilling evidence is key that Teresa Halbach was in... read more...Posted by Nealus at 07:20 PM | Comments (0)
Evidence Links Peter Braunstein To Attack
Braunstein is wanted for allegedly posing as a firefighter and sexually assaulting a woman for 12 hours. Sources tell Eyewitness News that investigators now have evidence linking Braunstein directly to the crime. N.J. Burkett has the latest. He has not... read more...Posted by Nealus at 04:33 PM | Comments (0)
846 arrests made in sweep of sex offenders
LANSING (AP) — Police made 846 arrests during a statewide roundup of people accused of violating the requirements of Michigan's sex offender registry law, authorities say. The suspects include 355 who face felony charges of failure to report new addresses... read more...Posted by Nealus at 04:27 PM | Comments (0)
Girl Scout troop leader arrested on child molestation counts
LA MESA – Police arrested a Girl Scout troop leader early yesterday after a girl, now 12, said he fondled her during a sleepover at his house two years ago, investigators said. James William Wallace, 42, surrendered to deputies at... read more...Posted by Nealus at 04:05 PM | Comments (0)
"Teresa Halbach's life was taken": Steven Avery to be Charged
Steven Avery will be charged next week with first-degree intentional homicide for the death of Teresa Halbach. Special prosecutor Ken Kratz made that announcement Friday afternoon. Kratz said investigators believe "Teresa Halbach's life was taken" the afternoon of October 31st.... read more...Posted by Nealus at 03:46 PM | Comments (0)
Teresa Halbach: Homicide Investigation
MISHICOT, Wis. - The hunt for a missing 25-year-old freelance photographer turned into a homicide investigation with the discovery of human teeth and bone fragments at an auto salvage yard owned by the family of a man who spent 18... read more...Posted by Nealus at 08:40 AM | Comments (0)
November 10, 2005
Man Found Guilty Of Drugging Young Men For Sex, Torture
TAMPA, Fla. -- A Tampa man was found guilty Thursday in federal court of nine counts of drugging young men to rape and torture them. Two of the victims of Steven Lorenzo ended up dead, and he is likely to... read more...Posted by Nealus at 08:46 PM | Comments (0)
Burned Human Remains, Blood Found on Avery Property
In his most revealing news conference yet since the disappearance of Teresa Halbach, Calumet County Sheriff Jerry Pagel said this is now a homicide investigation. His voice shaking, Sheriff Pagel said it appears someone tried to dispose of a human... read more...Posted by Nealus at 03:34 PM | Comments (0)
Kimberly Ann Cordrey-McKinney: Female Teacher Arrested On Sexual Abuse Charges
An Eastern Maryland teacher was charged Wednesday with sexual abuse after she allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old who attends the high school where she teaches, state police said. Kimberly Ann Cordrey-McKinney, 32, of Chestertown met the 16-year-old student at... read more...Posted by Nealus at 02:44 PM | Comments (0)
Smith Told How He Raped, Killed Girl, Brother Says
SARASOTA - -- In front of a jury that could recommend whether Joseph P. Smith lives or dies, John Smith looked across a courtroom Wednesday and identified his brother as the man who raped and killed Carlie Brucia. John Smith... read more...Posted by Nealus at 02:20 PM | Comments (0)
Mykensie Martin Disappears in Brazil
A 17-year-old American exchange student missing in Brazil was seen trying to hitchhike to the capital the day she disappeared, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday. Mykensie Martin, a senior at Summit High School in Bend, Ore., was reported missing Sunday, said... read more...Posted by Nealus at 02:16 PM | Comments (0)
Runaway raped, held as sex slave
Since September, the 15-year-old girl had been raped repeatedly, threatened with death and sold for sex over the Internet, police said. Her captors hid the runaway in a hollowed-out box spring covered with a piece of wood and tucked underneath... read more...Posted by Nealus at 01:57 PM | Comments (0)
Sex offender accused of molesting 5 kids
PORTAGE -- A Portage woman, despite knowing family friend Ricky Lee Schultz was a convicted sex offender, let him play with five children at her home, Portage police said. Police said Schultz molested all five children in one night. Schultz,... read more...Posted by Nealus at 01:46 PM | Comments (0)
