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Missing: Ilene Beth Misheloff

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:05:36 +0000

Ilene Beth Misheloff was 13 years old when she disappeared 21 years ago while walking home from school in Dublin, California near John Mape Park. Last week the FBI added Misheloff's case to its Kidnapped or Missing Persons website in hopes of turning up new leads in the 1989 case. Read more...

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Missing: Ilene Beth Misheloff originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 at 00:05:36.

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Why Women Like True Crime Stories

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:05:11 +0000

Researchers were surprised to find that women more than men were significantly more likely to choose true crime books over other books about violence and crime. What is behind this interest in the gruesome details of violent crimes like rape and murder? Read more...

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Why Women Like True Crime Stories originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 00:05:11.

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Doctor Charged in Michael Jackson's Death

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:00:10 +0000

Los Angeles prosecutors have officially charged the personal physician of pop star Michael Jackson with the singer's death last June. Dr. Conrad Murray has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the case.

Murray entered a not guilty plea at a Los Angeles courthouse Monday afternoon one the single manslaughter charge. Read more...

Doctor Charged in Michael Jackson's Death originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 15:00:10.

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Police to Search Landfill for Baby Gabriel

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:52:03 +0000

San Antonio police have declared the case of a missing 8-month-old Arizona boy known as Baby Gabriel to be a kidnapping and homicide investigation. The move will allow authorities to search through a landfill for a dead body, police said.

Gabriel has not been seen since Dec. 26 in San Antonio with his mother, Elizabeth Johnson, who has been arrested in connection with his disappearance. Read more...

Police to Search Landfill for Baby Gabriel originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 08:52:03.

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Jaycee Dugard Suspects Want to Visit

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:20:45 +0000

Attorneys for a California couple who are accused of kidnapping 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard in 1991 and holding her for 18 years have filed motions that would allow them to visit each other in jail. Painting the defendants as a "close, caring family," attorneys argue that they should be allowed to have visits like other jail inmates.

Phillip and Nancy Garrido have pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and raping Jaycee Lee Dugard. Read more...

Jaycee Dugard Suspects Want to Visit originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 08:20:45.

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Stupid Criminals: The Magic Marker Burglars

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:05:33 +0000

Matthew McNelly and Joey Miller of Iowa have been added to our growing Stupid Criminals files after the pair fled the scene of a botched burglary. Later, when pulled over by the Carroll police, the men were arrested having fit the description by the 9-1-1 caller who interrupted the burglary. Read more...

Stupid Criminals: The Magic Marker Burglars originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 00:05:33.

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Mom Admits Stabbing Two Sons

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:59:50 +0000

A 22-year-old Texas woman calmly placed her hands behind her back to be handcuffed and told police officers, "I killed my babies," when they arrived at the scene of the stabbing deaths of a 1-year-old and a 3-year-old. Elyse Marsyl Colon was arrested on two counts of capital murder of a child.

Jose Luis Garcia and Gillermo Garcia were found dead inside their San Antonio home. Read more...

Mom Admits Stabbing Two Sons originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 20:59:50.

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Woman Arrested in Baby Gabriel Case

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:20:45 +0000

An Arizona woman once named a person of interest in the case of a missing 8-month-old boy has been arrested on charges of custodial interference and forgery. Tammi Smith was placed in the Maricopa County Jail in connection with the Baby Gabriel investigation.

Smith is in the same jail as the baby's mother, Elizabeth Johnson. Read more...

Woman Arrested in Baby Gabriel Case originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 23:20:45.

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Police Release Sketch in Paula Sladewski Case

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:24:33 +0000

North Miami Police have released a sketch of a man seen walking away from a nightclub with a former Playboy model whose body was later found burned beyond recognition in a trash dumpster. The suspect was the last person seen with Paula Sladewski who disappeared from Club Space on Jan. 3, the same day her body was found.

The suspect is described as a stocky, 6-0, light-skinned black male. Read more...

Police Release Sketch in Paula Sladewski Case originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 22:24:33.

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Thanksgiving Shooter Pleads Not Guilty

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:05:50 +0000

A man who ate Thanksgiving dinner with his family and then shot and killed four of his relatives has entered a not guilty plea to all charges. Paul Merhige is charged with four count of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted murder.

His not guilty plea was entered in writing by an attorney in West Palm Beach. Read more...

Thanksgiving Shooter Pleads Not Guilty originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 18:05:50.

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