MARTHA "SUNNY" von BULOW: DEAD AFTER 28 YEARS IN COMA

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Martha Crawford “Sunny” von Bulow died after 28 years in a coma.

Sunny von Bulow is pictured during her 1957 wedding to Prince Alfred von Auersperg.

The von Bulow family

In this August 1981 file photo, Martha "Sunny" von Bulow is seen in Providence, R.I. The heiress died Dec. 6 after almost three decades in a coma. (AP File Photo)

Claus von Bulow and companion Andrea Reynolds after von Bulow was found not guilty of attempting to murder Sunny von Bulow. (AP Images)

"Reversal of Fortune," 1990 film about Sonny Von Bulow, her life with Claus Von Bulow, her insulin-induced coma, the attempted-murder trial. This film, starring Glenn Close as "Sunny" von Bulow, and Jeremy Irons as Claus von Bulow, was based on a book by von Bulow's attorney, Alan Dershowitz.

Martha Crawford von Bulow, famed heiress dies at 76
‘Tragic ending’ to von Bulow saga
By Laura CrimaldiSunday, December 7, 2008

The notorious aristocrat at the center of the von Bulow “Trial of the Century” greeted the news of his ex-wife’s death with sadness, his famous lawyer said yesterday.

“It’s a tragic ending to a tragic story,” said Claus von Bulow’s former attorney, Harvard law professor Alan M. Dershowitz. “Claus was falsely accused of something that he didn’t do and I was privileged to represent him. This is not a day for celebration. There are not happy endings in these situations.”

Martha Crawford “Sunny” von Bulow died after 28 years in the coma her husband once was alleged to have caused with insulin injections. He was acquitted in 1985.

Dershowitz said he spoke to von Bulow after news broke about his ex-wife’s death at a Manhattan nursing home. He said von Bulow, now 82, is raising grandchildren, writing occasional theater and opera reviews, and living the life of a “retired old gentleman” in London.

Von Bulow and his only daughter with Sunny, Cosima Pavoncelli, 41, have kept in touch with Dershowitz since 1984, when the Rhode Island Supreme Court granted a new trial in the sensational attempted murder case.

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Her three children, Pavoncelli, Ala Isham, and Alexander von Auersperg issued a statement announcing Sunny’s death.

“We were blessed to have an extraordinarily loving and caring mother. She was especially devoted to her many friends and family members,” the children said.

“We are grateful to our mother’s private duty nurses and to the staffs of New York Columbia Presbyterian Hospital and Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home, who cared for our mother while she was in a persistent vegetative state for the past 28 years,” the statement said.

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OJ SIMPSON SENTENCE: 15 YEARS IN PRISON, NO MORE SMILING!

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AP / Oct. 1: / O.J. Simpson and his attorney Yale Galanter appear during Simpson's trial at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas.

Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass (AP)

OJ SIMPSON SENTENCED
Conspiracy to commit a crime
Conspiracy to kidnap
Two counts of first degree kidnapping
Burglary in possession of a deadly weapon
Two counts of armed robbery
Two counts of assault with a deadly weapon

O J Simpson talks to Judge before sentencing / YouTube.com



O.J. Simpson Sentenced to at Least 15 Years for Armed Robbery and Kidnapping
FoxNews.Com / Friday, December 05, 2008

O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to at least 15 years in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping in a failed attempt to recover sports memorabilia from two collectibles dealers.

There will be the possibility of parole after six years, Judge Jackie Glass said.

His co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart received the same sentence.

Before the judge handed down his sentence, Simpson apologized to her and the Las Vegas court after learning he won't be able to be freed on bail if he appeals.

Simpson appeared at the hearing in a blue prison jumpsuit, shackles and handcuffs.

"I stand before you today sorry," an emotional Simpson told Glass, fighting back tears. "I am apologetic to the people of Nevada. ... When I came here, I came here for a wedding. I didn't come to reclaim property."

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Fred Goldman and his daughter, Kim Goldman, father and sister of murder victim Ron Goldman, the friend of Simpson's slain ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, were among the 15 members of the public to gain entry to the courtroom. Most of the 63 seats were taken by media, lawyers and family members of the defendants.

After the sentence was handed down, Fred Goldman told reporters that "this is a bittersweet moment" but spoke of the satisfaction of seeing Simpson — whom he called an "SOB" and a "monster" — in shackles.

