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killer stories: 7 news summaries

Cops Catch Insane Killer Who Fled Field Trip in Wash.

Phillip Paul sparked state manhunt

Sep 20, 09 7:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - A schizophrenic killer who ducked out of a mental hospital field trip has been caught in south-central Washington, the Spokesman-Review reports. Phillip A. Paul, 47, slipped away at the Spokane County Interstate Fair on Thursday and triggered a police manhunt. A sherriff's deputy caught him today trying to hitch a... More »

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schizophrenia • murder • Washington • killer • mental hospital

Teen Suspect Arrested in Fla. Cat Killings

Murders spawned 1,000-member Facebook group

Jun 14, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Miami police arrested a teenager today in connection with a high-profile series of cat-killings, the Miami Herald reports. Accused of mutilating and killing more than a dozen cats, Tyler Hayes Weinman, 18, was charged with animal cruelty, improperly disposing of an animal body, and burglary. Residents alerted police to Weinman,... More »

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Florida • killer • animal cruelty • teenager • mutilation • cats

Facing Cops, Accused Killer Takes Own Life

Police sought Ohio man for murdering new
wife and family

Mar 6, 09 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - An Ohio man accused of killing his wife and four children took his own life today when police cornered him in a bathroom, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Following a tip, Cleveland police and US marshals were hunting room-to-room in a house when they found Davon Crawford, 33, hiding behind... More »

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crime • murder • Ohio • killer

 Preppie Killer 
 Gets 19 Years for Drugs 

Robert Chambers avoids life sentence with plea, returns to jail for dealing coke to cops

Sep 3, 08 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Preppie killer" Robert Chambers, one of New York’s most infamous murderers, was sent back to prison for another 19 years after pleading guilty to drug-dealing, the Daily News reports. Chambers, who spent 15 years behind bars for strangling 18-year-old Jennifer Levin in Central Park in 1986, had been... More »

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New York City • killer • drug dealing • Robert Chambers • drug sentence • preppie killer

NY Cops Bust Bizarre Hit Job

Jealous spouse gave undercover officer samurai sword to kill wife, retrieve $27K ring

Aug 22, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Brooklyn man was arrested yesterday for attempting to get a hit man to kill his wife—and retrieve the $27,000 wedding ring he had given her, the New York Daily News reports. Rockefeller Auguste, 35, enraged by jealousy, gave an undercover officer posing as a contract killer a... More »

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NYPD • killer • hitman • infidelity • wife • samurai swords • hit job

'Chessboard Killer' Goes
on Trial

Confessed murderer of dozens lured victims to Moscow park

Sep 13, 07 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A confessed serial killer goes on trial today in Moscow, charged in the murders of at least 49 people. Alexander Pichushkin wanted to kill one person for each of the 64 squares on a chessboard, and after being arrested last year, he said in a TV interview that "a... More »

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Russia • murder • killer • trial • chess • Alexander Pichushkin • Butcher of Rostov

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

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