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From the Miami Herald:
CORONER SAYS MURDER VICTIMS ALL HAD BRAIN INJURY
... Miami Chief Medical Examiner Harold Dobbs announced results this afternoon of his autopsies of the six murder victims recently discovered on Miami's beachfront -- four on August 18 and two on August 22. In his lengthy reports on the corpses, Dobbs noted that all six corpses had suffered a similar traumatic injury to their brains. Dobbs stated "we can be certain all six of these people were dead by the time they were placed at the beach. They had all been subjected to some kind of energetic injury to the skull, brain and brain stem. I cannot speculate as to the manner in which this injury was inflicted. The only thing I've ever seen that produced a similar effect was a sustained electroshock treatment -- but that method, even when utilized, was imposed only on very limited areas of the brain for therapeutic effect. These victims had generalized damage to all areas of the brain and brain stem. I can't imagine how such a thing occurred." Police sources have indicated that the investigation has found few clues other than the bizarre injury patterns of the victims, and the public has dubbed the killer "the Brain Eater." Chamber of Commerce reports show beach traffic and boardwalk revenues have dipped by a whopping 47% since the first murders took place, and Mayor Calvin Dietrich has demanded that all necessary resources of the Police, the PTA or any other law enforcement entities be put toward the investigation...

From the Pittsburgh Press:
POLICE INTERROGATING OTHER "EIGHTIES GANG" MEMBERS
... Police sources have revealed that Police Chief Thomas VanKirk, along with both Police and PTA officers, have been visiting prison facilities, both locally and in other areas, in order to question former "Eighties Gang" members in connection with the recent bank and armored car robberies that have taken place over recent months. Time is running short for VanKirk and the District Attorney, who have a deadline of 9am tomorrow to either charge or release the so-called "AM and FM" (brothers David and Peter Burke), who are both presently being held as the prime suspects on seven robberies. However, the occurrance of an eighth robbery, nearly identical in appearance, after the Burkes were taken into custody, has shaken the confidence of investigators that they have the right men. VanKirk noted that the Burkes were taken into custody largely based on video evidence received from an anonymous source, who has yet to be identified. "Without that source, we cannot legally authenticate that evidence, and without that evidence we have no legal basis to charge the Burke brothers. We know where the cameras were that took the evidence, but forensic testing on the computer where the video was stored damaged the media on which it was discovered. Unfortunately, that anonymous source is now the only one who can authenticate that video." VanKirk again expressed the need for police to identify and speak with the individual who provided the video evidence, and indicated that at this point investigators are focusing effort on identifying that source...

From the Spokane Spokesman-Review:
TWO KILLED IN WAREHOUSE EXPLOSION
...Police and firefighters this morning discovered two bodies in the debris during the cleanup of the Fifth Street Warehouse explosion reported yesterday. Fire investigators noted that initial reports that the warehouse had been deserted had apparently been in error. Sam Wattle, lead investigator, stated that "all of the employees and related personnel were accounted for. The place was closed for the night when the blast occurred. No one should have been in there." Police are attempting to pull video surveillance evidence from damaged computers found at the site in order to identify the victims, but it may be impossible to ressurrect data from the charred memory systems. Investigators have still not identified the cause of the blast, either. "We've ruled out a gas leak, chemical incendiaries, and a grenade or missile. Other than that, we're still looking at all possibilities. We'd like a little more cooperation from the building owners, but we can't even get a straight answer about what the technical parts and equipment stored here were for." Police representatives promise that additional information will be obtained shortly...