Murder: Recent News Stories and Unsolved Murder Cases - Page 162

'A THOUSAND WHYS'

Sep 27, 2009 7:27 AM CDT

Annie Le's Family Bids Farewell

(Newser) - Annie Le's family tried to reconcile the zest with which she embraced life with the senseless brutality of her death yesterday in a private funeral service held in California. "We could ask a thousand whys for the rest of our life," said her pastor, while Vivian Van Le...

Horrorcore Rap Killings Shock Sleepy Va. Town

Sep 24, 2009 8:29 AM CDT

Horrorcore Rap Killings Shock Sleepy Va. Town

Questions abound about music's role in family's slaughter

(Newser) - Farmville is a sleepy Virginia town of 7,000, hardly the kind of place you’d expect a Californian “horrorcore” rapper to brutally bludgeon four people to death, Yet that's exactly what 20-year-old Richard Alden Samuel McCroskey III, aka “Syko Sam,” is suspected of doing. “I...

'Fed' Written on Chest
of Hanged Ky. Census Worker

Sep 23, 2009 9:26 PM CDT

'Fed' Written on Chest of Hanged Ky. Census Worker

FBI investigating if incident was based on anti-government sentiment

(Newser) - A US Census worker found hanged from a tree near a Kentucky cemetery had the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law-enforcement official said today, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment. The official did not say what type of instrument...

S. African Gets Life
in Rape, Killing of
Lesbian Soccer Star

Sep 23, 2009 3:54 AM CDT

S. African Gets Life in Rape, Killing of Lesbian Soccer Star

Lesbians targeted by rapists who aim to 'correct' them, say activists

(Newser) - A South African man has been sentenced to life for his part in the gang-rape and murder of one of the country's leading female soccer players, the Independent reports. Eudy Simelane, 31, who played for the national team, was raped repeatedly and stabbed 12 times before being dumped in a...

Murdered Family's Dad Held in Haiti

Sep 21, 2009 5:09 PM CDT

Murdered Family's Dad Held in Haiti

Mesac Damas is a 'person of interest' in Fla. slayings of 6

(Newser) - The Haitian National Police have apprehended a man believed to be the husband and father of the woman and five children found murdered Saturday in their Florida home, the Naples Daily News reports. Mesac Damas, who flew to Haiti Friday, is not officially a suspect in the case. He is...

Luxury Condo
Housekeeper
Held in Slaying
of Naked Exec

Sep 21, 2009 9:31 AM CDT

Luxury Condo Housekeeper Held in Slaying of Naked Exec

(Newser) - The housekeeping manager of New York’s swanky Essex House has been charged with the murder of a Lebanese investment executive who was subletting an apartment in the $7,000+-a-month building, police sources tell the Daily News. Cops say Derrick Praileau, 29, entered Andree Bejjani's room early Saturday and attempted...

Cops Catch Insane Killer Who Fled Field Trip in Wash.

Sep 20, 2009 7:59 PM CDT

Cops Catch Insane Killer Who Fled Field Trip in Wash.

Phillip Paul sparked state manhunt

(Newser) - A schizophrenic killer who ducked out of a mental hospital field trip has been caught in south-central Washington, the Spokesman-Review reports. Phillip A. Paul, 47, slipped away at the Spokane County Interstate Fair on Thursday and triggered a police manhunt. A sherriff's deputy caught him today trying to hitch a...

Experts See
Professional
Jealousy in
Yale Killing

Sep 20, 2009 6:39 PM CDT

Experts See Professional Jealousy in Yale Killing

Did Raymond Clark kill Annie Le because she was moving on?

(Newser) - Ray Clark could have strangled Annie Le because she was moving on to a satisfying career while he had to clean mouse cages in a lab, criminologists tell ABC News. If Clark is guilty, he may have suffered from what experts call "relative deprivation"—a mindset created "...

Rapper Who Posted Murder Lyrics Busted in 4 Killings

Sep 20, 2009 12:25 PM CDT

Rapper Who Posted Murder Lyrics Busted in 4 Killings

'I hate everybody,' says aspiring horrorcore singer 'Syko Sam'

(Newser) - An aspiring California "horrorcore" rapper who posted songs about killing on his MySpace page is being held as a suspect in the murder of four people, reports the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richard Samuel Alden McCroskey III, 20, was arrested as he awaited a flight back home from Virginia, where the...

