Posted on 03/10/2005 5:33:38 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
I also tried to Google this and didn't find anything. Seems that NBC/Today have broken some news.
And, I suspect, they will be quick to bury it.
FOX reported on it as well. Press conference comming up.
Good, thanks for the heads-up. I see the press conf coming on now.
she was in witness protection for a reason. (How did a nut track down someone's family in witness protection? An interesting question....)
Not witness protection...police protection according to this:
Judge Put Under Police Protection...
Lefkow received police protection after Hale was arrested in January 2003. Prosecutors alleged that Hale was angry because Lefkow, presiding over a copyright infringement suit, ruled that he could no longer use the name World Church of the Creator for his group since another organization had a copyright on that name.
The protection detail was discontinued after Hale's conviction last year, said Shannon Metzger, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Marshal's Service.
ping
Somebody's been watching The Postman, neh, Shakespeare? ;-)
See #6 ;)
Thanks
Here's a link from earlier today (Chicago Trib):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1359873/posts
No, she wasn't: Chicago Violence Underscores Concern About Security For Judges
Aha, I read that before but forgot. Pardon.... ;-)
Looks like Katie will be adopting Dashle's mantra of "I'm troubled".
Police and FBI not giving out any details on name of killer, note or other evidence found in car, etc. Playing it very close to vest. I wonder if they know how much info NBC has already reported?
Yes sir!
In fact it was nuts and bolts, wasn't it?
Kinda like Kalstrom's Flight 800 ... "Da gas tank done blowed up!"
I'm going to my room and sulk. ;)
Here's a tidbit, Ross was caught in the same town that Jeffery Dahmer used to live.
Investigators early Thursday said a man who shot himself in the head during a traffic stop in Wisconsin had a suicide note claiming responsibility for the slaying of U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow's husband and mother last week.Members of the task force of Chicago police and federal agents said the man's van was stopped in West Allis, near Milwaukee, about 6 p.m. Wednesday. As officers approached the vehicle, the man killed himself with a gunshot to the head.
Investigators said the man had a suicide note that included an admission that he shot the judge's family. The note included details in the case that were not released to the public, investigators said.
In the vehicle were .22 caliber shells. Investigators found three casings of the same caliber in the Lefkow home this week. Investigators also said they should have enough physical evidence, including DNA, a fingerprint and other items from the crime scene, to make a definitive comparison.
Sources close to the case said they were investigating whether the judge had ruled against the man in a civil matter. He was not immediately thought to have ties to any hate group.
The note indicated that the judgment had cost the man "his house, his job and family" one source said.
Chicago police and federal investigators were en route to West Allis late Wednesday to investigate. If the man's suicide note is true, the investigation, which had moved heavily toward the organization tied to jailed white supremacist Matthew Hale, will have ended in a starkly different realm.
Unsurprisingly, the article fails to mention the man's "US=Al Quaeda" comparisons.
MSNBC reporting man's name is Bart Ross and that shell casings were found in his car that might match those found at murder scene.
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