Canada Shooting: Police Hunt More Gunmen

Ottawa is in lockdown as police search for up to three gunmen after one was reportedly shot dead inside Canada's parliament building.

Police told the AFP news agency that possibly up to three shooters were feared to be on the roof of the building in the capital.

It came after a soldier guarding a nearby war memorial was wounded after shots were fired.

Shots have been reported at three separate locations in Ottawa

Shots were also fired near the Rideau Centre Mall, according to police.

Armed forces bases across the country are being closed to the public in the aftermath of the shooting, CBC TV reported.

Video: Video: Shots In Canada Parliament

A construction worker at the parliament told the Reuters news agency he heard a gunshot, and then saw a man dressed in black with a scarf over his face running towards the building with a gun.

Another witness said more than 30 shots were fired inside the building.

Witness Marc-Andre Viau said he saw a man run into a caucus meeting at the parliament, chased by police who yelled "take cover."

This was followed by "10, 15, maybe 20 shots," possibly from an automatic weapon, he said.

Video footage posted by the Global and Mail newspaper showed police crouching for cover as they advanced along a stone hallway, with loud gunfire echoing among the gothic columns.

Video: Soldier Wounded In Ottawa Shooting

Prime Minister Stephen Harper is safe and has left Parliament Hill.

Michelle Rempel, MP for Calgary Centre North, tweeted: "Mom im okay Im in hiding."

Some people fled parliament by climbing down scaffolding erected for renovations, witnesses told the Canadian Press news agency.

The cordon has been pushed back and media on the scene have been told they are not safe.

Police have warned people in Ottawa to stay away from windows and roofs.

1/19

1. Gallery: Pictures: Shots Fired At Canada Parliament

   Canadian police have surrounded the parliament in Ottawa after a soldier was shot while guarding a nearby monument.

The wounded soldier, who was standing guard at the National War Memorial, has been taken away in an ambulance.

The soldier appeared to be seriously wounded and medics were seen pushing on his chest to revive him.

The shooting comes two days after an Islamic convert ran down two Canadian soldiers near Montreal, killing one of them.

Authorities had raised the security threat level from low to medium after that incident.

More follows...

23.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Malaysia '99.9% Sure' Of Finding MH370

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent

Malaysia's defence minister has told Sky News he is "99.9% sure" the sonar technology being used in the hunt for missing flight MH370 will find the doomed jet.

Hishammuddin Hussein officially launched the Malaysian contracted vessel GO Phoenix and its underwater probe at Fremantle Port in Perth on Wednesday.

He told Sky News: "This is cutting-edge technology. That's my personal view based on experts' opinion - 99.9% sure (sonar devices can find it).

"But the ocean is huge so it depends on narrowing the search area and that's the challenge."

Mr Hishammuddin said there was no timeline for the search

The probe, which can go to depths of nearly four miles (6.4km) and cover up to 75 sq miles (194 sq km) per day, is being used in the search area 1,200 miles off the coast of Western Australia.

GO Phoenix is one of three ships being used in the search. Sky News was allowed on board as it was resupplied and refuelled in Fremantle.

1/16

1. Gallery: MH370: Timeline Of False Hopes

   March 8: At 9am, an hour after flight MH370 is reported missing, rumours spread online that it has landed safely in China

2. March 8: Search planes spot two oil slicks in the South China Sea but tests show the fuel is not from an aircraft

3. March 9: Vietnam search plane spots mystery objects in the South China Sea but they turn out to be unrelated to MH370

4. March 10: A moss-covered piece of floating sea debris is mistaken for a yellow life raft

5. March 11: Two MH370 passengers travelling with stolen passports are identified as illegal immigrants from Iran and are no longer suspected of terrorist activity

6. March 12: Images released of three floating white objects close to MH370's last known location but searchers find nothing

7. March 19: PM Tony Abbot announces Australian search teams have spotted two large items in the southern Indian Ocean. They were never found

8. March 22: Objects tangled with a wooden pallet are mistaken for safety straps but turn out to be seaweed

9. March 23: 122 items are picked up via a French satellite but search planes are unable to locate any of them

10. March 27: Thai satellite detects about 300 floating objects in the Indian Ocean but they cannot be identified as coming from MH370

