Los Angeles Times - 1 day 10hrs ago
Prosecutors have characterized the woman accused of killing an aspiring model in 2008 as a globetrotting Fraud artist, flush with cash and capable of "taking care of business."
But recent defense filings paint a very different picture of Kelly Soo Park. They describe the 44-year-old as a law-abiding, local Mortgage Broker who cared for her ailing mother and regularly attended church services.
Park is accused of strangling Juliana Redding in her
San Francisco Examiner - 1 day 14hrs ago
VALLEJO, CALIF.
— The co-worker of a woman found dead in her boyfriend's car after a fatal California Police Chase said Thursday that she spoke with the Victim during the pursuit.
The High-speed Chase ended at a Richmond strip mall on Tuesday night, when officers shot and killed Murder suspect Efren Valdemoro.
Officers found
Fox Reno - 1 day 20hrs ago
VALLEJO, Calif. -- Investigators wrestled with a Jigsaw puzzle of death Thursday as they attempted to unravel the reasons why at least five people had died in a Killing Spree that spanned several days.
Who was Efren Valdemoro and what role did he played in the homicidal drama that encompassed three Bay Area communities?
Police do know that Valdemoro was killed in an armed co
My Fox Tampa Bay - 2 days ago
(NewsCore) - The author of a book which was said to have inspired an armed man who took three men hostage at the Discovery Channel's headquarters in Maryland on Wednesday said he is baffled by the gunman's interpretation of his popular tale, The Washington Post reported.
James Jay Lee, described as an Asian man aged in his 40s, was shot and killed by Police after he pointed a G
Daily Review - 3 days ago
HAYWARD -- Murder charges are not being sought against Aaron Chandra, 19, who Police say shot and killed Osana Saga in front of Chandra's home Sunday afternoon.
Instead, Chandra was arraigned Tuesday on one count of possession of Marijuana for sale while armed, and had his bail set at $35,000.
He is scheduled to enter a plea this morning.
"It was Self-defense," said Sharon Chandra, his mother, who also l
DUIAttorney.com - Aug 23, 2010
One Victim died following an Orange County traffic accident Sunday night; the driver has been charged with felony drunken driving.
The Victim, a 23-year-old female from Diamond Bar, died at the scene of the accident near the southbound 57 and westbound 91. The driver, 24-year-old M. Keating of Fullerton, was traveling at a suspected high speed just after 11PM. As the car entere
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Aug 20, 2010
In sentencing a Chinese immigrant to three years of Probation for causing a collision that killed a man, an Allegheny County judge said the law limits her ability to make things right in such situations.
"It was just a very sad and terrible situation," Common Pleas Judge Kathleen Durkin told the wife and daughter of Kenneth A. Blobner. "I'm sorry that there's nothing more that can be done for you."
Blobner, 55, of Green Tre
Vancouver Sun - Aug 6, 2010
Because of his medical condition, no breath samples were taken from the man suspected of being the driver of a speedboat that crashed into a houseboat and killed a man last month on Shuswap Lake, say RCMP.
Nor were blood samples taken at the Hospital where the driver, Leon Reinbrecht, was treated, despite a warrant obtained by RCMP to seize blood believed to have been collected by medical staff.
Authorities allege that Reinbrecht, who is from nearby Celista, was behind the wheel o
San Francisco Examiner - Jun 14, 2010
STOCKTON, CALIF.
— A Sunday School Teacher who pleaded guilty to Kidnapping and murdering a neighbor girl in Northern California made a tearful Apology to the Victim's family Monday as she was sentenced to Prison for the rest of her life.
A San Joaquin County
Ottawa Citizen - Apr 10, 2010