Convict:
'I've killed 23 people'
By
Howard Pankratz Denver Post Legal Affairs Writer Dec. 22, 2000 -
A
convicted killer claimed responsibility Thursday for 23 slayings and
threatened in open court to kill two more - his own public defenders
- unless a judge removes them from his case
"The
first chance I get I'm going to do something real bad to one of
them," an angry Marvin Gray told Denver County Court Judge
Robert Patterson. The judge had just refused to replace Michael
Linge and John Ventura as Gray's attorneys.
"If
I get a chance, I will try to kill one of them," Gray, 46,
said. "I've killed 23 people, and I'd like to make that 24 and
25."
Serial
killer's so-called art enjoys a Net renaissance
December
26, 2000 BY RICHARD ROEPER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
Twenty-two
years ago this week, the holiday season in the Chicago area was
blighted by the horrifying images on the news of police carrying one
body after another out of John Wayne Gacy's home in Norwood
Township.
Six
and a half years ago, Gacy was executed. He is missed by no one.
But
the "Killer Clown," who murdered more than 30 boys and
young men in the 1970s, lingers on through his so-called artwork,
which has long plagued his victims' families, an ugly reminder that
Gacy was able to live and paint for more than a decade and a half
after his arrest.
Kin
Doubts Boston Strangler's Guilt
ASSOCIATED
PRESS December 28, 2000
BOSTON
(AP) -- Richard DeSalvo never believed his brother, Albert, was the
Boston Strangler. Casey Sherman never believed his aunt, Mary
Sullivan, was killed by Albert DeSalvo, even though he confessed.
Now
the families of DeSalvo and Sullivan have come together in an odd
alliance based on one shared belief: DeSalvo did not kill Sullivan.
If
the families are right, they say it could cast doubt on the entire
Boston Strangler case, in which 11 Boston-area women were sexually
assaulted and murdered between 1962 and 1964.
Atkins
denied parole for 10th time in Manson family killings
By
LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent Dec 25, 2000
FRONTERA,
Calif. (AP) -- Former Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins was
denied parole for the 10th time Thursday, following an emotional
hearing held 31 years after the infamous slaying of actress Sharon
Tate and four others.
Atkins,
52, now a gray-haired matron with little resemblance to the woman
who stood trial with Manson and two others, told the parole board
she was remorseful, rehabilitated, and determined to make amends for
what she did.
"I
don't have to just make amends to the victims and families,"
she said softly. "I have to make amends to society. I sinned
against God and everything this country stands for."
Notorious
serial killer killed in Brazil prison uprising
12-18)
05:37 PST SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Rebellious inmates shot to death
one of Brazil's most notorious serial killers Sunday during an
uprising at a maximum security facility. Four other inmates were
also killed.
Francisco
Assis Pereira, known as the park maniac because he lured his victims
to a city park, was killed in the uprising, which was still going on
Monday, officials said.
Pereira
had been convicted of raping nine women who managed to escape him.
He also had confessed to killing 10 women in 1997-1998 and was to
face murder charges next year.
