8th Victim Dies in Trailer Park Massacre

7 of 8 dead at trailer park were related to Guy Heinze, 22

(AP) - A 22-year-old man was charged today with killing eight people whose deaths he had reported to police in a frantic phone call from his family's Georgia mobile home. Guy Heinze Jr. was arrested on eight counts of first-degree murder in the slayings last weekend near the coastal community of Brunswick. Among those killed were seven of Heinze's relatives. More»

Alleged wife-killer hid in woods before killing himself: cops

(NEWSER) - Two weeks after George Zinkhan allegedly murdered his wife and two men at a Georgia playhouse, police say they located the body of the fugitive marketing professor, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Dogs found Zinkhan today about a mile from where his Jeep had been recovered in a wooded area near his home in Bogart, Ga. He apparently made an effort to hide before killing himself, police said. More»

(NEWSER) - The accused killer of an 8-year-old California girl has been linked to an earlier abduction of a child in the same community, reports the Tracy Press. A 7-year-old girl was led from her neighborhood in January by a woman driving the same kind of car belonging to Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby. The teacher was charged last week with murdering Sandra Cantu, a friend of Huckaby's young daughter. Huckaby, Cantu and the abducted girl all lived in the same trailer park. More»

57 kllled in mass murders in past month

(NEWSER) - With mass murderers having gunned down some 57 people in the last month, many observers say the troubled economy may be triggering the increase in such attacks, the Washington Post reports. “It could be the loss of a job, the loss of a lot of money in the stock market, the loss of a relationship,” says an expert. “There are simply more catastrophic losses than there were when the economy was in good shape.” More»

Shooter targeted wife, according to calls to cops

(NEWSER) - At least one person was killed and four seriously injured last night when a gunman opened fire at a Korean Christian retreat in southern California, reports the AP. The gunman was believed to be one of the injured. It wasn't immediately clear what sparked the carnage, but a phone call to cops for help reported the gunman shot his wife. "We have some nuns who are very distraught," said a police spokesman. More»