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Sex Offender Confesses to 1 Cleveland Murder: Cops

And 1 of the 3 victims is identified

(Newser) - Police tell WKYC that Michael Madison, the registered sex offender suspected in the murders of three women in Cleveland, has confessed to one of the killings. He was charged with three counts of aggravated murder today, CBS News reports, and his bail has been set at $6 million. Meanwhile, one...

Foul Odor Led Cleveland Cops to Bodies

Michael Madison named as suspect, as police call off search

(Newser) - Police responding to a report of a foul odor ultimately discovered three women's bodies in East Cleveland—one in a garage, another in a backyard, and the last in an empty home's basement, say police. But after a weekend spent hunting for more—and searching 40 abandoned homes...

3 Bodies Found in Ohio as Cops Search for More

Sex offender in custody indicated influence of serial killer Sowell

(Newser) - Ohio cops have recovered the bodies of three women—found wrapped in the fetal position in garbage bags within a few hundred yards of each other in East Cleveland—and today they're expanding the search for more victims. Police have a 35-year-old registered sex offender in custody, though his...

Wisconsin Teen's Killer: 'I Would Call It Justice'

John Spooner convicted of killing 13-year-old

(Newser) - Wisconsin 76-year-old John Spooner was convicted this week of killing 13-year-old Darius Simmons in a case that featured questions on George Zimmerman . Now, Spooner has taken the stand as the court examines whether he suffered from insanity during the attack. When he offered his take on the story, jurors were...

Key Witness in Whitey Bulger Trial Found Dead

Stephen Rakes was to say that Bulger threatened his daughter at gunpoint

(Newser) - A key witness in the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger has been found dead in Lincoln, Mass., ABC News reports. Stephen "Stippo" Rakes was supposed to testify that Bulger and associate Stephen Flemmi had threatened his daughter at gunpoint to force him to let them use his South...

Words Your iPhone Won't Spell-Check: Abortion, Rape

But it will suggest 'abiogenesis': Daily Beast

(Newser) - Got the latest version of iOS on your phone? Don't expect spell-check to help you out when you type "abortiom." After using an iOS 6 simulator, the Daily Beast found iPhones do not offer spelling suggestions for a range of fairly common but controversial words, even when...

Zimmerman's Name Uttered in Wisconsin Murder Trial

Potential jurors specifically asked about that case

(Newser) - George Zimmerman's name is popping up again in court—this time in a murder trial in Wisconsin. John Spooner, a 76-year-old white man, is accused of shooting and killing unarmed neighbor Darius Simmons, a 13-year-old black boy, in a case that some are likening to Zimmerman's. (Spooner's...

Lawsuit: Mansion Hanging Death Was Murder

Family alleges conspiracy to kill Rebecca Zahau

(Newser) - The family of a woman whose nude, bound body was found hanging at a California mansion has filed a $10 million lawsuit claiming she was murdered. The complaint filed in federal court by the family of 32-year-old Rebecca Zahau seeks general and punitive damages. Zahau was found hanged at a...

Cops Ignored Boston Bomber in Murder Probe

Friends thought Tsarnaev was acting strange after shooting

(Newser) - Could police have prevented the Boston Marathon bombings by arresting Tamerlan Tsarnaev for an earlier triple-homicide ? That's the tantalizing question raised by a piece in today's New York Times , which reveals that relatives and friends of three men murdered in Waltham in 2011 have long argued that...

Hernandez Pulled the Trigger: Associate

Documents are bad news for former NFL star

(Newser) - Here comes what the AP calls "the most damning evidence yet" against Aaron Hernandez, see if you can follow along: An associate of the former NFL tight end told investigators that another associate told him Hernandez shot Odin Lloyd. Here's how it went down, according to documents obtained...

American Killed in Fight Over $1.60 Taxi Fare

Bangkok cabbie pulls machete after expat refuses to pay

(Newser) - One man is dead and another could face a death sentence after a dispute over a $1.60 taxi fare in Bangkok. Police say a taxi driver has confessed to killing American expat Troy Pilkington with a machete after he accused him of rigging his meter, threw a cup of...

Person of Interest In Hernandez Case Dies in Crash

Meanwhile, Hernandez denied jail wedding

(Newser) - A man investigators were hoping to talk to in the Aaron Hernandez murder case died in a dramatic car crash this weekend, as his car flew 100 feet through the air and crashed into a country club 6 feet off the ground, the Hartford Courant reports. Thaddeus Singleton III, 33,...

28 Years Later, Dead Wife Found in Hoarder's Home

JoAnn Nichols' murdered body was behind basement wall

(Newser) - With seven Dumpsters full of clutter in his backyard, neighbors in Poughkeepsie, NY, knew James Nichols had a hoarding problem—but they didn't know he was hoarding the body of his own murdered wife. The body of JoAnn Nichols, a first-grade teacher who was reported missing in December 1985,...

13 Unsolved Hollywood Mysteries

The Black Dahlia, Superman, and more

(Newser) - Long before people started speculating whether someone sinister was behind Michael Jackson's death, Hollywood had seen its fair share of unsolved mysteries. Radar rounds up 13, from the comedian accused of rupturing an actress' bladder—but never convicted—to the actress who was rumored to have let her teenage...

Older Brother Shot Younger, Then Self: Cops

We may never know why, police chief says

(Newser) - Austin Wiseman, the 12-year-old found dead in his grandparents' Ohio home along with his 9-year-old half brother Wednesday, actually shot the younger Blake Campbell, authorities say. Each boy died of a single gunshot wound to the head, and it's not clear whether the younger boy's shooting was intentional...

Report: Hernandez Possibly Tied to 2012 Double Murder
Report: Hernandez Eyed in Another Murder Case
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Jun 27, 2013 3:57 PM CDT

Report: Hernandez Eyed in Another Murder Case

Ex-Patriots player denied bail

(Newser) - Aaron Hernandez was denied bail today, with a judge saying that the murder case against him was "circumstantial, to be sure, but very, very strong," NFL.com reports. And as if that weren't bad enough, reports broke today that police are also investigating the former Patriots tight...

Aaron Hernandez Charged With Murder

Ex-Patriots tight end pleads not guilty

(Newser) - Aaron Hernandez was arraigned today, and not on anything so tame as the once-rumored obstruction of justice charges. The newly unemployed NFL tight end has been charged with murder and several gun-related charges, the Boston Globe reports. Prosecutors told the court that they have surveillance tape showing Hernandez holding a...

Patriots Drop Hernandez After Arrest

Is released by New England just hours later

(Newser) - Reports that broke last week of an arrest warrant against Aaron Hernandez may have been premature—but not by much. The Patriots tight end was led out of his home in handcuffs this morning, the Boston Globe reports, though it's unclear what charges he may have been arrested on....

Victim's Brother Busted in Alps Massacre

Zaid al-Hilli brought in for questioning

(Newser) - British police have arrested a suspect in the killing of four people in the French Alps last year—and it's reportedly the brother of one of the slain men. Zaid al-Hilli, 54, was arrested near London, according to numerous reports . "We felt there were enough reasons to take...

Mom Locks Child in Room Where She Shoots, Kills Self

Police say 5-year-old found loaded .38-caliber revolver

(Newser) - A woman who locked her 5-year-old daughter up in a room with a loaded gun has been charged with second-degree murder in the child's death, police in New Orleans say. Initial investigations show that the girl found a loaded .38-caliber revolver in the bedroom and accidentally shot herself in...

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