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Prosecution in 'Baby Grace' Trial to Call Final Witness

Feb 2, 2009 12:00 PM CST

Prosecution in 'Baby Grace' Trial to Call Final Witness

Mother faces life in prison for toddler's murder

(Newser) - Prosecutors will call their final witness today in the case against Kimberly Dawn Trenor, the Texas mother accused of beating her 2-year-old daughter to death, the AP reports. The Galveston County medical examiner will testify today as the prosecution finishes presenting evidence that Trenor, 20, with her husband, killed Riley...

$Alarmist Report on Black Murders Is Bad Math$

Alarmist Report on Black Murders Is Bad Math

Analysis

Dec 31, 2008 2:00 PM CST

Alarmist Report on Black Murders Is Bad Math

Statistics shows the furor over murder spike may be misplaced

(Newser) - The widespread publication of an ominous-looking rise in black teen homicide rates has created a disturbing buzz, but the apparent spike in murderous youths may not be nearly as drastic as it sounds. The Freakonomics Blog explains why: Compared with the jump in the 1990s, this recent rise is nearly...

Murders of Black
Teens Soar 39%

Dec 29, 2008 4:07 AM CST

Murders of Black Teens Soar 39%

Cuts in policing, youth programs blamed

(Newser) - Murders of black teens between the ages of 14 and 17 are up 39% since the start of the millennium—five times the overall homicide surge in the same period, and twice that of white teens, reports the Wall Street Journal. The authors of the study attribute some of the...

Ruffalo Bro
Was Killed:
Coroner

Dec 18, 2008 7:30 AM CST

Ruffalo Bro Was Killed: Coroner

Death ruled a homicide, not a suicide, as initial suspect claimed

(Newser) - Actor Mark Ruffalo’s brother Scott was the victim of a homicide, the LA County coroner said yesterday, quashing the notion that the 39-year-old shot himself in the head, E! Online reports. The initial suspect in the case, Shaha Mishaal Adham, alleged that Ruffalo was playing Russian roulette. She was...

Trump Houses
Hudson, Family

Nov 11, 2008 1:08 PM CST

Trump Houses Hudson, Family

Hudson and relatives stay at Trump Tower for free

(Newser) - Donald Trump has been sheltering Jennifer Hudson and some relatives in his swanky, self-named tower for free since the Oscar-winner's mother, brother, and nephew were murdered last month, People reports. “She's a great girl. And we're protecting them well,” the mogul says.

Wire's Snoop Released From Jail After Arrest

Aug 23, 2008 1:52 PM CDT

Wire's Snoop Released From Jail After Arrest

Felicia Pearson accused of being uncooperative witness

(Newser) - The Wire actress Felicia “Snoop” Pearson was briefly detained this week by Baltimore police in connection with a murder trial, the Baltimore Sun reports. Pearson, who herself served time for second-degree murder as a juvenile, is thought to have witnessed a knife attack that left one man dead in...

Cops Fear Mom Killed Missing Florida Toddler

Jul 23, 2008 6:51 AM CDT

Cops Fear Mom Killed Missing Florida Toddler

Mother charged with lying about daughter's disappearance

(Newser) - A Florida woman has been charged with child neglect and lying to investigators over the disappearance of her 2-year-old daughter, reports AP. Prosecutors say the child has been missing for more than a month, but her mom only reported her missing last week. Investigators have found evidence of decomposition in...

Chicago Hit
With Early
Crime Wave

Apr 25, 2008 12:26 PM CDT

Chicago Hit With Early Crime Wave

12 murders this week prompt SWAT teams to take to the streets

(Newser) - An explosion of violence in Chicago last weekend—three dozen shootings that resulted in seven deaths—and a quintuple homicide on Wednesday have local police struggling for an explanation, as well as a response. Crime usually jumps later in the year, the Chicago Tribune notes, when both the weather and...

Kinky Sex Kills Hubby

Apr 24, 2008 4:03 PM CDT

Kinky Sex Kills Hubby

Man suffocates after wife ties him up and leaves for 20 hours

(Newser) - A sex game gone wrong apparently killed a Tennessee man last weekend, and his wife has been charged with reckless homicide. The woman tied her husband up, put a ball gag in his mouth, wrapped his head in duct tape, leaving only nostril slits to breath through—and left to...

Dad Kills 3 Kids in Hotel Room, Calls Front Desk

Mar 31, 2008 9:00 AM CDT

Dad Kills 3 Kids in Hotel Room, Calls Front Desk

Couple involved in custody battle

(Newser) - A man involved in a bitter custody battle murdered his three children in a Baltimore hotel yesterday afternoon, then called the front desk to report it, the Baltimore Sun reports. Police still aren’t sure how Mark Castillo killed the children, aged 6, 4, and 2; there was no evidence...

