A couple was arrested in California on Wednesday, a day after they allegedly robbed and fatally shot a man in a hotel room in Oregon. The Grants Pass Department of Public Safety said in a statement that officers responded to a Red Lion Inn on January 5 after an employee found Ryan Dutra, 42, on …
The woman believed who killed herself and her 5-year-old daughter in a suicide leap in Manhattan had struggled with depression following a separation from her husband, but had been improving before the apparent murder-suicide, her mother said. As the New York Post reports, Oksana Patchin, 39, and her 5-year-old daughter Olivia were pronounced dead at …
Authorities in California have launched a manhunt for six inmates who escaped from the Merced County Downtown Jail this weekend. According to Fox News, jail security became aware that the inmates had escaped at around midnight Sunday. The sheriff’s office said in a statement posted to Facebook that the inmates had somehow gained access to …
An on-duty Tennessee police officer was seen on surveillance footage shooting and killing a man he’d kidnapped and forced into his patrol car, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports. Patric Ferguson, 29, was relieved of duty and charged with first degree murder, first degree murder with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, abuse of a corpse, and fabricating …
A man wanted for allegedly shooting his ex-girlfriend to death in California killed himself in Texas as authorities closed in on him, the Irving Police Department said Saturday. Detectives determined Herbert Nixon Flores, 46, traveled to family in Texas after shooting 35-year-old Karen Ruiz in Los Angeles. The shooting was captured by a security camera …
A Georgia man is behind bars after he allegedly killed his own mother days before Christmas. AJC reports that 38-year-old Bryan Ray Moodie is accused of brutally murdering his mother, Katrina Kay Garrity, 62, on December 20, inside a Bartow County home. He’s currently being held on felony murder and aggravated assault charges. Officers arrived …
A Colorado man allegedly fatally shot his estranged wife on New Year’s Eve — days after he was arrested on domestic violence charges and bailed himself out of jail. Damon Mathews, 44, allegedly confessed to strangling and shooting Rachel Ream, 47, in the head at her home in Ignacio. He said they were celebrating the …
Denver police have arrested a 28-year-old man suspected of killing another man whose body was found inside two suitcases on a snowy sidewalk last month, ABC7 reports. Investigators believe Benjamin David Satterthwaite and the victim, whose identity has not been released because his identity has not been confirmed, knew one another, the station said. Public …
Authorities in Virginia have arrested the suspected wanted in the shooting death of 7-year-old girl was was shot and killed while out Christmas shopping in Atlanta with her family last month, WXIA reports. Daquan Reed, 24, was captured on Wednesday in Hampton, Virginia, Atlanta police said, and is awaiting extradition to Atlanta. Police said that …
A 24-year-old south Georgia man has been charged in the death of a 2-year-old girl on New Year’s Eve, the Thomas County Sheriff’s Office says. Kimaon Collins has been charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, and first degree cruelty to children. The sheriff’s office said that EMS and police in Boston, a small town about …
A college student, the son of a wealthy farmer, was convicted of murder Thursday in connection with the death of a 15-year-old boy. Manchester Evening News reports that jurors at Chester Crown Court in England deliberated for a little over nine hours before finding 19-year-old Matthew Mason guilty of murdering Alex Rodda, 15. According to …
A Denver man stole an AR-15 from a police officer friend and used it to kill a 21-year-old neighbor and seriously injure her boyfriend because he was angry about their dog defecating on the ground near his apartment, the Denver Channel reports. Michael Close, 36, has been charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors in the …
