Ex-Ventura Police Sgt. John Patrick Dowling walked up to his estranged wife Wednesday night at Cook’s Corner, where she was enjoying the legendary California biker bar’s weekly spaghetti with a friend from Arizona. Without a word, he shot Marie Dowling in the face with a handgun, then shot her friend, 49-year-old Tonya Clark. It’s just …
Ohio police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that left five members of a Lake Township family dead, including three children. Uniontown police identified the dead as Jason Dunham, 46; Melissa Dunham, 42; Renee Dunham, 15; Amber Dunham, 12, and Evan Dunham, 9. Police said they were called to the home Thursday night for a welbeing …
A day after waiving his right to a speedy trial, Idaho college murder suspect Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the indictment against him, claiming, among other things, “prosecutorial misconduct by withholding exculpatory evidence.” A memorandum in support of the motion, containing details on the defense’s claims, was filed under seal and won’t …
A Houston woman has been arrested after she allegedly killed an elderly landlord more than two years ago, collected rent from tenants, and told investigators, when they found the remains of the landlord, that they belonged to a dead dog. Pamela Ann Merritt, 43, was charged in May with the murder of 78-year-old Colin Kerdachi, …
A former college chemistry graduate student has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of battery and possession of a controlled substance after a surveillance camera caught him apparently injecting an substance into the doorframe of his neighbor’s apartment. Umar Abdullah told WTVT that Xuming Li, who lived below him and his family, began complaining …
Attorneys for convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh have filed a request to change his plea on federal financial fraud charges from not guilty to guilty. The court has scheduled a hearing on September 21 in Charleston, South Carolina, WCSC reports. Murdaugh was indicted on 22 counts in May. The charges included wire fraud, bank fraud, …
Former President Donald Trump surrendered to Georgia officials Thursday night, less than 24 hours ahead of his deadline to appear after his fourth indictment since losing the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s private plane touched down in Atlanta just after 7 p.m. He traveled by car to the Fulton County jail, where he was fingerprinted, photographed, …
John Patrick Dowling also shot 5 other people, including his estranged wife, before deputies shot and killed him.
A Virginia man was arrested and charged with his mother’s murder on Wednesday, taken into custody at a nearby school. Susan Ackermann Tabor, 67, was found stabbed to death inside the home she shared with her son shortly after 3 p.m., the Patrick County Sheriff’s Office said. Andrew Russell Tabor, 41, showed up at Stuart …
A suspect has been arrested after a 43-year-old mother was beaten to death and her young children severely injured in a hammer attack in their Brooklyn apartment. All three victims were rushed to Lutheran Hospital by ambulance, but the mother did not survive. The children, a 3-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy, were still in …
The angry Long Island socialite accused of killing an 87-year-old Manhattan voice coach by shoving her to the sidewalk in her haste to get past her has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and will serve eight years in prison. Barbara Gustern suffered traumatic brain damage when her head hit the sidewalk after Lauren Pazienza’s unprovoked attack …
Idaho college murders suspect Bryan Kohberger waived his right to a speedy trial at a hearing on Wednesday, putting off the start of his capital murder trial indefinitely. Kohberger’s trial had been scheduled to begin on October 2, and Judge John Judge made clear at an all day hearing last week — in which defense …
