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• Man Arrested in Sierra LaMar Case
  A 21-year-old California man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and kidnapping in connection with a 15-year-old girl who has been missing since March. Antolin Garcia-Torres is being held in the Santa Clara County Jail in the disappearance of Sierra LaMar, who was last...
  
  
• Crime Poll: Who is Responsible?
  Kentucky death row inmate Robert Foley, 55, has been trying to get a hip replacement operation for over a year, but according to prison officials, because he is considered to be extremely dangerous no surgeon or hospital is willing to get involved.
  
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• Drew Peterson Trial Set for July
  When the trial of a former Illinois policeman for the death of his third wife begins at the end of July, prosecutors will not be able to mention that his fourth wife may also be dead. After three years of court battles, the trial of...
  
  
• Steven Powell Convicted of Voyeurism
  A 67-year-old Washington man has been found guilty of voyeurism in a case that was prompted by evidence found during an investigation into the 2009 disappearance of his daughter-in-law, Susan Powell. Steven Powell was convicted of 14 counts of voyeurism stemming from photographs he took...
  
  
• Van der Sloot to Fight Extradition
  After a Peruvian judge approved provisional detention for convicted killer Joran Van der Sloot, the main suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway announced his plans to fight extradition to the United States. Van der Sloot faces extortion and wire fraud charges in...
  
  
• Crime Poll: Testify or Face Jail Time
  The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that a woman can be found in contempt of court and sent to jail if she refuses to testify against a man she ...

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• Balfour Guilty in Hudson Murders
  An hour after telling the judge they were split, a Chicago jury returned guilty verdicts against the former brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson for murdering three members of her family in 2008. William Balfour was found guilty of killing her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.

  
  

• Adam Mayes Dead, 2 Sisters OK
  A Mississippi man accused of kidnapping a Tennessee woman and her three daughters has died as the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and two of the sisters have been found alive. Adam Mayes shot himself in the head in the woods near Guntown where...
  
  
• 'Flint Slasher' Trial Underway
  Defense attorneys offered no opening statement as the murder trial of a man accused in a series of stabbings in the Flint, Michigan area in 2010 got underway. Elias Abuelazam is on trial for the stabbing death of Arnold Minor on Aug. 2, 2010.

  
  

• Car Examined in Sierra LaMar Case
  Forensic investigators are examining a vehicle they believed is linked to the disappearance of a 15-year-old California girl missing since March 16. Police had been searching for a red Volkswagen Jetta seen in video surveillance tapes during their investigation of the disappearance of Sierra LaMar.

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