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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Tragedy as woman stabs seven-year-old granddaughter in chest before setting house on fire in blaze that kills them both
An Arkansas woman who adopted her granddaughter after her son’s death in Iraq stabbed the 7-year-old girl in the chest, then set fire to their home in a carefully planned murder-suicide. Janice Robbins, 63, left a suicide note in her pickup truck at Conway before killing her granddaughter, Abby Robbins, and herself on Saturday, police [...]
4 dead after standoff in Hocking County, Ohio
LOGAN, Ohio (AP) — The Hocking County Sheriff’s Office says a man shot and killed his wife’s two sisters and his son before turning the gun on himself. Deputies were called to a house about 5 miles north of Logan at about 5:30 p.m. Monday for a possible hostage situation. They stormed the house at [...]
Gunman kills his wife, her twin, mother-in-law… and his ex before turning gun on himself
A gunman is believed to have gone on a shooting rampage that led to the murders of his wife, her twin sister, his mother-in-law and his ex-wife.Kenneth Myers, who was rumbled by police having allegedly gunned down the four women in Wagener, about 40 miles east of Augusta, Georgia, turned the gun on himself after [...]
Florida teen kills parents and host parties after
A teenager accused of bludgeoning his parents to death with a hammer was upbeat as he later showed friends $5,000 in cash at his house party – as their bodies lay upstairs. New police documents reveal 17-year-old Tyler Hadley, of Port St Lucie, Florida, allegedly took money from an ATM on July 16, just hours [...]
Rickie La Touche Found Guilty Of Murder: Man Strangled Wife After She Smashed ‘Star Wars’ Toys
A 30-year-old British man was found guilty of murder for strangling his wife, whom he said had damaged his extensive collection of “Star Wars” toys. Rickie La Touche, also known as Rickie Nehls, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 12 years, The Telegraph reports. La Touche confessed to killing [...]
‘I don’t really worry what people say’: Wife whose affair with brother-in-law drove him to gun down family speaks out for first time
To the close-knit community of Effingham County, Georgia, childhood sweethearts Carey and Robin Heidt had the perfect lives – successful careers, a doting family and three blond-haired children. But Robin was keeping a secret from her husband – one that would eventually claim his life. The mother-of-three was having an affair with her husband’s older [...]