http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/killer/ en-us Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:19:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275397/posts JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Wendy's employee was killed Thursday afternoon after being shot by a co-worker, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. Gunshots were fired at about 2:30 p.m. inside the Wendy's in the 3000 block of St. Johns Bluff Road on the Southside. Police said they are searching for Thomas Theo Brown, whom they've identified as a suspect in the fatal shooting. According to investigators, Brown was working at the fast-food restaurant when he got upset about something and left work. "He went home and he said in a rage, 'I'm tired of this. I'm going to kill whomever,'"... News 4 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275397/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:19:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268333/posts WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - The family of slain abortion provider George Tiller said Tuesday that his Wichita clinic will be "permanently closed," effective immediately. In a statement released by Tiller's attorneys, his family said it is ceasing operation of Women's Health Care Services Inc. and any involvement by family members in any other similar clinic. "We are proud of the service and courage shown by our husband and father and know that women's health care needs have been met because of his dedication and service," the family said. Tiller was shot to death May 31 while serving as an usher... breitbart.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268333/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 23:01:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265074/posts ATLANTA, June 4 (UPI) -- The FBI said it was looking at whether a Muslim convert accused of killing a soldier outside an Arkansas recruiting center also targeted an Atlanta Jewish site. The Atlanta site was potentially one of several U.S. Jewish sites Abdulhakim Muhammad targeted, said an anti-terrorism group specializing in protecting against anti-Jewish attacks. Muhammad, 24 -- who pleaded not guilty to killing Pvt. William Long, 23, and wounding Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, outside a Little Rock, Ark., recruiting office -- also had plans for an Atlanta "Jewish entity," an FBI spokesman told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Stephen Emmett... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265074/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 00:53:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2263870/posts Pvt. William Long was assassinated by a Muslim wannabe jihadist just over 24 hours ago. His fellow soldier, Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula was luckier... and is recouperating in a local hospital. Two of America's finest were ambushed - not while engaged in a firefight in one of Janet Napolitano's "overseas contingency operations", but in a parking lot in Little Rock, AR. In fact, neither Pvt. Long, nor Pvt. Ezeagwula, had yet been deployed to any theatre or battlefield. The two young recruits were fresh out of basic training, and not regular recruiters. Instead they were pulling some of their first duties... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2263870/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 16:58:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263188/posts The man charged in Monday's shootings outside a Little Rock military recruiting center has been ordered held without bond after a Tuesday morning appearance in Little Rock District Court. Meanwhile, police reports released in court Tuesday shed some light on what happened on Monday. Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 23, also known as Carlos Bledsoe, is charged with capital murder and 16 counts of terroristic acts. According to the police reports, Muhammad admitted to shooting the victims, and then revealed how and why. He told police that he put three weapons, including an assault rifle, into his SUV and then drove around... Arkansas Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263188/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 20:26:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262566/posts Excerpt: At my bible study there are men who believe all Muslims are going straight to hell. One of them has a son in the Air Force and gets shot at regularly flying into Baghdad. Of course I usually stick up for Islam, saying 99.999% of Muslims are good people, peace loving, and just want a warm home, food, and education for their kids like the rest of us. I argue the Muslim fundamentalists are no different than the Christian fundamentalists, like that nutcase that killed Tiller. The sheer volume of Muslim violence, against Christians, against the US, against each... Huffington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2262566/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 00:55:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240312/posts The Zodiac killer, who taunted and terrified Bay Area residents in the late 1960s with cryptic letters and a trail of victims, has been identified, according to a group claiming to have cracked the case that has baffled police for decades. The killer is not one of the handful of men repeatedly linked to the 40-year-old crime spree, according to the group, which plans to announce its findings today. Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240312/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:59:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231634/posts The Craigslist killer stalking Hub hookers for their cash appears to have struck again, but this time he attempted to rob a woman offering “private dances” in a hotel in Rhode Island. Warwick, R.I., police confirm this morning that a man matching the description of Boston’s Caucasian killer held a 26-year-old woman at gunpoint last night at a Holiday Inn Express and demanded all her money. “She was offering private dances on Craigslist,” Warwick Lt. Joseph Coffey tells the Herald. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231634/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:15:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2229069/posts Scott Peterson – is now spending 19-hours a day in his 4-by-9 foot death row prison cell in San Quentin. In 2003 he was convicted of killing his wife and unborn child, Laci and Conner. He maintains – he’s the victim. More... CBS 47 News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2229069/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:53:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226529/posts In her police mugshot, Nour Hadid is shown with bare shoulders and no headscarf (left). By custom, some practicing women wear a hijab (right). The police booking photo of alleged child killer Nour Hadid released Tuesday is an "insult against our religion," says Hadid's husband, Alaeddin. Orland Park police detectives say the 26-year-old Muslim woman was treated as any other suspect in a murder probe would be, and they did not intend to humiliate her when they photographed her Sunday without her headscarf and wearing only a skimpy top. Significance of the hijab Many devout American Muslim women wear... Southtown Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226529/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:00:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2216674/posts Investigative Journalist Kristi Piehl Still Stands Behind Her Story that the Deaths of 80 Young Men Are Linked: The Smiley Face Killer case has come to the front of the news again as Good Morning America did an extensive story on the rumored serial killer case. The story includes dozens of young men located in 25 cities in 11 states that were all declared accidental drowning. Many parents that Smiley Face Killer Back in the News Through Good Morning America Story believe their kids have been the victims of murder rather than accidental deaths have begun working with an investigative... associatedcontent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2216674/posts#comment Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:39:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2215454/posts Police in Germany hunted a sinister phantom killer for two years after finding the same DNA at 39 different crime scenes - only to discover that the source was a woman who made the cotton buds used to collect the sample! The case was one of the most puzzling in recent times. Hundreds of detectives in six specialist committees were set to work hunting the ominous female serial killer. But there was no progress, despite investigators finding her DNA at so many crime scenes. The police were stumped. They eventually offered a 300,000 euro reward to find the killer. It's... Bild http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2215454/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:53:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211869/posts Chinese soldier shot dead outside camp in Chongqing Chinese officials say they are investigating the attack as possible terrorism. By Barbara Demick March 21, 2009 Reporting from Beijing -- A soldier on guard duty outside an army camp in central China was shot to death and another soldier wounded in a bold attack that Chinese authorities say is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism. The shooting Thursday night was especially shocking for Chinese officials because it took place in downtown Chongqing, a city of 5 million. After killing the soldier, identified in the official Chinese press as 18-year-old... LAT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211869/posts#comment Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:50:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2193763/posts I am just so down in the dumps over the made for television address to congress performed by American Idol and speech maker Barack Hopenchange that I wanted to share what made me feel good this morning. My music lovin' heart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2193763/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:43:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185767/posts -Mayor Nutter, in a late-night news conference, asked people to pray for the officer’s wife, Kim, who is two months pregnant. Nutter said that he’s very, very angry and that it was a sad night for the city- MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185767/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:19:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150383/posts Investigators say they believe 64-year-old Paulette Locklear was beaten to death outside her home Tuesday afternoon after confronting a man who was trying to break in. Julio Cesar Ramos, 45, is charged with first-degree murder in Locklear’s death. Ramos, who is from Honduras, has been deported from the U.S. several times and is in the country illegally, said Debbie Tanna, spokeswoman for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Ramos told investigators he is homeless and unemployed., Tanna said. Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies responded to Locklear’s home on the 1200 block of Wilmington Road after she called 911 Tuesday afternoon to report... FayObserver http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150383/posts#comment Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:51:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148286/posts ATLANTA (Reuters) – A court in Atlanta sentenced a convicted murderer on Saturday to life in prison after he killed a judge in a courtroom and three other people in stunning escape from custody, prosecutors said. Brian Nichols was widely expected to receive the death penalty for a series of murders committed in March 2005 that gained instant notoriety and sparked a huge police and FBI manhunt. He was convicted in November. But after several days of deliberation this week the jury was deadlocked 9-3 on whether Nichols, 37, should receive life without parole or execution by lethal injection. Under... