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."

(snip)

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.

(snip)

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.

(snip)

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.

(snip)

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...

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=5416199&page=2

ORLANDO: CAYLEE ANTHONY, DID MOM KILL HER OR SELL HER?

Caylee Anthony's Picture Montage (7/18)
Caylee Anthony's family hands out fliers of the missing 2-year-old
Friends and family of missing Caylee Anthony gather to pass out fliers in the parking lot of Publix at Lake Underhill Road and Chickasaw Trail in Orlando on Saturday. Caylee's uncle, Lee Anthony, talks to supporters, while wearing a Trenton Duckett T-shirt to remind people of the boy who went missing from Leesburg. (STEPHEN M. DOWELL, ORLANDO SENTINEL / July 19, 2008)

Backyard of Caylee Anthony's grandparents (7/18)

Lawyer for Missing Florida Toddler's Mother Suggests Little Caylee Might Be Out of State
FOX NEWS.COM / Saturday, July 19, 2008

A 2-year-old missing for more than a month may no longer be in central Florida and could even have been taken out of state, her mother's attorney said.

Casey Marie Anthony's lawyer, Jose Baez, suggested his client's toddler daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony, might be in Miami; Charlotte, N.C.; or even New York City, according to MyFOXOrlando.com.

• Click here to view video.

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Baez did not explain why he believes the child might be outside the area where she lived. He said the investigation into Caylee's disappearance has been hindered by her 22-year-old mother's imprisonment.

"I think her detention is actually hampering the search," Baez told MyFOXOrlando.com. "It's just counterproductive."

Orange County detectives spent Friday digging through the backyard of Caylee's grandparents, Cindy and George Anthony, in hopes of turning up clues in the child's disappearance.

Cadaver dogs were at the scene, and several items were removed from the Orlando home, which became the focus of the investigation after a neighbor said Casey Anthony had borrowed a shovel about a month ago. Police found and took the shovel as evidence.

IS LITTLE CAYLEE ANTHONY DEAD OR ALIVE?
CAN WE FIND HER AND BRING HER HOME? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,386576,00.html

ANDREA CURRY-DEMUS: KILLED PREGNANT WOMAN TO STEAL BABY

AP Photo: Andrea Curry-Demus, center, is seen Thursday after being arrested at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh.

Rebecca Droke/Post-Gazette
Wilkinsburg and Allegheny County police officers stand outside the apartment of Andrea Curry-Demus in Wilkinsburg yesterday.

John Heller/Post-GazetteCrime scene investigators wait to remove a body from the apartment last night.

Wilkinsburg woman served jail time for baby theft, stabbing
By Jill King Greenwood

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Andrea Curry-Demus suffered at least three miscarriages and was desperate for a baby.

During the past two decades, she stabbed a woman in a failed attempt to steal her infant and kidnapped a baby girl from a Pittsburgh hospital, court records show. This week she told police she bought a baby boy from a woman she barely knew.

But police Friday recovered the body of a woman, found face down with her hands bound with duct tape, inside the Wilkinsburg apartment where Curry-Demus, 38, lived. The baby, who was unharmed, will be released to the custody of the Allegheny County Department of Children, Youth and Families.

Outside Curry-Demus' third-floor apartment Friday, a foul, pungent odor filled the hallway and flies swarmed behind the screen of an open front window. The odor wafted to the street below.

(snip)

A troubled life

The tragedies of Curry-Demus' life are played out in court records that paint the picture of a woman so desperate for a child that she became pregnant for the first time at the age of 12. She miscarried that pregnancy at about four months and sank into a depression.

Eventually Curry-Demus, who has a limited intelligence level, according to court records, graduated from Peabody High School. She took a series of maintenance jobs at fast-food restaurants.

In 1990, at age 21, she miscarried a second time, losing the fetus at 7 months, court records state. She suffered "great physical and emotional trauma" as a result, and within months was under arrest for attacking one mother and kidnapping a second woman's 3-week-old baby.

ANDREA CURRY-DEMUS IS NOT THE BABY'S MOTHER...WHO IS?

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_578432.html

EL PASO: SOLDIER, JENEESA LEWIS, AND HUSBAND GONE MISSING

"The officers immediately saw signs of foul play," police spokesman Chris Mears said.

