By David Lohr
June 8, 2007
Monday, June 04, 2007
CRIME LIBRARY — Can serial killers pass on to their progeny a compulsion to kill? That's a question raised by the film, "Mr. Brooks," starring Kevin Costner as Earl Brooks. He plays a seemingly normal and successful businessman with a family and a desire to help others. He's even a philanthropist and Portland, Oregon's Man of the year. He also has an evil alter ego, Marshall (William Hurt), which some may view as a dissociated personality. Read the rest of Katherine Ramsland's review of Mr. Brooks, a film that questions whether the compulsion to kill can be inherited, here
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| Mr Brooks Movie Poster |
SOUTH ASIA— Police in Jagraon say they have arrested a serial killer who has claimed four lives and attempted to take at least one more. The suspect has been identified as Mewa Singh, a native of Hans Kalan village. According to police Singh was an alcoholic who would stalk his victims near liquor stores.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
CALIFORNIA— The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of convicted serial killer Charles Arnett Stevens, age 38. Stevens was convicted in the late 1980s of murdering four people during a three-month killing spree that ended in 1989. The victims were Leslie Ann Noyer, Lori Anne Rochon, Laquann Sloan and Raymond August. All of the victims were killed at close range with a semiautomatic handgun. Four other victims survived Steven's attacks.
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| Selma Hayek |
CRIME LIBRARY — While svelte actress Salma Hayek is no Martha Beck, a hefty former nurse-turned-serial killer, this vivid rendering of the 1940s "Lonely Hearts" team of grifting executioners is nevertheless a satisfying case study. Since it's meant to honor a detective who stayed on their trail (the director/scriptwriter's grandfather), we get two tales in one. The cops provide the investigative framework, though they often encumber the narrative drive. The grifters, Martha Beck and Raymond Jared, keep things moving. Read the rest of Katherine Ramsland's review of Lonely Hearts here.
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