Following New Lead, Illinois Authorities Dig for Body of Stacy Peterson
Published June 05, 2010 / FOXNews.com
DEVELOPING: Authorities in rural Illinois began digging Saturday for the remains of missing woman Stacy Peterson, Fox News has confirmed.
Following a new lead in the woman's disappearance, authorities are searching for "human remains" in an area east of Peoria, Ill., the Chicago Sun-Times reported Saturday.
Sources reportedly told the newspaper that investigators, using dogs, searched a hunting ground east of Peoria on Friday and then returned Saturday to dig in a specific area.
Peterson disappeared in October 2007. Her case drew national attention after her husband Drew Peterson, a 56-year-old ex-cop, was named a suspect in both her disappearance and the death of a previous wife.
"There is a search underway for human remains, however no human remains have been located at this point," Peoria County Coroner Johanna Ingersoll told the newspaper.
As state police scoured the rural area on Saturday, Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, called the situation "patently ridiculous."
Brodsky said Peterson's position is that Stacy ran off with another man.
"The current report about Stacy Peterson is just another in a long line of baseless allegations against Drew Peterson," Brodsky said in a statement Saturday.
"Ever since Stacy disappeared there have been numerous rumors, gossip and reports about Drew Peterson. The one thing all of these stories have in common is that they always prove to be false and there are never any facts or evidence to back them up," he said
Peterson is scheduled to go on trial next month on charges of killing his third wife, Kathleen Savio. No one has been charged in Stacy Peterson's case.
READ: WILL STACY PETERSON EVER BE FOUND?
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/05/following-new-lead-illinois-authorities-dig-body-stacy-peterson/
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
RENO: JAMES BIELA, DEATH FOR KILLING BRIANNA DENISON; I APPROVE!
Death penalty for James Biela
posted on: June 3, 2010
Death for James Biela. Justice for Bri.
The blue-ribbon-lined buttons bearing Brianna Denison's smiling face that appeared on the lapels of dozens of people in the courtroom after the verdict summed it up."It's what we wanted," said Lauren Denison, Brianna's aunt.
"It turned out right," said Barbara Zunino, Brianna's grandmother.
"Justice was served," said retired Reno police Detective Adam Wygnanski, one of the lead investigators on the case. "The jury had a tough job and they did it."
After three-and-a-half weeks of trial, testimony from 60 witnesses and nine hours of deliberations, the seven-woman, five-man jury rejected his lawyers' calls for life without parole and sentenced Biela to death for the 2008 rape and murder of 19-year-old Denison.
On the verdict form, the jurors acknowledged that Biela experienced a cruel and painful childhood but still agreed that he should die by lethal injection.
After the decision was announced, Judge Robert Perry told everyone in the courtroom: "My heart goes out to all of the innocent people who have been touched by this tragedy." He set July 30 for sentencing Beila on the kidnapping and two counts of sexual assault on other women.
READ: THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF BRIANNA DENISON...
The Bring Bri Justice Foundation will use all available resources to help our community and their families by raising awareness about violent crimes, personal safety, and ensuring justice is served.
http://www.briannadenison.org/
posted on: June 3, 2010
Death for James Biela. Justice for Bri.
The blue-ribbon-lined buttons bearing Brianna Denison's smiling face that appeared on the lapels of dozens of people in the courtroom after the verdict summed it up."It's what we wanted," said Lauren Denison, Brianna's aunt.
"It turned out right," said Barbara Zunino, Brianna's grandmother.
"Justice was served," said retired Reno police Detective Adam Wygnanski, one of the lead investigators on the case. "The jury had a tough job and they did it."
After three-and-a-half weeks of trial, testimony from 60 witnesses and nine hours of deliberations, the seven-woman, five-man jury rejected his lawyers' calls for life without parole and sentenced Biela to death for the 2008 rape and murder of 19-year-old Denison.
On the verdict form, the jurors acknowledged that Biela experienced a cruel and painful childhood but still agreed that he should die by lethal injection.
After the decision was announced, Judge Robert Perry told everyone in the courtroom: "My heart goes out to all of the innocent people who have been touched by this tragedy." He set July 30 for sentencing Beila on the kidnapping and two counts of sexual assault on other women.
READ: THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF BRIANNA DENISON...
The Bring Bri Justice Foundation will use all available resources to help our community and their families by raising awareness about violent crimes, personal safety, and ensuring justice is served.
http://www.briannadenison.org/
JORAN van der SLOOT: CAPTURED FOR DEATH OF STEPHANY FLORES IN HIS ROOM
Joran Van Der Sloot ARRESTED In Peru Murder Case
FRANK BAJAK and FRANKLIN BRICENO
06/ 3/10 09
Associated Press writers Eva Vergara in Santiago, Chile, Carla Salazar in Lima, Kendall Weaver in Montgomery, Alabama, Mike Warren in Buenos Aires and Michael Melia in San Juan, Puerto Rico, contributed to this report.
LIMA, Peru — He was the last person to see two young women alive – one in Aruba, one in Peru exactly five years later, police say. Joran van der Sloot was caught in a taxi Thursday, several days drive and a country away from the Lima hotel room where the second woman was found face down with a broken neck.
