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Marin Independent Journal, Alan Dep | AP
Joseph Naso listens to Chief Deputy Public Defender David Brown during his arraignment on murder charges in Marin County Superior Court in San Rafael, Calif., on Wednesday. Naso of Reno, Nev., is being held on suspicion of murder in the deaths of four women whose bodies were found across Northern California from 1977 to 1994.
Calif. man charged with cold-case killings
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (AP) — A strange coincidence? Or a glimpse into the twisted mind of a serial killer? Four California women who investigators believe were murdered by the same man all had alliterative names: Carmen Colon, Roxene Roggasch, Pamela Parsons and Tracy Tafoya. The suspect, a 77-year-old petty thief and freelance photographer, was arrested this week, and now detectives are looking deeper into the deaths and whether the man had anything to do with New York’s “Double Initial Murders� — the killings in the early 1970s of three girls, each with matching initials. For decades, Joseph Naso was known only for small-time thefts. Then a routine search of his Reno, Nev., home led to the unsolved slayings dating back to the 1970s. On Wednesday he made his first appearance in a California court to face four counts of murder, plus special circumstances that make him eligible for the death penalty. Balding, bespectacled and slouched, Naso said nothing as the judge postponed his arraignment until April 27 while the court determines who will be his defense attorney. Prosecutors noted that he has up to $1 million in assets, which would allow him to hire a private lawyer.
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Video shows TSA frisking 6-year-old
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky mother said Wednesday that federal airport screeners wouldn’t tell her why they were frisking her 6-yearold daughter, whose treatment was captured in a YouTube video that has sparked outrage. Selena Drexel said her family went through body scanners last month at the New Orleans airport, and her daughter Anna was selected for a pat-down. She asked why but wasn’t given a reason. Drexel told The Associated Press in an interview on Wednesday that her daughter began to cry after the search and said, “I’m sorry mommy. I don’t know what I did wrong.� Drexel said her daughter has since moved on and is showing no ill effects from the incident. Drexel and her husband uploaded the video on YouTube, where it generated huge interest. Network morning shows picked up the story, and the pat-down was sharply criticized by congressmen involved in national security issues. The video shows a TSA agent patting down the child and explaining the procedure to the girl and her parents. The screener says that she will use the back of her hands on sensitive areas and will “put my hand in the waistband.�
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Yale student killed; machine snagged hair
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Yale University student nearing graduation was killed inside a school chemistry lab when her hair was pulled into a piece of machine-shop equipment, school officials said Wednesday. Michele Dufault, a senior majoring in physics and astronomy, died Tuesday night after her hair became caught in a fast-spinning lathe, university President Richard Levin said. Her body was found by other students who had been working in the building, he said. “This is a true tragedy,� Levin wrote in a message to Yale students and faculty. In a Facebook profile picture, Dufault is shown with long brown hair that fell below her shoulders. She died from accidental asphyxia by neck compression, according to the Connecticut medical examiner’s office. New Haven authorities received a 911 call about the accident at around 2:30 a.m., police spokesman Joe Avery said. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an inspection that will look into factors surrounding the accident and whether the lab complied with safety standards, said Ted Fitzgerald, an agency spokesman in Boston.
National accused in Army recruiting scam
POMONA, Calif. (AP) — A Chinese national has appeared in a Los Angeles County court to face charges that he staged an elaborate scam that recruited immigrants into a phony U.S. Army reserve unit with the promise that it was a path to U.S. citizenship. During his appearance Wednesday in Pomona, 51year-old Yupeng Deng waived arraignment until May 2, but his lawyer requested a hearing Friday in attempt to lower bail from $500,000 to $160,000. Prosecutors said Deng recruited other Chinese nationals to join what he called the “U.S. Army-Military Special Forces Reserve unit,� then gave them fake Army uniforms and counterfeit military ID cards while charging hundreds of dollars in fees. The recruits were instructed to report to Deng’s office in Temple City, which was decorated to look like a military recruiting center.
FBI to aid probe for possible serial killer
YAPHANK, N.Y. (AP) — The FBI will supply hightech surveillance aircraft to authorities investigating a possible serial killer on New York’s Long Island later this week, a police official said Wednesday, after the discovery of 10 sets of human remains in recent months near a highway leading to the popular Jones Beach State Park. Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer said federal investigators will supply both helicopters and airplanes equipped with special cameras that will scour more than 15 miles of the Ocean Parkway along a remote barrier island south of Long Island in search of additional victims. An FBI spokesman said the flights would begin Friday. The parkway is surrounded by a tangle of underbrush and evergreens that have proved difficult to maneuver on foot for cadaver dogs and officers.
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