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Fake Rockefeller Extradited to Calif. to Face Murder Rap

Gerhartsreiter will faces charges he murdered his landlord in 1985

(Newser) - Christian Gerhartsreiter, the German immigrant whose many fake identities included blueblood heir Clark Rockefeller, has a new role this week: murder defendant. The 50-year-old has been taken from the Massachusetts prison where he was serving time for kidnapping his daughter and moved to California for trial on charges that he...

US Links Pakistan's ISI to Journalist's Murder

Spies allegedly silenced Saleen Shahzad after articles tying military to militants

(Newser) - The US has obtained classified intelligence that shows that Pakistan’s ISI spy agency ordered the killing of journalist Saleem Shahzad, senior administration officials tell the New York Times . Several officials say the intelligence is reliable and conclusive, with one calling the ISI’s actions “barbaric and unacceptable.”...

Hair Fetishist Guilty of Murder

Danilo Restivo a suspect in several similar killings

(Newser) - An Italian who committed a bizarre hair ritual murder has been convicted by a British court of killing a young mother of two, and may be responsible for several similar deaths. Danilo Restivo will be sent today to prison for life for killing neighbor Heather Barnett nine years ago in...

Cannibal Killer Gets Life
 Cannibal Killer Gets Life 
Jun 28, 2011 12:03 AM CDT

Cannibal Killer Gets Life

He confesses to eating flesh of one of two teen victims

(Newser) - A German identified only as "Jan O.," who admitted eating the flesh of one of his two teenage victims, has been sentenced to life in prison. The killer, 26, confessed to licking blood from the wound of a 14-year-old girl he murdered and eating her flesh. He had...

Oprah Winfrey: I Want OJ Simpson Confession, Susan Smith Interview

 Oprah's Goal: 
 Score OJ 
 Confession 
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Jun 19, 2011 6:54 PM CDT

Oprah's Goal: Score OJ Confession

'I am going to make that happen'

(Newser) - The Oprah Winfrey Show may be over, but there are still a few things its host wants to achieve. At the top of the list: a confession from OJ Simpson, she said in an interview on Thursday. “I have a dream of OJ Simpson confessing to me,” she...

Convicts: Knox Wasn't at Murder Scene

Say Rudy Guede told them in prison he and a friend killed Meredith Kercher

(Newser) - A parade of convicted criminals are today trying to do what Amanda Knox's defense could not: Convince a Perugia court that the American exchange student had nothing to do with the murder of British roommate Meredith Kercher. Mario Alessi today testified that another man convicted in Kercher's murder,...

Calif. Cops Discover 2nd 'Familycide' in 8 Days

Another family wiped out in murder-suicide

(Newser) - California police believe they've found another case of a family wiped out in a murder-suicide—the second such tragedy in eight days, reports the AP . The discovery of the body of a man who apparently leaped to his death from a highway overpass near San Diego led investigators to...

Woman Busted With Trash Can Full of Body Parts

Calif. woman suspected of killing boyfriend

(Newser) - A California woman found wheeling a trash can full of human body parts down a suburban Los Angeles street has been charged with murder. San Bernardino County cops arrested Carmen Montenegro, 51, after neighbors who saw—or smelled—the dismembered remains alerted authorities, reports the Los Angeles Times . In what...

Mom Tells of Killing Toddler Son in 'Exorcism'

Latisha Lawson says she was trying to drive out the demon 'Marzon'

(Newser) - A mother killed her toddler son as she was trying to "exorcise" a demon from his body, she told Indiana jurors. She accidentally crushed her son's neck as she attempted to stop him from spitting up a concoction of oil and vinegar she hoped would drive out the...

Witness: Anthony Called Herself 'Good Liar'

Also: Ex scored $4K selling photos of Casey to mag

(Newser) - Casey Anthony told an acquaintance she was a great liar when they spent time together in July 2008, the woman told the court today in Anthony’s murder trial . After talking to someone on the phone, Anthony tossed it aside and said, “Oh my God, I am such a...

