Aman found slain in an alley north of West Jefferson Street yesterday morning is 61st homicide of the year. The victim was identified as Dante J. White, 26, of 323 S. 42nd said Jim Wesley, a Jefferson County deputy coroner. White died of multiple gunshot wounds, Wesley said.
Officer Dwight Mitchell, a Metro Police spokesman, said police have no suspects or leads. The body was found shortly before 8 a.m. yesterday behind a vacant home at 2413 W. Jefferson St. Several neighbors said in interviews that they heard gunshots about 1:30 a.m., but most said they look out.
Some said they were concerned for their safety, and others cited the frequency of shots in the area. not said Elizabeth Gerton, who has lived on Jefferson for seven years. Police received a call of shots fired about that time, Mitchell said, but were called to the south side of Jefferson Street in the 2400 block. The body found until more than six hours later. Alice Hollis, who lives on 25th Street, said she and her husband heard shots and saw a white vehicle speeding out of the alley, turning south on 25th and then west on Jefferson.
the people using the drugs that are causing all of Hollis said, saying that she has seen people walking through the alley to traffic in drugs. Victim was shot multiple times By Gregory A. Hall The Courier-Journal By Michael Hayman, The Courier-Journal Police investigated 61st homicide of the year yesterday in an alley behind the 2400 block of West Jefferson Street. The shooting victim was identified as Dante J. White, 26, of 323 S.
42nd St. Metro Police said they had no suspects or leads. By Steve Durbin, The Courier-Journal HomicideHomicide Homicide victimvictim victim foundfound found HomicideHomicide victimvictim foundfound Man found in alley is 61st homicide Government: Federal offices will be closed tomorrow. State, Louisville metro, Bullitt and Oldham offices will be closed tomorrow and Friday. Courts: Federal courts will be closed tomorrow.
Jefferson, Bullitt and Oldham circuit and district courts will be closed tomorrow and Friday. Garbage pickup: None tomorrow. Pickup will be delayed one day. Also, curbside recycling and yard waste will be delayed a day. license branches: Closed in Jefferson, Oldham and Bullitt counties tomorrow and Friday.
U.S. Postal Service: No regular mail delivery tomorrow, and all retail operations will be closed. Schools: Jefferson public schools will be closed tomorrow and Friday; Catholic schools will be closed today, tomorrow and Friday. Bullitt public and Catho- licand Oldham public and Catholic schools will be closed today, tomorrow and Friday. Shopping malls: Closed tomorrow.
Transit Authority of River City: bus service tomorrow. Jefferson County Recycling Centers: Closed tomor- row. Jefferson County Hazardous Waste Facility: Closed tomorrow. Banks: Most banks will be closed tomorrow. Automated teller machines should be available.
Universities and colleges: University of Louisville and Spalding University will be closed today, tomorrow and Friday. Bellarmine University and Jefferson Community College will be closed tomorrow and Friday. Public libraries: All branches of the Louisville Free Public Library, Bullitt County Public Library and Oldham County Public Library will be closed tomorrow. Thanksgiving closings for Jefferson, Oldham, Bullitt The Courier-Journal LAST CHANCE TO CASH www.churchilldowns.com CLOSING WEEKEND, THANKSGIVING, NOVEMBER 25 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Churchill Big Four Weekend is bringing four big stakes races to the table this Thanksgiving for the final weekend of the Fall Festival of Racing. Check out $300,000 Falls City (GII), and on Friday, the 130th running of the $500,000 Clark Handicap (GII).
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Post time 11:30 a.m. Enter through Gate 1 or 10. B2 COURIER-JOURNAL METRO HOMICIDE CALLS People with information about any homicide may call Louisville Metro Police at 574-5673. ALouisville man was arrested yesterday afternoon on charges that he held a 15-year-old girl captive in his home for two monthswhileraping her and forcing her into prostitution. Walter Brady is being held in the Jefferson County jail and will be arraigned today on charges of rape, unlawful imprisonment, use of a minor in a sexual performance, sodomy, sexual abuse and promoting prostitution.
Brady, 53, is accused of taking the girl from a foster home in Campbellsburg, Sept. 16 andthreatening her if she did not leave with him, according to police. The foster parents filed a missing-person report, according to a criminal complaint filed by police. The teenager, who met Brady last year through a mutual friend, was found last week after afriend of the girl called police, said Louisville Metro Police Detective Brian Sherrard. The teen was not with Brady when police were called and when she was found, he said.
Brady, of the 6000 block of Applegate Way, also is accused of videotaping and photograph- ing the girl while she had sex. He also took her to Bullitt County and to Indiana and Florida, where she was forced to have sex with men for money, police said. Sherrard said the girl was warned that she would be hurt if she left or told anyone about her situation. She also was physically abused, according to the criminal complaint. always had an idea of her whereabouts and threatened to harm her if she sought help from police or anyone Sherrard said.
felt there would be repercussions if she tried to Man arrested on charges of rape, unlawful imprisonment of girl, 15 By Jason Riley The Courier-Journal PITTSBURGH An electrical and computer engineering student from Lexington, won the 2004 Jeopardy College Championship $100,000 grand prize. Kermin Elliot Fleming, a junior at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and a trivia buff, almost take part in the competition. almost compete because I was busy with schoolwork, but my friends and parents really kept encouraging me to said Fleming, 20. The tournament was taped last month at the University of Pittsburgh and aired last night. Fleming defeated students from Dickinson College and Williams College.
Fleming said that he is saving the money but that he also plans to sail the Mediterranean someday. Student from Lexington wins Jeopardy prize Associated Press.
