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Minnesota Decides to Free Myon Burrell
Minnesota Decides
to Free Myon Burrell
the rundown
Dec 16, 2020 9:45 AM CST

Minnesota Decides to Free Myon Burrell

The 34-year-old was sentenced to life as a juvenile

(Newser) - A Black Minnesota man sent to prison for life as a teenager took his first steps of freedom Tuesday to the sound of ringing bells and cheering family members and supporters, hours after a pardons board commuted his sentence in a high-profile murder case. Myon Burrell's prosecution and harsh...

&#39;Twitter Killer&#39; Hears His Fate
'Twitter Killer' Hears His Fate
Dec 15, 2020 6:40 AM CST

'Twitter Killer' Hears His Fate

Takahiro Shiraishi gets death after pleading guilty to murdering, dismembering 9 in Japan

(Newser) - The "Twitter Killer" of Japan has heard his fate, and he didn't react. Takahiro Shiraishi received the death penalty Tuesday after pleading guilty in September for the murder and dismemberment of nine people, and the judge who handed down the sentence had to ask if the "stone-faced"...

Mother to Face Murder Charges in 'Heartbreaking Case'

Georgia mom accused of killing her kids, ages 5 and 6

(Newser) - A Georgia mother has been arrested after allegedly killing her two young children and turning the murder weapon on herself, CNN reports. Authorities say 26-year-old Berenice Jaramillo-Hernandez used a knife Friday to kill her children—Mateo Miranda Jaramillo, 5, and Katherine Miranda Jaramillo, 6—at their home near Gainesville, about...

Arrest Made in Fatal Shooting of Nurse En Route to Work

Cops say Devaunte Lewis Hill, 21, shot Caitlyn Kaufman on the highway

(Newser) - Police in Tennessee have arrested a man following an investigation into the murder of ICU nurse Caitlyn Kaufman. Per the Tennessean , 21-year-old Devaunte Lewis Hill was taken into custody without incident by SWAT members at his home around 6:15am on Friday. He's been charged with criminal homicide, Metro...

Cop Suspended for Starting 'Major Crimes Dead Pool'

He asked colleagues to bet where Hartford's first murder of 2021 would happen

(Newser) - Hartford Police Chief Jason Thody says he was "disgusted, angry, and disappointed" to discover that a detective had tried to organize a betting pool on where the Connecticut city's first murder of 2021 would happen. Thody says Detective Jeffrey Placzek, a 16-year veteran of the force, will face...

Danish Murder Case Ends With One Charge 'Missing'

Magnus and Mads Moeller are sentenced for killing their Black friend

(Newser) - A racially-charged murder case in Denmark has ended with 14-year sentences for two brothers—but some say they dodged the most fitting charge of all, the BBC reports. Magnus and Mads Moeller were found guilty of torturing and killing their Black friend, Phillip Mbuji Johansen, in a prolonged attack this...

Cops: Boy, 5, Killed After Being Forced to Get Out of the Car

Austin Birdseye was struck and killed on Alabama highway on Sunday

(Newser) - A soldier who forced his longtime girlfriend's 5-year-old son out of his car on a busy highway at night, apparently for being "unruly," has been charged with reckless murder after the boy was struck and killed, police say. Army Sgt. Bryan Starr—who is stationed at Georgia'...

How Worst Serial Killer in US Got Away With It for Decades

Samuel Little enjoyed decades of impunity by targeting the unmissed: Washington Post

(Newser) - America's most prolific serial killer operated for more than 30 years, targeting vulnerable, usually Black women, under the watch of an "indifferent" criminal justice system. That's according to part one of an in-depth investigation by the Washington Post , which interviewed experts and reviewed thousands of pages of...

Exactly 8 Years After Murder Over Loud Music, Another

Police say Robert Paul Keegan, 47, shot and killed Aidan Ellison, 19

(Newser) - An Oregon man who was staying at an inn because the Almeda Drive wildfire had forced him from his home ended up committing murder there, police say. Robert Paul Keegan, 47, was at the Stratford Inn in Ashland last Monday when he allegedly got in an argument with a Black...

