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BOLO: Crime Stoppers offer $100K reward, highest in city’s history, after suspect kills ‘loving’ elderly mom, 71

 BOLO: Crime Stoppers offer $100K reward, highest in city’s history, after suspect kills ‘loving’ elderly mom, 71
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Police in Georgia have released surveillance footage showing a possible suspect in last month’s unexplained murder of a 71-year-old woman. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Sandy Springs police also increased the reward from $25,000 to $100,000—the highest in the city’s history—for information regarding the June 27 stabbing death of Kay Thomasson. Thomasson died in her home …

Parents force siblings to participate while starving, whipping little boy with belt and cord for DAYS before his death: Prosecutors
Family Crime
July 4, 2018

Parents force siblings to participate while starving, whipping little boy with belt and cord for DAYS before his death: Prosecutors

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 10-year-old Southern California boy was starved and tortured for days before his death, sometimes by younger brothers and sisters forced to take part in the beatings, according to prosecutors who have charged his mother and her boyfriend with his murder. KNBC-TV on Tuesday cited court documents that alleged vicious and repeated abuse …

Chewing gum helps detectives crack cold case of beloved young teacher’s murder: Report
Murder
June 27, 2018

Chewing gum helps detectives crack cold case of beloved young teacher’s murder: Report

After over 60 suspects were excluded for the 1992 murder and rape of a beloved Pennsylvania teacher, detectives may have finally found the person responsible for her death. Washington Post reports that 25-year-old Christy Mirack, of Lancaster was brutally raped and murdered in her home on December 21, 1992. The school teacher had just finished wrapping …

Tortured by eczema, woman stabs parents to death in grisly murder-suicide: Cops
Weird Crime
June 20, 2018

Tortured by eczema, woman stabs parents to death in grisly murder-suicide: Cops

A former nursing student who stabbed her parents to death before taking her own life possibly snapped after being fed up with her persistent eczema, Hong Kong police said. The South China Morning Post reported that Pang Ching-yu, 23, was found dead Monday afternoon with a plastic bag over her head. The bag was connected to …

UNSOLVED: Elderly woman’s dismembered body found in 2 plastic bins inside home
Murder
June 18, 2018

UNSOLVED: Elderly woman’s dismembered body found in 2 plastic bins inside home

An investigation is underway after an 81-year-old woman’s body was found in two plastic bins inside her Illinois home. According to WLS, officers performing a wellness check on June 10 discovered Thana Muhammad’s body in her basement. Sources told the network that the octogenarian had been “cut in half.” Meanwhile, police said she had sustained “severe …

Family of 3 found burned, buried under fire pit — positive ID may be impossible
Murder
June 18, 2018

Family of 3 found burned, buried under fire pit — positive ID may be impossible

In a grim ending to the search for a missing Texas family of three, authorities believe they have found their remains, The Facts reports. Tim Miller, who has been assisting families in finding and recovering missing loved ones through his organization, Texas Equusearch, said he was at the scene when the bones were recovered Saturday. …

More murder charges for man accused of ‘savage’ 1987 slaying of young couple
Violent Crime
June 17, 2018

More murder charges for man accused of ‘savage’ 1987 slaying of young couple

A Washington State man has been formally charged in the slaying of a Canadian couple in 1987 after cutting-edge genealogy analysis and DNA evidence led to his arrest last month. The Herald reports that prosecutors on Friday filed first-degree aggravated murder charges against 55-year-old William Talbott II. Authorities say Talbott brutally killed 18-year-old Tanya Van …