Updated: Cambridge Woman Bicyclist, 27, Dies After Accident in Inman Square

Posted June 23, 2016 9:37 PM ET; Last updated June 27, 2016 8:22 PM ET

Amanda Phillips, 27, died June 23 after her bike collided with a landscaping truck on Cambridge Street in Inman Square. 
Courtesy photo/Diesel Cafe

[Updated June 27, 2016 8:22 PM ET]
[From article]
Amanda Phillips, an employee of Diesel Café in Somerville and a nursing student at MGH Institute of Health Professions, rode her bike off the sidewalk onto Cambridge Street near Antrim Street around 12:17 p.m. June 23, when she was struck by an open door of a Jeep and pushed into the travel lane where she collided with a moving dump truck, investigators said.
She was transported to Mass. General Hospital, where she was pronounced dead later that evening, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan.
“Yesterday a tragic bicycle accident claimed an irreplaceable part of our collective hearts, as well as a person that was as genuine and kind as they come,” read a Diesel Café post on June 24. “It is with unbearably heavy hearts that we say goodbye to our dear friend and co-worker Amanda, who left this world too soon.”
Describing the tragedy as one of the “saddest times Diesel has ever experienced,” the café posted a photo of Phillips, thanking the community for the outpouring of love.
Several customers and friends reacted to Phillips’ death in the comment section, calling her a sweet, thoughtful and intelligent woman.
“I have been a daily customer for eight years, and she has been among the kindest people I've been lucky enough to see every day,” wrote Peter Wannemacher. “I am so sad and so sorry for her Diesel family and her loved ones. We will all miss her very much.”
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Linda Sands, who lived in the same house as Phillips, said she will miss hearing Phillips walk down the stairs in the morning to walk her dog, “Scutchie.”
“Amanda always has that beautiful smile, always offering to help me with anything I may need,” wrote Sands. “I feel like she was just too good for this earth as this just can't have happened to such a beautiful young girl. My brother and his family and my husband and I are deeply crushed about her loss.”
http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20160627/too-good-for-this-earth-memorial-grows-for-cambridge-woman-killed-on-bicycle

'Too good for this earth:' Memorial grows for Cambridge woman killed on bicycle
By Amy Saltzman
Cambridge Chronicle
Posted Jun. 27, 2016 at 11:07 AM
CAMBRIDGE Chronicle

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Scene of fatal bicycle accident near Inman Square, Cambridge, MA

[Posted June 23, 2016 9:37 PM ET] 

[From article]
A bicyclist who was struck by a vehicle in Cambridge’s Inman Square Thursday afternoon has died.
The cyclist, 27-year-old Amanda Phillips, was struck by a landscaping truck at the intersection of Hampshire and Cambridge Street at about 12:15 p.m. She was taken to Mass. General Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
Witnesses said the woman on the bike either swerved to avoid the door of an SUV or was hit by it, and was then knocked into the path of the truck.
One man said the intersection has long been a problem.
“It was a problem intersection for decades. Now we have all these bicyclists in it and it’s worse,” a man told WBZ-TV’s Christina Hager.
Cambridge’s Traffic, Parking & Transportation Department held a public meeting Wednesday night to discuss safety at the Inman Square intersection. According to a presentation given at that meeting, there were 69 crashes in that intersection during a five-year period from 2008 to 2012, including 15 bicycle-involved crashes.
The meeting outlined some suggestions for changing traffic patterns to address the issues. But long-time resident Jack Walsh is not convinced they can solve the problem.
“The plans they have won’t do much,” Walsh told WBZ NewsRadio 1030’s Lana Jones Thursday. “It’s too many cars, too many bicycles, too many people trying to cross the street.”
Cambridge Street was closed from the square to Fayette Street Thursday afternoon, as a Massachusetts State Police accident reconstruction team investigated the crash.
The intersection reopened around 5 p.m.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/06/23/cambridge-cyclist-crash-inman-square/

Bicyclist Dies After Being Struck By Truck In Cambridge

June 23, 2016 8:35 PM
CBS News Boston MA

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http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20160623/bicyclist-critically-injured-in-inman-square-crash-in-cambridge

Bicyclist critically injured in Inman Square crash in Cambridge
By Amy Saltzman
Cambridge (at) wickedlocal.com
Posted Jun. 23, 2016 at 2:01 PM
Updated at 5:22 PM
CAMBRIDGE Chronicle

Philadelphia Woman Beaten, As Bystanders Watch

Shocking: A shocking video has emerged on social media of a woman in Philadelphia being beaten on a city street in broad daylight by a man as a crowd of people just stand by and watch.

[From article]

An alarming video of a woman being beaten on a city street while a crowd of people watches came to us by a Fresco News user. We immediately called police and tried to identify the victim and get answers about what happened.
It was a disturbing scene Thursday morning in 200 block of Ontario Street in the city's Kensington neighborhood. The man who shot the video of a brutal beating on the sidewalk does not want his face shown but did talk to us.
"The guy was actually on top of the girl-- just beating on her," the witness told FOX 29.
The woman is on the ground and you can see the man repeatedly slapping and punching the victim.
"I did hear a commotion earlier. I didn't pay no mind and then I came out and the guy was on top of the girl," the witness explained.
The witness who shot the video says the beating went on for sometime. He says maybe 20 to 30 minutes.
"Did anyone try to help the woman?," FOX 29 asked, "No one, just bystanders, smiling laughing. Just standing around like a normal day, like nothing was even happening," the witness said.
You can see from the video that no one tries to intervene or help the woman. People are on their cell phones and just watching her being beaten. We don't know if they were possibly afraid for their own safety. We do know someone on the block did call police.
"I didn't want to jump in and be a hero and just get hurt you know. I's bad out here," the man said.
[. . .]