Woman's Mom and Sister Kill the Man Attacking Her

Police say the women won't be charged in the death of Justin Goss

(Newser) - A mother and sister won't be charged for killing the man who was attacking their daughter and sister, respectively. Police say Justin Goss, 40, used a brick to shatter a window of his ex-girlfriend's home in South Pasadena, Calif., around 10am on Saturday, climbed inside, and started choking...

Father Says, &#39;I Don&#39;t Want This Monster Pampered&#39;
Montana Man
Wants His Son
Executed
Nov 28, 2020 2:20 PM CST

Montana Man Wants His Son Executed

Michael Covey believes his son deserves capital punishment

(Newser) - A Montana man says he believes in the death penalty—at least where his son is concerned. "I don't want this monster pampered," Michael Covey, 62, told the Missoulian . "What he did is unforgivable. I definitely wanna do my part to make sure it doesn't...

3 Years Later, News in Double-Murder Probe

Barry and Honey Sherman were killed in their Toronto home in December 2017

(Newser) - Toronto police said Wednesday that they have identified a person of interest in the killing of Canadian drug company billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife nearly three years ago, the AP reports. Police Constable Jenifferjit Sidhu confirmed a report by the Toronto Star that a person of interest had been...

MLB Prospect Will Spend Rest of His Life in Prison

Brandon Martin was earlier found guilty of 2015 triple murder

(Newser) - Former Tampa Bay Rays prospect Brandon Martin has avoided the death penalty but will spend life in prison for the 2015 murders of his father, uncle, and an alarm installer. Martin's family was having a house alarm installed in their Corona, Calif., on Sept. 17, 2015, when Martin, the...

Cops Track Down 'Psycho,' a Suspect in 3 Colo. Murders

He was arrested at motel in New Mexico

(Newser) - A suspected murderer nicknamed "Psycho" is no longer on the loose. Police say 26-year-old Adre Baroz, who was wanted in connection with the discovery of three bodies in rural southern Colorado , was arrested Thursday at a motel in Gallup, New Mexico, the Denver Post reports. He faces charges of...

Cops: She Killed a Man, Claims Laws Don't Apply

Florida slaying involved 2 who claimed to be 'sovereign citizens'

(Newser) - A Florida man who questioned government authority over individuals living in the US through an online forum was fatally shot, allegedly by a woman who has espoused similar "sovereign citizen" views, police said Tuesday. The Marion County Sheriff's Office said Neely Petrie-Blanchard was arrested in Lowndes County, Ga....

'It Did Not Add Up,' and 15 Years Later, He's Free

Joseph Webster's murder conviction overturned

(Newser) - A Tennessee man has been reunited with family after serving almost 15 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Joseph Webster's attorney, Daniel Horwitz, has spent the past four years reinvestigating the 1998 slaying of Leroy Owens and shared his findings with WZTV . "We interviewed...

Snowplow Driver Finds 2 Murder Victims

Bodies were found on remote California highway

(Newser) - On Monday, the sheriff's department in Mono County, California, said a remote stretch of US 395 in the eastern Sierra Nevada was closed due to an "accident." They later admitted it was a double murder uncovered in an atypical way. Authorities say a CalTrans snowplow driver spotted...

Woman Allegedly Kills Her Teen Son on Way to School

Sarah Hunt is charged with teen's murder

(Newser) - A fifth-grade teacher in Texas is accused of killing her son on the way to school Monday morning. Authorities say Sarah Hunt, 39, picked up the 17-year-old from a camper where he was staying with his dad, with plans to drive him to his first day at a new school....

Mom Accused of Killing Her Girls: Organs Are 'Worth a Lot'

Amanda Sharp-Jefferson has been arrested on 2 counts of murder

(Newser) - A Las Vegas woman is accused of killing her own babies and saying the children's body parts were "worth a lot of money," the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Amanda Sharp-Jefferson, 26, was arrested Friday and attended an arraignment hearing Tuesday on two counts of murder. Police said...

Suspect in 1972 Murder Kills Himself Hours Before Verdict

Terrence Miller was found guilty after death

(Newser) - After evading justice for 48 years in the 1972 murder of 20-year-old Jody Loomis, Terrence Miller didn't live to hear the guilty verdict against him. Police in Snohomish County, Washington, say the 78-year-old killed himself Monday morning, around three hours before a jury that started its deliberations Friday found...

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