murder
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Md. Man Confesses to Killing 6-Year-Old Sister, 2 Young Cousins: Report
A 25-year-old man has confessed to killing his 6-year-old sister and his two young cousins while he was supposed to be baby-sitting the little girls at a family home in Maryland, authorities say. CNN reports that the man in question, Antonio Williams, is facing charges of first- and second-degree murder in the deaths of his…
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Founding Member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 Arrested on Murder Charge
The Kidd Creole, one of the founding members of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (and not to be confused with singer Kid Creole), has been charged with stabbing a homeless man to death. According to NBC 4 New York, the pioneering rapper, born Nathaniel Glover, 57, was arrested and charged in midtown Manhattan on…
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Mich. Mother, Accused of Denying Infant Son Food for at Least 2 Days, Charged With Murder
A young Michigan mother is facing two felony charges in the death of her 6-month-old son, who allegedly went days without food while he was strapped in a car seat inside her Wyoming apartment without the air conditioning on. It’s a lot to unpack, but according to the Detroit Free Press, 22-year-old Lovily K. Johnson…
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‘I Know What a Thug Black Guy Looks Like’: Jury Deliberates in Trial of White Man Who Killed Black Man Over $50: Update
Updated Friday, June 23, 2017, 10:57 a.m. EDT: After deliberating for four hours, a South Bend, Ind., jury found Michael Young guilty of murder on Thursday, ending his three-day trial for shooting 27-year-old Markest Flowers in downtown South Bend. The South Bend Tribune reports that the jury could have considered a lesser charge of reckless homicide,…
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DC Memorial for Slain Va. Teen Nabra Hassanen Set on Fire: Report
A Washington, D.C., memorial constructed for a Muslim teen who was killed near her mosque in Virginia was set on fire in Dupont Circle Wednesday, fire officials confirmed. DC Fire told Fox5DC that they responded to the scene around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to find a memorial erected for 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen on fire. The flames…
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Detroit Mom Shot in Front of 4-Year-Old Daughter Dies in 14-Year-Old Son’s Arms; Ex-Boyfriend Named Person of Interest in Her Death
Updated Tuesday, June 20, 2017, 3:30 p.m. EDT: Earl Maxwell, a Detroit man who police named a “person of interest” in the shooting death of a young mother of three, has been captured, police say. According to Fox 2, Maxwell was taken into custody Tuesday in connection with the death of Latrese Morris Dorsey, who…
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Va. Man, 22, Charged With Murder in Attack on Muslim Teen After She Left Mosque; Authorities Say Case Isn’t Being Investigated as Hate Crime
Updated Monday, June 19, 2017, 4:15 p.m. EDT: The Fairfax County, Va., Police Department tweeted Monday afternoon that the case of Nabra Hassanen, a Muslim teen who was killed while walking back to her mosque in Virginia, is now believed to be related to a road rage incident. A news conference about the incident is…
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Detroit Man, Convicted Based on a Single Hair, Released After 41 Years in Prison
Ledura Watkins has spent his entire adult life in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. On Thursday, after some 41 years behind bars, Watkins, now 61, walked out of Michigan’s Wayne County Jail after his conviction was overturned. According to the Washington Post, Watkins was freed after prosecutors agreed that his murder conviction in…
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Man Stabs Girlfriend’s 12-Year-Old Daughter to Death, Then Sends Text to Mother: ‘See Wat U Made Me Do,’ Prosecutors Say
A 31-year-old Chicago man is accused of stabbing his girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter, leaving the child covered in blood and gasping for breath, before texting the child’s mother, “See wat u made me do…u gon pay fro this,” prosecutors say. On Tuesday, 31-year-old John Singleton was ordered held without bail on a first-degree murder charge in…