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Manhunt Intensifies for Father Accused of Killing 3 Daughters
Bones Found in Manhunt
for Travis Decker
UPDATED
Aug 30, 2025 7:00 AM CDT

Bones Found in Manhunt for Travis Decker

Remains being tested in search for Washington man accused of killing his 3 young daughters

(Newser) - Remains have been found in the area around a Washington campsite during the search for Travis Decker, a military vet who's accused of killing his three young daughters. "The bones were found during the grid search by one of the 100 personnel," Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrison...

Man Admits Killing Ex's Mom in 2001 Cold Case
Man Who Killed
Ex's Mom in 2001
Sentenced
UPDATED
Aug 29, 2025 3:34 AM CDT

Man Who Killed Ex's Mom in 2001 Sentenced

Eugene Gligor, 45, was identified through DNA after 2 decades of searching

(Newser) - Eugene Gligor has been sentenced to 22 years in prison—almost as long as he evaded justice after murdering his ex-girlfriend's mother in 2001. Leslie Preer was beaten and strangled to death in her Maryland home in what prosecutors said was an "unrelenting attack." "What happened...

Man Arrested After Wife's Body Found in California Forest

Jossimar Cabrera arrested in Peru, will be extradited

(Newser) - A man suspected of killing his wife and dumping her body in a Southern California forest earlier this month has been arrested in Peru and will be extradited back to the US to face a murder charge, Los Angeles officials said Wednesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said...

Amish Woman Accused of Throwing Son, 4, Into Lake

Ohio woman's husband drowned in earlier 'test of faith,' sheriff says

(Newser) - A woman who told authorities she was testing her Amish faith when she threw her 4-year-old son into an Ohio lake was charged Wednesday with two counts of aggravated murder in the boy's death. Authorities said Ruth Miller, 40, of Millersburg, Ohio, told investigators she believed she was acting...

Female Cyclist's Murder Rocks Amsterdam

Asylum-seeker is suspected in 17-year-old's killing and a separate sexual assault

(Newser) - Amsterdam is on edge after the late-night stabbing death of a 17-year-old girl as she cycled home from a night out—a routine many had long considered safe. The killing has rattled the city's sense of security, especially among young women, who now say they're rethinking solo...

Erik Menendez's Wife: Parole Hearing Was 'Complete Setup'

Tammi Menendez blasts proceedings, as does Erik Menendez's stepdaughter: 'How is my dad a threat'

(Newser) - No one is likely more disappointed than Erik Menendez about his parole request being turned down this week in California—except maybe his wife and stepdaughter. Tammi Menendez, who's been married to Erik since 1999 , called his Thursday parole hearing "a complete setup" on X , adding that "...

Cops Who Thought Bear Killed Elderly Man Have New Theory

Police now say son actually stabbed 93-year-old Fujiyoshi Shindo to death in Japan

(Newser) - When Fujiyoshi Shindo's wife found the 93-year-old's body Monday in a bedroom in their home in the Japanese city of Daisen, authorities initially suspected he'd been mauled by a bear. Looks like an ursine suspect is now off the hook, as police have updated their analysis to...

Woman's Body Found After Video of Spouse Dragging Heavy Load

Cops: Sheylla Cabrera's remains were in Angeles National Forest, while husband has fled to Peru

(Newser) - The body of a missing woman was found in a Southern California forest days after her husband was recorded on surveillance video dragging something heavy out of their apartment complex north of Los Angeles, authorities said this week. Per the AP , Sheylla Cabrera, 33, of Lancaster was reported missing on...

Arrest Made After 4 Bodies Found in the Seine

3 submerged bodies were found after passerby spotted dead man near bridge

(Newser) - A man currently in custody is suspected of killing more than one of four people recently found in the River Seine near Paris. Prosecutors said Wednesday that a man was arrested "on suspicion for multiple murders at the headquarters of the criminal brigade of the Paris judicial police,"...

Alleged Killer Mom Among 'Most Wanted' Is Nabbed

Cindy Rodriguez Singh charged in relation to disabled son's 2022 disappearance

(Newser) - A Texas mother on the FBI's "Top 10 Most Wanted" list has been captured more than two years after fleeing overseas following the disappearance of her 6-year-old son. Cindy Rodriguez Singh, 40, faces charges of capital murder and fleeing prosecution in connection with the presumed death of...

