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US Woman Found Dead With Her Boyfriend in Canada
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Jul 20, 2019 4:00 PM CDT

US Woman, Boyfriend Found by Canadian Highway

Chynna Deese and Lucas Fowler lost their lives

(Newser) - A double-murder in Canada has police scouring a remote area and reporters floating theories from random violence to a possible serial killer, the Charlotte Observer reports. Chynna Deese, a 24-year-old American, was visiting her boyfriend Lucas Fowler, 23, in British Columbia when their remains were found Monday on a desolate...

Father Makes Plea to Daughter's Killer

Ronggao Zhang urges Brendt Christensen to reveal where body is

(Newser) - Yingying Zhang's father was quiet Thursday as he watched a judge sentence Brendt Christensen to life in prison for his daughter's rape and murder. Afterward, quiet he was not. "If you have any humanity left in your soul, please help end our torment," Ronggao Zhang urged...

It Was a Slow Death for Woman Killed for Her Unborn

2 suspects now charged with first-degree murder of infant

(Newser) - Clarisa Figueroa faces a slew of charges in the death of a pregnant woman allegedly killed for her unborn baby. Now, a new one. Both Figueroa, 46, and her daughter, 24, appeared at court in Chicago on Thursday to face first-degree murder charges in the death of that infant, who...

Deemed Too Old, He Was Released. Then He Killed Again

Albert Flick convicted of murdering woman as her twin children watched

(Newser) - A man who served decades in prison for fatally stabbing his wife 14 times in front of her daughter was convicted Wednesday in a nearly identical crime—stabbing a woman at least 11 times while her twin children watched. Albert Flick, 77, who was previously deemed too old to be...

California Man Accused of Killing 2 Sons for Financial Gain

Autistic boys drowned off LA wharf; Ali Elmezayen is charged with murder

(Newser) - A California man who allegedly killed his two autistic sons for financial gain has been charged with murder—and prosecutors haven't ruled out seeking the death penalty. Prosecutors say Hawthorne resident Ali Elmezayen deliberately drove his car off a Los Angeles wharf in 2015, Fox reports. He emerged through...

Parents Learn Painful Detail as Daughter's Killer Sentenced

Shaun Gallon gets 3 life sentences in 2004 Jenner murders

(Newser) - "I snapped." With that, a California man admitted to the murders of an engaged couple shot in the head at close range as they slept on a beach in Jenner 15 years ago. The 2004 murders stumped law enforcement for more than a decade before a now-40-year-old survivalist...

Police: Beloved Activist Found Dead in Trunk Killed by Tenant

Ronn Jermaine Bell, 38, was said to be behind on the rent owed to Sadie Roberts-Smith

(Newser) - Police in Baton Rouge, La., called it a "heinous act," and on Tuesday they announced they had made an arrest. Chief Murphy J. Paul Jr. says Ronn Jermaine Bell, 38, has been arrested on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of black activist Sadie Roberts-Smith—who...

Police: Suspect in Scientist's Murder Hit Her Twice With Car

The 27-year-old has been arrested in connection with Suzanne Eaton's death

(Newser) - The 27-year-old man who had been questioned in the death of an American scientist on the Greek island of Crete has now been arrested, reports the New York Times . The man's name has not been released, but he is said to be the son of a priest who lives...

Man Kills Instagram Teen, Shares Gruesome Photos

He took selfies after stabbing himself

(Newser) - Social media stories don't get much more disturbing than this: Police say a 17-year-old Instagram personality in upstate New York was murdered by a man she met through the service, who then shared grisly photos of her body online. Police say they were trying to track down 21-year-old Brandon...

'Something Complicated' Happened During Professor's Murder

Police say they have evidence that could identify killer of Suzanne Eaton

(Newser) - Police in Crete may be closing in on the killer of American professor Suzanne Eaton, who was found dead in a World War II bunker on the Greek island last week. A high-level police source tells ABC that the murderer could be identified by some "crucial evidence" left behind...

