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homicide stories: 51 news summaries

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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

NJ Priest Murdered
in His Kitchen

'Father Ed' was known for lending a hand
to the needy

Oct 24, 09 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Jersey police are investigating the brutal murder of a parish priest. The Rev. Edward J. Hines—better known as Father Ed—was found yesterday in his kitchen after he didn't show up for morning mass. Police didn't divulge details but say the 61-year-old priest suffered massive trauma. No motive... More »

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New Jersey • murder • homicide • priest • Edward J. Hinds

 Third Sweat-Lodge Victim Dies 

Minnesota woman was longtime follower of self-help guru

Oct 18, 09 6:01 AM CDT
(AP) - A Minnesota woman became the third fatality yesterday in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony that hospitalized nearly two dozen people. Liz Neuman, 49, died at a Flagstaff hospital after suffering multiple organ damage during the Oct. 8 ceremony at a resort near Sedona. Authorities were treating all three deaths as... More »

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Arizona • homicide • New Age • self-help • James Arthur Ray • sweat lodge • Sedona • sweat lodge survivor

 Sweat-Lodge Deaths 
 Seen as Homicide 

Self-help expert James Arthur Ray now 'person of interest' in investigation

Oct 15, 09 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities are now treating as homicide the two deaths during a sweat-lodge ritual in Arizona last week, with the self-help guru who was in charge of the proceedings being called a “person of interest.” Investigators have found “indications” the deaths weren’t accidental, but wouldn’t explain.... More »

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investigation • Oprah Winfrey • homicide • James Arthur Ray • sweat lodge • Sedona • Angel Valley Retreat Center • person of interest • sweat lodge survivor

Autopsy Shows 100-Year-Old Was Murdered

Nursing home resident Elizabeth Barrow
found strangled

Oct 8, 09 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Massachusetts medical examiner has ruled the death of a 100-year-old nursing home patient a homicide by strangulation. Elizabeth Barrow was found dead in her room Sept. 24, with a plastic bag over her head and no obvious signs of struggle, a law enforcement source tells the Standard-Times of... More »

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elderly • Massachusetts • homicide • nursing homes • senior citizens • Elizabeth Barrow

Murdered Family's Dad Held in Haiti

Mesac Damas is a 'person of interest' in Fla. slayings of 6

Sep 21, 09 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Haitian National Police have apprehended a man believed to be the husband and father of the woman and five children found murdered Saturday in their Florida home, the Naples Daily News reports. Mesac Damas, who flew to Haiti Friday, is not officially a suspect in the case. He is... More »

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Florida • murder • Haiti • homicide • Mesac Damas • Guerline Damas • Naples, Fla. • Haitian National Police

OPINION

 Ivy League Crimes 
 Are More Equal 
 Than Others 

To grab headlines, commit or fall victim to murder at Harvard or Yale

Sep 18, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The killing of Yale grad student Annie Le dominated headlines around the world, "but every murder is uniquely dramatic," Jack Shafer writes for Slate. Why this one? It involves a magic word. "Three murders at a Midwestern college equal one murder at Harvard or Yale," Shafer... More »

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media • newspaper • New York Times • Yale University • Ivy League • crime • murder • homicide • tabloids • media coverage • Oklahoma State University • Harvard University • Annie Le • Raymond Clark • Nancy Grace

UPDATED

 Yale Student's 
 Body Found: Cops 

Annie Le's remains recovered on her would-be wedding day

Sep 13, 09 8:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - A body believed to be that of a Yale graduate student missing since Tuesday has been found, the New Haven Independent reports. Annie Le, 24, had last been seen in the building that housed her lab; "we are assuming" the remains found within a wall in the basement... More »

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Yale University • crime • New Haven • homicide • Connecticut • graduate student • Annie Le

 Jackson Laid to Rest 

Elizabeth Taylor, ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley among invitees

Sep 3, 09 10:55 PM CDT
(AP) - Paris Jackson wept as she stepped into the Forest Lawn mausoleum where her father, Michael, was to be entombed. Katherine Jackson, overcome by sorrow, turned back when she was faced with her son's final resting place. On a sultry evening, amid a sea of white flowers and with a bejeweled... More »

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entertainment • Al Sharpton • Los Angeles • homicide • Chris Tucker • funeral • Michael Jackson • Elizabeth Taylor • burial • motorcade • coroner • Macaulay Culkin • Katherine Jackson • Joe Jackson • Prince Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • celebrity death • Forest Lawn cemetery • Corey Feldman

 LA Fire Began as Arson: Feds  

With blaze having killed 2 firefighters, sheriff begins homicide investigation

Sep 3, 09 8:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The wildfire that has burned 144,000 acres north of Los Angeles was set by arsonists, the US Forest Service said this afternoon. With the blaze having killed two firefighters, authorities are now treating the matter as homicide, KTLA-TV reports, and the LA County Sheriff’s Department has begun an... More »

