Homicide

U.S. 07/29/21, 01:56

An ex-babysitter in Texas is facing a first-degree murder charge after the man whom she shook as a baby died after 35 years of struggling with the permanent brain damage caused by the incident.  The woman, now 59, Terry McKirchy from Sugar Land, was arrested on July 2 following an indictment ...

U.S. 07/21/21, 23:54

The body of an 80-year-old man in pants was found dead in the hallway of a Staten Island apartment building with the words, “I touch little girls" written on his chest, confirmed police on Tuesday, July 21.  The deceased was identified as Robert Raynor, a resident who lived in an apartment ...

D.C. 06/29/21, 21:28

Several Democratic Party-ruled cities across the nation experienced a surge in homicides in the past year. Crime data shows many cases disproportionately affected African Americans. Black people represented a substantial number of murder victims in six major cities in the first six months of 2021, compared to the same time last ...

U.S. 06/12/21, 17:45

A mother and son from one of South Carolina's most prominent families were found shot to death on their family’s land this week, police reported. Maggie Murdaugh and her son Paul (middle) were both found shot dead. (Facebook) According to a statement from the sheriff's office, deputies in Colleton County discovered the ...

U.S. 12/04/20, 03:29

Lawyers representing a northern Illinois teen accused of fatally shooting anti-police demonstrators failed in their bid to have multiple charges dropped. Kenosha County Court Commissioner Loren Keating has ordered Antioch, Illinois, teen Kyle Rittenhouse to stand trial on all six charges, including first-degree intentional homicide. "Judge has ordered Kyle Rittenhouse to stand ...

U.S. 10/31/19, 03:44

Despite the official ruling that disgraced financier and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein killed himself by hanging in a Manhattan prison cell on Aug. 10, not everyone remains convinced his death was a suicide. There was no suicide watch, no working videotapes, his cellmate pulled away from the cell a few days before, ...

U.S. 10/21/19, 08:33

Authorities are searching for a man in connection with a double homicide of a pair of siblings, who are related to him, on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 20. A brother and sister, William Gess, Jr., 60, and Sharon Gess, 48, were found dead in a home on their property in Notasulga, Alabama, ...

U.S. 10/10/19, 04:20

A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of homicide in connection with the death of a Laurel woman, 57-year-old Lori Bray, according to Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder. Linder said Diego T. Hernandez, of Laurel, was taken into custody at his residence on Tuesday night, Oct. 8. Hernandez will be transported to ...

U.S. 09/20/19, 09:26

A Mexican man, who is wanted for homicide in Anaheim, California, was arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 11 in Houston, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced on Monday, Sept. 16. He has been deported three times already. Leopoldo Serrano Vargas was arrested for illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported, ...

U.S. 08/15/19, 18:16

Conspiracy theories have been running hot since the "apparent’ suicide" of convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on Aug.10, as many people found it hard to accept he may have taken his own life—considering the number of very high profile people who wanted him dead. The circumstances surrounding his death appear ...

U.S. 06/25/19, 20:07

The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned for failing to terminate the commercial driving license of man whose collision with a group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire left seven dead. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to seven counts of negligent homicide. Massachusetts Department of Transportation Secretary ...

U.S. 06/24/19, 18:45

A jury on Monday recommended the death penalty for a Southern California man convicted of killing a family of four with a sledgehammer and burying their bodies in shallow desert graves. Jurors in San Bernardino made the recommendation for Charles "Chase" Merritt, 62, in a case that puzzled investigators for years ...

U.S. 06/24/19, 15:14

The driver of a pickup truck in a fiery collision on a rural New Hampshire highway that killed seven motorcyclists was charged Monday with seven counts of negligent homicide, and records show he was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving last month and in 2013. Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 23, was arrested Monday ...

U.S. 06/19/19, 16:59

A Missouri woman will spend the rest of her life in prison after admitting that prosecutors had evidence to convict her of killing a mentally disabled man in what authorities believe was part of a complicated plot to divert attention from another homicide case.Pamela Hupp, 60, of O'Fallon, entered an ...

U.S. 06/17/19, 15:25

An Arkansas woman was charged Monday with capital murder in the killing of a former state senator whose body was found outside her own home. A judge also found probable cause to charge 48-year-old Rebecca Lynn O'Donnell with abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence, Jonesboro television station KAIT ...

U.S. 06/16/19, 18:33

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of homicide after they allegedly led Modesto police on a stolen car chase amid gunfire that ended when they crashed into a taco truck's seating area and killed two pedestrians. Modesto police say Rodney Quiros and Antonio Gazo were jailed Saturday. Authorities say the incident ...

U.S. 06/11/19, 19:54

A Utah man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of shooting an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy at a fast-food restaurant, and authorities say they are investigating whether he killed another man an hour earlier in attacks that both appear to be random. Rhett Nelson, 30, of St. George, Utah, was ...

U.S. 06/11/19, 12:47

The family of a former Arkansas lawmaker whose body was found at her home last week say they're saddened and angered by her death, and are confident authorities are using all their resources to solve her killing.Dozens of Arkansas lawmakers and others gathered at the state Capitol on Tuesday to ...

U.S. 06/07/19, 15:51

Police concerned that a possible serial killer is on the loose in Detroit began inspecting hundreds of vacant homes Friday for more victims, two days after the decomposed body of a third woman was discovered.Mayor Mike Duggan predicted it would take two weeks to check 1,000 properties on Detroit's east ...

U.S. 06/07/19, 15:49

After California detectives used a popular online DNA database to track down a suspect in the decades-old Golden State Killer slayings, other police agencies quickly adopted the same technique.Since that case was cracked last year, at least 50 other killings and rapes have been solved nationwide by using partial DNA ...