11. March 28: Search area moves 1,100km northeast as analysis suggests plane used up fuel more quickly than expected

12. March 30: FBI investigations into a flight simulator found at the home of one of the pilots reveal 'nothing sinister'

13. April 1: Contrary to previous suggestions, final cockpit communications from the two pilots appear to be entirely routine

14. April 2: Personal and psychological analysis of all 239 passengers and crew reveals no clues to the disappearance

15. April 4: Experts dismiss plan to locate the plane's black box using a 'pinger detector' as a 'desperate move' with little chance of success

16. May 29: US Navy claims a series of pings detected by Bluefin-21 are unlikely to have any connection to the missing plane and may well have come from the search ship itself

Mr Hishammuddin said there was no timeline for the search, but if there was he would leave it up to the experts to advise.

He said Malaysia has never strayed from its focus to find the plane despite numerous obstacles and setbacks.

"All that could have been done to find the plane at this point has been done," Mr Hishammuddin said.

"This is it, the next phase. The search goes on."

Video: June 8: 'Convinced Of A Cover-Up'

One of the crew operating the sonar probe explained how good the resolution is on images received by it.

Project leader Evan Tanner said: "It can identify objects roughly 10cm in size - the same size as a soda can. It will spot that from a kilometre away. It's impressive technology."

Mr Hishammuddin acknowledged the pain still felt by the families and friends of those on board MH370.

He said: "They remain in our thoughts and also in our prayers.

1/7

1. Gallery: Missing Passengers Of Flight MH370

   Stuntman Ju Kun, 35, was travelling to Beijing to see his two young children before starting work on the new Netflix and Weinstein Company series Marco Polo in Malaysia.

2. Muktesh Mukherjee and Bai Xiaomo were heading home to Beijing after a beach holiday in Vietnam.

3. Yue Wenchao, 26, is originally from inner Mongolia but had moved to the UK to study a postgraduate course at the University of Hull Business School.

4. Bob and Cathy Lawton of Springfield Lakes, Australia, are parents to three daughters, as well as doting grandparents.

5. Hu Xiaoning, 34, was travelling home to Beijing with his three-year-old daughter Hu Siwan.

6. French students Hadrien Wattrelos, 17, and Zhao Yan, 18, were heading for school in Beijing.

7. Paul Weeks, a mechanical engineer, left his wedding ring and watch at home when he headed to Mongolia for a work trip.

"We must continue to hope because sometimes hope is all we have.

"We will find MH370."

The GO Phoenix is expected to depart from Fremantle on Thursday to join the search operation off southwestern Australia.

MH370 disappeared with 239 people on board during its March 8 flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

23.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Canada On Alert After Two Attacks In Days

A second attack on a Canadian soldier in three days came after the government raised the country's terror alert level.

The alert level was raised on Tuesday to medium after a man, one of 90 suspected militants being tracked by police, ran over two soldiers in Quebec.

One of the soldiers died as a result of his injuries and the suspected attacker, identified as Martin Couture Roulea, 25, was shot and killed.

On Wednesday, Canada's parliament was placed under lockdown after a soldier guarding a nearby war memorial was reportedly wounded after shots were fired.

Witnesses said more than 30 shots were fired inside the building, and one suspected gunman was shot dead.

Video: Video: Shots In Canada Parliament

Shots were also fired at the Rideau Centre Mall near the parliament building and armed police also responded to a situation at a hotel in the capital.

Police stations in Ottawa were closed to the public after the incident and Canadian armed forces bases across the country were being shut down, according to CBC TV.

Earlier this month, Canada announced its intention to join the US coalition carrying out military operations against Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria.

Professor Anthony Glees, security and intelligence expert from the University of Buckingham, said he thought the attacks stemmed directly from that decision.

Video: Soldier Wounded In Ottawa Shooting

He said: "It shows that people are determined to use terrorism to get the Canadians – who have in the past sometimes been a bit wobbly – to think about their support for airstrikes."

The Canadian government has said it was aware of more than 130 Canadians overseas who are "suspected of terrorism-related activities".

Earlier this month, NBC News reported that Canadian authorities had thwarted an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out an attack in a public place in the country. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said threats were "very, very real", but did not confirm the claim.

On Tuesday, speaking about the attack in Quebec Mr Harper told the Canadian Parliament: "This was a despicable act of violence that strikes against not just this soldier and his colleagues but frankly against our very values as a civilised democracy."

