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Woman Gets 100 Years for Cutting Baby From Womb

Apr 30, 2016 6:57 AM CDT

Woman Gets 100 Years for Cutting Baby From Womb

She didn't express remorse for horrific attack

(Newser) - A judge sentenced a Colorado woman who cut a baby from a stranger's womb to 100 years in prison, including the maximum penalties for attempted murder and unlawful termination of a pregnancy. Judge Maria Berkenkotter said the sentences were justified by the brutality of the 2015 attack , which she...

Man Gets 8 Years
for Shooting Corpse

Feb 29, 2016 7:28 AM CST

Man Gets 8 Years for Shooting Corpse

'I shot him twice, mate'

(Newser) - An Australian man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of the attempted murder of someone who was already dead, Stuff.co.nz reports. In March 2014, Rocky Matskassy, 31, was shot as he and Daniel James Darrington, 39, struggled over a gun in a home...

Woman Convicted
of Cutting Unborn
Baby From Womb

Feb 23, 2016 11:54 AM CST

Woman Convicted of Cutting Unborn Baby From Womb

Mother lived, but baby did not survive

(Newser) - Jurors have convicted a Colorado woman of cutting a stranger's baby from her womb in a gruesome case that reignited the debate over the legal rights of fetuses. The jury found Dynel Lane guilty of attempted first-degree murder, assault, and unlawful termination of a pregnancy in last year's...

Customer Follows Blood Trail Into Subway Restroom

Bloody Trail Leads
Into Subway Restroom

Feb 15, 2016 5:35 PM CST

Bloody Trail Leads Into Subway Restroom

Mary Grace Trinidad, 38, is accused of trying to murder newborn son

(Newser) - A Southern California transient is under arrest after apparently leaving her newborn baby in the toilet of a Subway restaurant's restroom, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports. According to police, a customer noticed the woman—later identified as 38-year-old Mary Grace Trinidad—bleeding as she left the restroom of...

Backpackers Escape Horrific Kidnap-Assault on Remote Beach

Backpackers
Escape Living
Nightmare on
Remote Beach

Backpackers Escape Living Nightmare on Remote Beach

Naked woman running for help had 'blood all over'

(Newser) - Two female backpackers have escaped a living nightmare near Adelaide, Australia. Police say a German and Brazilian, both in their 20s, met a man in a rural area of South Australia who drove them to a remote beach campsite in Coorong National Park on Tuesday, per 7 News and the...

Woman Tries Coat-Hanger Abortion, Is Arrested

Dec 14, 2015 5:40 AM CST

Woman Tries Coat-Hanger Abortion, Is Arrested

Anna Yocca of Tennessee faces attempted-murder charge

(Newser) - A Tennessee woman was arrested Dec. 9 for allegedly using a coat hanger to try to end her 24-week pregnancy. Anna Yocca, 31, of Murfreesboro was charged with attempted first-degree murder in the incident, which happened in September. The baby boy was saved, according to the Murfreesboro Post ; it's...

Cops Nab Man Who Tried to Execute Good Samaritan

Nov 24, 2015 2:03 AM CST

Cops Nab Man Who Tried to Execute Good Samaritan

Euric Cain, 21, is charged with attempted murder, kidnapping

(Newser) - New Orleans police say they've arrested a man accused of shooting a medical student who stopped an apparent kidnapping. A police spokesman says in a brief news release that police and federal marshals arrested 21-year-old Euric Cain of New Orleans at a house late Monday morning. He was wanted...

Man Arrested in
Stabbing of Train Hero

Nov 5, 2015 1:05 AM CST

Man Arrested in Stabbing of Train Hero

Sacramento suspect didn't know who Spencer Stone was, cops say

(Newser) - A man accused of stabbing Paris train hero Spencer Stone in the back last month has been arrested on an attempted murder charge and is being held without bail. Police in Sacramento say James Tran, a 28-year-old gang affiliate with a criminal history, was arrested early Wednesday and no other...

Cops:
Mom Forced
Son, 4, to
Eat Ant Poison

Nov 2, 2015 4:10 PM CST

Cops: Mom Forced Son, 4, to Eat Ant Poison

Paw Eh charged with attempted capital murder

(Newser) - A horrible story out of Texas, where children say their mother told them on Saturday that she planned to kill them and herself, then attempted to carry out that plan, WFAA reports. Paw Eh, 31, allegedly called her 4-year-old son to the kitchen and tried to force him to eat...

Vet, 75, Saves Kids
From Knife-Wielding Attacker

Oct 16, 2015 5:00 PM CDT

Vet, 75, Saves Kids From Knife-Wielding Attacker

He used his 50-year-old training to disarm man allegedly bent on killing children

(Newser) - A 75-year-old veteran used his Army knife-fight training to stop a man armed with two hunting knives from going after a roomful of children Tuesday at an Illinois public library, the Pekin Daily Times reports. Sixteen children were getting a chess lesson from James Vernon in a room at the...

