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He Was About to Go Free. Now, He's Charged With Killing Sons

John Skelton accused of murdering his three boys in 2010

(Newser) - Nearly 15 years after three young Michigan brothers vanished without a trace, their father has been charged with their murders. The move comes just weeks before John Skelton was scheduled to be released from prison on charges related to the disappearance of sons, Andrew, Alexander, and Tanner—ages 9, 7,...

Dad Who Left Girl to Die in Hot Car Kills Himself Before Hearing

Arizona man was due to be sentenced for daughter's hot car death

(Newser) - On the day he was scheduled to be sentenced for leaving his 2-year-old daughter to die in a sweltering car, Christopher Scholtes was found dead by suicide at his Arizona home, officials said. Scholtes, 38, had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and child abuse after the July tragedy, when he...

Cops: Woman Fatally Shot in Argument Over 'Thank You'
Dallas Woman Killed After
Argument Over 'Thank You'
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Oct 12, 2025 9:30 AM CDT

Dallas Woman Killed After Argument Over 'Thank You'

Police say victim was annoyed that woman didn't thank her for holding door open

(Newser) - A fatal shooting outside a PetSmart store in Dallas began as an argument over not saying thank you, according to an arrest affidavit. Police say the incident started after 41-year-old Cecilia Simpson became upset when 22-year-old Keona Hampton didn't acknowledge her for holding open a door at a nearby...

Teen Charged With Running Down Girl He Was Stalking, Friend

17-year-old facing 2 charges of first-degree murder after hit-and-run in Cranford

(Newser) - A New Jersey teen is facing two counts of first-degree murder after allegedly plowing his vehicle into two girls riding an e-bike, one of whom had reportedly taken out a restraining order against him. A black 2021 Jeep Compass struck the victims on a residential street in Cranford around...

Jury Convicts Man of 8 Killings in 3 Weeks
Jury Convicts Man of 8 Killings
Sep 25, 2025 5:53 PM CDT

Jury Convicts Man of 8 Killings

Cleophus Cooksey's victims included his mother and strangers

(Newser) - An Arizona jury convicted a man Thursday on eight murder charges for carrying out a string of shootings in the Phoenix area over a three-week span in 2017. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Cleophus Cooksey Jr., the AP reports. The victims in Phoenix and nearby Glendale included Cooksey'...

Terrorism Charges Against Luigi Mangione Thrown Out

But New York court lets the murder count stand

(Newser) - A judge on Monday dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in New York state's case over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, but he kept the state's second-degree murder charges. Mangione's lawyers argued that the New York case and a parallel federal death-penalty prosecution amounted to...

Doctor Is Arrested After Death of Her Young Daughter

Oklahoma's Neha Gupta allegedly tried to make it look like a drowning

(Newser) - An Oklahoma medical doctor is accused of traveling to South Florida and staging the death of her 4-year-old daughter to make it appear the child drowned in the swimming pool at their rented vacation home in the middle of the night, detectives say. Dr. Neha Gupta, a 36-year-old pediatrician, was...

Cops: Dad Left Toddler in Hot Car for 9 Hours

Joseph Boatman, 32, is now facing second-degree murder charges in 21-month-old's death

(Newser) - A Louisiana father is facing second-degree murder charges after allegedly leaving his toddler in a hot car for more than nine hours, authorities said. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office reported that Joseph Boatman, 32, picked up his daughter from a relative's home shortly after 2:30am...

Man Faces Murder Charges Over Using Abortion Drug

Authorities say Texas suspect spiked girlfriend's drink, causing her to lose pregnancy

(Newser) - A Texas man has been charged with capital murder after allegedly slipping an abortion drug into his pregnant girlfriend's drink without her knowledge, police say. Justin Anthony Banta, 38, was arrested on Friday following a monthslong probe into claims made by his ex-girlfriend, per the BBC . According to...

Thumbprint Found in 1977 Murder Returns a Hit

Prosecutors: Print, run through FBI's updated system last fall, was found to match Willie Sims

(Newser) - Nearly half a century after a 24-year-old California woman was strangled to death, officials say a thumbprint on a carton of cigarettes has led to an arrest. Willie Eugene Sims was arrested in Jefferson, Ohio, in connection with the death of Jeanette Ralston, according to a Friday statement from the...

