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Missing KC man found in Washington state

Posted on June 10, 2009
From KCPD: Evan Carslake was located in Olympia, Washington today. Carslake is reported to be okay. It is unknown at this time why he was found in that area.

NY man "knew it was wrong" that he gouged out victim's eyes, cut off penis

Posted on June 10, 2009
See? Surely he can't be ALL bad. Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

Hope you haven't eaten lunch yet ...

Posted on June 10, 2009
"Doctor, my eyes / tell me what is wrong / was I unwise to leave them open for so long?" (Link to YouTube page.)

Prank caller tricks Holiday Inn employee into setting off fire alarm

Posted on June 10, 2009
The story is from Arkansas, where a prankster called a Holiday Inn in Conway and pretended to be from the fire-alarm company. There was a problem with the system, and to reset thing, the employee needed to pull the alarm....

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Critics say retarded child molester didn't deserve 100 years in prison

Posted on June 10, 2009
A mentally disabled Texas man, age 18, was sentenced to 100 years in prison after he molested a 6-year-old boy. Critics say the trial was badly mishandled. The defendant, Aaron Hart, probably wasn't competent to stand trial, they say, and...

Report: U.S. DNA backlog now stands at 350K to 700K samples

Posted on June 10, 2009
That's according to ProPublica, a nonprofit that does investigative reporting. The Bush administration had made a high priority of reducing the backlog, which includes samples from murder and rape cases, but there have been several laws passed that now require...

MO homicide victim had survived an earlier tragedy

Posted on June 10, 2009
In Perry County, Mo., a man shot and killed his estranged wife yesterday while she was working on a lawnmower. Stephanie Shuffit had survived a similar tragedy about 13 years ago. After she left an abusive boyfriend for a new...

Florida's serial cat-killer ...

Posted on June 10, 2009
... was a pack of dogs, police say. (Though there could be another cat-killer in a neighboring community!) Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

Thieves steal artwork from rare books in KU library

Posted on June 10, 2009
Which ruins the books and causes thousands of dollars in damage, the Journal-World reports.

The Cole Camp Murders

Posted on June 10, 2009
The victims are a teenage girl, Taron Luetjen, and her paternal grandparents, Donald and Sharon. Taron had lived with them since she was a toddler, after her dad died in a wreck. Cole Camp authorities got a call from a...

Stay classy, Operation Rescue

Posted on June 10, 2009
The group's leader says they talked about buying George Tiller's now-closed clinic. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Mississippi boy, 11, accidentally kills kid brother after fighting over video game

Posted on June 10, 2009
The dead boy is 9. The video-game argument escalated to the point where the two of them were wrestling over a shotgun. Dad was outside mowing the lawn.

No luck in Branson Perry search

Posted on June 10, 2009
That's according to the News-Press.

Imagine they remade "Psycho" with a pit bull playing Norman Bates

Posted on June 10, 2009
Pit bull attacks Florida woman while she was taking a shower.

Alabama's quality of justice

Posted on June 09, 2009
Some people think it's problem that Alabama doesn't have a public defender's office and lets judges promise to give out death sentences during their campaigns. More here from the New York Times.

Florida teen hunted for psychedelic mushrooms while armed with crossbow

Posted on June 09, 2009
The crossbow, along with a slingshot, was there in case any cows tried to hassle him. Police say he freely admitted that he was looking for mushrooms so he could get high.

Girl accidentally breaks Mom's legs during driving lesson

Posted on June 09, 2009
Dad was cited.

AZ doc accused of pinching female patient's nipples during pacemaker surgery

Posted on June 09, 2009
And no, that was not part of the procedure. Hat Tip: Many thanks, eephus!

Inmates don't want California to sell San Quentin

Posted on June 09, 2009
They're afraid of losing their tennis lessons and drama classes.

They cooked the drug dealer, police say

Posted on June 09, 2009
Two Massachusetts men are accused of killing a drug dealer, chopping up his body and then cooking him. One of the men allegedly owed thousands to the dealer and couldn't pay, so he got his codefendant, an old friend, to...

Tales of Chutzpah!

Posted on June 09, 2009
Convicted killer sues to get truck that he stole from a Florida couple that he also killed.

Man flags down cop to see if he has any outstanding warrants

Posted on June 09, 2009
As it happens, he does.

Open Thread ... Tuesday

Posted on June 09, 2009
Welcome back to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. If you've seen an interesting story somewhere else, feel free to post a link below. As always, please follow our standard rules: Please sign your comments,...

KCK woman charged in homicide from Monday

Posted on June 09, 2009
From Mark Wiebe: A 32-year-old Kansas City, Kan., woman has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting Monday. Natasha G. Hodge, is accused of shooting Stanley D. Garr, 48, in the 1500 block of North 23rd...

Quote of the day

Posted on June 09, 2009
"I do feel I'm not guilty," Abdulhakim Muhammad told The Associated Press in a collect call from the Pulaski County jail. "I don't think it was murder, because murder is when a person kills another person without justified reason." Muhammad...

More about the homicide in Fairway

Posted on June 09, 2009

Teenage stripper gives lapdance to 1 teacher, has affair with another

Posted on June 09, 2009
So she's suing her school for not getting her help.

The (alleged) Suitcase Killer wants another trial

Posted on June 09, 2009
Melanie McGuire -- the New Jersey woman who allegedly shot her husband, dismembered his body and put the remains in three suitcase before throwing everything in Chesapeake Bay -- wants a new trial because, her lawyers say, they've got new...

United States' longest-serving cop dies -- burglars hit his house a few hours later

Posted on June 09, 2009
Sgt. Manuel Curry served 62 years with the police department in New Orleans. He was also a World War II veteran and fought at Normandy. His wife was at a funeral home, making burial arrangements, when the break-in happened.

KC man accused of breaking into Midtown apartment, fondling sleeping woman

Posted on June 09, 2009
Medford Williams, 29, faces charges of burglary, deviate sexual assault, sexual misconduct and stealing from a June 7 incident near 34th and Harrison, the Jackson County prosecutor's office reports. A woman says that she woke up to find Williams fondling...

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