Monday, February 04, 2008
NEW ORLEANS, LA. — Attorneys for accused serial killer Derrick Todd Lee have asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider its recent decision, to uphold his conviction and death sentence, in the 2002 murder of Charlotte Murray Pace. Within the rehearing request, attorney Marcia Widder accused the court of ignoring the "highly prejudicial nature of the extraordinarily pervasive publicity.” It was just last month that the high court upheld Lee's conviction, dismissing claims that he suffered from mental retardation.
Tuesday, February 05
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa – Police are investigating similarities between three recent murders and a string of unsolved homicides from the late 1990s, attributed to the media dubbed "Sleepy Hollow killer," who is believed to have murdered at least 13 women. According to police Superintendent Henry Budhram, the most recent killings bear the trademark of the long elusive killer.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
MOSCOW, Russia – According to a spokesperson for Russia's Supreme Court, justices will meet on Feb. 14, to consider an appeal filed by convicted serial killer Alexander Pichushkin. In November of last year Pichushkin, dubbed by the media the "Bitsevsky maniac," was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of killing 48 people between 2001 and 2006. Prosecutors were unable to seek the death penalty because Russia imposed a moratorium on executions in 1996. "I told my defendant when we met that the appeal would probably be rejected, but he nevertheless insisted that we should go ahead," Pichushkin's lawyer, Alexander Karyagin, said in an interview with En.rian.ru.
DAYTONA BEACH, FL. – The Daytona Beach Police Department has announced plans to collect DNA samples from every person they arrest, for comparison to DNA recovered from four murder victims they have linked to a single serial killer. "Genetically, we know who he is," Daytona Police Chief Mike Chitwood told Local6.com. "We have DNA evidence from the murder scenes -- so, we got that. That is never going to go away. And, sooner or later, we will match the DNA to the physical person and bring closure to everything that is going on." Anyone with information in this case is asked to call (888) 277-TIPS.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
BOCA RATON, FL. – John Walsh, host of the popular television show America's Most Wanted, is investigating possible connections in the Dec. 13, 2007, murders of Nancy Bochicchio, 47, and her 7-year-old daughter, Joey and the March 23, 2007 murder of 52-year-old Randi Gorenberg. "This is a serial killer. He is good at what he does. It's all about the power trip, and I know that when the cases get closer and closer together, like this pattern has, the killer is on the attack. So I say to everybody, don't let your guard down. It's a game for him," Walsh told WPBF. The segment is scheduled to air February 16, 2008, on Fox.
Friday, February 08, 2008
MODIMOLLE, South Africa – Police have arrested Matamba Patrick Mulaudzi, 33, in connection with seven murders and eight rapes that occurred between 2004 and 2007. "We believe we have made a breakthrough in arresting a suspect in connection with the rapes and the murder cases that were committed in Modimolle," Limpopo police spokesman, Motlafela Mojapelo told Sowetan.co.za. Mulaudzi is expected to appear in the Modimolle magistrate's court sometime next week.
Trivia:
Last Week’s Question and Answer:
Q: Which serial killer said: "I sat down to think things over a bit. While I was sitting there, a little kid about eleven or twelve years old came bumming around. He was looking for something. He found it too. I took him out to a gravel pit about one-quarter miles away. I left him there, but first committed sodomy on him and then killed him. His brains were coming out of his ears when I left him, and he will never be any deader."
A: Carl Panzram
Cory Tameris was the first person to send in the correct answer. Congratulations Cory! This week Cory asks readers:
The "Brides in the Bath Murderer" was a moniker associated with which serial killer?
The first person to send in the correct answer will have his or her name listed in next week’s edition of Serial Crimes and will have the opportunity to pose the next trivia question.
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