Wednesday, April 14, 2010
MAN KILLED HIS FAMILY CLAIMED SOMETHING TOLD HIM TO KILL SOMEONE....
Anastasia Pierce said her phone began ringing early this morning as news spread about the gruesome slayings in Marquette Park.
Her ex-fiance, she was told, was being held as a suspect in the shooting deaths of his wife, his baby son and two nieces.
"Everyone in my family was calling and they were just, you know, calling to see if I knew," Pierce, 22, said from her new home in Savannah, Ga. "I cried. He's not that kind of person. I don't want everyone thinking that he's this huge monster because of everything that happened."
But Pierce, who grew up next door to the suspect in Madison's Worthington neighborhood, said that over the past several days his relatives had been saying something was wrong.
"I heard that he was out of his element for the last couple of days," she said. "His family said he's mumbling, acting strange."
Other relatives said the suspect -- who converted to the Muslim faith while in federal prison -- had recently argued with his wife about her refusal to wear Muslim dress.
He carried around the Quran, and about a week ago he started telling his family that something in the book told him to kill someone, according to his sister, Letisha Larry, 30.
"He was like just saying little weird little stuff about (how) he was an angel and we were demons, there's demons in the house," Larry said.
When he was arrested hours about the shooting, he told officers that he had been instructed to bring his family to Allah, according to a law enforcement source.
Pierce said she was engaged to the suspect, a man 10 years older than her, for nearly two years, but said his behavior, as well as their different religious beliefs, forced her to call off their engagement in October 2008.
"He practiced Islam, prayed five times a day," Pierce said. "He actually wanted me to become a muslimina, and that was one of the problems we had. I was a Christian, and that wasn't something I wanted to do. He wanted a Muslim woman, and I wanted to marry a Christian man."
But religious differences weren't the only factor behind the breakup. The suspect's usually sanguine personality frequently shattered in a burst of anger, Pierce said. Court records indicate he was arrested last year for striking one of the shooting victims, his wife, Twanda Thompson.
Pierce said she also endured his anger and abuse, though she declined to say whether he was ever physically violent toward her.
"He was sweet until his temper would go, and then he would just click," she said. "We had times, and those times are the reason we are not together."
Court records indicate he had a rocky relationship as well with Thompson, who was found shot to death in bed with their 7-month-old son Jihad.---http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/
Her ex-fiance, she was told, was being held as a suspect in the shooting deaths of his wife, his baby son and two nieces.
"Everyone in my family was calling and they were just, you know, calling to see if I knew," Pierce, 22, said from her new home in Savannah, Ga. "I cried. He's not that kind of person. I don't want everyone thinking that he's this huge monster because of everything that happened."
But Pierce, who grew up next door to the suspect in Madison's Worthington neighborhood, said that over the past several days his relatives had been saying something was wrong.
"I heard that he was out of his element for the last couple of days," she said. "His family said he's mumbling, acting strange."
Other relatives said the suspect -- who converted to the Muslim faith while in federal prison -- had recently argued with his wife about her refusal to wear Muslim dress.
He carried around the Quran, and about a week ago he started telling his family that something in the book told him to kill someone, according to his sister, Letisha Larry, 30.
"He was like just saying little weird little stuff about (how) he was an angel and we were demons, there's demons in the house," Larry said.
When he was arrested hours about the shooting, he told officers that he had been instructed to bring his family to Allah, according to a law enforcement source.
Pierce said she was engaged to the suspect, a man 10 years older than her, for nearly two years, but said his behavior, as well as their different religious beliefs, forced her to call off their engagement in October 2008.
"He practiced Islam, prayed five times a day," Pierce said. "He actually wanted me to become a muslimina, and that was one of the problems we had. I was a Christian, and that wasn't something I wanted to do. He wanted a Muslim woman, and I wanted to marry a Christian man."
But religious differences weren't the only factor behind the breakup. The suspect's usually sanguine personality frequently shattered in a burst of anger, Pierce said. Court records indicate he was arrested last year for striking one of the shooting victims, his wife, Twanda Thompson.
Pierce said she also endured his anger and abuse, though she declined to say whether he was ever physically violent toward her.
"He was sweet until his temper would go, and then he would just click," she said. "We had times, and those times are the reason we are not together."
Court records indicate he had a rocky relationship as well with Thompson, who was found shot to death in bed with their 7-month-old son Jihad.---http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/
17 YEAR OLD BOY MISSING---He is reportedly on anti-depressant medication
A Lincoln Park teenager is missing after dispute with parents
Chicago police are searching for a 17-year-old boy who is missing after he left the hospital and they fear that he may be in danger because of medication he received there, police said today.
