‘His story didn’t work’: How Chris Watts defense lawyers convinced him to plead guilty to murdering his pregnant wife and two daughters
Family Crime
The confessed killer wore a bullet-proof vest as he delivered his guilty pleas
Murder
November 6, 2018
VIDEO: Father lunges at convicted felon accused of beating his young daughter to death
The father of a murdered 5-year-old girl was hauled out of a Washington court Monday after he reportedly lunged at his daughter’s accused killer. Ryan Burge, 37, is accused of causing severe head trauma that eventually killed his girlfriend’s daughter, Hartley Anderson, on Friday while her mother worked and her siblings were at school. Though Burge …
Murder
November 6, 2018
Murder-suicide gunman shoots wife and another man as victim’s children in adjoining motel room hear gunshots that killed their father
Two Arizona men are dead after a husband found his wife in a hotel room with another man, whose five children were in the next room. The White Mountain Independent reports that Justin Taylor, 34, of Springerville, and Juan Antonia Lopez, 37, were both found dead after Taylor is believed to have shot Lopez along with Taylor’s …
Cold Cases
November 6, 2018
DNA leads to arrest in 2001 cold case murder of University of Florida student
Investigators in Florida have come closer to solving a 17-year-old murder after a DNA sample run in an genealogy database identified distant relatives of the suspect. The Orlando Sentinel reports that police made an arrest on Friday in the 2001 murder of 25-year-old Christine Framke, a University of Florida student found dead in her apartment …
Family Crime
November 5, 2018
Mom of three fatally stabbed by estranged husband had a restraining order against him; suspect was out on bond at time of double murder: Police
A Houston accused of murdering his estranged wife was free on bond for allegedly assaulting the same woman, who reportedly told neighbors to watch out for him as she feared for her safety. The Houston Chronicle reports that police responded to a 911 call Sunday about a fight at a home on Berrywood Bend in …
Hate Crimes
November 5, 2018
Nurse who treated accused Pittsburgh synagogue shooter speaks out: ‘I’m sure he had no idea I was Jewish’
A Jewish nurse who treated the man accused of killing 11 synagogue-goers, aged 54 to 97, took to social media to reflect on his experience with the suspected mass shooter. Ari Mahler took to Facebook Saturday and said he treated Robert Bowers, 46, in the emergency room for gunshot wounds he sustained while reportedly opening …
Juveniles
November 5, 2018
Boy 11, shoots grandma in the back of the head after she asks him to clean his room, then kills himself: Police
Authorities in Arizona say an 11-year-old boy shot his grandmother dead after she asked him to tidy up his bedroom, before killing himself Saturday night. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) told the Arizona Republic that officials responded to a call from the boy’s grandpa, who reported that his wife, 65-year-old Yvonne Woodward, had been …
Family Crime
November 5, 2018
Chris Watts to appear in court early: Status hearing for Colorado Dad accused of murdering pregnant wife, two daughters, moved to Tuesday November 6
The District Attorney did not reveal why Watts’s court date was moved up by nearly two weeks
Juveniles
November 4, 2018
3 Girl Scouts among dead in hit-and-run crash; another girl critically injured
LAKE HALLIE, Wis. (AP) — A pickup truck lurched off a road in western Wisconsin Saturday and hit a group of Girl Scouts picking up trash in a ditch, leaving three girls and one adult dead and critically injuring a fourth girl, police said. Sgt. Daniel Sokup of the Lake Hallie Police Department said the …
Family Crime
November 3, 2018
Teen murders mom, buries her under a church after he gets a bad report card: Police
A 15-year-old Florida high school student has been arrested for allegedly strangling his mom and burying her body under a church fire pit following a conflict over a bad grade on his report card. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports Gregory Logan Ramos, 15, of DeBary faces a murder charge in Friday’s death of his mother …
Murder
November 3, 2018
Sex offender arrested after remains of missing mom found burned in a barrel
An Illinois sex offender is accused of murdering a young mother whose burned remains were discovered in a barrel, WLS-TV reports. Prosecutors on Friday charged 42-year-old Peter Zabala with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 25-year-old Ashley Tucker. Zabala also faces two counts of concealing a homicide. Authorities reportedly found …
Murder
November 2, 2018
Mom, boyfriend beat toddler girl to death with belt, then keep her lifeless body in car for days while thinking of where to hide her: Police
WARNING: Disturbing content; reader discretion strongly advised