A lot of crime, or seeming that way, this August 22nd in 1993 –
Shackled in a 14-foot pit, abandoned by his kidnappers for up to four days at a time, tuxedo manufacturer Harvey Weinstein was convinced he would never make it out alive and “prayed they would shoot me.” “I told them to leave my body where my family could find me for their peace of mind,” the 68-year-old said in today’s New York Post. Police rescued Weinstein from the metal- and cinderblock-covered pit on Monday and arrested two brothers who had picked up duffel bags containing the $3 million ransom. Police were led to him by one of his alleged kidnappers.” Weinstein was head of Lord West Formal Wear, the nation’s second largest tuxedo manufacturer, which generates $20 million: in sales yearly. Police almost immediately suspected an inside job because Weinstein’s kidnappers, in demanding a ransom, referred to him as “Mr. Harvey,” his nickname at his company. But police were reluctant to investigate Weinstein’s 400 or so employees thoroughly for fear of tipping off the kidnappers. One of his employees was among three people charged in his kidnapping.
And three people who may have crossed paths with the killer of Michael Jordan’s father were arrested, but authorities said there a are still no suspects in the James Jordan murder mystery. Cumberland County Sheriff Morris Bedsole said the three may have information that could lead to the killer. Meanwhile, Charlie Sheppard, an FBI spokesman in South Carolina, said part of the investigation was focusing on James Jordan’s business interests in South Carolina. And local authorities downplayed a call by the Rev.Jesse Jackson for a Justice Department investigation into the cremation of Jordan’s body before it was identified. Cumberland County sheriff’s department Capt. Art Binder said yesterday evening that officials think the killer left the car where Jordan was killed then someone stole it and drove to the remote wooded area where it was found stripped earlier this month. The three arrested yesterday were identified by authorities as Terrelis Marnicus Teasley, 22; Kenneth Connor Farrior, 20; and Jovan Jamahal Carter, 18.
Finally, the woman arrested Friday in the shooting of a Kansas abortion doctor a day earlier is a homemaker and mother of two teen-agers who lives in Giants Pass, Ore. Hundreds of miles from her home, Rachelle “Shelley” Shannon was arrested and charged with attempted murder as she returned a rental car at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, 160 miles from where the shooting happened Thursday in Wichita. Her husband, David Shannon, said on Friday he had not known his wife had gone to the Wichita abortion clinic, where Dr.George Tiller was wounded on Thursday. Witnesses said Mrs. Shannon had handed out anti-abortion leaflets outside the clinic before the shooting. Tiller, one of the few U.S. doctors who perform late-term abortions, has been a frequent target of protests. His clinic was one of three picketed by Operation Rescue during protests two years ago that led to 2,700 arrests; Tiller, 52, was treated at a hospital and was back on the job Friday morning performing abortions. His was the second shooting this year of an abortion doctor.
And along with kidnapping that’s just a slice of what happened this week ending August 22, 1993 as presented by ABC Radio’s World News This Week.