After 24 Hours, Toddlers Tell Cops: Our Parents Are Dead

Houston parents of 3 young kids found dead in suspected murder-suicide

(Newser) - Authorities responded to an apartment in West Houston, Texas, on Monday, finding three toddlers who led officers to the bodies of the parents, dead in a suspected murder-suicide. Neighbors initially came upon the "hungry and thirsty" children, ages 1 to 3, outside the home, a resident of the apartment...

Kohberger Claimed Killer 'Must Have Been Pretty Good'

WSU faculty member feared he was stalking people, would become sexual abuser

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger developed a reputation for being sexist and creepy while attending a criminal justice program in the months before he killed four University of Idaho students in 2022, fellow grad students told investigators, per the AP . His behavior was so problematic that one Washington State University faculty member told...

Witness Heard Kohberger Say Victim's Name

Surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen said male voice named 'Kaylee'

(Newser) - One of the two women to emerge alive from the Idaho house where four students were murdered heard killer Bryan Kohberger utter the name of one of his victims, a person to whom he had no known connection. Dylan Mortensen, who was drunk in the early hours of Nov. 13,...

Arrest Made in 1996 Disappearance of Girl, 11
Arrest Made Decades Later
in Disappearance of Girl, 11
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Aug 17, 2025 10:41 AM CDT

Arrest Made Decades Later in Disappearance of Girl, 11

The body of Illinois girl Trudy Appleby has never been found

(Newser) - Trudy Appleby asked her dad if she could go swimming on Aug. 21, 1996, and he said no. Phone records indicate the 11-year-old went anyway, and then vanished. She was last seen getting into a vehicle with an unidentified man not far from her Moline, Illinois, home. Now, almost exactly...

After Murders, Kohberger Called Mom, Took Selfie
Shutdown of Kohberger's Phone
Was Actually Pretty Revealing
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Aug 17, 2025 7:30 AM CDT

Shutdown of Kohberger's Phone Was Actually Pretty Revealing

Digital forensics expert Heather Barnhart talks with People about what she found on the device

(Newser) - The digital forensics expert who analyzed convicted murderer Bryan Kohberger's phone made some interesting finds. For one thing, the man convicted of killing four University of Idaho students in an off-campus home called his mother less than two hours after committing the crime, shortly after returning to his home...

Police Release New Images of Idaho Murder Scene

Surveillance footage seemingly captured activity around 4:15am

(Newser) - Police in Moscow, Idaho, this week released close to 200 images—many blurred—along with area surveillance video from the scene of the 2022 University of Idaho murders, offering the public its clearest view yet into the now-demolished house where four students were killed. NBC News reports the newly...

Cops Bust Man Wanted in Murder of Tennessee Family

Austin Robert Drummond captured in Jackson after murder of baby's parents, uncle, grandmother

(Newser) - The man wanted in the killings of the parents, grandmother, and uncle of an infant found alone has been arrested, police in Tennessee said Tuesday. Austin Robert Drummond, 28, was taken into custody amid a search, police in Jackson, Tennessee, said in a social media post. Drummond's arrest came...

Bar Owner on Alleged Gunman: 'I Just Think He Snapped'

Authorities find truck belonging to Michael Paul Brown, but manhunt for him in Montana continues

(Newser) - The manhunt continues for Michael Paul Brown, a suspect in the Friday morning shooting at a Montana bar, but it appears his vehicle has been found. Lee Johnson, the administrator for the state's Division of Criminal Investigation, said in a presser later Friday that investigators had recovered the white...

Manhunt on for Tenn. Murder Suspect: 'We All Trusted Him'

Authorities are searching for Austin Robert Drummond, 29

(Newser) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the US Marshals Service are offering a reward of up to $15,000 as they search for a suspect they believe may have killed four family members in Tennessee and abandoned an infant also connected to the family on a stranger's lawn, reports...

Mom Killed After Leading Girls to Safety in Park Stabbings

Suspect who killed Cristen and Clinton Brink in Arkansas had no known connection to them

(Newser) - Authorities in Arkansas say Cristen Amanda Brink, killed in a double homicide at Devil's Den State Park, was fatally stabbed after returning to help her husband, Clinton David Brink, during the attack. According to police, the couple was hiking with their two daughters, ages 7 and 9, and...

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