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An Ex-State Senator Was Murdered. A Woman Has Been Arrested

Rebecca Lynn O'Donnell, 48, in custody after homicide of Ark.'s Linda Collins-Smith

(Newser) - A former Arkansas state senator was found dead of a gunshot wound at her Randolph County home last week, and now police have a suspect in custody, per CBS News . Rebecca Lynn O'Donnell, 48, of Pocahontas has been arrested, with criminal charges still to come. A release from Arkansas...

A Soldier Was Killed in '87. Now, an Arrest in Her Murder

Colorado's Michael Whyte charged in death of 20-year-old Darlene Krashoc

(Newser) - A suburban Denver man has been arrested in the unsolved slaying of a soldier in Colorado 32 years ago after DNA evidence was used to create an image of what a suspect might look like, authorities said Friday. Civilian and Army investigators arrested Michael Whyte of Thornton in the 1987...

Child Cut From His Mother's Womb in Chicago Has Died

Yovanny Jadiel Lopez succumbed to his severe brain injury

(Newser) - The newborn who was cut from Marlen Ochoa-Lopez's womb on April 23 has died. The Chicago Tribune has a statement made "with great sadness" by the family of Yovanny Jadiel Lopez: "He passed away this Friday June 14, 2019 from his severe brain injury. Please keep his...

Father Who Killed His 5 Kids Is Sentenced

Jurors sentence Timothy Jones Jr. to death

(Newser) - A South Carolina father was sentenced to death Thursday for killing his five children with his own hands, the AP reports. After they were dead, he drove around with their bodies for nine days before dumping them in garbage bags on the side of an Alabama dirt road. Timothy Jones...

Serial Killer's 7th Victim: Girl Wrapped in Bed Sheet

Discovery brings 2-month search in Cyprus to a close

(Newser) - Authorities in Cyprus say they've found the bodies of all seven victims of the island nation's first known serial killer —including that of two young girls. Decomposing remains believed to be of Sierra Granze, 6, were found wrapped in a bed sheet and tied to a cement...

Suspect in Transgender Woman's Death Already in Jail

Police believe Kendrell Lavar Lyles killed Muhlaysia Booker in Dallas

(Newser) - Police in Dallas have a suspect in custody in the murder of Muhlaysia Booker —and they believe he is responsible for at least two more murders. Police say Kendrell Lavar Lyles, 33, was already in custody for two apparently unrelated killings when he was arrested in the May 18...

Fainting, Cursing at Sentencing of Muslim Students' Killer

Craig Hicks gets 3 life sentences in North Carolina murders

(Newser) - Moments after a North Carolina man pleaded guilty to gunning down three Muslim university students, a prosecutor played a cellphone video of the slayings in the courtroom Wednesday as one of the victims' relatives fainted, others wept openly, and a man hurled an expletive at the confessed killer. Craig Stephen...

He Thought Aliens Were Invading Humans, According to His Killer

Barbara Rogers gets 15 to 40 years for third-degree murder

(Newser) - "To me, it's amazing that somebody could put a gun to somebody's head, blow their brains out essentially, and a jury finds them guilty of third-degree murder and not first." With that, Jackie Mineo sums up the outrage over her nephew's 2017 murder and 44-year-old...

Business Partner Found Guilty of Murdering, Burying McStay Family

The case puzzled investigators for years before bodies were found

(Newser) - The business associate of a California man was found guilty Monday of murdering him and his entire family. Joseph and Summer McStay and their two sons, ages 3 and 4, vanished from their San Diego County home in February 2010; their bodies were found buried in shallow graves in the...

3 Men Get Life in Child's Rape, Murder That Shocked India

3 others sentenced to 5 years, one acquitted

(Newser) - Three men have been sentenced to life in prison for the rape, torture, and murder of an 8-year-old girl that shocked India last year . Eight Hindu men were charged in the slaying of the girl, who was a member of a Muslim tribe, and all pleaded not guilty . In addition...

2nd Transgender Woman in 2 Weeks Murdered in Dallas

Body was pulled from lake Saturday

(Newser) - Police in Dallas have called in the FBI for assistance after the second murder of a transgender woman in the space of two weeks. The body of Chynal Lindsey, 26, was pulled from White Rock Lake on Saturday, less than a mile from where the body of 23-year-old Muhlaysia Booker...

DNA Arrest of 82-Year-Old Leaves Town in Shock

Ray Vannieuwenhoven is accused in a 1976 double murder

(Newser) - All it took was a licked envelope, and Wisconsin police arrested 82-year-old handyman Ray Vannieuwenhoven for allegedly murdering a young couple on a camping trip in 1976—but some people are struggling to believe it, the AP reports. "I said, 'You gotta be kidding me,'" said...

'Kai the Hitchhiker' Is Going to Prison for a Few Decades

Caleb McGillvary sentenced in murder case

(Newser) - A man who gained internet fame as "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker" was sentenced to 57 years in prison Thursday for the beating death of a New Jersey man he had met in Times Square, the AP reports. Caleb McGillvary will have to serve at least 85% of his sentence...

Algorithm Finds 51 Eerily Similar Chicago Murders

'It just screams serial killer'

(Newser) - The bodies turned up in some of Chicago's most derelict places: alleys, abandoned buildings, weed-choked lots, and garbage containers, per the AP . The victims were mostly black women who had been strangled or suffocated. Authorities believed many were prostitutes or drug addicts or both. There was evidence of sexual...

Ashton Kutcher Testifies at Woman's Murder Trial

The actor was 'freaking out' over fingerprints he left behind

(Newser) - Ashton Kutcher took the stand Wednesday in the "Hollywood Ripper" murder trial, testifying about the night of Feb. 21, 2001, when he arrived to pick up Ashley Ellerin, who was supposed to be his date to a Grammys after-party . The 22-year-old didn't answer her door, and Kutcher looked...

Uncle Charged With Murder in Case of Missing Girl, 5

Elizabeth "Lizzy" Shelley's body has not yet been recovered

(Newser) - The uncle of a missing 5-year-old Utah girl was charged with murder Wednesday after police said they found her blood on his watch and sweatshirt and his handprint in what appears to be blood on a piece of plastic pipe, the AP reports. Alex Whipple, 21, was charged in the...

Man Suspected of Killing Son's Wife Now on Most-Wanted List

Eugene Palmer hasn't been seen since 2012

(Newser) - If he's alive, Eugene Palmer is 80. "His age doesn’t change the level of violence in this crime," says a special agent with the FBI's New York office. Palmer on Wednesday became the 523rd person added to the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list...

Ebola Health Worker Killed by Villagers

Democratic Republic of Congo continues to struggle to contain outbreak

(Newser) - Health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo continue to struggle to effectively combat the deadly virus that's currently raging in an "out of control" outbreak : On Saturday, villagers killed a health worker, AFP reports, citing the daily health ministry bulletin dated Sunday. "Part of the population...

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Woman, 102, Is Murder Suspect

She told workers at care home that she killed neighbor

(Newser) - A 102-year-old woman in France could be one of the oldest murderers in history. Police say the woman, who is now being held in a psychiatric hospital, is suspected of killing her 92-year-old neighbor in a care home in Chézy-sur-Marne, the BBC reports. The victim was found dead in...

Judge Ditches Guidelines, Gives Man Life Over 1993 Killing

He cites toll on son, who witnessed the crime as a toddler

(Newser) - A quarter-century after a toddler told police his father hurt his mother, that man has been locked up. Michael Haim, 52, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for the 1993 murder of his 23-year-old wife, Bonnie. Haim lived for years off Bonnie's life insurance policy before his son...

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