Dead Boy's Mom Was Prone to Mood Swings, Disappearing

Family friend said Julianne McCrery is "up one minute and down the next"

(Newser) - A family friend says the Texas woman accused of killing her 6-year-old son last weekend in Maine was a caring mother who suffered mood swings that would prompt her to leave town. Shirley Miller of Arlington, Texas, said that while Julianne "Julie" McCrery sometime would just "up and...

Russian Nailed Eating Pal's Liver

His side dish? Potatoes

(Newser) - Unlike fictional murderous cannibal Hannibal Lector, a Russian killer didn't eat his friend's liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti . He preferred potatoes. Police tracked the suspect to his home after discovering an acquaintance's body parts in various areas in Moscow, reports Reuters . "When...

Duo Busted in MTV Producer's Murder

Gabriel Ben-Meir was shot dead in apparent robbery

(Newser) - A man and a woman have been busted in the shotgun murder of MTV producer Gabriel Ben-Meir, 30, outside his Los Angeles home earlier this week. Another man killed a week earlier has also been linked to the pair. Ben-Meir's wallet was missing when police examined his body, raising...

Boy Accused of Killing Neo-Nazi Dad Had Rough Start

Abuse allegations followed nasty divorce

(Newser) - In a weird coincidence, a New York Times reporter was at the home of neo-Nazi Jeff Hall the day before he was shot to death there . The reporter even spoke to the accused shooter, Hall's 10-year-old son, who proudly showed a new gift from his father—a leather belt...

Teen Love Triangle Ends in 'Depraved' Murder

6 charged in murder of 15-year-old Florida boy

(Newser) - Five Floridians between the ages of 15 and 20 have been charged with first-degree murder in a slaying that one of the suspects' lawyers admits is "pretty damn depraved." The killing was apparently triggered by a love triangle and an ugly Facebook feud in which the victim called...

Killer Nailed by Tattoo Murder 'Confession'

LA gangster tattooed crime scene on his chest

(Newser) - Los Angeles gangster Anthony Garcia would have gotten away with a 2004 murder outside a liquor store if it wasn't for one slip-up: He tattooed a detailed mural of the crime scene across his chest. By chance, a detective who worked on the case saw the tattoo when flipping...

Father of Teens Killed by Mom: 'I Don't Hate Julie'

Parker Schenecker says his accused wife suffered from chronic depression

(Newser) - The Tampa mother who allegedly killed her two teens battled depression, her husband tells People . “We were a typical American family,” says Col. Parker Schenecker, who was deployed in Qatar when he heard about his children’s deaths, “but we had a sick member.” Julie Schenecker...

Intruder Busted in Webcam Murder

Toronto attack witnessed by boyfriend in Beijing

(Newser) - A Toronto man has been arrested for the murder of a student who was attacked as her boyfriend in Beijing watched helplessly via webcam. Qian Liu, 23, was found dead in her apartment after the boyfriend alerted her friends. Detectives are still seeking a missing webcam, laptop, and computer, the...

Cops: Mom Cut Baby Out of Pregnant Woman

Kathy Coy accused of murdering woman she met via Facebook

(Newser) - A Kentucky woman was charged with kidnapping and murder after turning up at a hospital with a newborn boy she claimed was hers. Suspicious staff called police, who determined that Kathy Michelle Coy had murdered a pregnant woman and cut the baby from her womb, AP reports. A detective testified...

Pal Witnesses Friend's Attack as They Chat Via Webcam

Beijing exchange student found dead in Toronto apartment

(Newser) - A frantic pal watched helplessly as his friend was attacked by a man as the two chums spoke in different countries 11,000 miles apart via webcam. Qian Liu, 23, was found dead in her Toronto apartment by an acquaintance alerted by the friend . He was speaking with the Beijing...

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