1/19

1. Gallery: Pictures: Shots Fired At Canada Parliament

   Canadian police have surrounded the parliament in Ottawa after a soldier was shot while guarding a nearby monument.

A poll last week by Abacus Data found the majority of responders supported the decision to join the fight against IS.

More follows...

23.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

GPs To Pocket £55 For Dementia Diagnosis

Plans to pay GPs a £55 bonus when they make a dementia diagnosis have been condemned as an "ethical travesty".

NHS England confirmed family doctors would receive the cash under a new scheme to ensure sufferers are identified early and given tailored care.

But Dr Iona Heath, ex-president of the Royal College of GPs, told the medical magazine Pulse: "I think the proposal is an intellectual and ethical travesty."

Health experts believe that just under half of the people living with dementia are not being diagnosed.

Under the scheme, GPs will get the cash for every additional dementia diagnosis they make over the next six months.

Video: Sept: Cost Of Dementia Care Soars

Dr Martin McShane, NHS England national director for long-term conditions, said: "Dementia can be devastating both for individuals and their families.

"We know that more needs to be done across the health service to ensure that people living with dementia are identified so that they can get the tailored care and support they need.

"This additional investment is part of a drive to ensure this."

Health chiefs have identified a gap of about 90,000 patients, an average of 12 per practice, who could benefit from a more timely diagnosis.

However, the Patients Association say the scheme is "a distortion of good medical practice".

Chief executive Katherine Murphy said: "We know GPs receive incentive payments to find all sorts of conditions, such as high cholesterol, raised blood pressure and diabetes - but this seems a step too far. It is putting a bounty on the head of certain patients.

"Good GPs will be diagnosing their dementia patients already. This seems to be rewarding poor GPs.

"There is an issue of people presenting late with dementia to doctors, but this is not the right way to go about tackling that.

"If people were given hope that something could be done, that would be the greatest incentive for coming early."

Dr Matthew Norton, Head of Policy at Alzheimer's Research UK said: "For people with dementia, a diagnosis can help them to make sense of the symptoms they are experiencing, as well as opening the door to vital support and treatments.

"The ability to offer a timely diagnosis is important, but it's also critical for people to have access to the services they need once a diagnosis has been given."

"Diagnosing dementia can be a challenge, particularly as the symptoms can overlap with other health conditions, and research is crucial to improve diagnosis methods."

23.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Apple Warns Users Over Chinese iCloud Attack

Apple has acknowledged the iCloud security threat for the first time, posting a new security warning for users of its online service.

In a post on its support site the technology giant said: "We're aware of intermittent organised network attacks using insecure certificates to obtain user information, and we take this very seriously.

"If users get an invalid certificate warning in their browser while visiting www.icloud.com, they should pay attention to the warning and not proceed."

Attempts to log in to Apple's iCloud service in China have seen users directed to a spoof website which may be harvesting passwords.

iCloud users are being asked to be vigilant

Web connections to the login page are blocked and a dummy site that looks virtually identical is presented instead.

Those using Chrome and Firefox browsers are automatically notified that they are no longer on Apple's website, but users of Chinese browser Qihoo will see no indication of the issue.

Apple said its servers have not been compromised in any way.

Since details of the attacks first emerged, some internet activists have claimed that China is behind them.

However, Hua Chunying, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry, said the government was "resolutely opposed" to hacking.

State-owned internet provider China Telecom added that the accusation was "untrue and unfounded".

23.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Fiona Woolf Urged To Quit Over Brittan Link

The head of an independent inquiry into historical child sex abuse has been urged to stand down by a lawyer for victims.

Fiona Woolf has been criticised over her links to former home secretary Lord Brittan - who has denied failing to act on a dossier of allegations against politicians and other powerful figures in the 1980s.

She confirmed on Tuesday that she had attended two dinner parties at Lord Brittan's house and hosted the Tory peer and his wife on three occasions.

But she told a parliamentary committee she did not have a "close association" with the former cabinet minister, who was "one of thousands" of people she knew in London.

Mrs Woolf has confirmed her social links to Lord Brittan

Lawyer Alison Millar said the "general view" among her clients was that Mrs Woolf "really does not have the necessary credibility to lead what is such an important inquiry for them".

