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OJ Defense Rests Without Calling Simpson

Las Vegas jury could get robbery-kidnap case tomorrow

(Newser) - OJ Simpson’s defense team rested its case today without calling the former football star to testify in his armed robbery and kidnapping trial in Las Vegas. Though the prosecution can still call rebuttal witnesses, the case could go to jury tomorrow, the Review-Journal reports. Lawyers for Simpson's co-defendant called...

Ex-Wife: Abuse Drove Me From Rockefeller

Man of many names pleads not guilty to kidnapping daughter

(Newser) - Clark Rockefeller repeatedly abused his ex-wife before she finally left him last year, prosecutors alleged yesterday during the con man’s trial for the kidnapping of his young daughter. Sandra Lynne Boss tried to leave Rockefeller— actually Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter of Germany—in 1999 but was “wooed back” and...

OJ Prosecution Rests After Witness Waffles

(Newser) - Prosecutors rested their case in the OJ Simpson robbery-kidnapping trial today after a state witness waffled under cross-examination, AFP reports. Michael McClinton admitted that he had not told police about Simpson's request to bring a gun to rob memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas last year. But he testified last week...

Bail Set at $50M for 'Rockefeller'

German of many names in jail on kidnap charge, linked to other crimes

(Newser) - The man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller—a German citizen whose twisted life of multiple aliases unraveled after he was charged with kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter—was awarded bail today at a sum befitting a true Rockefeller. A Massachusetts judge set bail at $50 million for the man authorities say...

Egypt Frees 19 Tourists, Kills Kidnappers

European safari-goers released after gun battle, no ransom paid

(Newser) - The European tour group kidnapped in Egypt more than a week ago has been freed, according to official reports, after a gun battle between Sudanese troops and the kidnappers. Sudanese officials said yesterday that they’d killed the leader of the kidnappers and five other bandits in a shootout. Though...

Kidnap Victim: 'It Was Worse Than Death'

Shawn Hornbeck speaks publicly for first time about 4-year ordeal

(Newser) - A young kidnap victim sexually abused for 4 years said he feared every day for his life—and often thought death would have been easier, reports People. Shawn Hornbeck, now 17, speaks publicly for the first time about his ordeal in a CBS interview. What he endured would make "...

Kidnappers Threaten to Kill Egypt Tourists

German officials negotiate with bandits

(Newser) - The kidnappers of 19 people, including 11 foreign tourists, in the Egyptian desert have threatened to kill their hostages if officials launch a plane search, Reuters reports. A tour operator being held conveyed the threat by phone to his German wife, and she relayed the information to Egyptian officials, one...

Egypt Hunts for Kidnapped Tourists

Group including Europeans, Egyptians taken into neighboring Sudan

(Newser) - A group including 11 European tourists kidnapped Friday in Egypt has been taken across the southern border into neighboring Sudan, officials told the Associated Press today. The kidnappers have demanded as much as $15 million for the release of the German, Italian, and Romanian tourists and their Egyptian guides; Egypt's...

Vegas Cop Thought OJ Heist 'Couldn't Be True'

'It didn't make sense' until he heard tape

(Newser) - The first Las Vegas detective to investigate OJ Simpson’s alleged involvement in an armed robbery last September said he was initially flabbergasted at the idea, the Los Angeles Times reports. “It didn't make sense,” Andy Caldwell testified yesterday at Simpson’s trial. Caldwell was soon swayed by...

Arrest No. 3 for Casey Anthony
Arrest No. 3 for Casey Anthony
Sep 15, 2008 3:07 PM CDT

Arrest No. 3 for Casey Anthony

Mom of missing 3-year-old Caylee charged (again) for check fraud, theft

(Newser) - Casey Anthony was rearrested today during a routine visit to the official administering her home confinement, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The mother of missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony is charged with theft and check fraud; the new counts appear to go above and beyond previous theft and fraud charges that saw...