German Doc Probed in Poison Death of 2 in Therapy

Sep 20, 2009 7:48 AM CDT

German Doc Probed in Poison Death of 2 in Therapy

12 rushed to local hospital during session

(Newser) - A German doctor was being investigated today for possible homicide after two patients in his therapy group died of poisoning, reports AP. Twelve others were rushed to a local hospital after one called emergency services. One is in a coma. The doctor has admitted giving his patients various drugs and...

Ivy League Crimes
Are More Equal
Than Others

OPINION

Sep 18, 2009 2:49 PM CDT

Ivy League Crimes Are More Equal Than Others

To grab headlines, commit or fall victim to murder at Harvard or Yale

(Newser) - The killing of Yale grad student Annie Le dominated headlines around the world, "but every murder is uniquely dramatic," Jack Shafer writes for Slate. Why this one? It involves a magic word. "Three murders at a Midwestern college equal one murder at Harvard or Yale," Shafer...

Clark Tried to
Cover His Tracks
as Cops Searched

Sep 18, 2009 7:37 AM CDT

Clark Tried to Cover His Tracks as Cops Searched

DNA evidence led to arrest for Annie Le's murder

(Newser) - Before his arrest, murder suspect Raymond Clark tried to cover his tracks even as FBI agents and police searched the Yale lab where he worked. Clark, who has been charged with the murder of grad student Annie Le, was seen cleaning areas where Le had been before she died and...

Co-Workers:
Clark's a
'Control
Freak'

Sep 18, 2009 3:17 AM CDT

Co-Workers: Clark's a 'Control Freak'

Lab tech placed in solitary after being charged with murdering Annie Le

(Newser) - Raymond Clark's co-workers at the Yale animal lab where he worked say the murder suspect was a domineering "control freak" who considered the animal cages his territory, a law enforcement source tells AP. Clark was placed in solitary confinement yesterday after being charged with murdering grad student Annie Le,...

Mob 'Acid' Hitman
Gets Life Behind Bars

Sep 18, 2009 2:55 AM CDT

Mob 'Acid' Hitman Gets Life Behind Bars

(Newser) - A mob hitman who used acid to melt his victims' bodies has been sentenced to life, reports the New York Daily News. Charles Carneglia smirked in a Brooklyn courtroom as he listened to statements from his four victims' relatives, including one who called him an "animal" with a "...

Clark Charged With Murder

Sep 17, 2009 11:13 AM CDT

Clark Charged With Murder

Yale lab tech accused of killing Annie Le arraigned, enters no plea

(Newser) - Raymond Clark III has been charged with the murder of Yale grad student Annie Le, the Hartford Courant reports. Clark, a lab technician at Yale, was arrested this morning at a motel and arraigned in Superior Court in New Haven. Clark, 24, did not submit a plea. His bail remains...

DNA Links
Lab Tech to
Yale Murder

Sep 17, 2009 2:24 AM CDT

DNA Links Lab Tech to Yale Murder

Raymond Clark to be arrested today

(Newser) - DNA from the Yale lab tech suspected in the murder of grad student Annie Le has been linked to her death, sources tell the New Haven Register. Raymond Clark, 24, is expected to be arrested today, and is currently under police surveillance at the Connecticut motel where he's staying. The...

Yale Suspect
Clark Was Last
to See Le Alive

Sep 16, 2009 9:46 PM CDT

Yale Suspect Clark Was Last to See Le Alive

Records of their computer swipe cards show he entered lab just after she did

(Newser) - Raymond Clark, the prime suspect in the killing of Yale graduate student Annie Le, was the last person to see her alive, records of their computer swipe cards show. A source familiar with the records tells the Hartford Courant that Le used the card to gain access to the same...

Yale Suspect
Scolded
Victim Over
Lab Mice

Sep 16, 2009 2:23 PM CDT

Yale Suspect Scolded Victim Over Lab Mice

(Newser) - If Ray Clark did, as police apparently suspect, kill Annie Le, investigators have an odd theory about his motivation, the New York Daily News reports. In emails that caught their attention, the Yale lab technician scolded Le about her lax handling of mice in the lab. Le apologized, but investigators...

Annie Le Strangled: Autopsy

Sep 16, 2009 1:06 PM CDT

Annie Le Strangled: Autopsy

(Newser) - Connecticut's state medical examiner says Yale University grad student Annie Le died of traumatic asphyxiation, meaning she was strangled. Dr. Wayne Carver's office released a short statement about the autopsy today, three days after 24-year-old Le was found hidden inside the basement wall of a Yale medical school research building....

Annie Le Suspect Is Released

UPDATED

Sep 16, 2009 8:22 AM CDT