Shaniya Davis' Little Body Found Near Deer Carcasses in Trash
(AP Photo)
A dog trainer who helped look for the missing North Carolina 5-year-old says searchers overlooked her body at first because all they saw were deer carcasses in trash bags.
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November 18, 2009 11:35 AM NEW YORK - The story of Shaniya Davis gets more gruesome as it unravels.
A dog trainer who helped look for the missing North Carolina 5-year-old says searchers overlooked her body at first because all they saw were deer carcasses in trash bags.
A dog trainer who helped look for the missing North Carolina 5-year-old says searchers overlooked her body at first because all they saw were deer carcasses in trash bags.
November 18, 2009 7:00 AM 
BERLIN - Edis Kayalar, the man who German police say tried to extort $100,000 from former supermodel Cindy Crawford, has turned himself in to police, according to German prosecutors.
Prosecutors in the southwestern city of Stuttgart said Tuesday that Kayalar walked into a police station late Monday.
Cindy Crawford's Alleged Blackmailer Edis Kayalar Turns Himself In
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Prosecutors in the southwestern city of Stuttgart said Tuesday that Kayalar walked into a police station late Monday.
November 13, 2009 9:35 AM 
LOS ANGELES - Extortion suspect Edis Kayalar was charged Thursday with trying to shake down $100,000 from former supermodel Cindy Crawford and her entrepreneur husband Rande Gerber, over a picture of their daughter bound to a chair and gagged, police said.
The 26-year-old German man has not yet been arrested. He was recently deported to Germany and is believed to be in Stuttgart, authorities said.
Cindy Crawford Extortion: Edis Kayalar Wanted Cash for Photo of Daughter Bound and Gagged, Say Cops
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The 26-year-old German man has not yet been arrested. He was recently deported to Germany and is believed to be in Stuttgart, authorities said.
October 28, 2009 11:25 AM 
NEW YORK - When Melissa Moore's father took her for extended summer vacations throughout Oregon and Washington in the early 90s, he shared with her grisly details of what he called 'perfect' murders. She had no way of knowing the shocking truth: that these were not fictional stories from his detective novels and magazines, but were, in fact, actual slayings, perpetrated by the hands of her own father.
Book 'Em: Shattered Silence
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October 22, 2009 12:00 PM 
GENEVA - Roman Polanski has not set foot in the United States in over 31 years.
The 76-year-old filmmaker fled the country after being prosecuted in California for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 and has never returned. But he may be on American soil again soon.
Welcome Home? Roman Polanski May Be Back on American Soil After 31 Years
(AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)
The 76-year-old filmmaker fled the country after being prosecuted in California for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 and has never returned. But he may be on American soil again soon.
October 22, 2009 9:58 AM 
PEORIA, Ariz. - Police believe a 20-year-old girl was run over in a Phoenix suburb because she had become too "Westernized." And the man they suspect was behind the wheel was her own father, an Iraqi immigrant.
Father Runs Over Daughter For Being Too "Westernized"
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October 20, 2009 11:56 AM 
GENEVA - Roman Polanski suffered another setback in his fight against extradition to the United States on Tuesday when a Swiss court ordered the 76-year-old director kept in jail because he poses a high flight risk.
The Federal Criminal Court rejected offers by Polanski's legal team of bail, house arrest and other measures to ensure that he stays in Switzerland.
Swiss Court, Fearing Roman Polanski Could Flee on Private Jet, Leaves Filmmaker in Jail
(AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
The Federal Criminal Court rejected offers by Polanski's legal team of bail, house arrest and other measures to ensure that he stays in Switzerland.
October 13, 2009 11:01 AM 
LOS ANGELES - "If it had been my daughter who was barely a teenager — my daughter is 15 — Roman Polanski would be missing ... period."
Those are the words that Academy Award-winning actor, stand-up comedian, and singer Jamie Foxx had for convicted sex offender Roman Polanski, during an interview with Parade Magazine this week.
Jamie Foxx: "If It Had Been My Daughter… Roman Polanski Would Be Missing"
(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Those are the words that Academy Award-winning actor, stand-up comedian, and singer Jamie Foxx had for convicted sex offender Roman Polanski, during an interview with Parade Magazine this week.
October 2, 2009 12:50 PM 
NEW YORK - HELD HOSTAGE: The True Story of a Mother and Daughter’s Kidnapping by Michelle Renee with Andrea Cagan is the first-person account of a mother’s daring bank heist to save her daughter from a deadly fate.
Book 'Em: Held Hostage
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September 30, 2009 6:00 AM 
WINDERMERE, Fla. - The Orange County Jail is a far cry from J. Robert Ward's seven-bedroom, nine-bathroom home in the exclusive gated community that is home to Tiger Woods and Shaquille O'Neill.
But the prominent developer charged with second-degree murder in his wife's shooting death appeared perfectly at ease over the weekend in a videotaped jail visit with family members.
Wealthy Murder Suspect J Robert Ward Strips on Jailhouse Video
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But the prominent developer charged with second-degree murder in his wife's shooting death appeared perfectly at ease over the weekend in a videotaped jail visit with family members.
