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Google: We'll Remove Image of Murdered Teen From Maps

It's a rare move from tech giant

(Newser) - Kevin Barrera, 14, was murdered four years ago—and his family just discovered Friday that his body can be viewed on Google Maps. Barrera was shot on a footpath crossing railroad tracks in Northern California; the crime remains unsolved. A Google Maps satellite image of the murder scene shows a...

SF Woman Murdered Over Parking Lot Fender Bender

Argument ensues in San Francisco, then shooting

(Newser) - Melquiesha Warren was celebrating her wife's 28th birthday, four days before her own 24th birthday, at a San Francisco nightclub early Sunday when a minor fender bender turned deadly. Warren and a friend, Danisha Bean, had left the club and were sitting in Bean's parked car around 2am....

Woman Surprises Court, Confesses to Serial Killings

Joanna Dennehy pleads guilty to 3 murders

(Newser) - A woman pleaded guilty to three murders in a UK court today, taking her lawyer so by surprise that he asked for more time, noting, "The course is not one I had anticipated." Joanna Dennehy, 48, confessed to killing three men between March and April of this year,...

Soldier Charged With Murder After Deaf Iraqi Boys' 2007 Deaths

Michael Barbera allegedly shot unarmed teens

(Newser) - A US soldier has been charged with two counts of premeditated murder following the 2007 deaths of two deaf Iraqi boys, NPR reports. The teen boys—a pair of cattle herders, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review last year reported—had no apparent connection to insurgents and were unarmed when small-kill team leader...

Claim: Bride Blindfolded Husband Before Cliff Shove

Defense is no fan of new theory

(Newser) - Lawyers for the bride accused of pushing her husband of eight days to his death from a cliff in Glacier National Park call the July event "a terrible accident." Prosecutors say they can now prove it was no accident at all, but a case of premeditated and, therefore,...

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Meet the ATF's Undercover Hit-Men

These guys agree to kill for pay—then turn around and bust their customers

(Newser) - Looking to hire a hit-man to off that two-timing spouse, jerk boss, or wealthy relative? Of course you aren't, but hypothetically, if you were, you might want to reconsider: Many of those thuggish gents named "Thrash" and "Hammer" who say they can take care of your little...

Teen Killed Boy, 5, With Bowling Ball

He pleads guilty, will go to jail for 23 years

(Newser) - A 14-year-old North Texas boy has pleaded guilty to fatally beating a 5-year-old with a bowling ball after becoming irritated when the child kept asking to be taken to the store. Sida Osman was found dead in the backyard of a vacant Fort Worth home in June, a day after...

Man Convicted in Slaying of Redskins Star

Eric Rivera Jr. was 17 at time of burglary gone wrong

(Newser) - A South Florida jury has convicted a 23-year-old man of second-degree murder in the 2007 killing of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor during a botched home burglary. The jury reached its verdict after deliberating about 16 hours over several days in the case of Eric Rivera Jr. They also found...

Woman's Remains Found at 2 Water Plants Near LA

Police believe they belong to a single person

(Newser) - A grim case in California: The remains of what may be a single person have been found in two separate wastewater facilities outside Los Angeles. A head and torso were discovered at a wastewater treatment plant in the city of Industry as officials checked out a blocked line yesterday; on...

Cops: 'Jealous' Cousin Killed NYC Mom, 4 Kids

Drifter resented others' success, sources say

(Newser) - A drifter from China who had been struggling with life in America hacked his cousin's wife and four children to death out of jealousy, a police source tells the New York Daily News . Family members say Ming Dong Chen, who came to the US in 2004, had been unable...

4 Kids, Mom Stabbed to Death in Brooklyn

Police have suspect in custody

(Newser) - New York City police say a mother and her four children are the victims of a stabbing rampage at their Brooklyn home. Authorities say the victims are 37-year-old Qiao Zhen Li, 9-year-old Linda Zhuo, 7-year-old Amy Zhuo, 5-year-old Kevin Zhuo and 1-year-old William Zhuo. A person of interest has been...

Slain Teacher Asked Student to Stay After for Math Help

Colleen Ritzer was worried Philip Chism wasn't ready for test, says student

(Newser) - The Massachusetts high school teacher murdered this week was trying to help her alleged killer prepare for an upcoming algebra test, a student tells the Boston Globe . Colleen Ritzer asked 14-year-old Philip Chism to stay after school on Tuesday, the day she was killed. “She saw him drawing during...

Teen Went to Movies After Killing Teacher: Police

Reports indicate Phil Chism used box cutter to kill Colleen Ritzer

(Newser) - Details are emerging in the stunning death of Massachusetts high school teacher Colleen Ritzer, perhaps none more chilling than this: Her alleged killer reportedly took in a movie after doing the deed. Authorities tell the Boston Herald that Philip Chism caught the 4:30pm showing of Woody Allen's Blue ...

Kennedy Relative Skakel Wins New Trial in 1975 Killing

Now 52, he was convicted of murdering a 15-year-old girl

(Newser) - A judge today granted a new trial for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, ruling his attorney failed to adequately represent him when he was convicted in 2002 of killing his teenage neighbor in 1975 with a golf club. The ruling marked a dramatic reversal after years of unsuccessful appeals by Skakel,...

Teacher's Body Found in Woods, Student Charged

Danvers, Massachusetts, public school district cancels all classes

(Newser) - The Danvers, Massachusetts, public school district canceled all classes today as police investigate the death of a 24-year-old math teacher—whom they suspect was killed by a 14-year-old student. High school teacher Colleen Ritzer was reported missing at 11:20pm last night, the Boston Globe reports. Police searched the school,...

Toddler Alone With Slain Dad's Body for 30 Hours

Girl, 3, hid in closet after father was brutally murdered

(Newser) - A horrifying story out of Philadelphia, where a 34-year-old man was shot dead in a stairwell while his 3-year-old daughter was in his apartment upstairs ... and was left alone with her father's body for more than a day. At some point, the toddler went to her father; she told...

SpongeBob Gravestones Spark Feud at Cemetery

$13K headstones erected for slain soldier, sister

(Newser) - On Valentine's Day, a 28-year-old soldier was found dead in a hotel room; her boyfriend has been charged with murder. Now, as Kimberly Walker's family members grieve, they're also facing a headache: After headstones were installed for Walker and her (living) twin sister, a Cincinnati cemetery has...

Woman Steps on Skull, 10-Year Mystery Begins

Police want help solving 'Members Only case'

(Newser) - In 2004, a young mother skidded off Long Island's Northern State Parkway—and, upon exiting her car to get help, stepped on a human skull. In the almost 10 years since, New York police have been mystified as to who the man is and what happened to him. Now...

Guy Asks for Directions, Is Shot Dead

Suspect enters car, robs passenger and then shoots him: cops

(Newser) - An Arkansas man who police say got lost driving around Chicago was shot and killed today, apparently by a man he had just asked for directions. According to police, a man identified by the Cook County Coroner's office as 55-year-old Robert Franklin, of Blytheville, Ark., was with a friend...

Man Sentenced for Firing AK-47 at Trick-or-Treater

12-year-old boy killed, stepfather and brother wounded in incident

(Newser) - A 27-year-old South Carolina man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing a trick-or-treater who came to his door on Halloween 2008. Quentin Patrick was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to murder in the death of TJ Darrisaw. Prosecutors say the 12-year-old boy was shot at least...

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