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FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2009
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m ‘WHO KILLED OUR KIDS’ FOUNDER WAITED 7 YEARS FOR BREAK IN CASE
Son’s killer finally found, police say
By Eileen Kelley
ekelley@enquirer.com
For seven years, Lucy Logan has held the hands and
wiped the tears of homicide
victims’ relatives.
She’s wondered who killed
her son, Nolan Moi, for all
those years.
Logan is one of the region’s
best-known activists – found-
Logan said
er of Who Killed Our Kids –
Thursday that
who’s fought Cincinnati’s rissomeone saw
ing gun violence and comfortthe story of
ed the victims left behind by
her son, who
that mayhem.
was 19 at the
Now, she might find her
time of his
own comfort.
death, and it
Police say they’ve finally
was gnawing
cracked the Moi case and ar- Logan
rested William McNally, a at him, so he came forward
member of a Harrison gang and tipped off police.
Last year, the woman who
called the Knuckleheads.
is the voice and the face for so
many homicide victims almost gave up.
But she didn’t.
She gave more interviews
about gun violence. She
passed out fliers with the faces
of more than 160 victims of unsolved homicides.
Thursday, Logan learned
that police had arrested McNally. He’s charged with ag-
That familiar
face in those
Calvin Klein
ads is Erlanger’s
A.J. Abualrub
gravated murder and is being
held in the Hamilton County
Justice Center pending arraignment.
At the time of Moi’s death,
his mother hadn’t paid much
attention to earlier killings.
Something changed when
her son was taken away.
Moi was one of 66 homicide
victims that year. Just four
years earlier, the city logged
Until recently,
A. J. Abualrub
was working
as a bouncer
at local bars
and clubs.
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Michael E. Keating
RIGHT LOOK, A LITTLE LUCK
By Lauren Bishop
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ick up the latest issue of GQ or Details,
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He’s also all over the designer’s Web site,
in international magazines and ads, and No. 5
on modeling industry Web site www.models
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models in the world.
But just a few months ago, he might have
been the guy checking your ID at the Cadillac Ranch bar and grill in downtown Cincinnati.
His name is Ahmad “A.J.” Abualrub, he’s
21, and he lives in Erlanger.
Thanks to a combination of the right
agents, the right look and the right timing,
he landed an international ad campaign for
one of the world’s top designers only a year
into his career – a feat that rarely happens in
the modeling world, his agents say.
But then, there’s not much about Abualrub
that’s typical.
Born in the Philippines to an Arabic father
who worked as a translator and a Clevelandborn mother of German descent, he grew up
in eight countries with six siblings before his
family moved to Orlando, Fla., in early 2001.
His broken English, oversized glasses and
long hair made him an easy target for bullies,
and he says he’s destroyed almost all photos
of himself from that time.
“Looking at those pictures, I even want to
kick my own ass and take my lunch money,”
Abualrub says. He now stands almost 6-foot-3
and weighs 180 pounds.
His parents encouraged him to stand up
for himself, and at 13, he started taking karate and jujitsu lessons. He continued the lessons after his parents moved the family to tiny Jonesville, Ky., where his mother
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LOS ANGELES – California corrections officials
have released a new photograph of convicted mass
murderer Charles Manson,
who is now bald with a
thick gray beard.
The photo of the 74-yearold Cincinnati native was
taken Wednesday as part of
a routine update of files on
inmates at Corcoran State
Prison, where he is serving
a life sentence for conspiring to murder seven people, said Seth Unger,
spokesman for the Califor-
Portions of
today’s Enquirer
were printed on
recycled paper
90%
tax on
bonus
House rushes
to pass AIG bill
By Tom Raum
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Denouncing a
“squandering of the people’s money,” lawmakers voted decisively Thursday to impose a 90 percent tax on millions of dollars
in employee bonuses paid by troubled insurance giant AIG and other bailed-out
companies.
The House vote was 328-93. Similar legislation has been introduced in the Senate,
and President Barack
Obama quickly signaled general support m 13 companies
for the concept.
in bailout owe
House
Speaker $220 million in
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, back taxes. A8
told colleagues: “We m U.S. Bank
want our money back wants to repay
now for the taxpayers.
early. A17
It isn’t that complicated.”
Republicans took Democrats to task for
rushing to tax AIG bonuses worth an estimated $165 million after the majority party
stripped from last month’s economic stimulus bill a provision that could have
banned such payouts.
“This political circus that’s going on
here today with this bill is not getting to
the bottom of the questions of who knew
what and when did they know it,” House
Republican Leader John Boehner of West
Chester said. He voted “no,” but 85 fellow
Republicans joined 243 Democrats in voting “yes.” Opposed: six Democrats and 87
Republicans.
The bill would impose a 90 percent tax
on bonuses given to employees with family incomes above $250,000 at American International Group and other companies
that have received at least $5 billion in government bailout money. It would apply to
any such bonuses issued since Dec. 31.
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New Manson photo released
The Associated Press
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28 homicides.
When Moi died, Logan
vowed that her life would not
imitate a playwright’s tragedy.
She started paying attention
to the deaths that followed her
son’s. She reached out to police to offer support.
She formed Who Killed
Our Kids. Twice each month,
nia Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.
The cult
leader was
first
senManson
tenced
to
death for the 1969 murders
of movie star Sharon Tate,
coffee heiress Abigail Folger and three others
stabbed and shot to death
at Tate’s home in Los Angeles.
The next night, two others were stabbed to death
at their homes.
The image – complete
with a swastika carved into
Manson’s forehead – was
released to the Los Angeles Times because the
newspaper requested a
copy the next time one was
taken.
Manson’s co-defendants
– Susan Atkins, Leslie Van
Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel and Charles “Tex” Watson – were convicted with
him.
Their death sentences
were commuted to life
when the death penalty was
briefly outlawed in the U.S.
in 1972.
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Holmes advances to quarterfinals
Nikki Housley of Covington cheers as Holmes High cruises
to victory Thursday in the first round of the boys’ state
Sweet 16 tourney. Details in Sports, C1 and NKY.com