A 68-year-old homeowner in Indiana has been charged with murder for fatally shooting a man outside his home, initially telling cops that the victim attacked him with a sword, according to police officials. What actually happened, according to Indiana State Police detectives, was that New Albany sexagenarian Kevin Campbell got spooked by the approaching man...
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Son allegedly kept long-dead father in unplugged freezer because every time he tried to dump him in desert there were ‘always people out there’
An Arizona man wanted to keep living in his house, so he kept his dead father in a freezer in the backyard, police in the Grand Canyon State say. Joseph Daniel Hill Jr., 51, stands accused of one count each of failure to report a death, a misdemeanor, and one count of concealing a dead...
Wife charged with murder claims husband drunkenly ‘bumped against her’ while she helped him into the house, causing fatal gunshot: Attorney
A Texas woman facing charges in the death of her husband over the weekend allegedly claimed the gun accidentally went off when he drunkenly bumped into her as she was helping him into the house. Marisol Solis Zamora, 42, faces a murder charge in the death of Miguel Zamora Martinez, 47, authorities said. The bloodshed...
‘I beat you at your own game. Checkmate’: Remorseless grandma who shot infant granddaughter in head ‘on purpose’ learns her fate
A 43-year-old grandmother in Ohio is going to spend several years behind bars for intentionally shooting her then-6-month-old granddaughter in the head and showing no remorse. Butler County Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel E. Haughey on Tuesday ordered Mia Harris to serve a sentence of nine to 12 years in a state correctional facility...
Corrections officer mom allegedly chucks acid at teen son, girl after argument over phone
A mother is behind bars after being accused of throwing corrosive acid on her teenage son and a 14-year-old girl following an argument over a phone at a North Carolina apartment complex. Kendra McDougald is facing charges of throwing acid, assault with serious bodily injury, negligent child abuse and assault with a deadly weapon. It...
Man slit girlfriend’s wrists, left her body ‘on the couch while he watched television before going to bed’: DA
A 49-year-old man in California is accused of killing his girlfriend, strangling her and slitting her wrists only to leave her bloody body on their couch while he finished watching TV before going to sleep. Daniel Allen Aldrich was taken into custody last week and charged with one felony count of murder and one felony...
Au pair pleads guilty to manslaughter in sex fetish killings conspiracy case, leaving her IRS agent boyfriend to face trial alone
When an au pair from Brazil moved to Virginia, her life apparently became dedicated to two things: a romantic affair — and homicide. Juliana Peres Magalhaes, 24, was once the live-in nanny at a two-story house on Stable Brook Way in Herndon, a medium-sized town that’s part of the broader Washington, D.C., metro area. Her charge...
Man who would ‘zap’ wife when she didn’t answer questions about cheating receives fate
The man who electrocuted and tortured his wife in a Michigan basement after he accused her of cheating on him will spend the next 14 to 30 years in prison. Saul Lucio-Ipina, 32, was sentenced Monday after pleading no contest to two counts of torture and witness interference earlier this month, according to MLive/The Grand...
‘You can die with me’: 93-year-old man tried to murder wife of 60 years because he ‘did not want to leave her alone,’ police say
A 93-year-old man in Florida was arrested over the weekend for trying to kill his wife of 60 years, telling authorities that he was in pain and planned to kill himself, but did not want to leave her alone. Helmut Viktor Stefan Lockner was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with two counts of...
‘I’d like to shoot that guy’: Man arrested for Trump threat while buying commuter lot parking pass one day before Penn State rally, cops say
One day before Donald Trump’s rally in State College, Pennsylvania, at Penn State University, a local 74-year-old man was arrested and accused of threatening the former president while buying a parking pass for a commuter lot. The suspect, identified as Paul J. Gavenonis, was arrested on Oct. 25, Friday afternoon, after an employee reported what...