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 [...]
Did Navy pilot kill himself and three others because he was jealous of love rival? Police probe possible motive for New Year’s Day ‘murder-suicide’
Police investigating the murder-suicide that left four dead in a wealthy suburb are looking at whether the New Year’s Day shooting could have been motivated by jealousy. John Robert Reeves, 25, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after murdering three others with him – fellow Navy pilot David Reis, 25, his sister Karen [...]
Beloved radio personality and sick wife found dead in hotel room after apparent suicide pact
Radio personality Bill Heywood was found dead in a hotel room on Wednesday morning after apparently committing suicide in a joint pact with his wife. The famous Phoenix radio DJ and his wife Susan – who had been married for 35 years – were found by a housekeeper with gunshot wounds to their head and [...]