Matthew Goralka went to Children's Memorial Hospital Tuesday for a blood clot in his right forearm, police said. He was given blood thinners which makes him susceptible to uncontrolled bleeding, the police said.
A short time after he returned home he got into an argument with his parents and ran away from his Lincoln Park home, police said.
Police said he is a junior at Walter Payton High School but did not attend school today, police said. He is currently on anti-depressant medication.
Police described him as 135 pounds and five foot nine inches tall. He has freckles and hazel eyes with brown hair.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Area Three special victims unit at 312-744-8266.--http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/
Chicago police are searching for a 17-year-old boy who is missing after he left the hospital and they fear that he may be in danger because of medication he received there, police said today.
Matthew Goralka went to Children's Memorial Hospital Tuesday for a blood clot in his right forearm, police said. He was given blood thinners which makes him susceptible to uncontrolled bleeding, the police said.
A short time after he returned home he got into an argument with his parents and ran away from his Lincoln Park home, police said.
Police said he is a junior at Walter Payton High School but did not attend school today, police said. He is currently on anti-depressant medication.
Police described him as 135 pounds and five foot nine inches tall. He has freckles and hazel eyes with brown hair.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Area Three special victims unit at 312-744-8266.--http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/
HOME INVASION ROBBER'S WERE POLITE ....
George and Cathy Davich were sitting on the couch, watching TV, wrapping up their activities on April 5. Their three children were asleep in a bedroom as midnight approached.
George was dozing on Cathy's lap when she nudged him in the head with an elbow.
"What?" he asked, a little peeved as he looked up at Cathy.
She was silent, pointing at a man standing in front of them. The man had a gun in each hand.
The next 30 minutes left them traumatized. Their Henderson apartment was ransacked by three men who match police descriptions of suspects who might be involved in more than a dozen home invasion robberies that have been committed since January.
What was most bizarre was the behavior of the robbers, the couple said.
"I said four or five times, 'Is this real?' " George, 31, said. "And they said, 'This is as real as it gets.'"
The suspects were meticulous about what they took. They carefully disconnected the couple's 42-inch plasma television from the wall. They didn't take devices that didn't have an accompanying remote control or power cord. They agonized over whether Cathy's jewelry was real or fake.
And, well, they were relatively well-mannered.
"They were polite, for robbers," Cathy, 29, said.
Authorities released sketches of two of the suspects last month. Cathy recognized the sketch of the man with bad acne on his face. She said it was so bad that the pockmarks made it look as if half his nose was missing.--READ MORE AT:http://www.lvrj.com/
George was dozing on Cathy's lap when she nudged him in the head with an elbow.
"What?" he asked, a little peeved as he looked up at Cathy.
She was silent, pointing at a man standing in front of them. The man had a gun in each hand.
The next 30 minutes left them traumatized. Their Henderson apartment was ransacked by three men who match police descriptions of suspects who might be involved in more than a dozen home invasion robberies that have been committed since January.
What was most bizarre was the behavior of the robbers, the couple said.
"I said four or five times, 'Is this real?' " George, 31, said. "And they said, 'This is as real as it gets.'"
The suspects were meticulous about what they took. They carefully disconnected the couple's 42-inch plasma television from the wall. They didn't take devices that didn't have an accompanying remote control or power cord. They agonized over whether Cathy's jewelry was real or fake.
And, well, they were relatively well-mannered.
"They were polite, for robbers," Cathy, 29, said.
Authorities released sketches of two of the suspects last month. Cathy recognized the sketch of the man with bad acne on his face. She said it was so bad that the pockmarks made it look as if half his nose was missing.--READ MORE AT:http://www.lvrj.com/
MAN ARRESTED FOR SHAKING HIS BABY TO DEATH...
A Queens dad was arrested for shaking his wailing 8-month-old son to death - the borough's third child to die from abuse in the past month, officials said Tuesday.
Saul Cortez, 24, admitted to investigators that he repeatedly shook and punched Mario Patrice in the back when the baby would not stop crying, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Mario was rushed on April 5 to Schneider Children's Hospital, where he was on life support for more than a week before dying Sunday.
Cortez was watching Mario in his Far Rockaway home when the infant's mother stepped out to run an errand, Brown said.
When mom Monica Patrice returned 20 minutes later, Cortez was on the phone calling for help and standing near the lifeless child, Brown said.
The boy suffered severe brain and eye injuries, a lacerated liver and several rib fractures, Brown said.
"It is shocking to consider that his father is charged with inflicting such brutality and suffering on one as young and innocent as his own child," said Brown.
