CUSTODY FIGHT TOOK TOLL ON LAURA JEAN ACKERSON

A FORMER boyfriend of murdered North Carolina mom Laura Jean Ackerson said that in recent emails she described how bitter her custody fight was. Detectives found Ackerson's dismembered remains in Texas Wednesday. She had been reported missing July 18. Her former boyfriend and the father of her two boys, aged 3 and 2, Grant Ruffin Hayes, 32, and his wife Amanda Perry hayes, 39, have been charged with murder.
James Harrison--who dated the pretty brunette from 2005 to 2008--said
that in an email dated July 11, Laura Jean revealed the terrible toll the battle with Hayes was taking. Both parties claimed the other was an unfit parent.

Harrison said: "She was involved in a very long court battle. Clearly, the relationship had gone sour. The manner in which it happened and the level of gruesome detail that went into Laura's disappearance has just killed me."
Apparently, Laura Jean and Hayes relationship had been volatile but Harrison initially believed he had the sort of traits that his ex was looking for in a man. He was tragically wrong.

REVEALED: LUCKY BREAK IN LAUREN GIDDINGS CASE

LAUREN GIDDINGS escaped being a missing person for eternity by a mere couple of hours. cops revealed. The pretty blonde law student was murdered and dismembered June 25, her remains in garbage bags ready to be picked up. Fortunately, family and friends became concerned and cops were quickly on the scene the next morning as fears mounted.
They found Giddings’ torso stuffed in a residential trash bins with wheels on it just feet from her front door at 9 a.m. on June 30. A couple of hours later and the bins--and evidence--would have been gone.
Macon Police Chief Mike Burns said: “It’d have been a missing person from here on out. I think we beat trash day by two hours. When I got
there (to the scene), we started talking about why (the torso) was put there, and I was told, ‘Well, if we’d waited two more hours it would’ve been gone.’ And then we would have had a missing person. ... We wouldn’t have known if there’d been a crime involved or not.”
So far cops have been tight-lipped on the sickening crime as to suspects or motives. A former neighbor of the Mercer University grad, 25-year-old Stephen Mark McDaniel, remains jailed on other charges and has been called a "person of interest." FULL LAUREN GIDDINGS UPDATE

LAURA JEAN ACKERSON MURDERED BY EX AND HIS WIFE

UPDATE: LAURA Jean Ackerson's ex-husband his current wife have been charged with murdering and dismembering the the pretty mom of two. Grant Ruffin Hayes, 32, and his wife, Amanda Perry Hayes, 39, are accused of killing Laura Jean. She had two children with Hayes and the pair were involved in a bitter custody dispute.
HUBBY, WIFE CHARGED IN LAURA JEAN ACKERSON MURDER
 EARLIER: A GRISLY discovery Sunday may have answered the tragic riddle of a North Carolina mom who vanished July 13. The dismembered remains were found outside Houston and detectives believe they belong to missing Kinston mom Laura Jean Ackerson, 27. According to reports, the pretty brunette was murdered in North Carolina and then taken to Texas where her remains were dumped. Cops have detained a suspect
but released few details.
Crime scene witness Joe Garza said cops took two coolers wrapped in saran wrap, a gun and a saw out of a house. Laura Jean was last seen in Raleigh and reported missing two days later when she didn't show up to pick up her children from her estranged husband. The relationship was
allegedly "volatile."
"She would have never showed up missing without the boys," former sister-in-law Sheri Lynne Ackerson said. "She would never take off and leave her kids." MORE ON MISSING MOM

COPS ASK: HAS LEIBY KLETSKY'S KILLER STUCK BEFORE?

SERIAL KILLER?

TRAGIC

COPS probing the twisted killer of little Leiby Kletzky fear he may have struck before and have begun a detailed investigation into whether he is a first time killer. Examining loser loner, Levi Aron's Brooklyn home, which he shared with his dad and uncle, officers found bags marked "kids pants" and a blue child's spoon and a pink cup."    
A source told the NY Post: "There were two boxes in a closet, and they appear to have been there for a while.
"If there's any reason to think that he's done this before, we will come down on him hard. We're
determined, to justice done."
As cops continued their sweep, Leiby's grief-stricken parents, Itta and Nachman, announced that the family have launched a memorial website for the youngster in the hope of raising $1 milllion for children and families in need.
Itta said: "The traditional seven intense days of mourning [shiva] for our beloved Leiby are complete, but the ache in our hearts will remain forever.
"We pray that none of you should ever have to live through what we did."
She added: "We are certain that Leiby is now looking down from heaven and blessing us all."
Aron is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and other counts.

