http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/murder/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:48:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419131/posts The number of murders in unincorporated Orange County and Orlando plummeted by roughly 38 percent last year — a striking change after more than three record-breaking years of deadly violence. The Orange County Sheriff's Office investigated 44 slayings last year, down 40 percent from 2008 Florida Department of Law Enforcement figures. Murders in Orlando slid by about 35 percent. Experts, locals and police credit crime-fighting strategies and federal initiatives launched during the past few years to combat the mid-decade surge in crime. "I think it has to do with law enforcement doing a good job," said Professor Jay Corzine, a... Orlando Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419131/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:48:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419075/posts The former girlfriend of a 20-year-old San Jose woman who died Monday after possibly being dragged by a car in Alviso was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder after being questioned by police for hours. Jennifer Bautista, 19, of Sunnyvale, was booked Wednesday night in connection with the death of Letty Martinez, 19, said Officer Jermaine Thomas, a police spokesman. Thomas said Tuesday that Bautista and Martinez had an "altercation, verbal or physical" Monday, before Martinez was either dragged by a moving car or as she tried to hold onto it. Martinez was left lying in the middle of Michigan... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419075/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 19:21:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418852/posts A 33-year-old El Monte school board member and five other men were shot dead execution-style in north central Mexico on Wednesday night, after they were abducted by gunmen, according to family members. Agustin Roberto “Bobby” Salcedo was having dinner with his wife in a restaurant when armed men burst in and kidnapped Salcedo and five other men. All six were found dead Thursday, El Monte officials said. Salcedo’s wife was not abducted. LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418852/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 07:33:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418611/posts On Saturday night, Virginia Beach police arrested Jorge Alberto Fuertes Loredo, 31, and Isidor Loredo Amaya, 31, after Florentino Martinez-Melendez, 40, was shot to death in a trailer park. A second victim survived the shooting but remains in critical condition in a local hospital. Apparently, the fatal shooting was the result of a heated argument. Both Loredo and Amaya have been charged with murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Both Mexican nationals are in the country illegally, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have placed a hold on them. Virginia Beach Commonwealth Attorney, Harvey Bryant,... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418611/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:36:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418595/posts THERE ARE times when one reads an article of such magnitude it causes utter disbelief; and rereading the piece only exacerbates the feeling. That was certainly how I felt when I read that the sister of Lovelle Mixon — the assailant who killed four Oakland police officers before he, too, was killed by police — seeks compensation from the city because of injuries she and her grandmother sustained during the gunbattle that ensued in her apartment where Mixon was hiding after he had already killed two officers. It is alleged that as Mixon hid in the apartment, the sister and... Contra Costa Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418595/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:58:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418367/posts The US has released the leader of an Iranian-backed Shia terror group behind the kidnapping and murder of five US soldiers in Karbala in January 2007.Qais Qazali, the leader of the Asaib al Haq or the League of the Righteous, was set free by the US military and transferred to Iraqi custody in exchange for the release of British hostage Peter Moore, US military officers and intelligence officials told The Long War Journal. The US military directly implicated Qais in the kidnapping and murder of five US soldiers in Karbala in January 2007. “We let a very dangerous man go,... Live War Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418367/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:43:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417038/posts This audio clip is from one of my recent shows, in which a caller wanted (I think) to publicly put me on the spot over why I "de-friended" him on my Facebook page. As you'll hear, the reason was because of something he said to some of the women there about their having had an abortion. The problem was that he branded such women as "murderers" because 1) abortion is murder and 2) they had aborted one or more of their children. His logic is correct, at least in a sense, because abortion is murder. But the way he put... Patrick Madrid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417038/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:33:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415356/posts On Christmas Day, a Major with the Salvation Army taking his three children into the organization's community center in North Little Rock, was held up and shot to death (in what appears to be a botched robbery attempt). The Major and his children are white and the two perpetrators were black. Given what we know about how long it takes for racial wounds to heal, what's to say that these three young children (four, six, and eight) who witnessed the murder of their father become personally hostile to every black person they see, and who could really blame them? Bob Parks: Black & Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415356/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:13:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416330/posts ‘Work is not done,’ widow says Wife of Salvation Army pastor speaks of prayer for his killer EVIN DEMIREL ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Leading a Sunday service in the building where her husband was shot and killed in a Christmas Eve robbery attempt, Salvation Army Major Cindy Wise said her mission to minister to the people in North Little Rock’s Baring Cross neighborhood has not changed. “I believe I have peace today because I know the work is not done here yet,” Wise told nearly 50 people on Sunday. Standing before the congregation in her navy blue uniform, she said she will... www.ardemgaz.