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Headless Body Posed in Vineyard Is Identified

Ada Beth Kaplan was 64 when she was killed, posed in 'degrading way' in California

(Newser) - Authorities described the scene as "creepy." In 2011, the body of a woman was found "posed in an intentionally degrading way" on a dirt road at a vineyard in Arvin, California, per SFGate . Even more horrific, the body was drained of blood, with its head and thumbs...

Father, Son Arrested in Killing of Pregnant Teen

Christopher Preciado, 19, charged with capital murder

(Newser) - Police in San Antonio say two arrests have been made in connection with the murders of a pregnant 18-year-old and her boyfriend, whose bodies were found in a car in an apartment complex parking lot more than a week ago. Police said Christopher Preciado, 19, and his father, Ramon Preciado,...

Acclaimed Rapper Who Fell From Window Was Murdered
Acclaimed Rapper Who Fell
From Window Was Murdered
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Dec 30, 2023 4:25 PM CST

Acclaimed Rapper Who Fell From Window Was Murdered

Venezuela's attorney general says Canserbero's former manager confessed to the crime

(Newser) - In its October 2023 ranking of the top 50 greatest rappers in Spanish of all time, Rolling Stone gave the top slot to Canserbero, a Venezuelan rapper who died at age 26 in 2015. His name is back in the headlines, this time because his former manager has admitted killing...

Texas Cops Have a Big Clue in Killing of Pregnant Teen

San Antonio police release video showing 2 persons of interest after double murder

(Newser) - On Thursday, the medical examiner in Texas' Bexar County officially identified two bodies found in a car Tuesday in San Antonio as those of pregnant 18-year-old Savanah Soto and her boyfriend, 22-year-old Matthew Guerra. KSAT notes that the cause of death for both was listed as a gunshot wound to...

Cops Make New Disclosure on Dead Pregnant Teen

Police say bodies believed to be that of Savanah Soto and her boyfriend each had a gunshot wound

(Newser) - Police in San Antonio, Texas, are now calling the case of a missing pregnant teen and her boyfriend, both apparently found dead earlier this week in the boyfriend's car, a capital murder. Per the Express-News , authorities there said in a Wednesday statement that a couple they believe to be...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard Is Getting Out of Prison
Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Released From Prison
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Dec 28, 2023 8:09 AM CST

Gypsy Rose Blanchard Released From Prison

She plotted to have abusive mother killed in 2015

(Newser) - Gypsy Rose Blanchard is out of prison. The 32-year-old, who has been imprisoned since 2016 for her role in the murder of her mother, was released Thursday morning, reports CBS News . Blanchard's case out of Missouri made national headlines (and a TV miniseries ) because her mother, Dee Dee...

Cops: Teen Angry Over Christmas Gifts Fatally Shot Sister

Teen boys, 14 and 15, are now in custody in Pinellas County, Florida

(Newser) - A Christmas shopping trip ended in tragedy for one Florida family. Per NBC Miami and WFLA , authorities in Pinellas County say a 14-year-old became upset on Christmas Eve after believing his 15-year-old brother was getting more gifts for the holiday and pulled a gun on him at their grandmother's...

Mom, 4 Young Kids Meet an 'Exceptionally Violent' Death

Children's father arrested after brutal murders in apartment east of Paris

(Newser) - Four children between 9 months and 10 years old and their mother were killed in their apartment east of Paris, in what the local prosecutor called an exceptionally violent crime. Authorities said the children's father was arrested Tuesday and is the primary suspect. Neighbors spotted a pool of blood...

Boston Mayor Apologizes to Black Men Wrongly Accused of 1989 Murder
Boston Mayor Delivers
'Long Overdue' Apology
in case you missed it
Dec 23, 2023 2:10 PM CST

Boston Mayor Delivers 'Long Overdue' Apology

Mayor, police commissioner apologize to Black men wrongly accused of 1989 Stuart murder

(Newser) - Boston Mayor Michelle Wu delivered what she said was a "long overdue" apology Wednesday to two Black men who were wrongly accused of murdering a pregnant white woman in 1989. Boston police targeted the city's Black community and wrongly linked Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett to the killing...

Boy, 4, Killed in 'Unimaginable' Road Rage Shooting

California boy was shot in backseat of parents' car

(Newser) - A man has been charged with fatally shooting a 4-year-old California boy amid a road rage incident in Lancaster last week. Byron Burkhart, 29, is charged with murder as well as two counts of attempted murder and other charges, CNN reports. His girlfriend, who was also in the vehicle when...