All-White Jury Will Judge OJ
 All-White Jury Will Judge OJ 
Sep 12, 2008 8:40 AM CDT

All-White Jury Will Judge OJ

(Newser) - Nine women and three men will make up the jury in OJ Simpson’s trial for kidnapping and armed robbery —but none of them are black, the Los Angeles Times reports. The prosecution dismissed two black candidates, one from the jury and another from the pool of alternates, but...

Court Tosses Ex-Klansman's Conviction in '64 Murders

Statute of limitations for kidnapping had expired, appeals panel rules

(Newser) - A federal appeals court has thrown out last year's conspiracy and kidnapping conviction of an ex-Klansman involved in the murders of two black teens in Mississippi in 1964. Lawyers for James Ford Seale said they will seek to have the 72-year-old cancer patient, who was serving three life sentences, freed...

Judge Releases Records of Rockefeller's Divorce

Prosecutors will use them before grand jury

(Newser) - A Boston judge has agreed to let prosecutors look at the divorce and separation records of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller, the Globe reports. They won't make the records public but will use them to try to persuade a grand jury to indict Rockefeller—alleged to be German...

Caylee's Mom Makes Bail Again
 Caylee's Mom
 Makes Bail Again
Sep 5, 2008 3:19 AM CDT

Caylee's Mom Makes Bail Again

She'll be free second time, no charges yet in Caylee's suspected death

(Newser) - The Florida mother suspected in the disappearance of 3-year-old Caylee Anthony will be released from jail a second time today. An Orlando bondsman, working on behalf of someone he refused to name, posted mom Casey Anthony's $500,000 bail on forgery charges, reports ABC. Anthony hasn't been charged in the...

Thousands Protest Mexico Violence

Tide of kidnappings and murders linked to drug gangs and corrupt cops

(Newser) - Thousands of protesters marched in various Mexican cities yesterday, demanding the government crack down on the nation's mounting crime. Mexico has been rocked by kidnappings and murders connected to drug-trafficking gangs and corrupt police, with an estimated 12,000 drug-related deaths so far this year, reports the Los Angeles Times....

Hair From Mom's Trunk Matches Missing Caylee

Bounty hunter inexplicably backtracks on revoking Casey Anthony's bail

(Newser) - The hair found in the trunk of Casey Anthony’s car likely came from missing daughter Caylee, Fox News reports. Florida law-enforcement sources say DNA tests on hair and an unidentified stain in Anthony’s car match those samples to 3-year-old Caylee and suggest she is dead. But the results...

Ex-Wife Hired PI to Trail 'Crockefeller' Before Kidnap

Daughter Reigh now in London with mom

(Newser) - Sarah Lynne Boss hired a private eye to follow her “Crockefeller” ex-husband before he kidnapped their daughter July 27, the Boston Herald reports. Court papers indicate the detective witnessed the abduction of 7-year-old Reigh Boss, who is now in London with her mother. “Sandra’s sole focus is...

'Rockefeller' Recalls Glorious Days with Kidnapped Snooks

But he stonewalls on his past

(Newser) - The father who still insists on calling himself Clark Rockefeller described six days on the lam with his 7-year-old kidnapped daughter—nicknamed Snooks—as "glorious," reports the Boston Globe. But he refuses to discuss his past life using several aliases. "We had such a wonderful time,"...

'Rockefeller' Admits to California Alias

Lawyer says suspect used fake name to break into acting

(Newser) - Mystery man Clark Rockefeller's attorney says his client can now remember living as Christopher Chichester in Los Angeles, the Boston Herald reports. Rockefeller—identified by prosecutors as a German national named Christian Gerhartsreiter—can recall living with a couple who subsequently vanished but insists he had nothing to do with...

'Rockefeller' Linked to Missing Couple

Calif. officials to question him about vanished newlyweds

(Newser) - Accused kidnapper Clark Rockefeller is a German national wanted for questioning in a Los Angeles double-murder case, California authorities said today. The statement marked the first by officials that German Christian Gerhartsreiter used the Rockefeller name in Boston and Christopher Chichester when living with a couple that later disappeared in...

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