murder
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‘We’ve Found Our Monster’: Fla. Sheriff Announces Arrest in Killing of 12-Year-Old Naomi Jones
Authorities arrested an ex-convict from Alabama on Thursday on charges relating to the kidnapping, killing and disposing of the body of a 12-year-old girl in Florida. According to CBS News, Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan announced that 38-year-old Robert Letroy Howard had been detained in relation to the case. Morgan noted that Howard “frequented” the…
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NY Father Charged With Murder in Death of 7-Year-Old Daughter
A New Rochelle, N.Y., man is facing murder charges in connection with the death of his 7-year-old daughter, whose body was found in her bed inside their home. According to CBS New York, police believe that 47-year-old Neil White suffocated his young daughter, Gabrielle. The Westchester County Medical Examiner’s Office will rule on the exact…
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Chicago Grandmother Sentenced to Life in Prison for ‘Exceptionally Brutal’ Torture Death of 8-Year-Old Granddaughter
A Chicago grandmother was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday in what the judge called the “exceptionally brutal” torture death of her 8-year-old granddaughter. According to the Associated Press, Cook County Circuit Judge Evelyn Clay handed down the natural-life sentence. It was Clay who convicted 55-year-old Helen Ford of first-degree murder in the 2013 death…
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Prosecutors Drop All Charges Against Detroit Man Who Spent 25 Years in Prison in Murder Case
All charges against a Detroit man were dropped Thursday after he spent some 25 years in prison. According to the Associated Press, Desmond Ricks long accused police of pinning a murder on him by seizing his mother’s gun and switching bullets in the case. An analysis of two bullets from the victim showed that they…
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Baltimore Day Care Worker Charged With Murder After ‘Disturbing’ Video of Abuse of an 8-Month-Old
Police say “disturbing” surveillance footage at a Baltimore day care center shows an 8-month-old girl being “tortured” to death by a staffer at the center. According to the Baltimore Sun, when little Reese Bowman was found unresponsive last Tuesday, a staffer told Baltimore police that she had fed the baby, wrapped her in a blanket…
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Neo-Nazi Convicted of Murder After Jury Sees Video of Boast ‘I’m Doing My Race a Favor’
A North Carolina jury took 90 minutes to deliver a guilty verdict to a white supremacist accused of killing his former boss because he was gay. In April 2015, Kenneth Morgan Stancil III walked into Wayne County Community College’s print shop, where he worked; pointed a shotgun at his boss, Ron Lane; and murdered Lane…
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Kan. Bail Bondsman Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing 7-Year-Old Son Whose Remains Were Found in Pigsty
A former Kansas bail bondsman was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the murder of his 7-year-old son, who, law enforcement say, was subject to abuse and starvation before his remains were fed to pigs on the family’s rental property. According to the Associated Press, 46-year-old Michael Jones won’t be eligible for parole for…
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Man Who Says He Drove Chicago Judge Raymond Myles’ Killer Is Related to Other Victim’s Ex-Husband
As police search for the man who killed Chicago Judge Raymond Myles, police have discovered a connection between the alleged getaway driver and Myles’ girlfriend, who was also injured in the botched robbery that ended in death. Court records show that Myles’ girlfriend was previously married and she divorced in 2015. According to the Chicago…
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Steve Stephens, Accused Facebook Killer, Fatally Shoots Himself in Pa.
Steve Stephens, who sparked a nationwide manhunt after posting a Facebook video in which he randomly shot and killed an elderly man in Cleveland over the weekend, has killed himself in Erie, Pa., state police report. According to NBC Philadelphia, Stephens was spotted by Pennsylvania State Police troopers Tuesday morning and fatally shot himself as…
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Facebook Murder Suspect Still on the Loose; Cleveland Police Announce $50,000 Reward
The Cleveland Police Department announced Monday that a $50,000 reward has been posted by Crime Stoppers for any information leading to the arrest of the man accused of killing Robert Godwin Sr. and then posting the horrific video on Facebook. Fox News reports that the police have now launched a nationwide search for 37-year-old Steve…