There is some new information on the four Joliet, Ill., suspects who are facing first-degree murder charges for the strangulation deaths of two 22-year-old Black men who were allegedly robbed, killed, and partially dismembered in January. Police investigators have now learned that three of the accused murderers may have had sex on top of the corpses, reports […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) â Even if Oscar Pistorius is acquitted of murder, firearms and legal experts in South Africa believe that, by his own account, the star athlete violated basic gun-handling regulations and exposed himself to a homicide charge by shooting into a closed door without knowing who was behind it. Particularly jarring for firearms instructors […]
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) â Drew Peterson â the swaggering Chicago-area police officer who gained notoriety after his much-younger fourth wife vanished in 2007 â was sentenced to 38 years in prison on Thursday for murdering his third wife. The sentence came moments after Peterson shocked the courtroom with a rare public outburst of anger as […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) â British tourist Michael Baugh and his wife said water had only dribbled out of the taps at the downtown Cecil Hotel for days. On Tuesday, after showering, brushing their teeth and drinking some of the tap water, they headed down to the lobby and found out why. The body of a […]
Remember our story on NBA player Lorenzen Wright that we filed back in 2010 when he was shot to death and his decomposed body was found in the woods southeast of Memphis? Well, Sherra Robinson Wright, who was at one point a suspect in the killing and whose divorce from Lorenzen was finalized only a […]
While some people find a match made in heaven on the internet, one online dater found herself at risk of losing her life. Mary Kay Beckman is suing Match.com for connecting her to a man that tried to killer her. The 50-year-old real estate agent said Wade Riley, the man she met online, tried to […]
TMZ has removed graphic content from video of the brutal murder of 19-year-old Andre Lowe from its site. The move comes after more than 200,000 people joined a popular campaign started by the victimâs family on Change.org, the worldâs fastest-growing platform for social change. The petition was started last week by Andreâs uncle, Jason Andrews. […]
Does anything like a sense of shame exist in the sports department of USA Today? Apparently not. And apparently some people just canât help but live down to your expectations of them. Now I knew when Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis announced that this season would be his last go round in the National Football […]
KINGS PARK, N.Y. (AP) â Police say a New York man has killed his grandmother after they argued over what TV show to watch. They say Clarence Newcomb was arrested Friday at the home he shared with 82-year-old Kathleen Newcomb in Kings Park, on New York’s Long Island. Suffolk County police say a man called […]
Several days ago friends, fans and family of the late Christopher Wallace, the Brooklyn MC known as The Notorious B.I.G., had to relive his murder…
ATLANTA (AP) â Authorities are describing the fatal shooting of a Georgia woman after her vehicle bumped into a man’s motorized wheelchair at a gas station as a random encounter. Macon police said 65-year-old Linda Hunnicutt died after she was shot once in the chest Tuesday by the motorized wheelchair’s operator, 73-year-old Frank Louis Reeves. […]
NEW YORK (AP) â New York City police are questioning a suspect in the death of a subway rider who was shoved onto the tracks. New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne says investigators recovered security video showing a man fitting the description of the assailant working with street vendors near Rockefeller Center. Police went […]
