COLD CASE COPS 'SOLVE' '63 MURDER OF NURSE

PORTLAND OR. POLICE may be ready to close the books on their oldest unsolved slaying. For almost 48 years, the vicious slaying of Mary Frances Reid, 22, has got unsolved--until now.
Reid was found murdered by her little sister on April 8, 1963. Two witnesses told cops at the time that a man named Johnny Lawrence had been in a relationship with Reid. They said he was the killer but now cops don't know if he's alive or dead.
At the time of the murder, Lawrence was questioned by cops, and was 42 years old. If alive, he'd be 90. But then he disappeared and cops think he may have returned to St. Louis where he lived before moving to Oregon in the late 1950s.
 They suspect he fled and might have returned to the St. Louis, Mo., area, where he lived before coming to Portland in the late 50s or early 60s.
ACCORDING TO THE OREGONIAN: For nearly five decades, Joe Reid suspected that Johnny Lawrence killed his sister. She had worked as a nurse at what was then Multnomah County Hospital, and had befriended Lawrence, when he was a patient. They had dated for about 8 months to one year.

"I just had that feeling. I went on my first intuition," said Reid, 65, who lives in Arizona.

Some sources told cops Lawrence may have died violently, possibly in Kansas City, but detectives haven't been able to confirm it. If anyone may have information on Johnny Lawrence , they should call the Cold Case Homicide Unit at 503-823-9748 or 503-823-0867.

TEXAS TWOSOME WANTED SLAVE FOR RAPE, MURDER

CUTE

KIDNAP. RAPE. MURDER. That was the plan, anyway as far as Jennifer Lavelle Smith, 19, of Clint, Texas was concerned. Now, Jen has confessed that she and her fiancee, Abel Gil, 28, formerly of Harvard University, kidnapped a female co-worker, also 19 with plans to sexually assault and eventually kill the young woman.
The young couple had hoped to keep the terrified woman for, oh, a month or so as a sex slave and then do away with her. All three worked at a grocery store and they snatched the victim after work Feb. 18.
The frightened victim was bound, gagged, and tied up at Smith's
home. She was also threatened with serious bodily harm and terrorized. Documents state she was kept in a closet but managed to escape the next day and tell cops.

GIRL, 9, SLIPS TELLER A NOTE: MOM'S HAMMERED

DRINKY POO

A MICHIGAN girl desperate to escape her mom slipped a bank teller a note begging for help and revealing that her mother was hammered.
According to The Detroit News, Latanya Renee Evans, 49, was arrested about 5:10 p.m. Friday after she left her little girl at the Bank of America. She was taken into custody on suspicion of drunken driving, Southfield Police Lt. Nick Loussia said.

"Officers said she was having trouble getting out of the car and her speech was slurred, her eyes glassy and she smelled of alcohol," Loussia told The News. "She subsequently failed field sobriety tests, including a preliminary breath test, and was placed under arrest."

The brave little girl was unharmed and picked up at the bank by her father,
Loussia said, adding she was "very smart" and "did the right thing."
 Evans was charged with driving under the influence, third offense, and driving on a suspended license.

KILLER LOUGHNER'S SMIRKING FACE OF EVIL

Evil

FRESH from killing six people and wounding 13 more Jared Loughner smiled for the camera as lawmen booked him these newly released pictures from the U.S Marshall's Service show.
Seemingly without a care in the World, the 22-year-old piercingly stared at the camera, smirking at the carnage he'd unfolded at a meeting of Congresswomen Gail Giffords, whose recovery continues.
Loughner has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of trying to kill Giffords and two of her staffers but he is expected to face additional federal and state charges, including multiple counts of murder, in the Jan. 8 attack.

Investigators have said Loughner was mentally disturbed and acting increasingly erratic in the weeks leading up to the shooting.

If his attorney uses mental competency questions as a defense and is successful, Loughner could be sent to a mental health facility instead of being sentenced to prison or death.
Giffords was shot in the forehead and spent two weeks in a Tucson hospital before she was flown to Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center Hospital where she continues her rehabilitation.

UPDATE: TEEN CONFESSES IN FLA. COP KILLING

Tragic

 A 16-year-old boy has admitted shooting a St Petersburgh cop and will now be charged with first-degree-murder.  
It is not known yet, whether he will be tried as an adult.
Crawford, who was married, eligible for retirement and the father of an adult daughter, was pronounced dead at a hospital.
His death marks a month of tragedy for the force which has already seen two officers — Jeffrey A. Yaslowitz and Thomas Baitinger — slain as they helped serve a warrant on a man with a long criminal history. Their killer died in the siege.
Prior to that, the St. Petersburgh Police department hadn't had an officer killed in the line of duty in more than 30 years.
Crisis counselors have been called to help officers in the department.

PSYCHO AZ. HONOR KILLING FATHER GUILTY

Tragic

A FATHER who brutally mowed down his daughter because she was: "too westernized" has been found guilty of second degree murder.
Furious Iraqi immigrant Faleh Almaleki felt that his stunning daughter Noor had brought dishonor on his family by having a boyfriend and living in a more western way.
So in a fit of anger he smashed his Jeep Cherokee into the 20-year-old, clipping her boyfriend's mother Amal Khalaf at the same time.   
Defense lawyers called Noor Almaleki's death and Amal Khalaf's injury an accident adding that he was only trying to spit on the older woman, but they called no witnesses to try and exonerate him.  But Peoria, Ariz. detective Christopher Boughey testified that Faleh Almaleki confessed to him during a lengthy interrogation that he did in fact intend to cause his daughter's death
and prosecutors played a tape of him admitting his crime.
Speaking after the case prosecutors said the only positive from her death was that Noor Almaleki's story set off a firestorm of "honor killing" outrage at the time and raised awareness of the rare practice within the United States.

BOOM BYE! BYE! BUJU BANTON GOING TO JAIL

Bye Bye

NOTORIOUS homophobe Reggae star Buju Banton has been found guilty of trying set up a cocaine deal.
The 37-year-old, who scooped a Grammy last week for his album "Before The Dawn" now looks like he may spend his nights behind bars, as he faces at least 15-years in prison.
He was found guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and using a telephone to facilitate a drug trafficking offense.
It was the second time he's stood trial after the first ended in a mistrial last year after the jury was deadlocked.
His attorney, David Markus said: "Obviously we are all upset and disappointed and emotional," s"The only person who seems to be OK is Buju. He told us he was happy that he fought, knowing he was innocent."
Markus added that he plans to appeal on Banton's behalf.
Prosecutors acknowledged that Banton didn't put any money into the deal or make any money from it and much of the case hinged on meetings and phone calls that were video- and audio taped by an informant who made $50,000 in commission after the bust.
But they got enough to convict the star whose songs were played nonstop on radio stations in his native Jamaica.