Mario's organs were donated after he was removed from life support, officials said.
Cortez was originally charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child, but a grand jury could upgrade the charge to murder, officials said.
Two other babies were killed and a third critically injured in a troubling series of abuse cases in the last month, police said.
Anniyah Shannon, 19 months, and Dilan Crillo, 9 months, were each shaken to death by their baby-sitters, both of whom were later charged with second-degree murder.
"Under no circumstances should a child be shaken," said Brown. "Three seconds of shaking is all it takes to cause irreparable injury or even death."
jlemire@nydailynews.com
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
Saul Cortez, 24, admitted to investigators that he repeatedly shook and punched Mario Patrice in the back when the baby would not stop crying, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Mario was rushed on April 5 to Schneider Children's Hospital, where he was on life support for more than a week before dying Sunday.
Cortez was watching Mario in his Far Rockaway home when the infant's mother stepped out to run an errand, Brown said.
When mom Monica Patrice returned 20 minutes later, Cortez was on the phone calling for help and standing near the lifeless child, Brown said.
The boy suffered severe brain and eye injuries, a lacerated liver and several rib fractures, Brown said.
"It is shocking to consider that his father is charged with inflicting such brutality and suffering on one as young and innocent as his own child," said Brown.
Mario's organs were donated after he was removed from life support, officials said.
Cortez was originally charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child, but a grand jury could upgrade the charge to murder, officials said.
Two other babies were killed and a third critically injured in a troubling series of abuse cases in the last month, police said.
Anniyah Shannon, 19 months, and Dilan Crillo, 9 months, were each shaken to death by their baby-sitters, both of whom were later charged with second-degree murder.
"Under no circumstances should a child be shaken," said Brown. "Three seconds of shaking is all it takes to cause irreparable injury or even death."
jlemire@nydailynews.com
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/
CAMBRIDGE
Cambridge —
Dory Cote was walking her dog on a Cambridge sidewalk in 1973, when she was approached by a man who befriended her, walked with her, and then asked if he could use her bathroom at her apartment before he left. He then held her captive in her own home and sexually assaulted her repeatedly.
“I spend the rest of the night at the police department and the emergency room,” she said.
The next day, a friend of Cote’s saw a hotline number in the Boston Globe for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. Cote picked up the phone and became the number’s first caller.
She was 27 years old then. Now at the age of 63, she was about to walk past the same spot where she met her rapist all those years ago. But this time, she was walking the route empowered, to show other women that they can also survive sexual violence.
Dory Cote was the keynote speaker for the fifth annual Walk for Change, held by the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center on April 11. More than 1,400 women and men, dressed in matching T-shirts and wearing beaded necklaces in purple, gold and green, the colors of the Crisis Center, walked a 5K path that began at Canal Park and continued around the Charles River. Their goal: to take a step towards ending sexual violence.
The 1,400 walkers were the most the event had ever seen, said Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Executive Director Gina Scaramela. And the new restraining order law, which was signed by Governor Deval Patrick in January, helped make the event even more crucial to advancing further rights for sexual violence victims, she said.
The Massachusetts House passed the law, which makes it easier for victims to obtain restraining orders against stalkers, regardless of their relationship to the victim. Before the law passed, restraining orders were granted only if the stalker was a family member, roommate or in a relationship with the victim.
“I had my own personal experience several years ago,” said state Rep. Cory Atkins, who attended the Walk for Change, and helped lead the efforts to push the law through. “Even though we had protection for people in a relationship, we never had protection for stalking.”
An average of 1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men will experience stalking in their lifetime, said Atkins, and most people know someone who has experienced stalking or sexual assault. She was inspired by the case of Sandy Berfield, an Everett woman who was killed after a stalker planted a package bomb at her apartment in 2000. Atkins also noted recent cases, including an assault at UMass-Amherst.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
Dory Cote was walking her dog on a Cambridge sidewalk in 1973, when she was approached by a man who befriended her, walked with her, and then asked if he could use her bathroom at her apartment before he left. He then held her captive in her own home and sexually assaulted her repeatedly.
“I spend the rest of the night at the police department and the emergency room,” she said.
The next day, a friend of Cote’s saw a hotline number in the Boston Globe for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center. Cote picked up the phone and became the number’s first caller.
She was 27 years old then. Now at the age of 63, she was about to walk past the same spot where she met her rapist all those years ago. But this time, she was walking the route empowered, to show other women that they can also survive sexual violence.