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investigation • crime • Los Angeles • firefighters • homicide • arson • California wildfires • Station fire • Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

 Kevorkian: Blame 
 Jacko, Not His Doc 

Jackson got what he wanted, doctor didn't "have forethought"

Sep 3, 09 9:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jack Kevorkian begs to differ with the coroner who ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide: The original Dr. Death told Fox News that Jacko "got what he wanted," the New York Daily News reports. "He is the one who said yes or no to take a drug,... More »

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homicide • Michael Jackson • Jack Kevorkian • Conrad Murray • celebrity death • drug overdose

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's death will be officially ruled a homicide by the LA County coroner's office, sources tell the AP. Jackson's body contained "lethal levels" of a powerful prescription anesthetic, the office determined during his autopsy, according to an affidacit unsealed today. Dr. Conrad Murray administered the drug, propofol, but... More »

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entertainment • homicide • autopsy • Michael Jackson • Los Angeles County Coroner • Conrad Murray • celebrity death • Propofol • drug overdose

(AP) - Recently discovered records show the Virginia Tech gunman denied homicidal thoughts to a school counselor nearly a year and half before the worst mass shootings in modern US history. Seung-Hui Cho denied the thoughts in a session with counselor Sherry Lynch Conrad on Dec. 14, 2005. On April 16, 2007,... More »

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Seung-Hui Cho • homicide • school shooting • Virgina Tech • psychology • counseling • counselor

JACKSON ROUNDUP

 Jackson 
 Death 'Almost 
 Certainly' 
 Homicide 

Plus, more on his rumored love child, and Paris

Jul 24, 09 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the coroner releases Michael Jackson’s autopsy results—scheduled for next week—the cause of death will “almost certainly” be listed as homicide, law enforcement sources tell TMZ. Elsewhere:
  • Omer Bhatti “had a father-and-son type of connection” with Michael, a pal tells People, “but I
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entertainment • Paris Hilton • homicide • autopsy • celebrity • Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • celebrity death • Omer Bhatti

 LA Fights Park Crime 
 With Midnight Lights 

Even gang members invited to summer nights of food, music

Jul 12, 09 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angeles' rundown parks used to be hotbeds of gang violence that scared away law-abiding neighbors after dark, but a new program has brought both a sense of community and a reduction in crime, the New York Times reports. The solution, which has already seen an 86% drop in homicides... More »

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gangs • Los Angeles • homicide • light • gang violence • public park

(Newser) - Nashville police ruled Steve McNair's death a homicide today but kept mum on rumors of murder-suicide, the Tennessean reports. An autopsy revealed that two bullets to the head and two to the chest killed the former NFL star; 20-year-old girlfriend Sahel Kazemi, found dead alongside him, died of one to... More »

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murder • murder-suicide • homicide • Steve McNair • quarterback • Nashville • Sahel Kazemi

ANALYSIS

 In NYC, Murders Mirror Mercury 


Jun 19, 09 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Summer heat brings people onto the streets—and the murder rate up, the New York Times reports. In the city, September is historically the worst month for homicide, according to an analysis of police data. August is a close second. And the deadliest time? 10pm on a September Saturday. “... More »

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NYPD • New York City • murder • homicide • summer • New York City Police Department • night

 Cops Seek Help 
 With Grisly Murder Case 

Australian police seek leads in grisly murder

Apr 24, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Australian police, frustrated by the lack of leads in the 2008 murder of a Chinese immigrant, have released photos showing the 34-year-old’s grisly death, Reuters reports. Chen Liu was shot 34 times in the head and neck with a high-powered nail gun before his body was dumped in a... More »

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Australia • murder • homicide • death • Sydney • New South Wales • nail gun • Chen Liu

Wife Admits Exercising Husband, 73,
to Death

She refused to let him leave pool—43 times

Feb 15, 09 5:01 AM CST
(AP) - An Ohio woman has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide after exercising her 73-year-old husband to death in a swimming pool and refusing to let him leave the water, reports AP. The husband rested his head on the side of the pool several times while gasping for breath when the wife... More »

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crime • Ohio • homicide • guilty plea • exercise • husband • wife

'Baby Grace' Mother
Gets Life

Trenor found guilty of  murder in daughter's beating death

Feb 3, 09 1:44 AM CST
(Newser) - It took a jury less than two hours to find Kimberly Dawn Trenor guilty of capital murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, the Houston Chronicle reports. Prosecutors declined to seek the death penalty, meaning Trenor, 20, will serve life without parole. "She will die in prison with... More »

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Texas • homicide • toddler • Baby Grace • Royce Clyde Zeigler II • Kimberly Dawn Trenor • Riley Ann Sawyers • beatings • life sentence

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