The police treated the apartment complex like a crime scene, using red tape and the mobile Command Center.

File Photo: Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis AP/El Paso Police Department

AP/El Paso Police Department
Police say the wife of Clinton Lewis (above), Fort Bliss soldier Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis, is missing and considered in danger.

Police: Missing Fort Bliss Soldier May Be in Danger
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Associated Press / FOXNEWS.COM

EL PASO, Texas — Police say a female Fort Bliss soldier is missing and considered in danger after she did not report for work Friday and they found evidence of foul play inside her apartment.

Authorities were searching for Pfc. Jeneesa Lewis, 29, and her husband, Clinton. El Paso Officer Chris Mears said they believe the couple is together and want to talk to her husband, Clinton Lewis, 34, about the disappearance.

Mears said investigators have been told by people who know the soldier that she and her husband, who is not in the Army, have been having marital problems.

Fort Bliss spokeswoman Jean Offutt said that when Jenessa Lewis didn't report to physical training or work, soldiers from the 5-52 Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 11th Brigade went to her off-post apartment to check on her. The apartment she shares with her husband was locked, prompting the call to police.

When police arrived just after noon, investigators found evidence of foul play, Mears said.
Mears said neither Lewis nor her husband were at the apartment. He would not discuss details of what officers found in the apartment.

Investigators are looking for a 2001 white Dodge Dakota pickup truck with Texas tags the couple is believed to be in.

Police say they believe Mr. and Mrs. Lewis could be in a

White 2001 Dodge Dakota truck with Texas plates 20ZFD7.

If Anyone has information on the case your being asked to call
El Paso Crime Stoppers at 566 TIPS.

EPIDEMIC: FEMALE SOLDIERS GONE MISSING OR MURDERED...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,386562,00.html

CAYLEE ANTHONY GONE: MOTHER LIED ABOUT EVERYTHING

Casey Marie Anthony
Caylee Marie Anthony, age 2
Orange County sheriff's crime scene investigators use a shovel today to search for clues in the backyard of the home of Caylee Marie Anthony's grandparents.. (RED HUBER, ORLANDO SENTINEL / July 18, 2008)

'Compulsive Liar' Florida Mother Arrested in Toddler's Disappearance Last Month
FOX NEWS.COM / Thursday, July 17, 2008

A Florida mother described by friends as a "habitual liar" was arrested in connection with the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter, who has been missing since June 9.

Casey Marie Anthony showed no emotion Thursday as she was ordered held without bond at the Orange County Jail, MyFOXOrlando.com reported. She was charged with child neglect and providing false information to law enforcement.

Anthony claimed she dropped off her daughter, Caylee Marie Anthony, at a friend's house but has since lost contact with the friend.

The judge scolded the mother, saying she had "no regret or concern for her actions," The Orlando-Sentinel reported.

"You left your 2-year-old child with a person who does not exist at an apartment you cannot identify and you lied to your parents about your child's whereabouts," said Judge John Jordan. "You cared so little about your child."

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She went to clubs that the baby sitter frequented and identified her as Zenaida Gonzalez, police said. But when police went to the apartment Anthony said belonged to the alleged baby sitter, they learned it had been vacant for almost five months, the newspaper reported.

When detectives caught up with Gonzalez and showed her pictures of both Anthony and her daughter, she said she did not recognize them.

In what seemed to be the latest in a string of lies, Anthony also told authorities that she worked at Universal Studios, and gave names of people who could vouch for her, according to The Orlando-Sentinel. But officials later learned she never worked at the theme park — and neither did the people she mentioned.

The Orange County Sheriff's Office is asking anyone who has seen Caylee to call the crime line at 1-800-423-TIPS.

LET'S FIND THIS BABY...WITH OR WITHOUT MOTHER'S HELP!

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,384963,00.html

CARNATION, WA: MICHELE ANDERSON KILLED FAMILY, WANTS TO DIE

Michele Anderson, second from left, pleaded not guilty to six murder charges on Christmas Eve 2007, in rural Carnation, Wash., at the King County Courthouse, in Seattle on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008

According to the affidavit, McEnroe then killed the Andersons' young children, 5-year-old Olivia and 3-year-old Nathan.

