51.   Increasingly, however, the government has described the slaying of Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu as a result of a personal feud between Raul Salinas and the victim.

52.   It was in the form of an impassioned brief for Michael Griffin, who had been convicted in the slaying of Gunn.

53.   King is one of three men accused in the brutal slaying of James Byrd Jr.

54.   Last December he was involved in the arrest of four gang members linked to the slaying of a businessman.

55.   Late Wednesday, Furrow was charged by federal prosecutors in the slaying of the postal worker.

56.   Lewis is charged in the double slaying of two men in Atlanta in the hours after the Super Bowl.

57.   Los Angeles police announced the arrest of a suspect in the slaying of Ennis Cosby, bringing words of gratitude for the LAPD from entertainer Bill Cosby.

58.   Members of the Atlanta Braves took some comfort Tuesday in the knowledge that police had arrested and charged a suspect in the slaying of Braves replacement pitcher Dave Shotkoski.

59.   Ms. Chang said the Chen case had special resonance in light of the recent brutal slaying of Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student.

60.   Newspapers and TV paid scant notice to the slaying of Sharon Peters.