A new book details how a British woman solved the gruesome murder of her brother and his girlfriend decades earlier, the Daily Mail reports. Penny Farmer writes her first-hand account of the case in the forthcoming book “Dead In The Water,” which is set to be released early next month. Farmer was just 17 in …
Three people were found dead in an Alabama home Saturday morning in what investigators believe is a double murder-suicide, the Decatur Daily reports. All three of the deceased are members of the same family. Austin Passwater said the deaths occurred at a residence several doors down from him. “That’s the most shocking thing I’ve heard in …
An Islamic State apologist who encouraged terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom, including one against 5-year-old Prince George, was reportedly stabbed in prison, Metro reports. Husnain Rashid gave advice about carrying out terrorist plots using bombs, chemicals, poison and knives. He also called for putting cyanide in vegetables and fruit at markets, poisoning ice cream …
Elizabeth Smart, the Utah woman who survived a kidnapping as a teenager, sought to help the daughter of actress Catherine Oxenberg escape the clutches of the NXIVM sex cult, RadarOnline.com reports. The revelation comes from Oxenberg’s new book, “Captive: A Mother’s Crusade to Save Her Daughter from a Terrifying Cult.” Oxenberg, 56, has helped expose …
An Alabama teenager accused of shooting a pregnant female and killing her unborn child is now facing prosecution, AL.com reports. The suspect, 19-year-old Avery Robert Turner, has been in jail since the shooting in April. Grand jurors in Jefferson County indicted Turner on a capital murder charge. He is also facing attempted murder charges, WBMA-TV reports. …
A police officer was shot and injured Saturday night in Fort Myers, Florida, and the suspect who pulled the trigger was in custody, the News-Press reports. The unidentified officer was in stable condition Sunday morning after undergoing surgery, but the extent of his injuries has been publicly released. The suspect, whose identity also has not been …
A wealthy Florida man likely copied a “CSI” episode to stage an elaborate suicide as a murder, the Palm Beach Post reports. Last year, 71-year-old Alan Jay Abrahamson was found dead in a field. He had been shot to death. As investigators examined the scene, they noticed something unusual: a blood trail across his jacket to …
A Los Angeles-area man allegedly shot to death his wife and their son before killing himself in a murder-suicide that has devastated relatives and friends, KNBC-TV reports. Authorities were called to the family’s condo in Redondo Beach late Wednesday night for a report of gunshots being fired. Investigators identified the dead as Marc and Ivana …
A Georgia man who held his 10-year-old autistic son under water until he died could now spend the rest of his life behind bars, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Jurors on Friday convicted 44-year-old Leon Williams of murder in connection with the drowning death of his child last year in their Decatur apartment. Williams was reportedly …
An Australian man is accused of shooting his own two children to death and then turning the gun on himself, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Authorities say the victims, 13-year-old Jennifer Edwards and 15-year-old Jack Edwards, were gunned down by their 67-year-old father, John Edwards, in Sydney on Thursday. The kids had been at the …
A formal inquiry has been launched into the suicide of a “Chicago” cast member after his friends raised concerns that directors of the show bullied him, PageSix reports. Jeff Loeffelholz, a standby member of the Broadway musical cast for 22 years, killed himself last month. His friends have since alleged that show director Walter Bobbie …
An 11-year-old South Carolina boy is accused of intentionally setting his home on fire with his family inside and then attempting to flee, the Myrtle Beach Sun News reports. Police are investigating why the child started the fire, which occurred at a home on July 5 in Socastee, South Carolina, near Myrtle Beach. The home …
