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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
True crime: A killer looking for women's hormones slays baby-sitter, mother of two
This story is part of a true crime series by The Palm Beach Post. Victims: Karen Slattery, 14, and Georgianna Worden, 38 Killer: Duane Owen Where: Slattery in Delray Beach, Worden in Boca Raton Dates: March 24, 1984 (Slattery); May 29, 1984 (Worden) Karen Slattery's and Georgianna Worden's killings in 1984 is part of a new True Crime series by The Palm Beach Post. Karen Slattery, 14, loved being a babysitter and was much in demand. The Pope John Paul High freshman was also a diving star, scheduled to try out for the U.S. team. She'd just had her braces off in March 1984 when her life ended in horrendous fashion. More: Duane Owen execution: Did Karen Slattery's younger sister find a rainbow in killer's death? . Duane Owen cut through a bedroom screen at a home where the teen was watching a 7-year-old and 3-year-old and confronted her in the kitchen. She had called her mom at 10 p.m. but was dead by 12:30 when the children's parents found her. Owen had stabbed the girl 18 times then raped her. The children were unharmed. About two months later, Georgianna Worden, 38, an executive secretary and mother of two children who was separated from her husband, was sleeping when she awoke to a hammer coming down on her head. Owen struck her four more times on the head and face. He also raped her after he got into the Boca Raton home in May 1984. Court documents say she may have been alive up to an hour after the first blow. Her 13-year-old daughter found Worden, posed, the next morning before she went to school. Both were not Owens' only victims. Two Boca Raton women were hit in their homes with blunt objects ‒ a plumber's wrench and a clothing iron – but they survived. In Worden's murder, police found a fingerprint on a copy of Mistral's Daughter by Judith Krantz, which was lying on her bedside table. Owen's court journey lasted decades after he was initially convicted and sentenced to death in 1985 for Slattery's killing. Representing him were famed defense attorneys Michael Salnick and Barry Krischer, who went on to become Palm Beach County state attorney for 16 years. Owen got the same sentence in 1986 for killing Worden. More: 3 former South Florida journalists covered executions. What they saw, in their own words. Then the appeals began. Owen said police officers improperly "Mirandized" him. He got a new trial in 1999 in Slattery's death where he claimed he was insane, looking for hormones that night so he could become a woman. The jury didn't buy it and sentenced him again to death. Owen appealed the verdict in the 1999 trial, saying his lawyer failed to enter into evidence the tale of his childhood with an alcoholic mother who died when he was 11, a father who killed himself when Owen was 13 and his own drinking and drugging since he was 9. Childhood friends described Owen's alcoholic parents. "It was the only house I know to have beer delivered by a beer truck," said a neighborhood friend. As recently as 2017, Owen appealed the Slattery verdict again after a Florida Supreme Court ruling frowning on death sentences that didn't arise from an unanimous jury recommendation. Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Glenn Kelley in 2018 denied him a new trial. In 2020, the Florida Supreme Court agreed. Owen was executed in 2023. Her refused to say anything before he died, but afterward one of his victim's families sure did. Slattery's younger sister, who was 10 at the time of her murder, said the state of Florida took far too long to carry out Owen's sentence. "Thirty-nine in this process is finally over," Debbi Johnson, now a deputy sheriff in Monroe County, read from a statement. "March 24, 1984, Owen attempted to write the final chapter in Karen's book or so he thought. Karen lives on in her community, her friends, her family and, most importantly, her legacy." Holly Baltz is the investigations at The Palm Beach Post. You can reach her at hbaltz@ Support local investigative journalism. Subscribe today. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: True crime: Florida man seeks hormones, kills baby-sitter, mother of 2
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'I tried a viral chocolate challenge for breakfast' at famous chocolatiers
