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The Independent
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- The Independent
Former US soldier suspected of killing 4 in Montana remains at large
The former U.S. soldier suspected of killing four people at a Montana bar was still at large early Sunday and may be armed after escaping in a stolen vehicle containing clothes and camping gear, officials said. Authorities believe 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown killed four people on Friday morning at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast of Missoula in a valley hemmed in by mountains. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said at a press conference Sunday that Brown committed the shooting with a rifle that law enforcement believes was his personal weapon. All the victims were adults between 50 and 70 years old. One of the victims was the bartender. Knudsen warned residents in the town of just over 9,000 people that Brown, who lived next door to the bar where he was a regular, could come back to the area. 'This is an unstable individual who walked in and murdered four people in cold blood for no reason whatsoever. So there absolutely is concern for the public,' Knudsen said. Numerous public events were canceled over the weekend as the search entered its third day, according to local Facebook pages. Investigators are considering all possible options for Brown's whereabouts, the attorney general said. That includes searching the woods where Brown hunted and camped while he was a kid. But Knudsen noted that, during peak tourist season in western Montana, some law enforcement officials would have to return to their local jurisdictions for their regular responsibilities. Brown served in the Army as an armor crewman from 2001 to 2005 and deployed to Iraq from early 2004 until March 2005, according to Lt. Col. Ruth Castro, an Army spokesperson. Brown was in the Montana National Guard from 2006 to March 2009, Castro said, and left military service at the rank of sergeant. Brown's niece, Clare Boyle, told the AP her uncle has struggled with mental illness for years and she and other family members repeatedly sought help. 'This isn't just a drunk/high man going wild,' she said in a Facebook message. 'It's a sick man who doesn't know who he is sometimes and frequently doesn't know where or when he is either.' Knudsen said on Sunday that Brown was 'known' to local law enforcement before the shooting. It was widely believed that he knew at least some of the victims, given how close he lived to the bar. Law enforcement released a photograph of Brown from surveillance footage taken shortly after the fatal shootings. He appeared to be barefoot and in minimal clothing. But law enforcement now believes Brown ditched the vehicle he escaped in and stole a different one that had camping gear, shoes and clothes in it — leaving open the possibility that Brown is now clothed. The last time that law enforcement saw Brown was on Friday afternoon, but there was 'some confusion' because there were multiple white vehicles involved, Knudsen said. There is a $7,500 reward for any information that leads to Brown's capture. 'This is still Montana. Montanans know how to take care of themselves. But please, if you have any sightings, call 911,' Knudsen said.
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
Seven twisted rapists who abused kids in underground bunker could face death penalty for deplorable crimes
Two lawmakers in Alabama are pushing to make child rape cases eligible for the death penalty, after a gang of seven were arrested in a horrific sexual abuse case. Police in Bibb County said the group subjected their victims, one of whom was just three years old at the time, to heinous sexual attacks inside a nightmarish underground bunker. William Chase McElroy, 21; Dalton Terrell, 21; Timothy St. John, 23; and Ricky Terrell, 44, are facing rape charges for allegedly sexually abusing small children. Three others - Andres Trejo-Velazquez, 29; Rebecca Brewer, 29; and Sara Louis Terrell, 41 - were also arrested in connection to the crimes. Rep. Matt Simpson and state Senator April Weaver are organizing a bill that would make those convicted of rape or sodomy of a child younger than 12 eligible for the death penalty. Speaking earlier this week, Rep. Simpson said: 'When you have situations like what happened in Bibb County, that would be up to the Bibb County prosecutor. 'But this would be a tool that they would have in their belt that they could if they decided to use that.' Weaver added: 'I defy anyone anywhere with any conscience or any sense of morals to look at this case and others like it and argue the death penalty is not appropriate.' Rep. Matt Simpson, left, and state Senator April Weaver are organizing a bill that would make those convicted of rape or sodomy of a child younger than 12 eligible for the death penalty The victims in the case, aged between three and 15, were abused with shock collars and raped inside the grimy storm bunker in Brent. At least two of the victims were found performing sexual acts on each other, with some of the victims said to include some of the suspects' own children. Images shared by police of the inside show a lone stained mattress with no sheets or blankets was seen stuffed in a corner of the barren and dirty room. The outside of the bunker, which was located near a family member of McElroy, didn't look any better in repair with a shabby roof and a desolate appearance. The suspects would allegedly arrange and pay for the children and abuse them inside the storm bunker. The group also allegedly used a shock collar as a form of punishment, court documents said. Police began investigating the group in early February after a tip from the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR). After they were discovered, the children allegedly told investigators that McElroy had abused them, taught them sexual acts and what they did to each other. William Chase McElroy, 21, (left) and Timothy St. John, 23, (right) face rape charges, among others Andres Trejo-Velazquez was charged with human trafficking. His citizenship is also being investigated. And at least one member of the group has been connected to a Mexican gang known for using sex trafficking as its main source of income 'He would tie one child to the bed, one child to a chair and one to one of the support poles,' Assistant District Attorney Bryan Jones said of Velazquez-Trejo, whose citizenship is now being investigated. Velazquez-Trejo has also been accused of using a white powder in the children's drinks to drug them. He also allegedly sold nude images of the children. 'As bad as it sounds with [Velazquez-Trejo] drugging them, it may be a blessing in disguise because they don't remember a lot of things,' Jones said. The group also sold the children for up to $1,000 a night to abusers. Dalton paid at least two adults to use the children, who are now three, six, eight, and 10. And at least one of the seven has been connected to a Mexican gang that uses sex trafficking as its main source of income. St. John has also been accused of having sex with a dog. All the children are now in the custody of DHR. And authorities are still investigating how many children were abused. McElroy was charged with rape, sodomy, and human trafficking. Dalton was charged with rape, sodomy, human trafficking, and kidnapping. St. John was charged rape, sodomy, human trafficking, kidnapping, bestiality, and cruelty to animals. Trejo-Velazquez was charged with human trafficking. Brewer was charged with human trafficking, kidnapping, and sexual torture. Ricky was charged with rape. Sara was charged with sexual torture and sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old. They are expected back in court for their arraignment in August.
