murder

Police: Grandfather caught shoving wife’s murdered corpse into car
Family Crime
March 24, 2017

Police: Grandfather caught shoving wife’s murdered corpse into car

A 72-year-old man is behind bars after Hood County, Texas, police say he was caught trying to load his wife’s corpse into a car parked in in the driveway of a residential home in Grandbury. Dallas Morning News reports that police officers were called to the Abe’s Landing neighborhood at around 11 a.m. on Thursday morning, after …

UPDATE: 5-month-old thrown into playpen dies; ‘frustrated’ sitter charged with murder
Child Abuse
March 10, 2017

UPDATE: 5-month-old thrown into playpen dies; ‘frustrated’ sitter charged with murder

A Florida woman who admitted to forcefully throwing an infant into his playpen is facing murder charges after the baby died from his injuries. Barbara Kendrick, 65, was originally charged with aggravated child abuse as Cooper Dubovik was hospitalized for a fractured skull. However, the charge was upgraded to murder following the 5-month-old’s death late …

Police: Woman charged with murder, set two sons’ beds on fire
Murder
March 10, 2017

Police: Woman charged with murder, set two sons’ beds on fire

A West Virginia woman has been jailed on murder charges for allegedly starting fires that killed her two young sons. Molly Jo Delgado, 29, was arrested on March 8 following a six-week investigation into the January 24 fire at her family’s Martinsburg home, according to a media release from the West Virginia State Fire Marshals …

‘He didn’t even hesitate’: Ohio man killed girlfriend, kidnapped her 7-week-old daughter
Violent Crime
March 9, 2017

‘He didn’t even hesitate’: Ohio man killed girlfriend, kidnapped her 7-week-old daughter

An Ohio man who shot his girlfriend to death before kidnapping her 7-week-old daughter was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday morning. Police claimed Dakota M. Steagall, 20, killed Kaitlyn Carroll-Peak, 22, Wednesday night at in front of his Mansfield apartment building. Steagall is not the father of the baby, according to …

Woman who killed boyfriend with fireplace poker sentenced to 30 years
Violent Crime
March 7, 2017

Woman who killed boyfriend with fireplace poker sentenced to 30 years

A New Jersey woman who killed her boyfriend with a fireplace poker a decade ago was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday. Eileen Leone, 46, killed her boyfriend, Darius Smith, 32, in the Egg Harbor Township condo they shared with their 4-year-old daughter on June 29, 2006. Arguing the entire day, Leone repeatedly struck …

Teen, 15 and pregnant, killed in San Antonio
Violent Crime
March 7, 2017

Teen, 15 and pregnant, killed in San Antonio

A 15-year-old San Antonio teen who was nine months pregnant, was killed on Monday. Police are treating the death as a homicide. Dallas Morning News reports that Jennifer Delgado had numerous gunshot wounds to her body when police found her inside a Spanish Keys apartment home, off of Babcock Road, in NW San Antonio. She was pronounced …

Maryland woman killed after brutal domestic dispute
Family Crime
March 6, 2017

Maryland woman killed after brutal domestic dispute

A Crofton, Maryland, woman was killed last night in what police say was an incident of a domestic dispute that got out of control. The Capital Gazette reports that Ryan Gregory Hollebon, 38, was arrested on Monday in connection with the death of Jhalandia Elaine Butler, 28. The victim was found dead in her home off of …

Man douses wife with gasoline, sets her on fire
Family Crime
March 6, 2017

Man douses wife with gasoline, sets her on fire

A 69-year-old Schenectady, New York, man, Antonio Margallo, reportedly doused his wife with gasoline and set her on fire on Saturday while they were arguing. A neighbor was awakened by the screams of the wife, Elizabeth Gonzales, age 48, and rushed to wrap her in a blanket to put out the flames on her burning …