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416330/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:44:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415990/posts Arkansas police continue to search for two suspects in the shooting death of a Salvation Army major on Christmas Eve. Salvation Army Major Philip Wise was killed outside the organization’s community center in North Little Rock, Arkansas as his three young children looked on. Wise had worked for the Salvation Army for 16 years and had been at the Little Rock location for 3 years. "He was so important to that community," said North Little Rock Police Department spokesman Terry Kuykendahl told FoxNews.com. "This has been a tremendous blow to (them)." Thanks to private citizens' donations, police are offering a... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415990/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:04:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414852/posts Salvation Army major shot dead in front of 3 children By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette A Salvation Army major was fatally shot in front of his three children Thursday afternoon as he walked into the the organization's community center in North Little Rock, authorities said. Around 4 p.m., two black men dressed in black approached Philip Wise, 40, of Maumelle outside the community center at 1505 W. 18th St., Pulaski County Coroner Garland Camper said. Wise’ children — ages 4, 6, and 8 — were walking with him when the men came up to them, police said. His wife, Cindy, also... Arkansas Democrat Gazette (subscription required) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414852/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:38:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415592/posts A man has made his first appearance before a court in North Wales charged with the murder of 20-year-old who died following a snowball fight. Oliver Michael Taylor, 19, is accused of stabbing to death Anthony Finbar Burke, 20, in Clos y Berllan, at Rhuddlan, near Rhyl on Wednesday night. Taylor, of Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, appeared before a special session of Llandudno Magistrates Court dressed in a black jacket and white open-necked shirt. He spoke only to confirm his name, age and address, during the four-minute hearing. There was no application for bail and he was remanded in custody to appear... Click Liverpool http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415592/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:46:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415218/posts An Islamist militant group based in Russia's North Caucases has claimed the killing last month of an Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of Islam. "One of our brothers who has never been to the Caucases took up the oath of (former independent Chechen president Doku Umarov) and expressed his desire to execute the damned Sysoyev," said a statement on the Kavkazcenter.com website. Daniil Sysoyev, 35, was killed on November 20 when masked gunman walked into Saint Thomas's church in southern Moscow and shot him four times. Doku Umarov emerged as the leader of the remaining active rebel movements... France24 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415218/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:34:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415177/posts BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A ten percent drop in murders during the first six months of this year at a time when gun sales were up dramatically is more proof that there is no correlation between gun ownership and violent crime, the Second Amendment Foundation said today. The FBI released data Monday that shows murders dropped by 10 percent from the same period in 2008. Meanwhile, according to data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) shows that during the first six months of this year, gun sales were up. January 2009 background checks... PR Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415177/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:50:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415143/posts <p>SALISBURY, Md. — The body of a Maryland girl who authorities say was abducted by a registered sex offender was found Friday after thousands of volunteers fanned out to look for her.</p> <p>Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis said that the body of 11-year-old Sarah H. Foxwell was discovered at about 4 p.m. near the Delaware state line. He offered few other details. Thomas J. Leggs Jr., 30, has been charged in her kidnapping.</p> Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415143/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:05:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413517/posts BOGOTA (AP) - The governor of a southern state was found dead Tuesday, his throat slit, the day after being abducted by leftist rebels in the the first kidnapping of a major Colombian politician since 2002. The body of Gov. Luis Francisco Cuellar of Caqueta state was found not far from Florencia, the state capital where the 69-year-old was kidnapped late Monday, security official Edilberto Ramon Endo told The Associated Press. A grim President Alvaro Uribe later went on national television to say Cuellar's throat had been cut, speaking in a sober monotone, in contrast to his anger early in... Breitbart (AP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413517/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:49:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412793/posts INTERNATIONAL "PAKISTANI MUSLIMS GUN DOWN CHRISTIAN FRIEND They order him to convert to Islam or die, after accusing him of murder." By Jawad Mazhar SNIPPET: "MUREEDKAY, Pakistan – A group of Muslims shot their Christian friend dead this month on the outskirts of this town after saying they would spare his life only if he recanted his faith, according to the young man’s father. The friends of Patras Masih, who died from gunshot wounds on Dec. 3 in Karol village, Punjab Province, issued the ultimatum to him after accusing him of the murder of their friend Anees Mahammad. An autopsy... (COMPASS DIRECT NEWS) via CHRISTIAN NEWS TODAY.