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Only Soldier Charged in Bloody Sunday Murders Is Acquitted

Judge cites lack of evidence in high-profile civil rights case regarding 'Soldier F'

(Newser) - An ex-British paratrooper known only as "Soldier F" has been acquitted in Belfast Crown Court of two murders and five attempted murders related to the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry. Soldier F was accused of killing James Wray and William McKinney and attempting to kill five others during...

Lawmaker Outs Suspect in 1970 Case of Missing British Toddler

Brother says police believe man dubbed 'Mercury' assaulted and killed 3-year-old Cheryl Grimmer

(Newser) - More than 50 years after 3-year-old Cheryl Grimmer vanished from an Australian beach, a key person of interest in the case has been named in parliament, reigniting calls for justice in the decades-old mystery, per the BBC . The British toddler disappeared in 1970 from Fairy Meadow beach in Wollongong, where...

GoFundMe Message Leads to Man Accused of Killing Friend

Mexican citizen's photo led to arrest of Michael Arredondo, wanted in Arizona since 2017

(Newser) - A woman in Arizona says her family is a step closer to justice for her murdered brother, found with more than 30 stab wounds in the desert outside Phoenix in 2017. The victim, 25-year-old Evin Paulos, was last seen riding in a vehicle with Michael Anthony Arredondo, a former neighbor...

Deadline Set for Retrial or Release in Etan Patz Case

2017 conviction overturned due to jury instructions in decades-old case

(Newser) - A federal judge ruled Thursday that Pedro Hernandez, the man convicted in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, must be retried by June 2026 or released from custody. Hernandez, 64, was found guilty of kidnapping and murder in 2017 after confessing to luring Etan into the basement of a...

Father Confesses to Killing Infant Son
Father
Admits Killing
Missing Infant
Oct 17, 2025 12:53 PM CDT

Father Admits Killing Missing Infant

Jake Haro pleads guilty in death of 7-month-old Emmanuel

(Newser) - The mystery of what happened to a missing California infant is finally over: The father of Emmanuel Haro pleaded guilty on Thursday to murdering his 7-month-old son, reports the Los Angeles Times . Jake Haro, 32, admitted to charges including child assault leading to death and filing a false police...

Woman Guilty of Killing Boy, 3, in Grocery Store Parking Lot

Bionca Ellis injured boy's mother in Ohio attack

(Newser) - A jury has found an Ohio woman guilty in the fatal stabbing of a 3-year-old boy as he sat in a grocery cart outside a supermarket in suburban Cleveland. Bionca Ellis, 34, of Cleveland, will be sentenced Oct. 27 by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John Russo, who can choose...

After 3 Decades on Death Row, Miss. Executes Student's Killer

Kristy Ray, 20, was abducted, raped, and killed in 1993

(Newser) - A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping, and killing a 20-year-old community college student in 1993 was executed Wednesday after spending more than 30 years on death row. Charles Crawford, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:15pm following an injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, the AP reports....

Pedophile Rock Star Murdered in Prison

Former Lostprophets singer was serving 29-year sentence for child sex offenses

(Newser) - Two men have been charged with murdering Ian Watkins, the disgraced former frontman of rock band Lostprophets, who died following an attack inside Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire, England, over the weekend. Rashid Gedel, 25, and Samuel Dodsworth, 43, allegedly stabbed Ian Watkins in an ambush Saturday morning, the...

Cops: Woman Fatally Shot in Argument Over 'Thank You'
Dallas Woman Killed After
Argument Over 'Thank You'
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Oct 12, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

Dallas Woman Killed After Argument Over 'Thank You'

Police say victim was annoyed that woman didn't thank her for holding door open

(Newser) - A fatal shooting outside a PetSmart store in Dallas began as an argument over not saying thank you, according to an arrest affidavit. Police say the incident started after 41-year-old Cecilia Simpson became upset when 22-year-old Keona Hampton didn't acknowledge her for holding open a door at a nearby...

Exhumed Body, DNA Wrap Up 61-Year-Old Murder Case in NY

Albany police now say late Joseph Nowakowski raped, killed Catherine Blackburn in 1964

(Newser) - Authorities in New York's capital have identified the man they say raped, stabbed, and bludgeoned to death a woman inside her home more than 60 years ago. Officials linked DNA from Joseph Nowakowski, who died in 1998, to the killing of 50-year-old Catherine Blackburn in September 1964, Albany Police...