"He'll be where he belongs, with others of his kind," Goldman said.

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CAREN RAMIREZ ABUSED OTHER CHILDREN: READ PROBATION REPORT

Caren Ramirez, the kidnapped boy's guardian, gets her booking photo in San Joaquin County. (AP Photo/ San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department)

Torture suspect had history of abusing Tracy boy, other children, court records say
By Steven Harmon and Mike Martinez Staff Writers
Posted: 12/03/2008 09:37:00 AM PST

SACRAMENTO — The guardian of the 17-year-old boy police say was tortured and abused for the past year in Tracy had previously been arrested on suspicion of beating him with martial arts sticks, a spatula, a broomstick and a clothes hanger in Sacramento County, court documents show.

A previously sealed probation report from Sacramento County Superior Court details alleged abuses committed by Caren Ramirez, 43, who was arrested Tuesday night in Berkeley in connection with the case.

Ramirez had been previously identified as the boy's aunt, but police said late Wednesday that Ramirez is not a blood relation but had been granted custody of the boy by his mother before her death.

Sheriff's deputies responded to two separate calls to Ramirez's Citrus Heights home in an eight-month period from late 2005 to May 2006, in which her 16-year-old stepson, identified in court records as Austin, and the boy known as her nephew, Kyle, reported being beaten by her.

Kyle, the boy discovered in Tracy, had been abused by his father and placed in the care of Ramirez by Children's Protective Services in Sacramento County, said Matt Robinson, a spokesman for the city of Tracy.

The boy was then abused by Ramirez — who was subsequently charged and sentenced in a plea deal — before being moved into a second foster home.

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SARASOTA: SABINA MUSIL-BUEHLER MISSING FROM ANNA MARIA ISLAND

Anna Maria Island is the northern most island in the Florida's Sarasota area. It has a quaint village atmosphere that's both welcoming and relaxed. It is split into several areas with different names.

Tom Buehler and Sabine Musil-Buehler at Haley's Motel. Islander File Photo: Molly McCartney

Haley's Motel co-owner Sabina Musil-Buehler was a regular at this theatre.

Robert Corona, the man police say was found with Sabine Musil-Buehler's car.

Haley's Motel owner missing
by Lisa Neff. Islander Reporter / Date of Issue: November 12, 2008

Sabine Musil-Buehler, the co-owner of Haley’s Motel in Holmes Beach, was officially reported missing early Nov. 6.

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Her car was reportedly found early Nov. 6 behind the Gator Bar, which is on 14th Street in Bradenton. MCSO spokesperson Dave Bristow confirmed Monday, Nov. 10, that forensics tests revealed blood was found in several locations and on the seat belt of Musi-Buehler’s car.

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A report from the sheriff’s office stated that the patrol deputy noticed the vehicle with no taillights and attempted to conduct a traffic stop.

The driver pulled over, but walked away.

The deputy told him to stop, but the man continued to walk away, and eventually began to run. The deputy, with assistance, pursued and the driver was eventually found hiding under a parked truck on 11th Street West.

The man, Robert Corona, 38, was arrested for resisting arrest and driving on a license that had been suspended for failure to pay a fine.

Corona allegedly first told deputies that he had been partying with Musil-Buehler, according to a report in the Bradenton Herald.

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Buehler, who is separated from his wife, filed the missing person’s report on Nov. 6, saying he had not seen Musil-Buehler since Nov. 4.

His wife is widely known on the Island — an active member of the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce, a member of a garden club, an advocate for property-tax relief, a participant in Holmes Beach Police Department’s missing children alert program, a volunteer for Turtle Watch, and, most recently, the host of one of the Island’s largest Halloween celebrations at the hotel.

LET'S BRING SABINA MUSIL-BUEHLER HOME. CAN YOU HELP? HAVE YOU SEEN HER?

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call MCSO at 941-747-3011 or to call Crime Stoppers at 866-634-TIPS.

