Two brothers were arrested this week on murder charges in connection to a 1997 Michigan cold case in which a man’s headless and handless body was found in a cornfield, authorities said. Brothers Richardo Sepulveda, 51, and Michael Sepulveda, 49, both from Ohio, were arrested Monday on charges including first-degree …
Read More »Monterey Park shooting: 11 killed at Lunar New Year celebration, suspect dead from apparent self
The suspect in a shooting in Monterey Park, California, that left at least 11 dead and another nine wounded is dead, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Sunday. The suspect, identified as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Luna said. The massacre was the nation’s …
Read More »Former UFC fighter Phil Baroni arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend in Mexico
Former mixed martial arts fighter Phil Baroni has been arrested in Mexico for allegedly killing his girlfriend, the prosecutors’ office in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit said Wednesday. The office said a woman was found dead on Jan. 1 in the beach town of San Fernando, just north of …
Read More »A jury recommended a life sentence for a man convicted in the slaying of a preacher’s wife. Alabama is set to execute him today.
Alabama is preparing to execute a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife, even though a jury recommended he receive life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 57, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison on Thursday evening. …
Read More »Texas man executed for strangling his mother and burying her body in her backyard
A man who killed his mother and buried her body in her backyard was executed Wednesday in Texas despite his lawyers’ appeals that he should not be put to death because he had a history of mental illness. Tracy Beatty, 61, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in …
Read More »Deaths of 8 family members, including 6 children, found in burning Oklahoma home investigated as murder
The deaths of eight family members — including six children — found in a burning Oklahoma home are being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities said Friday. Police are trying to determine whether both adults were involved in the killings. The children, who ranged in age from 1 to 13, were …
Read More »Michigan man to get life sentence in killing and cannibalism of man he met on dating app
A Michigan man who acknowledged killing another man and hanging the mutilated body from a ceiling will face life in prison without parole after a judge said Wednesday that it was premeditated murder. Mark Latunski pleaded guilty in September. But it was up to a judge to determine whether the …
Read More »Court overturns conviction of woman accused of trying to convince her son to kill his father with rat poison
An appeals court has overturned a Mount Vernon woman’s conviction for soliciting to kill her former husband. The Washington Court of Appeals on Monday overturned Vanessa Valdiglesias LaValle’s conviction. The Seattle Times first reported the decision. She had been found guilty in 2021 for trying to persuade her son to kill his …
Read More »$11.8 million worth of cocaine found in baby wipes shipment entering Texas, authorities say
Nearly 2,000 packages of baby wipes were seized in Laredo, Texas, after federal officers discovered narcotics hidden inside, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release. The Friday seizure happened at the Laredo-Colombia Solidarity International Bridge, which runs over the border between the U.S. and Mexico and is a …
Read More »3 Arkansas police officers suspended following video of violent arrest
Three Arkansas law enforcement officers were suspended Sunday following social media outrage over a video that seemingly showed two deputies and an officer striking a suspect under arrest. Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante issued a statement Sunday evening, stating two county deputies will be suspended during the course of the …
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