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40 Years Later, a John Wayne Gacy Victim Is Named

Remains Found Under
John Wayne Gacy's
Home Identified

Jul 19, 2017 1:04 PM CDT

Remains Found Under John Wayne Gacy's Home Identified

James Byron Haakenson went missing in 1976

(Newser) - A Minnesota runaway has been identified as one of the victims of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, an Illinois sheriff's office announced in a Wednesday news release. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says that the remains of a person whose body was found under the crawl space of Gacy'...

Their Rich Father and Sister Dead, Women Accuse Nephew

Suit: Nephew Killed His Mom,
Granddad to Inherit Riches

Jul 18, 2017 5:02 PM CDT

Suit: Nephew Killed His Mom, Granddad to Inherit Riches

Linda Carman's sisters don't want Nathan Carman to get his grandfather's millions

(Newser) - The family of a man suspected in the slaying of his millionaire grandfather filed a lawsuit in New Hampshire on Monday accusing him of killing his grandfather and possibly his mother, who was lost at sea during a mother-son fishing trip, in a bid to collect a multimillion-dollar inheritance. Nathan...

Cousins Went From Petty Crimes to Alleged Murder

Inside Criminal Histories of
Alleged Pennsylvania Killers

Jul 15, 2017 2:51 PM CDT

Inside Criminal Histories of Alleged Pennsylvania Killers

Cosmo DiNardo, Sean Kratz charged with killing 4 missing men

(Newser) - The cousins started small—break-ins, jewelry heists, traffic violations—but on Friday they were charged in a grisly crime spree that ended with police unearthing the bodies of four young men from two pits buried deep on a sprawling family-owned farm in Pennsylvania. The AP reports it's still not...

She Had Her Husband Killed. That Wasn't Her Only Mess

Wife's Murder-for-Money Plot
Backfires After Major Oversight

Wife's Murder-for-Money Plot Backfires After Major Oversight

Uloma Curry-Walker wasn't the beneficiary on husband's life insurance policy

(Newser) - An Ohio woman who'd been married for just four months before her husband died was found guilty of his murder Friday, and she could get life in prison without parole for her crime, the AP reports. Uloma Curry-Walker, 45, was convicted of aggravated murder, conspiracy, and other charges surrounding...

They Moved Here to Escape the
Gangs. The Gangs Followed

LONGFORM

Jul 14, 2017 7:32 PM CDT

They Moved Here to Escape the Gangs. The Gangs Followed

'NYT' documents MS-13 problem in some of Long Island's suburbs

(Newser) - They were four young men, three living on Long Island and one visiting, and they all met tragic deaths at the hands of the MS-13 gang, the island's latest scourge over the past year and a half. In the New York Times , Liz Robbins and Nadia T. Rodriguez dive...

Cousins Charged With
Pennsylvania Murders

Jul 14, 2017 3:37 PM CDT

Cousins Charged With Pennsylvania Murders

Cosmo DiNardo says 4 missing men were killed during drug deals

(Newser) - Cosmo DiNardo and his cousin, Sean Kratz, were charged Friday with multiple counts of homicide, abuse of a corpse, and conspiracy in connection with the deaths of the men who disappeared earlier this month in Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. According to NBC News , the district attorney says "we...

After Shock Turn in Case of
Missing Men, Hint of Motive

Jul 14, 2017 6:39 AM CDT

After Shock Turn in Case of Missing Men, Hint of Motive

Thus far, additional details have come from unnamed sources

(Newser) - After Thursday's shocking turn in the case of four missing Pennsylvania men—a confession—come more details from what Cosmo DiNardo allegedly admitted to doing. The admission came in exchange for prosecutors taking the death penalty off the table, and DiNardo's lawyers did not provide motive or much...

'Black Widow'
Makes Stunning
Claim in Murder Trial

Jul 12, 2017 10:36 AM CDT

'Black Widow' Makes Stunning Claim in Murder Trial

'I killed my husband,' Chisako Kakehi tells court

(Newser) - When Chisako Kakehi took the stand during her murder trial Monday, she vowed to remain silent. But that's not what happened. In what the New York Times calls a "cinematic turn," the so-called black widow of Japan admitted to killing her fourth husband, one of at least...

Woman, 19, Gets 30 Years
in Prison After Stillbirth

Jul 7, 2017 9:15 AM CDT

Woman, 19, Gets 30 Years in Prison After Stillbirth

Prosecutors in El Salvador argued she blew off prenatal care

(Newser) - In what the Guardian is calling "the latest in a long line of failures of justice against pregnant women" in El Salvador, a 19-year-old was on Wednesday sentenced to 30 years in prison after a stillbirth. Per Al Jazeera , Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez Cruz was convicted of "aggravated homicide,...

Cops: Mom Killed Her 4 Kids,
Their Dad, Then Called 911

Jul 6, 2017 7:25 PM CDT

Cops: Mom Killed Her 4 Kids, Their Dad, Then Called 911

One little girl survived the attack, but has serious injuries

(Newser) - Four young children and their father were found slain in a home outside Atlanta early Thursday, and police say the mother—now charged with their deaths—was the one who called 911 to report the killings. The five were apparently stabbed to death. A fifth child, a girl, survived and...

