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Shoppers Ignore Dying Murder Victim

Wichita convenience-store patrons snapped photos, kept shopping

Jul 5, 07 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Convenience store murders rarely make national news, but when shoppers at a Witchita store did nothing to help a stabbing victim who lay bleeding to death on the floor—except to snap cell phone photos of her—the lack of response did. Wichita Eagle columnist Mark McCormick reported that... More »

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crime • murder • Kansas • Wichita • convenience stores • stabbing

Benoit Bought  'Excessive' Steroids

Doctor gave wrestler
10 times normal dose, feds charge

Jul 3, 07 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Over the last year Chris Benoit's doctor was prescribing the wrestler a 10-month supply of anabolic steroids every three or four weeks, the DEA said in court papers made public today. The steroids, which can cause paranoia, depression and violent outbursts, may have been a factor in the murder of... More »

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suicide • steroids • murder • murder-suicide • wrestling • Chris Benoit • WWE • doctor • Phil Astin

Son of Chad Prez Probable Murder Victim

Body with head wound found in Paris suburb

Jul 2, 07 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - French police have launched an investigation into the death of Brahim Deby, whose body was recovered in the parking lot of his apartment building, Reuters reports. Once touted as a possible successor to his father, the younger Deby had become a controversial figure, doing time in France for drugs and... More »

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Africa • Chad • murder • Brahim Deby • Idriss Deby

Wiki Twist in Benoit Horror

Wrestler's Wikipedia page was altered hours before police found family's bodies

Jun 29, 07 5:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a disturbing twist, police report that Wikipedia contributors in the U.S. and Australia made note of the death of wrestler Chris Benoit's wife 14 hours before her body, Benoit's, and their son's had been discovered. The first edit stated Benoit missed an event "due to personal issues,... More »

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suicide • Wikipedia • steroids • murder • professional wrestling • Chris Benoit • WWE • roid rage

Supremes Halt Execution of Insane Inmate

Kennedy is swing vote against punishment for schizophrenic killer

Jun 28, 07 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to block the execution of a schizophrenic condemned killer because Texas criminal courts had not taken his mental health into account. Anthony Kennedy joined the court's liberals and wrote the decision, which reaffirmed previous injunctions against executing the insane; Kennedy wrote that the "punishment... More »

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death penalty • Texas • Anthony Kennedy • schizophrenia • murder • execution • capital punishment • Scott Panetti • US Supreme Court

No Last Laugh for Killer

Con drops the jokes and tells witnesses instead: 'I deserve this'

Jun 27, 07 4:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Condemned killer Patrick Knight backed off on his boast that he'd tell a joke before execution, even after receiving over 1300 suggestions for one-liners through mail and a web site. Knight was executed late yesterday for murdering a married couple who lived in the trailer next to his just outside... More »

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death penalty • prison • murder • humor • joke • Patrick Knight • killer

Wrestler and Family Killed in
Murder-Suicide

Bodies of wife and young son found in dead champion's home

Jun 26, 07 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A professional wrestler was found dead yesterday with his wife and 7-year old son in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide. Investigators believe Chris Benoit, 40, killed his family over the weekend in their secluded Georgia home before committing suicide yesterday. A neighbor alerted police, who discovered the bodies in... More »

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suicide • murder • murder-suicide • wrestling • professional wrestling • Chris Benoit • Houston • autopsy • WWE

Ohio Cop Charged With Killing Mother of His Child

Pregnant woman's body found in shallow grave

Jun 24, 07 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The body of Jessie Davis, who had been missing for eight days, was found in an Akron park Saturday afternoon.  Bobbie L. Cutts, the father of her two year old and the father of an unborn child due in July who had contacted police just prior to the discovery,... More »

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crime • murder • Ohio • Canton • Jessie Davis • Akron • Bobbie L. Cutts

Mob Kills Passenger After Car Strikes Child

Man dies steps
from his home;
police hunt attackers

Jun 21, 07 4:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police are hunting members of an angry mob that killed a man after the car he was riding in struck a child. Some 20 attackers beat David Morales to death just paces from his townhouse, as he attempted to defend the driver. Their car hit the child in a parking... More »

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murder • mob • Austin • Juneteenth • accident • David Morales

Abortion Doc's Killer Draws 2nd Life Sentence

Federal added to state term in 1998 Buffalo sniper case

Jun 20, 07 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - A militant anti-abortion activist who murdered an obstetrician was sentenced to life in prison on federal charges yesterday. James Kopp is already serving a state term of 25 years to life for the 1998 sniper-style killing of Barnett Slepian, who performed abortions. Kopp is also suspected in four other shootings... More »

