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Published: April 12, 2009
Sunday school teacher arrested in girl's death
TRACY, Calif. -- After the arrest of a Sunday school teacher, police said yesterday that they still don't know the motive for the killing of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found in a suitcase dumped in an irrigation pond.
Melissa Huckaby, 28, a local minister's granddaughter, was arrested late Friday, said police Sgt. Tony Sheneman. She was being held without bail.
Sandra disappeared on March 27, and hundreds of volunteers and law-enforcement officials turned out to search for her. On April 6, farmworkers draining an irrigation pond found the suitcase.
"I couldn't begin to even theorize what her motive was," Sheneman said. "Sandra was very close friends with Melissa's daughter."
Ex-priest said to be in shock after car kills churchgoer
FOREST HILLS, Pa. -- The pastor of a western Pennsylvania church says that a retired priest is in a state of shock and in need of prayers after police and witnesses said that he drove into a group of churchgoers after a Good Friday service, killing an elderly woman and injuring four other people.
Police and witnesses said that the priest had just finished assisting with an afternoon service and was driving around to the church entrance when his car sped into a small group standing under a shelter.
Madeline Romell, 89, died of her injuries five hours after the accident.
Retired N.Y. policeman kills officer and then kills himself
WEST BABYLON, N.Y. -- A retired New York City police officer shot an off-duty officer whom he suspected was having an affair with his police officer wife, then killed himself in the driveway of his suburban home, police said yesterday.
Cecil Ramsay, 51, shot himself in the head, Suffolk County police said.
He shot Officer Edwin Shittick in the hand after accusing him "of seeing his wife," said Suffolk County Police Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick.
"It's our understanding that that is not the case. They're just acquaintances," Fitzpatrick said.
Gunmen in New Orleans kill woman, two children
TERRYTOWN, La. -- Gunmen in dark clothes kicked down an apartment door in a troubled New Orleans-area neighborhood and opened fire, killing two children and a woman, authorities said.
A third child was in critical condition after the shooting around 4 a.m., and investigators were searching for suspects, said Col. John Fortunato, a spokesman for the Jefferson Parish sheriff's. office
Dominique Sterling, 19, was shot in the back. Her 23-month-old son, Robert Claiborne, and a 6-year-old boy named Four Overstreet were both shot in the head in bed.
An 11-year-old girl, also found in a bedroom, had been shot more than once and was in critical condition, Fortunato said.
Minnesota governor calls for cuts in taxes, spending
WASHINGTON -- A possible White House contender in 2012 said in the GOP's radio speech yesterday that President Obama and the Democrats who run Congress should lower taxes and hold down spending.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn., said that Obama's budget will require higher taxes and unfairly loads debt onto future generations. Pawlenty also said that Obama has talked about tax relief, but his budget suggests he will be raising taxes.
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