AMBER Alert teen now suspect in mother’s murder
Family Crime
The 15-year-old is accused of stabbing her mother
Violent Crime
February 14, 2017
Mom and daughter found dead in Florida apartment; suspect barricades himself for hours
A mom and daughter were found dead inside a Sunset, Florida, apartment on Monday, while a man barricaded himself inside the same apartment home for hours, refusing to come out. ABC 10 reports that Karen Lyle, 40, and daughter, Shanice Smith, 15 (pictured on the left), were shot to death at an apartment off of Balboa …
Family Crime
February 11, 2017
Woman calls 911, exposes her murderer right before she dies
A Grimes County, Texas, woman lay dying on her front porch, but still managed to call 911 and tell the operator the name of her killer. ABC 30 reports that 74-year-old Jane Lester was fatally shot by her “common-law husband,” Thomas Buford, 74, in her own home off of Rolling Acres Lane. The elderly lady …
Violent Crime
February 11, 2017
Two people found dead in a murder-suicide plot
The Reno Police Department say two people found dead inside a vehicle in Reno, Nevada has been identified, and it was determined that their deaths were a murder-suicide plot. Reno Gazette-Journal reports that around 1 p.m. on Thursday, February 9, the bodies of 24-year-old Alex Muratalla of Sparks, and Rachel Tams, 45, of Reno, were found …
Child Abuse
February 8, 2017
Daycare worker on trial for murder of 4-month-old girl
A Noble, Oklahoma, home daycare worker will go to trial on murder charges. A judge ruled on Tuesday that the case has enough evidence to move forward. News 9 reports Melissa Clark said nothing as she was escorted out the courtroom after learning she’d face murder charges for the death of 4-month-old Braelyn Zachary. The baby …
Family Crime
February 7, 2017
Black widow wife kills husband with antifreeze
A Delaware woman who fatally poisoned her husband with antifreeze in 2013, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, the Department of Justice confirmed. USA Today reports that Jamie L. Baker, 47, of Smyrna, Delaware, entered the plea on Monday morning at the Superior Court in Dover. She was originally charged with murder prior to the plea deal. On September 16, …