According to police, they did find the victim who is being treated for her injuries.

http://www.fox29.com/news/140390031-story

Video shows woman being beaten while crowd watches
An alarming video of a woman being beaten on a city street while a crowd of people watches came to us by a Fresco News user. We immediately called police and tried to identify the victim and get answers about what happened.
Fox News Philadelphia PA
POSTED:MAY 12 2016 04:16PM EDT
UPDATED:MAY 13 2016 05:34PM EDT

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At one point, a man can be seen standing just a few feet away from the man as he continuously hits the woman on the ground before he walks across the street while scratching his head to continue watching.
[From article]
A shocking video has emerged on social media of a woman in Philadelphia being beaten on a city street in broad daylight by a man as a crowd of people just stand by and watch.
The video was filmed on Ontario Street in the city's Kensington neighborhood on Thursday morning, according to Fox 29.
One of the people who recorded the horrific incident did not want to be identified by the television station on camera.
'The guy was actually on top of the girl-- just beating on her,' he told Fox 29.
The disturbing video shows an unidentified man repeatedly hitting, slapping and punching an unidentified woman, who is on the ground as several people stand nearby and just watch and record the incident on their cell phones.
At one point, a man can be seen standing just a few feet away from the man as he continuously hits the woman on the ground before he walks across the street to continue watching.
In addition, at least two cars drove right by the assault as it was happening and did not appear to stop to help.
'I did hear a commotion earlier. I didn't pay no mind and then I came out and the guy was on top of the girl,' the witness told Fox 29.
When asked if anyone standing nearby tried to help the woman, the witness told the television station no.
'No one, just bystanders, smiling laughing. Just standing around like a normal day, like nothing was even happening,' he said.
'I didn't want to jump in and be a hero and just get hurt you know. I's bad out here.'
According to the man, the beating occurred for at least 20 minutes until police arrived to help.
Police have apprehended the man in the video and say he will face charges, Fox 29 reported.
The woman is being treated for her injuries at a local hospital. It's unclear what her condition is.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3589805/Crowd-people-stand-watch-woman-horrifically-beaten-Philadelphia-street-broad-daylight-man.html

Woman is horrifically beaten on a Philadelphia street in broad daylight as a crowd of people stand by and do NOTHING
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO
Disturbing video filmed by resident shows a man assaulting a woman on Ontario Street in the city's Kensington neighborhood
Video shows woman being repeatedly slapped and punched by the man
Resident who filmed video said the beating went on for at least 20 minutes
Video shows several people standing by not interfering to help the woman
Police say man is facing charges and the woman is being treated at a hospital for her injuries
By REGINA F. GRAHAM FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:47 EST, 13 May 2016 | UPDATED: 17:24 EST, 13 May 2016

Austrian Woman Beaten To Death After Fleeing ISIS As A Jihadi Bride

Samra Kesinovic, before and after leaving Austria to become a jihadi bride.

Photo: Europics

[From article]
One of the two teens who fled Austria last year to become a “poster girl” for ISIS has been beaten to death after trying to escape the group’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, reports say.
A Tunisian woman who had been living with Samra Kesinovic, 18, says the young girl was killed by Islamic State extremists after she tried to flee recently, according to The Local Austria.
Kesinovic and her friend Sabina Selimovic, 15, made headlines in April 2014 when they ran away from their homes in Vienna and shacked up with militants in Syria.
The gal pals had traveled to the war-torn nation with the hope of becoming “jihadi brides” — and they later married two of the ISIS militants upon their arrival.
http://nypost.com/2015/11/24/austrian-jihadi-bride-beaten-to-death-after-trying-to-escape-isis-friend/

Austrian jihadi bride beaten to death after trying to escape ISIS: friend
By Chris Perez
New York Post
November 24, 2015 | 3:46pm

Updated(3): Long Island, NY Woman Doctor Found Dead, Police Say No Crime, Seek Man Named Holder Concerning Cocaine

Posted October 4, 2015 10:01 PM ET; Last updated October 7, 2015 10:54 PM ET


Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny, 38
Photo: Facebook


[From article]

The Long Island doctor suspected to have died of a cocaine overdose while partying with a TV producer had known him for years — even before she married and had kids.
Dr. Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny connected with HBO producer Marc Henry Johnson, who is married, in February 2009. She married fellow dermatologist Andrew Cerveny about 10 months later.
[. . .]
Police sources said Johnson had been having marital problems recently.
His wife, Yale-educated lawyer Marlisa Vinciguerra, accused him of kicking her inside their Laight Street apartment April 5, sources said.
The NYPD filed an official domestic incident report, but Johnson wasn’t charged, sources said.
A friend also said that Johnson “certainly traveled in a circle of serious drug users” and had been spotted at coke-fueled showbiz parties.