Suspect in Carnation killings seeks death penalty
By Marlee Ginter, Liz Rocca & KOMO Staff
Watch the story

Story Published: Jun 25, 2008 at 10:59 PM PDT
Story Updated: Jun 26, 2008 at 1:08 PM PDT

SEATTLE -- The woman accused of killing six members of her family on Christmas Eve 2007 wants to receive the death penalty, and she's seeking help.

Michele Anderson and her then-boyfriend Joseph McEnroe are charged in the shooting deaths of Anderson's parents, Wayne and Judy Anderson; her brother, Scott; his wife, Erica; and their children, 5-year-old Olivia and 3-year-old Nathan. Prosecutors believe long-standing bitterness and a perceived family debt fueled the tragedy.

Anderson pleaded not guilty to six counts of aggravated first-degree murder, but she contacted KOMO News from inside the King County Jail on Wednesday, claiming she wants to die.

Anderson said she wants a private attorney because her public defenders have been fighting the death penalty against her wish.

"They lied to me at the arraignment. They said I wasn't allowed to plead guilty," she said.

Her lawyers have not returned phone call seeking comment.When asked why she wants the death penalty, Anderson said, "As soon as you just provide me with an attorney to sue these guys, I'll answer all those questions and more. I mean, I want people to know why."

Several minutes later Anderson added, "It's the highest punishment. I'm taking responsibility for my actions."

(snip)

Ben Anderson, the grandson of Wayne and Judy, and uncle of the two slain children, has said if the prosecutor asks him, he will say he does not want the death penalty. He said the death penalty is "too easy" and he'd rather the pair spend the rest of their lives in prison.

SHOULD WE GRANT MICHELE ANDERSON HER WISH TO DIE?

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/21676149.html

NORTH CAROLINA: NANCY COOPER'S BODY FOUND

Nancy Cooper, a former Edmontonian woman who was found murdered in North Carolina. Here she is with Bella (left) and Katie her daughters.
Supplied/Jill Dean

NANCY COOPER AND ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS

Nancy Cooper: A family lost a loving mother, daughter, wife, friend

Cary police officer M. VanHouten wraps Brad and Nancy Cooper's house with police tape after an autopsy report came back identifying her body, which was discovered Monday night in a pond in Cary. Cooper had been reported missing since Saturday morning when she left her Lochmere home to run.
Staff Photo by Shawn Rocco

Search Warrant Executed for North Carolina Mom's House, Vehicles
FOX NEWS / Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Detectives on Wednesday searched the house and vehicles belonging to a slain North Carolina mother and her husband.

Six bags of evidence were taken from the home on Wednesday afternoon.

Click here for Jonathan Serrie's on-the-scene blog.

Authorities launched a murder investigation a day earlier, after the body of 34-year-old Nancy Cooper was found in a Wake County, N.C. cul-de-sac, near where her husband said she'd gone jogging.

The search warrant includes the house that Nancy and Brad Cooper shared, their two vehicles and forensic evidence from Brad Cooper himself.

(snip)

Nancy Cooper's parents Garry and Donna Rentz traveled from Canada over the weekend to assist in the search for the missing jogger, as did Cooper's twin sister Khrista Lister, her brother Jeff Rentz and her brother-in-law Jim Lister. Both Cooper and her husband are originally from Canada.

Though the family attended Wednesday's press conference, Bazemore said they are not ready to speak to the media.

Brad Cooper, who is staying with friends and taking care of the couple's two daughters, Bella, 4, and Katie, 1 1/2, did not attend the conference, and Bazemore said that "he's been given an open invitation, as the rest of the family has. I do not know why he's not here."

(snip)

The mother of two small girls went for a routine run early Saturday morning but did not come home to meet friends as planned, her husband said.

Bazemore said Tuesday that medical examiners confirmed the identity of the body found the previous evening by a man walking his dog miles from Cooper’s home.

"The search for our Nancy is over," Bazemore said Tuesday. "Nancy was murdered and our investigation is now a homicide."