Charge: Watchman Murdered
Grandpa Playing Pokemon Go

Jul 6, 2017 2:48 PM CDT

Charge: Watchman Murdered Grandpa Playing Pokemon Go

Security guard says it was self-defense; prosecutors disagree

(Newser) - A 22-year-old security guard has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Virginia grandfather whose family says he was playing Pokemon Go in an effort to connect with his grandchildren. WTKR reports Johnathan Cromwell was working as a security guard for a Chesapeake neighborhood last January...

Cops: Seattle Man Killed
Wife During Uber Ride

Jul 4, 2017 4:21 AM CDT

Cops: Seattle Man Killed Wife During Uber Ride

The driver thought he would be next

(Newser) - A Coast Guardsman murdered his wife during an Uber ride early Sunday and told the terrified driver to keep going, police in Seattle say. Police say Jennifer Espitia was in the front passenger seat when she was shot in the head by husband Cameron Espitia during an argument, KOMO News...

Cops: Girl, 13, Kidnapped,
Killed in Stolen Drugs Dispute

Jul 3, 2017 1:34 AM CDT

Cops: Girl, 13, Kidnapped, Killed in Stolen Drugs Dispute

Kidnappers used her phone to call family

(Newser) - A 13-year-old Texas girl was kidnapped and murdered as payback after a relative's boyfriend stole a large quantity of drugs from two men, police say. Shavon Randle was found dead in a Dallas home early Sunday, as was 19-year-old Michael Titus, who had been named as a person of...

My Dentist Was Arrested for
Murder. Then Things Got Weird

My Dentist Was Arrested for Murder. Then Things Got Weird

Inside the trial of Dr. Gilberto Nunez

(Newser) - When James Lasdun needed immediate care for a broken tooth in April 2016, he found himself in the office of his dentist, a man he had assumed he'd have to give up seeing—due to the doctor's arrest for murder six months earlier. After the tooth was tended...

Inmate Serving Life Made
Twisted Attempt to Get Death

Jun 27, 2017 9:01 AM CDT

Inmate Serving Life Made Twisted Attempt to Get Death

Denver Simmons offers up a motive in AP interview

(Newser) - One by one, Denver Simmons recalled, he and his partner lured inmates into his cell. William Scruggs was promised cookies; Jimmy Ham thought he was coming to snort some crushed pills. Over the course of about a half-hour, four men accepted Simmons' hospitality. None of them made it out alive....

Justice for 'Baby Doe':
Mom's Boyfriend Guilty

Jun 26, 2017 11:53 AM CDT

Justice for 'Baby Doe': Mom's Boyfriend Guilty

A computer-generated image of Bella Bond was shared by millions

(Newser) - A man was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in the death of a 2-year-old girl who became known as Baby Doe after her remains washed up on the shores of a Boston Harbor island, per the AP . Michael McCarthy was charged in the 2015 killing of Bella Bond, his girlfriend'...

His Brother Was the Murderer,
but He's the One Doing Life

longform

Jun 26, 2017 11:19 AM CDT

His Brother Was the Murderer, but He's the One Doing Life

David Maldonado was 17 when the crime occurred; Sammy was 18

(Newser) - They were brothers bound by a crime—and ultimately separated by the Supreme Court. The BBC has the story of Sammy and David Maldonado, who on the evening of Aug. 13, 1980, met some teens at Devil's Pool in Pennsylvania. Sammy and David eventually decided to make off with...

Man Torches Memorial
for Murdered Muslim Teen

Jun 22, 2017 1:16 AM CDT

Man Torches Memorial for Murdered Muslim Teen

Thousands attend funeral for Nabra Hassanen in Virginia

(Newser) - A memorial to murdered Muslim teenager Nabra Hassanen was set on fire in Washington, DC, Wednesday—but as with the murder itself, police say there is no evidence it was a hate crime. Police say 24-year-old South Carolina man Jonathan Solomon was arrested Wednesday morning after the memorial of flowers...

Man Murdered Following
Consensual Threesome

Jun 20, 2017 5:14 PM CDT

Man Murdered Following Consensual Threesome

A suspect has been arrested in New York City

(Newser) - Police arrested a suspect Monday in the murder of a 20-year-old man following a consensual threesome in New York City, the New York Post reports. Police say the victim, Manos Ikonomidis, had a threesome with an unnamed woman and a 21-year-old man. The woman got upset when one of the...

2nd Man Indicted in Death
of Teacher in 2005

Jun 20, 2017 2:07 PM CDT

2nd Man Indicted in Death of Teacher in 2005

Bo Dukes helped dispose of Tara Grinstead's body, say authorities

(Newser) - A new indictment sheds light on the 2005 murder of a Georgia teacher. Authorities say Bo Dukes helped a friend remove the body of Tara Grinstead from her home, then brought it to his uncle's pecan farm near Fitzgerald and burned it, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution . Dukes isn'...

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