January 2010 Archives

According to the Star Tribune, 20-year-old Gary Jennings went home and found his family unconscious.

First responders on the scene found Colleen Jennings dead and three others, 57-year-old Vincent Beyl, 30-year-old Christopher Crew, and 24-year-old Emma Jennings were in poor condition.

The three of them were rushed to Hennepin County Medical Center.

Kare 11 reports that Crew is currently in critical condition and Jennings and Beyl are in satisfactory condition.

Gary Jennings and three deputies went to North Country Regional Hospital because of symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning.

WCCO reported that Phillip Elphage allegedly broke into the home of his former girlfriend at 12:07 a.m. and fatally stabbed her current boyfriend, 17-year-old Darius Maxwell.

The event took place on the 700 block of E. Maryland Avenue in St. Paul.

Investigators believe that the stabbing took place because Elphage was upset that his former girlfriend was dating someone else.

According to the Star Tribune, Elphage's former girlfriend obtained an order for protection against him in December 2009.

The Star Tribune also reports that the Elphage's Myspace.com page indicates that he has a young son from another relationship and that he attended Saint Paul College.

Scott Roeder, a 51-year-old airport shuttle driver, killed Dr. George Tiller in the foyer of the church where he volunteered as an usher as well as assaulting two other ushers who tried to stop him from fleeing, which is something he was also convicted for.

According to Yahoo News, Roeder's attorneys wanted the charge to be lessened to voluntary manslaughter since Roeder believed the killing was going to save the lives of unborn children.

The judge disregarded this request.

Prosecutor Nola Foulston said that she wanted to make sure that Roeder would not be eligible for parole for 50 years, although the judge could determine that he would be eligible in 25.

The Star Tribune reported that as Roeder was on the witness stand, he admitted to everything and witnesses said that he lacked remorse when discussing his actions.

The Star Tribune also reported that Dr. Tiller was the victim of a number of attacks because of his profession, ranging from having his clinic firebombed in 1986 to being shot in both arms in 1993.

Under Kansas law, the abortions Dr. Tiller performed were legal as long as two unrelated doctors signed off on it, despite the fact that the procedures were late term.

According to the Daily Mail, Scott Moore and his husband Thomas were both born female before undergoing surgery to change their genders.

The California couple, who are legally married because Scott still has a female birth certificate, already has two children aged ten and twelve from Thomas' previous relationship with a woman.

The Huffington Post reported that after the couple found out about the pregnancy, Moore said "We were so happy we did what all gay men do when they get excited -- we went shopping."

This situation is a reminder of when Thomas Beatie of Oregon announced that he was pregnant, becoming the first well-known pregnant man.