Week In Review A Look Back At The Top Stories Form The Last Week

WORLD

Death of a princess

The death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in an automobile accident in Paris early Sunday morning rapidly became a defining moment for a nation long known for its reserved and unemotional character, as millions of people in Britain and around the world mourned her.

By the end of the week, Queen Elizabeth II, responding to a plea by the British press, made a rare television appearance to console a grieving nation.

In Paris meanwhile, police investigated six photographers and one motorcycle driver for manslaughter and other crimes as many blamed the paparazzi for hounding the princess and her companion, Dodi Fayed, to their deaths along with their driver, Henri Paul. Three more paparazzi, who took pictures as the princess lay bleeding in the twisted wreckage, surrendered to French authorities Thursday.

The lone crash survivor, bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, has yet to be interviewed by police because of severe injuries. He is hospitalized in critical condition and may not be able to speak for weeks.

Accusations also have surfaced that Diana’s driver, Henri Paul, who was legally drunk when he crashed the Mercedes-Benz S-280 sedan, had taunted paparazzi shortly before the accident.

The unprecedented outpouring of emotion over the tragedy prompted Buckingham Palace officials to reroute Saturday’s funeral procession to accommodate some of the largest crowds London has ever seen.

Mother Teresa dies

Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun whose very name became synonymous with charity died Friday. She was 87.

Mother Teresa’s personal doctor in Rome, Vincenzo Bilotta, told The Associated Press her heart gave out this evening at her Calcutta convent.

The frail nun’s last words were, “I cannot breathe,” a close friend, Mrs. Naresh Kumar, said. She then collapsed in her bed.

She was a powerful voice for conservative values, arguing passionately against abortion, contraception and divorce. Her fame gave her a platform, and she traveled as an envoy of the pope to preach devotion to life.

CRIME

Law of the West

In Phoenix, the deaths of Christopher Foote and his girlfriend, Spring Wright, at the hands of bounty hunters drew condemnation from lawmen and calls for closer regulation of the shadowy world of those who track down bail-jumpers for a living.

Authorities have said Foote and Wright had no connection to the fugitive the bounty hunters were looking for when they kicked in the door of a home .

“Any fool can be a bounty hunter. You don’t have to have any training or anything,” said Adonia Nowaczewski, who showed up Tuesday at the scene of the shootout to sign an anti-bounty-hunter petition.

Authorities said Foote and Wright had no connection to the fugitive the five bounty hunters were looking for when they broke down the front door of Foote’s house early Sunday, tied up several people inside - including three children - and gunned down Foote, 23, and Wright, 20. Two of the five men were wounded on their arms, which were not covered by bulletproof armor.

Authorities have arrested five men on suspicion of second-degree murder. One bounty hunter, Michael Sanders, 40, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and ordered held on $1 million bail.

Fear on the streets

Fearing a serial killer may be preying on prostitutes, Spokane police and county sheriff’s detectives were searching for a common thread that links the deaths of Heather Hernandez and Jennifer Joseph.

Hernandez, 20, and Joseph, 16, were found in separate Spokane County locations Aug. 26. They had been shot to death.

Since 1990, five other women have met similar fates - shot to death and dumped, either along the Spokane River or in the woods and fields south of Mount Spokane.

Investigators are beginning to compile a profile of someone who might commit such crimes.

“We’re concerned,” said Undersheriff Mike Aubrey.

Since the Hernandez and Joseph killings, police officers and outreach workers have been warning prostitutes.

“They’re very frightened, as well they should be,” said Lynn Everson, an outreach worker.

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