By David Lohr
October 19, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
OAKLAND, CA— During the 1980s, Anthony McKnight, a solider from the Alameda Naval Air Station, allegedly murdered five young women. However, police had little evidence linking McKnight to the deaths, so they were forced to arrest him for other crimes, including several attacks against prostitutes, which netted him a 63-year prison term. The investigation into the five murders eventually came to a standstill, but then in 1999, investigators announced they had found DNA evidence linking McKnight to the crimes. Shortly thereafter, he was charged with five counts of murder. Case closed? Unfortunately not. Today, eight years after he was charged in the five murders, McKnight has yet to stand trial. Every time he has appeared in court, at least 46 times in the last eight years, his case has been delayed. Whether due to legal maneuvers or new attorneys, McKnight has somehow managed to dodge the courtroom for nearly a decade. "Emotionally, you gear yourself up, thinking, at last we're going to move forward with this, at last you're going to do something, at last justice is done," said Marsha Dixon, the mother of one of the victims, in an interview with CBS5.com. "And then you're slapped in the face with, 'Well, Marsha, we have to put the case back. I'm sorry. We have another case that has to come before this one.'" County officials offer no explanation for the delays and will say only that they plan on taking McKnight's case to court next year.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Police in Mexico City are investigating an aspiring horror novelist who is a suspect in at least three mutilation murders dating back to 2004. When police arrested the man, identified as Jose Luis Calva, 40, they found parts of his girlfriend's body scattered around his apartment. They also found a manuscript, entitled "Cannibalistic Instincts." When a reporter with the Associated Press asked prosecutor Octavio Romulo Salas if Calva had eaten parts of his girlfriend, Salas replied, "That is the assumption that exists." Mexican media outlets are calling Calva the country's first cannibalistic serial killer. In addition to his girlfriend's murder, Calva is also considered a suspect in the murder of two other women whose dismembered bodies were found in Mexico City in 2004 and 2007.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
BRITISH COLUMBIA— Officials with the RCMP have announced that they have revaluated the Highway of Tears investigation — code-named E-Panna — to include 18 additional cases of young women who have been murdered or went missing along Highway 16 since 1969. The remote stretch of road has long been called the Highway of Tears due to the number of hitchhikers who have disappeared while traveling from Prince George to Prince Rupert. The investigation previously included nine cases with victims ranging in age from 14 to 25.
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| Michel Fourniret |
REIMS, Northern France — Confessed serial killer Michel Fourniret, 63, a.k.a. the "Ogre of the Ardennes," has written a letter to the courts asking that he be charged in three additional murders, saying, "their families deserve an explanation." Fourniret also requested that he speak with the victims' parents face to face. "The risk of my premature death or losing my mental faculties means I cannot leave these three affairs by the wayside. They should be added," he wrote. In 2004, Fourniret allegedly confessed to kidnapping, raping and murdering seven girls between the 1980s and the 1990s. The appeals court of Reims is considering his request.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
SOWETAN, South Africa — According to KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sbu Ndebele, investigators have found more skeletal remains in sugarcane plantations on the on the south coast, raising the total number of confirmed victims to ten. "As government, we will ensure that whoever did this will soon find themselves facing the full might of the law," Ndebele told Sowetan.co.za. Postmortem exams suggest the first five victims were strangled and possibly raped. Three suspects, none of whom have been identified, were initially arrested in connection with the murders, but charges against one of those individuals have since been withdrawn. As the investigation continues, police are also trying to determine whether a link exists between these murders and the murders of two other women whose bodies were found at the Majola Tea Plantation in April.
Friday, October 19, 2007
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| Matthew Macon |
LANSING, MI— In September, investigators arrested 27-year-old Matthew "Chilly" Emmanuel Macon and charged him in the death of 64-year-old Sandra Eichorn. At that time, police said Macon, a man who has been in and out of prison since 2001, was a suspect in at least seven unsolved murders that occurred this summer in central Michigan. Police have now charged Macon in the death of 41-year-old Karen Yates. A preliminary hearing in both murders has been set to begin on October 30. Authorities say Macon could also face charges in the deaths of Ruth Hallman, 76; Deborah Cooke, 36; Debra Renfors, 46; Barbara Jean Tuttle, 45; and Carolyn Kronenberg, 60. Macon is being held without bond in Ingham County Jail.
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