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Doctor, Husband Murdered
at University's Arboretum

Apr 3, 2020 6:35 AM CDT

Doctor, Husband Murdered at University's Arboretum

Police say it wasn't a random act of violence

(Newser) - The University of Wisconsin, Madison's police force has opened what it says is its first murder case in "a very long time." Police say Dr. Beth Potter and her husband, Robin Carre, were found in a ditch at the university's arboretum by a jogger early Tuesday...

Court: 4 Men Jailed in Murder
of WSJ Reporter Are Innocent

Apr 2, 2020 9:40 AM CDT

Court: 4 Men Jailed in Murder of WSJ Reporter Are Innocent

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, 3 others could go free in Pakistan

(Newser) - The four men jailed in Pakistan for the 2002 kidnapping and beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl are set to walk free. British national Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh has been awaiting the outcome of an appeal since he was sentenced to death for murder, terrorism, and kidnapping for...

'Killer' Paroled After 32 Years: 'I Didn't Do It'

After 32 Years,
Convict Walks
Into Pandemic

Apr 1, 2020 5:40 PM CDT

After 32 Years, Convict Walks Into Pandemic

But Joe Bryan is just 'thankful' to be free

(Newser) - "Just don't be hugging everybody," a correctional officer advised Joe Bryan shortly before the 79-year-old walked out of Texas State Penitentiary for the first time in 32 years on Tuesday. It was well-meaning advice in the midst of a pandemic. But "that is like telling a...

Cops Wrongly Claimed He
Killed His Wife. Now They'll Pay

Mar 31, 2020 10:45 AM CDT

Cops Wrongly Claimed He Killed His Wife. Now They'll Pay

Russell Faria, to be awarded $2M, has a suspect in mind

(Newser) - A Missouri sheriff's department has reportedly reached a $2 million settlement with a man who spent three years in prison for his wife's murder before his conviction was overturned. An insurance company will cover the payment to a "thrilled" Russell Faria, according to his lawyers, one of...

He Shot Their Teacher in 1978. Their Lives Were Never the Same

Inside an 8th Grader's
Murder of an Austin Teacher

Inside an 8th Grader's Murder of an Austin Teacher

'Texas Monthly' delves into the 1978 killing of Rod Grayson

(Newser) - A wrong number led, 20 years later, to Robert Draper's extensive Texas Monthly piece on "the school shooting that Austin forgot." It was 1999 when John Ray was trying to find an old classmate named Rob Draper and instead got in touch with Robert Draper, an Austin...

Burned Skull of
Teen Mom Missing
Since 2010 Turns Up

Mar 26, 2020 10:30 AM CDT

Burned Skull of Teen Mom Missing Since 2010 Turns Up

Prosecutor says 'multiple witnesses ... ought to be pretty nervous' in case of Paige Johnson

(Newser) - The remains of a teenage mother who disappeared in Kentucky nearly a decade ago have been found across the state line in Ohio. Paige Johnson was just 17 when she vanished in Covington on Sept. 23, 2010, after going to a party with friends. Various searches failed to turn up...

Cops: 23 Years Later, Killer
Returns for Victim's Daughter

Mar 26, 2020 9:45 AM CDT

Cops: 23 Years Later, Killer Returns for Victim's Daughter

Travis Lewis is dead along with his latest victim, say deputies

(Newser) - It was Sept. 10, 1996, when a man entered a home on Arkansas' Horseshoe Lake, fatally shooting two inhabitants, Sally Snowden McKay and her nephew, Lee Baker. More than 23 years later, deputies say the same man returned to kill again. Travis Lewis, paroled in 2018, killed McKay's daughter,...

Appeals Court Slams
Jodi Arias Prosecutor

Mar 25, 2020 3:26 AM CDT

Appeals Court Slams Jodi Arias Prosecutor

But she's still guilty of murder, Arizona court says

(Newser) - The Arizona Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld Jodi Arias’ first-degree murder conviction and life prison sentence in the 2008 killing of her former boyfriend. Arias' lawyers had argued that a prosecutor's misconduct and a judge's failure to control news coverage during the case deprived her of the...

After 4 Years, Remains
of Missing Fla. Girl Found

Mar 18, 2020 4:09 AM CDT

After 4 Years, Remains of Missing Fla. Girl Found

Prosecutors will seek death penalty in Diana Alvarez murder case

(Newser) - Four years after she disappeared from her Florida home in the middle of the night, the body of 9-year-old Diana Alvarez has been found. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office tells the Daily Beast that the girl's remains were found by surveyors in a wooded area of Osceola County....

Teen's 911 Call Amid Shooting:
'Oh, My God. Blood Everywhere'

Mar 17, 2020 7:37 AM CDT

Teen's 911 Call Amid Shooting: 'Oh, My God. Blood Everywhere'

Sheriff: NC man Larry Don Ray shot and killed 6 family members, then himself

(Newser) - A frantic 911 call from a trapped teen led cops in North Carolina to a gruesome scene with seven members of a family dead—and it appears one shot and killed the other six before fatally shooting himself. WNCN reports that deputies responded to a "shots fired" call around...

