Robert Rejda
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- ChicagoTribune.com: "Man who wanted to be executed commits suicide" (December 14, 2007)
- Though Rejda was on psychotropic medication, he was not considered a suicide risk. Said Public Defender Robert Miller: "I visited six times in the last two weeks, because he had brought up the issue of pleading guilty and accepting the death penalty. I had no indication, none whatsoever, no suggestion that he was thinking of taking his own life."
- DailyHerald.com: "Man accused of Christmas murder in DuPage Co. wants death penalty" (December 12, 2007)
- Miller, Rejda's attorney, had asked that his client receive a mental-health evaluation before entering a guilty plea.
- Pioneer Press: Judge denies additional rape evidence (November 30, 2007)
- ABC7Chicago.com: Bond denied for suspect in Christmas murder (March 23, 2007)
- Prosecutors alleged that Rejda sexually assaulted Kiefer and beat her with an aluminum bat when she walked in on him robbing her family's home. The fact that they went to school together as children was considered coincidental.
- CBS2Chicago.com: Bond Denied For Man Accused Of Killing Model (March 23, 2007)
- CBS2Chicago.com: Man Charged In Christmas Murder Of Suburban Model (March 22, 2007)
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updated 2010-07-17 20:24:10
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Gaffney Serial Killer
Crime Scene 1.
- Kline Cash, age 63, a peach farmer
Crime Scene 2.
- Gena Linder Parker, age 50
- Hazel Linder, age 83
Crime Scene 3.
- Stephen Tyler, age 48, a businessman
- Abby Tyler, age 15, died at a hospital
updated 2010-07-17 05:57:22
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Meleanie Hain
Meleanie Hain and her husband Scott Hain were found dead on the evening of October 7, 2009, at their Lebanon, Pennsylvania, home. While the details of the crime were not immediately clear, one neighbor heard of the their three children, who were home at the time but unharmed, screaming "Daddy shot Mommy!"http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-08-soccer-mom-gun-murder-suicide_N.htm
Hain previously made news in November of 2008 after carrying a gun to her daughter's soccer game.http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-10-08-soccer-mom-gun-murder-suicide_N.htm
updated 2010-07-17 15:14:32
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Christa Pike
WillKern.com: Christa Pike background and articles
University of Kentucky: State v. Pike brief
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updated 2010-07-17 01:28:44
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Harry Rupnarine
Harry Rupnarine is a former New York City police officer who was convicted in the May 2007 shooting death of his fiance, Guiatree Hardat. During his trial, Rupnarine testified that he'd accidentally shot Hardat while trying to fend off a would-be attacker as the couple walked in Queens, New York.http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/09/26/2009-09-26_prosecution_mocks_excops_claim_he_accidentally_shot_his_wife_in_the_head.html
On September 30, 2009, a jury found the 39-year-old Rupnarine guilty of second-degree murder.http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/transit_cop_found_guilty_in_fiancee_6I4wWG5lMBpeeWXGQekQzL
updated 2010-07-17 07:16:27
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Christopher Pittman
Christopher Pittman was convicted in 2005 of taking a pump-action shotgun and murdering his grandparents, Joe Frank Pittman and Joy Roberts Pittman, as they slept. Afterwards, Pittman, then 12 years old, set the house on fire and attempted to flee in his grandparents' SUV with the family golden retriever.
Pittman's defense centered around the prescription anti-depressant Paxil which he was taking at the time of the 2001 murders. Just days before the crime, Pittman's prescription was switched to Zoloft. His lawyers claimed that the change in medications created a chemical reaction within Pittman that caused him to become violent.
In April 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court refused, without comment, to hear Pittman's appeal, which centered around whether the drugs played a role in the murders, whether Pittman's sentence was excessive, and whether the boy should have ever been tried as an adult in the first place.
Pittman is imprisoned in an adult correctional facility in South Carolina. He turned 18 in 2008, and is not set to be released until he is in his mid-40s.
updated 2010-07-17 01:35:32
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John White Sentenced
John White, a 54 year old black man was sentenced to two to four years for shooting a 17 year old, Daniel Cicciaro Jr, in his driveway with an illegal handgun in August of 2006. Whites' teenage son Aaron had been feuding with Cicciaro. White was convicted in December of 2007, and many expected he would receive up to 15 years in prison for the conviction of manslaughter. During the trial, White explained that when he was younger he heard stories of about the Ku Klux Klan burning his grandfathers business down in the 1929's and he feared a similar attack. White was sentenced on May 19, 2008. The lenient sentence came as a shock to the family of Cicciaro. In an emotional response following the sentencing, Cicciaro Sr. made the comment ""Well, let's see what happens when Aaron White gets shot and see how the laws are". Whites' defense attorney believed the comment to be a threat and the matter was referred to the authorities. The White family was assigned protection for their home. John White is seeking an appeal for the conviction.
updated 2010-07-17 11:53:07
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Amanda Knox Verdict
On December 4, 2009, Amanda Knox, an American college student from Seattle was found guilty by an Italian court of murdering her roommate, British student Meredith Kercher. Knox's boyfriend, Italian national Raffaele Sollecito was also found guilty.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/04/amanda-knox-meredith-kercher-murder Knox wore a lime green jacket, and sobbed, as the verdict was read. Six of the jurors wore red, green and blue sashes—indicating Italian national pride.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20324839,00.html The trial took place in Perugia, Italy, where both Knox and Kercher were students at the University of Foreigners.
The murder of Kercher took place in 2007. Prosecutors argued that Sollecito, along with Rudy Guede, a so-called "drifter" from the Ivory Coast in Africa, held down Kercher, while Knox stabbed and killed her. Kercher's body was found covered in a blanket inside the apartment she and Knox shared.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6945568.ecehttp://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/12/04/us_students_fate_goes_to_jury_in_murder_case/
updated 2010-07-16 21:22:12
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Richard D. Davis
July 31, 2008: Missouri's Richard D. Davis has been convicted of rape and first-degree murder in the videotaped death of 41-year-old Marsha Spicer. In May 2006, Davis produced a video in which he restrained Spicer while his girlfriend, Dena Riley, suffocated the victim by sitting on her face.Fox News: Missouri Man Found Guilty in Videotaped Sex Slaying (July 31, 2008) The incident took place a month after the similar death of Michelle Huff Ricci, for which Davis was convicted of kidnapping and rape.