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abortion • abortion rights • murder • James Kopp • sentencing • doctor • Barnett Slepian

Nurses, Prosecutors Joust Over Post-Katrina Testimony

Caregivers accused in deaths of elderly patients

Jun 20, 07 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina continues to unfold in the courts, where prosecutors have offered to drop second-degree murder charges against two nurses in exchange for their testimony about the deaths of four patients. The motions may be a sign that the case against the nurses is weak, the Times-Picayune ... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • nurses • New Orleans • hospitals • murder • euthanasia • Katrina aftermath

Police Track Grim New Clue in Maddy Search

Anonymous letter  names burial spot,  links to murdered girls

Jun 14, 07 6:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police are following a disturbing tip that may link the kidnapping of Madeleine McCann to two girls murdered last year. A Dutch newspaper has received an anonymous letter, accompanied by a map marked with crosses, claiming Madeleine is buried in a rocky area near the Portuguese resort where she disappeared... More »

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Madeleine McCann • kidnapping • murder • Portugal • disappearance

Pakistan Cricket Coach Wasn't Murdered

New tests show Bob Woolmer died of natural causes

Jun 12, 07 9:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Jamaica ruled today that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes, reversing their previous stance that he had been murdered. Found dead in a Jamaican hotel room the day after Pakistan lost to Ireland in March's World Cup, the 58-year-old coach was originally said to have... More »

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Pakistan • cricket • murder • Jamaica • Kingston • Cricket World Cup • strangulation

11 Die in Gaza Violence

Despite cease fire, senior Fatah, Hamas figures are assassinated

Jun 12, 07 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Violence broke out across the Gaza Strip yesterday, mere hours after a declared cease fire.  Fatah gunmen murdered a senior Hamas member late in the day, followed by the execution of a senior Fatah member outside his home, where he was hit with 45 bullets. More »

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Gaza • Hamas • Fatah • murder • violence

Man Arrested in Kansas Teen's Kidnapping, Murder

Was recorded leaving a store just after Smith

Jun 7, 07 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man identified in a surveillance video has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Kansas teen Kelsey Smith, hours after her body was found in a park. Edwin R. Hall was recorded leaving a Target store shortly after Smith; another video showed her being forcing her... More »

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kidnapping • murder • Kelsey Smith • Edwin R. Hall • Kansas

Two More Arrested for Pearl Killing

Pakistani police say suspects were caught in a car with explosives

Jun 5, 07 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Pakistan have nabbed two men suspected of involvement in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. The two suspects —alleged members of a Al Qaeda affiliate—were picked up traveling in a car full of weapons and explosives, police said. One of... More »

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Pakistan • human rights • kidnapping • murder • Daniel Pearl • Karachi • Attaur Rehman • al-Qaeda

Natalee's Mom, JonBenet's
Dad Hook Up

Parents in tabloid tragedies now an
item, Fox reports

Jun 4, 07 5:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The father of slain pre-teen beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey is dating the mother of missing Aruba tourist Natalee Holloway. Fox News broke the romance today, offering its detail-hungry viewers only that the bereaved pair met at a fundraiser and have "been spotted openly holding hands and kissing" in Alabama. More »

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kidnapping • murder • Natalee Holloway • JonBenet Ramsey • John Ramsey • Beth Holloway Twitty • children • parents

Prison Hasn't Mellowed
Dr. Death

Kevorkian's outraged
at meager progress on  assisted suicides

Jun 4, 07 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jack Kevorkian, who was paroled Friday after 8 years in prison, says he won't be involved in any more suicides—except perhaps his own. "When I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it right,” he tells the New York Times. But prison hasn't blunted... More »

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suicide • prison • murder • Jack Kervorkian • assisted suicide • death • Dr. Death • Oregon • Jack Kevorkian

Mom, 3 Girls Found Dead in Mobile Home

All were hanging in closet; 8-month-old survived apparent murder-suicide

May 29, 07 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The bodies of a woman and her four young daughters were found hanging in a closet in the Oak Hills mobile home park in Texas this morning, all dead except the youngest girl, an 8-month-old. More »

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suicide • Texas • murder • murder-suicide • Oak Hills

Man Murdered Family to Inherit Grain Elevator

Convicted in killing of sisters, parents

May 25, 07 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shawn Bentley was found guilty yesterday of killing his parents and teenage sisters in order to inherit his parents' successful grain elevator and lumberyard business in Bonaparte, Iowa. The prosecution's key evidence was the recording of a 911 call by Shawn's sister, which ended with a scream of, "Shawn,... More »

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Iowa • murder • Shawn Bentley • Bonaparte • shooting

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