Former boyfriend fatally shoots his ex and her sister, later kills himself
Murder
Rebeca Davila had taken out a restraining order against sister Sofia’s boyfriend
Suicide
July 10, 2020
Robert Fuller: Death of Black man found hanging from tree is ruled a suicide
Police in California ruled this week that a Black man who was found hanging from a tree in June died by suicide. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) announced Thursday that their investigation supported a preliminary finding that Robert Fuller, 24, took his own life. The investigation uncovered no signs of foul play in …
Suicide
July 9, 2020
10-year-old Baraboo girl died from suicide, preliminary autopsy results say
Preliminary autopsy results say that Kodie Dutcher, the 10-year-old girl who went missing from her Wisconsin home on Monday, died from “pharmacologic suicide,” the Baraboo Police Department said Thursday. The autopsy, conducted Wednesday, revealed no signs of foul play or abuse, police said. Toxicology results will be back in about two weeks, and the full …
Murder
June 28, 2020
Massachusetts wife shot and killed by estranged husband, who then shoots himself
An estranged husband drove to the home he once shared with his wife Saturday morning and shot her death, then turned the gun on himself, WBZ reports. Joshua Pereira, 31, had recently moved out of the couple’s Somerset home, investigators said, but he drove back to the house Saturday morning before 8 a.m. A relative …
Police
June 18, 2020
Half-brother of Robert Fuller, young man found hanged in California, killed in police shootout: Report
Police had reportedly been pursuing Fuller’s half-brother on allegations he had falsely imprisoned a woman, demanding information about his brother’s death
Murder
June 13, 2020
Louisiana mom kills neighbor, four young children – including an infant – in tragic murder-suicide
A Louisiana mother killed a neighbor, her four children — including a 5-month-old — and then herself Thursday night, days after she was seen walking around her apartment waving a recently purchased gun. Monroe Police said Brittany Tucker, 30, encountered her neighbor, 20-year-old Anteshia Logwood, outside the apartment building shortly before 8 p.m., the Monroe …
Suicide
May 28, 2020
Alleged wife killer Fotis Dulos told new girlfriend to withdraw money from bank minutes before carrying out ‘meticulously planned suicide’: Police
A recently-revealed police report sheds details into the death of Fotis Dulos, a Connecticut man who took his own life amid a murder investigation in connection to his missing but presumed dead wife. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Dulos was on house arrest in January for tampering with evidence in connection with the disappearance and death …
Murder
May 20, 2020
Dallas mother and daughter die in murder-suicide after mom argues with husband
A Dallas woman shot and killed her 9-year-old daughter and then herself on Monday after chasing her husband out of the house during an argument, the Dallas Morning News reported. Authorities identified the woman on Wednesday as 34-year-old Alexica Stevenson-Gates. Initially, she was inside the home with both her daughter and her 12-year-old son, but …
Suicide
May 2, 2020
Murder-suicide highlights fears of domestic abuse during coronavirus pandemic
An apparent murder-suicide in Utah has left two people dead amid an uptick in domestic violence during coronavirus lockdowns, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Police on Friday morning responded to a report of domestic violence at an apartment building in Midvale, a suburb of Salt Lake City. The report indicated that one of the tenants, Isaac Andre Renfro, …
Murder
April 29, 2020
Pregnant New Jersey chef beaten to death in apparent murder-suicide
The owners of a trendy Jersey City restaurant were found dead Sunday in what appears to be a murder-suicide, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office said on Monday. Garima Kothari, the 35-year-old chef of Nukkad in the waterfront Paulus Hook neighborhood, was found dead early Sunday morning in her home. The medical examiner ruled that she …
Murder
April 22, 2020
12-year-old girl finds mom, teen sister fatally shot; mom’s boyfriend kills himself
The girl ran from the home searching for help after finding her family members, victims of an apparent double murder-suicide
Murder
April 11, 2020
Grisly scene at Florida house fire: Man, 2 children dead in murder-suicide: Cops
Florida deputies are investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Spring Hill after they were alerted to a home on fire with a man and two children dead inside, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office reported. The sheriff’s office identified the dead man as Derick Albert Vasquez, 43, but said only that the children were a girl and …