http://nypost.com/2015/10/07/od-doctor-knew-party-pal-hbo-producer-for-years/

‘OD doctor’ knew ‘party-pal’ HBO producer for years
By Sophia Rosenbaum, Mara Siegler and Larry Celona
New York Post
October 7, 2015 | 2:04am

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[From article]
Pretty dermatologist Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny, 38, a mother of three, is believed to have suffered a fatal cocaine overdose while partying with Marc Henry Johnson in the wee hours Sunday morning, sources said.
[. . .]
The video also shows the men dropping or dumping the former beauty-pageant princess in the vestibule at around 8:30 a.m., then going their separate ways outside.
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Cops were looking for Holder, 60, who disappeared after the incident — and in whose apartment authorities found numerous plastic zipper bags used to package narcotics, sources said. State prison records show he served three stints in prison on drug and weapons charges between 1978 and 1996.
Holder, whose nickname is Pepsi, shares the third-floor apartment with Gerri Dicicco, 69, who introduces him as her husband, neighbors said. During a brief interview with The Post, she denied having ever met or seen Cerveny — who was named America’s Junior Miss in 1995 — and said she didn’t know where Holder was.
A neighbor who walks Dicicco’s dog, a mixed-breed miniature Doberman pinscher named Spike, said that “Gerri is pissed off.”
“She says she was sleeping when this was going on,” the neighbor said. “She told me she couldn’t believe he was doing this while she was sleeping.“She also told me she doesn’t believe he was selling drugs. She said, ‘If he’s a drug dealer, why don’t I have better shoes?’ ”
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Police sources said Cerveny’s last night began at around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, when she met a bunch of friends at a downtown hotel, after which she went bar-hopping and met up with Johnson at a tavern on the Lower East Side. The two took a cab to Holder’s apartment and arrived at around 4:25 a.m., sources said.
Johnson, a Baltimore native, is married to Yale-educated lawyer Marlisa Vinciguerra. Neither she nor her husband returned calls for comment, but a longtime pal of Johnson’s, Willie Fields, called the situation “shocking.”
“I’ve known him always as a straight-laced, top-notch guy,” Fields said.
“It seemed like he really loved his wife and was still really in love with her. They looked to be very, very happy.”
http://nypost.com/2015/10/05/half-naked-doctor-left-unconscious-in-doorway-after-visiting-friend/

Doctor partied with HBO producer before cocaine overdose, sources say
By Jamie Schram, Dana Sauchelli and Kevin Sheehan
New York Post
October 5, 2015 | 12:00pm

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[From article]
The death of a high-flying doctor who was 'doing cocaine' and drinking before her body was found in the doorway of a Manhattan apartment is not being treated as a homicide, according to a report.
Kiersten Cerveny, a mother of three young children and a distinguished dermatologist, was found sprawled across the entrance of a five-story apartment building in Chelsea at 8.30am on Sunday morning.
Two men, including a HBO producer, who were partying with her in the hours before her death called 911 when she started 'turning blue'.
They were captured on surveillance cameras dragging her body into the vestibule before fleeing the scene, causing suspicion.
But sources have told the New York Daily News they are unlikely to face any charges, suggesting no criminal activity took place.
Results of a preliminary investigation suggest her death was 'consistent with cocaine use', they reported.
The source also told the Daily News there were no indications to suggest force was used. Cerveny did have bruising on her neck, but that was believed to have been caused by a medical procedure.
Attempts to revive her failed and police have opened an investigation into her death, but have made no arrests.
Today a resident with close knowledge of what had happened told Daily Mail Online that the doctor had been taking cocaine and drinking with two men in a third-floor apartment in the building before her lifeless body was discovered.
The source, who asked not to be identified, said that another woman, 67, had been asleep in the apartment at the time.
The two men were named by police sources to the New York Post and New York Daily News was Marc Henry Johnson, an HBO producer, 51, and James 'Pepsi' Holder, 60. Johnson was questioned by police while Holder was being sought on Monday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3260736/High-flying-doctor-mother-Kiersten-Rickenbach-Cerveny-taking-cocaine-drinking-two-men-dead-doorway-Manhattan-apartment-block.html

Police say there was 'no criminal activity' in death of high-flying doctor who was carried out of a Manhattan apartment by a HBO producer after 'turning blue' following a cocaine-fulled night out
Dr Kiersten Cerveny was found at the entrance to a building in exclusive Chelsea district of Manhattan at 8.30am on Sunday
She was blue when she was found, according to witness
Source tells Daily Mail Online 38-year-old, who had three young children, had been taking cocaine and drinking with two men
They have been named as HBO producer Marc Henry Johnson, 51, and James 'Pepsi' Holder, 60,
Police have said the pair are unlikely to face any charges in connection
Preliminary investigation suggests death is 'consistent with cocaine use'
She was not wearing any underwear at the time her body was found and they were later discovered in her purse

See full coverage of the latest news from New York

By Louise Boyle and Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com

Published: 11:22 EST, 5 October 2015 | Updated: 19:31 EST, 5 October 2015 

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3259814/Doctor-38-strangled-death-left-doorway-Manhattan-apartment-building.html

