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Captain America Actress Charged With Killing Mom

'Stark Girl' Mollie Fitzgerald jailed on $500K bond in Kansas

(Newser) - An actress who had a small part in Captain America: The First Avenger is accused of fatally stabbing her mother. Mollie Fitzgerald, who played Stark Girl in the 2011 film, has been charged with second-degree murder in the Dec. 20 death of Patricia Fitzgerald. Officers responding to a report of...

NYC Man Killed in $1 Christmas Eve Robbery

60-year-old man was defending husband against 6 men

(Newser) - Juan Fresnada was walking in the Bronx with his husband, Bayron Caceras, on Christmas Eve when six men approached and demanded money. When the pair refused, ABC News reports that the men attacked, knocking Fresnada to the ground and beating him badly before making off with all of one dollar....

Susan Smith 'Cries For Her Children Every Christmas'

'People' checks in on the mother who killed her kids

(Newser) - Remember Susan Smith? Back in 1994, she made headlines by letting her two children—Alex, 14 months, and Michael, 3—drown in a car that she let roll into a lake. Now, People has learned a little more about the woman who is serving life without parole at Leath Correctional...

After NYPD's Unusual Step in Murder Case, an Arrest

Cops nab 14-year-old suspect in Tessa Majors case

(Newser) - New York City police say they've located a 14-year-old boy suspected of fatally stabbing a Barnard College freshman as she walked through a park near the school. Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison tweeted Thursday that the boy had been found but gave no other details, the AP reports. He'...

Arrest Made in Stabbings Over 'Unwanted Advancement'

Michael Mosely, 23, was arrested Wednesday

(Newser) - Two men killed, four people of interest, and nearly four days without an arrest—until now. Authorities arrested 23-year-old Michael Mosely on Wednesday in the fatal stabbings of two men outside a Nashville bar, including the brother of San Francisco 49ers quarterback CJ Beathard, the Tennessean reports. An array of...

Cops: Teen Strangled Pregnant 'Embarrassment' of a Sister

Police say Eduardo Arevalo killed 23-year-old Viridiana Arevalo when she was 8 months pregnant

(Newser) - The body of a missing pregnant Texas woman has been found, and cops say her younger brother has confessed to killing her. The Dallas Morning News reports 19-year-old Eduardo Arevalo has been charged with capital murder in the death of his 23-year-old sister, Viridiana Arevalo, who was eight months pregnant....

5 Sentenced to Die for Khashoggi Murder

But the 2 most senior suspects were acquitted

(Newser) - After a secretive trial that lasted almost a year, Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to die for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the country's Istanbul consulate last year. Prosecutors say, however, that three suspects, including the two most senior officials accused of involvement in the crime,...

Quarterback&#39;s Brother Killed in Dispute &#39;Over a Woman&#39;
NFL Player's Brother
Killed 'Over a Woman'
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Dec 22, 2019 5:00 PM CST

NFL Player's Brother Killed 'Over a Woman'

Clayton Beathard was just 22 years old

(Newser) - The San Francisco 49ers played with aching hearts Saturday after hearing about quarterback CJ Beathard's brother—who had just been killed in Nashville, USA Today reports. Clayton Beathard, 22, was one of two men fatally stabbed outside a bar in what police say was an argument over a woman....

How a Serial Killer&#39;s Scar Gave Him Away
'Jack the Ripper' Caught
Snoozing on a Train
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Dec 21, 2019 12:10 PM CST

'Jack the Ripper' Caught Snoozing on a Train

Somkid Pumpuang had been paroled for good behavior

(Newser) - Thailand isn't exactly known for its serial killers—only two exist on record—but after imprisoning one, they let him go, and he killed again. Then a young couple spotted him while traveling by train to Bangkok on Wednesday, the Bangkok Post reports. "That mark over his left...

How an Alaska Man Escaped Canadian Killers

Ken Albertsen tells his frightening tale

(Newser) - Ken Albertsen just wanted a snooze, and nearly got killed for it. The 54-year-old photographer—who had just driven back from Montana—was parked along an Alaska highway in July when he saw a white pickup truck pull over and let a man out. Unnervingly, the man carried a long...

