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PeopleA Boy, 4, Vanished on Way to Summer Camp. Then a Family Friend's Teenage Son Started Asking Alarming Questions
More than 30 years after Derrick Robie's murder, his killer is now free and living in New York
- Bloomberg
Singapore says no China request made to arrest alleged money launderer
Singapore police said they didn’t arrest a Chinese national accused of money laundering because they were not asked to do so by authorities in China, even though an Interpol Red Notice had been issued for him.
- People
Man Who Spent Hours with Hannah Kobayashi Before Her Disappearance Reveals What They Discussed: Police (Exclusive)
Investigators on her case spoke at length with PEOPLE about what they learned
- The Guardian
Mohamed Al Fayed faked dementia to evade prosecution, son says
Omar Fayed claims former Harrods Owner tricked police to escape justice over rape and sexual assault allegations
- BBC
Police release CCTV footage in hunt for rapist
Detectives have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to in connection with the attack.
- CNN
Why finding the suspected CEO killer is harder than you might think
He gunned down a high-profile CEO on a sidewalk in America’s largest city, where thousands of surveillance cameras monitor millions of people every day. But the man who shot Brian Thompson keeps evading capture.
- The Telegraph
New York assassin ‘fled city on bus’ as police find his backpack in Central Park
The gunman who shot a health insurance boss dead in midtown Manhattan is thought to have fled New York on a bus, spreading the manhunt across multiple states.
- The Guardian
‘He has come out an old man’: joy and grief as loved ones released from Assad prisons
Family members describe renewed hopes after decades-long searches for political detainees in ‘Kingdom of Silence’
- PA Media: UK News
Mohamed Al Fayed ‘should have been prosecuted like a Nazi general’, says son
Since the latest publicity around the case, 90 alleged victims have contacted the Metropolitan Police to say they fell prey to Al Fayed.
- HuffPost
Colin Jost Mocks Officials For Sending This 'Tough Message' After NYC Shooting
The "Weekend Update" host spotted "two main reactions" to the deadly shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO that "really" say something about America.
- The Independent
NYPD probes theory UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot with a ‘veterinary gun’
The ‘net is closing in’ on the as-yet unidentified gunman, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday
- Evening Standard
Man jailed for murder after teen dies five years after south London stabbing
Jamel Boyce was left needing round the clock care after savage stabbing in 2016
- CNN
NYC’s new top cop is a technology enthusiast with 2 weeks on the job. Now Jessica Tisch’s NYPD hunts for the killer of a CEO
A week after taking over the nation’s largest police department, New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch found herself reassuring New Yorkers that investigators would “not rest until we identify and apprehend the shooter” who brazenly gunned down the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare outside a Manhattan hotel.
- The Daily Beast
Cops Find New Cryptic Clue UnitedHealthcare Assassin Left As He Fled
Cops Find New Cryptic Clue UnitedHealthcare Assassin Left Authorities hunting for the suspect who executed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO have recovered Monopoly money from a backpack believed to belong to him—as they released the clearest photos yet of the alleged assassin. The New York Police Department on Saturday published a photo of a backpack recovered the previous day in Central Park that they believe to be the suspect’s.
- CNN
‘Stop talking and get a lawyer’: Inside the descent of a Colorado dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife
A smiling James Craig appears in an online video promoting his Colorado dental practice, saying his approach “begins with sincerely listening to the patient and wanting to find out more about where they’re coming from and what they’re looking for and what they want.”
- Associated Press Finance
The Latest: FBI offers $50K reward in hunt for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO
The gunman who stalked and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fled New York City by bus, police officials told CNN on Friday. Video of the suspected shooter leaving the scene of the shooting Wednesday showed him riding a bicycle to Central Park and later taking a taxi cab to a bus depot, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told CNN. The FBI announced Friday night that it was offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the shooter who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer.
- CNN
‘Trump’s gonna pardon me anyways,’ January 6 rioter scoffs as he’s led from court to prison
A January 6 defendant on Friday taunted a federal judge’s decision to send him immediately to prison for one year for his role in the US Capitol riot, shouting as he was being handcuffed that President-elect Donald Trump would pardon him.
- CNN
California town prays for recovery of 2 kindergartners in critical condition after gunman opened fire at Christian school
A Northern California community came together Friday night to pray for two little boys who underwent surgery and remain in critical condition after they were wounded in a shooting at a small Christian school north of Sacramento, authorities said.
- The Guardian
How many rape cases are derailed by ‘sexsomnia’ claims? The CPS doesn’t know
Despite pledge to challenge claims, the prosecutions agency is not tracking how many cases it has dropped