Macedonian journalist Vlado Taneski reported on a series of brutal murders — but police say he was the one committing them. His articles contained details investigators had never released. After DNA ...

Vlado Taneski, 56, died several hours after being placed in prison custody, police said. He had been charged with two murders and suspected in a third.

"Police arrested Vlado Taneski, a 56-year-old man from Kicevo, a town about 120km southwest of the capital, Skopje, as the main suspect in the murder of two elderly women," Kotevski said.

Vlado Taneski was transferred to Tetovo prison Sunday after a court in the northwestern town of Gostivar ordered he be held for 30 days while police investigate, police spokesman Ivo Kotevski said.

Vlado Taneski, 56, had been charged with two murders and was being investigated for the death of another woman and the disappearance of a fourth.

A Macedonian journalist has been charged in the slayings of two elderly women -- crimes he wrote about for his newspaper -- and police said they were investigating his possible involvement in a ...

6/22/2008 SKOPJE, Macedonia Vlado Taneski was transferred to Tetovo prison Sunday after a court in the northwestern town of Gostivar ordered he be held for 30 days while police investigate, police ...

SKOPJE, Macedonia -- A journalist has been charged with killing two elderly women -- crimes he wrote about for his newspaper -- and police said Sunday they were investigating his possible ...