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Relative of 2d missing boy from 1972 comes forth
The Philadelphia InquirerA relative of a boy who disappeared in 1972 from an orphanage outing in Burlington County has come forward to help investigators solve the cold case. It is the latest development in a 41-year-old mystery that has inspired a network of law enforcement...Tags: Murder, Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry, Missing Persons, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Bass River State Park remains ID'd in Gacy case; they're just not Gacy's victim
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.A search for the victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy has been credited with identifying the remains of a 16-year-old boy who went missing 41 years ago in Bass River State Park in Burlington County, police said Tuesday. Steven Soden, who disappeared...Tags: Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Murder, Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry, State Parks
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Bones revive 41-year-old Pine Barrens mystery
The Philadelphia InquirerFour bones found in the Pine Barrens in 2000 have been identified as those of a 16-year-old boy who disappeared with another youth during an orphanage camping trip in 1972. The determination that the bones belonged to Steven Soden came out of an...Tags: Murder, Police Investigations, State Parks, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Criminals
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Nicolas Cage Checks Out of Thriller 'Hotel 33' After Press Release Gaffe (Updated)
ReutersMay 11 (TheWrap.com) - (Update 11:54 p.m. A representative for Nicolas Cage tells TheWrap that the actor has "officially passed" on "Hotel 33" and he will not be doing the film. "The release that Foresight sent out is unauthorized and was never sent to...Tags: Stepan Company, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Entertainment, Movies
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Letters: Burying evil people
Re "What the dead deserve," Editorial, May 8 The controversy over burying Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body is about what he and his brother allegedly did: shaking an open society's basic beliefs in decency and lending a helping hand to immigrants seeking...Tags: Charles Manson, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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Files detail decades of abuse in Joliet Diocese
Tribune reportersThe Joliet Diocese readily admitted that David Rudofski was sexually abused during his first confession at St. Mary Catholic Church in Mokena. It offered him an in-person apology from the bishop and more than six times his annual salary in the hope of...Tags: Litigation, Punishment, Hospitals and Clinics, Arbitration, Roman Catholicism
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Creator of Mr. Panos and Maurica is smart, deep and — oh, yeah — funny
It's easy enough to see Yannis Pappas for free. The Brooklyn-born comedian has performed widely onstage and on TV, but two of his most prolific acts are characters who star in YouTube videos: Greek restaurant owner (and chain-smoking video blogger) Mr....
Tags: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Social Media, New York City, Stand-up Comedy, Entertainment
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Exclusive: Prosecutors hunt for DNA from dead killers, rapists
Opening a new frontier for solving cold cases, California prosecutors are hunting for DNA from killers, rapists and other prison inmates who died before authorities obtained their genetic profiles. Prosecutors from Sacramento, Los Angeles and Orange...
Tags: Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Biotechnology Industry, Justice System
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Woe is Poe: The TV show 'The Following' loses its literary grip
Woe to Edgar Allan Poe. In life, the writer was ill-served by fortune: orphaned as a toddler, an indebted college dropout, Poe moved often, usually to dodge creditors. His beloved wife (and, um, first cousin) died in the Bronx at age 24; two years later...
Tags: James Purefoy, Kevin Bacon, Blackmail and Extortion, Murder, Criminals
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County closer to new Gacy victim search
Tribune reporterThe Cook County sheriff's office is one step closer to searching a Northwest Side apartment building where serial killer John Wayne Gacy may have buried bodies or other evidence, a sheriff's spokesman said today. The Cook County state's attorney's office...Tags: Chicago Police Department, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Criminals
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Gacy nephew gets 24 years for child sex assault
Special to the TribuneThe nephew of serial killer John Wayne Gacy tearfully declared his innocence to a McHenry County judge Thursday and sought to distance himself from his notorious uncle before his sentencing for the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl. Judge Joseph P....Tags: Heart Attack, Assault, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Criminals
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Gacy nephew takes stand in sex abuse trial
Tribune reporterA relative of John Wayne Gacy told a McHenry County jury today that he did not sexually abuse a 12-year-old girl in 2011. Raymond M. Kasper, 49, a nephew of the infamous serial killer, took the witness stand to refute charges of predatory sexual...Tags: Witnesses, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Prosecution
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