Monday, January 7, 2008

Vallejo CA. woman changes plea to guilty in double murder

AMBER LEE CHAPPELL (34) - gunned down for no apparent reason on 11/16/07
CHRISTINA 'TINA' BAXLEY (41) - killed nine hours later while walking her dog
Mario Raul Moreno (27) - charged with two counts of murder and conspiracy
Paige Tillie Linville (24) - pleaded guilty to charges of being an accessory to murder after the fact and possession of methamphetamine
SOLANO COUNTY, California
Vallejo woman changes plea to guilty in double murder--(Vallejo Times-Herald)--A day after pleading no contest to two felonies related to the apparently random shooting deaths of two Solano County women, a Vallejo woman on Friday changed her plea to guilty.
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Sunday, January 6, 2008

Missing mother of 2

NINA "Nenasha" REISER (31) - disappeared after dropping off her two children 09/03/06; presumed murdered
Hans Reiser (43) - Oakland software developer charged with murdering his estranged wife; in trial
OAKLAND, California
Purse, cell phone with no battery, found in Nina Reiser's car--(Tri-Valley Herald)--A week after Nina Reiser went missing, her beige Honda Odyssey minivan was found on Fernwood Drive, appearing as if someone had planned to return shortly to drive it away, pictures displayed in court showed.
Hans Reiser Murder Case Focuses On Missing Car Seat--(InformationWeek)--Jurors heard testimony that the front passenger seat was missing and the car contained books on murder with a receipt showing they had been purchased soon after Nina Reiser's disappearance.
Witness: Nina Reiser focused on courses--(Tri-Valley Herald)--Between 2002 and three days before she disappeared, Reiser had spent about $12,000 on courses at the Berkeley Kaplan Center, which prepares students for the United States Medical Licensing Exam.
Reiser trial focuses on front seat of defendant's Honda CRX--(San Francisco Chronicle)--There was nothing amiss in computer programmer Hans Reiser's car and no signs of blood when he was pulled over for a traffic violation 10 days after his estranged wife disappeared, a Redwood City police sergeant testified Tuesday at Reiser's murder trial. But the front passenger seat was missing six days after
Jailhouse Interview: Reiser Talks to ABC's 20/20--(abc7news.com)--Even without a body, prosecutors say they have a solid case.
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Saturday, January 5, 2008

Body of missing San Jose CA woman found in Milpitas landfill

ANN LISA NGUYEN (35) - was last seen 12/08/07
Anthony Davis Evans (45) - acquaintance being held in connection with the alleged murder
SAN JOSE, California
Missing Woman's Body Found In Milpitas Landfill--(KTVU)--The body of 35-year-old Ann Lisa Nguyen was found in the Newby Island Landfill in Milpitas Wednesday at about 12:45 p.m., according to San Jose police Officer Jermaine Thomas.
Vietnamese-American's death angers community in the US--(Thanh Nien Daily)--The Vietnamese community in San Jose, the US, is agitated after the body of a murdered 35-year-old woman was found in a landfill Wednesday.
Body of missing San Jose woman found in Milpitas landfill--(San Francisco Chronicle)--Investigators found the body of a slain San Jose woman in a Milpitas landfill Wednesday after searching the site for nearly a week.
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Friday, January 4, 2008

20 yr old male college student missing

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MATTHEW J. WILSON (20) - Rice University student went missing 12/14/07
HOUSTON, Texas
Police sift through tips regarding missing Rice student--(Houston Chronicle)--Rice University police are sifting through a handful of tips that arrived Wednesday from Crime Stoppers concerning the disappearance two weeks ago of student Matthew J. Wilson.
'Diligent' Rice student is missing--(Houston Chronicle)--For three years running, Cathy Wilson has worked hard not to worry from 365 miles away when her youngest child Matthew slips into a news blackout at the end of each semester of study at Rice University.
Student Failed to Arrive Home for Christmas, and the Police Investigate--(New York Times)--Mr. Wilson, a 20-year-old computer science junior at Rice University here, had been expected at his mother’s house in Haworth, Okla., on Friday to drive to a sister’s home in Tulsa for the holiday.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

6 in Family found slain at home in Seattle

UNNAMED victims are a man and a woman in their 50s, another man and woman in their 30s, and two children: a 6-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy.
CARNATION, Washington
2 arrested in Carnation killings--(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)--The King County sheriff's office reports a man and a woman, each in their late 20s or early 30s, have been arrested for investigation of four counts of homicide in connection with six Christmas Eve slayings near Carnation east of Seattle.
Police: Pair arrested in slayings of six--(CNN)--A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the deaths of six people -- believed to be three generations of the same family -- in a rural area outside Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, authorities said.
6 in Family Are Found Slain in Home Outside Seattle--(New York Times)--Six people were found shot to death at a home in a rural part of King County on Wednesday, and investigators arrested two people they said were responsible for the killings, law enforcement officials said.
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Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Man kidnaps daughter

SALINAS, California
Man allegedly abducted daughter, stole boat--(Sacramento Bee)--A Granite Bay man is being held on $10 million bail after he allegedly kidnapped his 3-year-old daughter on Christmas Eve, took her on an illicit sailing excursion along the California coastline and ran the boat aground on a Monterey area beach. Adom Fetter, 35, apparently set sail from Alameda on Monday
Boater faces abduction charge; also accused of stealing craft--(Monterey County Herald)-- Adom Fetter, 35, was being held Wednesday in Monterey County Jail in lieu of $26,000 bail, according to the Monterey County Sheriff's Office.
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Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Man set free for murder of his parents in 1988

RIVERHEAD, New York
Tankleff Freed After Posting Bail--(New York Times)--After being imprisoned nearly half his life for the murders of his parents, crimes he insists he did not commit, Martin H. Tankleff walked free on Thursday after a bail hearing here.
Martin Tankleff--(New York Times)--Martin H. Tankleff was supposed to start his senior year of high school on Sept. 7, 1988. But before dawn, his parents were bludgeoned and stabbed during a rampage in their home on a cliff overlooking Long Island Sound.
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