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German Gunman Was Calm, Ruthless: Witnesses

Witnesses describe student's rampage

(Newser) - Tim Kretschmer was calm and silent as he gunned down his former classmates today in southern Germany, witnesses tell the Telegraph. Kretschmer, 17, moved between classrooms dispatching his victims—mainly girls—with a weapon he’d brought from home. The only words survivors heard him say were “Aren’t...

Alleged Church Shooter Pleads Not Guilty

Lawyer enters plea on behalf of suspect still in Ill. hospital

(Newser) - An attorney for the man accused of gunning down an Illinois pastor and wounding two churchgoers with a knife entered a not guilty plea for his client today, and asked for a jury trial. The man, Terry Sedlacek, 27, is charged with murder and aggravated battery in Sunday's attack at...

Ala. Shooter Trained to Be a Cop
 Ala. Shooter Trained to Be a Cop 
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Mar 11, 2009 12:36 PM CDT

Ala. Shooter Trained to Be a Cop

(Newser) - Authorities say the Alabama gunman who killed 10 people and himself in a rampage yesterday had once trained as a police officer. Michael McLendon, 28, briefly went through officer training in 2003, but didn't complete the requirements to join the force. Investigators still aren't sure what led McLendon to go...

Peterson's Stepbrother: I Helped Dump Stacy's Body

Lack of progress spurs witness to go public

(Newser) - When Thomas Morphey helped stepbrother Drew Peterson load a blue barrel into his car, there was no doubt in his mind what was inside: Stacy Peterson’s body. A distraught Morphey tried to kill himself, then turned state’s evidence. But 17 months later, he’s never appeared in court,...

Crooked Ex-NY Cop Busted in Lover's Murder

Former narcotics officer was to testify against other 'dirty' cops

(Newser) - A corrupt ex-cop's arrest yesterday in the murder of his girlfriend has dealt a fresh blow to the NYPD's battered image, the New York Daily News reports. Former narcotics officer James Bowens resigned from the force last year after being charged with stealing cash and crack to give to informants....

Lawyer: Lyme Disease Afflicted Church Shooter

Man, 27, charged with murder in 'deteriorating' mental state

(Newser) - The 27-year-old man charged today with murder and aggravated battery in yesterday’s Illinois church shooting was suffering mentally and physically from Lyme disease, his attorney tells the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat. Terry Joe Sedlacek was ordered held without bail, though he’s still in the hospital recovering from self-inflicted...

Slain Pastor Blocked 1st Shot With a Bible

As confetti flew, Illinois parishioners thought it was a skit

(Newser) - What drove the shooting death of a pastor at an Illinois Baptist church service yesterday remains a mystery, as more details emerge, the Chicago Tribune reports. After exchanging words with the gunman who walked toward him, the pastor blocked the first of four rounds of bullets with a Bible, sending...

In Mexico, No Room at the Morgue

(Newser) - As Mexico's drug war erupted in Ciudad Juarez, the bloody results inevitably ended up in one place—the city's overwhelmed morgue. Some 2,300 victims of violence rolled through its doors last year, reports the AP, a flood of death that has resulted in stacked cadavers and plans to double...

Dad Says Military Masked Rape-Murder as Suicide

Questions raised about dead soldiers who may have been sexually abused

(Newser) - A California father is accusing the US military of covering up the rape and murder of his soldier daughter who authorities say committed suicide, reports the Los Angeles Times. Army Pfc. LaVena Johnson, found dead of a rifle blast in her mouth in an Iraq contractor's tent without a suicide...

Ohio Killer of 5 Vowed He Would Change

'I WILL NOT let you down,' he wrote to judge in 2005

(Newser) - An Ohio man who killed himself yesterday—a day after police said he killed his wife, sister-in-law, and three children—told a judge in 2005 that he was ready to be a law-abiding citizen if he was released from prison. "I swear to you from the bottom of my...