Asked whether Lord Mayor of London Mrs Woolf should step down, Ms Millar told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Yes. I think this evidence of dinner parties with Lord Brittan really puts her beyond the pale in terms of her credibility with my clients."

In a statement to the Commons, Home Secretary Theresa May backed Mrs Woolf, saying she believed the inquiry panel - which will also include Rotherham sex abuse report author professor Alexis Jay - would "carry out their duties to the highest standards".

Labour's Simon Danczuk called for Mrs Woolf top stand down

Labour MP Simon Danczuk, who led the campaign for an inquiry, said Mrs Woolf and Lord Brittan were "clearly good friends" and she should stand down as chairwoman.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said he had no evidence that Mrs Woolf had not been thoroughly vetted, but appeared to stop short of offering full support.

Answering questions after delivering a speech in south London, the Liberal Democrat leader said: "We all need to have confidence that the decisions taken by the Home Secretary... were thorough.

"I have not heard anything that suggests to me the process by which Theresa May made the recommendation is anything other than thorough."

Lord Brittan is likely to be called to give evidence to the inquiry over a dossier he received from MP Geoffrey Dickens in 1983, documenting the alleged involvement of VIP figures in a child sex ring.

Mrs Woolf replaced Lady Butler Sloss, who stood down amid claims of a potential conflict of interest, as her brother Lord Havers was attorney general at the time of some of the events to be investigated.

Downing Street has said Prime Minister David Cameron is "confident that Fiona Woolf and the panel will carry out their duties to the high standards of integrity required".

23.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

'Numbers' Jail Gang Behind Pistorius Threat

As Oscar Pistorius starts a five-year sentence at Pretoria's Central Prison the Olympian will need to urgently study the lore and laws of South Africa's numbers gangs.

More than a century old, the gangs - the 26s, 27s and 28s, dominate South Africa's prison system with a mixture of arcane mythology, sexual intimidation and sometimes extreme violence.

Pistorius, serving his sentence for the manslaughter of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will quickly have to learn how to navigate through the darkest corners of jailhouse anthropology.

His life may depend on it.

According to his lawyers he has already had a death threat from the 'general' of the 26s, who is reported to be a murderer serving a 33-year sentence.

Video: Pistorius Trial: The Sentence

He told a South African news agency that if Pistorius is given special treatment then he will die.

This may have been part of the plea for leniency. But it's also a real danger.

Pistorius will most likely remain in a segregated part of the prison which also accommodates the mass killer of the apartheid regime, Eugene de Kock.

If not, he may have to seek the protection of the 28s or 27s from the threat made by the leader of the 26s.

All three gangs have their roots in the story of how Po, a deity of some kind, met Nongoloza and Kilikijan in the late 19th Century as both men were heading to work in the white-owned gold mines of the Vaal Reef.

Video: Pistorius Leaves Court For Prison

Po advised against it and encouraged both men to form highway gangs.

Kilikijan worked by day, with seven members. Nongoloza and his eight followers owned the night.

The two fell out over Nongoloza's predilection for sex with other men.

The clash in a Durban prison, legend has it, over six men that Nongoloza wanted to take as 'wives', produced, in around 1907, the 26s who take a mediating role.

Today the numbers gangs are made up of mixed race members from the Cape.

Video: Friends 'Felt Reeva's Light Today'

Most speak Afrikaans but Funagalore, the language of the mines, is the 'official'  lingua franca of the numbers.

Their interests extend far beyond the prison walls.

The 28s are the root of the 'American' - an organised crime syndicate on the Cape Flats; the 26s were formed by the Staggie brothers from the Hard Livings gang.

All run prostitution, drug dealing and protection rackets worth millions every year.

Pistorius would have trouble joining the 27s. They're the most violent group.

Video: Pistorius Sentencing Highlights

So that would leave the 28s. They run kitchen work. But the 28s' hierarchy is tough to climb.

Membership of its top tier, the Gold Line, requires initiates to stab a prison warden.

This is the 'male line' in a gang that celebrates same-sex relationships.

The foot soldiers for the Gold Line are known as the Third Division. They are the gang's muscle, sworn off sex, they may not have contact with the Silver Line, the gang's majority.

