Teen Girl Found Beaten to Death Behind Vacant Georgia Home
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East Point police are seeking help identiying the victim.
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February 15, 2022
Developing: Kansas Man Allegedly Sets House on Fire, Killing Infant Boy Left Inside
A Kansas man is behind bars after police say he burned down a home, killing an infant boy in the process. According to the Shawnee Police Department, Nicholas A. Ecker was arrested Monday and charged with first-degree murder, aggravated arson, and related charges. The incident happened early Sunday morning in Shawnee, at a home off …
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February 15, 2022
UPDATE: Suspect Stabs Victim 40 Times & Leaves Her Dead, Naked From Waist Down in Bathtub [Prosecutors]
A homeless New York man accused of murder will be held without bail after leaving the victim with multiple stab wounds, a judge ruled Monday morning. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 35-year-old Christina Yuna Lee arrived home to her apartment on Christie Street in Manhattan early Sunday morning after a Saturday night out. The suspect allegedly …
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February 14, 2022
Dad Beat and Starved 12-Year-Old Son, Who Died in Dark Room Weighing 47 Pounds
A Pennsylvania father was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, after confessing in court to abusing and starving his son to death in 2020. PennLive.com reported that Scott Schollenberger Jr., 43, pleaded guilty to criminal homicide, endangering the welfare of a child, and conspiracy on both counts. On May 26, 2020, the man’s son, …
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February 14, 2022
Right-Handed Brian Laundrie’s Self-Inflicted Fatal Bullet Entered Left Side of Skull; Remains Were in ‘Plain Sight’: Autopsy Report
Authorities in Florida have released the autopsy and forensic reports for Brian Laundrie, who was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in a Florida nature reserve this fall. When Laundrie, 23, was found dead of an apparent suicide, police had been searching for him in connection to the death of his …
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February 13, 2022
University of Utah Student Kills International Student Girlfriend With Heroin Overdose: Court Docs
A 26-year-old University of Utah student has been charged with injecting a lethal dose of heroin into his girlfriend at Salt Lake City hotel last week. Court records say Haoyu Wang emailed the university’s police department, telling them he’d injected both his girlfriend and himself with drugs and that they’d both be dead by the …
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February 13, 2022
5-Year-Old Girl Found Fatally Stabbed on Bathroom Floor: Police
An Ohio mother is accused of killing her young daughter on Saturday, but police have released limited details about what happened or why, WOIO-TV reports. Around 6:30 p.m., emergency crews responded to an apartment building in Bedford Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, and found a 5-year-old girl dead on the floor of a bathroom, according to …
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February 12, 2022
3-Year-Old Boy Shot Dead in Downtown Montgomery
A 3-year-old Alabama boy died Friday afternoon after what Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed called “a senseless act of gun-related violence.” Police responded at about 1:45 p.m. to an intersection just a few blocks from the Alabama State Capitol in downtown Montgomery — although they believe the shooting took place a few blocks north of that …
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February 12, 2022
Beloved Arizona Special Olympics Athlete Gunned Down in Random Shooting
Investigators in Arizona have charged a Phoenix man with the fatal shooting of a beloved member of Scottsdale’s Special Olympics Team earlier this week. John Merryman, 38, was arrested at his home overnight Friday and charged with murder in the death of 59-year-old Scott Harkness, who was found on the side of a road about …
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February 12, 2022
‘Coward’ Murders, Dismembers Ex-Girlfriend With Machete: Police
A Pennsylvania man allegedly murdered his former girlfriend and then dismembered and beheaded her body with a machete, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Around 4:15 a.m. Friday, a neighbor called authorities to report screaming at an apartment building in Clifton Heights, a suburb of Philadelphia. Arriving officers initially knocked on the home’s front door, but no …
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February 11, 2022
Chicago Man Fatally Shoots Friend’s 12-Year-Old Brother for Teasing Him About Girlfriend
A 21-year-old Chicago man shot and killed the 12-year-old brother of his friend last month after the boy teased him about his girlfriend. Jaran Hughes, 21, was ordered held without bond on Wednesday. He’s been charged with murder in the January 2 death of Marcel Wilson as the boy was playing video games with his …
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February 11, 2022
Prosecutor: Man Having Sexual Relationship with Sister Beats Her Dead When She ‘Hooks up’ with Someone Else
A Texas man is behind bars after allegedly beating his sister with a baseball bat on February 2, at his El Paso home. El Paso police arrested 32-year-old Jose Manuel Guzman and charged him with murder in connection with the death of an unnamed woman, said to be his “long lost” sister. During a Wednesday …