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Post by Charlene on Sept 10, 2007 15:45:29 GMT -6
Odessa TX A gunman shot and killed two police officers and critically injured a third while the officers were responding to a report of a domestic dispute at the man's house. After the shootings Saturday night, the suspected gunman, 58-year-old Larry White, held police in a four-hour standoff until he surrendered around 10 p.m. Killed were Cpls. Arlie Jones, 48, and John "Scott" Gardner, 30. Cpl. Abel Marquez, 32, who was shot in the face with buckshot, remained hospitalized in Lubbock in critical condition. UPDATE: Abel Marquez later died from his injuries. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296252,00.html
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Post by Charlene on Sept 8, 2007 8:09:47 GMT -6
A homeless man walking in the 4100 block of Broadway noticed an object lying on the Sims Bayou embankment Thursday night. When he went down to check it out, he realized it was a homeless woman who he'd seen in the area. Houston police are questioning the woman's supposed boyfriend, but no charges have been filed. The victim was 33 years old. Homeless people living under the same bridge on the other side of the bayou told investigators they heard Denise Guillotte and her boyfriend arguing about 10 a.m. Thursday morning. Guillotte had suffered stab wounds to her right arm and chest.
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Post by Charlene on Sept 8, 2007 8:08:27 GMT -6
Houston police have charged a woman with her husband's murder. Police said she stabbed her husband multiple times. He died at their home on City Park Central. A man who was stabbed to death is identified as a professor at the University of Houston. Police say Dr. James Dewalt's wife, Kristen, fatally stabbed him while at their southeast Houston apartment yesterday morning. Police aren't releasing any details about what led up to the stabbing. Meanwhile on the UH campus, students are shocked to hear the news about a professor who had just started teaching this semester.
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Post by Charlene on Sept 7, 2007 21:32:03 GMT -6
A woman who was the manager of a self-storage facility was murdered during an armed robbery of the business. Jane L. Lemoine was interviewing a prospective employee when the robbers accosted her. They forced the interviewee on the floor and shot the manager to death before leaving. The robbers got away with a small amount of cash and the office telephones. They also stole the minivan belonging to the woman who came to interview for a job. www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou070907_ac_eastexshooting.aeb4081f.htmlUPDATE: Houston police have charged two men in the fatal shooting of a 53-year-old woman who was killed last week during the robbery of a storage facility in northeast Houston. Charles Scott, 26, and Vernon M. Scott, 24, are charged with capital murder in the 262nd State District Court. Both men, thought to be brothers, are still at large. www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5133519.html
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Post by Charlene on Sept 7, 2007 14:39:53 GMT -6
A teenager was charged on Tuesday with killing and raping his sister and beating his niece with a sledgehammer in a crime the sheriff called one of the most brutal he's ever seen. Walter Smith Jr., 16, was charged with the first-degree murder and rape of his 22-year-old sister, Betsy Mary Smith, and aggravated assault against his two year-old niece, Andrea Costello. Based on Walter Smith's accounts, police said Betsy Smith was beaten with a sledgehammer and stabbed before being raped. When Costello began crying, she was struck in the head with a sledgehammer. Betsy Smith, Costello and a 1-year-old boy were then locked inside the room. wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1238307The killer's mother is already making excuses for him....
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Post by Charlene on Sept 7, 2007 10:04:27 GMT -6
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Post by Charlene on Sept 7, 2007 10:02:20 GMT -6
I'd like to try something and I'm curious how quickly this thread would grow. We have an incredible range of geographic locations among the members of this board. I'm asking you to scan your local news web sites and simply post the name and location of people who were murdered in your community this week.
Regardless of your stance on the issue of capital punishment, the number of murders occurring on a daily basis across the world is staggering and sobering.
You can post the date of the murder in the body of the post and a link to the news article if you like, or any additional information including a photo if available. Please include simply their name, age (if available) and location in the subject line.
Use a separate post for each case.
Please respect the intent of this thread and do not use this thread to make a political statement about the war. Please do not list soldiers killed in battle here.
Death row inmates are not murder victims and do not belong here.
Edited to add: We should post just the basic info about the case in the thread, rather than a complete news article. I don't want to duplicate what already occurs in the News Articles forums. Let's just include a synopsis of what is known about the murder at this time, and a link to the article for those who want further details.
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