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
FBI was tipped off about deadly 1995 Oklahoma City bombing but chose to ignore it, new book claims
The FBI received a warning about the Oklahoma City bombing seven months before the 1995 attack took place, but failed to act on the tip-off, a new book reveals. Officials at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were told by an informant that an attack was coming and that the Oklahoma City federal building was among the targets. The source, Carol Howe, had impeccable credentials and had infiltrated a white supremacist compound which had ties to Timothy McVeigh, who carried out the deadly truck bombing, which killed 168 people and injured around 700. But according to Blowback: The Untold Story of the FBI and the Oklahoma City Bombing, by journalist Margaret Roberts, the federal government ignored the intel, allowing McVeigh to carry out his evil plot. She says the FBI hushed up Howe's story after the bombing because it contradicted their own narrative that McVeigh was a 'lone wolf'. In fact he had significant links to white supremacist groups who could have been to blame, writes Roberts, a former news director of the true crime TV series America's Most Wanted. The bombing was, at the time, the deadliest terrorist attack on US oil and remains the third most serious by loss of life. On April 19, 1995, McVeigh parked a rented Ryder truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in downtown Oklahoma City. It was packed with fertilizer, diesel fuel and other chemicals and exploded just after 9am, carving out a massive chunk out of the building. Among the dead were 19 children. McVeigh, a former Army soldier, was arrested days later with prosecutors arguing he acted alone. But Roberts claims that this was not the case and in fact a witness could point to disturbing links to a group of white supremacists. In her book she said Howe had infiltrated a white-supremacist enclave called Elohim City, on the Oklahoma/Arkansas border, after being taken there by Dennis Mahon, a member of a group called the White Aryan Resistance. She was undercover in Elohim City for eight months leading up to the bombing and after falling out with Mahon – she claims he sexually assaulted her – the ATF offered her $120 a week to spy for them. Howe became known as CI-183 and spied on Mahon and others who were suspected of illegal firearms and explosives crimes. Known as 'The Blonde Nazi', Howe later said she filed between 50 and 150 written reports to her ATF handler, Angela Finny, in exchange for cash payments and expenses. Rather than McVeigh acting alone, the plot Howe uncovered involved what she called 'The Big Three' white supremacists in Elohim City: Mahon, who is currently in federal prison for another bombing, convicted bank robber Michael Brescia and his roommate Andreas Strassmeir, a German national who DoJ tried to interview about the bombing, but found he had returned to his homeland. German authorities refused to make him available without a guarantee he would not face the death penalty. In September or October 1994 Howe told her handlers that the three men wanted to 'blow up federal buildings' Roberts writes: 'The bomb plot was already entering its decisive phase. According to Howe, the terrorists had developed a list of three potential bombing targets including Oklahoma City's Murrah Building. 'Howe said the conspirators made three separate scouting missions there in 1994 and 1995 including one accompanied by Mahon and Strassmeir in December 1994'. Howe knew of McVeigh by his alias 'Tim Tuttle' and that he operated a 'satellite cell' outside of Elohim, which he had visited more than once in 1994 including at a Ku Klux Klan rally. In yet another twist, McVeigh called Elohim City asking for Strassmeir on April 17, 1995, the day the bomb truck was rented in Kansas. The FBI is said to have been given another warning about the bombing five days before it happened but again did not act, Roberts writes. The Oklahoma City Fire Department's dispatch chief received a phone call from the FBI on the Friday before the bombing, warning of a possible terrorist threat. Roberts calls Howe's testimony 'astonishing' and points to the involvement of up to 20 domestic terrorists in the bombing. But all of these lines of inquiry were shut down as McVeigh was portrayed as the sole suspect. Rather than being the 'mastermind', McVeigh could have been a 'satellite figure who followed orders as a good soldier', Roberts writes. Howe's story was due to be reported by ABC News but the TV network allegedly worked in 'cooperation' with the Justice Department and 'suppressed the biggest news story of that year'. 'The fix (was) in', Roberts writes. Howe had been prepared to testify at McVeigh's trial but Judge Richard Matsch of Federal District Court in Denver refused to let her do so. Instead she was put on trial on charges she threatened to blow up buildings in 15 cities: she was acquitted. McVeigh was executed by lethal injection in June 2001 at the age of 33. Two of his accomplices, Michael Fortier and Terry Nichols, were charged and jailed over the bombing but Roberts argues that the plot went far beyond them.
