Re: Killer of judge's family used GPS to find her home
From: Omega (2121(d)_at_insightbb.com)
Date: 03/18/05
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 04:46:55 GMT
"KnumbKnuts" <[nospam[jhansman@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:6D7_d.23871$OU1.13924@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
: Who, I wonder, is 'they', and how do you equate an device like a GPS unit
: with a .357 magnum?
Well we could have a miniture GPS unit inside the bullet....
: "Omega" <2121(d)@insightbb.com> wrote in message
: news:f_4_d.75411$Ze3.9710@attbi_s51...
: > I wonder now if GPS units will be banned like they are trying to do for
: > guns?
: >
: > http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-lefkow16.html
: >
: >
: >
: > Lefkow killer used GPS to find her home
: >
: > March 16, 2005
: >
: > BY FRANK MAIN AND NATASHA KORECKI Staff Reporters
: >
: >
: >
: >
: >
: > Bart Ross used a global positioning device to seek directions to the
homes
: > of federal Judge Joan Lefkow as well as a doctor and a Cook County
judge,
: > sources said Tuesday.
: >
: > Ross, 57, shot to death Lefkow's husband, Michael Lefkow, 64, and her
: > mother, Donna Humphrey, 89, in their North Side basement Feb. 28. Police
: > recovered a GPS mapping system from Ross' van after he shot himself in
the
: > head last Wednesday.
: >
: > The device contained the address of the Lefkows' home in the 5200 block
of
: > North Lakewood, the addresses of a Cook County judge living in Glencoe
and
: a
: > doctor living in Northbrook, sources said.
: >
: > The van also contained a "hit list" with the names of Lefkow and other
: > judges, lawyers and doctors Ross felt wronged him in his 10-year legal
: > battle against a Chicago hospital for his treatment of cancer of the
: mouth.
: > He said medical malpractice left his face disfigured.
: >
: > Judge seeks more security
: >
: >
: >
: > In September, Lefkow dismissed a federal lawsuit filed by Ross, whose
note
: > said she was "No. 1 to kill." Ross had represented himself in his case
: > against the University of Illinois at Chicago Hospitals.
: >
: > Federal investigators were continuing to search through computers seized
: > from the van and Ross' Albany Park home to find out how he obtained the
: > addresses of Lefkow, the doctor and the Cook County judge, sources said.
: >
: > Ross is suspected of walking around the federal courthouse in Milwaukee
: > hours before he killed himself in a suburb of the city. Federal appeals
: > judge Terence Evans, who ruled against Ross' appeal in November, has an
: > office in the federal courthouse in Milwaukee. Evans was on Ross' hit
: list.
: >
: > Evans agreed with a resolution passed Tuesday by the Judicial Conference
: of
: > the United States asking the Justice Department and the U.S. Marshals
: > Service to improve security, particularly at judges' homes.
: >
: > "I think someone ought to take a look at that, particularly "pro se"
: filers,
: > those most apt to go off the deep end," Evans said.
: >
: > Body still not ID'd as Ross
: >
: >
: >
: > Since Ross started his obsessive legal battle, he sent rambling letters
to
: > numerous state and federal authorities, and once called the state Court
of
: > Claims in Springfield threatening to kill himself and others after one
of
: > his lawsuits was dismissed, officials said.
: >
: > Authorities said they were preparing to track down Ross for questioning
: when
: > he killed himself March 9. DNA and ballistic evidence confirmed Ross was
: > responsible for the Lefkow killings.
: >
: > In his court filings, Ross claimed he had been on morphine and codeine
: > "24/7," because of pain in his lower jaw that he said severely
restricted
: > his ability to open his mouth.
: >
: > Amy Michalak, a forensic investigator in charge at the Milwaukee County
: > Medical Examiner's office, said Tuesday despite Ross' note, his
singularly
: > deformed jaw and forensic evidence tying him to the Lefkow family crime
: > scene, the office needs to look at dental records before positively
: > identifying the body as Ross.
: >
: > No one has come forward to claim Ross' body. Milwaukee officials are
: trying
: > to communicate with Polish officials to determine if the man has any
: > relatives there.
: >
: >
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