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An 8-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten by his mother’s ex-boyfriend with a hammer died Wednesday afternoon, as reported by KCRA. According to The Sacramento Bee, Deandre Chaney Jr., 23, is accused of attacking the deceased child, his mother and his 7-year-old sister at their Sacramento home last Friday. Authorities apprehended Chaney in Nevada on Saturday as …
A Reynoldsburg, Ohio, babysitter who gave an 8-month-old baby boy a fatal dose of Benadryl last year was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Lori A. Conley, 45, was sentenced to 11 years for involuntary manslaughter, three years for child endangering, and one year for tampering with evidence. In …
A Michigan man who supposedly said he was Jesus is behind bars for allegedly murdering his aunt and uncle. WJBK reports that Joseph Borowiak, 37, was arraigned on Tuesday in a Warren courthouse on two counts of murder. He’s accused of killing his uncle, Steven Collins, 67, and his aunt, Cindy Collins, 66. The victims were …
A Brooklyn, New York, man is accused of strangling and beating his wife to death after she refused to let him in the bedroom. The New York Daily News reports that Desmoulins Loiseau, 56, supposedly admitted to his landlord that he killed Marie Loiseau, 63, during an argument over money. In addition to choking Marie, Desmoulins …
Authorities say an Alabama woman shot herself after shooting her two adult daughters to death on Sunday night, and so far it’s unclear what transpired between the family that ended with three people dead. Al.com reports that Brenda Williamon, 70, fatally shot her two daughters, Alicia Williamon, 44, Jeannie Williamon, 43, before turning the gun on herself. …
A Polk County, Florida, inmate awaiting trial for allegedly killing his aunt and stabbing his father 23 times was found hanging from a sheet in an apparent suicide, as reported by Orlando Sentinel. WFTS reports that Pedro Vega Jr., 46, was found dead in his isolation cell during a Sunday night inmate check. A detention deputy found Vega …
Prosecutors in Colorado charge a married couple with first-degree murder, stemming from the February death of their 6-week-old baby boy, according to NBC’s 9News. Authorities arrested John Ostrander, 21, and his wife, Donica Mirabal, 21, of Colorado Springs, following a six-month investigation into the death of their infant son, Zayden. In February, the coupled called 911 …
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The Florida State Attorney’s Office recently released photos of accused killer Russell Tillis’ now-demolished Florida home, where a woman was reportedly killed at in 2016. ABC First Coast News reports that 30-year-old Jodi Lynn Gunter’s dismembered remains were found at 3551 Bowden Circle in Jacksonville in 2016, a home where accused murderer Russell Tillis, 55, lived in …
Fargo Police revealed Tuesday that missing North Dakota woman Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind died as a result of homicidal violence. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office provided Fargo Police with the preliminary autopsy results, which didn’t reveal specific details surrounding the 22-year-old’s death—or how her baby girl was born. “The Fargo Police Department and its law enforcement …
Authorities found an Ormond Beach, Florida, woman dead Sunday after her daughter received an ominous letter detailing her death. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that an officer discovered the decomposing body of Debra Jean Place, 62, during a 10:41 a.m. wellness check. The officer went to the Ridgecrest Mobile Home Park after Place’s daughter, Millisi Wells, reportedly got a letter from …
A Texas woman was sentenced to 27 years in prison after she murdered her husband in 2012, just one day shy of their 32nd wedding anniversary. Houston Chronicle reports that Sandra Melgar was sentenced in Houston on Thursday for killing her husband, 52-year-old Jaime Melgar, in what prosecutors said was a $500,000 insurance scheme. On Dec. 22, 2012, …
