News Rewind: Assisted Suicide Group Indicted

Thomas Goodwin of Kennesaw faces a felony charge in Minnesota after similar charges were dismissed against him in Georgia.

Missing Girl May Be in Mexico

Family members have set up a page to help find 16-year-old Raquel Landry.

Friends and family members continue the search for 16-year-old Raquel Landry, a Kennesaw Mountain High School student who has been missing since Saturday, April 28, and who family members believe may have been taken to Mexico. The following message is posted on http://www.gofundme.com/RaquelLandry, a page that has been set up to help find the missing Kennesaw teen: On Saturday April 28, 2012, Raquel Marie Landry, 16, was last seen getting into a late model white Ford Mustang at approximately 6:00 p.m. from the driveway of her home in Kennesaw, Georgia. Raquel has naturally curly brown hair, blue eyes, stands 5'2" tall and weighs 105 lbs. She is a Junior at Kennesaw Mountain High in Kennesaw, Georgia. Reportedly driving the white Mustang …

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Assisted Suicide Group Indicted

Thomas Goodwin of Kennesaw faces a felony charge in Minnesota after similar charges were dismissed against him in Georgia.

A Kennesaw man and three other members of the nonprofit Final Exit Network right-to-die group were indicted Friday for their alleged roles in the 2007 suicide of a Minnesota woman, reported Apple Valley Patch. Thomas "Ted" Goodwin, 65, of Kennesaw and Punta Gorda, FL faces a felony charge of assisting 57-year-old Doreen Dunn to commit suicide and a gross misdemeanor charge of interference with a death scene. Also indicted were Jerry Dincin, 81, of Highland Park, IL; Lawrence Egbert, 84, of Baltimore, MD; and Roberta Massey, 66, of Bear, DE. In May 2007, Dunn placed a plastic bag attached to a helium tank over her head to end her life, reported Apple Valley Patch. She allegedly was in the presence of at least two volunteers from the Final …

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JJ

4:15 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012

No, they should just be forced to live because life is a gift from God. You do not help someone take that gift away.   more ›

Pastrana Indicted on 15 Child-Sex Counts

The Cobb County grand jury expands on the charges against the NorthStar Church volunteer.

Former NorthStar Church volunteer Cesar Pastrana faces 15 counts of child molestation and aggravated child molestation under an indictment returned by the Cobb County grand jury, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The indictment reflects the growth of the case against the 25-year-old Kennesaw man as Cobb County police have continued to investigate the North Cobb High School graduate's involvement with kids. Pastrana was arrested Feb. 10 on two counts of child molestation and two of aggravated child molestation after police said he molested a juvenile during a church lock-in at a private Acworth home Feb. 3 to 4. The warrants for those initial charges covered the lock-in and an August incident, according to jail records. Police …

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Female Student Attacked at KSU

University officials said the attack occurred in a residence hall parking lot at about 6 a.m.

A female student was attacked by a man at about 6 a.m. today in the parking lot of a residence hall, Kennesaw State University officials said in an alert this morning. According to the statement, the Department of Public Safety is conducting an investigation into the attack, which occurred in a parking lot at the KSU Place residence hall near the student's car. The man is described as an African-American male with dread locks, wearing a ski mask, dark-colored sweater, jeans, colorful Nike tennis shoes and a dark-colored watch. He is said to be driving a silver car, possibly an older model Honda Civic. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported that the description is similar to that of a man involved in two attacks in Atlanta this week. The…

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Fundraiser to Support Burn Awareness, Victims

Cobb firefighters will be at businesses throughout the county during the first three Fridays of May to collect donations.

Cobb firefighters will be at businesses throughout the county on May 4, 11 and 18—the first three Fridays of the month—as part of the Give Burns the Boot annual fundraiser. They'll be collecting money for the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation and a camp for children with burn injuries. One collection point is Town Center at Cobb mall in Kennesaw, said Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services spokeswoman Denell Boyd. Other collection locations are decided individually by each station in the county, but firefighters typically go to places like Kroger and Home Depot, Boyd said. The Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation works to educate the public in burn awareness and prevention, as well as supports the Burn Center at Grady Memorial Hospital…

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