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| Calif. teen found safe, suspected abductor killed in Idaho wilderness, police say - Fox News Posted: 11 Aug 2013 09:07 AM PDT Missing California teen Hannah Anderson has been found safe in Idaho, while her suspected abductor James Lee DiMaggio has been killed, San Diego County Sheriff's officials say. San Diego Sheriff William D. Gore said San Diego sheriff's authorities have notified the teen's father that she was rescued. "He was very relieved and very excited and looking forward to being reunited with his daughter," Gore said. Speaking by phone on Fox News' "Justice with Judge Jeanine" Saturday night, Brett Anderson further articulated his emotions, saying "I'm ecstatic that my daughter and I will soon be reunited. I'm saddened by what happened to my wife and son, and I'm worried about what my daughter has been put through." DiMaggio, 40, was killed by FBI tactical agents at the north end of Morehead Lake after a campsite was spotted from the air and an FBI hostage recovery team was sent to the site, according to Gore. According to Fox40.com, DiMaggio was killed around 7:15 p.m. ET on Saturday. The FBI told the Associated Press it was sending a team to investigate what unfolded before, during and after the shooting roughly 40 miles from the tiny town of Cascade. FBI policy calls for an investigation whenever an agent fires a weapon. Authorities offered few details of the confrontation with DiMaggio Saturday night. Ada County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Andrea Dearden, who is helping the Valley County sheriff's department handle the case, said she didn't know whether DiMaggio had fired at any officers prior to his death. Anderson has no apparent physical injuries, but she was taken to a hospital where crisis counselors, victim witness coordinators and health care providers are assisting her. "We will make sure she gets as much care as possible, physically and emotionally," said Andrea Dearden. A contingent of about 270 law enforcement officers from the FBI, the Valley and Ada County sheriffs' offices, Idaho State Police, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Border Patrol, aided by experts from federal land management and wildlife agencies, worked around the clock to figure out the best way to track DiMaggio and the teen in the roadless area. "No one really knows where an investigation like this will lead," said Mary Rook, special agent in charge of the FBI's Salt Lake City division. "In this case, our team faced a very challenging situation." DiMaggio is suspected of killing Hannah's mother, 44-year-old Christina Anderson, and her 8-year-old brother Ethan Anderson, whose bodies were found Sunday night in DiMaggio's burning house in California near the Mexico border. The discovery of the car came about two days after a horseback rider reported seeing the man and girl hiking in the area. Dearden said the rider didn't realize the pair were being sought until he got home and recognized them in news reports. Investigators believe that after killing Christine and Ethan Anderson, DiMaggio set fire to his log cabin and detached garage and fled with Hannah Anderson in tow. As the week went on, the manhunt expanded to Washington, Nevada, British Columbia and Mexico's Baja California. As tips poured in from up and down the coast, police cautioned that with Amber Alerts issued in five states for the car, DiMaggio may abandon the car and leave it rigged with explosives. A friend of Hannah Anderson claimed the girl was "creeped out" by a crush the suspect had on her. The friend said DiMaggio explained that he didn't want the girls to think he was weird in an effort to defend himself after noticing he and the teen exchanged glances. She said he spoke while driving them home from a high school gymnastics meet a couple months ago. Authorities have said DiMaggio had an "unusual infatuation" with Hannah, although Brett Anderson, said he never saw any strange behavior. If he had, Anderson said, "we would have quashed that relationship in an instant." A neighbor also told Fox5SanDiego.com that Hannah was afraid of DiMaggio and did not want to be around him anymore, but 'she didn't know how to tell anyone.' DiMaggio, a telecommunications technician at The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, was planning to move to Texas and invited Christina Anderson and the children to his home last weekend to say goodbye, Christopher Saincome, Christina Anderson's father, told AP. It's unclear how Christina Anderson and her son Ethan were killed, though police believe the crime was planned. Brett Anderson said his friend is an outdoorsman, and Gore noted that DiMaggio bought camping gear a few weeks ago. Click For More From Fox5SanDiego.com The Associated Press contributed to this report. |
| Two killed, 2-year-old kidnapped in Johnston, RI - Boston.com Posted: 11 Aug 2013 09:20 AM PDT A 22-year-old man kidnapped a 2-year-old boy after a double homicide in Johnston, R.I., this morning, according to an Amber alert from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Police are looking for Malcolm W. Crowell, whom they described as a black man, 5 feet 6 inches tall and about 145 pounds. Police say he kidnapped 2-year-old Isaih Perez from 3 Oaktree Drive in Johnston around 5:20 a.m. They did not release any details about the homicide. Anyone with information about Crowell can call 911 or Rhode Island State Police at 401-462-6237. Gal Tziperman Lotan can be reached at gal.lotan@globe.com. |
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