Showing posts with label 1962 murder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1962 murder. Show all posts

Monday, October 3, 2011

FUGITIVE KILLER GEORGE WRIGHT CLAIMS NEW ID

THE FUGITIVE  killer busted after more than 40-years on the run is claiming that he should not be deported because he is a Portuguese citizen. U.S authorities are trying to deport George Wright, 68, to serve the remainder of his 15 to 30 year sentence for the 1969 murder of WW2 veteran and father of two William Patterson. It's thought he went on to hijack a plane and secure a $1 million ransom, one of the biggest at the time, for the 86 passengers on boards, before escaping to Algeria. Read more at our sister site COLD CASE USA.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

MARILYN & CHARLES LONG: SON, 13, ADMITS SLAUGHTER

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A CHILD killer, who was just 12-years-old when he went on a brutal family slaughter, which left his parents dead and injured two of his siblings was sentenced to just seven-years for the murder. As we reported here the youngster who cannot be named because of his age, had been playing with his toy trucks and planes, just moments before he picked up a gun and blasted Charles and Marilyn Long, 50 and 51, with a magnum. 
Then he picked up a knife and stabbed his nine-year-old brother and slashed his sister, five a number of times, leaving a trail of bloody destruction.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

KILLER HIJACKER GEORGE WRIGHT BUSTED

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A MURDERING hijacker, who killed a decorated World War Two veteran and escaped from jail, only to go on to hijack a plane, has been caught more than four decades on in Portugal. Former Black Liberation Army member George Wright, now 68, shot and killed William Paterson during a botched robbery in 1962. But after escaping from jail, in 1972, along with a motley band of hijackers, he got away to Algeria with over $1million ransom and evaded capture for 41-years.
Read More here.