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Orlando Homicide Report
http://orlandosentinel.com/homicide
My goal is to give readers a better understanding of murder, one of the most important issues facing the Orlando area.
People in Orlando are being murdered in record numbers. Slayings are up in mid-sized cities across the country. Police chiefs and criminal justice experts are trying to figure out why. So far, they have few answers.
Maybe they'll find a few clues here.
- Added on: Nov 2nd, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Willoughby Mariano
- Listed in: Law News & Media
- Tags: death crime orlando law enforcement murder homicide
Recent Posts
Why do murder-for-hire plots fail? Inexperience. Seriously.
I've always wondered why so many murder-for-hire schemes fail so miserably. I've covered a few plots, but none that have actually ended with a killing. Usually, the prospective employer unwittingly hires an undercover officer. FAIL.Now I know...
Deputies: Killing of teen, 17, was drug robbery
Tycris Butler, 17, planned to sell pot when he went to Paradise Cay Circle Friday, Osceola County deputy sheriffs said. Instead, it was a set up. Now Butler's dead, and four young men (left) were arrested in his slaying. Sentinel Staff Writer Sar...
Son arrested in deadly beating of woman, 73
Michael Lizzi, 51, is being held in Orange County Jail without bond on a charge of second-degree murder. His mother Sophia Chasteen was found beaten unconscious in the Pine Hills area. She died from her injuries three days later.Sentinel Staff Write...
Millionaire murder suspect to judge: Don\'t make my court file public
Isleworth developer and murder suspect Bob Ward captured national attention earlier this year after a jail camera caught him dancing around and laughing after the slaying of his wife. Not pretty. Now Ward wants evidence in his case to be kept privat...
Mount Dora man found fatally wounded at his front door
Terry Clayton, 56, was found shot about 2:45 a.m. today. One woman said she heard gun shots, and Clayton was found dead just inside his ajar front door.The attack took place on Hackett Street. Sentinel Staff Writer Martin Comas has more. ...
SWAT kills armed gunman barricaded with children
This afternoon's fatal shooting took place a few miles east of downtown Orlando near East Livingston Street and Ferncreek Avenue. The armed suspect who was killed had been barricaded inside his home since about 9 a.m. with four children and anot...
