Tag: killing
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84-year-old Texas man accused of killing roommate and her dog in “very, very brutal attack”
An 84-year-old Texas man has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly killing his roommate and her dog, authorities said. Police in Austin, Texas responded to a deceased person call at a home in the city’s University Hills area on Monday afternoon, according to a news release from the department. Austin Police Department officers found…
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Georgia woman convicted of killing her toddler and dumping his body in trash bin is sentenced to life in prison
A Georgia woman convicted of killing her 20-month-old son and dumping his body in a trash bin was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. Leilani Simon was spared the maximum punishment of life without a chance of parole. Her sentencing hearing in Chatham County Superior Court came a month after a trial jury found Simon…
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Key details from trial in killing of Laken Riley after conviction, sentencing
Key details from trial in killing of Laken Riley after conviction, sentencing – CBS News Watch CBS News Undocumented Venezuelan immigrant Jose Ibarra was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez has more on the charges, verdict and sentencing. Be the first…
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U.S. Justice Department demands records from Sheriff after killing of Sonya Massey
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The U.S. Justice Department is demanding records related to the July shooting death of Sonya Massey — an Illinois woman who was killed in her home by a sheriff’s deputy — as it investigates how local authorities treat Black residents and people with behavioral disabilities. The government made a list of demands…
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Man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley “went hunting for females,” prosecutor says
A Venezuelan man “went hunting for females on the University of Georgia’s campus” earlier this year and ended up killing nursing student Laken Riley after a struggle, a prosecutor said Friday. The man’s lawyer, though, said the evidence is circumstantial and doesn’t prove his client is guilty. Jose Ibarra, who entered the U.S. illegally, is…
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Car rams crowd in southern China city of Zhuhai, killing dozens, injuring dozens more, authorities say
Police in China say 35 people were killed and another 43 injured when a driver rammed his car into people exercising at a sports center in the southern city of Zhuhai. The 62-year-old driver was detained, police said earlier Monday. It wasn’t immediately clear whether it was an attack or an accident. No motive was…
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Delphi murders trial jury finds Richard Allen guilty of killing teen girls
Delphi murders trial jury finds Richard Allen guilty of killing teen girls – CBS News Watch CBS News An Indiana jury found Richard Allen guilty on all counts in the deaths of two 14-year-old girls hiking in Delphi back in 2017. CBS News’ Ian Lee was in court as the verdict was announced, and CBS…
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Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game
Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game – CBS News Watch CBS News A photographer who was on “The Dating Game” became one of the nation’s deadliest serial killers. eight years after “48 Hours”‘ first report, new victims emerge. Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events,…
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Small jet crashes into vehicle after taking off from suburban Phoenix airport, killing 5
A small jet crashed into a vehicle Tuesday after taking off from a suburban Phoenix airport, killing five people, police said. The plane crashed while taking off from Falcon Field Airport in Mesa, police there said in a statement. The Honda HA-420 light business jet struck the vehicle outside airport property at 4:40 p.m., according…
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Indiana man gets life in prison for 1975 killing of teen who “fought for her life”
An Indiana man has been sentenced to life in prison for the 1975 killing of a 17-year-old girl who was found dead in a river after she failed to return home from her job at a church camp. A Noble County judge sentenced Fred Bandy Jr., 69, on Tuesday to a life term with the…