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1 Boston Suspect Dead, Police Hunt the Other

Newser Editors — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:48:26 CDT

Authorities say one of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing is dead and a massive manhunt is under way for the other, who has been identified as 19-year-old Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev . Boston is effectively shut down in the meantime: Residents of Boston, Watertown, Newton, Waltham, Belmont, Cambridge, and the...

Couple's 911 Call During Dorner Capture Released

Ruth Brown — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:54:21 CDT

Audio of the 911 call made by a couple while tied up and held captive by former LAPD Officer Christopher Dorner during his rampage across Southern California has been released by San Bernardino County. You can listen to the full audio at KPCC . Karen and Jim Reynolds came to check...

This Man Says He Deserves Entire $1.2M Dorner Reward

Mark Russell — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:47:05 CST

The manhunt for killer Christopher Dorner last month spurred more than two dozen donors—from local governments to private individuals—to offer $1.2 million in reward money to capture the former cop. And carjacked camp ranger Rick Heltebrake thinks he deserves it all, reports the Los Angeles Times . Heltebrake...

Dorner Tried to Hitch a Ride to Mexico With Fishermen

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:37:19 CST

Christopher Dorner, the ex-cop who died last week after allegedly killing four people, tried to escape to Mexico, NBC News reports. On Feb. 5, just two days after he allegedly killed his first two victims, fishermen at San Diego's Driscoll Wharf say he approached them and tried to find someone...

Autopsy Suggests Dorner Killed Himself

John Johnson — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:32:17 CST

It looks like Christopher Dorner killed himself in his showdown with police at a mountain cabin in California. Autopsy results show that Dorner died of a single gunshot wound to the head, reports AP . While he had been in a fierce gunfight with officers prior to that, a spokesman for...

Sheriff Confirms: Body Was Dorner's

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:24:51 CST

Officials say burned remains found in a California mountain cabin have been positively identified as fugitive former police officer Christopher Dorner. A spokeswoman for the San Bernardino County sheriff's office said Dorner's dental records proved to be a match. She did not give a cause of death. The outcome wasn't...

Loophole Threatens $1M Dorner Reward

John Johnson — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:25:05 CST

Christopher Dorner's all-but-certain demise came thanks to the help of a few civilians, notably the two people who entered what they thought was an empty cabin only to be accosted by the fugitive and tied up. (Update: Turns out, they weren't maids .) One of them managed to call for...

Did Police Start Fire in Dorner Cabin?

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:14:54 CST

Did police start the fire that may have consumed the body of fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner? In police audio broadcast on KCAL yesterday, officers can be heard apparently yelling, "Burn it down" or "Burn him out." Another YouTube video claims to be a police scanner recording, and it features a...

2 Maids Triggered the End for Dorner

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:48:52 CST

Details on how police found Christopher Dorner are becoming clearer, after charred remains believed to be those of the fugitive ex-cop were found in a Big Bear cabin last night : The beginning of the end for Dorner started yesterday morning, when two maids arrived to clean a vacant cabin and...