Cop Pulls Drowning Girls From Pond;
Dad Charged

Sep 23, 2015 1:03 AM CDT

Cop Pulls Drowning Girls From Pond; Dad Charged

Suspect told 911 he had 'pedophilia things'

(Newser) - A North Carolina sheriff's deputy says he heard wailing in the darkness and plunged into an apartment complex's pond at night to rescue two young girls who, police say, had been thrown there to drown by their father. Durham County Sheriff's Deputy David Earp, who lives around...

Mom to 911: 'My Children
Are Trying to Kill Me'

Sep 8, 2015 5:45 PM CDT

Mom to 911: 'My Children Are Trying to Kill Me'

Georgia brothers charged after allegedly drugging and attacking parents

(Newser) - Two brothers allegedly tried to kill their drugged parents and burn down their home near Atlanta Saturday morning, and neither their parents nor the police have any idea why, CNN reports. Police say Cameron Ervin, 17, and Christopher Ervin, 22, slipped their parents Xanax to make them sleepy before attacking...

'Slender Man' Girls
Plead Not Guilty

Aug 21, 2015 12:21 PM CDT

'Slender Man' Girls Plead Not Guilty

They face decades in prison over attack on classmate

(Newser) - Two 13-year-old Wisconsin girls accused of luring their friend into the woods to repeatedly stab her as a sacrifice to the fictitious Slender Man character pleaded not guilty today. The teens from the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha are being tried as adults and face decades in prison if they are...

Mom Throws Baby, Self Off Bridge, Both Survive: Cops

May 4, 2015 11:17 AM CDT

Mom Throws Baby, Self Off Bridge, Both Survive: Cops

Johnesha Perry charged with attempted homicide

(Newser) - A 19-year-old Pennsylvania mom tossed her 1-year-old son off a 52-foot-high bridge into a shallow river before she jumped in, police say. Authorities believe the incident in Allentown was an attempted murder-suicide, ABC 6 reports. But both the baby and the mother are likely to survive thanks to witnesses' calls...

Dumped Newborn Survives
5 Days in Storm Drain

Nov 24, 2014 6:40 AM CST

Dumped Newborn Survives 5 Days in Storm Drain

30-year-old unnamed mother has been charged with attempted murder

(Newser) - A 30-year-old Australian woman reportedly told police she knew that tossing her newborn into a stormwater drain would lead to the boy's death. Except, unbelievably, it didn't. The unnamed woman has been charged with attempted murder after the child was found early yesterday by cyclists who heard a...

Teen Is Backed by Parents She Allegedly Plotted to Kill

Oct 24, 2014 1:35 AM CDT

Teen Is Backed by Parents She Allegedly Plotted to Kill

'Strong bond' remains, Michigan couple say

(Newser) - Roksana Sikorski stabbed her younger brother in the throat and plotted to kill her parents, prosecutors say—but her parents say they're standing by the 15-year-old and want to make sure she gets the help she needs. The Plymouth Township, Mich., teen has been charged as an adult in...

As Mom Held in Murder Try on Son, Cops Eye 2nd Kid's Death

Oct 21, 2014 12:04 PM CDT

As Mom Held in Murder Try on Son, Cops Eye 2nd Kid's Death

Woman, 19, tried to suffocate baby in video

(Newser) - A Houston mom has already been accused in the attempted murder of her baby son; now, she's also facing a probe in the death of her 20-month-old daughter, authorities say. Cynthia Kaye Wood, 19, brought the son to the hospital, saying he'd had seizures and might have epilepsy,...

Cops: Teen Reads
of 'Slender Man,'
Tries to Kill Family

Sep 5, 2014 12:35 PM CDT

Cops: Teen Reads of 'Slender Man,' Tries to Kill Family

Lily Hartwell, 14, charged with attempted murder of mom, brother

(Newser) - A 14-year-old Florida girl admitted to setting her family's house on fire early yesterday after a "Slender Man" website got her riled up, police say. Lily Hartwell allegedly told police she was reading websites about the mythical online character that "made her upset about past bullying and...

Woman Sets
Husband on Fire
... to Get His Attention

Aug 20, 2014 11:34 AM CDT

Woman Sets Husband on Fire ... to Get His Attention

Toddi Bork mad that he sprayed poison on weeds

(Newser) - An Oregon woman accused of setting her husband on fire because of an argument over weed killer is in jail on an attempted murder charge. KPTV reports an officer on patrol Friday evening saw the couple outside their Mount Angel home and initially thought there had been an accident with...

Cops: Man Strangles
Roomie Over 3 Cookies

Aug 3, 2014 3:31 PM CDT

Cops: Man Strangles Roomie Over 3 Cookies

Illinois man got mad when Chips Ahoy cookies went missing

(Newser) - A woman who ate her roommate's cookies got a little surprise Wednesday when he allegedly flew into a rage and tried strangling her, Gawker reports. Police say that Allen Hall, 23, discovered the three missing Chips Ahoy cookies eaten by his 49-year-old roommate for breakfast. He then repeatedly threatened...