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Jan 16, 2020 Jan 16, 2020

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A New Jersey woman has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her husband to death with nail clippers.In Brooklyn, an elderly woman was killed in her apartment, only hours after police were called there due to an argument, and left because they did not perceive there was a threat.Finally, another twist in the investigation into the murder of former Arkansas State senator, Linda Collins Smith. The woman charged with her murder is now facing additional charges, for allegedly soliciting the murder of multiple people while incarcerated. The intended victims allegedly included the prosecutor and judge in her case.

Jan 15, 2020 Jan 15, 2020

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Police discover four bodies inside a house in Celebration, Florida, and arrest one suspect at the scene. The discovery is said to be related to reports of a missing Connecticut family.Missing Ohio teenager, Harley Dilly, has been found deceased, inside a vacant house not far from his home.Police in Placerville, California, are investigating the death of an 11-year-old boy as suspicious. Child Protective Services have removed seven other children from the home.Finally, in Alabama, murder charges against a victim’s ex-husband are dismissed the day his trial was due to start, after another suspect confesses to the murder.

Jan 14, 2020 Jan 14, 2020

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A late-night stabbing spree in downtown Colorado Springs leaves eight people injured.In Sacramento, California, a man’s body was discovered hanging from a tree branch near a highway. The death is considered suspicious.A couple who allegedly kidnapped their seriously ill newborn daughter from a Louisiana hospital, where she was waiting for life-saving treatment, have been captured 400 miles away, in Alabama.Finally, in Kentucky, a woman was charged with murder after allegedly assaulting her friend, and encouraging her large dog to attack him.

Jan 13, 2020 Jan 13, 2020

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In West Valley City, Utah, Terri Lester was charged with the aggravated murder of her four year old daughter, Lainey Vos. Lester, allegedly, spent months researching murder online, googling search terms like “how do you break a neck?” and “is it easier to kill a toddler than an adult”.Justyn Pennell, a 21-year-old from Florida, is being charged with premeditated murder, after allegedly intentionally running over a 75-year-old Vietnam veteran. Pennell allegedly told investigators that he committed the act because he wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone.Finally, suspected serial killer, Jose Sifuentes, is back in Dallas to face trial. Sifuentes was extradited from Mexico, where he had been hiding for 17 years.

Jan 10, 2020 Jan 10, 2020

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A Lubbock, Texas man was arrested on Wednesday for the capital murder of his girlfriend’s infant daughter. 27-year-old Trevor Rowe allegedly crammed the ten month old inside a backpack, and left the backpack in the trunk of his car for five hours.A New York City Bartender was sentenced to only six months in prison for the one-punch homicide of 21-year-old Danny McGee.Finally, in Ohio, Brian Michael Rini, a 24-year-old man who fraudulently claimed to be missing Illinois boy, Timothy Pitzen, has pled guilty and was sentenced to two years for aggravated identity theft.

Jan 9, 2020 Jan 09, 2020

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Police in Ottawa are searching for a suspect in Wednesday’s downtown shooting, which left one person dead and three seriously wounded. One of the victims is a 15-year-old boy.In Alabama, the second trial of Colby Lewis began on Monday. Lewis is facing burglary and rape charges for a 2016 gun-point attack on a University of Alabama student, which he was linked to through DNA evidence. He was first put on trial in 2019, but a mistrial was declared in September, after one of the jurors refused to participate in the deliberations.Finally, in Toronto, former pastor, Philip Grandine, was sentenced to 15 years for the 2011 manslaughter of his wife, Karissa, who was 20 weeks pregnant at the time of her death. The judge found that Grandine had been sneaking anti-anxiety medications into the victim’s food, leading her to drown in a bathtub. Grandine was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury in his first trial, in 2014. However, that verdict was set aside on appeal.

Jan 8, 2020 Jan 08, 2020

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In Connecticut, Fotis Dulos, the husband of Jennifer Dulos, who has been missing since May 24th, 2019, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with capital murder in her disappearance. Michelle Troconis, who was Dulos’ live-in girlfriend when his wife went missing, was also arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder.Deputies in Pima County, Arizona, have arrested Dylan Jacob Thornton on auto theft, and identified him as a person of interest in the death of Steven Mark Brashear. Brashear was reported missing last month, and his remains were discovered last Tuesday in Pima Canyon. Three mountain lions were found feeding on the remains, but it is believed they did not cause Brashear’s death.Finally, in Manchester, United Kingdom, 36-year-old Reynhard Sinaga was convicted of 159 offenses, including 136 rapes. Sinaga’s victims were overwhelmingly young straight men, whom he lured to his center city apartment from bars and clubs nearby, and then dosed with GHB. He has been sentenced to a minimum of thirty years.

Jan 7, 2020 Jan 07, 2020

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A Minnesota man was charged with second degree murder after allegedly shooting a woman multiple times, because she honked her horn and yelled at him to hurry up.In Oklahoma, a 30-year-old man and his 17-year-old girlfriend are both facing charges in the murder of 17-year-old Kirstan Patterson. Patterson’s body was discovered near the Neosho River on New Year’s Day, hours after she was reported missing. The victim and the suspects reportedly knew one another, and the motive for the alleged murder is said to have been revenge for a sexually transmitted infection.Finally, in Massachusetts, an art professor is accused of attacking a long-time friend and colleague with a rock, garden shears, and a fire poker, reportedly because of unrequited romantic feelings towards the victim.

Jan 6, 2020 Jan 06, 2020

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In Chicago, a young mother allegedly threw her 2-year-old son out of an 11th floor window, fatally stabbed her 7-month-old son, and attacked her grandfather, before attempting suicide. She survived, and is facing murder and attempted murder charges.A Texas man is charged with the murder of his fiancée during an argument, only days after their New Year’s Eve engagement.Finally, in New Jersey, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office announced that 73-year-old Richard Cottingham, a serial killer, also known as “The Torso Killer”, has confessed to three cold cases from the 1960s. The cases are now considered solved.

Jan 3, 2020 Jan 03, 2020

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A man working on his laptop at an Oakland, California, Starbucks, was killed while chasing a thief who stole the device. Two suspects have been arrested.The body of missing Texas teen, Robert Duncan, was discovered at a trailer park in Midland County. Five teens are facing charges in connection with his killing. Two of them, Larry West and Zayden Hayes, are charged with capital murder.An actress who had a small role in the movie Captain America: The First Avenger, was charged with second degree murder in the death of her mother, who was discovered dead in her Olathe, Kansas home on December 20th. She is planning to represent herself at trial.Finally, law enforcement in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, arrested a suspect in three recent killings of homeless people. Earlier this week, the Baton Rouge Police announced they believed the killings were related, and warned homeless people not to sleep outside. The suspect lives near the crime scenes.

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