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News, articles and information about the crime of taking another person's life, usually by a violent act such as shooting, strangling, beating, stabbing, drowning, assault or by poisoning.
News, articles and information about the crime of taking another person's life, usually by a violent act such as shooting, strangling, beating, stabbing, drowning, assault or by poisoning.
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2011 in Review: Power outages, school board shifts, Costa trial
La Caņada saw its share of troubling news in 2011, the most controversial being a complaint filed against a La Caņada High School teacher for having made ethnic slurs in her math classrooms. But there also were celebratory moments — for the...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Property, Natural Resources, Transportation Accidents, Accidental Death
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New leads found in old murder
A dozen years after La Caņada residents Harold “Skip” Tillman and his wife, Joni, were found buried in remote graves, investigators say they have new developments regarding the murders, but are staying tight-lipped about any details. “...Tags: Services and Shopping, Rentals
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What happened in LCF 10-20-30 years ago?
Ten Years Ago In the middle of his trial, Philip Sifuentes, the man accused of killing La Caņada resident Helen Huff in October 1997, pleaded guilty to a manslaughter charge as well as to three other felony charges related to the case. He was sentenced...Tags: Trials
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No word from Costa jury
After nearly a week of deliberations, the jury in the murder case against Marcos Costa, the driver of a brakeless big rig that killed two people in La Caņada in April 2009, retired Wednesday without announcing a verdict. Costa, a Portuguese-speaking...Tags: Transportation, Crimes, Massachusetts, Justice System, Trials
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Witness: I saw the horror on his face
A witness to the fatal truck crash that killed two people at the base of the Angeles Crest in 2009 testified this week that when the truck hit the Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse, she thought that she and the truck's driver “were going to die...Tags: Transportation, Bus Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning, Justice System
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With Costa trial over, what will be done about Crest safety?
While the memories of the deadly runaway truck collision on the Angeles Crest Highway that killed two, injured several and left a 25-ton big rig sitting inside a local bookstore have begun to fade for some, life will never be the same for the family of...Tags: Transportation, Disasters and Accidents, Justice System, Lawyers, Travel
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Truck crash trial set
Trial is set to begin on June 20 for the driver charged with murder in the April 2009 Angeles Crest Highway runaway truck crash that killed two people in La Caņada Flintridge.
Marcos Costa, 46, appeared for a pretrial hearing Monday in a Los Angeles...Tags: Transportation, Justice System, Lawyers, Prosecution, Travel
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In Theory: Should we be allowed to choose to die?
Q. British author Sir Terry Pratchett recently presented a BBC documentary called “Choosing To Die,” about assisted suicide. Pratchett, the bestselling author of the “Discworld” series of fantasy novels, was diagnosed with...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, United Kingdom, Diseases and Illnesses, Charlton Heston, Abortion Issue
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Warning signs to blame in runaway truck crash?
A former Girl Scout who warned of dangerous conditions on Angeles Crest Highway months before a fatal runaway truck crash in 2009 testified on Tuesday in the murder trial of that truck’s driver that he would not have seen warning signs along the...Tags: Transportation, Justice System, Prosecution, Juvenile Delinquency, Witnesses
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Judge in Costa trial says all charges stand
The case against the truck driver accused of murder after his runaway semi killed two people in La Caņada Flintridge in April 2009 took a step forward on Friday when Judge Darrell Mavis ruled to sustain all charges. Costa's attorney, Edward Murphy, filed...Tags: Crimes, Justice System, Judges, Trials, California
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Costa's fate in hands of jury
The fate of the driver charged with murder after his runaway big rig killed a 12-year-old girl and her father in April 2009 in La Caņada Flintridge is in the hands of the jury after attorneys on both sides completed their closing arguments Wednesday...Tags: Crimes, Human Interest, Defendants, Justice System, Lawyers
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After going it alone, Costa agrees to bring on new attorney
After months of struggling to mount his own defense against murder charges, the driver involved in the 2009 Angeles Crest Highway runaway truck accident that killed two people has agreed to a have a court-appointed attorney. Edward Murphy, a veteran...Tags: Transportation, Justice System, Lawyers, Judges, Prosecution
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