Dory Cote was the keynote speaker for the fifth annual Walk for Change, held by the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center on April 11. More than 1,400 women and men, dressed in matching T-shirts and wearing beaded necklaces in purple, gold and green, the colors of the Crisis Center, walked a 5K path that began at Canal Park and continued around the Charles River. Their goal: to take a step towards ending sexual violence.
The 1,400 walkers were the most the event had ever seen, said Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Executive Director Gina Scaramela. And the new restraining order law, which was signed by Governor Deval Patrick in January, helped make the event even more crucial to advancing further rights for sexual violence victims, she said.
The Massachusetts House passed the law, which makes it easier for victims to obtain restraining orders against stalkers, regardless of their relationship to the victim. Before the law passed, restraining orders were granted only if the stalker was a family member, roommate or in a relationship with the victim.
“I had my own personal experience several years ago,” said state Rep. Cory Atkins, who attended the Walk for Change, and helped lead the efforts to push the law through. “Even though we had protection for people in a relationship, we never had protection for stalking.”
An average of 1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men will experience stalking in their lifetime, said Atkins, and most people know someone who has experienced stalking or sexual assault. She was inspired by the case of Sandy Berfield, an Everett woman who was killed after a stalker planted a package bomb at her apartment in 2000. Atkins also noted recent cases, including an assault at UMass-Amherst.---http://www.wickedlocal.com/
NEIGHBOR WITH MACHETE SCARES OFF WOMAN'S ATTACKER.....
MARINA DEL REY - A man who attacked a woman near Marina del Rey early today was chased away by a neighbor with a machete who heard the woman's screams.
Police were called to the parking lot of Islands restaurant after the attack occurred in the 3000 block of Clune Avenue, near Washington Boulevard, at 12:38 a.m., said Officer Gregory Baek of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.
The suspect who attacked the woman was described as a white man in his early 30s, about 6 feet tall, with a shaved head.
According to a witness, a neighbor armed with a machete, came running after hearing the woman screaming. He chased the suspect to the restaurant parking lot.
The suspect then ran, going west on Washington Boulevard, Baek said.
The woman was taken to UCLA Medical Center where her injuries were not believed to be life threatening, Baek said.---http://www.dailybreeze.com/
Police were called to the parking lot of Islands restaurant after the attack occurred in the 3000 block of Clune Avenue, near Washington Boulevard, at 12:38 a.m., said Officer Gregory Baek of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.
The suspect who attacked the woman was described as a white man in his early 30s, about 6 feet tall, with a shaved head.
According to a witness, a neighbor armed with a machete, came running after hearing the woman screaming. He chased the suspect to the restaurant parking lot.
The suspect then ran, going west on Washington Boulevard, Baek said.
The woman was taken to UCLA Medical Center where her injuries were not believed to be life threatening, Baek said.---http://www.dailybreeze.com/
KINDNESS MAY HAVE CAUSED WOMAN'S DEATH....
Regina McGraw's family told her repeatedly to stop letting hard-up strangers and the homeless into her apartment.
Now they fear her kindness may have cost her her life.
Chicago Police were hunting Tuesday for the killer who stabbed McGraw and left her on the floor of her second-floor apartment in the 900 block of South Sacramento, police spokesman Hector Alfaro said.
Her decomposed body -- found early Tuesday morning after a neighbor dialed 911 -- had multiple stab wounds to her back, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
There were no signs of forced entry to the apartment; her TV and other items were stolen, family members said.
McGraw, 57, often cooked for homeless people she met in the street, and sometimes let them stay at her home, they said.
"We told her countless times to stop opening doors to people," said her daughter-in-law, Angelique Andrews-McGraw. "But she always said 'God will take care of me,' and she wasn't worried about [living in] the neighborhood."
"Her heart was like that: she wanted to help people," Andrews-McGraw said.---http://www.suntimes.com/
Now they fear her kindness may have cost her her life.
Chicago Police were hunting Tuesday for the killer who stabbed McGraw and left her on the floor of her second-floor apartment in the 900 block of South Sacramento, police spokesman Hector Alfaro said.
Her decomposed body -- found early Tuesday morning after a neighbor dialed 911 -- had multiple stab wounds to her back, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.
There were no signs of forced entry to the apartment; her TV and other items were stolen, family members said.
McGraw, 57, often cooked for homeless people she met in the street, and sometimes let them stay at her home, they said.
"We told her countless times to stop opening doors to people," said her daughter-in-law, Angelique Andrews-McGraw. "But she always said 'God will take care of me,' and she wasn't worried about [living in] the neighborhood."
"Her heart was like that: she wanted to help people," Andrews-McGraw said.---http://www.suntimes.com/
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