Lady in the trunk probes in Frederick County murder case
The fourth of an eight part series on unsolved Frederick County murders asks police to follow clues about a woman found in a trunk. Detectives and a psychic toured the Frederick watershed seeking vibrations from beyond, claiming to glimpse the perpetrator’s face and companions. The medium, who remains anonymous, says one associate feels guilty for silence.
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Frederick County
Ed Kornacki
Frederick
Mystery Trunk Holder Body Found in Maryland Woods
Detectives, including Frederick City Police investigator Detective Kornacki, reported a body discovered Aug 24 1982 inside a brown steamer trunk 50 feet off a wooded dirt road. The victim, a 17 to 21 year old white or American Indian female, was dead for months, with melting remains hindering cause of death. The trunk contained two tea towels and the scene suggested long abandonment. Investigators noted possible dental work and a farm girl profile. The case, reactivated in 1998, awaits findings and leads.
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Kornacki
Frederick City
East Third Street Park Yields Notable Playground Tree
In Lake on September 2 Natasha Dixon aged 8 and 9 year old and other children found a large tree on East Third Street Park to be an excellent playground piece Friday afternoon.
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In Lake
Natasha Dixon
East Third Street Park
September ends with beautiful Frederick weather
Weather watcher Lucille Beale notes September brought 1.98 inches of rain, easing drought for trees and water table though crops suffered. National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny days in the 70s, with warmer trends and possible afternoon storms ahead. Code green ozone forecast issued for Baltimore region.
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Lucille Beale
National Weather Service
Fredericks County
Sound Source
News-Post
Frederick
Sterling
Weather Service
Maryland Department of the Environment
Baltmore
Beale
The
Emmitsburg
O J Simpson case goes to jury after closing
Los Angeles AP jurors, 12 anonymous, will decide guilt in the O J Simpson murder trial after witnesses and evidence, including Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, were presented. Judge Lance Ito urged impartial verdicts as foreperson is chosen and deliberations await Monday.
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Los Angeles
Or. Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Marcia Clark
Lance Ito
Women sue over police raid on Biggs Avenue home
A multimillion dollar suit filed in Frederick County Circuit Court alleges brutal predawn tactics by a large masked police team during a May 2 raid on Cheryl Ann Snyder and Amy Beall’s home seeking Snyder’s ex husband Lloyd Snyder. The plaintiffs accuse deputies of breaking down the door, forcing them to the floor, shoving and stripping them, and humiliating conduct.
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Biggs Avenue
Frederick
Cheryl Ann Snyder
Amy Beall
Frederick County
Ralf Berger
Richard Bricken
Bryan C. Black
Snyder
Lloyd Snyder
Srug
Ms Beall
Ma. Beall
Hot air ballooning a great weekend getaway
A weekly relaxation feature chronicles a dawn balloon ride in Urbana. Kevin Poeppelman inflates a 70 foot craft at Urbana Fire Co carnival grounds and rises with photographer Kelly Hahn, drifting toward the sunrise over the Catoctins aboard Adventures Aloft.
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Urbana
Kevin Poeppelman
Kelly Hahn
Mr. Poeppelman
Clarksburg
Urbana Fire Co
Carnival Grounds
Adventures
Balloon Flight Over Ft Beddale Falls Quietly Smooth
The author rides a rainbow balloon named My Sky above Ft Beddale, drifting from 200 to 4000 feet for an hour. The experience is described as gentle, with the basket carrying passengers as the scenery changes below and fear of heights fading in the smooth ascent.
Inventor Harvey Scheetz Dies at 47 in Frederick
Frederick Memorial Hospital reports Harvey Scheetz died at 2:87 pm on Friday after being brought in by ambulance. The local innovator and television figure, famous for repurposing trash into gadgets and the USS Starship Frederick, was a longtime community character who ate daily at Lohr's Family Restaurant. He appeared on David Letterman and was featured in The Frederick News-Post, The Washington Post, and National Geographic World. Friends remembered him as friendly, cheerful, and helpful, with a playful yet serious nature, and he once said, I still believe that.
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Harvey Scheetz
Crick
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Scheetz
Mr. Scheetz
Frederick
Linda Gladhil
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