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NY man who dressed as dead mom convicted

Thomas Parkin impersonated his mother, Irene Prusik, in order to collect her benefits.

Thomas Prusik-Parkin (.l) seen here dressed as his mother. He was convicted in a scheme involving impersonating his mother, Irene Prusik, in order to collect her benefits.

/ Kings County D. A.
(CBS/AP) NEW YORK - Thomas Prusik-Parkin has been convicted in a bizarre scheme that involved him dressing up as his mother and collecting her Social Security benefits for six years after she had died.
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"Liar" sought in case of missing Tenn. mom, kids

Joann Bain and her daughters have been missing for more than a week

/ WREG
(CBS) Bolivar, Tenn. - Tennessee police investigating the disappearance of a woman and her three children are looking for a Mississippi man they say lied to them when questioned in the case.

According to CBS affiliate WREG, Jo Ann Bain and three of her daughters, 14-year-old Adrienne, 12-year-old Alexandria and 8-year-old Kailea, were last seen in their Dodge Durango on their way to Arizona. The family was reported missing on April 27.

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Cops: Murder suspect eyed in Lauren Spierer case

Lauren Spierer disappeared around 4:20 a.m. on Friday. Police say they suspect foul play in the disappearance of a 20-year-old Indiana University student five days ago, but have little information about what happened to her.

A missing person poster of Lauren Spierer, 20, posted on a sign post outside her apartment building in Bloomington, Ind., June 7, 2011.

/ AP Photo/Michael Conroy
(CBS) - Police investigating the disappearance of Indiana University student Lauren Spierer are reportedly looking at a man who is suspected in the deaths of three women more than 100 miles away from the Bloomington, Indiana area where Spierer was last seen.

Pictures: Lauren Spierer

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1 brother convicted in Md. neighborhood watch case

Eliyahu Werdesheim convicted in Md. neighborhood watch beating case

Eliyahu Werdesheim

/ CBS Baltimore

(CBS/AP) BALTIMORE  - A Baltimore judge has convicted Eliyahu Werdesheim in the 2010 beating of a black teenager. Eliyahu and his brother Avi Werdesheim were both accused off attacking the 16-year-old they encountered while responding to a suspicious person report received by an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood watch group.

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48 Hours: Triple murder rocked Ill. town

Sheri Coleman with sons Garett and Gavin

Sheri Coleman with sons Garett and Gavin

/ The Coleman family
(CBS) The scene at Columbia Lakes on May 5, 2009, was not in harmony with the bright sun and blue sky above.

My SUV climbed the bluff leading to the subdivision's entrance and I was greeted with a surreal sight on the well-manicured lawns and winding streets. Neighbors were standing outside weeping. Stone-faced investigators were searching sewer drains. Yellow crime scene tape wrapped a tidy two-story home.

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Syringe used in Md. CVS robbery, police say

Benjamin Frederick Blessing

/ CBS Baltimore

(CBS/WJZ) COLUMBIA, Md. - Police say a man in Columbia, Md. used a syringe filled with blood to steal thousands of dollars from a CVS pharmacy in the Baltimore area.

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Judge deciding neighborhood watch beating trial

Eliyahu (left) and Avi Werdesheim a courthouse in Baltimore, Tuesday, May 1, 2012.

/ AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

(CBS/AP) BALTIMORE - A Baltimore judge is now deciding the fates of brothers Eliyahu and Avi Werdesheim. They are charged with the beating of a black teenager while responding to a suspicious person report to a Jewish neighborhood watch.

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Stun gun probe creates "emergency" in Pa. town

The mayor of Colwyn Borough, Pa. has declared a state of emergency because of the suspension of three police officers during an investigation.

/ colwynborough.com
(CBS/AP) COLWYN, Pa. - The mayor of a suburban Philadelphia borough has declared a state of emergency after three officers were suspended in the fallout over the alleged use of a stun gun on a handcuffed teenage suspect.Continue »

Mom accused of having sex with her estranged son

Mistie Atkinson

/ Napa Police Department

(CBS) A 32-year-old California woman is facing an incest charge among other allegations after allegedly having sex with her estranged teenage son.

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No "smoking gun" in Hudson Family Murder trial?

Expert says no DNA of suspect found of gun

William Balfour and Jennifer Hudson

/ AP/Cook County Sheriff's Department/Getty Images

(CBS/AP) CHICAGO - There appears to be no "smoking gun" when it comes to DNA in the case of the man accused of killing actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew.

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