murder
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Student Killed at NYC J'Ouvert Event Told Man to Stop Grinding on Her, Cops Say
A St. John’s University student who was killed during J’Ouvert festivities in Brooklyn, N.Y., had reportedly told a man to stop grinding against her, police said Tuesday, according to the New York Post. According to the report, 22-year-old Tiarah Poyau was walking the J’Ouvert route with three friends when she was accosted by a man. Poyau told…
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Man Shoots Ex-Wife and Son, Confesses on Facebook Live
Earl Valentine is facing first-degree murder charges for the death of his 15-year-old son. He also shot and critically wounded his ex-wife, Keisha Valentine, in her home in Norlina, N.C., according to the New York Daily News. After shooting both his son and ex-wife, Valentine took to Facebook Live to confess early Tuesday. “What’s up,…
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2 Young People Shot Dead at J’Ouvert Parade in NYC
Tyreke Borel, 17, and Tiarah Poyau, 22, were shot and killed in the New York City borough of Brooklyn early Monday at the J’Ouvert parade, according to the New York Daily News. Tyreke, who was studying to be a car mechanic, was shot in the chest at 3:45 a.m. and was said by police to…
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After Labor Day Weekend, Chicago Homicides Exceed 500 for 2016
Over the Labor Day weekend, 65 people were shot in Chicago and 13 were killed, bringing the city’s homicide total this year so far to more than 500, according to the Chicago Tribune. Out of the three holiday weekends this summer, Labor Day weekend was the city’s deadliest. During Memorial Day weekend, 6 out of 69…
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Sex Offender Charged in 1991 Rape, Murder After 5 Men Were Wrongly Convicted
A 58-year-old convicted sex offender has been charged with the 1991 kidnapping and murder of a 14-year-old suburban Chicago girl, for which five wrongly convicted men spent at least a decade in prison, CBS News reports. As CBS notes, more than two years ago the five men, known as the Dixmoor Five, reached a $40…
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Ohio Woman Shot and Killed After Car Accident Caused by Shooter
Deborah Pearl, 53, was on her way to work Saturday morning when her car was hit by a Jeep that ran through a red light at an intersection in Solon, Ohio, Cleveland 19 News reports. What followed the accident was even worse. After his vehicle had flipped over several times, Matthew Ryan Desha, 29, emerged from it holding…
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2 Suspects Charged in Death of Tenn. Teen Who Protected Friends From Gunfire
Two suspects have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Zaevion William Dobson, a Tennessee high schooler who jumped on top of his friends and shielded them from gunfire, saving their lives, CNN reports. Christopher Bassett and Richard Williams both face multiple other charges, including the attempted murder of eight other people, and…
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Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Giving Butt Injections to Woman Who Later Died
Vinnie Lysander Taylor, 44, was sentenced by a federal judge to 14 years in prison for illegally giving a woman silicone butt injections days before her death, according to the Washington Post. Taylor would travel around the country injecting women with silicone to give them larger buttocks. This particular woman in Maryland died a few…
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Man Dead After Date With Woman He Met Online
A Florida man was found dead in his home after reportedly going on a date with a woman he met online. Adam Hilarie, 27, met Hailey Rose Bustos, 18, for an arranged date after they met on an online dating site, according to WSB-TV Atlanta. After their date, he apparently dropped her off. Then she…
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Tenn. Father Accused of Killing 11-Year-Old Daughter Fails Drug Test
Timothy Batts, the man accused of killing his 11-year-old daughter, Timea Lashay Batts, has reportedly failed his drug screening after bonding out of jail, according to CBS News. Sumner Country, Tenn., District Attorney Ray Whitley broke the news to several news outlets and also mentioned that he has filed a motion to revoke Batts’ bond. Batts, who…