2 Toddlers,
4 Adults
Shot Dead in Memphis Home

Mar 4, 2008 7:39 AM CST

2 Toddlers, 4 Adults Shot Dead in Memphis Home

Worst mass killing in city in 35 years

(Newser) - Memphis police found two toddler girls and four adults shot dead in a home in the city's Binghamton neighborhood yesterday. Three other young children have been taken to a local hospital with gunshot wounds and are said to be critically injured, reports the Commercial Appeal. Police say the shootings happened...

Fireman Dead
in Fla. Wendy's Shooting

Mar 3, 2008 8:00 PM CST

Fireman Dead in Fla. Wendy's Shooting

Unemployed gunman injured 5 others before taking own life

(Newser) - A gunman killed a local firefighter and wounded five others in a West Palm Beach Wendy's today before taking his own life, the Palm Beach Post reports. Shooter Alburn Edward Blake left no suicide note but was said by one witness to be an ex-worker at the restaurant. "Looks...

Peterson: I'm Ready for Jail

Feb 28, 2008 12:44 PM CST

Peterson: I'm Ready for Jail

Suspect in wife's disappearance says he's innocent, but is 'prepared' for arrest

(Newser) - Drew Peterson, the ex-cop suspected in the disappearance of his fourth wife, said today he is psychologically ready for arrest and even time behind bars, the Chicago Tribune reports. On NBC’s Today show, Peterson maintained his innocence in the October disappearance of Stacy Peterson and in the 2004 murder...

Cops Arrest Suspect in Shrink Slaying

UPDATED

Feb 16, 2008 4:20 PM CST

Cops Arrest Suspect in Shrink Slaying

Patient claims he only planned to rob his psychiatrist

(Newser) - Police arrested an "emotionally disturbed" patient today for brutally slaying a New York psychologist earlier this week, the New York Post reports. Suspect David Tarloff "made statements implicating himself in the homicide," police said, and was identified by four witnesses as the killer of psychologist Kathryn Faughey....

Drew Peterson Wants to Lie Test on TV

Jan 30, 2008 3:02 PM CST

Drew Peterson Wants to Lie Test on TV

First question: Are you a wife-murdering psychopath?

(Newser) - After repeatedly refusing requests from the family of his missing wife that he submit to a polygraph test, suspect Drew Peterson is now requesting to do so on national television. Representatives for the former Chicago-area policeman—whose wife, Stacy, has been missing since October and is presumed dead—have been...

Corpse Found
in Chicago
Isn't Peterson

UPDATED

Jan 27, 2008 2:43 PM CST

Corpse Found in Chicago Isn't Peterson

But cops haven't ID'd decomposed woman

(Newser) - The badly decomposed body of a woman found yesterday in a Chicago industrial lot is not Stacy Peterson, reports the Chicago Tribune, the suburban mom whose husband, Drew, is suspected in her October disappearance. Officials also determined that the body was not another area housewife, Lisa Stebic, missing since April....

German Woman Flushed Hubby Down the Toilet

Jan 9, 2008 6:30 PM CST

German Woman Flushed Hubby Down the Toilet

Neighbors heard banging, lot of flushing

(Newser) - German police are searching for a woman they believe hacked up her husband and flushed the pieces down the toilet, Der Spiegel reports. Neither wife nor husband have been seen since just before Christmas, when neighbors report hearing hammering, strange noises, and repeated flushing. The woman reportedly told her grown...

Supreme Court to Hear Child Rapist's Death Penalty Appeal

Jan 4, 2008 5:18 PM CST

Supreme Court to Hear Child Rapist's Death Penalty Appeal

Executions limited to murderers since 1964

(Newser) - The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the case of a Louisiana man sentenced to death in the brutal rape of his 8-year-old stepdaughter. His attorneys say Patrick Kennedy is "the only person in the United States who is on death row for a non-homicide offense." A 1977...

LA Murder Rate Plummets

Dec 24, 2007 6:44 AM CST

LA Murder Rate Plummets

Homicides at lowest rate since 1970

(Newser) - The murder rate in Los Angeles has sunk to its lowest in nearly 40 years, the Los Angeles Times reports. There have been 368 killings in the City of Angels this year, down from over 1,000 in 1992. The last time the murder rate was so low was 1970,...

Peterson Wife, Storage Bins Vanished at Same Time

Dec 13, 2007 10:07 PM CST

Peterson Wife, Storage Bins Vanished at Same Time

Friend recalls buying big blue containers

(Newser) - Two large blue storage containers bought by Drew Peterson disappeared from his garage after his wife went missing, says one of Peterson's close friends. Rick Mims told a grand jury last week that he and Peterson bought the containers from AmeriCable, where they worked in 2003, ABC News reports. Mims...