Married mom-of-three doctor is found dead after 'night out partying in Manhattan': Chelsea residents find her in apartment doorway
Dr Kiersten Cerveny found sprawled in building entrance at 8.30am Sunday
EMT on scene said a man flagged down the ambulance but then fled
The mother was reportedly out partying with friends in Manhattan
Police question a man who lived in the building, as well as her husband
Cerveny remembered as caring mother who was 'top of her class' in school

See full coverage of the latest news from New York

By CHRISTOPHER BRENNAN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 15:55 EST, 4 October 2015 | UPDATED: 02:37 EST, 5 October 2015

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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/woman-found-dead-entrance-chelsea-apartment-building-article-1.2384789

Dermatologist found dead in entrance of Chelsea apartment building with bruising on her neck
BY JOSEPH STEPANSKY, ROCCO PARASCANDOLA 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS 

Updated: Monday, October 5, 2015, 2:47 AM

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http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/kiersten-cerveny-manhasset-dermatologist-found-dead-in-manhattan-apartment-building-police-say-1.10923137

Manhasset dermatologist dead after being found 'unconscious' in Manhattan apartment building, police say
Updated October 5, 2015 12:02 AM
By NICOLE FULLER AND ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO
nicole.fuller (at) newsday.com,
anthony.destefano (at) newsday.com
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[From article]

The pretty Long Island doctor found dead in the doorway of a Chelsea apartment building came to Manhattan to meet up with an HBO producer who is a Facebook “friend” — and is believed to have overdosed on cocaine in his dealer’s apartment, law enforcement sources told The Post on Monday.
[. . .]
Cerveny, a married mother of three, had met up with the producer, Marc Henry Johnson, 51, who is also married, on the Lower East Side and they went to the Chelsea apartment together.
Cerveny used cocaine at some point before her death, according to law enforcement sources.
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Marc Henry Johnson

Johnson — who’s currently producing a pilot for an HBO series on the porn industry — was questioned by the cops and released. Cops are still seeking a second man, taxi driver James Holder, an ex-con who was also partying with them and is suspected of being Johnson’s drug supplier, sources said.
The building’s superintendent told The Post that cops showed him security footage of a man carrying an unconscious woman down stairs of the five-floor walkup.
The super said he directed police to apartment 3B.

http://nypost.com/2015/10/05/half-naked-doctor-left-unconscious-in-doorway-after-visiting-friend/

Doctor met up with HBO producer before overdosing on cocaine, sources say
By Jamie Schram, Dana Sauchelli and Kevin Sheehan
New York Post
October 5, 2015 | 12:00pm
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[From article]

A respected Long Island doctor and mother of three who went out partying with her girlfriends in the city was found dead in the doorway of a Chelsea apartment building Sunday morning — the possible victim of a murder or drug-related tragedy, law-enforcement sources said.
Kiersten Rickenbach Cerveny, 38, a dermatologist from Manhasset, was found with bruising around her neck, her body sprawled across the front entry to a five-floor walk-up on West 16th Street around 8:30 a.m., sources said.
Cerveny, a onetime pageant queen from New Jersey, lived with her husband, Andrew, and their three young children in a million-dollar home.
But she also hid a dark secret, a law-enforcement source said.
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She bar-crawled around the Lower East Side, drinking heavily and getting high, possibly on coke, sources said, noting that detectives got details of the wild night out from the pals she was with.
Cerveny was missing her underwear when found — and her panties were later discovered stashed in her purse, sources said.
[. . .]
Investigators were questioning a man who lives in the building and is believed to have been with Cerveny before she died, a police source said. They also were searching his apartment.
A man described by sources as “upset” called 911 to report an unresponsive woman and was still at the building waiting for help when an ambulance arrived, sources said.
[. . .]
Cerveny had a high-flying career, attending Duke and Tulane’s School of Medicine, before moving to Manhattan and then Nassau County to work as a dermatologist.

http://nypost.com/2015/10/04/woman-found-strangled-in-doorway-of-chelsea-building/

Doctor ‘strangled to death’, left in doorway of Chelsea apartment
By Larry Celona, Kevin Sheehan, Jamie Schram and Beckie Strum
New York Post
October 4, 2015 | 1:27p

Updated: Woman Executive Found Dead In Exotic South African Resort, Boyfriend Suspected

