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WARNING: Some Graphic Language I read occasionally of former Weatherman Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn, both now not only accepted, despite their bombing campaign against America in the 1960s and 70s, but successful , establishment educators whose opinions on social issues are taken seriously. Every time I see Ayers’ name I shudder with fear and rage and realize that I will never be able to erase the mark he left on my life one evening 40 years ago. It was at the Undergraduate Library at the University of Michigan on a Friday night in November 1965. I was...

A registered sex offender accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 6-year old girl, from Maricopa is behind bars. George Horner, age 26, was taken into custody around 11:00 a.m. Saturday near the Coolidge, Arizona airport. Investigators say the girl he allegedly kidnapped Friday was found walking on a Casa Grande road 20 miles from her home. According to the child's mother, Horner was an acquaintance who'd been staying at their home for a few days. He was supposed to take the little girl to school, but he and the girl disappeared. The woman who found the girl says she...

Devlin also is under investigation in the 1991 disappearance of another Missouri boy who still has not been found, The Associated Press has learned. Michael Devlin is the "most viable lead" in the case of Charles Arlin Henderson, who was 11 when he disappeared in 1991 and has never been found, Lincoln County sheriff's deputies said. ... Investigators began re-examining the 1991 case after Devlin's arrest. Detective Chris Bartlett said a witness saw a man snapping photos of Arlin before the Moscow Mills boy vanished. Arlin's uncle, James McWilliams, said the boy came home from school a few months before...

The kidnapper of the first boy had posted messages on the Blog set up to find the boy. -------- shawn devlin - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 1:59 AM kirkwood "how long are you planing to look for your son?" --------- and a little while latter, he posted: shawn - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 2:56 PM "hey sorry about that last thing i put on there,i write poems and i was wounding if it would be ok to write a poem for the hornbeck fam. and they son "shawn Hornbeck" it would be cool if i could but if...

SALT LAKE CITY - The man accused of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart from her bedroom in 2002 and holding her for nine months was again declared unfit to stand trial Monday after screaming at a judge to "forsake those robes and kneel in the dust." A hearing to review Brian David Mitchell's mental competency was quickly ended after his loud stream of outbursts and discussion of a report by his doctor that he was not participating in therapy. "Repent ye, repent ye. Forsake your idolatry," said Mitchell, whose hands were cuffed to a chain around his waist. Smart's family did not...

This photo provided by the Franklin County Sheriff's Department shows Shannon Torrez. As the family celebrated the return of baby Abby Woods on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006, authorities cast doubt on claims that Torrez, accused of slashing a young mother's throat and kidnapping the baby, had in fact lost her own baby. Franklin County Sheriff Gary Toelke said investigators are trying to determine if Torrez had actually been pregnant and lost a full-term baby on the same day she attacked the baby's mother. Torrez, 36, of Lonedell, Mo., was charged with kidnapping, first-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal...

Given the kinds of cases they’re getting these days, French courts are starting to resemble clown circuses. Last week a French court had to listen to “Goldfinger” George Soros’ whine about his human rights being violated for an inside trading conviction. This week, a French court gets to listen to Venezuelan “International Man of Mystery” Carlos The Jackal carp about not getting enough terrorist-issue Froot Loops inside his French jail cell. Apparently, pate and champagne aren’t happening for him these days in Paris. And for the Shagadelic Jackal, that’s no fair. The Austin-Powers-era Marxist terrorist is actually suing in a...

ONGOING COVERAGE: GROENE INVESTIGATION Background: When three bodies were discovered at a North Idaho home on May 16, no one could anticipate the extent of the shocking story that would unfold. A weeks-long search for two missing children ended July 2 when 8-year-old girl Shasta Groene was discovered with a convicted sex offender at a Coeur d’Alene restaurant. Her 9-year-old brother, Dylan, was found dead at a remote Montana campsite. Joseph Edward Duncan III stands accused of committing these crimes.

Utah man will be sent to a state hospital Updated: 5:26 p.m. ET July 26, 2005 SALT LAKE CITY - The man charged in the kidnapping of Utah teenager Elizabeth Smart was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial Tuesday. The decision by Judge Judith Atherton will send Brian David Mitchell to a state hospital until he is deemed capable of standing trial. Atherton issued her decision after six days of hearings over the past seven months. Mitchell repeatedly shouted Biblical admonitions and sang hymns during the hearings, prompting him to be removed from court several times.

The French journalist released by her Iraqi kidnappers after five months of captivity has spoken of her experience. Florence Aubenas, a 44-year-old reporter with Libération, arrived back in France on Sunday after she and her Iraqi guide Hussein Hanun al-Saadi were kidnapped during a reporting trip to a refugee camp in early January. Despite the difficulties she faced during more than 150 days spent blindfolded on a mattress in a pitch-dark cellar, Ms Aubenas gave a humourous account of her experience. She said her kidnappers made her wear a T-shirt reading Titanic and asked her for the email address of...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The man charged with kidnapping teenager Elizabeth Smart was kicked out of his mental competency trial Friday after he began singing a religious hymn, the fourth time he has been removed from hearings for singing. As Brian David Mitchell was led away, he shouted, "He mocks and scorns the son of God. ... You know I speak the truth. You know I speak the truth." The hearing then resumed with defense expert Stephen Golding testifying that Mitchell has become increasingly more mentally disturbed and unfit for trial. Golding said Mitchell has vowed to do everything...

MATAMOROS, March 1, 2005 — An El Salvador man remained in federal custody Monday after he allegedly kidnapped his 22-month-old son from Houston and then tried to smuggle three Central American immigrants into the United States last week. Mexican authorities said they arrested Fredy Antonio Fuentes Gutierrez, 29, Thursday after they received information that he was staying in the area. Fuentes allegedly kidnapped his son from his mother Brenda Alvarez in Houston and took him to Mexico last week. Alvarez could not be reached for comment Monday. Houston area law enforcement officials could not confirm the kidnapping report at press...

DATE MISSING: 6/21/04 MISSING FROM: Hollywood,FL COUNTY: Broward BIRTH: 1/1/1999 AGE DISAPPEARED: 5 years old RACE: White HEIGHT: 3' 05" WEIGHT: 040 SEX: Female HAIR: Brown EYES: Brown ENDANGERED Abductor Name:Unknown Unknown Birth Date:Unknown Race:White Height:601 Weight:220 Sex:Male Hair:Grey Eye:Hazel NARRATIVE: The child was abducted at gunpoint by the abductor. Abductor forced the child to take another change of clothes that consisted of a blue t-shirt with a fish on the front, a long blue skirt and a white beach hat. The suspect should be considered armed and dangerous. If you have any information concerning the whereabouts of this child,...

Man who took hostages called troubled 09/18/03 BRYCE CHAPMAN Kilpatrick- 1999 High School photoMp A hostage standoff ended tragically Wednesday night at Dyersburg State Community College that left the perpetrator dead and at least two of the hostages wounded. Kilpatrick -Shelby County Sherriff's Dept. After entering classroom 236 B on the upper level of the Eller Hall Administration building at about 12:40 p.m., the gunman, 26-year-old Harold Kilpatrick, Jr. of Dyersburg, spent the following nine hours holding students and the instructor of the math class hostage with a 9-mm pistol and what police described as a “large butcher knife” before...

<p>The man who held Paul Martin Andrews captive for a week is due to be released from prison April 21 on mandatory parole. Richard Alvin Ausley's original sentence in 1973 was for 48 years.</p> <p>Because Ausley committed his crimes before the end of parole and the sentencing reforms of Jan. 1, 1995, the old parole rules apply to him.</p>