Background: The site of Margaret Preble’s death (WAVE). Margaret Preble (WAVE) is inset. When Margaret Peggy Preble was presumably struck by a car at high speed, her routine evening stroll on a road close to her Kentucky home became deadly. At approximately 5:30 p.m. on November 11, Preble was going for her regular stroll along...
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‘I was fried’: Boyfriend who was ‘in there’ from too much weed kills ‘clearly pregnant’ girlfriend, leaving unborn baby on life support, police say
According to police, a guy in Pennsylvania is accused of shooting his pregnant girlfriend in the head while she was watching television. He also allegedly told emergency medical personnel that he was blacked out and in there as a result of smoking. After killing Tanyiah Bell, his longterm live-in partner, at their Delaware County apartment...
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Mom who turned off disabled daughter’s oxygen alarm while getting ‘blacked out’ drunk learns her fate
In Minnesota, a 39-year-old mother will serve almost ten years in prison for killing her crippled 13-year-old daughter, shutting off the oxygen monitor, and letting her pass away while blacked out from alcohol. According to court documents examined by Law&Crime, Stearns County District Court Judge Heidi E. Schultz on Monday sentenced Elise C. Nelson to...
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‘Clearly, he is a threat’: Judge slammed for giving ROR to barricaded suspect who allegedly shot at police while asking if ‘they wanted to die’
Tuesday, a Tennessee judge raised eyebrows by allowing the release of a man who reportedly shot police officers while escaping a traffic stop while experiencing a mental health crisis. In the 3400 block of Lakeview Road, Memphis police officers responded to an armed mental health emergency on November 10. According to a criminal complaint, a...
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‘This wasn’t a tragic mistake’: Infamous child killer Susan Smith denied parole after ex-husband fights to keep her locked up
Background: On November 20, 2024, Susan Smith shows up for her parole hearing (Law&Crime). Inset: Michael and Alex Smith’s grave at the Bogansville Methodist Church, July 23, 1995, West Springs, South Carolina. (Ruth Fremson/AP Photo, file) On November 20, Susan Smith, who killed her two toddler kids and misled the public about how they died,...
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Woman poured gasoline on victim sitting on couch before setting her ablaze and watching her burn to death: Cops
After reportedly dousing a person she knew with gasoline while she was sitting on a couch and lighting her on fire, causing fatal injuries, a lady in Virginia who was previously free on bond for assaulting someone with a pipe is now facing murder charges, according to the police. Police say 28-year-old Savannah Adams killed...
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‘Deserves to have the same torture’: Man who strangled wife and hid the body in trunk of rental car sentenced
For choking his wife to death during a fight and concealing her body in the trunk of a rental car that was discovered months later by staff on the rental car lot, a New Yorker received a sentence ranging from 25 years to life. Lisa Dashnaw-Tyrell, 57, passed away on Monday, and Scott Tyrell, 58,...
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Magnet fisherman’s haul of gun and victim IDs leads to guilty plea, consecutive life prison sentences for man who lured couple with ad for 1966 Ford Mustang
Nearly ten years after a double homicide, a magnet fisherman found a gun and victim IDs in a river, which helped prosecutors in Georgia secure a murder conviction. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ronnie Jay Towns, 38, entered a guilty plea to two murder charges on Monday and was given two consecutive life terms by...
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Woman told boyfriend to ‘finish off’ man they stabbed 10 hours earlier so she didn’t have to see him suffering while they robbed him: Police
ALT: To avoid witnessing the man’s pain during the robbery, the woman instructed her partner to kill the man they had wounded ten hours prior: Police In Texas, a 20-year-old lady and her boyfriend of the same age are accused of robbing and killing a guy who had let them live in his condominium. They...
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Women accused of using ‘leash with spikes,’ belt to beat 3 kids for not completing chores to their satisfaction
Two ladies were detained by Texas police for reportedly beating three kids with belts and spiked dog leashes after the boys failed to finish their tasks. Jacalyn Cook, 30, and Haley Blevins, 19, are both charged with multiple counts of child injury, a felony. The mother of the boys, who are aged 12, 7, and...