Coronavirus Has Now Delayed
an Infamous Murder Trial

Mar 16, 2020 12:03 AM CDT

Coronavirus Has Now Delayed an Infamous Murder Trial

Robert Durst trial is now postponed in LA at least until April 6

(Newser) - The trial of Robert Durst has become another coronavirus casualty. Los Angeles County Superior Court Mark E. Windham says the murder trial of the real estate heir will be adjourned until at least April 6. The superior court's presiding judge said Sunday that new civil and criminal trials will...

Arrest in Murder Case
Comes After Odd Offer

Arrest in Murder Case Comes After Odd Offer

Woman was trying to sell victims' pickup for $200, explaining why they didn't need it

(Newser) - Police have made three arrests in the murder of a couple who were killed in their own bed near Haines City, Fla., and the break in the case came in a strange way—involving a $200 offer for the victims' truck. Coverage:

The murders: Between two and three weeks ago,

...

Durst Plotted to Kill
Brother, Too: Prosecutors

Mar 10, 2020 3:33 PM CDT

Durst Plotted to Kill Brother, Too: Prosecutors

He allegedly used 'Igor' as code for murder

(Newser) - "I was planning on Igor-ing BM." So said Robert Durst in a jailhouse phone call in 2001, a recording played during his murder trial Monday. Deputy District Attorney John Lewin explained to jurors that "BM" referred to his brother, Douglas, and "Igor-ing" was his code for...

Gannon Stauch's
Dad Files for
Divorce

Mar 9, 2020 4:40 PM CDT

Gannon Stauch's Dad Files for Divorce

Boy's stepmom is charged with his murder

(Newser) - Gannon Stauch's father filed for divorce from the boy's stepmom days after she was arrested for the Colorado 11-year-old's alleged murder . Eugene Albert Stauch, 37, filed for divorce from Letecia Stauch, 36, on Thursday, People reports. Letecia Stauch was extradited from South Carolina, where she was initially...

Ski Legend
Charged With
Murder

Mar 9, 2020 12:32 PM CDT

Ski Legend Charged With Murder

Dean Cummings arrested last week in New Mexico

(Newser) - Dean Cummings is being described as a " ski celebrity ," a " skiing legend ," a " big mountain pioneer " ... and an accused murderer. As Outside Online reports, Cummings, a former US Ski Team member, went a bit off the grid after winning Powder’s Line of the...

Lawyer Claims Dulos Found
Bloody Clothes on His Porch

Mar 5, 2020 4:07 AM CST

Lawyer Claims Dulos Found Bloody Clothes on His Porch

Judge rejects request for a posthumous trial

(Newser) - Fotis Dulos had a good explanation for why he was caught on surveillance video dumping his estranged wife's bloody clothes in trash cans on the day she disappeared, according to the dead murder suspect's lawyer. Norm Pattis said Wednesday that Dulos—who declared his innocence in a note...

World's Biggest Meat Company
Tied to 'Cattle Laundering'

Mar 4, 2020 9:07 AM CST

World's Biggest Meat Company Tied to 'Cattle Laundering'

JBS linked to farms owned by a possibly murderous fugitive

(Newser) - An investigation has linked the world's largest meat processing company to a farm run by a man accused of ordering a brutal massacre in Brazil. Valdelir João de Souza has been on the run since the April 2017 Colniza massacre, in which nine men were shot and stabbed...

Gannon's Mom on Stepmom's
Arrest: 'She Will Pay 100%'

Mar 2, 2020 3:21 PM CST

Gannon's Mom on Stepmom's Arrest: 'She Will Pay 100%'

Letecia Stauch arrested in connection with disappearance of Gannon Stauch, 11

(Newser) - The stepmother of Gannon Stauch, the Colorado 11-year-old missing since Jan. 27 , has been arrested on suspicion of murdering the boy. No body has been found, but authorities say they believe Gannon Stauch is dead. Letecia Stauch told investigators she last saw her stepson at home before he left in...

Teen 'Died in a House Fire'
—Until Cops Pulled Her Over

Mar 1, 2020 4:00 PM CST

Teen 'Died in a House Fire' —Until Cops Pulled Her Over

Candace Walton, 16, has been charged with arson and murder

(Newser) - A Georgia teen who appeared dead in a fire turned out to be alive and well—and now faces murder and arson charges, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The tale began when authorities responded to a raging house fire in Monroe County early Thursday and identified two bodies inside as Candace...

'They Had a Great Marriage.'
Now a Murder Charge

'They Had a Great Marriage.' Now a Murder Charge

Idaho woman charged with killing hubby as embezzlement allegations came to light

(Newser) - She said her husband fell overboard while the couple were taking in the sunrise from the middle of a chilly Idaho lake on Feb. 13, 2018. Two years later, police say Lori Isenberg in fact killed her husband, Larry, on the same day she was accused of embezzling $500,000...

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