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148286/posts#comment Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:33:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2143950/posts LAS VEGAS – O.J. Simpson is headed to prison for at least nine years, but a prosecutor says the former football star could have spent less time behind bars if he had accepted a plea deal before he was convicted. Clark County District Attorney David Roger said Simpson was offered a deal for less prison time than the nine- to 33-year prison terms the graying former football star was sentenced to on Friday for kidnapping and assaulting two sports memorabilia dealers with a deadly weapon. "Mr. Simpson wanted something just short of a public apology," Roger said. "We didn't think... Associated Press via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2143950/posts#comment Sat, 6 Dec 2008 11:40:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099183/posts A gay chef murdered his lover, cut out part of his leg, seasoned it with herbs and fried it, a court has heard.Anthony Morley, 35, chewed one of the pieces before throwing it into his kitchen bin. Morley, a former holder of the Mr Gay UK title, then walked to a nearby takeaway restaurant and told horrified staff: 'I have killed someone, call the police'. Former Mr Gay UK Anthony Morley (l) allegedly murdered Damian Oldfield before chewing part of his thigh Officers found the naked body of 33-year-old Damian Oldfield on the floor of Morley's bedroom, Leeds Crown Court... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099183/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 01:18:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071448/posts Killer Kowalski Passes Away Walter "Killer" Kowalski passed away early this morning. Kowalski had been taken off life support two weeks ago. He suffered a massive heart attack back on August 8th. 411mania http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071448/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:59:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070828/posts SACRAMENTO (CBS13) Exclusive; The Zodiac Killer attacked at least eight people, terrorizing the Bay Area and taunting police in the 60's and 70's. Thursday, the FBI confirmed to CBS13 they are now running laboratory tests on some items that may link a suspect to the killer. The evidence was given to the FBI by a Pollock Pines man who also claims he recently found the disguise worn by the Zodiac Killer during one of his attacks. "The identity of the Zodiac Killer is Jack Tarrance. He's my stepfather," says Dennis Kaufman. Eight years of Dennis Kaufman's life has been... CBS13 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070828/posts#comment Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:23:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061872/posts The pit bull that critically injured a young girl during a vicious attack in her East Anchorage home was put to death Wednesday at the request of its owner, according to Anchorage Animal Care and Control. The family pet, Dozer, was also responsible for attacking the girl's baby sitter Tuesday afternoon. A neighbor shot the dog in the leg while trying to get it off the baby sitter. The owner surrendered Dozer to animal control officials later that night, and the dog was killed by lethal injection Wednesday evening. "He was owner-surrendered for euthanasia by his owners," said animal control... Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061872/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:51:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057669/posts A CSI team showed up unexpectedly again Wednesday at the Orlando home of a missing Florida toddler's grandparents, FOX News has learned. Few other details were immediately available as to why crime scene investigators descended upon the house of Cindy and George Anthony, whose nearly 3-year-old granddaughter Caylee has been missing since mid-June. It's the fourth time they have been at the home where Caylee Marie Anthony lived with her mom and grandparents. The Orange County Sheriff's Office called Wednesday's visit "routine" and said the girl has not been found. Detectives didn't talk about the latest search, during which investigators... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057669/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:29:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053670/posts While federal investigators were building the $300 million fraud case against Lou Pearlman, he was conducting an investigation of his own. Held in the Orange County Jail with a man accused of killing a cop, the flamboyant boy-band founder began listening, taking notes and drawing diagrams that he would later turn over to investigators. Over three weeks, Pearlman said, he listened as nearby inmate Davin Smith recounted the Oct. 7 slaying of off-duty Orlando police Officer Alfred Gordon, who was gunned down in the parking lot of a Pine Hills bank. orlandosentinel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053670/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:31:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039692/posts Several Prince George's County correctional officers who had access to a 19-year-old inmate found strangled in solitary confinement Sunday have initially declined to speak to investigators of the slaying, a source familiar with the interrogations said. The Maryland State Police and federal agents were investigating the death of Ronnie L. White, who was killed less than 36 hours after he was booked into the county correctional center on first-degree murder charges in the hit-and-run death Friday of county police Cpl. Richard S. Findley. It wasn't clear why the correctional officers reportedly declined to answer questions. Sgt. Curtis Knowles, president of... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039692/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 13:07:22 GMT