Conn. students warned to stay indoors after shooting; gunman may be bent on killing Jews

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Wesleyan University students were told to stay in their dorms and the city’s only synagogue closed Thursday as police warned that the man wanted in the shooting death of a woman at a bookstore may be bent on killing other students and Jews.

Suspect in killing of Conn. college student surrenders, ending fears of Virginia Tech repeat

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — For two days, Wesleyan University feared becoming another Virginia Tech as police conducted a nationwide manhunt for a man accused of stalking and killing one student and threatening to kill more.

Man accused of stalking and killing Wesleyan U. student due in Connecticut court Friday

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A 29-year-old man accused of stalking a college student and then killing her inside a bookstore was expected to make his first court appearance Friday, a day after seeing his photo in a newspaper and asking a convenience store clerk to call police.

Obituaries in the news

Susan Atkins

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Susan Atkins, a member of the Charles Manson “family” who admitted ruthlessly stabbing pregnant actress Sharon Tate to death in the cult’s 1969 murder spree, has died in prison less than a month after a parole board turned down a bid for compassionate release. She was 61 and had brain cancer.

Boston med student in Craigslist killing charged with assault in RI case

WARWICK, R.I. — A medical student jailed in Boston on suspicion of killing a masseuse he met on Craigslist was charged Monday in Rhode Island with pulling a gun on a stripper in a hotel.

Craigslist founder speaks at memorial concert for MN woman killed after responding to phony ad

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The founder of the popular online advertising site Craigslist on Sunday joined the effort to honor a 24-year-old Minnesota woman who died in 2007 after responding to a phony ad for a baby sitter.

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