By David Lohr
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007
IPSWICH, England — In December of last year, police arrested Steve Wright, 49, after DNA evidence and surveillance footage linked him to at least one of the Suffolk strangler victims. Following his arrest, he was charged with all five murders. Prosecutor Michael Crimp said there was "sufficient evidence" linking him to all of the murders. Today, Wright formally entered pleas of not guilty for each of the murder charges at his arraignment hearing at Ipswich Crown Court. His trial has been scheduled for January 14, 2008.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The trial of suspected rapist and serial killer Jimmy Maketta, 42, began today in the Cape High Court. Maketta was arrested in 2005 on multiple criminal counts. According to court documents, Maketta is suspected of committing 16 murders, 23 rapes, three attempted murders, five robberies, four assaults and two kidnappings.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
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| Sean Vincent Gillis |
PORT ALLEN, La. — Last week, State District Judge Bonnie Jackson ruled on several of the issues plaguing the trial of suspected serial killer Sean Vincent Gillis. Judge Brown denied a defense motion to throw out a search warrant and an arrest warrant obtained for Gillis and she also denied a motion by the defense to block the prosecution from using DNA evidence. Judge Brown is now considering a motion to suppress a confession Gillis made to police. Gillis confessed to murdering eight women over the last 10 years. To date, investigators have charged him in seven of those murders. His trial has been delayed until November.
Friday, May 4, 2007
SAN DIAGO, Calif. — The state Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence in the case of convicted serial killer Cleophus Prince. According to court records, Prince murdered six women between January and September 1990. Prince now has the option of taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Experts say it could take up to ten years for his case to be heard.
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