Archive | February, 2009
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Mother of two young victims takes stand in ex-husband’s murder trial

COMMENTARY
As a surgically-repaired Tiger Woods stepped deeper into the familiar glare of the media’s spotlight during a “match play” golf tournament  near Tucson on Thursday, a 32-year-old woman who’s long-shunned reporters  appeared on a witness stand in a Pima County courtroom.
Jamie Hallam’s round with the legal system would have nothing to do with sudden death, [...]

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Wayne Bent speaks from prison

LISTEN: “Turning Point” (Wayne Bent speaks from prison)

The imprisoned leader of the Lord Our Righteousness Church isn’t letting incarceration keep him from espousing his foreboding pronouncements from his familiar post in cyberspace.  A new audio recording featuring the voice of Wayne Bent appeared on the LOR’s Web site today. It sounds as if it [...]

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Wayne Bent trial transcripts emerging Online

TRANSCRIPTS
Two frequent contributors to the comments sections of this blog have teamed-up to post written transcripts of the Wayne Bent trial on the Internet.
Sam Redman and Jan Brennan are publishing the transcripts at Redman’s Strong City “mirror site“.
According to Redman’s mirror site, the names of the victims will be redacted from its published transcripts.
Redman is [...]

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"Esther" returns to Strong City

Update (February 9, 2009 / 2:35pm PST):  A note from Esther
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She’s back.
25-year-old Aquinnah O’Keefe (aka Esther) returned to the Lord Our Righeousness Church compound known as “Strong City” on Saturday afternoon.  According to strongcity.info, O’Keefe returned to “the land” in remote northeastern New Mexico around 2:30pm local time.
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VIDEO: Chasing swans…

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Washington state’s Skagit Valley is [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: Body found near 1995 Arizona murder scene

POLICE:  Cases are *not* connected
AUDIO: Thatcher Police Chief Mark Stevens

(Thatcher, Arizona) In what appears to be a bit of an eerie coincidence, a woman’s body has been found about a hundred yards away from what is arguably this rural town’s most high-profile unsolved murder: The 1995 murder of 29-year-old Mary Ann Holmes.
Speaking from this latest [...]

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