LAUREN GIDDINGS' MURDERED BY SPURNED SUITOR?

ONE OF THE persons of interest in the sickening Lauren Giddings dismemberment murder was once asked by his mom whether there was a romance brewing between the two. According to Glenda McDaniel, her son Stephen Mark McDaniel considered Lauren, 27, a friend, and the two lived in the same building in Macon, Georgia and were classmates. He told her his focus was finishing law school.
Giddings' torso was found outside her apartment building June 30 and were in such appalling shape it took nearly a week for a positive identification.


Macon police have called McDaniel a person of interest in the murder probe, but officials haven’t named any suspects or made an arrest in the case. Detectives have questioned McDaniel for about 20 hours, his mother said, adding "he's very upset."

She said: “He would have liked to have been able to help his friend."
But the wild-haired McDaniel is being held without bond on two felony counts of burglary on charges he entered two of his neighbors’ unlocked apartments two years ago and took a condom from each. His mother said he is not the lone wolf nut portrayed in the media. Mom adds that Clarence Thomas is his hero and that his goal is to be a Supreme Court Justice.
MEANWHILE, cops are still waiting for the results of lab tests being performed by the FBI on more than 70 pieces of evidence. MORE ON LAUREN GIDDINGS' MURDER

10,000 TURN OUT FOR LEIBY KLETSKY FUNERAL

NO CHANCE

THOUSANDS

THOUSANDS of mourner lined the streets to pay their respects to tragic Leiby Kltezky who was killed and dismembered after innocently asking a stranger for help to find his way home. The eight-year-old Hasidic boy lost his way on his first walk home alone, from day camp when cops say he was abducted by 35-year-old Levi Aron who kidnapped, suffocated and dismembered with a kitchen knife. When detectives tracked him down, Aron, who works as a clerk in the city's Kensington neighborhood is said to have confessed to the brutal murder, saying he killed the child 'in a panic' after the search for the boy became high-profile. 
He was busted after leading them to other parts of Leiby's body, stuffed in a red suitcase and hidden in a Dumpster outside an auto repair shop about two miles away, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said at a news conference.

Cops are also investigating a separate incident where he may have tried to lure another young boy into his car.

Yesterday as up to 10,000 people lined Brooklyn's streets his heartbroken father Nachman Kletzky's tears flowed during his emotional funeral speech.  
He said: "Here lies my child. Purity of heart. Very quiet and very respectful. Satisfied and never demanding. My child is gone. I'm in very deep sorrow." 

Rabbi Benjamin Eisenberger stressed the community's resilience and unity and thanked them for their support. 

He said: "I see and appreciate the love from the community. Love emanates from the community and God. We must continue to show support for family."

Leiby is survived by his parents and three sisters, NY1 reported.

LEVI ARON BUSTED IN GRISLY LEIBBY KLETSKY MURDER

UPDATE: NYPD detectives have now named Levi Aron, 35, as the suspect in the grisly dismemberment murder of Leibby Kletsky murder. The child's severed feet were in his freezer. According to cops, Aron suffocated the 9-year-old before chopping him up. FEET FOUND IN SUSPECT'S APARTMENT

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EARLIER: MONSTERS in America, July 13th edition. NYPD homicide detectives have made the heartbreaking discovery of the dismembered remains of a missing 9-year-old boy. The remains were found at two locations in Brooklyn. Cops have
arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with the slaying.According to cops, body parts were stuffed in a suitcase and tossed in a dumpster while more remains were discovered 2 miles away. It's believed the remains are those of Leibby Kletzky, a Hasidic boy described as "angelic" who vanished Monday on his way to meet his mom and dad.
Just after 4 a.m. today, cops raided a home and a suspect told them
where they would find the child's remains. Cops say he was pinched via video footage.

