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Lockerbie Bomber Release

Abdelbaset ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the former Libyan intelligence officer who was convicted for the bombing for Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, is reportedly set for a compassionate release in August of 2009.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8198603.stm

Al-Megrahi, who was convicted for the murder of 270 people in the bombing, is suffering from terminal prostate cancer.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8198603.stm

updated 2010-07-17 13:55:20

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Sister Marguerite Bartz

Sister Marguerite Bartz was a nun who was found murdered in her convent on a Navajo indian reservation in New Mexico. A colleague discovered Bartz's body on November 1, 2009. Authorities have not released information about how the 64-year-old Bartz died. Bartz's SUV was stolen from her home and on November 3, 2009, reports said the vehicle had been located. Police were tight-lipped about specifics, including where and how the SUV was located.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/03/new.mexico.dead.nun/index.html

Police arrested 18-year-old Reehahlio Carroll in connection with Bartz's murder.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,573528,00.html?test=latestnews

updated 2010-07-17 21:59:47

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Robert Halderman

David Letterman revealed during an October 1, 2009, taping of The Late Show that someone claiming to have information on his having sex with female staffers had attempted to extort him. Letterman said he'd testified before a grand jury earlier in the day and the man had been arrested. Letterman did not name the suspect.http://voices.washingtonpost.com/tvblog/2009/10/david-letterman-reveals-extort.html

updated 2010-07-17 20:22:51

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Paula Sladewski

The last person to see Paula Sladewski alive was her boyfriend Kevin Klym. Klym told police that Sladewski was "too drunk' while partying at the Club Space night-club in North Miami, and that the two argued loudly until he was asked to leave by bouncers. North Miami Detective Neal Cuevas said that Klym was last seen at the club at 7:00 a.m.

Klym then said the took a taxi back to the Fontainebleau Hotel. When she didn't return to the hotel, he filed a missing person's report. By the time the report was filed, a passer-by had already called police to report the burning trash bin. The burning body was found at 9:00 p.m. Sladewski's body was so badly charred that dental records had to be used to identify her. She was finally identified on Tuesday, January 5, 2010.http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/07/crimesider/entry6067744.shtmlhttp://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/01/07/2010-01-07_body_of_model_paula_sladewski_found_burning_in_miamidumpster_in__boyfriend_a_per.html

Sladewski's family described the couple's relationship 18-month relationship as "volatile." In 2008, Sladewski was charged with domestic violence. Her family told CBS News that Klym once broke Sladewski's nose.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/01/07/2010-01-07_body_of_model_paula_sladewski_found_burning_in_miamidumpster_in__boyfriend_a_per.html

updated 2010-07-17 18:24:36

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George Sodini

George Sodini was identified as the gunman who opened fire and killed three people in an LA Fitness gym in Pennsylvania on August 4, 2009. Sodini shut the lights off and fired 50 rounds into an aerobics class before turning the gun on himself.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/05/pennsylvania.gym.shooting/

Sodini was a devoted follow of relationship guru R. Don Steele. He was allegedly influenced by Steele's book How to Date Young Women: For Men Over 35 and was seen in an audience in video footage of a seminar held by Steele. The video also depicted footage of Sodini participating in a confidence-building exercise that involves shaking the hand of one of Steele's female assistants.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jCr-8hvMxT_o93eW1whvXEAyJfqAD99UACK81

Sodini kept a detailed online journal dating back to November 2008 with the last entry on the night before the shooting. Throughout Sodini's blog, he wrote about women, religion and a failed "project." He stated he "chickened out" and would try again.http://www.myfoxwausau.com/dpp/news/George_Sodini_Left_Dark_Online_Diary_dpgo_20090805_jst_2837218

updated 2010-07-17 06:12:02

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Amy Kucsmas

Amy Kucsmas was a 36-year-old mother of three who went missing from Mount Oliver, Pennsylvania. Her body was found bound with electrical tape and rolled in carpet on July 24, 2009.

She reportedly phoned her daughter on July 11, 2009, saying she would die that night. An unknown man could be heard screaming in the background.

updated 2010-07-16 21:31:38

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Mohammed al Modadi

With the words shoe bomb spoken, thoughts and media coverage related back to the Richard Reid shoe bomb situation from 2001 and the more recent Nigerian shoe bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.

Reid attempted to blow up American Airlines flight 63 traveling from Paris to Miami on December 22, 2001 but was prevented from doing so by passengers. The Reid situation led to a much more stringent security check for passengers. Reid a London born citizen later affiliated with Muslim terrorist groups was sentenced to life in prison for the attempt.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1731568.stmhttp://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_richard_reid.htm

More recently a Nigerian man allegedly tried to detonate a bomb on a passenger jet arriving in the US in Detroit during Christmas holidays. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was also overpowered by passengers and Northwest Airline crew just before his Amsterdam to Detroit flight landed on December 24. He has not yet but tried but is sentenced with trying to destroy a plane. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8608611.stm

updated 2010-07-17 15:58:18

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Christopher Craft

Christopher Craft has been identified as the suspect who held a principal hostage at Stissing Mountain High School in Pine Plains, New York, on November 10, 2009. According to reports, Craft, who is said to be in his 40s, is a former student at Stissing Mountain. Craft allegedly walked into the school and held principal Don Hess hostage for about two hours at gunpoint before surrendering to authorities. There were no reports of any injuries.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/11/10/2009-11-10_police_stissing_mountain_high_school_in_dutchess_county_is_locked_down.html

updated 2010-07-17 01:34:57

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Baby Locked in Chest

The seven-month-old baby girl Shannon Lee Dedrick was reported missing on November 2, 2009 by her mother Crystina Lynn Mercer. The ensuing police investigation determined the mother had actually given the baby to her paternal aunt, before filing the missing person’s report with the local police department. Both the mother and the paternal Aunt Susan Baker have been charged in this event.

updated 2010-07-16 22:26:50

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