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CRIMENET WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
September 20, 2002 – Volume #67
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CONTENTS
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The Week’s Top News Stories
Recent convictions added to Criminal
database
Unsolved crimes
Wanted
Missing
Criminal Oddity
Tips To Protect Yourself Against Crime
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Subscribers’ Letters
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The Week’s Top News Stories
Perth:Release from prison of urban terrorist has alarm bells ringing
Unrepentant urban terrorist Jack van Tongeren
will leave jail today - a move AttorneyGeneral Jim McGinty says he fears but
cannot stop. Van Tongeren, who led the
Australian Nationalist Movement`s racial
hate campaign in the late 1980s, will have
spent 12 years behind bars. Mr McGinty
said yesterday van Tongeren had refused to
undergo psychological assessment or to do
any rehabilitation programs, and had
basically stayed in a state of denial.
Mr McGinty and some ethnic community
leaders are concerned about his release and
continued ANM links. But WA Chinese
Chamber of Commerce president Wilson
Wu said van Tongeren was entitled to
freedom and he wished him well.
The founder and leader of the ANM, van
Tongeren was behind a campaign of terror
against WA`s Asian community which
involved the fire-bombing of Chinese
restaurants and a wave of anti-Asian
propaganda, including the pasting of
thousands of offensive posters in public
places.
Arrested with other ANM supporters in
August 1989, van Tongeren, then 41, was
convicted of 53 crimes, including conspiring
to drive Asians out of WA and burglaries to
fund ANM operations. Click here for full
story
Hunt for gang rapists: Have you seen these men?
Images of three men who gang raped a 16-yearold girl in the grounds of a Sydney high
school were released yesterday by police.
The 16-year-old girl was forced from the
Birrong railway station into the playground
of a nearby boys high school on the
afternoon of September 5. She had caught
the 5.28pm train from Parramatta.
Police said the attack, during which the girl
was forced to the ground by a man armed
with a knife, lasted at least two hours.
Detective Senior Sergeant Janice Stirling
said today police had made images based on
the girl`s descriptions of her attackers, all
aged in their late teens and of Middle
eastern/Mediterranean appearance.
"One of the men, who was armed with a
knife, forced the girl into the ground of the
Birrong Boys High School, where she was
allegedly sexually assaulted," Sgt Stirling
said. "Following the incident, the girl
managed to break free from the men and run
to a nearby home for help." Click here for
full story
California: Danielle’s parents break silence
A day after a jury recommended David
Westerfield be put to death for the murder of
Danielle van Dam, her parents broke six
months of public silence to thank the panel
for their verdict.
"The only way we can possibly give back to
you is to ask our angel Danielle to watch
over you and your families," said Brenda
van Dam Tuesday morning at a press
conference in the beachfront park where her
7-year-old daughter once played.
"We were relieved and happy with the guilty
verdict. We feel that the justice system
revealed the truth and Danielle`s murderer
has been held accountable," said Brenda van
Dam, who like her husband wore a button
with the words "In Loving Memory" printed
over Danielle`s photo. "That was our hope
— that Danielle`s death would not go
unanswered." Click here for full story
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Recent Convictions added to Criminal Database:
Vincent Keirin Kiss - AUSTRALIA – New
South Wales. Kiss, a former Catholic priest,
was jailed for 10 ½ years jail after being
convicted on 10 charges of indecent assault
and three charges of buggery against four
boys who were aged between 13 and 17.
The court was told Kiss would take the boys
sailing or on trips to Sydney where he would
sexually assault them.
Deborah Kaye Brown - AUSTRALIA –
South Australia. Brown, a former carer, was
jailed for 2 ½ years for stealing the life
savings of $33,350 from her physically
disabled client. She used the funds to feed
her poker machine addiction
David R. Johnson -UNITED STATES –
Washington DC. Found guilty of the 1996
murder of a 16-year-old girl. The victim was
shot in the neck at close range. Johnson is
currently awaiting trial on a charge of first-
degree murder in relation to the shooting
death of another man.
Damien Kevin Amos - AUSTRALIA –
South Australia. 22 years jail for the murder
of a 73-year-old woman and the rape of her
14-year-old granddaughter during a home
invasion
Carol Pragnell - AUSTRALIA – Western
Australia. 2 years jail for stealing more than
$160,000 from her employer. She used the
stolen money to feed her gambling addiction
Tony Zappa - UNITED STATES –
Nebraska. Life in jail, without the chance of
parole for the abduction and rape of a 17year-old girl from a shopping centre. After
kidnapping the teenager at gunpoint, Zappa
chained, bound in duct tape and raped her.
