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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Doctors testify in murder trial of man accused of savagely beating girlfriend’s 4-year-old son to death
The desperate battle to save a brutally beaten boy’s life was recounted in graphic testimony by doctors who tried in vain to revive him in a Michigan hospital. Brandon Hayes, 25, stands accused of mercilessly beating Dominick Calhoun over a period of four days, before leaving the 4-year-old to die on the floor of his [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]