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The Most Dangerous US State Is ... Tennessee?

644 violent crimes last year for every 100K people

(Newser) - Judging by newspaper headlines, you might expect the most dangerous state in the country to be California or New York. But it's actually Tennessee that has the nation’s highest rate of violent crime. That's according to a 24/7 Wall St. analysis of FBI statistics on violent crime...

Inmate Plotted Murder ... via Paper Airplane: Cops

Sent note to fellow inmate, who turned him over to police

(Newser) - A Long Island man accused of rape will now also be charged with conspiracy to murder after what police say was a plot hatched using, well, paper airplanes. Patrick O'Sullivan, 21, had hoped to kill his alleged victim and a witness, police say, and offered a fellow inmate $23,...

2 Arrested in Sleepover Shooting

Cops say Darnell Williams, 22, has since killed another person

(Newser) - Two men have been arrested in the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old girl in Oakland in July. Darnell Williams, 22, is accused of the murder, and Joseph Carroll, 27, allegedly cased the apartment before the incident and helped plan the attack. According to cops, Williams showed up at the apartment...

Cops: Daughter Kills Mom, Dad Kills Daughter

2-decade family feud ended in tragedy in Ashville, Pa.

(Newser) - A two-decade family feud came to a violent end Friday when a man shot dead the two home invaders that killed his wife and son, not knowing the assailants included his long-estranged daughter. Authorities said today that it appears Josephine and Jeffrey Ruckinger planned to murder her family at their...

'Hiccup Girl' Goes on Trial for Murder

Jury selection begins in trial of Jennifer Mee

(Newser) - A Florida woman who appeared on several national television programs as a teen because of her uncontrollable hiccupping went on trial on a murder charge today. Prosecutors and attorneys for Jennifer Mee began selecting a jury in a Pinellas County courtroom; the trial is expected to wrap up by the...

Man Shot in Fight About 18th-Century Philosopher

Plus: more weird Russian attacks

(Newser) - A spate of odd news today concerning attacks in Russia: one on a dance floor, three in a cemetery, and another over a philosopher.
  • Two 20-something men in line for beers at a festival in southern Russia, got in a heated dispute about 18th-century philosopher Immanuel Kant. The feud "
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Suspect Nabbed in Slaying of 3 Teens, Woman

Alleged shooter knew victims 'to some degree,' say authorities

(Newser) - A suspect was arrested today in the shooting deaths of a woman and three teenagers whose bodies were found in a car in a former mountain resort in eastern Tennessee. State Bureau of Investigation chief Mark Gwyn said at a press conference in Crossville that Jacob Allen Bennett, 26, was...

Cops Look at Hate Crime in NY Punching Death

Jeffrey Babbitt dies after random attack

(Newser) - The death of a man who suffered a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage in Manhattan after being punched has been ruled a homicide, NY1 reports. Jeffrey Babbitt (some outlets use the spelling "Jeffery Babbit"), 62, was walking in Union Square around 3pm last Wednesday when Lashawn Marten allegedly...

Cops: New Bride Shoved Husband Over Cliff

She confesses to killing 8 days after wedding

(Newser) - A Montana newlywed turned herself into a widow just eight days into her marriage by pushing her husband off a cliff in Glacier National Park, police say. Jordan Linn Graham, 22, has told investigators that she argued with Cody Johnson, 25, while they walking on a steep hiking trail on...

A Woman Killed Over Dowry Every Hour in India

And conviction rate is just 32%

(Newser) - One woman dies every hour in India because of dowry-related crimes, indicating that the country's economic boom has made demands for dowries even more persistent, women's rights activists said yesterday. The National Crime Records Bureau says 8,233 women were killed across India last year because of disputes...

Woman Claims She's Hunting Bus-Driving Rapists

Ciudad Juarez authorities looking for woman who killed 2 drivers

(Newser) - Mexican prosecutors are investigating claims that a woman who killed two bus drivers last week in this northern border city was seeking revenge for alleged sexual abuse of female passengers. A woman wearing a blond wig—or dyed hair—boarded a Ciudad Juarez bus on Wednesday morning, approached the driver,...

Teen Guilty of Murdering Baby in Stroller

Georgia's De'Marquise Elkins faces life in prison

(Newser) - A Georgia teenager has been convicted of murder in a particularly jarring case: Jurors say De'Marquise Elkins, now 18, shot a baby in a stroller during an attempted robbery, reports AP . His accused accomplice, 15-year-old Dominique Lang, will be tried next, also as an adult. Police say the teens...

Murder Suspect Says Wife Asked Him to Shoot Her

She was suffering from breast cancer, allegedly wanted him to 'end her pain'

(Newser) - "Hello … I just shot my wife." That's how Ernest Chris Chumbley introduced himself to a 911 operator yesterday morning. "Give me police. I'm under arrest," he said, according to a tape obtained by WKYT . Sure enough, police arrived to find his wife Virginia...

Mom Killed Boyfriend, Left Him in Freezer: Cops

Police search for kids

(Newser) - Police say a Minnesota mom beat her boyfriend to death with a closet rod and stuck his body in a freezer—"a big trunk freezer, the kind your grandmother had," says a prosecutor. Jetaun Helen Wheeler of Shorewood, a 29-year-old with three kids, has been charged with second-degree...

Army Vet Shot at Californians— While Atop Tractor

Ryan Carnan shot dead by police Saturday

(Newser) - A 29-year-old Army veteran allegedly murdered his mother, set her house on fire, and then fired at residents in Simi Valley, Calif., while driving a tractor before being shot dead by police Saturday, NBC Los Angeles reports. Police were alerted to the situation by Ryan Carnan's brother, who reported...

Woman's Scribbled Note Was Key Clue in Her Murder

It led police to Elizabeth Begaren's killer ... and then her husband: prosecutors

(Newser) - A note scrawled by a prison guard minutes before her death was the clue that led to her killer, Orange County prosecutors said at the trial of her husband, who is charged with arranging the killing. Elizabeth Begaren scribbled down the license plate number of a car that followed her...

Copycat Killing? Photo of Dead Girlfriend Sent via App

Costa Rica case mirrors one in Florida

(Newser) - Less than two weeks after a man posted a photo of his dead wife to Facebook and confessed online to killing her, a similar case emerges in Costa Rica. Police there say a 29-year-old man strangled his girlfriend and sent a photo of her body via What'sApp to her...

Guy Charged With Killing Friend Over Beer Money

Gumaro Torres allegedly shot multiple people in argument

(Newser) - A summer evening spent drinking in the yard turned fatal Friday night—and all over beer money. Gumaro Torres is accused of murdering one friend and wounding another in the dispute. As the Tribune reports, the 31-year-old was drinking beer with co-workers in the yard of a Chicago home. The...

Cops: Okla. Teens Killed Baseball Player 'for Fun'

Young Australian gunned down at random

(Newser) - A young Australian man who was in the US on a baseball scholarship is dead because three bored teenagers decided to kill somebody for fun, say police in Duncan, Oklahoma. Christopher Lane, 22, was out for a jog in the small town when he was gunned down, apparently at random,...

Teen Killed in Argument —Over a Kite

He cut alleged murderer's kite string

(Newser) - A group of teenagers kicked and beat a 17-year-old to death after a kite-flying dispute on the rooftops of the Indian capital, police said today. Rajan Chand had been flying a kite in a northeast Delhi neighborhood Friday when he apparently angered another boy by snapping the line on his...

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