Facing Cops, Accused Killer Takes Own Life

Police sought Ohio man for murdering new wife and family

(Newser) - An Ohio man accused of killing his wife and four children took his own life today when police cornered him in a bathroom, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Following a tip, Cleveland police and US marshals were hunting room-to-room in a house when they found Davon Crawford, 33, hiding behind...

Greyhound Bus Killer Found Mentally Ill

Man who decapitated traveler committed to mental hospital

(Newser) - The man who beheaded and partly cannibalized a passenger aboard a Greyhound bus last July was found not criminally responsible and will be committed to a mental institution, reports the Globe and Mail. Prosecution and defense both argued that Vince Li was tormented by voices he believed came from God...

Dad Hunted in 4-Kid Massacre
 Dad Hunted in 4-Kid Massacre 
Mar 6, 2009 2:55 AM CST

Dad Hunted in 4-Kid Massacre

'Live your life, love it,' murdered wife texted her father before the end

(Newser) - Police are hunting a Cleveland father believed to have shot dead his new wife and four young children in the midst of a violent domestic confrontation, the Mansfield News-Journal reports. A sixth victim, a 12-year-old boy, managed to flee the scene and alert neighbors. At least one of the murdered...

Man Kills a Second Wife 22 Years Later

Murder of first wife didn't worry her, pastor said

(Newser) - An Illinois man has killed his second wife after serving 13 years for killing his first, the Chicago Tribune reports. Richard Wiley, who gunned down Kathryn Wiley-Motes with a Civil War replica rifle this weekend, then murdered his 17-year-old stepson and turned the rifle on himself. Wiley-Motes married Wiley months...

'Angry' Knife Nut Guilty of Killing Potter Actor

He said 'Yeah, sweet' when Rob Knox died; sentencing tomorrow

(Newser) - A British court found a young knife enthusiast guilty today of murdering an actor from the next Harry Potter film, the Guardian reports. Karl Bishop, 22, stabbed the 18-year-old actor Rob Knox five times with a pair of kitchen knives last May, as Knox tried to protect his brother Jamie...

Ariz. Mom Wants Her Killer Boy Back in School

Nine-year-old pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his dad and a friend

(Newser) - The mother of a 9-year-old Arizona boy accused of shooting to death his father and a family friend says her son should not have been allowed to plead guilty without her consent—and she wants him back in school, reports ABC News. The child avoided a murder trial by pleading...

Warrant Out for Convict in Levy Killing

(Newser) - A Salvadoran immigrant in prison for attacking two women joggers in the park where Chandra Levy's remains were found is named in an arrest warrant issued today in connection with her death. Investigators questioned Ingmar Guandique—now in federal prison in Adelanto, Calif.—in 2002 about Levy's slaying after...

Psychic Vicar Killed Wife in a 'Rage'

Exorcist lost it when she uncovered his affairs, UK jury rules

(Newser) - A British psychic healer murdered his wife in a fury when she uncovered his numerous affairs, a jury ruled today. David Chenery-Wickens, 52, will serve at least 18 years for killing his wife Diane, who found phone records of his calls to girlfriends and a gay chatline. The 5-week trial...

Just in Time for Spring Break: Cancun Torture Probe

Cancun, like Mexico, 'is at war,' says local editor

(Newser) - Those headed to Cancun for spring break might want to hold off just a tad before slathering on Mexican suntan oil—while authorities investigate torture and murder charges against the ousted local police chief. Mexico's out-of-control drug war is seeping into nearly every community in the nation—including one of...

Bloody Shoe Print 'Links Knox to Murder'

Knox complains she wasn't allowed drinks, bathroom break until she signed statement

(Newser) - A bloody shoe print discovered beneath the body of Meredith Kircher links roommate Amanda Knox to her murder, Italian prosecutors charged in court yesterday. Defense attorneys denied the print belonged to the Seattle woman, who complained about treatment by Italian police after her British roomie was found murdered. "I...

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