HOUSTON (AP) — A man who said voices in his head told him to kill six members of his ex-wife’s family in Texas, including four children, was found guilty of capital murder Thursday by a jury that rejected his insanity defense. A seventh family member testified at trial that Ronald Lee Haskell forced her, her […]
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate who says he’s intellectually disabled is set to be executed Wednesday evening for fatally stabbing his two stepsons during an attack more than 12 years ago in their North Texas home that also killed his wife. Robert Sparks, 45, is facing lethal injection for the September 2007 slayings […]
DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor in his apartment last year had no drugs or alcohol in her system at the time, a police detective testified Tuesday. RELATED: Former Dallas Police Officer Goes On Trial For Shooting Neighbor Detective Eddie Ibarra’s testimony during the second day of […]
DeAngelo Clark called his girlfriend’s father on Facetime as he was stabbing her to death, he reportedly told him that his daughter was the one with the knife, police said. The 30-year-old accused murderer reportedly called with Kiara Alleyne’s father from her home in central Florida, on September 11. Police said at the end of […]
DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer went on trial Monday in the shooting death of a black neighbor as attorneys sparred over whether the officer was distracted by a phone call when she mistook the neighbor’s apartment for her own and the victim for an intruder. Prosecutors contend Amber Guyger, 31, was distracted […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police warned the top officials of a Utah school district about an ex-employee who had told his co-worker he wanted to “see what it feels like” to murder someone and attack “women or gays.” The notice was meant to be kept private among school officials and security guards of the […]
16-year-old Khaseen Morris walked a girl home and it ended up costing him his life. After school on Monday, more than 50 teenagers gathered in a strip mall parking lot a few blocks away from Oceanside High School. Morris was there. He was reportedly told to show up. Just days before, Morris was seen walking […]
Kawhi Leonard, who recently signed with the LA Clippers after winning the 2019 NBA Finals, has a 35-year-old sister named Kimesha Williams. The star’s sister, and 39-year-old Candace Townsel, have been charged with murder and robbery, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. According to authorities, Afaf Anis Assad, 84, was assaulted at the Pechanga […]
Ta’Lela Fontia Stevenson did what most big sisters would do if their little sister was being bullied. The 19-year-old, who gave birth to a baby girl less than a month ago, was stabbed to death on Sunday after a fight broke out between several girls near their Atlanta-area home. Stevenson was reportedly trying to protect […]
DALLAS (AP) — A Los Angeles man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally shooting a postal worker during a road-rage attack on a Dallas expressway last year. Federal authorities say 26-year-old Donnie Arlondo Ferrell was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to murder in February in the death of 58-year-old Tony Mosby. Authorities say Ferrell was […]
The news that the brother of Olympian Simone Biles was arrested for a triple murder in Cleveland shocked many people, but perhaps no one was shocked more than the gold medalist gymnast herself.
HOUSTON (AP) — A young woman told jurors Tuesday that she begged her uncle “please don’t hurt us” and then began to pray before he fatally shot her parents and four siblings and shot her in the head in their suburban Houston home. Cassidy Stay testified at the trial of Ronald Lee Haskell, who is […]
