Delinquently

Atlanta police have made an arrest in the murder of retired American Cancer Society researcher Eugenia Calle. From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

Jamal Thompson, 22, had posed as a potential buyer of Eugenia Calle's condo to gain entry to her 20th-floor home at the upscale Aqua complex on 10th Street, Atlanta police Lt. Keith Meadows said.

Police were able to track Thompson because, criminal genius that he was, he allegedly used Dr. Calle's credit cards in Southwest Atlanta. Thompson not only faces a murder rap, he has also been hit with robbery and theft-related charges. 

Atlanta NBC affiliate WXIA gives the alleged killer's name as "Shamel Thompson."

According to WESH TV in Orlando, it may have been: "When asked by WESH 2's Bob Kealing if Casey Anthony's fingerprints were on the duct tape, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation said, 'This is not going to be good news for the defense.'"

In what I am sure is a completely unrelated development, Casey Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, was hospitalized for a stomach ache last Friday. Baez's ailment was not stress-related.

Looks like it may not improve anytime soon, though.

An explosion inside Chestnut Accelerated Middle School in Springfield, Massachusetts has sent an Assistant Principal to the hospital and forced an evacuation. Two devices were found, but only one went off. The injured administrator suffered a "minor injury" as a result of the blast. According to WWLP Television, police are currently questioning two 8th graders in connection with the case.

The Worcester Telegram reports that the 'bomb' may have been a soda bottle bomb, "made from a household chemical and a soda bottle."

Here's the thing about soda bottle bombs like the one described in the Telegram

Retired homicide Detective Paul Cadigan moved from his native Massachusetts to Florida to try and relieve the pain. According to his family, Cadigan suffered a degenerative bone disease that caused him a great deal of grief.

Cadigan sought relief through massage therapy, and it appears as though this was where his problems began.

Cadigan was supposed to attend a Super Bowl party, but he didn't show. His girlfriend reported him missing. He'd left a crock pot on in his home in Osceola County, Florida. The ex-cop also left his glasses behind.

Cadigan was found last Sunday. His body lay in the woods near Holopaw in a remote part of the county. Cadigan's killer had cut off his head.

Who killed the former cop often described as a true hero by his colleagues? Who dumped his decapitated remains in the woods?

During a news conference held this afternoon, investigators indicated that details about the clothes Haleigh Ann Marie Cummings was wearing when she vanished were different from what was originally reported.

Police just aren't sure what Haleigh Cummings was wearing when she disappeared, after all. At first she was reportedly wearing a pink shirt and underwear, but now police say not to focus on the little girl's clothing - focus on her face.

Haleigh's status as a missing person has also been changed - she's considered endangered, as well. She probably always was, but police in Putnam County have pointedly changed the flyer giving details about Haleigh to read "ENDANGERED."

Investigators have re-examined a number of places they'd already covered and they still don't feel any closer to solving the mystery behind this child's disappearance. Everyone is basically still a suspect. Except, perhaps, for the infamous 44 local sex offenders mentioned so often in initial coverage of the case. Putnam County authorities say the sex offenders' homes have been searched, the offenders questioned, and none of them are suspects or persons-of-interest in this case.

Does this change in the description of Haleigh's clothes represent new holes in the story of that night as it's been told so far? It was hard to tell from the press conference, as police refused to elaborate much past telling the public to focus on Haleigh's features, her physical appearance. Still - it is grist for the mill for those who are already deeply suspicious of Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, and his teen girlfriend, Misty Croslin.

The Preliminary Hearing case started today for the person charged with killing my Son, Jamiel A. Shaw, II, (Jas). The Hearing is scheduled to last two days. It was really hard being in court and sitting across from the accused. It’s truly draining on the body.

The Prosecution opened with six witnesses. They are expected to call 10 or 11. The first witness was my son’s little girlfriend. She was talking with him on the phone when she heard a voice ask, "Where are you from?". Then she heard a wind sound and the phone went dead. She cried on the witness stand when she talked about how the next day in school she learned that Jas was murdered. The Defense tried to ask questions about some gang crap. The Prosecution objected and the Judge sustained it.

The Second witness was a neighbor down the street. She said that she saw a Latino man walk up to my Son and shoot him once and then he walked around my Son and shoot him again in the head. She said the Latino man ran to the car, got in and they drove off. She talked about how she froze and just stood there in shock. She too cried during her testimony.

The Third witness was the driver. She was driving her brother’s car. The driver and a female friend were out getting tattoos when the defendant called her on her cell phone. She then dropped the girlfriend off and picked up the defendant and his friend that evening. They drove to the bank and she tried to withdraw some money from her account. She wasn’t able to get money out of her account, so the defendant gave her directions to take him where he could get some money. According to the driver, the defendant had a friend that owed him some money.

The driver took the defendant to our next door neighbor’s house. That’s how they came to be in our neighborhood. The neighbor’s son wasn’t home. According to the driver, the defendant walked back to the car on the passenger side and said, "I’ll be right back". The next thing she heard was a gun shot and someone scream. The driver of the car said that the defendant came running to the car telling her to take off. She also said the defendant started telling his friend in the back seat what he just did.

To make a long story short, the driver dropped the defendant’s friend home and her and the defendant went to Culver City Park to hang out. She said she was scared and didn’t know what to do. It was after 9:00pm and the park was closed to the public. The Culver City Police saw the driver and the defendant in the car and approached them. The driver had identification but the defendant did not. Culver City took the defendant’s name and made a notation of the license plate number to the car they were in.

The fourth witness was the Deputy Medical Examiner. He talked about the two gun shots and how the shot to his head was the fatal shot. He also spoke about how one of the bullet’s struck my son in the hand and broke his knuckel.

The fifth witness was the next door neighbor. He spoke about how the defendant came to his house looking for his son. He said when he told the defendant that his son was not home, the defendant went back down the driveway. Then seconds later he heard two gun shots.

The sixth witness was the LAPD Detective assigned to the case. According to the Detective, when the defendant left the next door neighbor’s house, the defendant said, "tell him Pedro stopped by". The Detective was also questioned about a Police line-up that never took place.