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Shaniya Raped, Killed on Day of Abduction: Cops

NC 5-year-old was asphyxiated, arrest warrant says

1 hour, 48 minutes ago
(AP) - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released today. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according... More »

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kidnapping • murder • rape • North Carolina • Oprah Winfrey • child abuse • abduction • child prostitution • child rape • child abduction • child murder • Shaniya Davis • Bradley Lockhart • Mario Andrette McNeill • Antoinette Davis • Antoinette Davis charged with sex slavery • sex trafficking • Oprah Winfrey Show

kercher murder trial


 Knox Acted Out of 
 'Hatred': Prosecutor 

Closing argument speaks of 'crescendo of violence'

3 hours, 54 minutes ago
(Newser) - Italian prosecutors pulled out all the stops in closing arguments at the Amanda Knox murder trial, telling the court that the American exchange student killed Meredith Kercher in "an unstoppable crescendo of violence." The chief prosecutor restated his argument that Knox murdered her roommate out of spite because... More »

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Italy • murder • prosecutor • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • Rudy Hermann Guede • Giuliano Mignini • Amanda Knox trial • Meredith Kercher trial

Amanda Knox Fled Murder Scene, Court Is Told

Convicted killer Rudy Guede says Kercher and Knox argued

Nov 18, 09 4:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The only person so far convicted in the murder of Meredith Kercher says he saw Amanda Knox leaving the scene of the crime. In court to appeal his 30-year sentence, Rudy Guede said he heard Knox and Kercher arguing, followed by a “very loud scream." When he went... More »

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murder • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Rudy Hermann Guede

Ohio Woman Tipped Cops to Sowell Last Year

Said she fought, fled his attack; allegations were dismissed

Nov 17, 09 12:04 PM CST
(Newser) - A Cleveland woman says she was assaulted by accused murderer Anthony Sowell last December in a struggle that left her blood at his house—but after she narrowly escaped and went to the police, authorities believed him instead of her. In the ensuing months, five more women went missing. Wade... More »

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Cleveland • murder • Ohio • assault • serial killers • allegations • rapist • Anthony Sowell

 Mom Charged 
 With Sex Slavery 
 in Girl's Death 

Shaniya moved in with mother just last month

Nov 17, 09 4:47 AM CST
(Newser) - The mother of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl found dead appeared in court yesterday and was charged with human trafficking and felony abuse. Antoinette Davis, 25, delivered daughter Shaniya to a man "with the intent that she be held in sexual servitude ," according to court documents. Davis was... More »

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crime • kidnapping • murder • abuse • child rape • Shaniya Davis • Shaniya Davis found • shaniya davis found dead • Antoinette Davis charged with sex slavery

 Corpse Sold to Russian Kebab Shop 

Cannibal trio arrested for murder

Nov 17, 09 3:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Three homeless Russian men have been arrested for killing a man, butchering his body, eating parts of it, then selling some of it to a shop selling kebabs and pies. It's not known whether any kebabs containing parts of the 25-year-old victim were eaten by customers of the shop, located... More »

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 Doc Busted in Death of Son, 9 

Oklahoma physician's wife injured trying to protect her son

Nov 17, 09 2:05 AM CST
(Newser) - An Oklahoma City doctor is being held without bail over the first-degree murder of his 9-year-old son. The boy was found dead when police arrived at Dr. Stephen Wolf's home in response to 9/11 calls. A knife was removed from the home and the boy's mother is being treated in... More »

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Ark. Man Gets Life
for TV Anchor's Murder

Killer spared death penalty in Pressly's slaying

Nov 13, 09 1:21 AM CST
(Newser) - An Arkansas man has been sentenced to life without parole for the savage rape and murder of Anne Pressly, a morning news anchor for CNN affiliate KATV. Pressley, 26, died 5 days after she was found beaten unconscious in her home last year. Curtis Lavelle Vance's defense team told the... More »

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updated

 Hasan Will Face 
 13 Murder Charges 

Fort Hood suspect allegedly violated military law

Nov 12, 09 2:22 PM CST
(Newser) - The Army has charged Nidal Malik Hasan with 13 counts of murder in the "first step in the court-martial process." Hasan, an Army major and psychiatrist, may face additional charges in connection with last week's shooting at Fort Hood. He remains hospitalized in San Antonio and is being... More »

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murder • US military • US Army • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • Kimberly Munley • Nidal Hasan • Mark Todd • premeditated murder • uniform code of military justice • Christopher Grey • Army Criminal Investigation Division

Drew Peterson Wants to Sell His Home—to the Media

He's got a novel idea for those pesky legal fees

Nov 11, 09 3:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Drew Peterson is broke and has huge legal bills, so he’s looking to sell his home. But not to just anyone. The former police sergeant, accused of murdering his third wife, figures he’ll get a premium if he sells it to a news organization as a “base... More »

