Monday, December 31, 2007

Colorado Hearings Re-Examine '87 murder case

PEGGY HETTRICK (37) - murdered on 02/11/87, body left lying in a field
Tim Masters (15 at the time) - lived next to the field where victims' body was found; arrested in 1998 and convicted in 1999
FORT COLLINS, Colorado
Colorado Hearings Re-examine '87 Murder Case --(New York Times)--The murder of Peggy Hettrick, 21 years ago this February, was a dark chapter in the history of this tidy college town on the edge of Colorado's eastern plains.

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Sunday, December 30, 2007

12 yr old home alone shot by intruders

EMILY ELIZABETH HADDOCK (12) - home from school with strep throat; was alone when someone broke into the house and shot her several times
Van Roger Smith Jr. (16); Michael Graham Currie (18); and Sherrod Nicholas Harrison (19) - charged with murder and breaking and entering
Perry Ross Schiro (19) 4th suspect also charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of breaking and entering
VASS, North Carolina
State May Seek Death Against Harnett Men Charged In Child's Murder--(Dunn Daily Record)--The Moore County District Attorney's Office is seeking the death penalty for at least one of the five Harnett County teens charged with the Sept. 21 shooting death of 12-year-old Emily Elizabeth Haddock.

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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Missing Woman

JACQUELINE NICOLE VIENNEAU (32) - Vancouver Canada woman went missing on 03/31/07 in Syria; last seen leaving her hotel room
HAMA, SYRIA
Family's anguish as Vancouver backpacker still missing in Syria--(National Post)-- There is one Christmas gift Matthew Vienneau and his family have been praying to receive this year: news of Vancouver's Nicole Vienneau, the backpacker who disappeared in Syria on March.

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Friday, December 28, 2007

College student missing

JUSTIN GAINES (18) - Gainesville College student went missing 11/01/07; last heard from trying to find a ride home from a nightclub
GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia
Family still lives with not knowing--(Atlanta Journal-Constitution)--It is surely every mother's worst nightmare having a child who doesn't come home.
Holidays Hard for Gaines' Family--(WXIA-TV)--As some are cleaning up in the kitchen others catch up with cousins while others fuss over the newest babies in the family.
More Help in Search for Missing Teen--(WXIA-TV)--Erika Wilson's didn’t have the heart to put up her Christmas tree this year. Her daughter had to do it.
Anyone with information should call the Gwinnett County Police Department at (770) 513-5300. A private investigator hired by the Gaines' family has announced a $12,000 reward for information about Gaines' whereabouts

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

7 yr old beaten to death by family member

ZOE GARCIA (7) - allegedly beaten to death on 12/06/07 with imitations of moves from the "Mortal Kombat" video game
Heather Trujillo (16) - half-sister charged as an adult on one count of felony child abuse causing death; held on $100,000 bail
Lamar Roberts (17) - boyfriend of Heather also charged as an adult on one count of felony child abuse causing death; held on $100,000 bail
GREELEY, Colorado
History of alleged abuse surfaces--(Denver Post)--The night a 7-year-old girl was killed while left alone with two teens and younger siblings was not the first time Zoe Garcia was placed in questionable circumstances.
Vigil finds 'little girl lost' amid chaos of death--(The Johnstown Breeze)-- In small groups, they walked up the driveway of Letford Elementary School, where the 7-year-old attended first grade, and silently picked up cups lining the front walkway that contained candles burning ever brighter in the settling dusk.
'One of the sweetest'; loved ones remember 7-year-old--(KUSA-TV)--A tearful crowd at Sunday night's candlelight vigil for 7-year-old Zoe Garcia said they'd remember her enduring smile and warm personality.
Days before custody talks, father learns child is dead--(Denver Post)--The father of a 7-year-old who died this month after allegedly being beaten by a half-sister and her boyfriend said he spent three years searching for the girl and was within days of contacting her when he learned of her death.

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Mother and Daughter double homicide

ELIZABETH SCHALCHLIN (13) - stabbed in the neck while talking on the phone 12/19/07
ELLEN 'Lori' SCHALCHLIN (41) - stabbed multiple times when she walked into the living area looking for her daughter
Donald Schalchlin (15) - brother/son being held on investigation of rendering criminal assistance; Bail set at $100,000
Joshua Tucker (16) - state ward and repeat runaway had been taken in by the family; being held on investigation of murder or manslaughter; bail set at $500,000
WEST RICHLAND, Washington
Teens held in Benton City slayings--(Tri-City Herald)--Elizabeth Schalchlin was doing what most 13-year-olds typically do -- talking on the phone -- when she was killed Wednesday night.
Original 911 Call in Double Homicide Came from a Cell Phone--(KNDO/KNDU)--It was Ellen Schalchlin or Lori asking for help. Five seconds later, the line went dead.
Ellen Schalchlin's Son Copes With Family's Murder--(KNDO/KNDU)--Ellen Schalchlin's son Steven has a lot of work left to do at the home where he once lived. And picking up the pieces has not been an easy job to do all alone.
Mother and Daughter Killed in West Richland Double Homicide--(KNDO/KNDU)--Both the Benton County Sheriff's Office and the Washington State Crime Lab are investigating after a mother and daughter were killed in West Richland.

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