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Wife Accused in 'Horrific' Killing of Ex-Green Beret

Shana Cloud accused of killing, dismembering Clinton Bonnell over desire for divorce

(Newser) - A retired Green Beret told his wife he wanted a divorce, so North Carolina police say she killed and dismembered him. Authorities pleaded for the public's help in locating 50-year-old Clinton Bonnell after he vanished Jan. 27 in Fayetteville, where he was stationed at Fort Bragg before retiring in...

Prosecutors: Killer Teen Lived With Dead Bodies for 2 Weeks

Wisconsin's Nikita Casap, 17, charged with fatally shooting mom, stepdad on Feb. 11

(Newser) - A teenager in Wisconsin shot and killed his mother and stepfather, then went to school the next day like nothing happened, according to prosecutors. The bodies of 35-year-old Tatiana Casap and 51-year-old Donald Mayer were discovered partially decayed in their Waukesha home on Feb. 28 after odd text messages prompted...

Selena's Killer Poised for First Parole Review

Yolanda Saldívar has served 30 years of a life sentence

(Newser) - As the 30th anniversary of Tejano music icon Selena Quintanilla-Pérez's untimely death approaches, so too does the possibility of parole for the woman convicted of her murder. Yolanda Saldívar, now 64, will on Sunday be up for parole for the first time since her conviction for fatally...

Dead Boy's Grandparents Who Sought 'Answers' Are Arrested

French couple, along with 2 of their adult children, are detained in murder of toddler Emile Soleil

(Newser) - Two grandparents of a French toddler whose bones were discovered last year have been arrested on suspicion of murder, alongside two of their adult children. All four are held on suspicion of voluntary homicide and concealment of a corpse, prosecutors said Tuesday, per the BBC . Emile Soleil was just 2...

Murderer Allegedly Kills Wife During Conjugal Visit

David Brinson, however, has not yet been charged with anything

(Newser) - A convicted murderer serving four consecutive life sentences at a California prison now stands accused of killing his wife during a conjugal visit. Stephanie Brinson, 62, was on an overnight visit to northern California's Mule Creek State Prison when, around 2am on Nov. 13, her husband David Brinson, 54,...

Wife of Murdered Doctor Must Pay Stepkids $200M

But so far, no criminal charges against Rebecca Schwartz for 2014 killing of Steven Schwartz

(Newser) - The spouse of a doctor found murdered in his Florida mansion more than a decade ago will have to open her wallet for the deceased physician's adult kids. WFLA reports that Rebecca Schwartz, 64, was ordered earlier this month by a civil court to pay her three stepchildren nearly...

Teen in Hit-and-Run Recording: 'Just Bump Him, Brah'

Cops say driver, 13, killed 63-year-old man in NM, with other young passengers egging him on

(Newser) - A 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder in a fatal hit-and-run of a bicyclist in Albuquerque that was captured on video from inside the boy's stolen car, law enforcement said Monday. The teenager, who's believed to have been the driver, and a 15-year-old have been charged with...

Airman Accused of Killing Woman Missing Since August

Authorities say Sahela Sangrait, 21, was murdered on Air Force base

(Newser) - A US airman has been charged with the murder of a South Dakota woman whose remains were found earlier this month, nearly seven months after she vanished. Sahela Sangrait, 21, lived in Box Elder, near Ellsworth Air Force Base, but she was last known to be staying with a friend...

Mistrial Declared in Judge's Murder Case

Prosecutor says 11 of 12 jurors wanted to convict Jeffrey Ferguson of murder

(Newser) - The case of a Southern California judge charged with murder in the fatal shooting his wife ended in a mistrial Monday after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Eleanor J. Hunter declared the mistrial in the case against 74-year-old Orange County Superior...

Texts Reveal Panic Inside Idaho Murder House

A surviving roommate, who was drunk, described seeing masked man walk by her room

(Newser) - Newly unsealed court documents reveal what two young women were up to around the time four fellow University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in their off-campus home. "I'm freaking out," Dylan Mortensen wrote to Bethany Funke after 4am on Nov. 13, 2022, eight hours before...

