A Sunday school teacher accused of killing a Tracy, California girl may also have raped the 8-year-old, authorities say. Melissa Huckaby, expected to be arraigned Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Police: Child found in submerged luggage may have been raped
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Family of slaying suspect says charges ‘out of character’
The family of a woman who faces charges of killing an 8-year-old playmate of her daughter’s said Sunday the accusations are "completely out of character." The Tracy, California, family offered their prayers to the victim’s family. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of this beautiful girl,” said a man who would not give his name, identifying himself only as a relative of suspect Melissa Huckaby, 28
UK terror chief quits after security blunder
Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer has resigned, the London mayor’s office said Thursday, a day after he accidentally exposed a sensitive document about a terrorism investigation. Police were forced to bring forward the timing of a series of raids after Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick unwittingly revealed the names of those to be arrested. Quick was photographed as he got out of a car at Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s residence in London and the names were easily to read when the images were enlarged.
Police search church for clues to California girl’s slaying
Authorities searched a church near where an 8-year-old California girl was found dead Monday in the hopes of finding clues that would lead to her killer. The body of Sandra Cantu of Tracy, California, was found stuffed into a suitcase in a dairy-farm pond.
Israeli minister grilled in fraud probe
Israeli fraud investigators Tuesday questioned Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for a third time regarding a long-standing probe over business dealings, a police spokesman said. For five hours, investigators asked Lieberman about suspicions of money laundering, fraud and breach of trust in a corruption investigation that dates back several years, police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said. Lieberman was also questioned by the Israeli National Fraud Investigation Unit for several hours on Thursday and Friday.
Surveillance tape shows missing California girl skipping in alley
A surveillance video of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, missing since March 27, shows the child in the mobile home park where she lives, skipping and happily swinging her arms on the day she disappeared in Tracy, California.
Survivor: ‘I thought that my life was finished’
Zhanar Tokhtabayeba was in an English class at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, New York, when a gunman entered the building and began shooting. The gunman had barricaded the door of the center with his car and nobody could get out. At first, Tokhtabayeba wasn’t sure what was happening
Murder case brings ‘Foxy Knoxy’ infamy in Italy
The Italian media call her "Foxy Knoxy" and portray her as a "devil with an angel’s face," and there are 11 Facebook pages dedicated to her, all in Italian. Amanda Knox, 21, is an American college student from Seattle, Washington, who is on trial for murder in Perugia, Italy.
Rebels arrested in assassination plot, Colombian leader says
Colombian police foiled a plot by Marxist guerrillas to assassinate the nation’s defense minister, according to President Alvaro Uribe. Ten guerrillas dressed as police planned to infiltrate the family farm of Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos over Easter week and kill the official and his family, Uribe said Thursday on national television. The guerrillas, who belong to the FARC, the Spanish acronym for Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, were captured, Uribe said.
UK to probe Gitmo ex-detainee’s abuse claim
British police will investigate claims that a former Guantanamo detainee was tortured with the complicity of the British government, the country’s attorney general announced Thursday.