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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: Biotechnology Industry, Criminals, Crime Victims, Missing Persons, Chemical Industry
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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: Crime Victims, Criminals, State Parks, Police Investigations, Murder
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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: Biotechnology Industry, Crime Victims, Criminals, Burlington (Kane, Illinois), State Parks
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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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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: Social Media, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Johnny Depp, Stand-up Comedy, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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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: Biotechnology Industry, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Chemical Industry, Justice System
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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: Alcohol Addiction, Nursing Homes, Christianity, Francis I, Punishment
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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, Criminals, Edgar Allan Poe, FBI, Blackmail and Extortion
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Criminals, Chicago Police Department, Justice System, FBI
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A newsman looks back
If you only know Walter Jacobson in his current incarnation — co-anchoring the 6 p.m. news on WBBM-Ch. 2 with his longtime colleague/pal Bill Kurtis — you do not know Walter Jacobson at all and cannot appreciate what a long and distinguished...
Tags: Bill Kurtis, Chicago Tribune, Satellite and Cable Service, Entertainment, Television
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Assault, Justice System, Prisons, Witnesses
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DNA proves Gacy "victim" was misidentified
John Wayne Gacy murdered 33 young men and boys in the late 1970's; but one boy previously identified as a Gacy victim has been removed from that list, thanks to new DNA evidence. Michael Marino was reported missing 36 years ago this week. A body was...
Tags: Biotechnology Industry, DNA, Chemical Industry
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