Black Activist Found 'Murdered' in Car Trunk

Sadie Roberts-Smith 'was amazing and loved her history'

(Newser) - Louisiana police made a shocking find Friday: A black activist who helped establish an African American museum lay dead in a car trunk, ABC News reports. Sadie Roberts-Smith, 75, was discovered in a residential part of downtown Baton Rouge. "Our detectives are working diligently to bring the person or...

Remains Found, Suspect Arrested in Case of Missing Mom of 4

Savannah Spurlock was last seen January 4

(Newser) - Savannah Spurlock disappeared in January, just a month after giving birth to twins . Now, human remains have been found and an arrest has been made in connection with the search for the missing Kentucky mother of four, 14 News reports. Police say David Sparks was booked into jail Thursday, charged...

Gauge of a 'Political Mood': a Teen Rape Victim's Retrial

Evelyn Hernandez, jailed in El Salvador after a stillbirth, will get a new day in court

(Newser) - A teen rape victim in El Salvador convicted in 2017 of murder and sentenced to 30 years in jail after a stillbirth will face a new day in court Monday. Reuters reports Evelyn Beatriz Hernandez, now 21, will be retried, and this time advocates are hoping she'll be acquitted....

Suspect Charged in Murder of MacKenzie Lueck

Ayoola Ajayi charged with aggravated murder, 3 other counts

(Newser) - Police found MacKenzie Lueck's remains last week, and on Wednesday Ayoola Ajayi was formally charged with aggravated murder in the killing of the University of Utah 23-year-old. Ajayi, 31, was also charged with aggravated kidnapping, second-degree felony obstruction of justice, and third-degree felony desecration of a body, the Salt ...

Scientist Found in Bunker Died From 'Criminal Act'

Suzanne Eaton was reportedly suffocated

(Newser) - The American scientist whose body was found in a World War II bunker on Crete nearly a week after she vanished died as the result of a "criminal act." A state coroner tells the AP he believes the death occurred near the time Suzanne Eaton was last sighted...

TV Show Helps Lead to 84-Year-Old's Arrest for Murder

Norma Allbritton arrested thanks to partnership between authorities, reality show

(Newser) - For decades, the death of Johnnie Allbritton—shot with a 20-gauge shotgun in the chest and back as he entered his Buffalo, Texas, home on May 14, 1984—had remained unsolved. Then, in 2015, Leon County Sheriff Kevin Ellis digitized the files and evidence and sent it all to Cold ...

He Played Rap Music in His Car. A Man Nearby Felt 'Unsafe'

Cops: Michael Paul Adams says he fatally stabbed 17-year-old whose music scared him

(Newser) - By Michael Paul Adams' own words, cops say, 17-year-old Elijah Al-Amin didn't say or do anything threatening to the 27-year-old man in a Peoria, Ariz., convenience store on July 4: It was simply the rap music Elijah was listening to in the parking lot that prompted Adams to suddenly...

2nd Son Dies in California Drowning Case

Jacob Ray Telnas, 7, died Sunday, a week after his brother was allegedly drowned by their mother

(Newser) - Jacob Ray Telnas, 7, was taken off life support Sunday, a week after his mother allegedly drowned both him and his older brother, ABC 13 reports. Jackson Telnas, 12, died June 29 in an irrigation ditch near Porterville, California, and Jacob Ray was left near death in the same ditch,...

Suspect Arrested in Mouseketeer's Death

Daniel James Burda had done odd jobs for Dennis Day and his husband

(Newser) - A man was arrested Friday in the death of a former Mouseketeer who was missing for nearly a year before police announced last month that his body had been found in April in his Oregon home. It remains unclear why the body of Dennis Day, 76, wasn't found on...

Their Father Abused Them. Now 3 Sisters Face 20 Years

The Russian teens allegedly killed their father with a kitchen knife, hammer

(Newser) - One evening last summer, Mikhail Khachaturyan decided that his living room wasn't tidy enough, so he summoned his three teenage daughters one by one and doused each with pepper spray. There was little unusual about this evening in the Khachaturyan household, according to court records, except for one thing:...

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