By David Lohr

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Tuesday, January 2, 2007

MUMBAI, INDIA — Police have released a composite sketch of a serial killer, they suspect of murdering six people over the last four months.  According to investigators, the suspect is thought to be 25-30 years old.  "He kills his victims staying on the streets in Azad Maidan and Marine Drive by crushing their heads with a stone and stabbing them," Additional Commissioner of Police D Kanakratnam said in an interview with the Daily News & Analysis.  One of the officers working the case said the murders reminded him of Raman Raghav, a serial killer who murdered nine people in the 1960s.

LOS ANGELES, Cali. —  On Nov. 17, 2006, a jury convicted accused serial killer Ivan Hill, 45, of six counts of first-degree murder.  Today that same jury recommended the death penalty six times over.  Sentencing has been scheduled for March 21.  His attorneys are already planning an appeal. 

Wednesday January 3, 2007

Robert Pickton

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — According to a Canadian assessment authority, property co-owned by accused serial killer Robert Pickton, 57, has dropped in value from $8.8 million last year, to $6.3 million this year.  In 2003, the government placed a $10-million mortgage on the farm to pay for Pickton's defence.  His trial is set to start on Jan. 22.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, January 4, 2007

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Suspected serial killer Petr Zelenka, 30, was arrested last month for committing seven murders, while working as a nurse at Havlickuv Brod Hospital.  Since that time, police have connected him to ninth death.  According to the Mlada fronta Dnes newspaper, Zelenka was arrested after he confessed to the crimes in September.  Zelenka has also been charged with 10 attempted murders, the details of which are not yet known.  A trial date has not been set. 

SAVANNAH, GA. —  A Chatham County grand jury has re-indicted Edward Charles Wilkins, Jr., 32, for the murders of Jan Pringle, Charles Bolden and Jon Andra Wiggins.  One of the three murders dates back to 1999.  Each of the victims has a history of prostitution.  Wilkins was originally arrested in 2003, but for unknown reasons the district attorney delayed the case.  Wilkins trial is scheduled to start on January 29.

Friday, January 5, 2007

Alberta, Canada — Earlier this week authorities charged Thomas George Svekla, 38, with the murders of two prostitutes.  A 50-person police task force — assembled to investigate the deaths or disappearances of at least 25 sex-trade workers since 1978 — is examining other cases to see if Svekla might be connected to those as well.  A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Monday.

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