A fixture on TV true-crime shows after Natalee Holloway's disappearance in Aruba, the 22-year-old Dutchman did not speak or even turn his head when photographers shouted his name as Chilean police escorted him, without handcuffs, into a Santiago office for questioning.
Aruban authorities didn't prosecute van der Sloot even after he was caught on video saying he had asked a friend to dump Holloway's body. The Alabama woman's family was outraged by how Aruban authorities handled the case, and now the family of another young woman wants justice.
Van der Sloot was arrested the same day he was charged in Alabama with trying to extort $250,000 in return for giving the location of Holloway's body and describing the circumstances of Holloway's death. Federal prosecutors did not say who was allegedly extorted but filed a sworn statement saying that van der Sloot got a partial payment of $15,000 wired to a Netherlands bank.
"This isn't a coincidence, this murder," Stephany Flores' anguished father, Lima entertainment impresario Ricardo Flores, told reporters after van der Sloot's arrest.
READ: JORAN van der SLOOT AND THE MURDER OF STEPHANY FLORES...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/03/joran-van-der-sloot-prime_n_598881.html
FRANK BAJAK and FRANKLIN BRICENO
06/ 3/10 09
Associated Press writers Eva Vergara in Santiago, Chile, Carla Salazar in Lima, Kendall Weaver in Montgomery, Alabama, Mike Warren in Buenos Aires and Michael Melia in San Juan, Puerto Rico, contributed to this report.
LIMA, Peru — He was the last person to see two young women alive – one in Aruba, one in Peru exactly five years later, police say. Joran van der Sloot was caught in a taxi Thursday, several days drive and a country away from the Lima hotel room where the second woman was found face down with a broken neck.
A fixture on TV true-crime shows after Natalee Holloway's disappearance in Aruba, the 22-year-old Dutchman did not speak or even turn his head when photographers shouted his name as Chilean police escorted him, without handcuffs, into a Santiago office for questioning.
Aruban authorities didn't prosecute van der Sloot even after he was caught on video saying he had asked a friend to dump Holloway's body. The Alabama woman's family was outraged by how Aruban authorities handled the case, and now the family of another young woman wants justice.
Van der Sloot was arrested the same day he was charged in Alabama with trying to extort $250,000 in return for giving the location of Holloway's body and describing the circumstances of Holloway's death. Federal prosecutors did not say who was allegedly extorted but filed a sworn statement saying that van der Sloot got a partial payment of $15,000 wired to a Netherlands bank.
"This isn't a coincidence, this murder," Stephany Flores' anguished father, Lima entertainment impresario Ricardo Flores, told reporters after van der Sloot's arrest.
READ: JORAN van der SLOOT AND THE MURDER OF STEPHANY FLORES...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/03/joran-van-der-sloot-prime_n_598881.html
Monday, May 31, 2010
BERESFORD-REDMAN: MEMORIAL FOR MONICA, BRUCE LEAVES MEXICO
Memorial for Monica Beresford-Redman
Husband, Bruce Beresford-Redman, questioned.
Reporter: Christina Gonzalez / Text Story by: City News
MyFOXla.com / Monday, 31 May 2010
Culver City - A private memorial service was held Sunday afternoon to honor Monica Beresford-Redman, whose husband is considered a person of interest in her death in Cancun.
Dozens of Beresford-Redman's friends streamed into the service at the Agape International Spiritual Center, which was closed to the media. But outside Agape, her sister and friends remembered her as a wonderful person a vowed to see that "justice is done."
Beresford-Redman's body was found beaten and strangled in a sewer April 8, on what would have been her 42nd birthday. Her husband, former "Survivor" producer and "Pimp My Ride" co-creator Bruce Beresford-Redman, has been questioned in the killing, but no charges have been filed.
Despite reports Bruce Beresford-Redman had been ordered to remain in Mexico pending the outcome of the investigation, he returned to Los Angeles last week and was spending time with his two children at the family's home in Rancho Palos Verdes.
READ UPDATE: SURVIVOR PRODUCER LEFT MEXICO, WHO KILLED MONICA BERESFORD-REDMAN?
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/monica-beresford-redman-memorial-service-20100530
Husband, Bruce Beresford-Redman, questioned.
Reporter: Christina Gonzalez / Text Story by: City News
MyFOXla.com / Monday, 31 May 2010
Culver City - A private memorial service was held Sunday afternoon to honor Monica Beresford-Redman, whose husband is considered a person of interest in her death in Cancun.
Dozens of Beresford-Redman's friends streamed into the service at the Agape International Spiritual Center, which was closed to the media. But outside Agape, her sister and friends remembered her as a wonderful person a vowed to see that "justice is done."
Beresford-Redman's body was found beaten and strangled in a sewer April 8, on what would have been her 42nd birthday. Her husband, former "Survivor" producer and "Pimp My Ride" co-creator Bruce Beresford-Redman, has been questioned in the killing, but no charges have been filed.
Despite reports Bruce Beresford-Redman had been ordered to remain in Mexico pending the outcome of the investigation, he returned to Los Angeles last week and was spending time with his two children at the family's home in Rancho Palos Verdes.
READ UPDATE: SURVIVOR PRODUCER LEFT MEXICO, WHO KILLED MONICA BERESFORD-REDMAN?
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/local/monica-beresford-redman-memorial-service-20100530
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