BENNETT, COLORADO: TEEN DAUGHTER ESCAPES FROM EDWARD DAVIDSON

Map from The Denver Post

Officers at the murder scene in Bennett. (Joe Amon, The Denver Post)

Chris Schneider / The Rocky
A flatbed truck hauls away an SUV from the crime scene about 20 miles east of Denver.

Teen tells tale of terror, tragedy
'Spam King' promised gifts before killing wife, 3-year-old and himself
By Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
News staff writers Bill Scanlon, Carrie Porter, Tillie Fong and David Accomazzo contributed to this story.
Friday, July 25, 2008

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The 12-page Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office report that recounts the 16-year-old's recollections does not name her or her 7-month-old brother. But it paints a vivid sequence of events leading up to the burst of violence in the gravel driveway at 43042 E. Arkansas Place, the home where Davidson lived with his family, and where he ran his business before his world unraveled.

Thursday began with a phone call. Davidson told his wife that he was going to turn himself in to authorities. But he wanted to see his family first. Hill was reluctant, but she agreed to bring the children and meet him at the Home Depot at 6000 S. Gun Club Road.

It was about 9:45 a.m. Hill and the children were in the Toyota when Davidson pulled up in a beat-up old green car. He muscled his way into the driver's seat of the Toyota, shoving Hill to the passenger side, and drove off.

Bailey, his 3-year-old daughter, sat buckled in a car seat behind him. In the middle of the back seat, facing backward, was the car seat that held his 7-month-old son. Davidson's 16-year-old daughter sat on the passenger side in the back seat.

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As he pulled into the driveway leading to their former home, Hill asked him why they were there. Then he stopped, stepped out of the driver's door and pointed the gun at Hill.

She lunged for the gun, but he fired, hitting her in the head. Hill fell dead on the ground outside the passenger door of the Toyota. Then he turned and fired at his oldest daughter, but somehow she squirmed away at just the right instant and the bullet just cut the flesh on the back of her neck. Davidson turned to 3-year-old Bailey, strapped in her car seat and killed her.

By then, the teenager was out the door, running for her life. She hustled about a quarter mile to the closest home, where Denver police officer Jeff Cook, a nine-year veteran, lives.

THIS IS A SAD PORTRAIT OF A COWARD AND A BRAVE TEENAGE GIRL...
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ORLANDO: CAYLEE MYSTERY, CASEY AND CINDY ARGUE ON JAIL PHONE

THE ANTHONY FAMILY: WHO IS TELLING THE TRUTH?
Inset on a photo of the missing Caylee Anthony
(left) Casey Anthony, Caylee's mother
(middle) Cindy Anthony, Caylee's grandmother, Casey's mother
(right) Lee Anthony, Casey's brother

Missing Florida Girl's Mother, Grandmother Argue in Jailhouse Phone Call
Friday, July 25, 2008
Associated Press

ORLANDO — The mother of a missing 2-year-old Orlando girl told family that she didn't know the whereabouts of her child in a contentious telephone call from jail released Friday.

Casey Anthony, 22, is being held on $500,000 bond after investigators said she lied to them and did not report daughter Caylee Marie Anthony missing for more than a month.

In the July 16 call released by the Orange County Corrections Department, Caylee's grandmother, Cindy Anthony, complained to her daughter that she wasn't telling her where the toddler was. Casey Anthony responded angrily that she didn't know where the girl was.

"Are you kidding me?" Casey Anthony said.

Cindy Anthony responded, "Don't waste your call to scream and holler at me."
She added that her daughter's incarceration is her own fault.

"You're blaming me that you're sitting in the jail? Blame yourself for telling lies," Cindy Anthony said.

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Click here to listen to the first 911 call on MyFOXOrlando.com.
Click here to listen to the other 911 calls on MyFOXOrlando.com.
Click here for a transcript of the first 911 call.
Click here for a transcript of the second 911 call.
Click here for a transcript of the third 911 call.

