Husband charged with murder after wife’s body is found buried in his back yard two decades after she ‘ran away from home’
A man has been charged with murdering his wife after her body was found buried beneath his shed 21 years after she went missing. Christine Jarrett was said to have fled home in 1991 with $4,000 in cash after kissing goodbye to her two young children. But the mystery of her disappearance, which took many [...]
Mother, 25, ‘drowned her 15-month-old son in the bathtub’ after break up from his father
An Iowa woman has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder for the death of her 15-month old son. Police believe Ashley Cameron, 25, of Onawa, Iowa, intentionally drowned her little boy Markis Dahms in the bathtub in February. Cameron is being held on $1,000,000 bail in the Monona County Jail. On the evening of [...]
Judge sentences Mormon girl, 19, to life in prison for beating girl, 16, to death with shovel
A Mormon teenager has been sentenced to life behind bars for helping her boyfriend beat his ex-girlfriend to death with a shovel in a crime the judge branded ‘as violent as I’ve ever seen’. Toni Fratto, who will be eligible for parole in 10 years, avoided a death sentence by entering a plea deal in [...]
Military doctor ‘shot dead girlfriend AND his colleague’ before turning weapon on himself
A military doctor who allegedly killed his girlfriend, a colleague, and then himself, is said to have been erratic, unstable and a heavy drinker. Dr. Giocondo Navek, 39, ambushed Dr. Payman Houshmandpour, 32, in his car outside his home in a Philadelphia suburb as he was leaving for work on the morning of April 12. [...]
Woman ‘murdered her husband and buried his body in backyard’ because she was ‘tired’ of taking care of him
A Florida woman stands accused of fast forwarding her marriage vows — jumping straight to the ‘until death do us part’ bit. Barbara Scott, 64, allegedly murdered her husband and buried his body in their herb garden because she was ‘tired’ of looking after him. Police say she blasted 78-year old Benny in the head in January [...]
‘He always had a smile on his face’: Family’s shock as ‘happy’ newlywed husband, 43, shoots dead wife, 40, in murder suicide
A newlywed couple described as ‘happy’ by friends have been found dead in their home after the husband shot his wife dead before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder suicide. A co-worker found Todd Vogel, 43, and Lori Levangie, 40, unconscious inside their home in Hopkinton, Massachusetts shortly after 8.30 a.m. on [...]
Manhunt for escaped murderer who killed his bigamous wife’s OTHER husband
A man convicted of gunning down a love rival in a bizarre bigamy case is on the run after escaping from minimum-security Alabama prison. Timothy Richards apparently slipped out of State Cattle Ranch, a prison farm in Greensboro, early Sunday. He was found missing from his bunk during an inmate headcount taken at 1.30am. At [...]
Woman tells of terror after husband who shot her in their bedroom and watched her bleed is jailed for 38 years
A man who shot his wife in the back of the neck and left her bleeding in their bedroom after refusing to call an ambulance has been jailed for 38 years. Colorado resident Robert Cash was sentenced on Friday for crimes against his wife that Judge Shelley Hill described as unthinkable and tantamount to torture. [...]
Washington State trooper arrested for investigation of domestic violence
Police have arrested a Washington state trooper in connection with a domestic violence incident. Jeff T. Muren, 37, appeared in court on Tuesday. He is being held for investigation of assault. According to the statement of probable cause, Muren’s alleged victim called Monroe police on Sunday and said Muren had assaulted her about a month [...]
Couple separate after just four days as jealous husband beats up wife and smashes all their presents ‘for flirting with the best man’
This is the unhappy couple who split after just four days of marriage, when the groom accused his bride of flirting with the best man, then beat her up and smashed all their presents. Tammy Driver, 21, and Nicky Pearce, 29, separated upon returning from their honeymoon weekend, following a violent row at their home [...]
It’s got to be Whitey: Bellevue man killed his wife with a hatchet
BELLEVUE, Wash. – A 71-year-old man who confessed to killing his wife Friday told Bellevue police he was tired of her verbal abuse so he hacked her to death with a hatchet, officials said. Police revealed the motive and cause of death Saturday as the investigation into the incident entered its second day. The investigation [...]
Ex-boyfriend of missing Fla. cadet Kelly Rothwell arrested in New York, authorities say
BATH, N.Y. – State police in New York have arrested the ex-boyfriend of missing Florida police cadet on an unrelated larceny charge. Pictures: Missing Fla. police cadet David Perry was arrested at his home in Elmira on Tuesday, just one day after the one-year anniversary of Kelly Rothwell’s disappearance from her Fla. home, reports CBS [...]