US/NC/Jonesville – Suspected serial killer Adam Leroy Lane pleaded not guilty yesterday in the horrifying attempted rape of a 15-year-old girl in Chelmsford.
Handcuffed and shackled in an orange prison jumpsuit, the 43-year-old only spoke to say “not guilty” to 10 charges including home invasion, assault with intent to murder and attempted rape of a child on July 30. Read More
US/NC/Jonesville – The sign outside Jordan’s Country Restaurant says “Truckers Welcome,” and Adam Leroy Lane treated the eatery in the shadow of Interstate 77 like home base.
Most nights, the trucker and sometime chicken-plant worker would come in alone on third shift, even when he was off work with his bad back. He’d plop down in the smoking section and order his usual: Two hot dogs, “all the way,” no onion. If manager Sydney Hanson wasn’t quick enough with his drink, he’d shout: “Hey. Pain in the butt. Get my Diet Mountain Dew!” Read More
US/MI/Lansing – Charges are handed down to a man Lansing police label a serial killer. It was Matthew Macons’ first courtroom appearance in this case, part of a video arraignment. Macon was charged with open murder for the death of Sandra Eichorn. She was found dead in her home just last week. He was also charged with home invasion and assault after a woman was found badly beaten in her home one day after Eichorn’s death. Read More
US/LA/Baton Rouge – The Louisiana Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over whether convicted serial killer Derrick Todd Lee received a fair trial in 2004, when an East Baton Rouge jury sentenced him to die by lethal injection for the rape and murder of Charlotte Murray Pace.
Lee remains on death row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. He is also serving a life sentence for the murder of Geralyn Barr DeSoto of West Baton Rouge Parish. Prosecutors say Lee is linked to the murders of seven women between 1998 and 2003.
The justices did not indicate when they will rule. Read More
US/WI/La Crosse – For nearly a decade, this river city has lived with fears that a mysterious man was lurking in bars, waiting to drown young, good-looking men. Since 1997, eight college-aged men have disappeared after drinking heavily at taverns, only to turn up dead in a nearby river.
But police announced Aug. 21 that FBI profilers have found no signs of foul play in the deaths. The FBI is the third law enforcement agency to investigate the drownings, and all have reached the same conclusion: They’re accidents. Read More
US/MI/Lansing – A suspected serial killer has been arrested in the deaths of five women in the city in just over a month — and he is also connected to an assault on a woman whose dog ran the attacker off, police said.
Local, state and federal investigators “have taken a collective sigh of relief,” police Lt. Judy Horning said. Read More
US/Ann Arbor/MI – Jane Mixer always seemed like an orphan among the sad sisterhood of young women slain by a serial killer near Ann Arbor, Mich., in the late 1960s.
The Coed Killer was believed to have done his demented work seven times over two years. Read More
ZA/Limpopo – The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has warned residents of Phagameng, Modimolle, in Limpopo against a serial killer who is targeting their children. 13 children aged between four and 13 have disappeared in the area in the past three years. Read More
ZA/Limpopo – A decomposing body found in the veld in Modimolle on Sunday has been identified as that of eight-year-old Refilwe Ringane, said Limpopo police.Ringane went missing on Tuesday when she was sent to a shop by her brother. Read More
