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Feb 28, 2008 12:44 PM CST

Peterson: I'm Ready for Jail

Suspect in wife's disappearance says he's innocent, but is 'prepared' for arrest

(Newser) - Drew Peterson, the ex-cop suspected in the disappearance of his fourth wife, said today he is psychologically ready for arrest and even time behind bars, the Chicago Tribune reports. On NBC’s Today show, Peterson maintained his innocence in the October disappearance of Stacy Peterson and in the 2004 murder...

Cops Arrest Suspect in Shrink Slaying

UPDATED

Feb 16, 2008 4:20 PM CST

Cops Arrest Suspect in Shrink Slaying

Patient claims he only planned to rob his psychiatrist

(Newser) - Police arrested an "emotionally disturbed" patient today for brutally slaying a New York psychologist earlier this week, the New York Post reports. Suspect David Tarloff "made statements implicating himself in the homicide," police said, and was identified by four witnesses as the killer of psychologist Kathryn Faughey....

Drew Peterson Wants to Lie Test on TV

Jan 30, 2008 3:02 PM CST

Drew Peterson Wants to Lie Test on TV

First question: Are you a wife-murdering psychopath?

(Newser) - After repeatedly refusing requests from the family of his missing wife that he submit to a polygraph test, suspect Drew Peterson is now requesting to do so on national television. Representatives for the former Chicago-area policeman—whose wife, Stacy, has been missing since October and is presumed dead—have been...

Corpse Found
in Chicago
Isn't Peterson

UPDATED

Jan 27, 2008 2:43 PM CST

Corpse Found in Chicago Isn't Peterson

But cops haven't ID'd decomposed woman

(Newser) - The badly decomposed body of a woman found yesterday in a Chicago industrial lot is not Stacy Peterson, reports the Chicago Tribune, the suburban mom whose husband, Drew, is suspected in her October disappearance. Officials also determined that the body was not another area housewife, Lisa Stebic, missing since April....

German Woman Flushed Hubby Down the Toilet

Jan 9, 2008 6:30 PM CST

German Woman Flushed Hubby Down the Toilet

Neighbors heard banging, lot of flushing

(Newser) - German police are searching for a woman they believe hacked up her husband and flushed the pieces down the toilet, Der Spiegel reports. Neither wife nor husband have been seen since just before Christmas, when neighbors report hearing hammering, strange noises, and repeated flushing. The woman reportedly told her grown...

Supreme Court to Hear Child Rapist's Death Penalty Appeal

Jan 4, 2008 5:18 PM CST

Supreme Court to Hear Child Rapist's Death Penalty Appeal

Executions limited to murderers since 1964

(Newser) - The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the case of a Louisiana man sentenced to death in the brutal rape of his 8-year-old stepdaughter. His attorneys say Patrick Kennedy is "the only person in the United States who is on death row for a non-homicide offense." A 1977...

LA Murder Rate Plummets

Dec 24, 2007 6:44 AM CST

LA Murder Rate Plummets

Homicides at lowest rate since 1970

(Newser) - The murder rate in Los Angeles has sunk to its lowest in nearly 40 years, the Los Angeles Times reports. There have been 368 killings in the City of Angels this year, down from over 1,000 in 1992. The last time the murder rate was so low was 1970,...

Peterson Wife, Storage Bins Vanished at Same Time

Dec 13, 2007 10:07 PM CST

Peterson Wife, Storage Bins Vanished at Same Time

Friend recalls buying big blue containers

(Newser) - Two large blue storage containers bought by Drew Peterson disappeared from his garage after his wife went missing, says one of Peterson's close friends. Rick Mims told a grand jury last week that he and Peterson bought the containers from AmeriCable, where they worked in 2003, ABC News reports. Mims...

Drew Peterson Feels Betrayed

Dec 7, 2007 11:20 AM CST

Drew Peterson Feels Betrayed

Ex-cop suspected of wife's murder grumbles about being shunned by pals

(Newser) - It really got to Drew Peterson: his picture on a pinata at a vigil last weekend for his missing wife, Stacy. The former Illinois police sergeant, a suspect in Stacy's presumed murder, complains to the Chicago Tribune that he's been shunned by friends and former buddies on the force. He...

