1.   At the time, the Rafay slaying was by far the worst crime this city had ever seen.

2.   A preliminary police report said the slaying was accidental.

3.   Charged in the slaying was an ex-con on parole for trying to snatch a young girl from her bedroom.

4.   Investigators, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity, said they were looking into several possible motives, including whether the slaying was mob related.

5.   Morgan said investigators also learned the Brown slaying was only the first in what was intended to be a series of killings.

6.   No, the best slaying is the killer appearance by guest star Bruno Kirby as a bitter, obsessed but chatty ex-con who is bent on revenge.

7.   Police believe the slaying was part of an initiation into the Oriental Boy Soldiers, an Asian gang.

8.   Police have said they plan to seek capital murder charges against both men because the slaying was committed in conjunction with a kidnapping.

9.   Shortly after, a male caller telephoned a newspaper office there and said the slaying was the work of Islamic militants.

10.   The most recent slaying is that of Noemi Dominguez who authorities would only say was struck a fatal blow to the head.