Probationers must always show they are available for sex by revealing part of their chest; while seen as sex slaves they are pampered and protected – as "wyfies".

23.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Lynda Bellingham's Xmas Wish In Last Interview

Lynda Bellingham revealed her plans for Christmas in her final TV interview before her death at the weekend.

The actress, who said she was "obsessed" with Christmas, had hoped for one more festive season after choosing to end her cancer treatment.

In the interview for Loose Women - a show for which she had been a regular panellist for a number of years - she assured her friends and colleagues all would be "fine" and said she longed to be remembered for her honesty.

Bellingham died in the arms of her husband Michael Pattemore at the age of 66 after her cancer spread from her colon to other parts of her body.

Speaking to Janet Street-Porter and Coleen Nolan on Loose Women, she said: "We're going to go to the hotel and have the meal but just my little bit of control - we're going home for pudding and presents. It's exciting.

"My only problem is getting the presents - my sister Jean has been absolutely amazing and I keep sending him (Michael) out for bizarre things."

Bellingham with Street Porter and Nolan. Pic: ITV

Bellingham told of her desire for a real Christmas tree, although her husband was not a fan.

"He's spent years trying to put me off a real tree and we're very lucky as we live in a converted psychiatric hospital which has got a really tall ceiling. All I've ever wanted is a real tree," she said.

Video: Lynda Bellingham: 'Oxo Mum' Dies

"'No, don't make me sweep up the pine needles, oh my goodness'," she joked, mimicking Pattemore.

"Hey I'm getting one, I'm getting a real tree. He'll just have to struggle out of the window with it afterwards, that's fine."

Bellingham received a standing ovation as she entered the studio and went on to say how she wished to be remembered: "Just as an honest person. Honesty.

"We've been through this as Loose Women - you can't do Loose Women unless you're honest.

"You can't hide anything, it really is honest when we answer questions. That's why I felt I could write about it and people would trust."

Video: Lynda Bellingham In Classic Oxo Ad

Reflecting on the past year, she said: "What's been so wonderful this year is that I've learnt so much from people. You know when you get so cynical in life - they say yet again you're not right for this part.

"You learn so much and the biggest thing - as you know I'm not very confrontational, I'm a bit of a weed, of course I've become a bit grumpy - it's amazing to be able to say things to people. It's taken me 66 years to find any dignity."

Bellingham said she had never taken the view that her illness was "not fair".

"To be honest we have no right to live forever. You know how I love a survey - a survey says you can live until you're 80, yes lovely, but it's not a given. Somebody else decides when you pop off the twig," she said.

Nolan cried at the end of the interview, but Bellingham consoled her, saying: "Don't cry. It's going to be fine, it will be fine - don't worry."

23.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Government Failing To Deport Foreign Criminals

By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent

The Government has come under fire from victims of crime for failing to deport hundreds of foreign criminals.

A damning report by the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed 760 foreign national offenders awaiting deportation have absconded and 395 of those have been missing for more than four years.

Some 58 of these offenders are described as "high harm" and present a serious danger to people or property.

David Cameron admitted "the buck stops with me" during Prime Minister's Questions, but he also appealed for support from the other parties over what he called the "obstacles" of human rights legislation.

"We've deported 22,000 foreign national offenders since I've become Prime Minister," he said.

Video: How Police Stop Foreign Criminals

"The report is very clear that since 2013 for the first time we've got a proper cross-government strategy to deal with this."

Home Secretary Theresa May told MPs she is acting to end the abuse of the legal process.

She said: "As the report makes clear, this is a problem that has beset successive governments. It falls to this government to tackle the problems of the past.

"Quite simply, the Home Office did not prioritise the removal of foreign national offenders before 2005."

The report reveals the case of a foreign national whose UK visa had expired, yet authorities took no action over 14 years to remove him.

Even when the Government first began extradition proceedings in 2007 when he was convicted of a string of sex offences, he launched a series of appeals that delayed proceedings for another seven years.

1/11

1. Gallery: Britain's Most Wanted Fugitives

   Dritan Rexhepi is wanted over the deaths of two men in Albania. He's also accused of carrying out a burglary in Belgium, where the home occupants were tied up and threatened at knife point.

2. Pawel Chmielorz was convicted of a string of violent offences in Poland, which resulted in his victims sustaining serious head injuries. He should be serving two-and-a-half years in prison.

