The last time a woman was executed for a federal crime, a kidnapping riveted the nation
Samantha Schmidt, The Washington Post
Jan. 10, 2021
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The judge called it the most coldblooded, brutal murder he had ever tried. News articles described it as the most horrible kidnapping in decades, or as the St. Louis Dispatch wrote, a tale of evil, stupidity and corruption.
On September 28, 1953, Bonnie Brown Heady walked into Notre Dame de Sion, a Catholic school in Kansas City, Mo., and posed as the aunt of Bobby Greenlease, the 6-year-old son of one of the city s richest men. She and her boyfriend, Carl Austin Hall, kidnapped the boy and demanded ransom from his parents. They picked up a duffel bag of $600,000, the largest ransom ever paid at that point, and promised to return the boy safely to his family.
By Herald Reporter - 24 December 2020
READY TO ROLL: Munir Jeeva with critical PPE being loaded for distribution to Bay health-care facilities Image: Supplied
Nelson Mandela Bay’s Musa Jeeva Foundation on Wednesday announced the donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) to support Eastern Cape health-care facilities and workers as hospitals gear up for the coronavirus second wave.
Munir Jeeva, Afri Save Cash and Carry CEO and Musa Jeeva Foundation trustee, said the PPE would be donated to Nelson Mandela Bay hospitals and health-care facilities in the rural periphery of the metro, notably, the Sarah Baartman municipality.
The PPE donation includes 9,000 units of hand sanitiser, 4,900 face shields, 3,600 blue disposal theatre gowns, 40 metal hand sanitation stands, 450 electronic thermometers, 9,000 mop caps, 800 shoe covers, 50,000 units of hand soap, and 2,500 units of 2kg washing powder with a combined value of R1.3m.