As a self-confessed sweet tooth, I was almost certain that taking on a TikTok viral chocolate challenge at a much-loved Whitefield chocolatier would be a breeze. How wrong I was. After seeing videos of the Slattery Chocolate Challenge racking up thousands of views on social media in recent months, I finally booked myself a table to see first-hand what the fuss was about. I look forward to a Slattery princess cake on my birthday every year and am a regular in the bakery and chocolate shop. (Image: Newsquest) (Image: Newsquest) I turned up at 9:15am on a Saturday morning to find the third-floor of the Bury New Road Mason Dining Room almost full - which is why pre-booking is essential – and felt rather confident that I'd easily earn myself a spot of the Slattery Wall of Fame. After all, it wouldn't be the first time I've had chocolate for breakfast and I could probably put Augustus Gloop to shame most weekends. (Image: Newsquest) The huge plate arrived at the table with great fanfare as the utterly ginormous American-style fudge cake was topped with an extravagant sparkler. For those who haven't heard of it before, the Slattery Chocolate Challenge sees diners tackle chocolate fudge cake, a mound of freshly whipped double cream (which was the size of my fist – this is not an exaggeration), four chocolate cups, two of which filled with milk and white melted chocolate, three fat scoops of homemade chocolate ice cream and a hot chocolate topped with a chocolate disc. Get the latest news delivered straight to your inbox by signing up to the Bury Times morning newsletter as well as our breaking news alerts. It costs £25 per person and those who complete it win a chocolate medal and a 100g box of artisanal chocolates, along with their name displayed on the Wall of Fame in the dining room waiting area. I had heard some horror stories about people making themselves ill whilst trying to finish the 'world famous' challenge so was mindful to take it slowly and not let my pride get in the way. There was no set time frame to finish it and I can confirm that the pictures and videos do not fully relay the sheer size of the plate - the cake weighed more than 1lb alone. I started with the melted chocolate cups and immediately knew I was in trouble. Again, I adore sweet treats but the richness of the Belgian chocolate hit me straight away. Next up I went for the ice cream, then put that on pause after one scoop before taking on the Bruce Bogtrotter-esque cake and the whipped cream. After a few forkful's, I gave my taste buds a break from the cake and drank the hot chocolate - a little palette cleanser, if you will. This is where I began to struggle and I officially tapped out after just twenty minutes. READ NEXT: Crews back in town for second day of filming major TV drama READ NEXT: Man who set up dog walking business while grieving his parents shortlisted for award In hindsight, it was not the quantity that was the real barrier but the exceptional quality. When I spoke to co-owner John Slattery earlier this year, he explained that they only use specially imported Belgian chocolate and it's what they are famed for. I am a lifelong fan, having grown up visiting the shop, it but smashing through it all at once was too much. (Image: Newsquest) More than 10,000 other people have failed before me though so I was in good company, and nothing goes to waste as I got the take the leftovers home. I also took the opportunity to do some shopping downstairs and picked up some gifts for loved ones on my way out. Do you think you could have fared any better? Let us know in the comments. You can find the Slattery shop and dining room at 197 Bury New Rd, Whitefield, Manchester M45 6GE
Daily Record
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Motherwell star sets sights on seventh place, and top goal-scorer kudos
Callum Slattery is pleased that Motherwell can still be best of the bottom six Motherwell star Callum Slattery says going into Sunday's season finale at Ross County with seventh place in the Premiership up for grabs means they've kept to their word. After narrowly missing out on a top-six finish, Michael Wimmer and his players said their target was to pick up as many points as possible from the last five games. Other than a 3-0 defeat at Hearts last Saturday, Motherwell have done well in that regard, with wins over St Johnstone and Dundee, leading to Wednesday night's 3-0 home win over Kilmarnock, in which Slattery netted, in between a Luke Armstrong double. That leaves Motherwell a point behind seventh-placed Hearts as they head for Dingwall, while the Jambos visit Killie. Slattery said: 'It gives us a chance of finishing seventh. We said after the split that we wanted to pick up as many points as we could, so it's good that we picked up three points today. 'It was good to get the goal. When the other team is down to 10 men they can be quite hard to break down, so to get three goals is really pleasing. 'They were tough to break down until we got the first goal, and then once we got the first they opened up quite a bit. 'It was three goals, but we could have got a handful more.' Slattery is level on six goals with team-mates Tawanda Maswanhise and Tom Sparrow, who recently let slip that they're in competition to see who can bag the most goals. Slattery said: 'I think there's a general competition amongst the lads at the start of a season, who can get the most goals, finish the top-goalscorer, and we're [Sparrow and Slattery] neck and neck at the moment. 'Six goals is good, I said to myself when I was injured that when I'm back I want to get forward more, and be in the box more and stuff like that. 'I've done that quite a bit in games, the ball falls to you sometimes, and other times it doesn't, but it's just good to keep helping the team, really.'
