Authorities were pressing their search for a convicted killer who escaped from an Ohio prison but a second escapee was caught early Wednesday. Police in Henderson, Kentucky say a stolen vehicle both were thought to be in was spotted and officers tried to pull it over but a chase ensued. According …
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An Alabama jury on Thursday ruled a man convicted of the 1999 slaying of two teenage girls should spend the rest of his life in prison, capping a cold case with strange twists that rocked a small city for over two decades. The ruling comes a day after jurors convicted …
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Police have identified the three children and three adults who were killed in a mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood on Monday morning. Authorities identified the children as Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs and William Kinney, all 9 years old, and the adults as Cynthia Peak, …
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Next month’s scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate, whose attorneys say gouged out both of his eyes – each a separate incident – because of severe mental illness, was delayed by a judge on Tuesday. Andre Thomas had been set to be executed on April 5, sentenced to …
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The lawyer for an Arizona rancher being held on $1 million bond says her client did not shoot and kill the Mexican man whose body was found on his property last month near the U.S.-Mexico border, but earlier that day fired warning shots at smugglers carrying AK-47 rifles and big …
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Missouri on Tuesday executed Raheem Taylor. Read the latest updates here. An attorney for Raheem Taylor is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to halt what he calls a “constitutionally intolerable event” – the potential execution of an innocent man Tuesday evening. Taylor, 58, is scheduled to die at the state …
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The suspect in the fatal shooting of three people at a convenience store in Yakima, Washington, early Tuesday morning died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Tuesday afternoon after borrowing a cell phone to call his mother, authorities said. The suspected gunman, who authorities identified as 21-year-old Jarid Haddock, asked to …
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David Riedman is a Ph.D. student in criminal justice at the University of Central Florida and creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database. Barely a week into the new year, a 6-year-old boy allegedly shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, becoming one of the youngest …
Read More »A Pennsylvania couple were arrested last week in connection with the January death of their newborn son after they failed to get him proper medical treatment following his birth, authorities said. Amy and Drew Hoenigke were taken into custody on charges of involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person …
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The body of a woman found floating near an island in Florida last week was identified Friday by officials from the FBI. According to a release from the FBI, Heather Rose Strickland, 34, was discovered on Dec. 10 after the U.S. Coast Guard received a call shortly before noon from a …
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