Arrest Made 4 Months After Teens Killed on Camping Trip

Phoenix high school students were shot in remote part of national forest

(Newser) - An arrest has been made more than four months after two Arizona teenagers were murdered in a remote part of Tonto National Forest. In a Facebook post , the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said Thomas Brown, 31, had been arrested in connection with the killings of Evan Clark, 17, and...

Teen Faces 97 Years in Killing of His Brother's Family

Sentencing set for New Hampshire's Eric Sweeney, who shot Kassandra Sweeney, her two young sons

(Newser) - A young man from New Hampshire who was 16 when he killed his sister-in-law and two young nephews deserves at least 97 years in prison, prosecutors are telling a judge Friday. Eric Sweeney, now 19, had been living with his older brother's family in Northfield for three years when...

Teen Charged With Running Down Girl He Was Stalking, Friend

17-year-old facing 2 charges of first-degree murder after hit-and-run in Cranford

(Newser) - A New Jersey teen is facing two counts of first-degree murder after allegedly plowing his vehicle into two girls riding an e-bike, one of whom had reportedly taken out a restraining order against him. A black 2021 Jeep Compass struck the victims on a residential street in Cranford around...

The Murder That Haunted Robert Redford Is Still Unsolved
The Murder
That Haunted
Robert Redford
Is Still Unsolved
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Sep 27, 2025 6:00 AM CDT

The Murder That Haunted Robert Redford Is Still Unsolved

FBI renews reward for fugitive accused in 1983 killing of actor's daughter's boyfriend

(Newser) - The passing of Robert Redford has brought renewed attention to a decades-old mystery: the unsolved murder of his daughter's boyfriend—and the fugitive suspect who vanished without a trace. In 1983, Redford's daughter, Shauna, was dating Sid Wells, a University of Colorado Boulder student who was shot...

Cops: Cold-Case Rapist Is Also Cold-Case Killer

Connecticut inmate charged with murdering woman in 1973

(Newser) - A man with a lengthy criminal history has been charged with the 1973 killing of a woman in Connecticut, a few years after receiving a 25-year sentence in another cold case for kidnapping and sexual assault, police said Thursday. George Legere, 77, who is incarcerated at a maximum-security state prison,...

Her Alleged Scheme: Tease Sex and Drugs, Then Rob and Kill

Prosecutors say 3 men died at Tabitha Bundrick's hands after drug-fueled robberies

(Newser) - A New York City woman is facing murder charges after prosecutors say she lured men with promises of sex and drugs, then robbed them and left them to die. Tabitha Bundrick, already serving a 13-year federal sentence for narcotics offenses tied to the same deaths, appeared in New York...

Big Win for Man Who Claims Cops Framed Him for Murder

Maurice Hastings awarded largest wrongful conviction settlement in California history

(Newser) - An innocent man who spent 38 years behind bars in California was awarded $25 million in what his lawyers called the largest wrongful conviction settlement in state history. The settlement was reached in August, according to court documents made public on Monday, per the AP . Maurice Hastings, 72, was convicted...

Judge Guilty of Murdering Wife
California Judge
Sentenced to 35 Years
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Sep 17, 2025 6:00 PM CDT

California Judge Sentenced to 35 Years

Prosecutors say Jeffrey Ferguson shot his wife after an argument

(Newser) - A 74-year-old judge in Southern California found guilty in April of killing his wife has been sentenced to 35 years to life in state prison, only slightly below the 40 years-to-life maximum. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson received 15 years to life in prison for second-degree murder, with...

Cops: Woman, 95, Killed Nursing Home Roommate

89-year-old woman was beaten to death in Brooklyn elder care facility

(Newser) - A 95-year-old woman has been charged with murder after her 89-year-old roommate was found dead in a Brooklyn nursing home. Police arrived at Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center late Sunday night to discover Nina Kravtsov unresponsive and bloodied, with visible injuries to her face and head, the New York ...

Terrorism Charges Against Luigi Mangione Thrown Out

But New York court lets the murder count stand

(Newser) - A judge on Monday dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in New York state's case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but he kept the state's second-degree murder charges. Mangione's lawyers argued that the New York case and a parallel federal death-penalty prosecution amounted to...

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