According to NYPD spokesman Paul Browne, the video shows: "The boy is standing alone at some point. The male crosses the street in his direction, and the boy follows him on Dahill Road."
The child's horrified father Nachman viewed the earlier footage a family friend said: "He had tears in his eyes. He kept shaking his head, saying, 'Where are you going? Where are you going? What are you doing?'" MORE IN THE NY POST

LAUREN GIDDINGS LAST SEEN ON DINER VIDEO: COPS

GEORGIA detectives believe dismembered law graduate Lauren Giddings was last seen on a restaurant surveillance video at 6:30 p.m., then sent an email from her home computer at 10:30 p.m.
The new information comes after hundreds of people gathered on the weekend to honor the dead woman's memory. Family, friends, and her professors attended a Catholic Mass. After the bread was broken, Lauren's last words were read from her journal she kept during her time as a law student. Her professor, Sarah Gerwig-Moore, shared them at the end of the mass.
She recited: "I forget sometimes at my job at it's most basic sense it's people going through horrible time in their lives. Of course they're upset."
 The pretty blonde's dismembered remains were found outside her Macon
apartment on June 30. Cops say they are hoping forensic tests on items from the Maryland native's apartment and elsewhere could share new light on when and how Giddings was slain. She had recently graduated from Mercer University Law School and so far cops seem perplexed--although a neighbor is being held in custody for a series of burglaries. Cops say he is a person of interest. FOR MORE CHECK OUT 13WMAZ

SUSPECTS EYED IN GRISLY LAUREN GIDDINGS MURDER

DETECTIVES are looking at "several" persons of interest in the grisly dismemberment slaying of Georgia law student Lauren Giddings. The popular 27-year-old's remains were discovered outside her Macon apartment complex after she vanished June 25. The grisly condition of the remains made identification difficult until now. The cause of death has yet to be determined of the pretty blonde who was about to write her bar exams.
So far, the focus has been on the Mercer University student's apartment--popular with law students. Now, the search has been extended further afield.
One police source said: "What we’re trying to do is get statements from anyone who had a connection with her."
Meanwhile, cops have charged one of Giddings' neighbors with burglary for
two unrelated crimes. Stephen McDaniel, a law school classmate of Giddings, is being held at the Bibb County jail. He has not been named a suspect in the horrific slaying. MORE IN THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

DISMEMBERED BODY 'LIKELY' LAUREN GIDDINGS

COPS are certain the dismembered remains of a woman's body found outside a Macon apartment building is missing law student Lauren Giddings. The 27-year-old blonde beauty-a recent graduate of Mercer University's law school--vanished last Saturday and was just reported missing by a pal Thursday. Later that morning cops found a dismembered body near her apartment. Her family were paying tribute Saturday: "We just want people to remember Lauren."
Chief Mike Burns said: "The condition of the body is making positive identification difficult." But in an email to a friend, the happy-go-lucky beauty reportedly said she was "concerned for her safety and believed someone had tried to
break into her apartment."
The Maryland native was getting ready to take her bar exam. Early Friday, one of Giddings' neighbors, Stephen Mark McDaniel, was arrested on a burglary charge, the Macon Telegraph reported. Cops didn't say if her was a suspect. MORE IN THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

LONG ISLAND SERIAL KILLER: COPS PROBE 2 MORE VICS

COULD the Long Island Serial Killers have two more names etched in their grim scorecard? Could be, according to the New York Post. Detectives now are looking at two more hooker murders--and maybe more--to see if there are any links between them and the 10 other bodies dumped on a lonely stretch of Long Island beach. Many of the dead bodies were prostitutes who worked through Craigslist.
One of the cases detectives are looking at or "reviewing" in police parlance, is that of Tanya Rush, 29, of Brooklyn. They are cryptically saying the grisly slaying as "possibly being involved." Rush's dismembered remains were discovered on June 27, 2008 and her
remains were jammed into a small, dark suitcase. Police would not reveal any details of the second case. Detectives believe at least two killers are responsible for the carnage.