Scotsman
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Hearts player ratings vs Motherwell: Verdict on shock starter
Hearts won 3-0 against Motherwell as they mathematically secured their place in the Premiership. Callum Slattery hit the bar in one opening for the visitors but it was Lawrence Shankland who would end away advances with a low finish. Slattery thought he had levelled but VAR intervened to rule out his low effort, as Hearts took control. Shankland got his second and Forrest fired in a couple minutes later to end the game as a contest. The Jambos sit seventh in the table and face St Johnstone midweek before ending the season away to Kilmarnock. A win would secure safety for good but with an eight point gap over Ross County in 11th, it was all but in the bag. There was a shock in the line-up with back-up goalkeeper Ryan Fulton debuting, Craig Gordon dropping out of the team with a nerve injury affecting his shoulder and neck. They were up against a side with little to lose in Motherwell, who had secured safety last weekend and also denied them a top six spot with a stuffy 0-0 draw last time out. It was much the same in this opening quarter and while both teams looked to have more intent about them, they kept bumping into each other all the same. Slattery almost provided the needed moment of quality as he rifled a shot off the bar from around 30 yards out. Motherwell would have felt they had a level of control in the game but one long ball and Stephen O'Donnell misjudging it allowed Shankland to take a touch and bury past Aston Oxborough. Performance levels in a maroon capacity didn't exactly surge after this and the Steelmen drew level at the break when a free kick wasn't cleared and Slattery blasted home. Dan Casey, however, was deemed to be interfering with play and the leveller was cut out. There was a nervy spilled shot to deal with but outside that, Hearts had full control of the second half, making it count with Penrice's brilliant cross headed by Shankland beyond Oxborough. Deployed in the number nine role instead of number 10, it was a tour de force statement that said starting him as the main striker will unlock a barrell load of goals. Forrest made sure of the points when he followed up Dhanda's curling effort that Oxborough couldn't parry far enough from danger. It was a professional performance from there and now in a competitive sense this season, finishing top of the bottom six will be the aim. Here's how we rated the Hearts players. 1 . Ryan Fulton - 7/10 Shock start for the keeper brought in as number three. Made an assists before he appeared to make a save, remarkably. Couple of good saves and outside one nervy moment, did very well considering lack of minutes. | SNS Group Photo Sales 2 . Adam Forrester - 7/10 Motherwell's play largerly filtered through the middle as they were getting little joy out wide. That was in part thanks to Forrester's shrewd defensive work against Thompson and Seddon. | SNS Group Photo Sales 3 . Frankie Kent - 8/10 At his best here. Won every ball against Tony Watt. | SNS Group Photo Sales 4 . Craig Halkett - 7/10 Pacey Maswanhise was up against him but used experience well to keep the forward quiet. | SNS Group Photo Sales Related topics: MotherwellPremiership
Daily Record
27-04-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Motherwell ace admits scoring contest with team-mate as he targets seventh place
Tom Sparrow admits he's in a scoring competition with Callum Slattery, but says the important thing is Motherwell finishing as high as possible in the Premiership. Sparrow bagged the clincher in Motherwell's 3-2 win over St Johnstone on Saturday, with Slattery and Koutroumbis also on the score-sheet. That leaves Motherwell 13 points clear of Saints in bottom place, with 12 to play for, but rather than avoiding the play-off spot, Sparrow is targeting seventh. He said: 'Three points puts us in a very strong position, so we'll just kick on for next week. 'It's up to us to finish seventh. That's something the gaffer has been big on since the Hearts game, that we want to be the best of the rest, and end up in that seventh position, which I think we have more than enough quality to do, so that's the aim. 'It maybe should have been more comfortable, but the most important thing was the three points, it puts us in a lot stronger position. 'We should have made it a bit more comfortable for everyone towards the end, but three points are all that matters at this time of the season. 'Going into the split it was so tight, so we knew three points were really important.' Sparrow and Slattery are both on five goals this season and looking to see who finishes top. The midfielder said:: 'I think it's a good sign that we're spreading the goals around, but we'll just carry on and see who finishes higher at the end of the season. 'There's a competition between the two of us, and Slatts is playing a bit higher up than me, and I always tell him he gets a few more chances than me, but we'll see.' Sparrow reckons Motherwell scored goals at the right times, and is looking forward to visiting Dundee on Saturday. He said: 'Even when we went 1-0 down I thought we were playing quite well and were comfortable in the game. 'The goals came at the right time, that you go into half-time ahead and you can kick on from there, but I thought the overall performance was good. 'Scoring three minutes into the second half should have settled us, and goals going in are always good, but I thought we scored at good times and could have scored more, but we also showed a bit of resilience to keep it out of our net. 'Every game as it comes and another good performance next week means we shouldn't be too far away. 'Anyone can beat anyone in this league, Dundee is a tough place to go to,, but on our day we can beat anyone.'
