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Girly Chew Hossencofft remembered 10 years after her murder

Girly Chew Hossencofft remembered 10 years after her murder

Paul Spiers interview
AUDIO: Former prosecutor Paul Spiers shares memories of “no body” case (runs 53:07)

(Text of audio’s introductory remarks)
Welcome to Beyond90Seconds.com.  I’m Mark Horner.
As I sit at my desk at home this evening…recording these words…I do so thinking about a murder that began to unfold exactly 10 years ago tonight.
For it was right around this [...]

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Day 3: Reporter's updates from Wayne Bent trial

Day 3: Reporter's updates from Wayne Bent trial

NM vs. Wayne Bent / December 10, 2008
KOB-TV Investigative Reporter Jeremy Jojola continues to make contributions here as a special correspondent to Beyond90Seconds.com. Jojola’s e-mails, text, pics and even some of his Twitter updates will appear below.  I’ll also include the time (MST) the information was sent to this blog.
9:03am (MST)
Trial is about to resume.  [...]

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Foot found on Michigan beach

Foot found on Michigan beach

POLICE TURNING TO RCMP IN B.C. FOR HELP
(August 1)  A human foot encased in a sock and size 10 Reebok sandal was found washed-up on a Lake Huron (Michigan) beach this week.  Investigators already have a few missing persons cases that may, ultimately, help solve the mystery.
One of those cases, according to the globeandmail.com, concerns [...]

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Breaking News: Body found in barrel floating in river (PODCAST)

Breaking News: Body found in barrel floating in river (PODCAST)

NEW: Phone interview with George Knight; the man who first saw the body.
*PLEASED BE ADVISED THAT PODCAST IS UNEDITED & CONTAINS SOME PROFANITY
(July 24) While the Royal Canadian Mounted Police already have quite a mystery concerning the human feet that have emerged along the shores of British Columbia, another Canadian waterway has just served-up [...]

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Breaking News: Trial date set for Wayne Bent case

TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 20

(Beyond90Seconds.com broke this story at approximately 12:25pm PST on July 24. This page was last updated at 1:47pm PST.)
(July 24) Beyond90Seconds.com has learned that a trial date for the State of New Mexico’s criminal case against controversial church leader Wayne Bent has been scheduled to begin Monday, October 20, 2008 [...]

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Newspaper:  Police knew about footless body before last week

Newspaper: Police knew about footless body before last week

NEW/Related:  Washington officials to send piece of footless skeleton to B.C. (Vancouver Sun, July 22)

(July 21) How do you have a high-profile investigation about five mystery feet washing-up along the coast of British Columbia and not look into the case of a footless body found washed ashore just across the border?
That’s been the question slowly-aimed [...]

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Breaking News:  Missing foot man won't be named

Breaking News: Missing foot man won't be named

In a case that has fascinated people worldwide, police say they will not release the name of a missing man whose foot washed-up in Canada’s Strait of Georgia.
DNA was used to make this first match in the case of the five mystery feet that have surfaced from the waters off the coast of British Columbia.
The [...]

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Breaking News: Possible match in mystery feet case

Update: July 19, 6:57pm PST Feet mystery unrelated to downed plane, CTV (link includes VIDEO)
DNA testing has eliminated the possibility that the feet found washing ashore in B.C. are linked to two brothers whose bodies were never found after a plane crash in 2005. -CTV

(July 18 ) Exclusive CTV video below
INVESTIGATORS NOW LOOKING AT CASE [...]

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Judge sets Wayne Bent's bond at $150,000 (VIDEO & PODCAST)

Judge sets Wayne Bent's bond at $150,000 (VIDEO & PODCAST)

Update:  (July 23): Attorney:  Don’t fringe on religeous freedom (The Raton Range)
The Raton Range delivers excellent coverage of Wayne Bent’s July 18 arraignment.  The newspaper launches into the story with this lead paragraph:
The attorney for the leader of what many people refer to as a cult that maintains its compound northeast of Des Moines told [...]

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Bent court date Friday; no confirmation that State returned "Healed" to parents

Update: (July 18 ) Judge sets Wayne Bent’s bond at $150,000

(July 17)  If you’ve spent time following any criminal or civil case, you know it’s not uncommon for court dates to change.  But a a check with New Mexico’s Union County District Court Clerk this morning confirmed that controversial church leader Wayne Bent (aka Michael [...]

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