Investigators have identified a suspect in the stabbing death this week of a CalFire fire captain at her home in Ramona. The San Diego Sheriff’s Office said that 53-year-old Yolanda Marodi, also known as Yolanda Olejniczak, is wanted for the murder of Rebecca Marodi, 49, on Tuesday. Olejniczak is described as 5 feet 2 inches …
An Alabama grand jury this week indicted a 50-year-old man for the death of a 37-year-old woman shot to death in front of her children a year and a half ago. Emell Odell Peavy was arrested and charged with the death of April Marie Britton in 2023, but the case had not moved forward until …
A Maine man has been arrested and charged with killing his wife while the couple was visiting his parents in Readfield. Maine State Police said they and Winthrop Police responded to a home just after 10 a.m. on Wednesday and found Margaux Whittermore, 32, dead outside the home. Dorothy Whittemore, her 67-year-old mother-in-law, was found …
The judge overseeing Bryan Kohberger’s murder trial in Idaho on Wednesday denied several defense motions aimed at hamstringing the prosecution’s case, including a critical motion that would have seen the judge toss “investigative genetic genealogy” evidence from the case. Hearings on all four motions denied by Judge Steven Hippler were held on January 23 and …
An Indiana man arrested last week for the murder of his wife choked her and stabbed her more than 40 times after she didn’t respond the way he thought she should to his Valentine’s Day plans. Taylor Meyer, 34, also sent a photo of 35-year-old Deborah Meyer’s body to a man he believed she was …
A North Carolina man was arrested Wednesday after he was found at the scene of his girlfriend’s murder. Cary Police said they were called to an apartment adjacent to CubeSmart Storage’s leasing office, where manager Rebecca Rene Carter, 41, lived, and found her dead, WNCN reported. Police did not say how Carter died or who …
A 22-year-old San Diego County man has been arrested for the murder of his newborn son. Medics and deputies responded to a call about a battery early Wednesday afternoon and found the infant unconscious on the living room floor, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said. The baby was pronounced dead at the scene, and …
Police say they have arrested five men in connection with the murder for hire of a California businesswoman last month. San Bernardino Police said one of the five suspects was 44-year-old Yesenia “Jessica” Torres’s husband, KABC reported. San Bernardino Police Chief Darren Goodman said surveillance video showed a gunman approaching Torres on January 10 as …
Andrew Lester, 86, pleaded guilty last week to a lesser charge in the two-year-old case.
The recommendation came after an investigation into the death of a dispatcher last August found the department rife with “general incompetence” and “negligence.”
A California fire captain was found stabbed to death in her Ramona home on Monday, and police “are treating this case as a potential domestic violence incident.” The San Diego County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as 49-year-old Rebecca Marodi, who had been a firefighter for more than 30 years, according to KNSD. Deputies were …
A 6-month-old baby girl was found unresponsive in her bouncy seat at a Georgia daycare last week and died five days later. Statesboro Police Captain Jared Akins said autopsy results and other detailed information will likely take several months, WTOC reported. “It is a very lengthy process, and I know that’s not what any family …