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TRACY, CA: TORTURED, CHAINED TEEN ESCAPES, BEGS FOR HELP

Lea Leonardo, assistant general manager at In-Shape Sport in Tracy, Calif., describes on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 how a young man wearing only boxer shorts and covered with dried blood, cuts, burns and bruises and wearing a chain around one ankle came into the facility on Monday, Dec. 1 and asked for help. Tracy police report that he apparently was being held against his will at a home adjacent to the fitness club. (Jim Stevens/Staff)

Chuck Ellis, district manager for In-Shape Sport in Tracy, Calif., describes on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, how a young man wearing only boxer shorts and covered with dried blood, cuts, burns and bruises and wearing a chain around one ankle came into the facility on Monday, December 1, 2008, and asked for help. He offered the boy refuge in his office until police arrived. Tracy police report that the youth apparently was being held aganist his will at a home adjacent to the fitness club. (Jim Stevens/Staff)

In-Shape Sports Club, Tracy, California (From Christine H.)

Tracy teen found with chain padlocked to foot says he escaped torture
Some reports say boy in critical condition
By Mike MartinezSan Joaquin Herald
Posted: 12/01/2008 09:28:16 PM PST

TRACY — Police have arrested a Tracy couple in connection with a case involving a teen boy who — wearing only a pair of baggy boxers and carrying a heavy chain padlocked to his ankle — stumbled into a local gym Monday, asking employees to hide him.

Kelly Lau-Schumacher, 30, and Michael Schumacher, 34, face charges of torture, kidnapping, false imprisonment, child endangerment and corporal injury to a child, according to police spokesman Matt Robinson. They are each being held on $1.185 million bail. Another woman, Caren Ramirez, is apparently the boy's aunt and is being sought by police for possibly having a role in the boy's kidnapping.

The teen, whose name hasn't been released, was reported missing from a Sacramento foster home in 2007. He was apparently picked up by the Tracy couple, witnesses said.

When he wandered into the In-Shape City Sports Club, 101 S. Tracy Blvd., around 3:30 p.m. Monday, he was wearing only flesh-colored boxers. He had visible cuts and burns on his back and was described as being emaciated and covered in soot, dried blood, feces and urine, police said. He was taken to Sutter Tracy Community Hospital and was expected to be transferred to Children's Hospital Oakland, authorities said. According to some news reports, he was in critical condition.

He immediately began begging Assistant Manager Lea Leonardo to hide him and said people were going to catch him. She sensed the urgency and immediately dialed 911 as the boy curled into a fetal position on the floor underneath the counter.

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TRACY, CA: BOY, 17, CHAINED, TORTURED IN HOME OF KELLY LAU, MICHAEL SCHMACHER

Police arrested a husband-wife pair in the kidnapping and torture of a 17-year-old California boy. A third woman, Karen Ramirez, is also being sought in the case. (Courtesy San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office)

Police are seeking this woman, Caren Ramirez, who is apparently the boy's aunt and may have had a role in his kidnapping. She is described as a 43-year-old woman, about 5 feet tall, weighing 100 pounds. (Photo contributed by Tracy Police Department).

The home at 630 Tennis Lane from which police report that a youth escaped on Monday, Dec. 1 by climbing over the back fence and seeking refuge at In-Shape Sport in Tracy, Calif. Tracy police report that he apparently was being held against his will at the home adjacent to the fitness club. (Jim Stevens/Staff)

Police say a bruised, emaciated teen boy wandered to this gym after being held in a home in Tracy, California.

Couple Arrested in Chained Teen Case
By MICHELLE LOCKE and MARCUS WOHLSEN , AP / Associated Press

TRACY, Calif. (Dec. 2) - A Girl Scout leader and her husband were arrested after an emaciated, terrified and nearly naked 17-year-old showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, saying he had just fled his captors, authorities said Tuesday.

Police were also seeking the boy's aunt and had an outstanding felony warrant against her for an earlier alleged assault against the teen.

The boy, who authorities said ran away from a Sacramento foster home last year, came into the In-Shape Sports Club in Tracy on Monday wearing only boxer briefs and covered in what appeared to be soot, gym manager Chuck Ellis said. Tracy is about 70 miles south of Sacramento.
Ellis said the teen was scared someone was going to come after him and asked to be hidden.

"He said, 'Don't let them get me, don't let them get me,'" Ellis said. "He was totally terrified."

The boy said he had been held captive for nearly a year, said Ellis, adding that he looked as if he was only 10 to 12 years old.

Authorities said they believe the boy had been chained to a car seat but picked up a dropped key, unlocked himself and fled when the car stopped.

Police arrested Kelly Layne Lau, 30, and Michael Schumacher, 34, late Monday after questioning the couple. A subsequent search of their nearby home found further evidence implicating them, said Tracy police spokesman Matt Robinson, who would not describe what officers found.

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