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412793/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:10:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412512/posts PHOENIX -- A Phoenix woman accused of leading a high speed chase through north Phoenix last Thursday night has been booked into jail. Georgia Lynn Baker, 43, was released from a hospital Sunday evening and was booked into Maricopa County Jail on charges of first-degree murder of a law-enforcement agent, endangerment, unlawful flight from law enforcement, aggressive assault and unlawful use of a means of transportation. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412512/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:09:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411654/posts Kansas will consider abolishing the death penalty next year as death sentences are declining across the United States. Fewer people were sentenced to death this year than any other year since 1976, according to a report released Friday by the Death Penalty Information Center...Sen. Tim Owens, R-Overland Park, has scheduled four days of hearings beginning Jan. 19 on a new bill that would eliminate the death penalty in Kansas... But Kansas' top prosecutor said this week he wants to see the death penalty continue. "I think it's a just punishment for what those folks did," Attorney General Steve Six told... Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411654/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:52:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411391/posts At the height of Iran's bloody civil unrest this year, a young doctor named Ramin Pourandarjani defied his superiors. He refused to sign death certificates at a Tehran prison that he said were falsified to cover up murder. He testified to a parliamentary committee that jailers were torturing and raping protesters, his family says. He told friends and family he feared for his life. And on Nov. 10, the 26-year-old doctor was found dead in the military clinic where he lived and worked. ........................................................................................................ Iranian officials first blamed the doctor's death on a car accident, then a heart attack, then... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411391/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:42:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411040/posts A man who shouted he was looking "to kill blacks" before an unprovoked murder of a Sudanese refugee did not commit a racially motivated crime, a Victorian Supreme Court judge has ruled. Just hours before the attack, Clinton David Rintoull sprayed the abusive words on the wall of a house in suburban Noble Park in September 2007. He later stood outside the house armed with a metal pole and shouted: "These blacks are turning the town into the Bronx. I'm going to take my own town back. I'm looking to kill blacks". As Rintoull walked down the street looking for... Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411040/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:56:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2410067/posts Pelosi and Obama represent that crew that delights in chanting pro-choice. They get absolutely ecstatic about the slaughter scene. They then get red-faced when moralists defend little ones in wombs who end up in dumpsters. I think of killing-womb-babies champion Joy Behar cackling away on The View. She gets absolutely evangelistic about preaching on behalf of the abortion evil. Of course, she has stated emphatically she despises "under God" supporters who lobby for that duo remaining in the pledge of allegiance. Why? Because she does not believe in any god. She told the audience recently she does not believe in... The Magic City Morning Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2410067/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:50:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409944/posts A man has been charged with killing a cab driver in Apple Valley in August, according to the Dakota County First Judicial District Court. Court documents allege that 18-year-old Abdirahman Abdiwahab Abdikarim of Apple Valley killed 41-year-old Michael Allen Palm, a Suburban Taxi driver, during the course of a robbery. Palm, who also went by "Cabbie Mike," was found dead the afternoon of Aug. 1, 2009 in his cab in the parking lot of the Commons II building on the 15000 block of Glazier Avenue. Witnesses said the van had been parked there with the driver's door open since at... WCCO.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409944/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:03:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409841/posts WORCESTER, Mass.—A Massachusetts woman who allegedly faked her own pregnancy has been charged with killing her pregnant friend, cutting her baby girl from her womb and kidnapping the infant. Julie Corey was initially charged with kidnapping after authorities found her and the baby in a homeless shelter in Plymouth, N.H., in July. A Worcester County grand jury indicted her Thursday on murder and kidnapping charges. DNA tests confirmed that the baby was cut from the womb of Darlene Haynes. Haynes, who was eight months pregnant when she was killed, was found dead in her Worcester home two days before Corey's... AP via Boston.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409841/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:27:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409833/posts WORCESTER, Mass.—A Massachusetts woman who allegedly faked her own pregnancy has been charged with killing her pregnant friend, cutting her baby girl from her womb and kidnapping the infant. Julie Corey was initially charged with kidnapping after authorities found her and the baby in a homeless shelter in Plymouth, N.H., in July. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409833/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:12:43 GMT