Tag: murder
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Man who passed lie detector in 1979 murder of teen is now named as her suspected killer
A man who passed a lie detector test in 1979 clearing him in the rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl was identified as her suspected killer, authorities announced Wednesday. The body of Esther Gonzalez was found in a snowpack off a highway near Banning, California, on Feb. 10, 1979, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office…
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JonBenét Ramsey’s father insists his daughter’s 28-year-old murder will still be solved
JonBenét Ramsey’s father still clings to hope that his daughter’s killer can be caught, saying Thursday he welcomes new pop culture attention on the nearly 28-year-old slaying. John Ramsey, 80, said advances in DNA technology can help police in Boulder, Colorado take a fresh look at the murder that garnered international attention around Christmas 1996.…
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911 call about hiker chased by bear leads to body; officials say it was staged, caller wanted for murder
A man who called police claiming he fell off a cliff while running from a bear — leading officials to discover a dead body — is now wanted for murder, Tennessee officials say. The man called dispatch on Oct. 18 posing as a distressed hiker, claiming to be a man named Brandon Andrade, the Monroe…
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Florida woman accused of zipping boyfriend in suitcase and leaving him to suffocate found guilty of murder
A Florida woman accused of zipping her boyfriend in a suitcase and leaving him in there to suffocate was found guilty of murder on Friday, four years after what she had initially described to authorities as a case of drunken hide-and-seek gone wrong. Sarah Boone was convicted by an Orange County jury of second-degree murder…
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Rapper Lil Durk arrested in Florida on murder for hire charge
Rapper Lil Durk was arrested Thursday in Florida by U.S. Marshals on a charge of murder for hire, according to booking records. The 32-year-old artist from Chicago, whose legal name is Durk Devontay Banks, was booked into the Broward County jail, and is being held without bail. NBC News is out to the U.S. Marshals…
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California man accused of drugging, sexually assaulting nine women is charged with murder
A Southern California man is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting nine women, one of whom died, prosecutors said. Michael DiGiorgio, 50, has been charged with murder, three felony counts of rape by use of a drug in connection to events that the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office say happened at his homes in…
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Substitute teacher accused of re-enacting George Floyd murder and making ‘racially harmful comments’ in Minnesota classrom
An off-duty Wisconsin police officer working as a substitute teacher is under investigation after he allegedly re-enacted the murder of George Floyd, made “racially harmful comments,” and twisted a student’s arm behind the child’s back during classes at a Woodbury, Minnesota, high school. The incident occurred Monday during four English classes at Woodbury High School,…
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N.C. judge in Michael Jordan’s father’s murder case argues for convicted killer’s release
The North Carolina judge who presided over the 1996 murder trial of Michael Jordan’s father petitioned the state’s parole commission to release the convicted killer. Retired judge Gregory Weeks on Tuesday called for the release of Daniel Green, who was sentenced to life in prison for the fatal shooting of James Jordan, a North Carolina…
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Canada expels top India diplomats, links them to murder of Sikh leader
NEW DELHI/OTTAWA — Canada expelled six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, on Monday, linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader and alleging a broader effort to target Indian dissidents in Canada. Earlier in the day, India retaliated by ordering the expulsion of six high-ranking Canadian diplomats, including the acting high commissioner,…
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Kentucky woman indicted in murder of mom, who was dismembered and put in a pot
MOUNT OLIVET, Ky. — A Kentucky woman who was arrested after police found her mother’s dismembered body in her yard was indicted on a murder charge Monday. Police were called to a home in Mount Olivet in northern Kentucky on Wednesday and found the body and human remains inside and outside the house. After obtaining a warrant,…