Search shifts from missing girl to killer in Somonauk
The body of Melissa Ackerman 7 was found in a creek near a farmer's field. Dental records confirmed identity. The abduction triggered a three county, 60 agent, 500 volunteer search across 600 square miles with over 1000 suspects questioned and more than 42000 dollars in local rewards raised.
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Here
Ed Hegarty
FBI
Chicago
Melissa
la Salle County
Marion Osborne
Osborne
de Kalb
Kendall
la Salle
Bob Woods
Cancer survival figures questioned by new study
A Yale led study suggests apparent gains in lung cancer survival over 20 years may be statistical artifacts from earlier diagnosis and longer follow up. Researchers compared two decades apart and found similar survival when consistent criteria were used, challenging broad claims of overall cancer life extension.
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Boston
National Cancer Institute
Experimental vagal tone monitor aims to screen medical issues
Champaign reports an ex perimental monitor using three arm electrodes to gauge vagus nerve signals may screen sleep apnea brain hemorrhages and stress. Stephen Porges dean University of Illinois says the device could be in clinical use in two years costing 6800 dollars and designed by Delta Biometrics Inc. Washington notes heart transplant shortages will keep tough approvals, with recipients chosen by multiple criteria including hospital bills.
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Porges
Delta Biometrics Inc
Nuns Join Major Study On Brittle Bone Disease
Nearly 200 nuns aged 35 to 45 were enrolled over 18 years ago in a long running study of osteoporosis. Dr. Robert P. Heaney of Creighton University notes duration is the key factor as the research nears its third decade, with older women at rising risk for fractures and stooped posture.
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Washington
America
Nuw
Robert P. Heaney
Creighton University
Omaha
Neb
Indiana teen held as slayings in Colorado case
District Judge Thomas Goldsmith granted an indefinite extension to District Attorney Reid Pixler for filing charges in the slayings of two Illinois teenagers who ran away to be married. Patrick Beach, 15, remains held on $100,000 bond in a juvenile jail in Colorado Springs while investigators pursue the June 10 deaths of Larry Brock Jr. and Amy Boyle, both 16 and 15 respectively. The Chihuahua case involves long distances in the 7th Judicial District delaying proceedings.
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Gunnison
Colo
Thomas Goldsmith
Reid Pixler
Illinois
Pixler
Goldsmith
Bill Jackson
Colorado
Pat
Rick Beach
Wheaton
Ill
Beach
Colorado Springs
Larry Brock Jr
Amy Boyle
Amy
Washington, D.C
Las Vegas
Nev
Montrose
Goldsmith’s Court
Lake City
Lake Cty
Larry
Farmer hints his wife is alive in murder case
Danville AP Clark County farmer Fred Grabbe 46 Marshall accused of strangling his wife and burning her body in 1981 said there was a striking resemblance between Charlotte Grabbe and a friend’s wife. Defense notes no conclusive evidence of death. Grabbe testified during cross examination that he was not really concerned when wife filed a battery charge before her disappearance and denied choking witness Vicki McCalister.
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Clark County
Fred Grabbe
Charlotte Grabbe
Grabbe
Marshall
Vorce
Vicki McCalister
McCalister
Billie Rose McDonald
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