A 51-year-old man in Texas is accused of killing a female co-worker by ambushing and fatally shooting her in front of their colleagues, allegedly telling detectives he was “obsessed” with her because she took breaks that were too long and refused to pay attention to him. Travis Lee Merrill was taken into custody last week...
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‘Monster’ mom officially abandons ‘legally insane’ defense and admits to shocking murders of 2 sons at home
After a change of plea hearing expected last week ended up delayed, a 33-year-old Kentucky woman appeared in court Wednesday and pleaded guilty to murdering her two sons, ages 6 and 9, by shooting them in the head at home, bringing an official end to her claim that she was “legally insane” at the time....
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Teen girl murdered Sonic Drive-In manager after she tried to use counterfeit money to pay for food: Cops
The U.S. Marshals North Texas Fugitive Task Force on Tuesday arrested a 17-year-old girl more than three months after she allegedly shot and killed a Sonic Drive-In manager when she tried to pay for food with counterfeit money. Adiah Namir Roberson was arrested in Dallas. She’s accused of shooting 33-year-old Daniel Shrewsbury to death on...
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‘Remote work is one thing, remote mom is another’: Woman left 3 young kids alone for days while in Miami for friend’s liposuction surgery
A 32-year-old mother in Ohio will be placed on house arrest for leaving her three young children home alone for several days so she could travel to Florida to be with a friend who was having liposuction. Domonique Knowles is appeared in Rocky River Municipal Court on Wednesday where a judge ordered her to serve...
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Mom left toddler in illegally parked car to go ‘drinking at a nightclub,’ child later discovered after car towed
A 29-year-old mother in Texas has been arrested after she allegedly left her 3-year-old son alone in a car that was parked illegally and eventually towed while she went inside a club to drink. Brandy Rachelle Brown was taken into custody on Monday and charged with one count of endangering a child, court records reviewed...
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‘Tremendous void’: Missing Army soldier found dead after mysteriously disappearing from base
The Army is investigating after a 23-year-old soldier disappeared from a Missouri base and was later found dead. In a Facebook post around 6 p.m. Monday, the U.S. Army Fort Leonard Wood base requested the public’s assistance in finding Sgt. Sarah Roque of the 5th Engineer Battalion. The post said she failed to show up...
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‘It went from a heart in a text message to a bullet in his heart’: Man bringing home McDonald’s killed by girlfriend who warned he’d be ‘dead’ if he returned
A 31-year-old woman in Mississippi will spend decades behind bars for killing her boyfriend, fatally shooting him when he came back to their home with McDonald’s for her and her children following an argument in which she warned he would be “dead” if he returned. Circuit Court Judge Gray Tollison on Tuesday ordered Alexandria M....
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N.H. Mother Pleads Guilty to Abusing, Killing Malnourished 5-Year-Old Son
The 38-year-old mother, who killed and starved her little son with assistance from her boyfriend before dumping his body in a Massachusetts state park, will probably serve the remainder of her life in prison. According to WMUR-TV On Thursday, September 26, Danielle Dauphinais entered a guilty plea to second-degree murder in connection with the death...
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Cold Case Break: Wisconsin Man Arrested in 1985 Decapitation and Burning of College Student
A 60-year-old man was just taken into custody by the authorities on suspicion of killing a 24-year-old college student over 39 years ago. Russell Lee reported his fiancée, Terry Dolowy, missing from LaCrosse County on February 14, 1985, according to a joint news release from the sheriff’s departments of Vernon County and LaCrosse County. She...
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Armed Attack in Arizona: Student Stabbed Twice During Class
On September 19, a student from Arizona State University is accused of stabbing her friend twice in a Glendale classroom in what appeared to be a random attack. Kaci Lenise-Charlie Sloan, 19, is accused by Maricopa County officials of first-degree attempted murder, aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon, and disorderly conduct with a weapon in...