WHO WILL BE THE 'PERSON OF INTEREST' FOR THIS HOMICIDE?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,383502,00.html

'THE FIRST 48 HOURS': JESSIE DOTSON INTERVIEW HARMFUL TO SURVIVORS

An A&E crew films police in March in the front yard at 722 Lester where six people were found slain. "They wanted Memphis because Memphis has the greatest homicide division in America," said Police Director Larry Godwin. Members of the local news media were kept behind crime scene tape.

Mike Maple / The Commercial Appeal

'First 48' airs confession, draws criticism from Lester guardian
By Trevor Aaronson (Contact),
Memphis Commercial Appeal / Wednesday, July 16, 2008

In an interrogation aired on national television Tuesday night, Lt. Toney Armstrong of the Memphis Police Department drew a confession from 33-year-old Jessie Dotson for the Lester Street mass murder.

The confession came at the end of an hourlong episode of "The First 48," an A&E Television reality show that follows homicide detectives in several cities, including Memphis.

(snip)

The day of the killings, Dotson told Armstrong, he and his brother, Cecil Dotson, were together.

"We got to arguing," Dotson told him. "We argued all the way to the house. Then we got out and went in the house. He was still shooting off."

Soon, Cecil reached for a 12-gauge shotgun behind the couch, Dotson said.

"I just started shooting," Dotson explained.

"How many times did you shoot him?" Armstrong asked.

"I don't know."

"Then what?"

"The kids saw me."

"Then what happened?"

"I tried to get rid of the kids. ... I stuck them."

After the confession, Dotson crossed his arms and looked down.

"I wanna talk to my momma," he said.

CHILLING WORDS FROM THE KILLER...
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jul/16/first-48-airs-confession-draws-criticism-from/

MEMPHIS: JESSIE DOTSON, LESTER STREET KILLER

Jesssie Dotson, Lester Street killer, slaughtered his brother, and the kids and . . .

Mike Maple / The Commercial Appeal
Stuffed animals around a telephone pole at Lester and Faxon Saturday memorialize the victims of the Lester Street massacre. This view is looking north on Lester.

Sibling argument led to Lester Street mass murder, police say
By Trevor Aaronson (Contact) and Kristina Goetz (Contact),
Memphis Commercial Appeal / Saturday, March 8, 2008

In a mass murder so gruesome it garnered international attention and caused police to consider gang conflict, a child witness led investigators to a family member who confessed to the brutal killings.

Jessie Dotson, 33, was charged Saturday with six counts of first-degree murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder. Dist. Atty. Gen. Bill Gibbons said he would announce in the coming days whether his office will seek the death penalty.

During an argument with his brother at 722 Lester, Jessie Dotson pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and shot Cecil Dewayne Dotson, police allege. He then slaughtered the others in the house, including children, in an attempt to cover up the shooting.

Cecil Dotson, 30; Marissa Rene Williams, 27; Hollis Seals, 33; and Shindri Roberson, 22, were shot and killed.

Jessie Dotson also stabbed and killed two of his nephews, Cemario Dotson, 4, and Cecil Dotson II, 2, both sons of Cecil, police say.

"It is our belief that when Jessie left the home, he believed everyone in the home was dead," Police Director Larry Godwin said during a Saturday press conference. "But as we all know, by the grace of God, three children survived."

Cecil Dotson Jr., about 9; Cedric Dotson, about 6; and Ceniyah Dotson, about 2 months old, survived being attacked with a knife and are in treatment under protective custody at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center.

(snip)

For Dotson, the gruesome killings on Lester Street made for an end to what was at times a hostile relationship with his family, arrest records show. His teenage home at 600 S. Lauderdale was a volatile place, where he regularly fought with neighbors and siblings.

In 1990, at age 15, Dotson was charged with disorderly conduct for making threats against his mother as she tried to discipline him.

Editor's note
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AND THE VIOLENCE NEVER STOPPED...

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HOLLEY WIMUNC: MARINE HUSBAND, JOHN WIMUNC CHARGED WITH MURDER

Holley Wimunc, from Dubuque, Iowa, was in the process of divorcing her husband when she disappeared.

Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc, estranged husband, was charged with murder and arson.

Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
Lance Cpl. Kyle Alden, 22, arrested on arson charges, and is also accused of being an accessory

after the fact to murder.

Husband Charged With Murder After Burned Remains of Missing Army Nurse Found
Monday, July 14, 2008

FOXNEWS.COM

The estranged husband of a Fort Bragg Army nurse whose charred remains were found near Camp Lejeune was charged with murder and arson in a possible cover-up of the woman's death.

Marine Cpl. John Patrick Wimunc, 23, was arrested and charged Monday with first-degree murder and felony conspiracy to commit arson. A fellow marine, Lance Cpl. Kyle Alden, 22, was arrested on arson charges and is also accused of being an accessory after the fact to murder.

The burned body of Army 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc, 24, was found late Sunday in the Sneads Ferry area by police as they were investigating a brush fire there. She had been missing since Thursday after a fire was set at her Fayetteville apartment.

"It is with profound sadness that our family just received the news from authorities that our beloved daughter Holley is dead," Wimunc's father Jesse James said in a statement. "Since last Thursday's shocking news about Holley's burned apartment and her missing person status, our family through the country has nonetheless been holding on to a thin thread of hope that she would be found alive. Today, that thread of hope broke as her body was discovered."

SUCH A SAD ENDING TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,381581,00.html

CARY, N.C.: NANCY COOPER IS MISSING. WHERE IS SHE?

Search Underway for Missing N.C. Woman
Sunday, July 13, 2008
FOXNEWS

CARY, N.C. — A search was launched on Sunday to find a missing North Carolina woman last seen when she left her home to go running, WRAL.com reported.

Nancy Cooper, 34, reportedly went for a routine jog early Saturday morning, but never returned home to meet friends as planned.

Volunteers and police mobilized a search team with the help of the National Guard and police canines.

(snip)

Authorities described Cooper — an avid runner who was training for a half-marathon — as a caucasian woman, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing about 120 pounds. She has hazel eyes and brown hair, and was last seen wearing a T-shirt, running shorts and light blue running shoes, according to WRAL.com.

STAY TUNED. WE NEED TO FIND THIS WOMAN...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,381421,00.html

FT. BRAGG: HOLLEY WIMUNC, THIRD FEMALE SOLDIER MISSING

Holley Wimunc, 2nd Lieutenant Charlie Company, was reported missing after a fire burned her apartment near Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

After Holley Wimunc 's disappearance and apartment fire, attention turned to her Marine husband John Patrick Wimunc. Holley Wimunc issued charges of domestic violence against John Patrick just two months ago, May 19, 2008.

A car is towed from the complex where police are investigating Wimunc's disappearance and a fire.

Female soldier missing, home burned

(CNN) -- Authorities are searching for a female soldier, missing after a fire at her apartment near Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

Investigators Thursday morning found evidence of arson at the Fayetteville apartment of 2nd Lt. Holley Wimunc, 24.

A neighbor, Roland Petty, told CNN affiliate WRAL-TV that he saw a man running from the area on Wednesday night and smelled smoke, although he didn't associate it with the building at the time.

In a court filing for a protective order, Wimunc said that in May her husband had knocked her down, held a loaded gun to her head and then threatened to commit suicide, WRAL reported.

Watch police at work at Wimunc's complex »

The court documents indicate that John Wimunc is a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune, the station reported.

A Camp Lejeune spokesman told WRAL that police had spoken to John Wimunc on Thursday about his wife's disappearance.

"I haven't seen any violence. I know [Wimunc's husband] was not living here anymore, but that's all I know," a neighbor told WTVD-TV, another CNN affiliate.

Both stations reported that Holley Wimunc's car was still in the parking lot at the apartment.
Her disappearance is considered a missing person case.

