Children’s Unsolved Murders Add Questions to the Pain (Los Angeles Times)

Three fishermen abducted, killed off island where Abu Sayyaf operates (AP)
...The victims were fishing near an islet off the island province of Basilan when they disappeared early Wednesday.........

Thousands Share Grief for Samantha (Los Angeles Times)
... 3,000 people who packed the giant Garden Grove church for an evening memorial service for Samantha Runnion, the Stan...

Local Attempted Abduction Similar To Samantha Case (KGTV TheSanDiegoChannel.com)
... perpetrator in Tuesday’s aborted crime was the same man who carried off and killed 5-year-old Samantha Runnion...

Man Charged with Murder in Missouri Child Slaying (Reuters)
...Samantha Runnion, 5, was snatched from her driveway this month and her bruised and naked body was found......

Girl disappears from St. Louis home; suspect later leads police to body (AP)
... involving young girls have been in the news in recent weeks, including the high-profile case of Samantha Runnion, a...

Young Catholics Pray With the Pope (AP)
...Samantha Smitiuch, 14, of Brantford, Ontario, said her friends found Mass boring.......