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Coroner: Serial killer, the "Night Stalker," died of cancer

Jun 17, 5:45PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Richard Ramirez in a June 15, 2007 photo in San Quentin State Prison in Marine County, Calif.

/ AP Photo/California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
(AP) SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Coroner's officials say a form of cancer killed the serial killer known as the Night Stalker, who terrorized Southern California in the mid-1980s.Continue »
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Court revisits disputed 911 call in Zimmerman trial

Jun 17, 5:12PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

George Zimmerman, center, arrives in Seminole circuit court during his trial in Sanford, Fla., Monday, June 17, 2013.

/ AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool
(CBS/AP) --In a hearing Monday afternoon ahead of the George Zimmerman trial, a biometrics expert is reportedly expected to discredit findings of a state expert who heard Trayvon Martin begging in the background of a neighbor's 911 call placed the night of the deadly altercation.

PICTURES: George Zimmerman in court

READ: Trayvon Martin Shooting: A timeline of events

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Report: Child sex sting in Florida nets 41 arrests

Jun 17, 5:03PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Shane Christopher, a 29-year-old Florida college student, was one out of 41 suspect arrested in a child sex sting out of Polk County, Fla.

/ WKMG

(CBS) POLK COUNTY, Fla. - Forty-one people, including a Disney World worker and a college student, were arrested in a week-long child sex sting operation in Polk County, Fla., CBS affiliate WKMG reports.

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Hitman testifies "Whitey" Bulger "broke my heart"

Jun 17, 3:55PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

John Martorano, a former admitted hit man for Boston mob figure James "Whitey" Bulger.

/ CBS News
BOSTON (CBS/AP) -- An ex-gangster who admitted killing 20 people was unemotional Monday when describing his line of work at the trial of his former partner, James "Whitey" Bulger. But he called himself heartbroken when he learned that Bulger had become an FBI informant.

PICTURES: Guns and Money: Whitey Bulger evidence

VIDEO: The Executioner: John Martorano speaks with 60 Minutes

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Jimmy Hoffa search focuses on field in Detroit suburb

Jun 17, 3:47PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Jimmy Hoffa

/ CBS Detroit
(CBS/AP) OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa on Monday, as they searched a field in suburban Detroit.Continue »
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Embattled ex-Elmo puppeteer wins 3 Daytime Emmys

Jun 17, 3:36PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Puppeteer Kevin Clash speaks during the 'Independent Lens - Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey' panel during the PBS portion of the 2011 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 31, 2011 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

/ Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

(AP) LOS ANGELES - Kevin Clash, the Elmo puppeteer who resigned amid allegations that he sexually abused underage boys, won three Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on "Sesame Street."

PICTURES: Elmo puppeteer resigns amid sex allegations

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Funeral held for Md. girl who police say was raped, killed

Jun 17, 2:53PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Kami Ring

/ CBS affiliate WJZ
(CBS) PORT DEPOSIT, Md.-- Friends and family held a funeral Monday for the 10-year-old Maryland girl who police say was raped and murdered by a family friend last week, according to CBS Baltimore. Continue »
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Calif. plastic surgeon acquitted of videotaping patients

Jun 17, 2:01PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Dr. Everett Wyatt

/ CBS Los Angeles
(CBS) LOS ANGELES - A successful plastic surgeon has been acquitted after being charged with secretly videotaping female patients during examinations, according to CBS Los Angeles.
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Ind. woman, sentenced to death at 16, released from prison

Jun 17, 1:07PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Paula Cooper

/ CBS Chicago
(CBS/AP) INDIANAPOLIS - Paula Cooper. who was sentenced to death at age 16 after she confessed to her part in the torture and murder of a 78-year-old bible studies teacher, has been released from an Indiana prison after spending 25 years behind bars.Continue »
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Calif. school district wins $2.6M in "false rape" case

Jun 17, 1:04PM by Crimesider Staff Topics Daily Blotter

Wanetta Gibson

/ CBS Los Angeles
(CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - The Long Beach Unified School District has won a $2.6 million judgment against Wanetta Gibson, a woman who as a teen falsely accused Brian Banks, a former high school football star, of a rape that landed him in prison.Continue »
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