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Ingmar Guandique Guilty of Murdering Chandra Levy

Direct evidence was scant, but prosecution prevails

(Newser) - A jury has found Salvadoran immigrant Ingmar Guandique guilty of murdering Washington intern Chandra Levy back in May 2001, when her disappearance became a national sensation. Guandique was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for attacking Levy while she exercised in Washington's Rock Creek Park.

Publicist's Murder Was Planned

Police reviewing security footage from Buddy Hackett estate

(Newser) - Police probing the mysterious murder of movie publicist Ronni Chasen now believe the killing was planned, and not the result of road rage or a carjacking, sources tell the Hollywood Reporter . Beverly Hills police suspect Chasen was killed by shots fired from a vehicle that pulled up beside her Mercedes...

Bodies of Missing Family Found in Hollow Tree

Lawyers for Matthew Hoffman tell police where to find bodies

(Newser) - The bodies of three missing people in Ohio have been found wrapped in garbage bags and stuffed into a hollow tree, MSNBC reports. Police had been on the hunt for Tina Herrmann, 32, her 10-year-old son, Kody, and a friend of Herrmann's, Stephanie Sprang, 41, since Nov. 10. They were...

Publicist's Murder Stumps Cops

Police have few leads on who killed Ronni Chasen

(Newser) - The death of celebrity publicist Ronni Chasen is a real-life Hollywood murder mystery, and police are stumped. Nearly half of the Beverly Hills Police Department is working on the case, the Daily Beast reports, but they have little evidence, no motive, and no witnesses. Chasen was found fatally shot in...

Hollywood Publicist Gunned Down in Beverly Hills

Police baffled by Ronni Chasen's murder

(Newser) - A real-life murder mystery is stumping police in Beverly Hills. Longtime Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen, 64, was found in her Mercedes with five gunshot wounds early yesterday morning. She died shortly afterward. Chasen was apparently driving when she was shot, and her car crashed into a light pole on Sunset...

Survivor Producer Busted in Wife's Murder

Bruce Beresford-Redman wanted in Mexico

(Newser) - Former Survivor producer Bruce Beresford-Redman has been taken into custody, more than 5 months after Mexican authorities accused him of killing his wife and issued a warrant for his arrest. Beresford-Redman was arrested as a fugitive at his home in California, AP reports. He will appear in court in Los...

Missing Family Likely Murdered: Police

Cops, kin lose hope as time passes

(Newser) - Missing family members of the young teenage girl found bound and gagged in the basement of an Ohio man have likely been murdered, police fear. "We would like to retain a hopeful attitude, but we have to be realistic," said local Knox County Sheriff David Barber. Sarah Maynard,...

Did This Book Inspire Real-Life Murder?

Lead character based on man who later killed his mother

(Newser) - A Florida man confessed to killing his mother in the same fashion as a recently published novel describes: by beating her, cutting her open, and removing her inner organs. And the author of the novel admits that he based his main character partially on his friend, Beau Bruneau, 29—the...

'Dead Man' Busted in Kidnapping

Suspect Steven Sanders was declared dead in 1994

(Newser) - A man declared dead in Mississippi 16 years ago has been arrested and charged with kidnapping a 12-year-old girl whose remains were found in a Louisiana forest. Thomas Steven Sanders, 51, is likely to face more charges in relation to the girl's death, AP reports. The girl's mother, who was...

Mom Wrote 'Divine Mercy' in Girl's Blood

Told police she was afraid daughter would become sex slave

(Newser) - Prosecutors have accused a woman of slitting her own 4-year-old daughter’s throat, and scrawling the words “divine mercy” on the bathroom walls in blood. The woman, 43-year-old Marci Webber, told police that she “wanted to keep her daughter from being an Internet sex slave,” the assistant...

