Nightmares to Death Murder Fueled by Rage and Drugs
Raymond Lloyd Humphrey pleaded guilty to first degree murder and second degree rape of his wife Leslie Ellinger on their first wedding anniversary. In Washington County Circuit Court Judge Fred C Wright imposed a life sentence for murder plus 20 years for rape to run consecutively after completing two existing terms for forgery and theft. He attacked after years of abuse during a volatile relationship fueled by alcohol crack cocaine and heroin.
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Raymond Lloyd Humphrey
Humphrey
Middletown
Leslie G. Ellinger Humphrey
Washington County
Fred C. Wright
Leslie
Frederick County
Montgomery County
Hagerstown
Pope John Paul II visits United Nations amid 50th anniversary
The pope visits the UN for the first time in 16 years to urge rich nations to aid the poor. He addresses the General Assembly as UN personnel, students, and staff greet him amid chants and dove imagery. He plans to dedicate a plaque for fallen UN personnel and advocate global human rights.
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United Nations
John Paul II
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
General Assembly
U.N
Nathanial Connors
United Nations International School
Teen may face kidnapping charges in missing infant case
A Frederick County 17-year-old was arrested by the FBI in Washington after police found the missing 3 month old Felicia Burriss with the teen at a DC apartment. The suspect faces possible kidnapping and abducting a child charges upon extradition to Maryland.
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Frederick County
FBI
Washington, D.C
D.C
Felicia Nicole Burriss
E. South St
Maryland
Frederick City
Thomas V. Chase
Eva Burriss
Miss Burriss
50Th Place
Washington
Susan Lloyd
Faxon gets life term in Gretchen Groff murder case
In Chambersburg, 17 year old Clayton Faxon received life plus 10 years after pleading guilty to first degree murder and robbery in the December 20 convenience store killing of Gretchen Groff. Prosecutors sought the maximum for the robbery, while Faxon expressed remorse and claimed he only intended to scare Groff.
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Chambersburg
Clayton Faxon
Gretchen Groff
Faxon
Sabillasville
Sharon Dinterman
Gretchen
Mrs. Dinterman
Dinterman
Groff
Franklin County
John Walker
Jeremiah Reynolds
Reynolds
Man Confessed to Frederick County Girls Murders
The series concludes with a confession tying a man to the 1956 murders of 16 year old Shelby Venable and 18 year old another girl in Frederick County. Local readers recall the case as part of an eight part look at unsolved crimes in the area.
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Frederick County
Shelby Venable
Confession in 1985 tied to Venable Fellers murders
In 1985 Melvin Davis Rees Jr. confessed to the Venable-Fellers murders to a Richmond Times Dispatch reporter while jailed for killing an entire Louisa County family. The report suggests law enforcement remained unaware of the confession for years as the case remained unsolved.
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Mary Elizabeth Fellers
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Louisa County
Venable-Fellers
Richmond Times- Dispatch
Rees
Frederick News Post Uses Recycled Paper and Recyclable Newsprint
The Frederick News Post notes its practice of printing on 100 percent recycled paper and states the newspaper is recyclable.
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Frederick
Simpson Defends Prosecution Distortions After Acquittal
OJ Simpson tells CNN that prosecutors distorted evidence and that the jury trusted witnesses over the defense. He spoke briefly on Larry King Live while promoting a pay per view special. Jurors who acquitted him earlier also shared reflections on the trial.
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Los Angeles
Simpson
Marcia Clark
Christopher) Darden
Mr. Simpson
CNN
Larry
Mr. King
Robert Fisher Dies at 70 in Frederick Residence
Robert Thomas Fisher aged 70 of 203 Crestview Court Frederick died Wednesday October 4 at his home. He was born February 4 1925 in Frederick to Archibald E and Wallie E Ramsburg Fisher. He was the husband of Anne Calvert Smith Fisher.
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Robert Thomas Fisher
Crestview Court
Frederick
Anne Calvert Smith Fisher
Archibald E
Wallie E. Ramsburg Fisher
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