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Category Archives: Kidnapping

Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom

Saturday, September 5, 2009

From full article at Las Vegas Now:
Christian, a University of Tennessee student, and Newsom were on a date Jan. 6, 2007, when her sport utility vehicle was carjacked at gunpoint by several people in Knoxville.
The attackers blindfolded and bound the couple and took them to a rundown rental house. Police concluded Newsom was soon taken [...]

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William A. Petit Jr., Jennifer Hawke-Petit, Hayley and Michaela

Saturday, September 5, 2009

From full article at NY Times:
The men, the authorities say, had already strangled Dr. Petit’s wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and in short order would also kill the couple’s two daughters, Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11. The elder suspect, Steven J. Hayes, 44, had poured gasoline on the girls and their mother, according to a lawyer [...]

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Denise Lee

Friday, September 4, 2009

From full article at CNN:

A Florida jury has recommended the death penalty for a plumber who kidnapped, raped and murdered a police detective’s daughter.
Michael King, 38, showed no reaction Friday afternoon as the jury’s 12-0 decision was announced in Sarasota. Jurors deliberated for nearly three hours.
King was convicted a week ago of first-degree murder and [...]

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