IS THIS ANOTHER MURDER FEMALE SOLDIER?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/11/woman.soldier/index.html

HANS REISER: LET'S DEAL, AND I'LL TELL WHERE I HID MY WIFE'S BODY

Hans Reiser, right, and his attorney, William Du Bois, listen during a hearing in this March 9, 2007, file photo, in Oakland, Calif.(Laura A Oda, File, Pool/AP Photo)

This 1999 California DMV photo shows Nina Reiser. A California software programmer convicted of killing his estranged wife, Nina Riser, has led police to a corpse that is believed to be hers. An attorney for Hans Reiser said his client led police to a wooded area of Redwood Regional Park in the Oakland hills. (AP Photo/DMV photo via The Oakland Tribune) (AP)

Reiser takes plea deal for lesser sentence
By Chris Metinko and Harry Harris

Oakland Tribune / Article Launched: 07/08/2008 04:52:48 PM PDT

OAKLAND — The skeletal remains found Monday in the Oakland Hills were positively identified Tuesday as those of Nina Reiser, and her estrange husband and convicted killer could be looking at a lesser sentence after leading authorities to her body.

Authorities located the body of the missing woman late Monday afternoon after Hans Reiser agreed to a deal with the Alameda County's District Attorney's Office to give up the location of the body in exchange for a second-degree murder conviction.

In April, the 44-year-old software engineer was found guilty of first-degree murder, which carries a 25-years-to-life prison sentence. For second-degree murder, those convicted face a 15-years-to-life term.

(snip)

Hora said the decision to strike a deal was made in conjunction with Nina's family's wishes.

"This wouldn't have happened without the support and desire of Nina's family," Hora said.

At the news conference, police confirmed that the remains had been positively identified through dental records as those of Nina Reiser, 31, who was last seen alive September 2006.

Hora said it was important to Nina's family that her remains be located, so they could choose her final resting place, not her killer. Since the body has been located, he said the family, who lives in St. Petersburg, Russia, won't have to go through a lengthy appeal process or hear rumors about sightings of Nina Reiser.

NOT A SPOONFUL OF JUSTICE HERE! THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO HAVE SOMEONE YOU LOVE RETURNED.

http://www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_9820424

INGRID BETANCOURT: AMAZING RESCUE FOOTAGE AND VIDEOS

How Colombia freed the hostages

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7486896.stm#top

* Around midday two army helicopters painted white arrived at rebel site near Ininda River, a second waited at nearby clearing as back-up.
* Undercover soldiers said hostages would be taken to another rebel leader, somewhere between La Paz and Tomachipan.
* Once on board helicopters, two rebels were overpowered, 15 hostages freed and Ingrid Betancourt eventually flown to capital Bogota.

BETANCOURT RESCUE FOOTAGE (VIDEO FROM BBC NEWS)
Page last updated at 20:53 GMT, Friday, 4 July 2008 21:53 UK
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INGRID BETANCOURT DESCRIBES AMAZING RESCUE

15 HOSTAGES HELD BY COLOMBIAN REBELS ARE RESCUED, JULY 2, 2008

BETANCOURT, 3 AMERICAN HOSTAGES FREED FROM FARC CAPTORS

DONAL'S MESSAGE: 4TH OF JULY REMEMBERED, A COUNTRY LOVED

"America is the greatest nation on earth--by God's mandate and our own honorable actions. Our military is the finest in the world, and they deserve every single one of us to honor them to the end of time. I am profoundly grateful we have them, and that I was blessed to be born and raised here.

NOTHING will ever change my mind.

God Bless America ALWAYS! "

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WHY DID UNCLE MICHAEL JACQUES KILL BROOKE BENNETT?

Michael Stephen Jacques, 42, faces federal kidnapping charges in connection with the disappearance of his niece, 12-year-old Brooke Bennett. The girl's body was recovered Wednesday night. Her case triggered the first Amber Alert in Vermont history and may have involved an organized sex ring and premeditated attack. (Stefan Hard, Times Argus/AP Photo)

A State Trooper stands guard at the end of Crocker Road in Randolph, N.H., Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Police have moved their command post from the home of Michael Jacques to a sugar house on Crocker Road as they search for a missing 12-year-old girl who has been missing since June 25, 2008. Federal officials say in court papers that Jacques, the girl's uncle, brought her home and took her upstairs to have sex her and she has not been seen since. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Vermont State Police Col. James Baker announces they have found a body they believe is 12-year-old Brooke Bennett who has been missing since June 25, 2008 in Bethel, N.H., Wednesday, July 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

E-mails Reveal Suspect's Perverted Plot
Uncle of Missing Vermont Girl Found Dead Allegedly Enlisted Teen Lover as Accomplice
By DAVID SCHOETZJuly 3, 2008

The man suspected in the death of Brooke Bennett and his teenage lover plotted together for weeks to abduct the 12-year-old Vermont girl so that she could be initiated into an organized sex ring, according to shocking federal court documents released today.

