REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — A career criminal accused by authorities of raping and killing six women in the 1970s yelled “I am not guilty!” to a jury at the start of his trial Friday for two of the killings. Rodney Halbower also yelled “I have never raped or murdered in my life!” to the …
Notorious serial killer Dennis Rader, known as the “BTK Killer,” revealed what drove him to kill 10 people in a documentary which aired on the Oxygen network on September 2. Rader, 73, talked about his upbringing in “Snapped: Notorious BTK Serial Killer,” a two-hour documentary which explored how—and why—a seemingly normal family man carried out …
Police in Thurston County, Washington, confirmed that yet another cat was found mutilated outside this week, bringing the total of dead cats to 13. KING-TV reported that police discovered the 12th cat on Monday in Olympia on the 3800 block of Pacific Avenue after receiving reports of a cat found brutally slaughtered. Now, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office …
An Ohio man who was already incarcerated for killing two women was sentenced to death Tuesday after admitting to strangling two teen girls and burning their bodies. Hamilton Common Pleas Judge Patrick T. Dinkelacker sided with the jury’s recommendation when he condemned Anthony Kirkland to death for the murders of Casonya Crawford, 14, in 2006 and Esme Kenney, …
A search for two bodies in South Carolina has ended following a tip that incarcerated serial killer Todd Kohlhepp told someone that he buried additional victims on the side of the highway. GoUpstate.com reported that Spartanburg County deputies concluded their six-hour search of a wooded area off Sumner Road near Interstate 26 at 2:30 p.m. on …
Although it’s debatable when notorious serial killer Ted Bundy began his murderous spree, it’s widely-known that he raped and killed numerous women throughout the 1970s. Bundy admitted to killing 36 women, but experts think the numbers reach into the hundreds. During the mid-1970s’, when Bundy lived in Seattle, numerous young women in the area began …
Friends of Lucy Letby are reportedly in disbelief following the young neonatal nurse’s arrest for the murders of at least eight babies. The Times reported that Letby, 28, is also suspected of trying to kill six babies housed at Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit. Hospital officials asked local police to investigate in May 2017 …
Dallas police say a man in jail for allegedly killing his mother and attempting to kill two other women may have harmed additional victims. NBC reports Billy Chemirmir, 45, is facing capital murder charges for the death of his 81-year-old mother, Lu Harris. Authorities found her lying lifeless in her Dallas home on Tuesday. Her cause of …
Police in Nevada have arrested a man they say targeted homeless individuals in a shooting spree that left two dead and two more injured. According to the New York Post, 26-year-old Joshua Castellon was arrested Friday and is expected to face charges including murder and attempted murder in connection with a string of gun crimes …
Authorities are also searching for another woman who disappeared in the same area
A 67-year-old woman is in custody for one murder and has been named a person of interest in the decades-old killing
The man suspected of terrorizing a Tampa neighborhood for a month and killing four seemingly random people is a former St. John’s University student. Howell Emmanuel Donaldson III, 24, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with four counts of premeditated murder. He was booked into the Hillsborough County Jail around 3 a.m. Tuesday, New York Daily …
