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Time: 07-07-2010 22:01 User: mstollhaus PubDate: 07-08-2010 Zone: KY Page Name: A 1 Color: Bftapfenta HEALTH FITNESS Dl sports a Indiana sensation poised to follow SAFE TRAVEL Take steps to avoid blood clots while traveling brothers to NCAA 75 CENTS METRO EDITION LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010 USPS 135567 a if toe mm Louisvillian charged in 8 murders Many of slayings had drug connections Ricky Kelly, 39, has been serving time at a state prison for assault and weapons convictions. Lt. Barry Wilkerson, head of the Louisville Metro Police Department's homicide unit, said investigators are trying to determine if Kelly is linked to other unsolved murders. The murders were classified as cold cases because they all were more than 2 years old. "We're going to follow every lead," he said.

See DEATHS, A4, col. 1 River Correctional Complex, where he was serving time for assault and weapons convictions, to await arraignment. Police wouldn't comment on Kelly's relationship to the victims, saying they are releasing few details while the investigation continues. But court records and past Courier-Journal stories indicate that several of the victims had a history of drug use or trafficking. charged with eight counts of complicity to murder, as well as cocaine trafficking, police said at a press conference held Wednesday after a grand jury returned the indictment.

He also was indicted on charges of complicity to kidnapping, first-degree robbery, first-degree as- By Sean Rose and Jessie Halladay The Courier-Journal A Louisville felon has been indicted in connection with eight unsolved murders dating to 1996 many of them connected to drugs. Ricky Kelly, 39, has been sault and being a persistent felon. Kelly was transferred to Metro Corrections from the state's Green 97 Story of Summer 2010: Sweltering in the city US. lays out case against Sypher Plan against Pitino similar to '99 ploy By Andrew Wolfson The Courier-Journal Federal prosecutors plan to mount a multi-pronged attack to prove that Karen Cunagin Sypher illegally threatened to damage University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino's reputation unless he gave her cash and gifts, then lied to the FBI about the scheme. Providing the By Chris Kenning The Courier-Journal Homeless shelters were packed, the power grid was slammed and some older residents refused to venture outside Wednesday as Louisville endured a second straight day of the year's hottest temperatures under a scorching summer sun.

Although humidity stayed low and clouds kept ozone pollution from reaching a peak, Wednesday's 97-degree high made for a miserable day for outdoor workers such as postal employee David Ridenour, 48, who prepared for his blistering Jeffersonville, mail route by freezing water, Ga-torades and rags overnight. "If you didn't want to get wet or get in the heat, this job isn't for you," he said. It won't be any better Thursday, with temperatures expected to climb to 96 and higher humidity that will push the heat index to 100. But relief is in sight: A cold front is expected by early Friday, bringing a 60 percent chance of rain and temperatures in the mid- to upper 80s over the weekend. Thursday "will be last hot day this week; then we'll get a break and get more seasonal temperatures," said Mike See SUMMER, A4, col.

1 By Sam Upshaw The Courier-Journal Valerie Tate, seated, and Patrick Deprey enjoy cooling off in the fountain Wednesday at Waterfront Park. Tate is a resident at the Regis Woods Care and Rehabilitation Center, and Deprey is its program director. The center took a group of residents to the popular park to give them some relief from the record heat. most detail yet in an outline of their case, the government lawyers say they will try to convict Sypher through secretly recorded statements of her son, as well as the testimony of her former lawyer, Dana Kolter. In a 16-page memorandum filed late Tuesday, the government says it will introduce evidence that Sypher Karen Sypher is scheduled to go on trial on July 26 in Louisville.

SUBPOENA WHAS-TV fights effort to have reporter testify. A2 similar launched a "strikingly Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Source: WHAS Wrongful slaying conviction spurs suit scheme in 1999 against an employer who she also accused of sexually assaulting and impregnating her. The memo says that in one written demand, Sypher said: "If all is accepted, I will protect Rick Pitino's name for life." Sypher's lawyer, James Ear hart, failed to meet a Tuesday deadline for filing his trial memo but told The Courier-Journal it would be filed "as soon as I get finished." Sypher's trial before U.S. District Judge Charles R. Simpson HI is scheduled to begin July 26.

She has pleaded not guilty to a six-count indictment that charges her with making threatening statements with the intent to extort, retaliating against Pitino and lying to government agents. The maximum penalty on any See SYPHER, A2, col. 2 Man held 9 years cites 'misconduct' Edwin Chandler was exonerated and another man was charged in the killing of Brenda Whitfield in September 1993. New York firm of Neufeld Sheck Brustin, which is representing Chandler. Although the lawsuit does not specify the damages sought, the firm obtained a nearly $4 million settlement against the city in a wrongful-arrest lawsuit filed in 2001 on behalf of William Gregory, a similar case cited in the Chandler lawsuit.

The lawsuit, which names See SLAYING, A5, col. 1 filed a 110-page federal lawsuit Wednesday, accusing police of "conscious-shocking conduct," claiming detectives and officers coerced and fabricated a false confession, pressured witness statements, concealed and destroyed evidence of Chandler's innocence, and covered up repeated misconduct. "It's one of the worst cases of systemic police misconduct I've seen in the entire country," said Debi Cornwall, a partner in the By Jason Riley The Courier-Journal A Louisville man who spent nine years in prison after being wrongfully convicted in a homicide case has sued the city and several Louisville police officers, claiming that evidence of his innocence was ignored for years because of "a veritable perfect storm of misconduct" by investigators. Edwin Chandler's attorneys INDEX 32 PAGES Business B8 Lottery A2 Comics D4 Metro Bl Deaths B5 Movies D6 Editorial A6 Sports CI Health Dl TV D5 BREAKING NEWS ON YOUR CELL PHONE Text CJNEWS to 44636 (4INF0) for the local news alerts WEATHER B2 36-HOUR FORECAST Louisville area: Partly sunny with a heat index near 100. Chance of storms tonight and tomorrow.

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