Court papers also suggest that Michael Jacques, Bennett's 42-year-old uncle who is charged with her kidnapping, may have been preparing for the likelihood that the girl would never return home.

Jacques allegedly took steps before Bennett's abduction to lure police into thinking that she had gone to meet someone she had been corresponding with online. And before Bennett's disappearance, Jacques instructed his 14-year-old female accomplice to collect semen from her boyfriend, which was later planted near Bennett's torn underwear.

The revelations, outlined in a federal criminal complaint, came a day after Vermont State Police discovered Bennett's body in a shallow grave near Jacques' Vermont home. Her disappearance had triggered the state's first Amber Alert.

Federal prosecutors allege that Jacques used a pair of online identities to manipulate his young accomplice into thinking she was working with several men who were planning to initiate Bennett into a secret sex training program called "Breckenridge."

The unnamed girl, who is a minor, repeatedly expressed her willingness to help lure Bennett into Jacques' clutches and to help subdue Bennett if necessary, according to a stream of e-mails released by investigators.

SINISTER PLOT REVEALED...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=5300619&page=1

BROOKE BENNETT MISSING: UNCLE, MICHAEL JACQUES "PERSON OF INTEREST"

BROOKE BENNETT, AGE 12, MISSING

AP
This photo, supplied by the Vermont State Police, shows Michael Jacques, 42, the uncle of Brooke Bennett, who was arrested on unrelated sex charges.

FOX44 / This image is from a surveillance video that, police say, briefly shows Brooke Bennett with her uncle before she disappeared.

Missing Girl's Uncle Named 'Person of Interest' in Her Disappearance
FOXNEWS.COM / Associated Press / Monday, June 30, 2008

CHELSEA, Vt. — A probe into the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl zeroed in Monday on her uncle's alleged involvement in a child sex ring, with police searching his home while he was being arraigned on sex charges in a case authorities said was unrelated to the missing girl.

Michael Jacques, 42, of Randolph, a registered sex offender who was one of the last people to see Brooke Bennett before she vanished, pleaded not guilty to aggravated sexual assault and was being held on $250,000 bail.

The alleged victim of the sex assaults, a relative of Jacques, told police Jacques assaulted her during a five-year period, beginning when she was 9 years old and ending a few weeks ago, Orange County State's Attorney Will Porter said.

Meanwhile, Jacques, pronounced "Jakes," was being described as "a person of interest" in last Wednesday's disappearance of Bennett. Col. James Baker, commander of the Vermont State Police, said investigators narrowed their probe and began focusing on Jacques based on information developed late Saturday and early Sunday through computer forensics.

WHERE IS BROOKE BENNETT? LAST SEEN WITH MICHAEL JACQUES...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,373903,00.html

EVE CARSON SHOT FIVE TIMES, AUTOPSY REVEALED

Autopsy: Eve Carson was shot five times
Associated Press / Posted on Mon, Jun. 30, 2008

CHAPEL HILL/RALEIGH --A slain North Carolina student body president was shot five times, according to the report from the Office of the State Medical Examiner that lists her cause of death as “multiple gunshot wounds.”

The 22-year-old from Athens, Ga., was found March 5 lying on a street not far from the UNC Chapel Hill campus.

Prosecutors have charged two Durham men, Laurence Lovette, 17, and Demario Atwater, 22, with first-degree murder in her death.

Lovette’s attorney didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment Monday. Atwater’s attorney, Jonathan Broun, declined to comment on the specifics of the autopsy results.

“We urge everybody not to have a rush to judgment and let the legal system play itself out,” Broun said.

The report on Carson’s death was unsealed and made public Monday, weeks after its completion. Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall had requested it remain shielded from public review so investigators could complete their work on the case.

BE WARNED THAT THE AUTOPSY RESULTS MAY BE GRAPHIC...

http://www.charlotte.com/115/story/692450.html