Posted August 2, 2015 9:34 PM ET; Last updated August 4, 2015 4:30 AM ET


Gabriela Kabrins Alban, 39, of Los Angeles

[From article]
The man accused of brutally killing American marketing executive Gabriela Kabrins at a luxury resort in South Africa is the troubled 'black sheep' of a billionaire family, Daily Mail Online can reveal.
Guatemalan playboy Diego Dougherty, 41, was charged with murder after his girlfriend Gaby's body was found along with a large quantity of cocaine in their hotel room in the affluent Cape Town beachside suburb of Camps Bay last Wednesday.
He is now being treated in a prison hospital for 'emotional reasons' following at least two fainting spells since his arrest.
Police say 39-year-old LA-based Kabrins was severely beaten and suffered an horrific sexual assault before being strangled to death at the five-star Camps Bay Retreat Boutique Hotel.[. . .]
Daily Mail Online can now reveal that prime suspect Dougherty is a member of the Dougherty Novella clan - one of the most powerful families in Central America, whose cement business is estimated to be worth billions of dollars.
[. . .]
Family sources tell Daily Mail Online that murder suspect Dougherty is the 'black sheep' of the super-rich clan - a drug-addicted playboy who has never worked and who is regularly bailed out of trouble by his family.
Investigators in South Africa believe Kabrins's death resulted from a drug-fueled sex session gone wrong.
Dougherty was arrested after he was spotted wandering on a nearby beach following the discovery of Gaby's body.
It is believed Kabrins, who was of Mexican descent and spoke fluent Spanish, originally met him in the US when they were younger and they recently reconnected through social media.
A friend said she was in love with Dougherty and regularly visited him for long periods in Guatemala.
The pair first met at Pepperdine University in Malibu and Dougherty spent a number of years in the US - where the Dougherty Novella family owns homes in New York, Miami and Los Angeles.

[. . .]
But the family source revealed: 'Diego had a very privileged upbringing and became a spoiled brat. He has never had a job and lived the life of a playboy, full of vices and eccentricities.
'In Guatemala he has got himself into a lot of minor trouble but he always got out of it thanks to the family influence.
'His school friends say that when he drinks he turns into a savage. In recent years he has become a heavy user of crack and cocaine.'
Although police say they believe he was taking part in a drug deal, as 1lb. of cocaine was found in his room, sources in Guatemala insist that cannot be the case.
'He is a user, not a dealer. He doesn't need the money,' said one.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3184328/Alleged-drug-fueled-murderer-American-woman-South-African-hotel-room-black-sheep-member-billionaire-Central-American-dynasty.html

EXCLUSIVE: 'Drug-fueled murderer' of US woman found dead in luxury South African hotel with pound of cocaine is drug-addicted black-sheep member of billionaire Central American dynasty
Gabriele Kabrins, 39, was found dead in hotel room in Camps Bay, South Africa, near Cape Town, where she had been brutally sexually assaulted
Police arrested Diego Dougherty, 41, from Guatemala, who was wandering nearby beach and charged him with murder
He was also charged with possession of more than 1lb of cocaine found in room and is now in prison hospital for 'emotional reasons'
Daily Mail Online has learned he is playboy member of ultra-wealthy Dougherty Novella family in Central American country
Thomas Dougherty, brother of accused man and chairman of Progreso Cementos, tells Daily Mail Online: 'This is a tragedy any way you look at it.'
Family sources say he is heavy cocaine and crack user and has been regularly bailed out of trouble by influential family
By RYAN PARRY WEST COAST CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and MARTIN GOULD IN CAMPS BAY, SOUTH AFRICA, FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and MATHEUS SANCHEZ FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:19 EST, 3 August 2015 | UPDATED: 17:31 EST, 3 August 2015

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[From article]
Gabriela Kabrins Alban, 39, of Los Angeles, was found dead at about 3 p.m. in her room at the Camps Bay Retreat, a luxury boutique hotel where rooms cost up to $10,000 per night. Police spokesperson Noloyiso Rwexana declined to say Alban died or confirm reports she was sexually assaulted, but said her death is being treated as a case of murder. A 41-year-old suspect identified in local reports as Diego Guarte, a Guatemalan national, was under arrest in connection with the case.
[. . .]
South Africa is extremely sensitive to the potential damage to its tourist industry that such an incident can cause, and likely to have put a top team of detectives on the case. Local observers have been quick to point out in a country with a high crime rate that the case appears to involve two foreigners, and that no South Africans are involved.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/07/31/man-arrested-in-murder-la-exec-in-luxury-cape-town-hotel/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fmost-popular+%28Internal+-+Most+Popular+Content%29

Man arrested in murder of LA exec in luxury Cape Town hotel
By Paul Tilsley

Published July 31, 2015

FoxNews.com

Black Football Player Punches White Woman In Face

[From article]

Florida State quarterback De'Andre Johnson was charged with misdemeanor battery on June 30 after allegedly punching a woman in a Tallahassee, Florida bar last month.

On Monday the Tallahassee Democrat posted surveillance video of the alleged incident that was released by the State Attorney's office. The Democrat says the video shows Johnson, 19, punching a woman in the head after an apparent scuffle at the bar.

Johnson is allegedly in the white hat (full video embedded):

http://www.businessinsider.com/video-of-deandre-johnson-bar-fight-released-2015-7

Video allegedly shows suspended Florida State quarterback punching a woman at a bar

TONY MANFRED
Jul. 6, 2015, 4:13 PM

Pennsylvania Woman,34, Kidnapped When She was Nine, Seeks Her Abductor

Ms. Heller also shared an artist's sketch of the suspect in her attempt to get to the bottom of her kidnap

