Wife, 42, ‘turned up volume on TV and shot dead husband before hysterically calling 911 to say he was killed by intruder’
Her hysterical 911 call made her seem every inch the grieving wife. Michelle Williams was sobbing so much that the operator could barely understand her say that her husband Gregory had been shot dead in their Texas home. But now after a three-month investigation police say it was all a lie and the tears were [...]
45 years for mother who suffocated her 6-year-old son and dumped his body on a dirt road because he was an ‘inconvenience’
A mother was jailed for 45 years today for suffocating her six-year-old son in a motel room and dumping his body along a dirt road. Julianne McCrery, 42, of Texas admitted killing Camden Hughes by kneeling on his back and covering his mouth with her hand. The discovery of his body last May in Maine [...]
Marine Corps reservist, identified as suspect in killings of Arizona deputy, New Hampshire couple
A New Hampshire couple found dead in a car near a northern Arizona resort town and a sheriff’s deputy killed days later in Phoenix were shot by the same gunman – a U.S. Marine Corps reservist, investigators say. Ballistics experts confirmed the rifle casings at the two crime scenes came from the assault rifle used [...]
Serial killer photographer kept diary detailing rapes and images of dead women
A diary documenting the rapes and sexual assaults of underage girls and women was found alongside posed photographs of two murder victims in the home of a suspected serial killer, a court has heard. Joseph Naso, 78, owned journals that contained dozens of sexual and violent images of women. They were discovered in the former [...]
Iowa mother arrested in death of twin girls
A Huxley woman deliberately killed her two newborn girls not long after giving birth last week and left them in the trunk of her vehicle, authorities said today. ackie Burkle, 22, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. If convicted, she will spend the rest of her life in prison. [...]
Woman on trial for ‘convincing her NFL star lover to shoot dead her sugar daddy for his cash’… 17 years after the murder
A woman accused of convincing her lover to shoot dead her millionaire boyfriend for his life insurance is on trial – 17 years after the murder. Nanette Johnston has appeared in court in Santa Ana, California for her part in the killing of her 55-year-old fiance, William McLaughlin, whom she met when she was 25. [...]
Tax evasion leads to man being arrested for killing woman 21 years ago
A man has been arrested for murder after his DNA was linked to a bloody crime scene – 21 years after the event. David Hedrick ran into trouble with police after evading tax on a deal to sell televisions to Disney World. Authorities took a routine genetic sample from him, and matched it to DNA [...]
Convicted murderer snaps in argument over what to feed terminally-ill wife and kills her two sisters, his son and himself
A convicted murderer gunned down three members of his family before killing himself after an argument about what to feed his terminally-ill wife, police say. Paul Gilkey, 63, snapped while looking after his wife Darlene, 59, who is dying of cancer. Authorities say he wasn’t getting along with his son Leroy or wife’s two sisters [...]
The Haditha killings
The Haditha killings (also called the Haditha incident or the Haditha massacre) refers to the incident in which 24 Iraqi men, women and children were killed by a group of United States Marines on November 19, 2005 in Haditha, a city in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar. At least 19 of those killed [...]
Teen admits murdering neighbor, 9, ‘because she wanted do know what it felt like to kill’
A Missouri teenager who told authorities she wanted to know what it felt like to kill pleaded guilty to murder on Tuesday, telling a judge that she strangled her 9-year-old neighbor with her hands and then slashed her throat with a knife. Alyssa Bustamante, who will turn 18 on January 28, pleaded guilty to second-degree [...]