Crime, Law and Justice

Official: Mafia hit man suspected in Whitey Bulger's slaying
A Mafia hit man who is said to hate "rats" is under suspicion in the slaying of former Boston crime boss and longtime FBI informant James "Whitey" Bulger, who was found dead just hours after he was transferred to a West Virginia prison, a former investigator briefed on the matter said Wednesday.
The state maintains everyone has a street address via the statewide 911 system, but the lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Native American Rights Fund and others argues the system is "incomplete, contradictory and prone to error on reservations."
Rodman Stanley Kern told investigators that he got up just after 6 a.m. Saturday and made coffee. According to the criminal complaint, his son, Cody Raymond Kern, then attacked him with a butcher knife.