November 09, 2005
Following the Evidence re: Teresa Halbach
There were some disturbing developments that came out of a press conference Wednesday afternoon with the special prosecutor and lead investigator on Teresa Halbach's disappearance. Sheriff Jim Pagel said, "The evidence that has been collected and that [the State Crime... read more...Posted by Nealus at 08:49 PM | Comments (0)
Attorney: Officers take Steven Avery into custody
MISHICOT, Wis. - Law enforcement officers investigating the disappearance of a woman took into custody a man who served 18 years in prison for a rape he did not commit, the man's attorney told The Associated Press. Officers took Steven... read more...Posted by Nealus at 04:10 PM | Comments (0)
Teresa Marie Halbach case takes criminal turn
Investigators examining abduction, homicide angles. MISHICOT — Investigators sought evidence of abduction, sexual assault and homicide in the Teresa Halbach disappearance when they requested a court order to seize Steven Avery's car and a tow truck owned by his brothers.... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:59 AM | Comments (0)
$80,000 reward but police call off search for Tara Grinstead
OCILLA, Ga. Authorities have called off the search for a popular Irwin County teacher who has been missing for more than two weeks. Ocilla Police Chief Billy Hancock says volunteers and public safely officials have completed their search of the... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:45 AM | Comments (0)
November 08, 2005
Teresa Halbach investigation to expand
MISHICOT - Evidence found in five days of searching for Teresa Halbach has led police to expand their investigation. "The scope of the investigation has gone from a missing person to being concerned about the welfare of Teresa Halbach," Calumet... read more...Posted by Nealus at 05:47 PM | Comments (0)
‘America’s Most Wanted’ to feature murder case; Daniel William Hiers Jr
The case of a former Charleston police officer wanted for murder in the death of his wife will be featured Saturday on the television program “America’s Most Wanted.” Goose Creek police have issued a warrant for Daniel William Hiers Jr.... read more...Posted by Nealus at 03:23 PM | Comments (0)
Softball jersey found most likely not Tara Grinsteads
Ocilla -- A softball jersey found in Irwin County yesterday most likely did not belong to Tara Grinstead. That news coming today from the command post set up to help find the missing high school teacher. Almost every square acre... read more...Posted by Nealus at 08:56 AM | Comments (0)
D.A.: "Significant Evidence" Collected in Search for Teresa Halbach
A special prosecutor says Teresa Halbach's sport utility vehicle yielded "significant evidence," and officers are executing a "significant number" of search warrants and subpoenas as the search for the missing Calumet County woman moves forward at a "rapid pace." Beyond... read more...Posted by Nealus at 08:52 AM | Comments (0)
November 07, 2005
Child molester opts to remain jailed
A man with several convictions for molesting teenage boys says he'll continue to do so, and possibly will kill someone, if he's not locked up for good. Last week Richard D. Frye, 47, agreed with Jennifer Karol, a state assistant... read more...Posted by Nealus at 10:24 AM | Comments (0)
November 06, 2005
Teresa Halbach: Waiting in the Dark
Weekends are tough on the nerves!!! Teresa Halbach is being covered with a great article by Steve Huff @ Twilight Kingdom saying more than I could ever say: See: Score One for the Innocence Project BUT At Missing Abducted See:... read more...Posted by Nealus at 12:29 PM | Comments (0)
'An open wound': Community desperate to find missing teacher
OCILLA - When Kenyatta McDonald's house burned down this summer and she lost everything, it was Tara Grinstead who made sure the high school senior had what she needed. "I was mainly worried about school and how I was going... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:27 AM | Comments (0)
November 05, 2005
Natalee Holloway case - new developments
ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- Authorities in Aruba said they have both new witnesses and leads in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway. The 18-year-old has not been seen since she left a bar on the island on May 30. The prosecutor's office... read more...Posted by Nealus at 02:42 AM | Comments (0)
