Police refused to take missing person reports in serial killer case
Saturday, Nov. 7 2009 @ 12:42PM
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| Officer Brenton was killed instantly. Another officer was grazed but returned fire. |
Seattle police training officer Timothy Brenton was sitting in a squad with student officer Brit Sweeney Halloween night, reviewing a traffic stop. Suddenly, a light-colored compact car pulled up next to them and opened fire.
Neighbors say they heard eight to 10 shots, possibly from an automatic or semi-automatic weapon. Then they heard about six shots fire back. When it was all over, Brenton was dead, killed instantly. Sweeney, who was able to get off return fire, was injured and taken to the hospital...
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Saturday, Nov. 7 2009 @ 10:43AM
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| Jason Rodriguez was fired two years ago for poor performance |
Police say Jason Rodriguez, 40, a former employee at a business in a downtown Orlando office building, went on a shooting rampage there this morning. The details are still breaking, but at least eight people have been injured.
Some workers barricaded themselves in offices while others tried to flee after hearing shots. An unknown number of people are still in the Gateway Center office building, and rescue workers don't know how many could be injured. A SWAT team is currently trying to get them out...
Saturday, Nov. 7 2009 @ 8:00AM
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| Joyce Crider disappeared seven years ago. Her family is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to her whereabouts. |
It's been barely more than seven years since Joyce Crider disappeared, and investigators are still trying to determine what happened to the Lexington, Kentucky woman. So is her family.Crider was last seen at about 7:15 p.m. on October 27, 2002, when she told a friend that she was going to visit a relative who was staying at the Holiday Inn on Athens-Boonesboro Road. According to family members, no on has seen or heard from her since. The relative that she had purportedly gone to visit was her former husband, Bill Crider.
Although police have investigated her ex-husband, no arrest have been made despite the fact that police say he initially lied about when he last saw her. Bill Crider has steadfastly maintained that he had nothing to do with her disappearance...
Friday, Nov. 6 2009 @ 3:04PM
UPDATE: Carol Thomas was murdered because she sold rock salt as dope. See update after the jump...
23-year-old Carol Thomas was found in a burned out car in a farmer's field
A former boyfriend said 23-year-old Carol Thomas planned to get a ride to visit him in Kansas City Wednesday night. But according to police, witnesses saw her attacked by at least three people, then stuffed in the trunk of a red Pontiac Grand Am.
When police arrived, Carol was gone. But they did find a stun gun at the scene. Today, they found Carol.
A farmer saw a car leaving a field Wednesday night and called police. A search today turned up a burned out car and a body that apparently matches Carol's...
Friday, Nov. 6 2009 @ 12:07PM
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| Robert Bellamy Jr., an elite moron, punched, kicked and robbed a guy he thought was gay |
Being knuckle-draggers, Bellamy and his entourage decided to hurl their best anti-gay insults, which we can assure did not contain any polysyllabic words. The men left the gas station and were followed by Bellamy and his friends, which included a woman and two other men...
Friday, Nov. 6 2009 @ 12:03AM
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| Early reports say Major Malik Nadal Hasan was among the shooters |
Three soldiers went on a shooting rampage this afternoon at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas. Initial reports say that at least a dozen are dead, with more than 30 others wounded.
So far, there's been no motive released in the case, but at least two soldiers have been arrested. The principal shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, is believed to have been killed. He's said to be a psychiatrist who was promoted to major only a few months ago, but was pissed about an upcoming deployment to Iraq.
Witnesses say they saw more than one shooter in the attack that took place about 1:30 p.m. at the Soldier Readiness Center, where servicemen get medical screening before being sent overseas...
Thursday, Nov. 5 2009 @ 1:13PM
UPDATE: Raul Renato Castro killed the boy because he worried he'd tell about being molested. See update after the jump...
Alex went missing on Friday, and was found in the dryer the next day
When 4-year-old Alex Christopher Mercado went missing Friday in Mendota, California, the Fresno County Sheriff's Department began an immediate search. But it didn't bring a happy ending the next day.
He was found stuffed in the dryer at a home where his babysitter lives next door. Alex had been killed and then hid in the dryer, police say. A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion on murder...
Thursday, Nov. 5 2009 @ 11:20AM
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| Sharon left for ballet lessons and was never seen again alive |
It was 27 years ago that 16-year-old Sharon Thor was slain after preparing to leave her home in Franklin Township, New Jersey, for one of her twice-weekly ballet lessons. When she left at 5:30 p.m. on October 26, 1982, she was never seen again alive.
Prior to leaving home that evening, Sharon received a telephone call and appeared to be pleased to hear from the caller. The conversation was brief, but it was obvious that she had wanted her privacy with the caller -- she took the corded phone as far as it would reach, to the stairway that led to the cellar, so that her parents could not hear...Thursday, Nov. 5 2009 @ 7:01AM
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| Dogs and cats were nearly starved to death and without water |
More than 200 animals were placed in the hands of volunteers after investigators found them starving and lacking water. Some dogs were starved so bad they had to be put down. Employees also kept rabid dogs next to healthy ones...
Wednesday, Nov. 4 2009 @ 5:51PM
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| He's been robbing banks since April from Texas to Virginia |
