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Cops: Man Killed In-Laws
After They Grew Suspicious

Feb 5, 2019 11:45 AM CST

Cops: Man Killed In-Laws After They Grew Suspicious

They hadn't heard daughter Jamie Ivancic's voice in a while

(Newser) - Four members of the Ivancic family are dead, and the alleged timeline of their murders is now becoming clear thanks to newly released court documents. Shelby John Nealy, 25, was arrested last month in connection with the deaths of his wife, his in-laws, and his wife's brother; upon being...

Pregnant Woman Attacked in NYC Apartment Complex Dies

'Sweetheart' Mom-to-Be Dies
After Brutal NYC Stabbing

Feb 4, 2019 7:11 PM CST

'Sweetheart' Mom-to-Be Dies After Brutal NYC Stabbing

Police are searching for killer of 35-year-old Jennifer Irigoyen, attacked in apartment lobby

(Newser) - A 911 call early Sunday morning led police to a horrific find in a Queens apartment building lobby: a pregnant 35-year-old real estate agent who'd been stabbed in the torso and neck, per NBC News . Jennifer Irigoyen was rushed from the Ridgewood complex to a local hospital, but it...

Nurse Dies After Being Found
Frozen Underneath Vehicle

Jan 29, 2019 12:31 AM CST

Nurse Dies After Being Found Frozen Underneath Vehicle

Carlie Beaudin was unconscious, bleeding in hospital parking garage

(Newser) - Deputies in Wisconsin who were dispatched to the parking structure of a Milwaukee County hospital at 3:45am Friday found a horrifying sight: Carlie Beaudin, a 33-year-old nurse practitioner, frozen to the ground and unconscious beneath a vehicle that had crashed into the wall of the Froedtert Hospital garage. She...

Man Wanted in 4 Georgia
Murders Arrested in Indiana

Jan 28, 2019 12:11 AM CST

Man Wanted in 4 Georgia Murders Arrested in Indiana

Daylon Gamble accused of double shootings

(Newser) - Federal authorities have arrested a man wanted in the slayings of four people and injuring of a man in a pair of shootings in Georgia. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says 27-year-old Daylon Delon Gamble was arrested Sunday in Indiana by the US Marshal's Service. Gamble, who was wanted...

There Were
Fewer Homicides
in Chicago in 2018

Jan 1, 2019 5:05 PM CST

There Were Fewer Homicides in Chicago in 2018

But it still far outpaced NYC and LA—combined

(Newser) - Preliminary numbers indicate that homicides in Chicago fell by about 100 last year compared to 2017, though the total again eclipses the number of homicides in Los Angeles and New York combined, according to data released Tuesday. Police in Chicago, the nation's third largest city, report that 561 homicides...

Woman Found Dead in Car
Crash Had Been Shot

Dec 21, 2018 12:26 PM CST

Woman Found Dead in Car Crash Had Been Shot

Melissa Peskey's husband says he was informed he was a 'person of interest'

(Newser) - It was a mystery right from the start. Cops who responded to the scene of a car crash Dec. 13 along a Missouri interstate in Cooper County found a 40-year-old mother dead in the driver's seat, and her two children, ages 5 and 11, unharmed, per KELO-TV . Based on...

She Warned Her Daughter to
'Get Out.' Now, a 'Terrible Day'

Dec 14, 2018 9:30 AM CST

She Warned Her Daughter to 'Get Out.' Now, a 'Terrible Day'

Sarah Papenheim, 21, studying in the Netherlands, is stabbed to death

(Newser) - It's a "terrible day" in Palo Cedro, Calif., as the town mourns a young blues drummer known as "Happy Pap." That's where Sarah Papenheim grew up, per the Redding Record Searchlight , and those who knew her there (and in the Twin Cities, Minn., area where...

Son, Parents
Face Life in Prison
in Dismemberment Case

Dec 13, 2018 10:10 AM CST

Son, Parents Face Life in Prison in Dismemberment Case

Cops say concealing Ashley Young's death was a family affair

(Newser) - It's not only a Michigan man who could face life in prison after a woman's mutilated body was discovered in the apartment building he owns. Jared Chance's parents—including a father who worked as an Illinois police officer for 25 years, per WWMT —could face the...

Mom Said Dad
Left in 1961. He Was
in Basement All Along

Dec 13, 2018 7:13 AM CST

Mom Said Dad Left in 1961. He Was in Basement All Along

Case is now a murder investigation

(Newser) - When he was growing up, Michael Carroll's mother told him and his three siblings that their father had walked out one day in 1961 and never returned. But George Carroll was just feet away the entire time, buried more than six feet below the basement of their Long Island...

His Wife's Body Was Found Tied
to Anchor. He Claimed Suicide

Dec 12, 2018 10:10 AM CST

His Wife's Body Was Found Tied to Anchor. He Claimed Suicide

It's life in prison for Christopher Leclair

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania man who hoped to shack up with his girlfriend after killing his wife of 25 years will instead be confined to a prison bed for life. Christopher Leclair maintained his innocence even as a judge sentenced him to life in prison without parole on Tuesday, describing the June...