[From article]
A woman who was kidnapped as a child is determined to hunt down her abductor 30 years later after a police investigation reached a dead end.
Kelly Heller was nine years old when she was snatched on May 31, 1981 in Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania.
Ms Heller, 43, told NBC that she had been stuffing newspapers to be delivered by her brothers when one brother came to tell her than a man outside their home was running a contest for the paper and wanted to speak to her.
She ran outside and got into the man's car who then quickly drove off. He first told her they were going to a park and then to play hide and seek.
She told NBC: 'He grabbed me down below and he told me to take my clothes off and I said no.'
The man put her in a headlock and punched her several times in the face before abandoning her in a field.
She went to the nearest home for help where the neighbor called the police.
Despite a full police investigation and plenty of press attention at the time, no one was ever arrested for the kidnapping.
Now, 34 years later, Ms Heller has decided to try to solve her own case.
She said that she remembered being interviewed, aged nine, following her ordeal but that no one ever contacted her again.
She has tried to get documents from the Bethlehem police department but information was redacted.
She now hopes her social media campaign on Facebook will generate more leads and finally solve the crime.
Ms Heller posted on the page: 'Thank you all so much. I am overwhelmed by your support. I am almost in tears here. Help my voice be heard & continue to share my story!! I won't be anybody's victim anymore!!'
According to Ms Heller's post detailing the kidnapping: 'This was not random. I was targeted. My kidnapper knew our names. If anybody has any information or can help in any way please let me know. I just need closure.'
Bethlehem police said the investigation is ongoing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3120357/Woman-trying-solve-kidnapping-34-years-later.html

Kidnap victim turns Nancy Drew and decides to solve her own abduction 34 years after man drove her to a field and beat her up aged nine
Kelly Heller was snatched in May 1981 in Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania when she was just nine
She was abducted from her home by a man in a car who claimed he was running a competition for a newspaper
He told her to take her clothes off but she refused. He punched her in the face and abandoned her in a field
By LOUISE BOYLE FOR DAILY MAIL ONLINE
PUBLISHED: 14:19 EST, 11 June 2015 | UPDATED: 15:45 EST, 11 June 2015

NJ Police Force Woman In Custody To Pee On Floor Of Cell, Laugh At Her

[From article]
A New Jersey woman settled with police for $180,000 over a lawsuit alleging officers laughed while they forced her to urinate on the floor of a jail cell, documents showed.
Rosa Badalamenti, of Brooklawn, sued Westville and two of its officers back in 2011, claiming police would not allow her to use the bathroom after a March 2010 arrest, forcing her to drop her pants and pee in the cell.
Officers claimed that Badalamenti had been handcuffed to a bench for the officers' safety after entering the station yelling and screaming.
[. . .]
According to court documents, Badalamenti admitted she was intoxicated that night in 2010, having had two to four drinks in about an hour while at Schileen's Pub, a 10-minute walk from her home.
After stepping out for a cigarette, she approached officers making a traffic stop outside the bar and said she 'stood there' asking what was going on while Officer Michael DeNick told her repeatedly to leave, documents noted.
[. . .]
Badalamenti was arrested, and left with bruises on her chest, wrists and arms. In the patrol car she repeatedly said she needed to use the bathroom, the lawsuit stated.
At the station, she said she repeated her request to use the bathroom, and was told she could 'as soon as she gave [police] her name,' documents stated.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3086666/New-Jersey-woman-receives-180-000-settlement-lawsuit-alleging-officers-laughed-forcing-pee-floor-jail-cell.html

Woman 'forced to drop her pants and pee on the floor of jail cell by laughing officers' receives $180,000 compensation
Rosa Badalamenti claimed Westville officers ignored requests to use the bathroom and told her to urinate on the cell floor during a 2010 arrest
She sued in 2011, claiming officers laughed at her during the incident
Officers claimed Badalamenti was screaming and denied telling her to pee in the cell
By PETE D'AMATO FOR DAILY MAIL ONLINE
PUBLISHED: 12:41 EST, 18 May 2015 | UPDATED: 13:31 EST, 18 May 2015

Atlanta, GA Police Shoot Gentle Woman Under Arrest, Dead, Who Shot At Them From Inside Patrol Car

Christian was killed by police after she allegedly opened fire on them while sitting in the back of a cop car near the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta on Thursday.
[From article]

Authorities have released the name of a woman who was fatally shot when officers say she fired at them from the back of a patrol car in downtown Atlanta.
The Fulton County medical examiner's office identified the woman as 25-year-old Alexia Christian.
The incident happened on Thursday afternoon near the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta.
Major Darin Schierbaum said police were investigating a call about a stolen car when the two officers saw Christian sitting inside the vehicle in a parking deck.

[. . .]
Schierbaum said Christian was taken into custody and placed in a patrol car.
He said that at one point she fired at least two shots at the officers, and they returned fire, fatally wounding her.
[. . .]
Eyewitnesses said Christian had been handcuffed and must have somehow got one hand free to fire a gun.
Schierbaum said it was unclear how she was able to fire a gun while in the patrol car and that police are investigating whether she had been handcuffed.
Photos from the scene show a pair of handcuffs on the trunk of the squad car.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3063452/Arrested-woman-opened-fire-cops-POLICE-CAR-shot-killed-officers-downtown-Atlanta.html

