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Ex-Cop Who Shot Laquan McDonald Hears His Fate

Jason Van Dyke gets just shy of 7 years in prison at sentencing; he could be out in 3, analyst says

(Newser) - The former Chicago cop who gunned down black teen Laquan McDonald heard his fate Friday, and per the Chicago Tribune , it was a "relatively lenient sentence." The paper says Jason Van Dyke was "stoic" as Cook County Circuit Judge Vincent Gaughan handed down his prison term on...

Boyfriend of Slain Cop Arrested for Her Murder

Shreveport police say he 'concocted' a story about a mystery gunman shooting her

(Newser) - The boyfriend of Chateri Payne, the rookie Louisiana police officer killed the night of Jan. 9 outsider her home as she prepared to go to work , has been arrested in her murder. Police say Treveon Anderson, 26, Payne's live-in boyfriend and the father of her young daughter, called 911...

Chef Killed in Horrific Hammer Attack on NYC Buffet

Hammer-wielding attacker was 'screaming crazy words'

(Newser) - A chef was killed by a hammer-wielding attacker in a horrific, and apparently random, attack on a Chinese buffet restaurant in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening. Police say the suspect burst into the Seaport Buffet restaurant and attacked the 60-year-old owner, a 50-year-old manager, and the 34-year-old chef, who was fatally...

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Sheriff Grapples With the 'Million Dollar Question'

Authorities are trying to piece together the Jayme Closs kidnapping

(Newser) - With Jayme Closs safely in the arms of her family, investigators are trying to figure out exactly what happened and why. "Well, right now we're looking for 88 days of evidence," says Barron County Sheriff Christopher Fitzgerald, per CNN . "So, we're looking for receipts, where...

Fugitive Hunters Help Nab Suspect in $35 Salon Killing

Krystal Whipple, 21, was taken into custody

(Newser) - A woman sought for almost two weeks by authorities in Las Vegas after allegedly skipping out on a $35 manicure and using a stolen car to run over and kill a salon worker who tried to stop her has been arrested in Arizona, police said Friday. Krystal Whipple, 21, was...

Police: Man Fooled Family Into Thinking His Wife Was Alive

Shelby Svensen was arrested in Ohio last week

(Newser) - Four members of the Ivancic family are dead, and the timeline is a chilling one. It began to unravel on New Year's Day, when police arrived at a home in Tarpon Springs, Fla., to do a welfare check. Ohio natives Richard and Laura Ivancic, 71 and 59, lived there...

How DJ Was Busted in Old Cold Case: Gum, a Water Bottle

Raymond Rowe charged in 1992 murder thanks to new DNA technique called genetic genealogy

(Newser) - More than a quarter century had passed since the murder of a 25-year-old Pennsylvania teacher before an arrest was made in June, and now the suspect, a disc jockey known as "DJ Freez," has admitted his culpability. ABC News reports Raymond Rowe, 50, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges...

2nd Suspect Charged in 7-Year-Old's Murder

Larry D. Woodruffe believed to be the person who fired the fatal shot

(Newser) - Authorities announced Tuesday that a second black man has been charged in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 7-year-old Houston black girl, the AP reports. The Harris County Sherriff's Office said 24-year-old Larry D. Woodruffe has been charged with capital murder in the Dec. 30 slaying of Jazmine Barnes....

Fla. County Charges Its Oldest Murder Suspect Ever

Cops say 86-year-old Ramona Lund beat husband to death with her cane; she's being evaluated

(Newser) - Investigators say an 86-year-old Florida woman fatally beat her 89-year-old husband with a walking cane, reports the AP . Santa Rosa County Sheriff's officials say Ramona Maxine Lund is charged with murder and is being held in the jail's infirmary on $250,000 bond as authorities work together to...

Partner's Greed Blamed for Murder of California Family

Their bodies were found years after they disappeared

(Newser) - "Greed, and greed's child, fraud" were behind the brutal murders of a California family in 2010, San Bernardino County Supervising Deputy District Attorney Sean Daugherty said as the trial of Charles Merritt began Monday. Merritt is accused of beating business partner Joseph McStay, 40, his wife Summer, 43,...

