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• Mother Accused Of Starving 14-Year-Old Daughter To Death Girl, Who Had Cerebral Palsy, Was Confined For Months Associated Press

  April 2, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A8 Cerebral palsy took part of Annie Marshall’s sight and hearing, and led to retardation and other disorders. Yet it was her mother, authorities said, who killed the 14-year-old by confining …

• Collecting Insurance Money ‘Like A Sweepstakes’ Man Accused Of Killing Relative Testifies He Split $460,000 Insurance Payoff

  April 2, 1995 in City on Page B4 A Pasco man accused of killing his brother-in-law in 1982 testified that the insurance money he received for the death was similar to winning a sweepstakes. Dale Norwick also testified …

• Slain Woman Was Cut More Than 30 Times Husband May Have Taken Knife Away From Woman After He Was Attacked, Investigators Say

  April 1, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 The woman who was stabbed to death in her Spokane Valley home this week may have started the fight with her estranged husband, investigators said Friday. Mary “Cookie” Birnel suffered …

• Man Convicted Of Mail-Bombing Family

  April 1, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A man was convicted Friday in a wave of mail bombings that targeted his girlfriend’s family and left five people dead, all within an hour. A federal jury took just …

• Singer Selena Fatally Shot By Fan Her Death At 23 Brings An Outpouring Of Grief In The Nation’s Hispanic Communities

  April 1, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Selena during a 1994 performance. Photo by Associated Press

• Released Replacement Player Instrumental In Solving Crime

  March 31, 1995 in Sports on Page C8 Terry Blocker, an outfielder released a few days ago by the Atlanta Braves, remembers sitting in the clubhouse and talking with Dave Shotkoski. Last week, Shotkoski was shot dead. And …

• Doctor: Teen Was Sane At Time Of Murders

  March 30, 1995 in City on Page B3 A College Place teenager accused of suffocating his sister and her friend was sane at the time of the slayings, a psychiatrist has found. The psychiatrist made the determination after …

• Top Adviser To Military Killed In Haiti

  March 29, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Machine gun-wielding assassins killed a top legal strategist for the military government just days before President Bill Clinton is to arrive to mark the United Nations takeover of peacekeeping duties …

• Police Arrest Habitual Offender For Pitcher’s Murder

  March 29, 1995 in Sports on Page C2 Evans

• Bullet Ends Major-League Dream

  March 26, 1995 in Sports on Page C7 Shotkoski

• City Agrees To Settle In Dahmer Suit

  March 22, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 The city tentatively agreed to pay $850,000 to the family of one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims, a teenager who was returned to the serial killer by police after being found …

• Newlywed Arrested In Wife’s Death

  March 20, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A woman married last Valentine’s Day has been found dead in her home, and police suspect her husband. Emory Snell was arrested in western Massachusetts on Sunday on a murder …

• Kukrall Enters Plea Of Guilty Agrees To Testify Against Suspect In Elk-Area Shooting

  March 16, 1995 in City on Page B5 A trembling, red-eyed Jason Kukrall pleaded guilty Wednesday to the Jan. 11 murder of Elk-area homeowner Steve Roscoe and agreed to testify against co-defendant Tobias Stackhouse. Kukrall said nothing on …

• Defense Tries To Demonstrate Misconduct By Fuhrman

  March 14, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A lawyer for O.J. Simpson set out to show Monday that a police detective was so incurably racist that he picked up one of two bloody gloves at the crime …

• Attackers Kill Pipeline Workers In Burma

  March 12, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A15 Attackers killed five Burmese workers surveying the route of a natural gas pipeline being built by French and American companies inside Burma, Thai military intelligence officers said Saturday. The officers, …

• Man Shoots Bosses, Then Kills Himself

  March 11, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A civilian Navy employee shot and wounded two co-workers in their office Friday after an argument, then killed himself in front of other office employees. Ernest J. Cooper Jr. twice …

• Judge Delays Testimony Decision

  March 10, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A federal magistrate delayed a decision Thursday on whether the informant who says Malcolm X’s daughter hired him to kill Louis Farrakhan must field defense questions before trial. U.S. Magistrate …

• Pang Arraignment Set But Suspect In Hiding

  March 9, 1995 in City on Page B3 An arraignment hearing has been set for Monday for Martin Pang, a fugitive charged with four counts of murder in the Jan. 5 arson that destroyed his parents’ business and …

• Spokane Man Found Dead In Port Angeles Motel Room

  March 9, 1995 in City on Page B3 A Spokane man was found dead in his motel room Wednesday, police said. The man was identified as 37-year-old Thomas R. Rohr.

• Girl Discovers Human Skull, Leg Bone At Lyle Lake

  March 9, 1995 in City on Page B3 A human skull and a leg bone have been found at Lyle Lake, the Adams County sheriff said. An 8-year-old girl found the skull in shallow water Sunday.

• ‘Ice Cream Defense’ Takes Lumps

  March 8, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 It looks like the O.J. Simpson ice-cream defense has been liquidated. The Ben & Jerry’s cup found on a banister at Nicole Brown Simpson’s condominium contained Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, …

• Four More Killed In Suspected Mafia Hits

  March 7, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 Suspected Mafia gunmen killed four more people in Sicily on Monday, including the reported nephew of a prominent mob turncoat, Tommaso Buscetta. Mafia-affiliated gunmen have killed at least 10 people …

• TV Crew Films Police Execution Brazilian State Police Pin Down, Kill Unarmed Suspect After Mall Robbery

  March 5, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A5 A television crew covering a mall robbery’s aftermath filmed state troopers killing an unarmed suspect with three shots to the back Saturday as he lay prone on the ground, held …

• Teen Convicted After Prank Kills Infant

  March 4, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A man was convicted Friday of throwing a bowling ball off an overpass and killing an 8-month-old girl in a car. Calvin Settle, 19, was found guilty of manslaughter in …

• Two Soldiers Killed In Barrack Shooting

  March 3, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 A shooting at an Army barrack Thursday left two soldiers dead and another wounded, authorities said. The shootings occurred at a Custer Hill barrack on this Army post just before …

• Seattle Shooting Leaves Two Dead Man Kills Pregnant Wife And Friend At King County Courthouse

  March 3, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A1 1. Suspect Timothy Blackwell is held down by jail officers on the second floor of the King County Courthouse. Photo by Associated Press 2. Blackwell

• Skinhead Brothers Accused Of Killings

  March 1, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 Two buzz-cut brothers, one with “Sieg Heil!” tattooed on his forehead, are suspected of beating and stabbing their parents and brother to death then fleeing in the family car, police …

• Murder Suspect To Undergo Sanity Test

  March 1, 1995 in City on Page B3 A College Place teenager accused of suffocating his sister and her friend will undergo a sanity evaluation, a Walla Walla County Superior Court judge has ordered. Daniel Betournay, 15, will …

• Body Of Missing Girl Found Near Seattle Park

  February 28, 1995 in City on Page B3 A body found near Seattle’s Discovery Park is that of a Bremerton girl who vanished more than three weeks ago, police said Monday. Chalisa Lewis, 14, had been missing since …

• Woman, Baby Found Dead; Husband Sought

  February 27, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A6 A young mother and her baby daughter were found dead Sunday in their apartment, and investigators were seeking the woman’s husband for questioning. A neighbor reported the grisly discovery Sunday …

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