Goa Police deny arresting serial killer, reproach media

October 15th, 2009 PANAJI - The Goa police Thursday arrested four petty thieves for allegedly murdering four people and dumping their bodies into a creek running through Panaji. The dead included a 67-year-old man who has been identified as Baburao Solanke from Pune, Sunita Shetye (35) from Sawantwadi, Nagesh Shetye (7) and Dipali Shetye (4).

October 15th, 2009 PANAJI - Police Thursday said they have not ruled out that a serial killer could be on the prowl as four of the 10 mysterious deaths in Goa in the past 72 hours are suspected to be murders. Superintendent of Police Atmaram Deshpande said the deaths of four women, three of whom were found in a partially charred condition, pointed to murder.

October 14th, 2009 PANAJI - Ten people, including six women and two children, were found dead in mysterious circumstances during the last three days, even as the "saddened" state police chief Bhimsain Bassi Wednesday said that the Goa Police was doing a "wonderful job" to protect the citizens of the state. Bodies of two children - a four-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy - were fished out of the Rua de Ourem creek which runs through the heart of the capital, a few minutes after a press conference was called by the director general of police, the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Home Minister Ravi Naik, to "assure people that all was under control".

October 13th, 2009 PANAJI - Another partially decomposed body of a middle-aged woman was found in Goa's Porvorim, a few kilometres from here, taking the total number of women found murdered in the state to four over the last three days. The latest victim's body was discovered next to a primary school in Porvorim Tuesday evening.

October 13th, 2009 PANAJI - Three women were found murdered with their bodies partially charred in separate incidents over the last three days in Goa, even as the police Tuesday brushed aside queries about the safety of women in the state. When a woman journalist asked police spokesperson Superintendent of Police (CID) Atmaram Deshpande during a press conference Tuesday evening about the safety of women in Goa, in light of recent serial killings with a body-count of 16 and the three latest murders, the official quipped: "Women in Goa are as safe as you are standing in my office - full of your male colleagues." The three murders and the similarity in attempts made to char the face of the victim, comes on the heels of a shocking serial killing saga in Goa, when Mahanand Naik, a rickshaw driver, was arrested for strangulating 16 women to death over the last 10 years.

September 7th, 2009 Newspaper: Arrest made in Wis. serial killer caseMILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Milwaukee police have arrested a suspect in connection with the killings of seven women over a 21-year period that started in 1986.

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI -The home ministry has sought an explanation from Delhi Police commissioner Y.S. Dadwal asking him as to why his officers rushed to present material seized from an alleged terrorist to the media even before formally arresting him.

July 7th, 2009 It's the classic case of divine justice finally catching up with the criminal; and of crime paying the price of it's heinous monstrosity. South Carolina's notorious serial killer of late, finally had the law catch up with him, when he was killed after being shot by the police investigating a burglary call.

July 7th, 2009 SC cops say serial killer suspect slain in NCGAFFNEY, S.C. — A man suspected of killing five people and terrorizing a South Carolina community was shot to death Monday by police investigating a burglary complaint at a home 30 miles away.

July 7th, 2009 Cops: Serial killer suspect slain in NC was felonGAFFNEY, S.C. — South Carolina law enforcement officials have identified the serial killing suspect slain in North Carolina as a felon with a lengthy record who was paroled in April after seven years in prison.

July 7th, 2009 SC cops ID serial killer suspect slain in NCGAFFNEY, S.C. — Law enforcement officials have identified the man they think is the serial killer who shot five people to death in South Carolina in recent days.

July 7th, 2009 SC cops check serial killer link to slain NC manGASTONIA, N.C. — A man matching the description of a suspected serial killer was shot to death by North Carolina police early Monday, witnesses said, and South Carolina authorities were on the scene investigating.

July 6th, 2009 SC police at NC shooting near serial killingsGASTONIA, N.C. — South Carolina authorities are on the scene of a fatal North Carolina shooting Monday, about 30 miles from a city terrorized by a serial killer blamed for five deaths.

June 1st, 2009 PANAJI - Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat was left tongue-tied Monday when asked to comment on his home minister's remarks that women should not wear 'dupattas' (stole) as a serial killer used the clothing to strangle his victims. Speaking to reporters, Kamat refused to comment on the statement made by Ravi Naik last week.

April 30th, 2009 Police call man LA's 'most prolific serial killer'LOS ANGELES — Police believe a 72-year-old insurance claims adjuster arrested earlier this month is the most prolific serial killer in the city's history, having raped and strangled as many as 30 older women over two decades. The break in the cold case came in October when John Floyd Thomas Jr., who had twice been convicted of sexual assault, had a DNA sample taken as part of an effort to build an offender database.