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The dismembered body of a missing 9-year-old Hasidic boy was found at two locations in Brooklyn and police this morning arrested a suspect in the slaying -- who had the child's severed feet in his freezer, sources told The Post.

The judge in the Sandra Cantu murder case agreed to seal her autopsy report Friday, saying if the results were released, there would be "public outrage." "We haven't seen anything like this in San Joaquin County," Superior Court Judge Linda L. Loftus said. "A lot of courts have never seen this kind of case." Both prosecution and defense attorneys were in favor of sealing the report. "In the interest of a fair trial, for both sides in this case, that is the only option," Loftus said. "There would be overriding prejudice if the record is unsealed." She said there would...

HYANNIS, Mass. -- Police have accused a 13-year-old of masterminding the slaying of his 16-year-old half brother so he could take over a drug operation they are alleged to have inherited from their father. Jordan Mendes was found shot, stabbed 27 times and dumped into a pit, where his body was torched. District Attorney Michael O'Keefe said Mendes was a "significant drug dealer." Authorities said Mykel Mendes, a seventh-grader, was jealous of the money his half brother was making selling OxyContin and cocaine and wanted to take over. A 13-year-old friend and a 20-year-old cousin also are charged with murder.

A Honduran day laborer was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of a 10-year-old boy he abducted and beat to death with a gardening tool after trying to rape him. Porfirio Jimenez, 43, was sentenced in Superior Court in Morristown by Judge Salem Ahto to life in prison plus 25 years for the murder of Walter Contreras Valenzuela May 20, 2001. Porfirio Jimenez is escorted form Superior Court in Morristown after Judge Salem Ahto sentenced him to life in New Jersey State prison for the murder, kidnapping and attempted sexual assault of 10-year-old Walter Contreras Valenzuela....

LAHORE, Pakistan - A Pakistan man killed his three young daughters Tuesday before confessing to police, prompting one officer to shoot him dead, an investigator said. Mohammed Ashraf, 38, used a knife to cut the throats of his daughters aged 3, 5 and 9 before dawn in the eastern city of Lahore, said senior police investigator Amir Zulifquar. Ashraf then went to a police station to report his crime, and was charged with murdering his daughters and placed in a cell. "As I left the police station after questioning Mohammed Ashraf, one of my guards opened fire and killed him,"...

GAZA, May 1 (UPI) -- Palestinian jihadists say a Florida Jewish teenaged boy injured by a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv was an ideal target based on his religion and nationality. Daniel Wultz, 16, remains comatose two weeks after the attack killed nine people and injured more than 60 others. Abu Nasser, a leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, one of the groups claiming to be responsible for the blast, told WorldNetDaily that Wultz was the "best target combination we can dream of -- American and Zionist. "We are sorry there was not more of this stuff," Nasser said."...

As the state of South Dakota prepares for a battle over a new law banning virtually all abortions, CNN conducted an interview with a woman who flies in from Minnesota to do abortions at the state's only abortion business, in Sioux Falls. No one in South Dakota will do abortions so Planned Parenthood is forced to bring abortion practitioners in from out of state. Miriam McCreary, a 70 year-old retired abortion practitioner is one of four the abortion business brings in every Saturday to perform more than a dozen abortions each week. "There is quite a need for somebody to...

TORONTO, January 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The life of notorious Canadian abortionist Henry Morgentaler is championed in a new made-for-television movie, Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story, produced by CTV. Morgentaler gained notoriety for defying Canadian law in 1967 by opening Canada's first abortuary in Montreal. The ctv.ca description of the movie highlights that the "January 2005 airdate coincides with the 17th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada decision to change the country's abortion laws (Jan. 28/1988) and the 35th anniversary of Morgentaler's decision to end his practice as a GP and to begin illegal committing abortions (1970)." While visiting...

Coach, principal and others recall Scott Peterson fondly REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson's high school golf coach and his sixth-grade principal were among 14 witnesses to testify Monday as his defense team continued its effort to persuade a jury the convicted killer does not deserve the death penalty. "He was one of the finest young men that I coached," David Thoennes told the six men and six women who are expected to begin deliberating Peterson's fate later this week. "I never saw Scott lose his temper," said Thoennes, who coached the golf team at Peterson's Catholic high school in...

PLANO, Texas (AP) -- A woman with a history of postpartum depression cut off the arms of her baby daughter Monday, then called 911 and waited calmly until police arrived, authorities said. "She wasn't trying to hide," police spokesman Carl Duke said. Dena Schlosser, 35, was charged with capital murder after the girl died at a hospital in Plano, a Dallas suburb. Child-protection authorities said the mother had shown signs of postpartum depression in the past, but there had been no signs of violence. Authorities said when they arrived at the family's apartment, they found the nearly 11-month-old baby in...

Bitter divorce led to fiery crash that killed father, 2 children Associated Press Last update: 27 December 2003 ORLANDO -- A man who killed himself and his two children in a fiery Christmas Day crash had been involved in a bitter divorce that included accusations of child sexual abuse, fights over money and a failed attempt by his estranged wife to get a protective order. Shahab Behzadpour, and his wife, Hope, had gone before a judge earlier this month to argue over who could be with the children on Christmas Day. The judge ordered that they split Christmas with...

"In the cities of Palestine, in its refugee camps, in its settlements and villages, its plains, its mountains, its groves of trees, and its coasts, over 70,000 martyrs and wounded have fallen defending the homeland's freedom and independence and the places holy to Islam and Christianity. They have blessing and glory. They are among the martyrs and the saints, who are the best friends [of the martyrs] who improve [the land] with their blood for the sake of independence and freedom and the establishment of the independent State of Palestine whose capital is Jerusalem, if Allah wills it, they will...

Police: Cousin killed boy found in trash 06/17/2002 By MATT STILES / The Dallas Morning Newsand VALERI WILLIAMS / WFAA-TV The investigation into how a 12-year-old Irving boy accidentally killed his cousin and how the boy's body ended up in a trash bin outside his grandmother's apartment complex will continue Monday, officials said. Grand Prairie police determined Sunday that 8-year-old Cordell Wade Johnson II was shot and killed at the complex by his 12-year-old cousin, with whom he had been playing video games before his disappearance, authorities said. The cousin, who was not identified because of his age, gave...

Man sentenced to death for killing boy in 1992 By Lisa Teachey, Houston Chronicle, Thursday, April 4, 2002 After deliberating less than 10 minutes Wednesday, a jury sentenced a man to death by lethal injection in the 1992 slaying of a 9-year-old boy whose case was unsolved for almost a decade. Perry Allen Austin, 42, pleaded guilty earlier this week to capital murder. He confessed to killing David Kazmouz to get back at Kazmouz's older teen-age brother. Austin, who already is serving 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child and an additional 20 years for stabbing an inmate,...

Yates' lawyer seeking appeal 04/03/2002 By JEFF McSHAN / 11 News (Houston) HOUSTON - Andrea Yates was convicted last month of drowning her children. Now she's in an East Texas prison serving a life sentence. But the fight over what her attorney calls an injustice is only in the beginning stage. Also Online Crime's magnitude, finger pointing fueling talk, legal experts say KHOU-11's Jeff McShan reports Yates' attorney George Parnham plans to file an appeal Wednesday seeking a new trial for his client. It's been a little over two weeks since Yates was sentenced to life in prison, but...