REVEALED: Identity of woman, 25, who 'opened fire on cops from the back of a POLICE CAR' before being shot and killed by officers in downtown Atlanta
An unnamed woman was shot by police after she allegedly opened fire on them while sitting in the back of a cop car
The incident happened near the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta on Thursday
The woman had been taken into custody after being found sitting inside a stolen car
At one point the woman fired at least two shots at the officers, and they returned fire, fatally wounding her
By DAVID MCCORMACK FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 19:05 EST, 30 April 2015 | UPDATED: 09:13 EST, 1 May 2015

White Nevada Woman Released From 30 Years of Prison After Wrongful Conviction

Cathy Woods, 64,
[From article]
Prosecutors are dropping the case against a Nevada woman who spent more than 30 years in prison for a 1976 murder before a judge ordered a new trial based on recently discovered DNA evidence, the district attorney said Friday.
Washoe County District Attorney Chris Hicks told reporters that there will be no retrial of Cathy Woods in the fatal stabbing of Michelle Mitchell on the edge of the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
A judge threw out the conviction in September after new DNA evidence linked the Reno crime scene to an Oregon inmate who now faces murder charges in California in a string of killings about the same time.
[. . .]
Woods, now 64, was convicted in 1980 and again five years later. The convictions were based largely on the confession she made in 1979 at the psychiatric hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana, where her mother committed her months earlier.
Prosecutors at those trials argued that only Mitchell’s killer could have known the information Woods provided to police in her confession.
[. . .]
Pusich said Woods doesn’t remember acknowledging the killing while hospitalized in March 1979.
“I’m told it was a product of wanting to get a private room,” Pusich told the Associated Press earlier. “She was being told she wasn’t sufficiently dangerous to qualify, and within a short period she was claiming she had killed a woman in Reno.”

http://nypost.com/2015/03/06/woman-exonerated-after-30-years-in-jail-for-76-murder/

DNA frees woman after 30 years locked up for murder
By Associated Press
New York Post
March 6, 2015 | 2:39pm

Woman Beheads Man Who Wanted Her to Perform Pornographic Acts

[From article]
The woman, identified as Gönül S., met Osman T. in the Isparta province last September. The man promised her a civil marriage, if they would be still happy after two or three months living together.
"I accepted and moved in with Osman following a religious marriage ceremony. After 20 days, he began resorting to violence. He has been trying to have sex every day and I was finding an excuse to avoid it. He has been watching German porn channels, wanting me to do the acts he saw there," Gönül S. told the prosecutor in her testimony, Doğan News Agency reported Feb. 7.
[. . .]
The woman, who has a 12-year-old son from a previous marriage, has been beaten and insulted by Osman T. whenever she resisted his "deviant offers," the testimony said. The couple's latest quarrel on Jan. 30 turned out deadly after the woman's son tried to protect her mother, hitting the man with an antenna.
"He was still conscious. My son was scared and ran away to another room. I grabbed the kitchen knife when Osman clutched my throat again. I managed to push him to the floor face down and cut him in the back of the neck. I heard him grunting," said Gönül S., who has a taekwondo blue belt.
The woman, who was jailed pending trial, added that she was regreftul for the murder.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/woman-decapitates-man-who-forced-her-to-do-deviant-acts-in-german-porn.aspx?pageID=238&nID=78028&NewsCatID=341

Woman decapitates man who forced her to do 'deviant acts in German porn'
February/07/2015
ISPARTA

Boston Woman, 26, Shot Dead In Error During Assassination Attempt

Ian Jaiffer holds up a photo of his daughter, Dawnn Jaffier, who was shot dead in Boston on Saturday. (WBZ-TV).


[From article]
Authorities say Williams was gunning for a rival when he instead shot 26-year-old Dawnn Jaffier in the head in August in the city's Dorchester neighborhood.
Williams has been held without bail since pleading not guilty at his district court arraignment.
Jaffier worked in a city elementary school and a Boys & Girls Club. Friends and co-workers described her as dedicated to helping young people in the city.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/01/boston_teen_faces_arraignment_in_shooting_of_woman

Boston teen faces arraignment in shooting of woman
Monday, January 5, 2015
By: Associated Press
Boston Herald

Woman Millionaire Admits Killing Autistic Son, and Suicide Attempt

Pharmaceutical millionaire Gigi Jordan, charged with murdering her autistic son Jude, admits in Manhattan court to administering a fatal drug cocktail while also trying to kill herself. Photo: Steven Hirsch

[From article]
“Miss Jordan, did you give yourself and your son an amount of drugs that you believed would take your life and his?’’
“Yes, I did,’’ Jordan testified. She started to cry and Justice Charles Solomon handed her a tissues.
The weepy mother confessed to taking Jude Mirra’s life in February 2010 at the swank Peninsula Hotel but insists that it was a ‘mercy killing’ to spare him from abuse at the hands of almost half a dozen people.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/08/gigi-jordan-admits-killing-autistic-son-with-fatal-drug-cocktail/

Millionaire admits to ‘mercy killing’ of autistic son
By Rebecca Rosenberg
New York Post
October 8, 2014 | 9:34pm

Woman Human Rights Lawyer Shot Dead In Her Home in Benghazi, Libya

[From article]
A leading Libyan human rights lawyer was gunned down inside her own home shortly after she had cast her vote in national elections.
Salwa Bugaighis was murdered on Wednesday evening after gunmen burst into her compound in Benghazi and shot her in the head.
Libyan state media reported that Ms Bugaighis was rushed to hospital but died of her wounds.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2670556/Prominent-female-activist-killed-Libya.html