Beau Drives Into House, Kills Girlfriend, Newborn

Eduardo Villarreal had been battling with his girlfriend over custody

(Newser) - An angry Los Angeles man deliberately drove his car through the wall of his teenage girlfriend's bedroom as she slept on Sunday, killing her and the couple's 10-day-old baby girl, police said. Eduardo Villarreal, 21, was arrested at the scene and held on suspicion of murder. The couple had been...

Police Believe Dead Spy Killed in Sex Game

Toxicology report comes up empty for MI6 agent found in bag

(Newser) - Police have hit a dead end in the strange case of Gareth Williams, the MI6 codebreaker whose naked, decomposing body was found inside a locked sports bag in his bathroom. Toxicology reports have revealed no trace of drugs, alcohol or poison, sources tell the Daily Telegraph , and since there’s...

Mom Kills Baby for Interrupting Farmville

3-month-old cried as Florida mom tended Facebook farm

(Newser) - A Florida woman who killed her baby when his crying interrupted work on her virtual farm on Facebook has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Alexandra Tobias, 22, told investigators that she shook her 3-month-old baby boy because he was crying as she played Farmville, the Times-Union reports. She may have...

Missing Girl's Fake Leg Found, Parents Grilled

Cops digging up family's backyard in North Carolina

(Newser) - A prosthetic leg believed to belong to a missing 10-year-old girl has been found in woods off a North Carolina road, police report. Cops have been hunting for Zahra Baker since early this month after she was last seen in a furniture store. The girl lost her leg to bone...

Mom: Hiccups Sent Her Down Wrong Path

Jennifer Mee's life started unraveling after unexpected fame

(Newser) - How did Jennifer Mee turn from a sweet 15-year-old girl with a bad case of the hiccups into an alleged murderer ? Her mother isn’t sure, but tells a Tampa radio show that Mee’s “curse of the hiccups” may be to blame. After her sudden fame, “...

Michele Kalina, Pennsylvania Nurse's Aide, Charged With Murder of 5 Babies
Mom Charged With Murder
of 5 Babies
Oct 26, 2010 5:52 AM CDT

Mom Charged With Murder of 5 Babies

Pa. woman hid pregnancies from husband and lover

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania woman successfully concealed five pregnancies from both her husband and the man she was having an affair with before killing the infants and hiding their bodies, say prosecutors. Nurse's aide Michele Kalina has been charged with criminal homicide in the deaths of the babies, whose remains were found...

'Hiccup Girl' Charged With Murder

Jennifer Mee has apparently led troubled life since 2007 notoriety

(Newser) - Jennifer Mee, whose 15 minutes of fame occurred in 2007 when she couldn’t stop hiccuping for five weeks, is back in the news—much more unpleasantly this time: She’s charged with first-degree murder. Mee, 19, allegedly lured a man to a spot in Florida where two others robbed...

Teacher Guilty of Love Rival's Skydive Murder
Teacher Gets 30 Years for Skydiving Murder
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Oct 21, 2010 11:22 AM CDT

Teacher Gets 30 Years for Skydiving Murder

Jealous jumper Els Clottemans sabotaged victim's chutes

(Newser) - A Belgian woman involved in a skydiving love triangle has been found guilty of murdering her rival by sabotaging her parachute , and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Schoolteacher Els Clottemans, 26, disabled the victim's parachute because she was jealous of the woman's involvement with a Dutch skydiver, prosecutors said....

Saudi Prince Guilty of Aide's Savage Murder

King's grandson beat, strangled, bit servant

(Newser) - A Saudi prince who beat, strangled, and bit his servant to death in a London hotel has been found guilty of murder. Prosecutors, who showed video of the prince kicking and punching the servant inside a hotel elevator, said the savage killing was linked to sex, CNN notes. The prince,...

Queen's Pilot Confesses to Sex Murders

Commander guilty of dozens of underwear fetish break-ins

(Newser) - A Canadian Air Force commander who piloted planes for many heads of state, including Queen Elizabeth II, has pleaded guilty to a series of sex crimes that culminated in the murder of two women. Col. Russell Williams, who commanded Canada's largest air base, stole hundreds of pairs of underwear in...

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