Body Found in Houston Is Indeed Missing Mom

Heidi Broussard's body identified; DNA tests being done on baby found alive at same location

(Newser) - The body of missing Texas mom Heidi Broussard has been identified, the AP reports. The 33-year-old's body, found more than 100 miles away from her hometown of Austin, was positively identified by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Science, which called her death a homicide by strangulation. Although police...

NYPD Takes 'Unusual' Step in Tessa Majors Case

Releases photos of teen suspect

(Newser) - The NYPD has released three photos of a teenage suspect in the Dec. 11 murder of a Barnard College student. Tessa Majors, 18, was fatally stabbed in Morningside Park during what police say was a robbery gone wrong; a 13-year-old allegedly linked to the attack is in custody but surveillance...

He Was Her 'Longtime Love' —and Cruise Ship Killer

Eric Newman of Kansas admits to 2018 murder aboard Carnival Elation

(Newser) - A Kansas man has admitted to killing his girlfriend on a cruise to the Bahamas. Eric Newman of Topeka pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree murder in the death of 50-year-old Tamara Tucker of Missouri, with whom he'd set out on a four-day cruise in 2018, per the AP . Carnival...

Suspect, 13, Kept His Distance in NYC Stabbing Video

Boy, 13, still considered a 'threat to public safety'

(Newser) - Dark and grainy surveillance video shows Barnard College student Tessa Majors struggling with two youths before she collapsed with stab wounds , according to court testimony. Detective Wilfredo Acevedo noted at Tuesday's hearing in Manhattan Family Court, however, that the 13-year-old suspect now in custody was not involved in the...

Beer Mug DNA Leads to Arrest in 40-Year-Old Rape, Murder

Florida's James Clanton has been extradited to Colorado

(Newser) - A 1980 sketch of a possible murderer made from a hypnotized witness' description looks much like the man police have now arrested on DNA evidence. James Curtis Clanton, 62, of Union County, Fla., is charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of 21-year-old college student Helene Pruszynski, who...

Groom Beaten to Death at His Wedding Reception

Police say 2 men came uninvited to the backyard party

(Newser) - Hours after getting married, a groom was allegedly killed by wedding crashers at his own reception. Police in Chino, California, were called to a residence around 2:20am Sunday to find Joe Melgoza, 30, with blunt force trauma to the head, NBC News reports. Friends and family say two men...

Suspect in Murder of NYC Student Flees on Way to Questioning

14-year-old was being driven to police precinct

(Newser) - Police in New York City are searching for a 14-year-old suspect in the murder of Barnard College student Tessa Majors who was supposed to come in for questioning Monday. Sources tell the New York Daily News that the teenager was being driven to a police precinct Monday afternoon by either...

Cops: Private Investigation of Billionaire Murders Has Ended

$10M reward still offered in Sherman murders

(Newser) - Police in Toronto on Monday said the private investigation into the murders of Canadian drug company billionaire businessman Barry Sherman and his wife, Honey, is over but the police investigation remains active. Toronto police homicide Insp. Hank Idsinga said the case is now solely in the hands of police. Idsinga...

Man Who Has Had 6 Murder Trials Released on Bail

Curtis Flowers has been behind bars for 22 years

(Newser) - A Mississippi man whose murder conviction was overturned by the US Supreme Court for racial bias was granted his freedom for the first time in 22 years Monday while prosecutors decide whether to retry him for a seventh time. A judge set a bond of $250,000 for Curtis Flowers,...

NYC Mayor Slams 'Infuriating' Claim on Murdered Student

Bill de Blasio says NYPD union chief shouldn't be 'shaming' Tessa Majors with marijuana claim

(Newser) - A 13-year-old suspect is in custody related to the murder of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors , with police still seeking other suspects, but her killing has become what the New York Daily News calls a "political football," drawing in New York City's mayor, the head of the...

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