Monday Crime Stories: ‘Drunk’ Kim Kardashian look-a-like kills mother of six just visiting her preemie-twin-girls : Cops
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Plus: Mistrial after hung jury on Jessica Chambers case
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October 19, 2017
High-profile alleged killer lawyer walks out of jail after shooting wife in neck: DA
Tex McIver, the prominent Atlanta attorney who police believe intentionally shot and killed his wife last September, is being released on a $750,000 bond. As a condition, he must wear an ankle monitoring bracelet, according to local CBS television affiliate CBS46, WGCL-Atlanta. McIver has been in jail since April when he reportedly violated a judge’s …
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October 17, 2017
Jessica Chambers: Confusion as judge declares mistrial in death of teen burned alive in car [UPDATE]
Jurors were unable to come to a verdict in the case of a Mississippi man charged in the burning death of Jessica Chambers. WREG reported that a Panola County jury deliberated for ten hours before Judge Gerald Chatham declared a mistrial on Monday. At one point, the jury entered the courtroom and the foreman told the judge that they …
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October 11, 2017
Suspected murderer thought he had smothered Jessica Chambers before burning her alive: Prosecutors
The Mississippi man accused of murdering Jessica Chambers believed he had suffocated the woman before lighting her on fire, prosecutors alleged during the first day of the high-profile trial. The Clarion-Ledger reported that District Attorney John Champion accused Quinton Tellis, 29, of having sex with Chambers, 19, in her car on December 6, 2014, before he smothered …
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October 10, 2017
Hospital tossed out stillborn baby with dirty laundry, family says
A family accused a St. Paul, Minnesota, hospital of discarding a stillborn baby in dirty laundry instead of cremating him as promised. The Washington Post reported that Esmeralda Hernandez delivered her premature, stillborn son, José, in April 2013. She kept him with her overnight and Regions Hospital staff offered to arrange a “respectful and dignified” cremation for …
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October 8, 2017
Man beaten, stabbed nearly to death with slit throat for talking to suspect’s girlfriend: Cops
Two Utah men are facing attempted murder charges for a brutal beating authorities say took place in a park restroom on July 29. According to police documents, Bradley Eppley and Bradley Keyworth orchestrated a plan to entice the unnamed victim to the location so they could attack him. The beating is believed to have been …
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October 6, 2017
Dad cleared of killing toddler daughter after 7-year-old son confesses
Capital murder charges against a Watauga, Texas, father accused of smothering his 2-year-old daughter were dropped after the man’s young son reportedly admitted to causing the toddler’s death. Investigators believed Anthony Michael Sanders, 33, suffocated Ellie Mae Sanders on December 12, 2015, because she had interrupted his computer games. However, a capital murder trial set for September 11 never …
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October 5, 2017
Sergeant accused of tampering with wife’s parachute, gas line, to pursue affair
A sergeant in the British army is denying charges that he orchestrated elaborate — but ultimately unsuccessful — attempts to kill his wife and pursue a relationship with a woman he met via a dating app. Emile Cilliers was arrested after his wife, Victoria, was severely injured in a 2015 parachute jump in which the …
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October 4, 2017
Mom gets jail time for refusing to vaccinate son: ‘I couldn’t bring myself to do it’
A Ferndale, Michigan, mother who reportedly refused to get her son vaccinated will spend seven days behind bars. Judge Karen McDonald handed down the sentence to Rebbecca Bredow for ignoring a court order to vaccinate her 9-year-old son. A judge previously required the mother to have her son vaccinated by Wednesday, according to The Detroit News. “If my …
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September 29, 2017
‘Murder gives me a high unlike any other’: Teen who ‘proudly’ stabbed nurse 21 times is up for parole after spending less than a year in prison
A Texas woman sentenced to 15 years in prison in January for stabbing a nurse 21 times is already up for parole, court documents confirm. As CrimeOnline previously reported, on November 14, 2015, Pearl Moen, 17 at the time, attempted to kill a 23-year-old nurse. Moen targeted the victime, a random stranger, and stabbed her 21 …
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September 28, 2017
Judge to mom: ‘Get your son vaccinated or go to jail!’
A Detroit, Michigan, woman is reportedly facing jail time if she doesn’t get her son vaccinated. Rebecca Bredow told WXYZ that she has a week to get her son vaccinated or be thrown behind bars. The ruling comes after the child’s father petitioned an Oakland County court to get their son immunized. “I would rather sit …
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September 26, 2017
‘They exploited her’: Teen who didn’t know she was pregnant fights adoption agency for custody of son
A 17-year-old girl who didn’t know she was pregnant fought an adoption agency for custody of the baby boy she gave birth to. WDIV reports that Alex Robinson was a high school senior when she had Maverick, her son. The teen told the station that she was at a West Michigan beach with friends when she …
