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Jan 2, 2020 Jan 02, 2020

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The NYPD arrested an 18-year-old suspect in a fatal Christmas Eve robbery. Surveillance video showed six suspects attacking a 60-year-old victim, who died of his injuries three days later. The suspects got away with only $1.In Billings, Montana, an apparent car crash death turned into a homicide investigation, as officers suspect the victim died before the collision.Finally, in Texas, a 12-year-old boy is hailed a hero after saving his great-grandparents from a knife attack launched by his older brother.

Jan 1, 2020 Jan 01, 2020

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A Texas man who went on the run on Christmas Eve, after allegedly murdering his girlfriend, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers in Houston.In Indiana, a mother was sentenced to seven years in prison for injecting fecal material into her son’s IV bag, while the teen was being treated for cancer.Finally, on Sunday, a man opened fire in a Texas church, killing two, before being killed by a member of the church’s security team. The suspect has since been identified as a semi-transient who had visited the church several times in the past to receive food donations and request cash.

Dec 31, 2019 Dec 31, 2019

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In Brookside, Alabama, police arrested a kidnapping suspect and rescued his victim, after a car chase and an armed standoff. The suspect allegedly forced a female victim into his van, which had a cage in the back, blacked out windows, and chains securing the back door.In Boston, a mother allegedly threw her children off the roof of a parking garage, then jumped off herself, in a suspected murder-suicide on Christmas Day.Finally, Oregon authorities suspended the search for 20-year-old Allyson Watterson, who was reported missing last Monday. Initially, police believed that Watterson vanished while hiking near North Plains with her boyfriend, Ben Garland. However, investigators now say there is no evidence that Watterson had been hiking in the area. For this reason, the search of the local area has been halted, while the investigation continues.

Dec 30, 2019 Dec 30, 2019

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Five people were stabbed at an upstate New York Hanukkah candle lighting on Saturday night. A suspect has been apprehended and charged with five counts of attempted murder and one count of first degree burglary. Andrew Cuomo, the Governor of New York, has called the incident “an attack fueled by intolerance.”In Bellingham, Washington, a husband allegedly fatally shot his wife, a beloved elementary school principal, and killed their pets. He then posted a twitter ‘confession,’ before shooting himself. He survived and is in critical conditionFinally, Michigan man, Kevin Bacon, has been missing since Christmas Eve. On Saturday, police found him deceased inside a home in Bennington Township. A 50-year-old suspect has been taken into custody on charges of murder.

Dec 27, 2019 Dec 27, 2019

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Nashville police have arrested Michael Mosely, the suspect in the fatal stabbings of Clayton Beathard and Paul Trapeni III, who were killed outside a Nashville bar on December 21st. Clayton Beathard was the younger brother of San Francisco 49ers quarterback, C.J. Beathard.In New York, Asun Thomas has been charged with the murder of Luz Perez. Perez, a mother of five was beaten and strangled to death in her Bronx apartment in October. Her two young children were left alone with her body for more than twenty four hours. Thomas has a previous conviction for manslaughter.Finally, an 85-year-old Washington state woman has been charged with premeditated murder and first degree assault, after attacking her two roommates, killing one and seriously injuring the other. The roommates, two sisters in their thirties, had recently moved into a house that was once owned by the suspect, but had since been foreclosed on by the bank. The victims were renting the place from the new owners on a rent-to-own plan, and had let the suspect stay with them until she could find a new place to live.

Dec 26, 2019 Dec 26, 2019

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A New Jersey man is charged with the murder of his wife, whose body was found in a partially burned car in Monroe Township. The alleged murder occurred while the suspect was awaiting trial for allegedly abusing the couple’s newborn daughter.Police in Birmingham, Alabama are searching for 29-year-old Paighton Laine Houston. Houston was last seen on the night of Friday, December 22nd, leaving a Lakeview area bar in the company of two men. The last communication from her was a text she sent to a friend after leaving the bar, saying she felt unsafe.Finally, a Cape Coral, Florida couple entered not guilty pleas to multiple charges, including first degree murder, stemming from the September death of their 18 month old son. The parents told investigators they fed their four children only raw fruits and vegetables. An autopsy found the child died from malnutrition.

Dec 25, 2019 Dec 25, 2019

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A Texas teen is charged with capital murder after allegedly murdering his 8 months pregnant sister, and staging the death to seem like a suicide.In New Mexico, a teen pleaded guilty to second degree murder for fatally shooting a 25-year-old man during an attempted robbery, and was sentenced to a mere 30 days in jail.Finally, An Iowa woman is facing multiple charges after a December 9th Des Moines area crime spree. Over the course of the day the suspect allegedly intentionally hit a 14-year-old girl with her vehicle, attempted to run over a 12-year-old boy, and finally accosted a convenience store clerk and his customers, throwing items at them, and hurling racial slurs. Police say the suspect told them she ran over the girl because “she was Mexican”.

Dec 24, 2019 Dec 24, 2019

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The body of missing Michigan woman, Adrienne Quintal, was discovered on Saturday not far from where she was last heard from. Quintal went missing on October 17th after calling a family friend to tell him she was involved in a shootout with two men at her family’s remote cabin.In Colorado, a suspected pedophile is arrest for the first degree murder of a 9-year-old girl, who died of Chloroform poisoning.Finally, police in Idaho request the public’s assistance in locating married couple, Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell. Vallow and Daybell are wanted for questioning in the disappearance of Vallow’s two children from a previous marriage, 7-year-old Joshua Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan. Lori Vallow’s estranged husband and Chad Daybell’s wife both passed away earlier this year under suspicious circumstances.

Dec 23, 2019 Dec 23, 2019

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A former Texas police officer has been charged with the murder of his wife of less than a year, who had a restraining order against him.In North Carolina, a paramedic was charged with the 2018 poisoning murder of his wife. He is alleged to have made his wife ingest eye drops, leading to cardiac arrest.Finally, the body of missing Texas mother, Heidi Broussard, has been discovered in the trunk of a car owned by her long-time friend, Magen Fieramusca. A baby, believed to be the missing Margot Carrey, was found alive and well inside a nearby home.

Dec 20, 2019 Dec 20, 2019

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An Indiana woman was sentenced to four years in prison for reckless homicide related to a 2018 car crash at a school bus stop, which killed three young children.Police in Cedar Park, Texas, believe that missing mother, Amanda Gordon, is no longer alive, based on evidence found in the house she shared with Samuel Byrd, her common law husband. Byrd has been charged with tampering with evidence by hiding a body.Finally, in California, Googie Rene Harris Jr. was arrested for the 1998 killing of Terry Cheek, his step mother. Police believe that Harris Jr. committed the crime together with his father, Googie Rene Harris Sr., and his nephew, Joaquin Leal. In 1999, an unrelated man was wrongfully convicted of the murder, but the charges against him were dismissed last year based on new DNA evidence. The same evidence led to charges against the three suspects.

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