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Police suspend search for body of boy slain by serial killer in 1968
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersLos Angeles police suspended the search today for the body of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed to death by a child serial killer in 1968 and believed to be buried near the 23 Freeway in eastern Ventura County. Acting on new information, investigators on...Tags: Sylmar, Crimes, Police Investigations, Police, Road Transportation
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Sister of boy slain in 1968 by a serial killer plans vigil
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersShe knows it won't be easy. It will be noisy and dusty. It will bring back awful memories from decades ago. And it might ultimately prove fruitless. But Sherry Barlow plans to spend this morning standing alongside the 23 Freeway in eastern Ventura...Tags: Sylmar, Crimes, Police, Police Investigations, Road Transportation
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Search for child murder victim begins next to freeway in Moorpark
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDozens of law enforcement and forensics experts began excavation this morning beside a freeway off-ramp in Moorpark where four decades earlier, they believe, child serial murderer Mack Ray Edwards disposed of a 16-year-old boy he had fatally stabbed. Law...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Arkansas, Sylmar, Crimes, Police Investigations
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Home beer brewing calls to a new generation -- and to women
Special to The TimesIT'S ONE of the many home brew competitions that take place around the country each year. There's the panel of certified judges, the international entrants in 28 categories of beer and mead -- and there's the hops-filled afternoon of sipping and...Tags: Distilling and Brewing Industry, Government, San Diego (San Diego, California), Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Chicago Housing Authority
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L.A. under visual assault by digital billboards
POINTS WESTThank you, L.A. City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo, for being such a pal to the billboard industry. The new gigantic digital ads in my neighborhood, with white-hot flashing pitches for Coke and Sean John, are a swell addition to otherwise quaint Silver Lake...Tags: Government, Eric Garcetti, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), CBS Corp., California
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Engineer in crash sent text messages
Los Angeles TimesA Metrolink engineer sent a text message from his cell phone 22 seconds before he collided with an oncoming freight train in an accident that killed 25 people and injured 135 others last month, federal authorities said Wednesday. Engineer Robert M....Tags: Chatsworth, Union Pacific Corporation, Railway Accidents, Engineering, Telecommunication Service
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Investigators hope to unearth child victim of serial killer
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterInvestigators on the trail of a notorious serial killer say they are close to uncovering another of the children he said he killed. They plan soon to excavate a site in Ventura County, looking for the remains of Roger Dale Madison, a 16-year-old boy whom...Tags: Engineering, Newhall, Police, Forests, California
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Racists items found in Ventura hate crime case, documents reveal
From the Associated PressInvestigators found white supremacist literature and hand-drawn swastikas among the possessions of a 14-year-old boy charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his gay classmate, court records showed. Senior Deputy District Attorney Maeve Fox wrote...Tags: Crimes, Lawyers, Minority Groups, Justice System, Assault
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After Disneyland arrest, man faces crime spree charges
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAuthorities filed charges this week against a man arrested at Disneyland after a six-day crime spree that spanned three Southern California counties and 10 cities. Anthony Brandon Hislar, 26, of Monrovia faces nine felony counts for crimes he allegedly...Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Police, California, Huntington, Los Angeles
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Brakeman on freight train sues commuter railroad in LA-area collision that killed 25
Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) _ The brakeman on the freight train involved in a deadly collision with a commuter train filed a lawsuit Friday against the commuter railroad and the companies that provide its engineers. The lawsuit, filed by Dominick Fravola and his...Tags: Union Pacific Corporation, Railway Accidents, Trials, Engineering, Railway Transportation
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Deaths elsewhere
DR. RONALD N. KORNBLUM, 74 Noted coroner Dr. Ronald N. Kornblum, a former Los Angeles County coroner who performed autopsies on such celebrities as John Belushi, Natalie Wood and Truman Capote, died Tuesday at his home in La Canada Flintridge, Calif.,...Tags: Los Angeles County, Periodicals, La Canada Flintridge, Magazines, William Holden
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Resources for the unemployed
Where to find assistance Here's a sampling of resources available for the jobless. Money management The following agencies have free or low-cost services for managing your debt and dealing with creditors: * National Foundation for Credit Counseling:...Tags: Consumers, California, Consumer Electronics Industry, Los Angeles, San Bernardino (San Bernardino, California)
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