This Day In History

Jun 23 1993
In the middle of the night, Lorena Bobbitt severs her husband John's penis and drives off, casually discarding the organ in a farm field. Surgeons successfully reattach the penis, allowing John to enter the porn industry. The media devotes 1.3 million column-inches of type to the story as both Lorena and John gain celebrity status; consequently, their last name becomes a verb.

Jun 23 1996
A story by Watergate reporter Bob Woodward in the Washington Post reveals to the world that First Lady Hillary Clinton employed psychic Jean Houston to help her get in touch with her inner "Eleanor Roosevelt."

Jun 23 1997
Malcolm X's widow, Dr. Betty Shabazz, dies after three agonizing weeks in the hospital with third-degree burns covering 80% of her body. The injuries were sustained when her 12-year-old grandson set fire to the family home in Yonkers, New York.

Psychic Claims Entitlement to Cantu Reward

A psychic, Dani Pedlow from Los Angeles is demanding reward money in the Sandra Cantu case for her predictions.

Police said they had no contact with Pedlow. Tracy Sgt. Tony Sheneman said "we never reviewed or utilized any information from a psychic during this investigation."

Pedlow claims she sent a text message to a client who is a Tracy resident. Psychic said she predicted the location of the body to be found in a ravine and that she was killed in the church detectives searched.

"At the time, I hadn't ever been to Tracy and wasn't even quite sure where it was,'' Pedlow said. "I texted and e-mailed her from Las Vegas. I told her I see a barranca. I talked about a church. I told her I see the church straight across from the park, and I see water, sand and gravel. I had the sense of something being dragged.''

So far an anonymous tipster who found the suitcase has received more than $20,000 of the $30,000 reward offered by the Modesto-based Sund/Carrington Foundation.

Pedlow told reporters that she wrote a letter to the Tracy Police Department explaining her 'entitlement' to a portion of the reward money. She said police were not sure who they would give the reward money to and has since not returned her calls.

"It sounds like subterfuge," Pedlow said. "They put the brakes on. No one would respond. I understand because I live in Los Angeles, but one sentence about not having made up their minds sounds to me like they are trying to distance themselves from me."