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U.S. NEWS Friday 4 august 2017

At Press Time:

Official: Police closing in on Northwestern-Oxford duo

By DON BABWIN because they “are at large
Associated Press and there’s an ongoing in-
CHICAGO (AP) — Investi- vestigation.”
gators think they’re clos- Cornell also issued the fol-
ing in on a Northwestern lowing statement to the
University professor and AP: “Our Family is deeply
University of Oxford staffer saddened by the death of
who are wanted in the fa- our son.
tal stabbing of a Chicago It is our hope that the per-
man, a police official said son or persons responsible
Thursday. for his death are brought to
Anthony Guglielmi, a justice. We are asking that
spokesman for the Chi- you allow our family to pro-
cago Police Department, cess and grieve this trag-
said the hunt for Wyndham edy privately. We are ask-
Lathem and Andrew War- ing all media outlets to not
ren has “intensified and contact our family, friends
narrowed” and that inves- or associates. When we
tigators think they know have had sufficient time to
where the men are or are mourn our child’s passing,
heading. He urged them to This combination of photos show Andrew Warren (left), an employee of the University of Oxford we will release a more in
in Great Britain, and Wyndham Lathem (right), an associate professor of microbiology and
surrender. immunology at Northwestern University. Investigators think they’re closing in on the two men, who depth statement if we be-
Lathem, a respected mi- are wanted in the fatal stabbing of a Chicago man, a police official said Thursday. lieve it is appropriate to do
crobiologist at Northwest- (Chicago Police Department via AP) so.”q
ern, and Warren, who The Associated Press by
was visiting Chicago from phone from Michigan,
England, are wanted on where her son grew up,
first-degree murder charg- that the family doesn’t
es in last week’s killing of know the suspects. She de-
26-year-old Trenton Cor- clined to say whether she
nell-Duranleau. or other family members
Cornell-Duranleau’s moth- had ever heard of them
er, Charlotte Cornell, told before her son was killed

Plane passenger spots a man

texting about child sex abuse

By PAUL ELIAS to the suspects and how
Associated Press Kellar and Burnworth knew
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A each other.
sharp-eyed airline passen- The plane passenger told
ger spotted another pas- authorities that Kellar was
senger texting about sexu- sitting in front of her and
ally assaulting children, texting about the abuse
leading officers in Califor- with a large font on a large
nia and Washington state smartphone. The font and
to arrest two people and screen were so big that
find two young victims, au- the passenger was able to
thorities said Thursday. take photos of Kellar’s text
San Jose police said they conversation, police said.
arrested Michael Kellar, 56, The passenger, who police
in the city’s airport Mon- didn’t identify, alerted the
day night after a flight from flight crew. A flight atten-
Seattle. Kellar’s texts led dant notified an officer sta-
officers to arrest Gail Burn- tioned at the airport, and
worth, 50, in her Tacoma Kellar was arrested.
home. Kellar also lives in He is accused of attempt-
that city. It appears two ed child molestation and
children, ages 5 and 7, solicitation of a sex crime.
were sexually assaulted, in- Burnworth was arrested on
vestigators said. Authorities suspicion of child rape and
say Burnworth had access sexual exploitation of chil-
to children as a baby-sitter dren.
and that Kellar was getting Kellar and Burnworth are
to the victims through her. in jail Wednesday, and it’s
Seattle and San Jose po- was not known if they have
lice declined to discuss lawyers to speak on their
the children’s relationship behalf.q