With his nine special-needs children in his house and one of them with him in the master bedroom, a Florida man was on his knees when an armed intruder shot him in the face, then fired twice more after the victim had fallen face down on the floor, a medical examiner said Wednesday. Byrd Billings […]
CNN’s Randi Kaye reports on the start of the trial related to the ninja-style murder of a Florida couple.
Police want to speak to a woman who called for a taxi about an hour before a cab driver was gunned down early Thursday morning, the second cabbie fatally shot this week. Here is the phone call to Yellow Cab from a woman identifying herself as “Shantay.” The call was placed about 2:53 a.m. on […]
Via CNN.com: After deliberating for about four hours over two days, a jury Tuesday convicted a 47-year-old man of capital murder in the deaths of three members of a Connecticut family in a 2007 home invasion. Steven Hayes was convicted on 16 of the 17 charges against him in connection with the deaths of Jennifer […]
Torrie Lynn Emery, 23, of Pontiac, was ordered held without bond by 50th District Judge Preston Thomas. She is charged with second-degree murder, assault with intent to commit great bodily harm and child abuse. The charges stem from a crash at Woodward Avenue and Rapid Street on Wednesday afternoon. Emery is accused of following a […]
Reyna Chicas, 32, is the leader of the “cult-like” group missing in Southern California, officials say. Officials in Southern California issued an emergency alert late Saturday for six adults and eight children who are members of a “cult-like” group believed to be planning a mass suicide. “They were awaiting the rapture or some other catastrophic […]
Dr. William Petit, shown with wife Jennifer Hawke-Petit and daughters, Michaela and Hayley, was the only survivor. VIA CNN.com: A Connecticut doctor whose wife and two daughters were killed in a 2007 home invasion took the stand Tuesday to testify against one of the accused killers, recalling horrific details of being beaten and tied up […]
Police have arrested a man charged with murdering a service station clerk Wednesday night in southwest Houston. Tony Mayfield, 26, of Houston, is charged with capital murder in the killing, which happened at a Chevron station in the 11300 block of Fondren near W. Bellfort about 9 p.m.. The name of the victim, 45, has […]
The government-ordered inquest by two former FBI officials found that agents of the State Bureau of Investigation repeatedly aided prosecutors in obtaining convictions over a 16-year period, mostly by misrepresenting blood evidence and keeping critical notes from defense attorneys. The Associated Press obtained the review of blood evidence in cases from 1987 to 2003 in […]
Via KHOU.com: A man shot and killed his ex-wife, then turned the gun on himself in southwest Houston late Sunday, according to police. Police said 41-year-old Lisa Williams and her family members had returned home to the 16100 block of Bantam Ridge Court shortly before 10 p.m. Her former husband, 43-year-old Rykan Jones, arrived and the two […]
It’s being reported that three armed men came looking for former NBA player Lorenzen Wright shortly before he was found dead last week. Gail Mathes, the attorney for Wright’s ex-wife Sherra, said that she remained silent about the confrontation out of fear for the lives of herself and her children. http://www.bvonsports.com/2010/08/02/former-nba-player-lorenzen-wrights-ex-wife-was-threatened/
Via WSHH.com: Investigators believe Larry is responsible for shooting and killing 31-year-old Augustine Hernandez around 1:40 a.m. Saturday. Investigators say Larry was armed with a .45 caliber handgun when he saw Hernandez standing along Oak Street in Dade City. The arrest report says Larry approached him, opened fire, and then ran home. The next morning, […]
