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Dec 5, 2019 Dec 05, 2019

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In Loughton, United Kingdom, an intentional hit and run collision near a school left a 12-year-old boy dead and five others wounded.A California woman was arrested after allegedly binding her three year old son’s hands, putting a plastic bag around his head, and leaving him alone in a room as the house burned.Finally, a second woman has filed a lawsuit against Chicago bar, El Hefe, alleging that the staff failed to prevent, and even enabled, an unknown assailant to drug her drink and sexually assault her. The first suit was filed in late November.

Dec 4, 2019 Dec 04, 2019

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A Wisconsin woman has been arrested in connection with the 2006 murder of her husband.In Holland, a man is on trial for fatally stabbing his American roommate, a talented drummer who was studying at Erasmus University in Rotterdam.Finally, in Oregon, a man who was convicted of the 2001 murder of his girlfriend, has his conviction overturned, after a judge ruled that the state crime lab did not disclose the existence of potentially exculpatory DNA evidence in the case.

Dec 3, 2019 Dec 03, 2019

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A Minneapolis father fatally shot his two young sons in the front yard of their home, before killing his ex-wife and himself.In New Orleans’ French Quarter, a shooting left 10 people wounded, and two of them in critical condition.A Texas border patrol agent has been charged with murdering his wife on the night of Thanksgiving.In Missouri, a man walked into a police station, covered in blood, and spontaneously proclaimed himself responsible for two murders.Finally, a Pennsylvania woman, who claimed to have discovered her two children hanging from a dog leash in the basement of their home, has been charged with their murders.

Dec 2, 2019 Dec 02, 2019

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A Hawaii man will be extradited to Utah to face charges in a case of what law enforcement is calling, “extreme cyberstalking”. Over the course of more than a year, Loren Okamura sent more than 500 people to the victims’ house, including plumbers, drug buyers and prostitutes, disrupting the life of their entire Salt Lake City neighborhood and leading to the permanent assignment of a police patrol.A South Korean court found Former K-pop stars, Jung Joon-Young and Choi Jong-Hoon, guilty of gang rape, and sentenced them to six and five years in prison, respectively. Jung was also convicted of recording sex tapes without the consent of his partners, and sharing them with other Korean pop stars on a mobile chat room.Finally, the former CEO of Amazon Mexico, Juan Carlos Garcia, is wanted for questioning by the Mexican police in connection with the killing of his estranged wife, Abril Perez Sagaon. In January, Garcia was charged with attempted femicide after allegedly attacking his wife with a baseball bat while she slept. He was held without bail pending trial, but was released on November 8th after two judges downgraded the charges against him to domestic assault. Media in Mexico and Perez Sagaon’s family have named Garcia as the main suspect in the murder, and police are eager to question him, but he has disappeared.

Nov 29, 2019 Nov 29, 2019

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A California father allegedly murdered his wife and three children over the course of a week, then drove to a police station, with the body of his oldest son in the vehicle, and turned himself in.A US District court rejected a request for resentencing made by Idaho inmate, Torey Adamcik. Adamcik and his accomplice, Brian Draper, were both 16 in 2006, when they murdered their classmate, Cassie Jo Stoddard. The boys, who were fascinated by slasher movies and saw themselves as budding serial killers, planned the murder as a thrill-kill. Both Adamcik and Draper were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole as juveniles, a sentence since ruled unconstitutional.Finally, in Dunedin, NZ, 32-year-old doctor, Venod Skantha, was found guilty of the murder of 16-year-old Amber Rose Rush. Skantha, whose medical career was already in jeopardy after showing up to work intoxicated, murdered Rush so she could not expose his inappropriate relationships with local teens, destroying what was left of his reputation.

Nov 28, 2019 Nov 28, 2019

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An upstate New York teen allegedly killed his parents, and stayed living in the family home for three weeks, before the deaths were discovered.Utah police conducting a routine wellness check on a resident of a retirement community discovered a 75-year-old woman dead, apparently of natural causes. A search of her apartment uncovered the body of an adult man, identified as her husband, in a deep freezer. Police suspect foul play in the husband’s death.Finally, the suspect in the killing of Chicago student, Ruth George, has allegedly confessed to the murder, saying he assaulted and killed George because she ignored his cat calls.Happy Thanksgiving, from the Incongruity Team!

Nov 27, 2019 Nov 27, 2019

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A 13-year-old boy from St. Petersburg, Florida has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of his grandmother.In Michigan, a man has been arrested in connection with a 1980 cold case murder of a pilot’s wife.The son of a deputy sheriff in Alabama was arrested and charged with the murder of a Sheriff of a neighboring county.Finally, in Coral Springs, Florida, a woman arrested for the murder of her gym buddy, who was found shot dead in her driveway.

Nov 26, 2019 Nov 26, 2019

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The US Supreme Court has declined to hear Adnan Syed’s appeal for a new trial. Remains discovered in Alabama are believed to be those of missing college student, Aniah Blanchard. A Utah man is charged with the murder of his mother, who was stabbed in her apartment. Two South Carolina inmates, serving life in prison, murdered four other inmates in a demented bid to be sentenced to death. They have been sentenced to four additional life sentences. Finally, the trial of Bradley Robert Edwards begins in Perth, Western Australia. Edwards is accused of being the so-called “Claremont Serial Killer” who terrorized Perth in 1996 and 1997.

Nov 25, 2019 Nov 25, 2019

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A former concierge in a Boston apartment building is on trial for the double homicide of residents of a penthouse apartment where he worked.In New Zealand, a jury delivered a guilty verdict in the trial for the murder of 20-year-old British backpacker, Grace Millane.Finally, the high court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ordered a new investigation into the death of 18-year-old model, Ivana Smit. Smit was found dead on the 6th floor balcony of a Kuala Lumpur luxury high rise, after spending the night with an American couple in their apartment on the 20th floor. Her death had previously been ruled accidental.

Nov 22, 2019 Nov 22, 2019

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A Michigan husband was charged with the 2014 murder of his wife, after allegedly poisoning her cereal with heroin.Two former Houston police officers are facing State and Federal charges in connection with a botched drug raid that left two people dead.A New Mexico man, indicted in connection with the 2016 murder of 10-year-old Victoria Martens, was released from jail pending trial.Finally, in Australia, a young woman is on trial for allegedly luring a man to her home after meeting him on a dating app, and murdering him.

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