Man Convicted Of Murdering Wife And Baby Loses Appeal
The highest court in Massachusetts rejected the appeal of a British man convicted of killing his wife and baby daughter in their rented home, saying in its decision released Tuesday that warrantless searches of the home were justified because those inside might have been in danger. In arguing for a new trial, lawyers for Neil [...]
Manhunt Ends With Police Capturing Man Accused Of Strangling Girlfriend
ASHLAND, Ohio — Authorities in Ohio say a man suspected of killing his on-and-off girlfriend during a vacation to North Carolina’s Outer Banks is in custody after a monthlong nationwide manhunt. The U.S. Marshals Service said Wednesday that Nathan Summerfield was under arrest. They didn’t immediately say where Summerfield was apprehended. Summerfield was wanted on [...]
Oklahoma Man Executed For Killing Cynthia Lynn Jarman, Her Children
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma death row inmate who tried to delay his execution by challenging the state’s lethal injection method was executed Tuesday evening just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to step in. Michael Hooper, convicted for the December 1993 shooting deaths of his former girlfriend and her two young children, received [...]
Boyfriend ‘killed and sawed apart his ex-lover then disposed of body parts in cement buckets’
An Oklahoma man accused of murdering the ex-boyfriend of his girlfriend and then dismembering the corpse has been refused bail. A Garvin County judge denied bond Tuesday for Justin Hammer, who is charged with first-degree murder in the August 7 death of Brandon Duran. Hammer has pleaded not guilty and claims he was acting in [...]
Teenage uncle ‘beat five-year-old niece to death with a sickle and dumped her body in family garage’
An 18-year-old used a sickle to beat his five-year-old niece to death before stuffing her body in a plastic container in the family garage, authorities said. Matthew Kaleb Pierson has been charged with murder after he confessed to killing Jada Beth Williams with the farming blade which is used to slice grass and weeds. A preliminary [...]
Woman Accused Of Murdering Husband, Fleeing With 3 Children
A California woman has been arrested after allegedly murdering her husband and fleeing with their three children one week after filing for divorce. Julie Harper, 39, turned herself in to the police from her father’s home in San Diego Wednesday, less than a day after police found the body of her schoolteacher husband, Jason Harper, [...]
Grandmother’s Lover Charged With Girl’s Murder
LONDON (AP) — The partner of the grandmother of a missing British schoolgirl was charged Saturday with the 12-year-old’s murder, police said. The charge came as police apologized to Tia Sharp’s mother after they failed to find the girl’s body in her grandmother’s house the first three times they searched it. Scotland Yard blamed [...]
3 shot dead – including a police officer – and three injured after gunman opens fire at Texas A&M University
A Texas constable and two others were shot dead Monday in about a half an hour of gunfire near Texas A&M University, police said. Scott McCollum, assistant chief with the College Station police department, told reporters Monday afternoon that the three people killed were the constable, the man authorities say exchanged gunfire with law enforcement [...]
Couple ‘bound, gagged, tortured and killed mother, 41, before dumping body in woods’
A couple bound, gagged, tortured and ultimately killed a 41-year-old woman during an attempted drug robbery. Joshua Lemel Gibson, 33, and his girlfriend Frances Renne Gibson, 26, had been partying with Jennifer Rado at their home in the 1900 block of Needle Palm Drive in Edgewater, Florida, on July 17, 2011. The couple allegedly tried [...]
Woman jailed after giving birth during prison visit and suffocating baby girl by putting toilet paper in her mouth
A woman who stuffed toilet paper into the mouth of her newborn baby then left her to die in a prison toilet bin has pleaded guilty to first degree- manslaughter. Ashley Nicole Cox was visiting an inmate, believed to be her boyfriend, at a men’s prison in Oldham County, Kentucky, when she gave birth to [...]
Babysitter ‘murdered three-month-old by slamming her head on table when she became fussy during diaper change’
A babysitter from suburban Illinois has been charged with killing a three-month-old baby girl who was in her care by slamming her head down on a wooden table after the child became fussy, according to police. Prosecutors said Sarah Gumm, of Waukegan, was trying to change Rylan Koopmeiners’ diaper and became frustrated when the little [...]
Ex-cop, 58, who beat his wife to death with a hammer and hid her body in their garage for SIX WEEKS is jailed for life
A former police officer has been sentenced to 16 years-to-life behind bars for beating his wife to death with a hammer and then storing her dead body in their garage for six weeks. Gary Stroud, 58, pleaded guilty last month to charges that he repeatedly beat his 53-year-old wife Diane in the head with the [...]
Elderly Man Guilty Of Shooting Local Teacher Over Farm Equipment
An 82-year-old Minnesotan father pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Timothy Larson, a local teacher, after the two argued over $50. Delbert Huber, along with his son, 45-year-old Timothy Huber, visited Larson’s farm in Belgrade, Minn., after Timothy was hired to complete chores on the property. Timothy and his father felt some of the chores were [...]
Mother found guilty of MURDER after leaving her two-year-old to die in hot car (and now she faces 35 years in jail)
A jury in Jefferson County has convicted a 29-year-old mother of murder after leaving her two-year-old son to die in a sweltering car while she was unconscious through drug abuse in her apartment. Despite frequent interruptions in the six-day trial, where Mollie Shouse was too overcome with emotion for proceedings to continue, the jury took [...]
2 arrested in fatal shooting at Surprise, Arizona home
Police in Surprise have arrested two people in a shooting that killed one person and severely injured another. Surprise police said they arrested 28-year-old Stephanie Conley and 28-year-old Jesse Gillen. When police arrived, they found two men inside on the floor and a firearm and two knives. One of the suspects died and the homeowner was airlifted to the hospital in [...]
Rebekah Mellon Was Caught on Video Shooting Her Husband in the Head
It turns out there’s more evidence leading police to believe Rebekah Mellon murdered her husband Tuesday night at their home in the Willo neighborhood — the whole shooting was recorded on video. Mellon made her initial appearance in court yesterday, and a prosecutor explained that he got word from the Phoenix Police Department that the [...]