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Cops: Cut From Will, She Killed Dad and His Girlfriend

Sherry Heffernan charged with fatally stabbing John Enders, Francoise Pitoy

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania woman charged Tuesday with murdering her 87-year-old father and his girlfriend of 15 years had just been removed from his will, a friend of the couple told police. Sherry Lee Heffernan, 55, allegedly drove an RV from her home in Landenberg, Pa., to her father's property in...

Cold Case Team: We've ID'd the Zodiac Killer

Police aren't so sure, say case remains open

(Newser) - While one codebreaker claims the Zodiac killer's own cyphers identifies him as a known suspect , a team of 40 former law enforcement investigators say physical and forensic evidence points to a different person. The so-called Case Breakers say they've identified a former US airman and house painter from...

Man Arrested for Murder After Cops Check His Ankle Monitor

Body of Armando Zamora's wife was found in Gila National Forest

(Newser) - A New Mexico man on probation who had to wear an ankle bracelet to monitor his movements has been arrested in the murder of his wife with an ax after authorities used data from the bracelet to find her body in a national forest where the couple went to cut...

100-Year-Old Former SS Guard Allegedly Helped Kill Thousands

Josef S. hides his face as trial begins in Germany

(Newser) - A man about to turn 101 is the oldest defendant yet to stand trial for allegedly aiding in the murder of prisoners at a German concentration camp almost 80 years ago. The former guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin, who can only be identified as Josef S. due...

Cops: Man Killed Pharmacist Brother Over COVID Vaccine

Jeffrey Burnham allegedly fatally shot Brian and Kelly Sue Robinette to death in their home

(Newser) - Police say a Maryland man's paranoia over the COVID vaccine led him to murder three people, including his brother—a pharmacist who doled out the vaccine. The Baltimore Sun cites charging documents filed Wednesday in the case of Jeffrey Burnham, who allegedly told his elderly mother, whom he lived...

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Life Will Mean Life for Sarah Everard Killer

Wayne Couzens given whole-life tariff

(Newser) - Update: Former Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens has been given the longest sentence possible under British law for the murder of Sarah Everard. After a two-day hearing that involved harrowing details of Everard's final hours and devastating victim impact statements from her family, the 48-year-old was sentenced to a...

Woman Orchestrated Husband's Killing in 'Depraved' Plot: Feds

Jennifer Faith allegedly posed as husband to convince boyfriend to kill him

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors say a Texas woman impersonated her husband as part of a "depraved and calculated" scheme to convince a former lover to murder the man. Jennifer Faith, 49, has been charged with murder-for-hire in the Oct. 9, 2020 killing of Jamie Faith outside their Dallas home, WFAA reports....

FBI Says Homicide Rate Soared 30% in 2020

That's the biggest single-year increase on record

(Newser) - Last year was exceptionally deadly in more ways than one. According to the latest statistics from the FBI, the homicide rate soared almost 30% in 2020, the biggest year-on-year increase since the agency started keeping national records in the 1960s, the Hill reports. The overall violent crime rate was up...

Apparent Victim of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer ID'd

It took 44 years to name Clara Birdlong

(Newser) - Authorities have identified a woman found dead in Mississippi 44 years ago, who is believed to be yet another victim of America's most prolific serial killer. Samuel Little, who died in a California prison in January , was convicted of three murders in 2014, but later confessed to killing 93...

Killer Put Away for Life Dead in Apparent Suicide

Judge said Kenneth Gleason, murderer of 2 Black men in Louisiana, couldn't be rehabilitated

(Newser) - A white man convicted of the random killing of two Black men in Baton Rouge, La., in 2017 reportedly died by suicide just as he was starting a life sentence. Authorities say Kenneth Gleason, 27, was discovered dead early Wednesday in his cell at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola,...

Father, Son Will Stand Trial in Kristin Smart Case

Paul Flores allegedly killed student in 1996

(Newser) - In the 25 years since Kristin Smart disappeared, the last person seen with her has been described as a person of interest, then a suspect, then a prime suspect, per the Los Angeles Times . Now, Paul Flores will be a defendant in a murder trial. San Luis Obispo Superior Court...

Investigators: Suspect's Bloody License Left in SUV With Bodies

Dad says Antoine Suggs 'snapped'

(Newser) - An Arizona man who allegedly told his father he "snapped and shot a couple of people" was charged Tuesday with murder, about a week after four bodies were found in an abandoned SUV in a cornfield in western Wisconsin, according to a criminal complaint. Antoine Suggs, 38, of Scottsdale,...

15 Years After Murder of 'Canes Star, Teammate Is Arrested

Rashaun Jones pleads not guilty in 2006 slaying of University of Miami player Bryan Pata

(Newser) - Update: A former player on the University of Miami football team has pleaded not guilty to killing a teammate in 2006. Raushan Jones, 35, is currently charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of Bryan Pata, 22, though that could eventually be bumped up to a first-degree count. Our original...

Teen on Joyride Allegedly Killed Runner, Then Laughed About It

15-year-old charged in juvenile court with felony murder of Greg Moore

(Newser) - A 15-year-old girl took her godmother's vehicle out for a joyride without permission, then decided to "scare" a runner by hitting and ultimately killing him, according to prosecutors in Washington state, who've filed criminal charges of second-degree felony murder and felony hit-and-run. Charging documents allege the 15-year-old...

Murder Verdict Reversed in Justine Damond Case

Minnesota Supreme Court rules the charge against ex-cop didn't fit the circumstances

(Newser) - The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed the third-degree murder conviction of a former Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot an Australian woman in 2017, saying the charge doesn't fit the circumstances in this case. Mohamed Noor was convicted of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of...

Wife: Cops Are Concealing Firefighter's Murder in Mexico

Elijah Snow, found dead in a hotel window, appeared to have been beaten

(Newser) - Mexican authorities said Elijah Snow, a Texas firefighter on a trip to Cancun for his 10th wedding anniversary, died when he became stuck in a small hotel window . But his wife believes police are covering up his murder. Speaking Monday on the Season 20 premiere of Dr. Phil , Jamie Snow...

Gunman 'Tortured' 11-Year-Old, Who Outsmarted Him: Sheriff

Girl saw family murdered, then faced an interrogation, say authorities

(Newser) - A Florida couple and two children huddled together in the bathroom of their home, terrified. An intruder had just shot the woman's 62-year-old mother and the family dog, and now he was outside the door, per Fox News . Gaining entry, the intruder pulled away an 11-year-old girl before shooting...

Family Returns From Vacation to Find Mom Murdered

LAPD investigating homicide of Virginia 'Gina' Cantero

(Newser) - A man and his three teenage children went to Mexico for Labor Day weekend, returning Tuesday night to their California home to a horrifying scene: The children's mother, Virginia "Gina" Cantero, had been murdered. Police believe Cantero, who was estranged from her husband, the children's father, had...

First His Wife and Son Were Killed, Now He's Been Shot

Prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was shot in the head on a lonely road

(Newser) - The murder of a prominent South Carolina attorney's wife and son has gone nearly twelve weeks without any arrests but there's new startling twist: the attorney himself was shot in the head Saturday after experiencing car trouble on the side of the road. Per the New York Times...

Killer Gets Life Without Parole in Slaying of Mollie Tibbetts

Cristhian Bahena Rivera says nothing in Iowa courtroom as he's sentenced

(Newser) - "You, and you alone, forever changed the lives of those who loved Mollie Tibbetts," a judge told Cristhian Bahena Rivera in an Iowa courtroom on Monday. "And for that, you and you alone will receive the following sentence." Judge Joel Yates then imposed a sentence of...

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