Gunmen assassinate Libyan female human rights lawyer inside her own home hours after she cast her vote in national elections
Salwa Bugaighis was shot in the head inside her home in Benghazi
The human rights activist had just returned after casting her vote in election
Ms Bugaighis spoke on TV hours before her death urging Libyans to vote
The interview was interrupted because of heavy fighting outside in the street
By DARREN BOYLE
Daily Mail (UK)

PUBLISHED: 08:09 EST, 26 June 2014 | UPDATED: 12:01 EST, 26 June 2014

Woman Store Clerk Shoots Dead Robber

[From article]
The clerk behind the counter at Stan’s Health Foods has not been formally identified, but it is believed the clerk was a 46 year old woman who had previously worked in law enforcement, including a stint with the Secret Service.
When a man entered the store wielding a 6 inch hunting knife, the clerk kept her composure the entire time. It seems she was willing to let the suspect get away with some cash, but when he put the hunting knife to her chest, she wasn’t having any of it.
She immediately drew her firearm and fired a single shot, striking the suspect in the chest.

http://gunssavelives.net/self-defense/quick-acting-female-store-clerk-shoots-and-kills-armed-robber-with-one-shot/

Quick Acting Female Store Clerk Shoots and Kills Armed Robber With One Shot
JUNE 24 2014
BY DAN CANNON

Black Teens Invade Home of White Woman Baltimore Bartender, Beat Her To Death

[From article]
For the second time in her life, Grace Leto will have to bury a child.
In 1983, she said, her 18-year-old daughter was killed in a car accident in Baltimore. On Friday, another daughter, Kimberly Leto, 51, was stabbed to death after she happened upon two teenagers attempting to burglarize her home, Baltimore police said.
[. . .]
Gorham-Ramos had previously been arrested in a summer burglary of Leto's home, police said, an incident in which she awoke to find him making off with electronics and other valuables. Authorities believe he returned there with Pinkney this weekend, and the two attacked her when she found them.
Both Gorham-Ramos and Pinkney have been charged as adults on counts that include first-degree murder, possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure, and burglary.
Gorham-Ramos, an eighth-grader who attended Friendship Academy of Engineering and Technology, told Cogen he had a daughter. As he stood before the judge, he asked to be granted bail to see her.

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-02-03/news/bs-md-ci-teen-murders-20140203_1_southeast-baltimore-burglary-baltimore-police

Woman's death in burglary leaves Southeast Baltimore reeling
Residents putting pressure on police to step up patrols after Kimberly Leto's death
February 03, 2014
By Justin George
The Baltimore Sun

Texas Woman Missing A Week, Police Stop Search

[From article]
More than a week after a woman mysteriously disappeared while out on a stroll in Texas, authorities called off their search because they found no evidence of a crime.
But the missing woman’s husband vowed to keep looking.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-authorities-call-search-missing-woman-husband-vows-article-1.1592443

Texas authorities call off search for missing woman, husband vows to keep looking
Police said they are still investigating the disappearance of Leanne Bearden, 33, who hasn't been seen since she left an in-law's home on Jan. 17. But her husband, Josh Bearden — who last saw his wife when she stepped out of the Garden Ridge home to take a walk — said he will not give up looking.
BY JOE KEMP

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2014, 8:39 AM

Notorious Chicago Woman Arrested For 397th Time

[From article]
At 51, Shermaine Miles likes going to jail.
And she ought to by now - considering she's just been arrested for the 397th time.
Other reports put the figure as high as 446 arrests.
A hated figure on the streets of Chicago's North Side, harassing passers-by and terrorizing the community, Miles has been described as 'a master at working the system'.
She fakes seizures that mean costly hospital visits, only to convince judges to delay her case and return to the streets, where she is arrested again and again, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
She knows most officers by name and is ranked in in the top 1 percent for all current CPD arrestees.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2528013/Few-meat-tray-Renowned-Chicago-deviant-arrested-397th-time.html

Notorious Chicago deviant arrested for the 397th time... just after she had been released from prison
Hermaine Miles - AKA Charmaine Boon - had been out of jail one month when she was arrested on Wednesday for the 397th time
The 51-year-old is notorious around Chicago's North Side area
Among her prior charges are prostitution, drinking in public, armed robbery and reckless conduct
Authorities say she 'terrorizes the community' and is 'a master at working the system'
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 14:47 EST, 22 December 2013 | UPDATED: 18:59 EST, 22 December 2013

Woman Admiral Invented COBOL Language, Term "Debugging"

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Hopper%2c+Grace+Murray

Grace Hopper
Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy Rear Admiral.

Woman Want To Outlaw Lookism

[From article]
It’s already started. There was the Massachusetts secretary who sued her boss for staring at her breasts.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/12/08/liberals-want-to-stop-men-from-checking-out-women/

Liberals want to stop men from checking out women
11:30 PM 12/08/2013

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http://www.onpointnews.com/NEWS/staring-at-breasts-not-harassment-says-jury.html

Staring at Breasts Not Harassment, Says Jury