She told a dispatcher that she had just found Casey, who had been missing for a month, as well as the car she was driving, which had been towed. She also expressed concern that her granddaughter was not with Casey.

She called 911 again about an hour later, crying, after she said Casey Anthony finally told her Caylee had been missing for a month.

READ, LISTEN TO 911 CALLS, HELP IF YOU CAN...

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HONOR KILLINGS ARE MURDER: UNACCEPTABLE IN A FREE AMERICA!

Beware of these men! They are killers!AP/Irving Police Department
Yaser Abdel Said, on the run after allegedly murdering his two daughters and leaving them to die in his taxi

Clayton County Police
Chaudhry Rashid accused of killing his own daughter for dishonoring family.

AP / FILE: Zein Isa in 1989Palestinian immigrant living in St. Louis, responsible for killing of his 16-year old daughter Palestina

Murder in the Family: Honor Killings in America
Saturday, July 26, 2008
FOX NEWS. COM

When she was just 19, Sandeela Kanwal traveled from America to Pakistan for an arranged marriage to a cousin twice her age.

Less than six years later, she was dead — strangled — and her father, Chaudhry Rashid, was arrested by police as the suspect for what some have called an "honor killing."

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The United Nations estimates that as many as 5,000 women are murdered in such honor killings each year for offenses like immodesty or refusing an arranged marriage. They may be on the rise in the U.S., as seen anecdotally in Kanwal's death and a handful of other prominent attacks:

• Fifty-year-old Yaser Abdel Said became the focus of a massive manhunt after he allegedly killed his teenage daughters Sarah and Amina — for dating boys against his will.

• Zein Isa, a Palestinian terrorist who lived in St. Louis, was convicted of killing his daughter Palestina in 1989. Investigators say he was furious she had a black boyfriend, went to a school dance and got a job at Wendy's.

• Waheed Mohammad, a 22-year-old immigrant from Afghanistan, was shamed by his sister, who he thought was a "bad Muslim girl."

To see more on honor killings in America, watch FOX News' special documentary, "Murder in the Family: Honor Killings in America,"
airing 8 p.m. EDT Saturday, July 26, at 8 and 11 p.m. EDT Sunday.
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CHOMP HAS THOUGHTS ON THIS TOPIC First, as an American, living in America, no man in this country has "the right" to kill women for any reason. "Honor killing"is such a backward, uneducated, ancient belief system in a world where we cure illness, have cell phones and HDTV, where we travel the world, drive cars, have access to learn anything, where women can make their own lives without permission from anyone!

If you wish to maintain ancient, outdated beliefs, then America is not the country you need to live in! When you move to this beautiful country, leave your old ideals to the old country. What was your reason to live here if you did not wish to enjoy and partake of America's dreams and America's benefits?

America is a freedom-based society; your women are free to do as they wish here!

Don't you get it?

WASHINGTON: WOLF PACK RETURNS AFTER 70 YEARS

Gray Wolf - Canis lupis

Photo by Gary Kramer, USFWS

Photo courtesy Conservation Northwest
Wolf pups, which are dubbed the "Lookout Pack," play in this photo from a remote camera in western Okanogan County

Wolf pair confirmed in Okanogan County

Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 9:18 a.m. PDT

Updated: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 2:06 p.m. PDT

OLYMPIA - Two adult animals located and radio-collared July 18 in western Okanogan County are wild, gray wolves, genetic tests have confirmed.

After 10 years of conducting wildlife surveys using remote cameras, Conservation Northwest has captured photographs of six wolf pups residing in the North Cascades.

In response to consistent wolf sighting reports in recent years, staff at Conservation Northwest coordinated with agency biologists and local volunteers to place four remote cameras in the North Cascades.

Information from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) indicates an adult male also has been photographed with a remote camera where the six pups were photographed.

Volunteers conducting a routine camera check Sunday evening (July 20) discovered several images of wolf pups and a recently collared male adult, possibly the sire, said Conservation Northwest officials.

They also recorded sounds of wolf pup howls. The wolf pack, dubbed the "Lookout Pack" by agency scientists, is the first documented, resident wolf pack in Washington State since the 1930s.

