Word: murderes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...book, despite the fact that Morris had faithfully paid her $4,000 a month in child support. McGann knew she had made the right decision when, after a few days back from California, she was so besieged by reporters when she showed up at the courthouse for a murder trial that she had to drop the case. "I stayed out of the limelight when he was on top. I got pulled in when he was at the bottom. Surely I should be able to withdraw...
...evidence that JonBenet was performing against her will--and judges say it is alarmingly obvious when a child does not want to be onstage. Indeed, those who saw JonBenet compete say the child was a natural--spirited and spontaneous. One of the events JonBenet was preparing for before her murder was sponsored by Amerikids, a nonprofit youth development group based in Denver. JonBenet and nine other girls ages five to 18 planned to dance next month at the local Ronald McDonald charity ball. "JonBenet and her mother were here every week to practice," says Suzie Dolan, the event's organizer...
...some respects, the best of Mosley's novels. Set in East Texas in 1939, it is a morally murky coming-of-age story that explains why it ain't easy being Easy. The tale concerns a pivotal episode that Mosley has alluded to in the previously published novels: the murder by Easy's homicidal sidekick, Mouse, of his stepfather. Witnessing the killing--and accepting a payoff to keep quiet about it--is the original sin that dogs the rest of Easy's life as he joins the great black migration to Los Angeles, fights in World War II and struggles...
...Weekley case, I would like to add some information to your report. I believe your article distorted this case by simply rehashing the jury-rejected defense arguments. The relationship between Kay Weekley and her ex-husband Jackie was a violent one. Kay admitted that previous to Jackie's murder, she had shot up his car with him in it. The jury also heard evidence that on an earlier occasion she had Maced him and had beaten him with a frying pan while he slept. Her version of the knife fight that preceded Jackie's murder was not believable. Kay wasn...
...physical evidence presented at the murder trial was consistent with Kay's having shot Jackie from outside the trailer, where she admitted having earlier lain in wait to kill him. Kay Weekley ended this relationship by committing the ultimate act of domestic violence. RICHARD M. RIFFE, Assistant Prosecutor Boone County Madison, West Virginia...