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[NanZDrew]

[ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10048717#post10048717"]http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10048717#post10048717[/ame]

 

[wfgodot]

UMass Boston officials investigating phone tip of person with firearm on campus. McCormack Building evacuated.
by The Boston Globe via twitter on 12/16/2013 at 11:02:15 AM

http://bostonglobe.scribblelive.com/Event/Latest_from_the_Globe_newsroom

 

[The Cheese]

Arrest for murder in missing 16 yr old Jaray Wilson case

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10052351&posted=1#post10052351

 

[longtallcold]

Anthony Bennett pleaded guilty Tuesday in Bay City federal court. He admits killing his girlfriend's son Carnel Chamberlain while alone with the boy in June 2012. He also admits burning and burying the body.

Read more: http://fox17online.com/2013/12/17/g...murder-on-isabella-reservation/#ixzz2nm5kxUYJ

Carnel's thread: [ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10052230#post10052230"]MI - Carnel Chamberlain, 4, Mt. Pleasant, 21-Jun-2012 - #2 - Page 41 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community[/ame]

 

[zwiebel]

Missing Eugene, OR woman Jacqueline Marroquin has been found hacked to death in woods. Her estranged boyfriend was found hanged nearby.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ging-nearby-tree-apparent-murder-suicide.html

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Colorado high school shooting victim dies at hospital

By Tom Watkins and Ralph Ellis, CNN

updated 11:10 AM EST, Sun December 22, 2013

(CNN) -- Claire Davis, the 17-year-old high school senior shot by a classmate at their Colorado school, died Saturday at the hospital where she was being treated.

"It is with unspeakable sadness that we write and say that Claire has passed away from the gunshot wound she received at Arapahoe High School on December 13," her family said in a statement posted on the Facebook account of Littleton Adventist Hospital...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/21/us/col...t=hp_inthenews

 

[nikb]

I wasn't sure where to put this - hope this is the right place.

http://www.kcra.com/news/police-arr...de/-/11797728/23762296/-/98fu80z/-/index.html

Dismembered body found at Groveland campsite; man charged in homicide
Bryan Cook, 38, taken into custody in Tuolumne County

I wonder if this found body is related to any of our missing persons. I know this isn't a discussion thread but if this rings a bell with anyone, maybe you could post it on their thread? It's in roughly the Stockton, CA area. Thank you.

 

[nikb]

I wasn't sure where to put this - hope this is the right place.

http://www.kcra.com/news/police-arr...de/-/11797728/23762296/-/98fu80z/-/index.html

Dismembered body found at Groveland campsite; man charged in homicide
Bryan Cook, 38, taken into custody in Tuolumne County

<snip>

Following up - victim identified: "Investigators said the victim was Michael Shane Jones, 48, of Stockton." I don't see a thread for him.

http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news...ied/-/12969936/23778818/-/8vob86/-/index.html

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

January 6, 2014 at 7:29 am

California girl declared brain dead moved from hospital

Terry Collins /Associated Press

Oakland, Calif. — Acting with a court order, the family of a 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after a tonsillectomy has had her taken from a California hospital to be cared for elsewhere, the family’s attorney says.

Jahi McMath was moved by a critical care team while attached to a ventilator but without a feeding tube, Christopher Dolan told the Associated Press...

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...-from-hospital

[ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10102324#post10102324"]Family wants to keep life support for girl brain dead after tonsil surgery #5 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community[/ame]

 

[Coldpizza]

Taylor Indicted For Murder Of Alexis Murphy
Posted: Jan 06, 2014 9:57 AM EST
Updated: Jan 06, 2014 10:12 AM EST

UPDATE: Randy Taylor, originally charged with the abduction of Alexis Murphy in Nelson County, has been indicted on 1st degree murder charges.

http://www.wric.com/story/24372539/new-details-expected-in-alexis-murphy-case

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=220999&page=33

 

[Amber34]

I'm not really sure where else to put this - I'll have a trawl through the forums and find another suitable place so it can have it's own thread. Please remove if I have put it in the wrong place but I felt it was a very interesting opportunity/resource.

Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland, is offering a FREE 6 week online course - An Introduction to Forensic Science

The course addresses four major evidence types: drugs of abuse, DNA, firearms and impression evidence, and discusses these through the exploration of a case-based scenario presented across a six-week modular framework.

A murder case set on the murky shores of Loch Lomond provides the backbone to &#8216;Introduction to Forensic Science&#8217;. As the case unfolds each week, a number of evidence types, and the forensic science approaches that may be used to evaluate the evidence, are explored.

In the first week we will set the scene and look at how the initial crime scene is processed. Subsequent weeks will introduce various types of evidence including drugs of abuse, fingerprints, DNA, footwear marks and firearms.

Course material is supplemented with opportunities to check understanding and engage with fellow learners, as well as the course leaders, who have international reputations in the field of forensic science. You will be encouraged to formulate (and defend!) opinions on the case, based on your evaluation of the evidence. All will be revealed in the final week, so make sure you are there to find out the identity of the murderer!


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It starts today, sign up for free here

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/introduction-to-forensic-science

EDIT: I have started a thread for it here [ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10104055#post10104055"]http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10104055#post10104055[/ame]

 

[LisaB]

http://wgntv.com/2014/01/08/human-skull-found/?hpt=us_bn9

A human skull may have been uncovered at a construction site on the Northwest Side of Chicago.

 

[dotr]

Smith plane recovered.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/01/10/2966930/breaking-news-plane-missing-since.html

[ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10119511#post10119511"]Family Needs our Help - Page 10 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community[/ame]

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dead at 85

Alex Kolomoisky / AP

By Martin Fletcher, NBC News Correspondent

Ariel Sharon, the former prime minister and ex-general who embodied Israel's military might, has died, Israeli radio and television announced on Saturday.

The 85-year-old Sharon had been in a coma at the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv for eight years after suffering a stroke in 2006...

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/...i-prime-minister-ariel-sharon-dead-at-85?lite

 

[nursebeeme]

[ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10128401#post10128401"]British police on their way to portugal to arrest 3 - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community[/ame]

 

[Kimster]

Reminder, please start a thread on any breaking news that doesn't have a thread. One of the perimeters of this thread is to link to a WS case. That way we know our members have a place to discuss.

:tyou:

 

[kimi_SFC]

Reminder, please start a thread on any breaking news that doesn't have a thread. One of the perimeters of this thread is to link to a WS case. That way we know our members have a place to discuss.

:tyou:

Hi Kimster,

I sent a PM to Ima to ask her how to start a new thread on this case, as I haven't ever done that before.

I apologize for not doing this correctly!

Can you help me start a new thread? Is there a link to a help page that shows us how to start a thread (for future reference)?

This is in the same area that Heather Elvis is missing from, and I thought it was important enough to post somewhere.....

Again, my apologies :blushing:

I am learning as I go!!!!!!

 

[chicoliving]

Hi Kimster,

I sent a PM to Ima to ask her how to start a new thread on this case, as I haven't ever done that before.

I apologize for not doing this correctly!

Can you help me start a new thread? Is there a link to a help page that shows us how to start a thread (for future reference)?

This is in the same area that Heather Elvis is missing from, and I thought it was important enough to post somewhere.....

Again, my apologies :blushing:

I am learning as I go!!!!!!

Here ya go [ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231766"]Another Missing Person in the Myrtle Beach, SC area - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community[/ame]

 

[margarita25]

School shooting in New Mexico

http://photos.denverpost.com/2014/01/14/photos-shooting-at-new-mexico-middle-school-two-students-in-hospital/#1

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Detroit: 4-year-old shot, killed by 4-year-old cousin

Author: Dave Bartkowiak Jr. , Online News Editor, [email protected]

Published On: Jan 16 2014 05:15:39 PM EST Updated On: Jan 16 2014 05:37:39 PM EST

DETROIT -
A 4-year-old boy was shot and killed Thursday by his 4-year-old girl cousin on Detroit's west side...

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/4...z/-/index.html

[ame="http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10137170#post10137170"]Detroit: 4-year-old shot, killed by 4-year-old cousin - Websleuths Crime Sleuthing Community[/ame]