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NJ Man Acquitted in 1978 Murders

Defends self in mysterious disappearance of 5 boys

(Newser) - Some 33 years after five boys went missing, a man charged in their deaths has been acquitted. Lee Evans, who was arrested last year, was found not guilty on all counts, but there was “no jumping up and down or hooting and hollering. That type of feeling wasn’t...

Teen in Gay Murder Case Gets 21 Years

Brandon McInerney reaches plea deal

(Newser) - A California teen will go to prison for 21 years for shooting his gay classmate to death in a middle school computer lab in 2008. The plea deal was reached yesterday; in Brandon McInerney’s first trial, the jury deadlocked . In order to avoid a second trial, McInerney, now 17,...

Mariners Outfielder Stabbed to Death, Brother Suspected

Young backup Greg Halman killed in Rotterdam

(Newser) - Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman was stabbed to death in Rotterdam today, and his brother has been arrested as a suspect, Dutch police tell the AP . Police were called to a home in the wee hours of the morning, where they found Halman, 24, still bleeding but were unable to...

Teen Arrested in Craigslist Killing

Victim lured by prospect of cattle ranching job

(Newser) - A 16-year-old high school student has been arrested in connection with what appears to be a plot to lure people to an Ohio town with Craigslist job ads and then kill them, police announced today. A 52-year-old, Richard Beasley, also is being held as a suspect, the Akron Beacon Journal...

Man Busted in Flight Attendant's Mexico Murder

Nick Aaronson found bound, strangled in hotel

(Newser) - A man has been busted in the murder of a US Airways flight attendant who was found naked, bound, and strangled in a Mexico City hotel. FBI agents nabbed the suspected killer of Nick Aaronson using a hotel surveillance camera and tracking the GPS on his stolen cell phone, reports...

Carlos the Jackal Goes on Hunger Strike

Protests treatment in notorious maximum security prison

(Newser) - Carlos the Jackal has been on a hunger strike for a week to protest his treatment inside a French prison, and his health is worsening, reports the Daily Mail . A lawyer for the 62-year-old Venezuelan terrorist wrote in a letter that Carlos refuses to eat due to "the deliberate...

Teens Arrested After Parents Found Dead

LA girl, boyfriend pointed cops to second body

(Newser) - A 15-year-old Los Angeles girl and her 16-year-old boyfriend were arrested yesterday after police found the girl’s mother and stepfather buried in shallow graves. The woman’s body was found only partially buried Saturday after a passerby caught wind of it, KTLA reports; police found the stepfather only after...

New Theory: Van Gogh Was Murdered

Local boy shot him, authors of ' Van Gogh: The Life' suggest

(Newser) - The accepted explanation for Vincent Van Gogh's death may be all wrong. While the standard story is that the artist shot himself in a field, managing to return to a nearby inn before he died, a new 900-page book paints a very different picture. In Van Gogh: The Life,...

1 in 50 Central American Men Murdered by Age 31: UN

Situation is nearing a 'crisis point'

(Newser) - This is basically insane: A new UN report says that one in 50 Central American 20-year-old men will be murdered before they turn 31. Unsurprisingly, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime says the situation is nearing a "crisis point." The report places much of the blame on...

Retired Cop 'Loses It,' Guns Down Own Son

Father, son were fighting over custody issues: police

(Newser) - A tragic story out of Florida: An 18-year-veteran of the Orlando Police Department shot and killed his 21-year-old son after an argument Saturday night. Police say Tim Davis, Sr., 47, was fighting with Tim Davis, Jr., over custody arrangements regarding Davis Jr.'s child. Davis Sr. admitted to police...

5 Years Later, Mother Cares for Son&#39;s Amish Victim
5 Years Later, Mother Cares for Son's Amish Victim
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Oct 2, 2011 11:44 AM CDT

5 Years Later, Mother Cares for Son's Amish Victim

She helps tend to girl paralyzed in 2006 shooting spree

(Newser) - On Oct. 2, 2006, Terri Roberts heard the shocking news: Her son, Charles Carl Roberts IV, had shot 10 Amish girls at the Nickel Mines schoolhouse, killing five of them, before fatally shooting himself. The shooting shocked Roberts’ quiet Pennsylvania community, but almost as shocking was the display of forgiveness...

Calif. Fugitive Hiding Out in Redwoods Fires on Cops

Aaron Bassler was running a poppy operation, say police

(Newser) - A California fugitive who has been living on his wits in the Redwood forests of Northern California is close to being caught—and has fired on deputies, according to cops. Aaron Bassler, 35, is suspected of shooting to death a city councilman last month and another person earlier. Bassler has...

Cops Step Up Hunt in NY Serial Killings

Investigators release sketches, jewelry in bid to ID victims

(Newser) - Long Island cops released new information yesterday as they continue to press their hunt for as many as three serial killers who they believe murdered at least eight women, a man in woman's clothing, and a toddler. Five of the victims remain unidentified, and police provided sketches of two...

Suspected Wife Killer Killed Previous Wife

But Jeremiah Fogle only got 10 years' probation

(Newser) - The Florida man who allegedly killed his wife and shot two pastors yesterday had been on probation for killing a previous wife, the AP reports. Jeremiah Fogle, 57, was sentenced to 10 years' probation in 1987 for fatally shooting wife-of-five-months Diane Fogle at home with a rifle. Prosecutors at the...

Dad Busted for Murder for Stabbing Burglar

'This is a serious incident,' says cop

(Newser) - A British dad who apparently stabbed to death a would-be thief during an attempted home invasion has been arrested on suspicion of murder, according to police. Vincent Cooke, 39, was home alone when two men broke in, planning to steal, police believe. When Cooke was threatened, he stabbed one of...

Ax-Wielding Man Kills 6 in China

30-year-old man attacked those en route to nursery school

(Newser) - A man wielding an ax attacked and killed two young girls and four adults while they were on their way to a nursery school this morning in Gongyi City, China, the BBC reports. Police have apprehended the suspected killer, a 30-year-old local farmer who they say "has a history...

Teen Basketball Star Shot Dead Pleading for Her Life

Tayshana Murphy may have been the victim of mistaken identity

(Newser) - A Harlem high school basketball superstar was chased by a gunman into her apartment complex where he shot her three times as she pleaded for her life, say cops. Senior Tayshana "Chicken" Murphy, 18, was already being courted by Division 1 schools, and she dreamed of playing for the...

Annie Le&#39;s Family Sues Yale
 Annie Le's Family Sues Yale 
Sep 7, 2011 11:59 AM CDT

Annie Le's Family Sues Yale

Lawsuit: University should have done more to protect murder victim

(Newser) - Yale University could have, and should have, done more to protect Annie Le and other women on campus, Le’s family claims in a lawsuit filed yesterday. The family is suing for wrongful death over the murder of Le, who was killed by a co-worker at a campus lab in...

Jury Punts on Case of Teen Who Shot Gay Classmate

Mistrial declared as jury can't decide on murder or manslaughter

(Newser) - A jury came up empty yesterday in its attempt to decide the fate of a California teenager who shot a gay classmate in the head at point blank range. The judge declared a mistrial in the case of Brandon McInerney after the jury said it couldn't come to a...

California Pol Stumbles Onto Pot Farm, Gunned Down

Sheriff's Dept. seeks itinerant dope grower with criminal history

(Newser) - Northern California law officers are hunting a transient marijuana grower accused of gunning down a city councilman, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Mendocino County officials say that Fort Bragg councilman Jere Melo, working for a timber company, found suspect Aaron Bassler growing marijuana on company land. Bassler allegedly opened fire...

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