Grinstead's sister believes she's still alive, close to home
Irwin County - Nearly 80 searchers on ATVs combed farm and rural areas near the community of Wray looking for any sign of Grinstead. The ever-growing search gives family members hope. "She may not be well, but I do feel... read more...Posted by Nealus at 02:15 AM | Comments (0)
November 04, 2005
My Book Reviews and Testimonials
"I appreciate your having the courage to come forward and share. I find that it really helps other victims to know that they are not alone in their pain and their feelings. I am also writing about the experiences of... read more...Posted by Nealus at 08:09 AM | Comments (0)
November 03, 2005
Court TV to televise Smith trial live
Court TV News will televise the Joseph P. Smith trial live, during the network’s daytime programming, beginning Monday, Nov. 7. Correspondent Savannah Guthrie, who covered the Michael Jackson trial for the network, will be covering this anticipated trial providing daily... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:04 AM | Comments (0)
Strangler: Death linked to sex
Man claims sex game behind Menasha woman’s death. Oshkosh, WI -- A Neenah man who plead no contest to murder by strangulation now claims the 2004 death was caused accidentally while engaging in a dangerous form of sexual activity. Thomas... read more...Posted by Nealus at 08:29 AM | Comments (0)
November 02, 2005
Tara Grinstead Update: Homeland Security: Largest Missing Person Search In Georgia
Ocilla -- It's become one of the largest missing person searches in Georgia history. Thirty-year-old Tara Grinstead has been gone for 12 days. And now, GEMA and the Office of Homeland Security are involved in the search. And officials admit... read more...Posted by Nealus at 06:31 PM | Comments (0)
Tara Grinstead: Waiting in the dark
This one is definitely not an easy one on the nerves. Like Lynn Moran's Story - it's the waiting - that's the killer. Taylor Behl too - was waiting in the dark. Day-to-day...one can bring up a long list of... read more...Posted by Nealus at 03:18 PM | Comments (0)
Ex-teacher arraigned in statutory rape case
Westford student was 14, state says A former teacher at a Westford middle school was arraigned in Superior Court yesterday in the rape of a 14-year-old male student. Susan Clickner, 47, of Groton, pleaded not guilty to a charge of... read more...Posted by Nealus at 08:05 AM | Comments (0)
Crime Stoppers asks for help in finding man wanted in rapes
Tacoma, WA -- Detectives from the Pierce and King County sheriff’s departments and Tacoma police have asked for help in finding a man they think has raped women on three occasions. The man struck Aug. 31 on Pasadena Avenue in... read more...Posted by Nealus at 07:50 AM | Comments (0)
Police: 100,000 Child Porn Images Found On Man's Computer
HOUSTON, TEXAS -- A Houston man was arrested after police found 100,000 images of child pornography on his computers, KPRC Local 2 reported Tuesday. Investigators said Brian Sweeney, 48, lives in the 7600 block of El Rancho Street at Reille... read more...Posted by Nealus at 07:42 AM | Comments (0)
November 01, 2005
Alleged Child Molestor Makes First Appearence in Court
An Indiana man, who was arrested on child molestation charges after his case was profiled on the Oprah TV show, made his initial court appearance Monday in Posey County. William Davis is being held on a $1 million cash bond.... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:59 PM | Comments (0)
Kaitlyn Macedonio: Still No Sign
(PORT WASHINGTON, Long Island) -- A 13-year-old Nassau County girl is still missing - three days since she disappeared from the Roosevelt Field Mall. Police say 13-year-old Kaitlyn Macedonio of Port Washington was last seen by her nanny Friday afternoon... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:45 AM | Comments (0)
Sex offender facing murder charge appears in court
Current Story SEVIERVILLE (WATE.com) Tennessee -- A convicted sex offender charged with first degree murder in the death of his neighbor appeared in court Monday morning. John Wayne Blair, 49, is charged with murdering Kelly Sellers in April on English... read more...Posted by Nealus at 09:34 AM | Comments (1)
