Prosecutors in Michigan say they are reviewing a warrant request from Detroit police in the fatal murder of Jewish community leader Samantha Woll in October. a man was taken into custody over the weekend, the second person to be detained in connection with the October 21 stabbing. The first, taken into custody on November 8, …
A Florida dentist has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in the murder of his former brother-in-law, Dan Markel. After nearly a decade, a Leon County jury determined last month that Charles Adelson had orchestrated the murder against Markel, seemingly at the behest of his mother. Adelson …
A New York woman was arraigned on Monday, weeks after her neglected 1-year-old son was reportedly found dead in a closet. Rochester police who responded to reports of an unresponsive child on November 2 discovered William Nichols’ body in a closet at the Manhattan Square Apartments. WXXI reported that Nichols was last seen alive in …
The ex-husband of a Florida woman who remarried a week ago has been charged with the shooting deaths of her and her newlywed husband. Family members identified the victims as Kerlande and Marcelline Racine, a pastor and nurse who were married on December 2, WPTV reported. “She has never been as happy as she was …
Detroit police have taken a “person of interest” into custody related to the murder of Jewish community leader Samantha Woll in October. According to the Detroit News, the man appears to be a stranger and not an acquaintance of Woll’s, citing sources. The sources said he is not the same man who was detained in …
A Roman Catholic priest in Nebraska was stabbed to death early Sunday morning by an Iowa man who broke into the rectory of his church. Father Stephen Gutgsell called 911 to report the break-in at about 5 a.m., The Associated Press said. Gutgsell was taken from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fort Calhoun …
A Minnesota grand jury brought a three-count indictment against a mand who allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend just days after he was released from jail for assaulting her twice. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said that Matthew Scott Brenneman, 39, was indicted on one count of first degree murder and two counts of second degree murder. …
A 42-year-old Washington state man was arrested after an hour-long standoff with Pierce County deputies, which followed the discovery of his son’s mother’s body in his apartment. The investigation began shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday when the concerned parents of a woman requested a welfare check, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said. The parents said …
A 54-year-old Alabama man has been charged with killing his former girlfriend’s 17-year-old daughter. Dothan Police said the girl appeared to have been beaten to death during some kind of altercation, but an autopsy has not yet been completed to confirm that supposition. The girl, whose name has not been released, was taken to a …
Authorities on Sunday said they’ve caught the man suspected of murdering Texas high school cheerleader Lizbeth Medina, KTRK-TV reports. Rafael Govea Romero was arrested Saturday in Schulenburg, Texas, just one day after police released images of a “person of interest” and vehicle that investigators believed were linked to the killing. Schulenburg is about 75 miles …
A 17-year-old girl was stabbed in the area of Houston’s upscale Galleria Saturday morning, possibly over a bag. Houston Assistant Police Chief Wyatt Martin said an off-duty sergeant working security in the area was flagged down just after 11 a.m. and told about two women fighting. At 11:15, he found the teen on the sidewalk …
A North Carolina man and three juveniles have been charged with murder after a man and a woman were found shot dead in their car early Saturday morning in Winston-Salem. Police responded to a call shortly after 2 a.m. about gunshots and a car that crashed into several parked vehicles and found Jahir Jimenez-Laredo, 20, …