Authorities Think They Have Answers in String of Mysterious Shootings

A man has been charged in camper's death and 10 other shootings around Malibu

(Newser) - Authorities think they finally have an answer after two years of mysterious shootings in Southern California's Santa Monica Mountains, the AP reports. A 42-year-old parolee has been charged with killing a man as he camped with his daughters in a Malibu state park and shooting at 10 other campers...

Supreme Court Won't Take Kennedy Clan Murder Case

It leaves in place decision that vacated Michael Skakel's murder conviction

(Newser) - The Supreme Court announced Monday that it's leaving in place a decision that vacated a murder conviction against Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel. Skakel was convicted in 2002 of the 1975 bludgeoning death of Martha Moxley, who lived across the street from the Skakel family in Greenwich, Conn., and whose...

Capital Murder Charge Filed in High-Profile Death of Girl, 7

Jazmine Barnes was killed while in a car with her mother, siblings

(Newser) - A capital murder charge has been filed in the high-profile shooting death of Jazmine Barnes , Texas officials announced early Sunday. Eric Black Jr. has been charged in the 7-year-old's death, which the Harris County Sheriff's Office believes was a case of mistaken identity, the Houston Chronicle reports. "...

Sitter Allegedly Gave Mom Baby in Car Seat—Dead

Marissa Tietsort accused of killing 2-month-old

(Newser) - A Wisconsin babysitter who allegedly killed a 2-month-old boy then pretended he was alive when she gave the boy back to his mother has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide. A criminal complaint filed Friday says 28-year-old Marissa Tietsort of Wausau caused the infant's death in October, then put...

'Everybody Involved Is Either Deceased or Injured'

3 children found dead in Texas City apartment

(Newser) - Authorities in Texas have taken into custody a 27-year-old man after three young children were found dead Thursday in an apartment. Police in Texas City, 48 miles southeast of Houston on the Gulf Coast, went to Pointe Ann Apartments on Thursday evening on a welfare check and discovered the children...

A Modern 'Jack the Ripper' Is Executed

China's Gao Chengyong killed at least 11 in 14 years

(Newser) - China's " Jack the Ripper " is no more. Gao Chengyong, convicted of the rapes and murders of 10 women and an 8-year-old girl in northwest China between 1988 and 2002, was executed Thursday, CNN reports via state media . Sentenced to death last March, the 54-year-old was nabbed in...

Report: Idaho Nurse Investigated in Case of Missing Mom

Sources say she disposed of Kelsey Berreth's cellphone

(Newser) - A new twist in the Kelsey Berreth case backs up theories that the Colorado mother's alleged killer, fiance Patrick Frazee, had some assistance . Sources tell ABC that a 32-year-old nurse in Twin Falls, Idaho, is being investigated for allegedly disposing of Berreth's cellphone. Berreth was last seen in...

Lawsuit: Man Allegedly Killed Wife, 'Wreaked Absolute Havoc' on Son

Wrongful death suit follows Johnny Oliphant's felony murder charge

(Newser) - A Texas man charged with felony murder in the death of his wife of more than 30 years must also contend with a lawsuit from his son. Johnny Oliphant, out on bond as he awaits trial in the 2016 shooting death of Gina Oliphant of La Marque, is named in...

Cops: Driver of This Pickup Killed 7-Year-Old

Houston shooting 'totally unprovoked'

(Newser) - Investigators in Houston said Monday that they have a surveillance video image of a pickup truck from which a driver fired several shots into a car carrying a family , killing a 7-year-old girl and wounding the child's mother. The image of the red, four-door pickup was captured shortly before...

Man Opens Fire on Car, Kills 7-Year-Old Girl

'So senseless,' police say after Houston murder

(Newser) - Police in Houston are hunting a suspect who fired into a vehicle as it left a Walmart parking lot early Sunday, killing a 7-year-old girl in front of her mother and three siblings. Police say Jazmine Barnes was shot when the suspect pulled up next to the vehicle around 7am...

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