There was little light shed on the mysterious murder of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, daughter of a Colorado computer entrepreneur. Two men were charged with peddling stolen crime scene photos to a supermarket tabloid, but no breaks in the actual case were reported. To help crack the case, the girl's parents hired John Douglas, former head of the FBI's behavior science unit. Mr. Douglas was the inspiration for the detective in the movie Silence of the Lambs. California police searched for an unidentified gunman who Jan. 16 shot and killed the only son of comedian and actor Bill Cosby.
Police suspect the motive was robbery.
In Michigan, new Oakland County prosecutor David Gorcyca dropped all charges against Jack Kevorkian related to 10 assisted suicides. The charges had been filed last fall by then-prosecutor Richard Thompson, whom Mr. Gorcyca defeated in an election. Mr. Kevorkian has never been convicted. While nearly 200,000 utility customers went without power in Texas, drifting snow in Utah shut down almost 140 miles of Interstate highway. Wind chills of 50 to 75 below were common in much of the upper Midwest.