300-Pound Woman Pleads
Guilty to Crushing Boyfriend

Dec 5, 2018 3:43 AM CST

300-Pound Woman Pleads Guilty to Crushing Boyfriend

Pa. woman will be sentenced for 3rd-degree murder

(Newser) - A 300-pound woman in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to murdering her boyfriend by stabbing him, hitting in the head with a table leg, and finally crushing the 120-pound man with her own weight. Windi Thomas, 44, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in the March 18 death of Keeno Butler in...

Most Dangerous Place
for Women: Home

NEW STUDY

Nov 26, 2018 7:31 AM CST

Most Dangerous Place for Women: Home

More than half of women killed worldwide in 2017 died at hands of intimate partner, family member

(Newser) - Men make up the lion's share of homicide victims, but it's women who "pay the highest price as a result of gender inequality, discrimination, and negative stereotypes." That's according to a new UN report out of its Office on Drugs and Crime, ABC News reports,...

Mystery Deepens
in NJ Mansion Fire

Nov 23, 2018 6:39 AM CST

Mystery Deepens in NJ Mansion Fire

Lawyer says Paul Caneiro is innocent

(Newser) - New Jersey man Paul Caneiro didn't try to set his own house on fire with his wife and children inside, his lawyer says—and he is also innocent of "any other charge," which would include the murders of his brother and his family . Lawyer Robert Honecker Jr....

After Man, Family Die in
Mansion Fire, Brother Arrested

UPDATED

Nov 21, 2018 8:41 AM CST

After Man, Family Die in Mansion Fire, Brother Arrested

Paul Caneiro's arrest tied to a fire at his own home that happened hours prior

(Newser) - A convoluted story out of New Jersey, where police have charged Paul Caneiro with aggravated arson in connection with a fire at his own home—one that the Asbury Park Press reports occurred seven hours before a fatal fire at his brother's mansion. Around 5am Tuesday, firefighters responded to...

'He Lied About Everything':
Killer's Ex-Girlfriend Speaks Out

Nov 16, 2018 12:05 PM CST

'He Lied About Everything': Killer's Ex-Girlfriend Speaks Out

Nichol Kessinger was dating 'divorced' Christopher Watts when his family vanished

(Newser) - The allegations against Christopher Watts , the Colorado man accused of murdering his pregnant wife and two young daughters, are awful, and one person who believes them is the woman he was dating at the time of the murders. "He's a liar," Nichol Kessinger told the Denver Post ...

Cleveland.com Reporter, 30,
Found Shot Dead in Trailer

Nov 13, 2018 12:16 PM CST

Cleveland.com Reporter, 30, Found Shot Dead in Trailer

Nikki Delamotte, 30, had recently reunited with her uncle

(Newser) - Cleveland.com is reeling after "popular" culture reporter Nikki Delamotte was found shot dead in what's being investigated as a suspected homicide. Perrysburg Township police say the 30-year-old and her uncle, Robert Delamotte, 67, were found dead in his trailer, and Cleveland.com reports she was there after...

A 'Troubling Decline'
Continues in Chicago

Sep 21, 2018 2:32 PM CDT

A 'Troubling Decline' Continues in Chicago

Fewer homicides are being solved

(Newser) - A "troubling decline" in the number of homicides solved by Chicago police is continuing, USA Today reports. According to data obtained by the paper, the city's homicide clearance rate was 15.4% during the first half of the year, meaning that a suspect was identified or arrested in...

Marine's Midnight Murder
Leaves Wife 'Speechless'

Sep 12, 2018 10:25 AM CDT

Marine's Midnight Murder Leaves Wife 'Speechless'

No suspects named in Friday shooting in Lemon Grove, Calif.

(Newser) - Alexia Truax married her best friend last spring before giving birth to the couple's son in September. A year later, her world has been turned upside down. "Speechless" is how the 20-year-old Texas resident describes feeling after learning her husband, Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Truax Jr., was fatally...

Are People
Getting Away
With Murder
at Work?

Sep 10, 2018 4:08 PM CDT

Are People Getting Away With Murder at Work?

One certified fraud examiner thinks so

(Newser) - The Atlantic plucks an unexpected data point out of the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics study on fatal workplace injuries: One of the top causes on the list (after things like falling and traffic accidents) is homicide, with some 500 reported in 2016. The Atlantic uses that as a jumping-off...

Visiting a Cemetery,
They Find a Body

Sep 5, 2018 7:44 PM CDT

Visiting a Cemetery, They Find a Body

Xavier D.Luckey was pronounced dead at the scene

(Newser) - Police in North Carolina say a husband and wife visiting their granddaughter's grave found a man's body lying nearby. High Point police said in a news release a caller told a 911 dispatcher the body was lying next to a mausoleum just inside the cemetery Tuesday, per the...