Prosecutors: Kids Were Forced to Torture Trans Man

Horrific details emerge in murder of Sam Nordquist

(Newser) - Prosecutors have released disturbing details in a murder they described last month as " beyond depraved ." Prosecutors say children were forced to take part in acts of torture that caused the death of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota who was held captive in a room in...

Highland Park Suspect Changes His Plea

Robert Crimo III now pleads guilty in 2022 mass shooting near Chicago that left 7 dead, dozens hurt

(Newser) - The Illinois man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens at a 2022 Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb pleaded guilty Monday to murder and attempted murder, just moments before opening arguments in his trial. Appearing in a Lake County courtroom, Robert E. Crimo III, reported to be...

Cops: Chicago Teen Killed 6 People in 9 Months

'It's difficult to comprehend how anyone could easily take someone's life'

(Newser) - While most people were hunkered down at home during the early months of the pandemic, one teen went on a killing spree in Chicago, massacring six people within a span of nine months. So said local police and prosecutors on Wednesday in announcing murder charges against Antonio Reyes, now 21,...

Cops: Wife Orchestrated US Missionary's Murder for Hire

Minnesota's Jackie Shroyer to stand trial in Angola

(Newser) - A Minnesota woman on a Christian mission trip in southern Africa has been charged with killing her husband. Jackie Shroyer is accused in the murder of 44-year-old Beau Shroyer, who was found fatally stabbed in his vehicle in the Angola town of Thienjo on Oct. 25. His wife, who police...

Cops: Years After Killing Hubby, She Killed Wife the Same Way

Yolanda Marodi, accused of stabbing longtime firefighter in California, may be in Mexico

(Newser) - Months before she was due to retire, Rebecca Marodi, a California fire captain who battled last month's Eaton Fire, was found stabbed to death on Feb. 17. Days later, police said the suspected killer was Marodi's wife of two years—a woman convicted of fatally stabbing her first...

Birmingham Comes Up With 'Ugly' Solution to Gun Violence

Alabama city erects giant concrete barriers to slow down drive-bys, to mixed reaction

(Newser) - There's already been at least one vigil this year held for victims of gun violence in the Alabama city of Birmingham, which claimed a record 150-plus homicides last year and has already had more than a dozen in early 2025. "We just heard ... backfiring of a car that...

Family Faults Police in Torture, Murder of Trans Man

Sam Nordquist sought help, and his mother did the same, she tells NBC

(Newser) - The mother of a transgender man who was tortured and killed in New York claims he might still be alive if local police had "done their jobs." Canandaigua Police say none of its officers spoke with family members in the lead up to Sam Nordquist's death. But...

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New Setback for Idaho Murder Suspect

Idaho judge denies request by legal team for Bryan Kohberger that genetic evidence in case be tossed

(Newser) - An Idaho judge has denied defense lawyers their request to suppress key genetic evidence in the case of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger, accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022. Per the AP , Judge Steven Hippler wasn't moved on Wednesday by the arguments of Kohberger'...

In LI Woman's Murder, 'Justice Has No Expiration Date'

Gatorade cap helps lead to arrest of neighbor in 2003 killing of 88-year-old Edna Schubert

(Newser) - An elderly woman beloved by her community was beaten to death by an unemployed neighbor during a break-in—a conclusion it took more than two decades to reach, authorities said Friday, per the New York Times . Edna Schubert, 88, was found dead of blunt force trauma in her Long Island...

Doc Charged With Murdering 10 Patients

Unnamed German doctor showed 'lust for murder,' say cops

(Newser) - A doctor in Berlin who was first arrested in August on suspicion of killing four elderly patients is now suspected of killing a total of 10 patients and, in five cases, trying to cover up the evidence by starting fires, investigators said Tuesday, per the AP . The unidentified doctor, who...

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