Nathan William Waerea - AUSTRALIA –
Queensland. 3 years jail for having sex with
a friend's 13-year-old brain-damaged
daughter
Daniel Luff - NEW ZEALAND - 17-yearold Luff was jailed for life for the murder of
a police officer during a siege
Leigh Fleet - AUSTRALIA – Queensland.
6 years jail for dangerous driving causing
death. Fleet’s 17-year-old passenger died
after the car crashed while being pursued by
police
Dean Richard Fitzpatrick - AUSTRALIA
- Tasmania. 2 years jail for stealing more
than $69,000 worth of computers, cameras
and other items from four business outlets
Unsolved
New DNA technology to aid in the Eloise Worledge abduction
On a warm January night in 1976 Lindsay
Worledge popped his head into the bedroom
of his 8-year-old daughter before retiring for
the night. Eloise was sound asleep,
surrounded by her many coloured pictures
and drawings that adorned her walls.
That was the last time Eloise Worledge was
seen.
The state of Victoria was shocked by the
abduction of the pretty blonde with the
toothy smile. The disappearance from her
home in the Melbourne suburb of Beaumaris
on January 12 resulted in one of the state’s
biggest police investigations. Unfortunately
the high profile inquiry failed to find any
trace of Eloise.
"I think they should lash the bastard and
then hang him," Mr Brereton said of his
cousin’s killer.
If you have any information regarding this
matter please contact Crimestoppers 1800
333 000 or CrimeStoppers 1800 333 000 or
e-mail us at: unsolved@crimenet.com.au
Click here for full story
Sherry Carey – Brutally Murdered
On October 29, 1992, California Fire
Department Officials responded to a report
of an explosion at a residence in Long
Beach. Upon arrival, fire officials
discovered the front door of the residence
open and flames coming from the windows.
Inside the residence, officials found the
body of Sherry Carey lying face down on
the bed in one of the rear bedrooms.
After the victim was pulled from her home,
it was determined that she had been brutally
murdered. Her body showed evidence of
blunt force trauma, strangulation, and
multiple stab wounds. The victim had also
been doused with an unknown type of
accelerant and set on fire which resulted in
first, second and third degree burns across
her face and body.
If you have any information regarding this
matter please contact The FBI (202) 3243000 or e-mail us at:
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full story
Wanted
Diego Trejo – Wanted for the murder of his wife
Diego Trejo is wanted in connection with the murder of his wife, Pamela, who was stabbed to death during an
altercation in their home in Alma, Georgia, on January 10, 1998. After taking his infant child to the home of a
relative, Trejo fled the area. He is believed to be driving a tan, 1988 Ford F-150 pickup truck with Georgia
license plates reading 8862RA. The license plates on the truck expired in 1998 and have not been renewed.
Click here for full details
Esnel Jean – Wanted for the murder of his wife and two children
Esnel Jean is wanted for allegedly murdering his wife, her seventeen-year-old son, and her five-year-old daughter.
On March 29, 1996, law enforcement authorities discovered all three victims at their residence in North Miami,
Florida. The victims` bodies were found in the garage of the residence entombed in a concrete vault type of
structure having the appearance of a crypt. Click here for full details
Missing
Have you seen Sarah Anne McMahon?
20-year-old Sarah Anne McMahon was last seen about 5pm on Wednesday November 8, 2000 leaving her job in
the Perth suburb of Claremont.
Ms McMahon had been seen driving her 1986 white Ford Meteor in the suburb of Greenmount after that
date, but she has made no contact with her family. Click here for full details
USA: Lisa Alaria Szasz
Lisa Alaria Szasz was last seen in the Andover, Ohio area on March 23, 2000. The next day, her vehicle, a white
Chevy Blazer, was found abandoned in a "no parking" zone at the Youngstown-Warren Airport, Vienna Township,
Ohio. She has not been seen since. Click
here for full details
Criminal Oddity
Soccer fans detained for using Witchcraft
Four soccer fans have been detained in the Congolese capital Kinshasa for trying to use witchcraft to
scupper a rival team's chances in the African Cup Winners' Cup, local media report.
Pro-government daily L'Avenir said the "sorcerers" had been caught trying to cast an "evil spell" on the
pitch at Kinshasa's main stadium to make a rival team, A.S. Vita Club, lose their quarter final tie to
Morocco's Wydad Casablanca.
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Do you have information relating to a crime or a wanted person?
If you have any information about any unsolved crime or wanted person
please contact your local law enforcement agency, or telephone
Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 in Australia, or e-mail us at:
unsolved@crimenet.com.au
Subscribers’ Letters
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Comments from readers this week included:
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