3. Robert Grygoruk is wanted for 24 offences including possession of a handgun, producing and supplying amphetamine, supplying 5kg of cannabis, fraud and burglary.

4. Evaldas Rabikauskas is wanted for questioning over allegations he raped an intoxicated girl at a house in Lithuania in 2007. He is believed to have links to Hertfordshire.

5. Ioan Cretu, 36, is wanted for murder alleged to have been committed in Romania in 2005. It is thought he may have links to London, particularly the Waterloo area.

6. Dariusz Glowacki is wanted on suspicion of child rape in Poland. Police say he may be responsible for two other sex attacks and has links to the Acton and Slough areas.

7. Constantin Niciu is wanted in connection with the abduction of two men who apparently refused to take part in a human trafficking operation. They were tied up and beaten with a plank of wood.

8. Costin Stoica is alleged to have been in the company of others who sprayed a woman in the face with a noxious substance before stealing her handbag in Romania in 2002.

9. Krzysztof Zakrewski is alleged to have robbed and beaten a man with an accomplice in Poland in 1992.

10. Serhat Aslan is wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old man in Turkey in 2004 following an argument.

11. Michal Smolen is wanted for questioning over an assault alleged to have taken place in Poland in 2009.

It is estimated that public bodies spent £850m in 2013/14 managing and removing foreign national offenders, working out at around £70,000 per offender.

Meanwhile, the number of foreign prisoners has risen 4% from 10,231 to 10,649 since 2006, the NAO said.

The number of those removed has fallen to 5,097 from a peak of 5,613 in 2008/09.

The time it takes to deport an overseas criminal has been revealed to be 319 days.

This comes despite a 10-fold increase in the number of Home Office staff working on foreign national offenders (FNOs), from 100 to more than 900.

Amyas Morse, of the NAO, said: "It is no easy matter to manage foreign national offenders in the UK and to deport those who have completed their sentences.

Video: Romanian Police Fighting UK Crime

"However, too little progress has been made, despite the increased resources and effort devoted to this problem."

Conservative MP Philip Hollobone has long raised concerns about the number of foreigners in UK prisons and failures to deport them.

He said: "Most people will be staggered that despite increasing its staffing for deportations from 100 to 900, the Home Office is not actually deporting any more FNOs than it was before.

"My view is that if you are a foreign national who commits a crime in the UK, you should be caught, convicted and sentenced with your sentence served back in your own country at the expense of your fellow nationals."

23.21 | 0 komentar | Read More

Police: Serial Killer Was 'Not On Our Radar'

Police have defended their conduct in the case of a man who has confessed to killing seven women, amid fears there may be more victims.

Darren Vann is due in court charged with strangling one woman in Hammond, with more charges expected after he directed them to the bodies of six more women in nearby Gary.

Court records from 2004 show he was jailed for a year after grabbing a woman in a chokehold, dousing her with petrol and threatening to set her on fire.

He was convicted of raping a woman in Texas in 2009 and had only just been released from jail when he moved back to Indiana last year.

Vann also registered as a sex offender in Indiana and police made a routine check in September to make sure he lived at the address he provided.

But Gary Police Chief Larry McKinley told a news conference: "He was not on our radar at all."

He added that Vann was never suspected of taking part in murders in the days or months before his arrest at the weekend.

Vann has confessed to killing seven women including Afrikka Hardy

Texas and Indiana authorities have been searching through cold-case files and missing person reports to determine if there are more victims.

Family and friends of victims said police should have known the 43-year-old was a threat and taken reports of women disappearing more seriously.

Victim Teaira Batey's family filed a missing person report in late January nearly three weeks after she disappeared.

Her mother, Gloria Cullom, said she had repeatedly attempted to report the matter to police in Gary.

She said: "I'm trying to find out, 'Have you heard anything. Do you have any information for me?' Nobody ever called me back."

But Mr McKinley defended the actions of police.

"We take every report seriously," he said.

Vann appeared to keep a low profile and stay on the right side of the law after serving his prison sentence.

But Edward Matlock, his former stepson, said Vann would talk to himself while staring into the distance.

He said his mother and Vann lived in an area of Austin known for prostitution and drugs, and Vann would sometimes go walking around late at night.

23.21 | 0 komentar | Read More