July Fourth Mass Shooter Gets Life in Prison

Robert Crimo III declined to attend his sentencing in the Illinois shooting that killed 7, injured dozens

(Newser) - The suburban Chicago man who admitted to fatally shooting seven people and wounding dozens of others during a 2022 Independence Day parade was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, reports the AP . Lake County Judge Victoria Rossetti handed down seven consecutive sentences of natural life...

Handyman Allegedly Killed Elderly Client With Nail Gun

Coroner calls it 'the worst case I've witnessed'

(Newser) - A former pastor convicted of child sex crimes is now charged with kidnapping and murdering an elderly woman, whom he served as handyman. Jeffrey Zizz, 47, from Washington state, allegedly killed 82-year-old Marcia Norman of Tenino before concealing her remains in concrete beneath a shed, the Thurston County Sheriff's...

Teen in Hit-and-Run Recording: 'Just Bump Him, Brah'

Cops say driver, 13, killed 63-year-old man in NM, with other young passengers egging him on

(Newser) - A 13-year-old boy has been charged with murder in a fatal hit-and-run of a bicyclist in Albuquerque that was captured on video from inside the boy's stolen car, law enforcement said Monday. The teenager, who's believed to have been the driver, and a 15-year-old have been charged with...

American Sentenced for Killing Wife on Luxury Fiji Honeymoon

Christe Chen Dawson was found dead in her room in 2022

(Newser) - A Tennessee man was on Friday sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his new bride just two days into their 2022 honeymoon in Fiji. Bradley Robert Dawson, 40, was convicted in Fiji in December, the AP reports. He must serve at least 18 years before he can...

In LI Woman's Murder, 'Justice Has No Expiration Date'

Gatorade cap helps lead to arrest of neighbor in 2003 killing of 88-year-old Edna Schubert

(Newser) - An elderly woman beloved by her community was beaten to death by an unemployed neighbor during a break-in—a conclusion it took more than two decades to reach, authorities said Friday, per the New York Times . Edna Schubert, 88, was found dead of blunt force trauma in her Long Island...

Man Convicted of Murder of Sleeping Trainee Doctor

Court finds Sanjay Roy raped and murdered a trainee doctor in Kolkata

(Newser) - A police volunteer has been found guilty of the August rape and murder of a trainee doctor in the hospital where she worked, in a case that deeply rattled India. Sanjay Roy had been accused of drunkenly arriving at the hospital and attacking the 31-year-old as she slept following a...

Luigi Mangione Pleads Not Guilty to NY Charges

Suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO faces murder and terror charges

(Newser) - The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare pleaded not guilty on Monday to murder and terror charges in a state case that will run parallel to his federal prosecution. Luigi Mangione , 26, was shackled and seated in a Manhattan court when he leaned over to a microphone...

Cops: Boy, 16, Confessed to Killing His Family

Teen arrested after 4 bodies were found in New Mexico home, charged with first-degree murder

(Newser) - On Sunday, New Mexico State Police announced that four bodies had been found in a Valencia County home the previous day, the victims fatally gunned down—and that a 16-year-old boy had been arrested in connection with those deaths, reports the AP . Per a Sunday statement from the NMSP, the...

Neighbor Charged With Killing Couple He Allegedly 'Hated'

Police believe remains found under Michael Sparks' home are of Daniel and Stephanie Menard

(Newser) - Murder charges have been laid against Michael Sparks, a neighbor of Daniel and Stephanie Menard, who were reported missing from their California nudist community last month. Police believe human remains found beneath Sparks' mobile home on Friday are the Menards. "We know they're dead," San Bernardino County...

City 'in Shock' After Boy's Arrest for Double Murder

10-year-old is accused of fatally shooting relatives in Louisiana

(Newser) - After a former Louisiana mayor and his adult daughter were found shot to death inside a home Sunday, a 10-year-old boy offered police an account of what happened. Within hours, the account evolved into a murder confession, according to Minden police, who are now holding the boy on two counts...

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