World & Nation
A jury decided Wednesday that a convicted sex offender should get the death penalty for the kidnapping, rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who was buried alive near her home.
March 15, 2007
A convicted sex offender was sentenced to death for kidnapping, raping and burying 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford alive in his yard.
Aug. 25, 2007
FLORIDA
Oct. 1, 2009
Jurors will now decide whether John Couey should get death in the slaying of Jessica Lunsford.
March 8, 2007
California
A sex offender was denied requests for a lawyer before admitting to raping and killing a child. Prosecutors say the case remains strong.
July 1, 2006
A registered sex offender named as a “person of interest” in the disappearance of a 9-year-old girl was questioned for a second time by police Thursday after he was arrested in Georgia, police said.
March 18, 2005
Jessica Lunsford, whose remains were buried close to her room, had been missing since Feb. 23. ‘She’s home now,’ the 9-year-old’s father says.
March 20, 2005
Jessica Lunsford, 9, disappeared from her home in Florida more than three weeks ago.
March 19, 2005
A convicted sex offender entered Jessica Lunsford’s house through an unlocked door, took the 9-year-old girl from her bed and sexually assaulted her, authorities said.
March 21, 2005
A convicted sex offender was formally charged in Inverness with capital murder and other crimes in the abduction and death of a 9-year-old Florida girl.
March 22, 2005