Man sentenced to death for killing family in Middletown
In Harrisburg, a jury condemned Ernest R. Whelaver Jr. to death for the Christmas Eve 2002 killings of his wife Jean 43 and daughters Victoria 20 and Elizabeth 15. Police found the trio shot in their Middletown home after they missed Christmas Eve dinner. Victoria’s 9 month old daughter was found beside the mother.
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Ernest R. Whelaver Jr
Jean
Victoria
Elizabeth
Middletown
Competent to stand trial in Elizabeth Smart kidnapping
A Salt Lake City judge ruled homeless man Brian Mitchell competent for trial in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping after his lawyers chose not to contest the competency hearing. The decision ended a planned three day proceeding, with Mitchell remaining silent and nodding to acknowledge understanding of the ruling. Salt Lake County District Attorney David Yocom and lead defense attorney Kim Clark had been negotiating over waiving the hearing and potential plea talks.
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Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Smart
Brian Mitchell
Mitchell
Judith Atherton
Salt Lake County
David Yocom
Kim Clark
Yocom
DNA cleared man freed after 17 years in Georgia
Clarence Harrison, 44, was paroled after DNA testing showed he did not rape a hospital worker in 1986. Harrison had been sentenced to life in 1987 for rape, kidnapping, and robbery. a new trial motion by his lawyers led to the charges being dismissed by Judge Cynthia Becker.
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Decatur
Clarence Harrison
Harrison
Georgia Innocence Project
DeKalb County
Cynthia Becker
New cholesterol test predicts heart attack risk
A European Society of Cardiology meeting showcased a test measuring the ratio of small LDL particles to HDL particles. Apolipoprotein B marks the bad particles and apolipoprotein A1 marks the good, with rising ratios signaling higher risk of a future heart attack.
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Munich
Germany
European Society of Cardiology
Astronomers Spot Smallest Planets Yet
American astronomers announce the discovery of two of the smallest planets orbiting nearby stars, joining a pair found by European scientists five days earlier. The trio forms a new class of planets. each is Neptune sized and 14 to 18 times Earth's mass.
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Earth
Missing California girl 1969 case leads to arrests
Three year old Michelle Pulsifer vanished in 1969 after her family moved from Huntington Beach to Illinois. Prosecutors say no missing person report was filed and a search for her body is now under way as Donna Prentice and James Kent face murder-related charges. Kent confessed on video to helping bury the body in a mountain canyon.
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Prentice
James Michael Kent
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Wisconsin
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Lakemoor
Ill
John Byrne
Lake County
Sheriff’s Department
Chicago Tribune
Byrne
Associated Press
Orange County District Attorney's
Richard Pulsifer Jr
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