Retired priest found bludgeoned to death in Omaha rectory
In Omaha Nebraska the body of Rev William Kieffman was found in the rectory kitchen after he failed to attend Mass at St Agnes Church. The 81 year old priest was killed in what police described as a homicide with the weapon not disclosed. Pastor Rev Dollilan Zuerein confirmed the fatal attack and said he did not know the instrument used. Police provided few details as the investigation continued.
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Omaha, Neb
William Kieffman
St. Agnes Church
Dollilan Zuerein
Kieffman
Jim Murray
FBI shooter faces manslaughter charge in Ruby Ridge case
Boundary County prosecutors filed involuntary manslaughter against Lon Horiuchi and charged Kevin Harris with first degree murder and aggravated assault. The charges follow a five year federal probe ending without charges against Horiuchi or other agents. Harris surrendered in Washington state. bond set at $500,000 as supporters watched.
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Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Ruby Ridge
FBI
Randy Weaver
Boundary County
Denise Woodbury
Lows Freen
Lon Horiuchi
Degan
Kevin Harris
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Weavers
Harris
Republic, Wash
Washington State
Weaver
Kootenai County
Here
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ATER
Ae Boundary County
Greg Spring
Teenager speaks after two months in coma in Santa Ana
Amanda Arthur a 17 year old cheerleader spoke her first words since a May 28 crash that killed an 18 year old. Doctors had warned of poor recovery but she whispered a few words at a news conference while parts of her right side remain paralyzed. The accident occurred near Newport Beach in a Chevrolet Blazer with nine friends and driver Jason Rausch charged with felony vehicular manslaughter, who pleaded not guilty.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Amanda Arthur
Ginger Carter
Neuro Care Center
Amanda
Newport Beach
Jason Rausch
Fremont teacher charged with five counts of child mistreatment
Fremont educator John Gunn a longtime teacher and community volunteer appeared in Fremont Municipal Court for arraignment on five felony counts of child mistreatment. He is seeking a lawyer and faces allegations involving a male relative and another boy met through a Big Brother program over a 15 year period. Police say no evidence links the claims to students he taught.
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Fremont
Calif
John Gunn
Big Brother
Teachers’ Union
Gunn
Fremont Municipal Court
Donald Squires
Fremont Unified District Teachers Association
Ardenwood
Sharon Ones
Oakland
Manson moved to Pelican Bay over drug dealing claim
Mass murderer Charles Manson was moved from Corcoran to Pelican Bay State Prison in Crescent City California after authorities said he dealt drugs. He will be held in the Security Housing Unit with minimal inmate contact and limited out of cell time for treatment showers and solitary exercise.
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Crescent City
Calif
Charles Manson
California
Manson
Sharon Tate
Corcoran State Prison
Pelican Bay State Prison
Pelican Bay
Demings Uribe
Court grants new sanity trial for Ellie Nesler
The California Supreme Court cites juror misconduct in the Nesler case, granting a new sanity trial. Nesler, who killed her son’s alleged molester, is serving a manslaughter sentence and could be paroled in January 1999 if found temporarily insane or if the state drops the case.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Ellie Nesler
Nesler
Dan Lungren
12 year old boy found guilty of deadly Hillsboro arson
In Hillsboro Oregon a 12 year old, Ray Martin DeFord, was ruled responsible for arson, felony murder, and criminally negligent homicide in the June 28 1996 blaze that killed eight at an Aloha apartment complex. He could be held in state custody till age 25. DeFord initially helped alert neighbors but later admitted starting the fire. His lawyers cited alleged brain damage from severe childhood abuse.
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Hillsboro
Ore
Ray Martin DeFord
DeFord
Aloha
Portland
de~ Ford
Brown bat rabies linked to first human death in Washington
A 64 year old Mason County man in Washington died January 18 after symptoms including chronic back pain and left arm numbness in what the CDC calls the first human rabies death linked to a brown bat. A Montana man, Blaine County resident, died January 5 from rabies with arm numbness and muscle spasms.
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Washington State
Montana
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
United States
Mason County
Wash
Blaine County
Mont
Private arsenal uncovered after Drega barn fire in New Hampshire
In Columbia New Hampshire authorities found a private arsenal for terror after Carl Drega burned his barn. Dozens of pipe bombs armor piercing bullets blasting caps rifles and explosives were found along with bunkers containing ammo food and a refrigerator. Investigators say the stockpile suggests plans to mine property explode off-site and fight agents of a detested government.
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Columbia
N.H
Carl C. Drega
New Hampshire
Drega
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