Marshals Track Down Alleged Killer of TV Anchor's Mom

Shawn Conlon has been linked to crimes in 6 states

(Newser) - Months after NBC Connecticut news anchor Heidi Voight disclosed that her mother had been murdered, an arrest has been made. Shawn Conlon, 44, was arrested at a hotel in Groton, Connecticut, by members of the US Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force, CT Insider reports. He is being held in custody...

Doctor Who Claimed He Woke to Find Wife Dead Is Convicted

E. Scott Sills said he discovered Susann Sills at bottom of stairs in 2016

(Newser) - The Southern California fertility doctor who was arrested in 2019, three years after his wife was found dead at their home after he said she'd fallen down the stairs, was on Tuesday convicted of her murder. During the trial of E. Scott Sills, prosecutors pointed out the blood stains...

Inmate Convicted on Blind Man's Eyewitness Testimony Is Freed

Darien Harris released from prison after 12 years behind bars

(Newser) - Darien Harris is a free man, a dozen years after he was convicted of murder based largely on the eyewitness testimony of a man who'd been legally blind for more than a decade before testifying in the trial. Prosecutors originally said they'd retry Harris after a judge vacated...

She Upbraided Relatives' Killer. 8 Years Later, She's Charged

Amy and Ross Vilardi accused in brutal 2015 slayings in South Carolina

(Newser) - Days after finding four relatives brutally murdered in South Carolina in 2015, a daughter of one of the victims gave an interview asking how the killer could live with themselves. According to police, it was a question Amy Vilardi should have been asking herself. Vilardi and her husband, Rosmore "...

Prosecutors: Accused Killer Promised Victims Buried Gold

Man in Washington state has now been charged in 4 murders

(Newser) - A Washington state man in jail awaiting trial in one murder case has been charged with three more, reports the AP , and prosecutors say he lured all four victims by asking them to help dig up buried gold. Richard Bradley Jr., 40, was charged in May 2021 with first-degree murder...

Stranger Charged With Killing Detroit Synagogue Leader

Officials say the suspect didn't seem to know Samantha Woll, dismiss hate crime possibility

(Newser) - The man held as a person of interest in the slaying of Samantha Woll, a Detroit synagogue leader, was charged with murder on Wednesday. Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 28, did not appear to know the victim, officials said. He faces murder, home invasion, and lying to police charges, the AP reports. Despite...

Man Denies Killing Drew Carey&#39;s Ex-Fiancee
Man Who Killed
Celebrity
Therapist Is
Sentenced
UPDATED
Dec 7, 2023 12:30 AM CST

Man Who Killed Celebrity Therapist Is Sentenced

Gareth Pursehouse had dated Dr. Amie Harwick a decade prior

(Newser) - Gareth Pursehouse was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering celebrity therapist Amie Harwick in 2020, NBC News reports. Harwick, who was once engaged to Drew Carey, was thrown over a third-floor balcony at her Hollywood Hills home. Pursehouse, 45, an ex-boyfriend of hers...

US: 'Defendant Conspired From India' to Have This Man Killed

American prosecutors have charged an Indian man who they say tried to hire a hit man

(Newser) - US prosecutors have charged an Indian man with trying to take out a hit on a US citizen living in New York City. In an indictment unsealed Wednesday, prosecutors allege Nikhil Gupta, 52, paid someone he believed to be a hit man $100,000 to murder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. The...

3 Teen Girls Get 20 Years in 'Heinous' Carjacking Death

New Orleans teens pleaded guilty to reduced charge in death of Linda Frickey, 73

(Newser) - Three teenage girls involved in the dragging death of a woman whose arm was severed during a carjacking in New Orleans last year pleaded guilty Monday to reduced charges and were sentenced to 20 years in prison. Briniyah Baker, 17; Lenyra Theophile, 16; and Mar'Qel Curtis, 16, pleaded guilty...

Kaitlin Armstrong Convicted of Murder in Star Cyclist's Death

Former yoga instructor could receive 99-year term in slaying of Anna Moriah Wilson

(Newser) - A Texas jury has returned a guilty verdict in the murder trial of Kaitlin Armstrong, who was charged with the fatal shooting last year of pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson. State District Judge Brenda Kennedy said the jury deliberated for about two hours before convicting the former yoga instructor, the...

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