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Student Journos in Court Over Murder Investigation

Northwestern's acclaimed Innocence Project under fire

Nov 11, 09 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A group of Illinois journalism students found themselves in court yesterday, accused of flirting with and paying off sources during a 2003-2006 investigation for the Medill Innocence Project. The Northwestern students claim to have uncovered evidence exonerating Anthony McKinney, convicted in 1982 of murdering a security guard. Both sides went... More »

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murder • journalism • Illinois • wrongful conviction • journalist • Innocence Project • Northwestern University • Anthony McKinney

RI Man Gets 25 Years for
Wife's Scuba Murder

Former dive shop
owner guilty of Caribbean killing

Nov 11, 09 2:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A former scuba shop owner has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for murdering his wife during a dive in the British Virgin Islands. David Swain of Rhode Island killed his wife by ripping off her mask and shutting off her air supply as the pair swam near a... More »

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Suspect Admits Shooting Abortion Doctor

'Pre-born children's lives were in imminent danger,' Roeder says

Nov 9, 09 3:01 PM CST
(AP) - The man accused of shooting a Kansas abortion provider has confessed to the killing and says he has no regrets. "Because of the fact pre-born children's lives were in imminent danger, this was the action I chose," Scott Roeder said in an interview with the AP . The 51-year-old... More »

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abortion • Kansas City • murder • George Tiller • Scott Roeder • late-term abortion • abortion debate

fort hood shooting

 Rattled Residents 
 Flood Local Churches 

Some offer prayers for alleged shooter's family

Nov 8, 09 3:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Church attendance was up today in the area around Fort Hood, Texas, where at least one congregation heard a somewhat unexpected appeal. "Lord, we pray for Major Hasan‘s family, who find themselves in a position no one wants to be in—to try and explain the unexplainable,"... More »

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Texas • murder • US military • US Army • shooting • mass shootings • Fort Hood • Fort Hood shooting • Nidal Malik Hasan • Killeen, Texas

Police Find
11th Body at Rapist's House

First victim identified,
a 53-year-old woman missing for a year

Nov 4, 09 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Cleveland police found another body at the home of convicted rapist Anthony Sowell, bringing the total to 11. Law enforcement also identified the first victim found as 53-year-old Tonia Carmichael, who went missing last November. "We expected the worst when these bodies starting popping up," a relative tells... More »

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updated

Police Find 4 More Bodies
at Rapist's Home

Anthony Sowell has been charged with 5 counts of murder so far

Nov 3, 09 5:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Police found four more bodies today at the home of a convicted rapist in Cleveland, bringing the total to 10. Authorities also charged Anthony Sowell with five counts of aggravated murder, sources tell the Plain Dealer . Crews will spend the night digging up Sowell's yard in search of more... More »

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 Rapist Lived 
 Openly Among 
 Rotting Victims 

Anthony Sowell reeked

Nov 3, 09 5:11 AM CST
(Newser) - The Ohio rapist arrested in the strangulation of six women lived openly among their rotting corpses in his home, according to cops. Bodies were found exposed in bedrooms and the living room. Officers said the stench was overpowering. "Not a pretty sight inside the home," said a Cleveland... More »

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UPDATED

Six in Rapist's House Were Murdered, Women: Coroner

Still no IDs, partly due to advanced decomposition

Nov 1, 09 2:47 PM CST
(Newser) - All six bodies found in the Cleveland home of a convicted rapist were female, and all were apparently strangled, police say. None of the victims found at the home of Anthony Sowell has been identified, a coroner's spokesman said today, and relatives of missing women have been coming forward to... More »

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Cleveland • murder • serial rapists • rapist • Anthony Sowell

 Sex Offender Held in 
 UK Facebook Murder 

32-year-old posed as teenager, led police to body

Oct 28, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - British police are holding a convicted sex offender after he confessed to murdering a 17-year-old girl he met on Facebook, posing as a fellow teenager. The 32-year-old blurted out "I've killed a girl" after being picked up for a car insurance violation. He then led police to a field... More »

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United Kingdom • murder • Facebook • sex offenders • suffocation

Janitor Charged in NJ Priest's Stabbing Death

He confesses, citing argument; cops probe possible relationship

Oct 25, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A janitor and "second father" to kids at a New Jersey Catholic church has been charged in the murder of a beloved parish priest, who he rushed to halfheartedly give CPR when he and church workers discovered the body. Jose Feliciano told police he and Father Ed Hinds had... More »

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New Jersey • murder • homicide • priest • stabbing • Catholic priest • Edward J. Hinds • janitor

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