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Tissue and hair samples were collected from the two animals and submitted for DNA testing to confirm that the animals were pure wolves.

Preliminary results from additional genetic testing indicate the two wolves likely originated from British Columbia-Alberta populations. More comprehensive testing is currently being conducted to determine more specific information.

Radio tracking collars placed on the wolves allow biologists to monitor the animals' location and activity.

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Anyone wishing to report a possible wolf sighting or activity should call the toll-free wolf reporting hotline at 1-888-584-9038. Those with concerns about possible wolf-caused livestock depredation should call the USDA Wildlife Services in Olympia at (360) 753-9884 or the USFWS in Spokane at (509) 891-6839.

EXCITING NEWS FOR WOLF ENTHUSIASTS...

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For more information about gray wolves in Washington, visit http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/diversty/soc/gray_wolf/.

Toll-free 'Wolf Reporting Hotline' for Washington 1- 888- 584- 9038

COLORADO: EDWARD DAVIDSON, SPAM KING MURDER-SUICIDE

Eddie Davidson escaped from a federal work camp Sunday.This picture provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows Edward "Eddie" Davidson. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service)

Neighbors say the family, known to them as "the Hills," moved from this house on 35 acres more than six months ago. They "stayed to themselves," neighbors said. Davidson was sentenced to 21 months in the federal prison work camp in Florence and began serving his term in May. He pleaded guilty to tax evasion.

Chris Schneider / The Rocky
Investigators remove a body from the scene of a murder-suicide near Bennett on Thursday. The three dead people were prison escapee Edward Davidson, his wife and 3-year-old daughter.

Chris Schneider / The Rocky
Arapahoe County deputy Michael Chick stands Thursday at the driveway leading to a home that was part of the scene of the murder-suicide.

Escapee kills family, self
Internet "Spam King," wife and daughter found shot dead near Bennett; teen injured By Kieran Nicholson, Howard Pankratz and Carlos Illescas / The Denver Post

Article Last Updated: 07/25/2008, 06:13:51 AM MDT

BENNETT — Just four days after escaping a federal minimum-security work camp, Internet "Spam King" Eddie Davidson fatally shot his wife and child and wounded a teenage girl before turning the gun on himself.

Sheriff's deputies responded to a report of gunfire south of the small plains town of Bennett about 11:15 a.m. Thursday and found Davidson, 29-year-old Amy Lee Ann Hill and their 3-year-old daughter shot to death.

Davidson's most recent spam business, Power Promoters, was based at his residence near Bennett, about 25 miles east of Denver.

Arapahoe County Undersheriff Mark Campbell said the bodies were found near a Toyota Sequoia sport utility vehicle in the driveway of Davidson's former home. Davidson's body was beside the driver's door, a pistol nearby, and his wife's body fell near the passenger side.

A 3-year-old girl was dead in the vehicle. A boy, about 7 months old, was unharmed in a car seat in the SUV, Campbell said.

A teenage girl, shot in the neck, escaped by running to a neighbor's home, the Sheriff's Office said.

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Neighbors said Davidson and his family had moved from the house more than six months ago. The family was known as "the Hills" and "stayed to themselves," a neighbor said.

Media and prosecutors had dubbed Davidson the "Spam King" for years for his prolific, anonymous e-mails promoting a raft of products.

Pleaded guilty to tax evasion

Davidson had pleaded guilty to tax evasion and falsifying information about the sender of e-mail pitches for low-cost, high-risk stocks.

He was ordered in April to pay $714,139 in restitution to the IRS and sentenced to 21 months in the minimum-security federal prison camp in Florence, 90 miles south of Denver.

THIS IS A PROFILE OF A COWARD...