Missing Hoop Star's Body Found in Brazil

Nov 19, 2007 1:35 PM CST

Missing Hoop Star's Body Found in Brazil

Police consider suicide, homicide in ex-WSU player's death

(Newser) - The body of a former Washington State University basketball star who had been missing in Brazil was found yesterday, reports the Seattle Times. Tony Harris' death is being investigated as a suicide, but police "are not ruling out homicide," a spokesman told the AP. Harris, 36, was in...

Memphis U. Mourns Murdered Athlete

Oct 3, 2007 5:06 AM CDT

Memphis U. Mourns Murdered Athlete

Footballer was carrying casino winnings

(Newser) - Hundreds of University of Memphis students gathered to mourn a student football player fatally shot near campus housing. Taylor Bradford, 21, was carrying as much as $7,000 he had won earlier at a casino when he was killed Sunday night, according to police. Two men were seen running from...

Memphis DL Killed in Shooting

Oct 1, 2007 11:55 PM CDT

Memphis DL Killed in Shooting

Police unsure if junior was targeted or victim of random attack

(Newser) - University of Memphis defensive lineman Taylor Bradford was shot dead outside campus housing last night, in an act university officials say was targeted specifically against the junior. Police did not concur, asserting the incident might have been random; classes were cancelled today for the 20,000-student school, and campus housing...

Ex-Gang Members
Help LA Cut Homicides

Sep 28, 2007 9:29 AM CDT

Ex-Gang Members Help LA Cut Homicides

Lowest rate since 1970 credited to 'gang interventionists' program

(Newser) - The Los Angeles homicide rate has dropped this year to the lowest level since 1970, a turnaround police credit in part to a new program using ex-gang members to prevent gang killings. Nine months after the mayor vowed to crack down on gang violence, homicides are down by 50% in...

Maddy Cops:
We Goofed

Sep 16, 2007 8:32 AM CDT

Maddy Cops: We Goofed

Early mistakes will make case against parents nearly impossible: source

(Newser) - Portuguese police believe that early mistakes in the Madeleine McCann case have crippled their investigation, a source has told the Observer. Police are now unified in suspecting Maddy's parents in her disappearance, but it will be nearly impossible to bring charges against them due to lack of evidence. Part of...

Nursing Home Owners Acquitted in Katrina Deaths

Sep 8, 2007 8:49 AM CDT

Nursing Home Owners Acquitted in Katrina Deaths

Jury finds couple innocent of negligent homicide after 35 patients drowned

(Newser) - The owners of a Louisiana nursing home were acquitted of negligent homicide and cruelty yesterday in the deaths of 35 patients who drowned in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The charges were based on the couple's failure to evacuate the home as the storm approached; the defense argued that the...

3rd Suspect Held in NJ Slayings

Aug 10, 2007 4:23 PM CDT

3rd Suspect Held in NJ Slayings

Two more wanted in connection with three execution-style murders

(Newser) - A teen wanted in connection with the slayings of three college students and the attempted murder of a fourth in Newark was taken into custody today, and authorities are seeking two more suspects implicated in the execution-style homicides. Another suspect, Jose Carranza, pleaded not guilty this morning; the third, a...

NJ Mayor Under Gun in Triple Killing

Aug 7, 2007 4:34 AM CDT

NJ Mayor Under Gun in Triple Killing

Newark crime rate sparks calls for idealist Booker's resignation

(Newser) - Jersey residents shocked by the shooting deaths of three students at a Newark schoolyard this weekend are lashing out at a young mayor who rode a wave of hope and idealism into office, the Times reports. Cory Booker, 38, is facing a wall of public hostility—and calls for his...

Trucker Implicated in Six Murders

Jul 13, 2007 9:39 AM CDT

Trucker Implicated in Six Murders

Driver charged in truck stop killing, linked to others in 4 states

(Newser) - A 56-year-old father of two has been implicated in the murders of six people along his southern truck route, the AP reports. Bruce Mendenhall was picked up in Nashville yesterday while circling the scene of a killing last month. Police officers noticed that his bright yellow truck matched the description...

Feds Beef Up Presence in New Orleans

Jun 4, 2007 3:03 PM CDT

Feds Beef Up Presence in New Orleans

Surge in violent crime endangers post-Katrina rebound

(Newser) - Violent crime is such a pressing problem in New Orleans that the federal government is shoring up the local criminal justice system, USA Today reports. Crime was up 107% in the first quarter of 2007 over the previous year, a jump the NOPD attributes to population growth—but the increased...