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Teen in Hit-and-Run Recording: 'Just Bump Him, Brah'

Cops say driver, 13, killed 63-year-old man in NM, with other young passengers egging him on

(Newser) - A 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder in a fatal hit-and-run of a bicyclist in Albuquerque that was captured on video from inside the boy's stolen car, law enforcement said Monday. The teenager, who's believed to have been the driver, and a 15-year-old have been charged with...

Dad Sentenced After Girl Fatally Forced to Jump on Trampoline

Girl's mother was previously sentenced to life behind bars

(Newser) - The Texas man who forced his 8-year-old daughter to jump on a trampoline in 110-degree heat has been sentenced to 18 years behind bars, prosecutors announced. Daniel Schwarz, 48, pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the death of the girl, whom he and his wife had adopted, USA Today reports. The...

Highland Park Suspect Changes His Plea

Robert Crimo III now pleads guilty in 2022 mass shooting near Chicago that left 7 dead, dozens hurt

(Newser) - The Illinois man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens at a 2022 Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb pleaded guilty Monday to murder and attempted murder, just moments before opening arguments in his trial. Appearing in a Lake County courtroom, Robert E. Crimo III, reported to be...

Birmingham Comes Up With 'Ugly' Solution to Gun Violence

Alabama city erects giant concrete barriers to slow down drive-bys, to mixed reaction

(Newser) - There's already been at least one vigil this year held for victims of gun violence in the Alabama city of Birmingham, which claimed a record 150-plus homicides last year and has already had more than a dozen in early 2025. "We just heard ... backfiring of a car that...

DNA Testing Brings Arrest in Teenager's 1977 Death

Dawn Momohara's body was found at her Honolulu high school

(Newser) - Dawn Momohara's body was found outside a classroom at her Honolulu high school in March 1977, after she left home to go shopping with friends. There were leads, people were interviewed, and sketches of a car and a man reported near the building the night she was killed were...

Among Older Couples, a Rise in 'Acts of Desperation'

WSJ tackles the issue of spousal caregivers who snap and commit murder-suicides

(Newser) - Last April, an elderly couple was found dead in their home in Waynesville, North Carolina, a murder-suicide carried out by the husband. The tragic story of Richard and Ellen Hoyle is the centerpiece of Clare Ansberry's Wall Street Journal feature, which explores the pressures of caregiving on older adults...

Cops Believe Utah Father Shot Entire Family, Then Himself

Sole survivor, 17, has a brain injury

(Newser) - Police believe a father shot his entire family in their Utah home before taking his own life sometime over the weekend. The sole survivor, a 17-year-old boy who suffered a brain injury, was found in the garage by a concerned relative who went to the home Tuesday after not being...

Cops: Boy, 16, Confessed to Killing His Family

Teen arrested after 4 bodies were found in New Mexico home, charged with first-degree murder

(Newser) - On Sunday, New Mexico State Police announced that four bodies had been found in a Valencia County home the previous day, the victims fatally gunned down—and that a 16-year-old boy had been arrested in connection with those deaths, reports the AP . Per a Sunday statement from the NMSP, the...

Man Held in CEO's Killing Ordered Jailed Without Bail

26-year-old argues two minor points in Pennsylvania court

(Newser) - The 26-year-old man being held in the shooting death of an insurance company CEO appeared in a Pennsylvania court Monday and was ordered held without bail. Luigi Mangione was arrested earlier in the day at a McDonald's in Altoona during a manhunt for the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian...

'Home Is the Most Dangerous Place for Women and Girls': UN

An average of 140 females were killed each day in 2023 by a partner or relative

(Newser) - The deadliest place for women is at home, and 140 women and girls on average were killed by an intimate partner or family member per day last year, two UN agencies reported Monday. Globally, an intimate partner or family member was responsible for the deaths of approximately 51,100 women...

Dutch Cops Set Up Hologram of Murdered Teen Sex Worker

Police use high-tech visualization in Amsterdam's Red Light District to try to solve Betty Szabo cold case

(Newser) - Dutch police are getting creative, and high tech, in their search for the killer of a 19-year-old sex worker stabbed to death 15 years ago. The Guardian reports that authorities are now displaying a life-size hologram of Bernadett "Betty" Szabo in the windows of a corner house in Amsterdam'...

Judge Fatally Shot, Wife Charged With Murder

Police found body of Michael Valentine outside his home in Albion, Illinois, on Tuesday

(Newser) - A notice from all the judges of Illinois' 2nd Judicial Circuit Court announcing the death of colleague Michael J. Valentine noted they were "shocked and deeply saddened" by his sudden passing. On Friday, the person police say is responsible for killing him, his wife Megan Valentine, made a court...

Murder Was So Vicious, a Bear Was Initially Blamed

Suspect is in custody in the killing of Dustin Kjersem, 35, in remote Montana

(Newser) - Authorities in Montana have a suspect in a campsite murder so vicious that a bear was initially blamed, reports ABC News . The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office did not identify the suspect, but said the person is in custody on unrelated charges and is cooperating in the murder investigation. In...

A Year After Vanishing, Body of French Teen Found

Suspect in Lina Delsarte killing died by suicide in July, investigators say

(Newser) - A vehicle flagged months into the search for a French teenager who disappeared last September had been stolen by her kidnapper, police said Wednesday, announcing both the teen and her attacker are dead. The body of the girl, IDed by Elle as Lina Delsarte, 15, was found Wednesday in a...

Woman Sentenced for Killing Pregnant Woman to Take Child

Remains of Ashley Bush, 33, and fetus were found in Missouri

(Newser) - A Missouri woman has been sentenced to two life terms in prison after being convicted of killing a pregnant Arkansas woman and trying to pass off Ashley Bush's fetus as her own stillborn baby. Amber Waterman, 44, pleaded guilty in July to kidnapping resulting in death and causing the...

50 Years Later, Ex-Stasi Officer Is Sentenced

Unnamed 80-year-old gets 10 years for shooting a Polish national in then-divided Germany

(Newser) - An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin 50 years ago. The Berlin state court said in its ruling that there was no...

Cops: Body Parts in Freezer From Teen Who Vanished in '05

Missing-persons report was never filed for Texas' Amanda Overstreet, 16, found in Colorado home

(Newser) - When the new owners of a home in Grand Junction, Colorado, held a January garage sale to dump items from the previous owners, there was a grisly discovery made inside a deep freezer they were trying to get rid of: a human head, kept in a plastic bag, and human...

Canadian Police: We've Caught Female Serial Killer

Woman accused of 3 murders over 3 days

(Newser) - Canadian police say they've captured a serial killer who is accused of three murders over a three-day span last week. Sabrina Kauldhar, 30, was arrested Friday. The first victim, a 60-year-old woman, was found dead in her Toronto home on October 1 with "visible trauma" to her body,...

Maradona's Death Was Crushing. But Was It Criminal?

Argentina to try 8 medical professionals for homicide

(Newser) - Soccer legend Diego Maradona's 2020 death was crushing. But was it criminal? That's what an Argentine court will ultimately decide. The Washington Post reports eight members of Maradona's medical team have been charged with homicide for their alleged failure to keep Maradona alive. He died in Buenos...

Sheriff Accused of Killing Judge Who Was Longtime Friend

Town of Whitesburg, Kentucky, is in shock after fatal shooting at courthouse on Friday

(Newser) - Residents of a tiny Appalachian town struggled Friday to cope with a shooting involving two of its most prominent citizens: a judge who was gunned down in his courthouse chambers and a local sheriff charged with his murder. "It's just so sad. I just hate it," said...

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