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_9989246

ORLANDO: CAYLEE ANTHONY STILL MISSING, MOTHER IS NO HELP

July 21: Police are still searching for 2-year-old Caylee Anthony after her disappearance went unreported for more than a month. TODAY’s Ann Curry talks to Caylee’s family and the attorney for her mother.
Today Show

Mother does not know where Caylee Anthony is, defense attorney says
Amy L. Edwards, Walter Pacheco and Sara K. Clarke Sentinel Staff Writers
3:37 PM EDT, July 21, 2008

Casey Anthony does not know where her missing 2-year-old daughter is, but she wants out of jail so she can join the search in finding the girl, defense attorney Jose Baez said at a press conference this afternoon.

Baez, who is representing the 22-year-old mother, said Anthony is "willing to cooperate fully" with law enforcement. But their assistance, he said, should be used to help find Caylee Marie Anthony and not prosecute his client.

Caylee has reportedly been missing since June 9. Anthony was arrested Wednesday after telling Orange County sheriff's detectives a string of lies about her daughter's disappearance.

When asked why his client lied to detectives, Baez said, "I'm aware and I have to save that for her defense."

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Baez said he has requested a sketch artist to depict the babysitter, who may have ties to Miami; Bradenton; Gainesville; Charlotte, N.C.; Brooklyn and New York City.

Earlier today, Anthony's mother, Cindy Anthony, told the Orlando Sentinel there may be ties to coastal cities. Anthony said her daughter told several people Caylee was at the beach, and so they are spreading the word to East and Gulf Coast communities.

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Padilla said deputies are still operating under the hope that Caylee is alive. He said help from Caylee's mother is key to finding the child but that she has "not done anything to facilitate us locating this child."

WILL CAYLEE ANTHONY VANISH LIKE MADDIE McCANN?
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-bk-caylee-marie-anthony-missing-072108,0,5728292.story

WEBSITE: HELP FIND CAYLEE
http://www.helpfindcaylee.com/help

EL PASO: JENEESA LEWIS STABBED, BEATEN, KIDNAPPED BY HUSBAND

After allegedly being kidnapped by her estranged husband, Clinton Lewis, inset, Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis, left, reportedly convinced him to return to Texas and surrender himself to authorities.(ABC / El Paso Police Department,AP Photo)

Soldier Survives 3-Day Kidnap Trek to Vegas
Fort Bliss Soldier Convinces Abusive Husband to Return to Texas and Surrender
By DAVID SCHOETZJuly 21, 2008

A female Fort Bliss soldier survived being beaten and stabbed during a three-day ordeal in which her estranged husband allegedly kidnapped her, taking her as far as Las Vegas before she convinced him to return to Texas to turn himself in to police, authorities announced today.

"It was the best possible case for a horrible situation," Chris Mears, a spokesman for the El Paso Police Department, said at an afternoon news conference. "You have a woman that was viciously assaulted in her apartment and taken against her will, but is here today to tell us about it and can get on with her life."

Clinton Lewis, 34, allegedly attacked his wife, 29-year-old Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis, around 5:15 p.m. Thursday as she entered her apartment near the Texas military base, Mears said.

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Authorities say Lewis was waiting for his wife inside her apartment last Thursday evening and kicked her in the face as she walked through the door. He allegedly stabbed her at least twice in the legs with a kitchen knife and threatened to kill her before putting her in his truck and fleeing.

The alleged abductor then drove about 650 miles to Las Vegas, where they checked into a motel. Sometime Saturday night, Mears said, Jeneesa convinced her husband to return to El Paso, and the pair boarded a Texas-bound bus.

Jeneesa was reported missing Friday after the mother of three -- including a 4-year-old son she had with Lewis -- failed to show up for work at Fort Bliss and fellow soldiers went to her apartment to look for her. The unit was locked and police were called. Authorities forced their way into the apartment and found blood stains and evidence of a struggle.

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Lewis had followed his wife to Fort Bliss after she joined the military, in part, to escape the abusive relationship, Jeneesa's sister said. He moved into her apartment in Texas and even managed to get his name on her lease, according to Jeneesa's sister.

CLINTON LEWIS, A DANGEROUS MAN - JENEESA LEWIS, A LUCKY WOMAN...

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