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Prosecutor: Man killed Md. trooper to get revenge Updated: 4 min ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A man upset about being thrown out of a restaurant returned to exact revenge by shooting the off-duty Maryland state trooper who was working security there and had told him to leave, a prosecutor said Monday. Jurors heard opening statements in the trial of Cyril Cornelius Williams, who... Read More
Justin Adams is charged with murder of wife, unborn child Updated: 13 min ago Justin Adams, of Blanchard, was charged Monday with two counts of murder in the stabbing death of his wife, Jaymie Adams, while she was pregnant with her sixth child. Read More
Slain lacrosse player showed signs of suffocation Published: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A University of Virginia lacrosse player found dead in her bedroom in May 2010 showed signs of suffocation and had a potentially lethal neck injury, the coroner who performed her autopsy testified Monday at her ex-boyfriend's murder trial. Dr. Michael Gormley's prosecution testimony... Read More
Brazil editor killed in rough border town Updated: 3 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment SAO PAULO (AP) — The editor-in-chief of a newspaper that crusaded against corruption in Brazil's rough border region with Paraguay was shot dead, police said Monday, just days after another slain journalist's body was found in a different state. Paulo Rodrigues, 51, was approached by two men on a motorcycle... Read More
Body found of man suspected of killing mom, kids Updated: 4 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A body found in a heavily wooded area just north of Spokane on Monday was that of the ex-convict sought in the killings of a woman and her two young sons, whose family had befriended the man and opened their home to him. A police dog found the body of Dustin W. Gilman, 22, on a Wandermere... Read More
Judge sets Nov. trial date for Whitey Bulger Updated: 5 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment BOSTON (AP) — A magistrate judge on Monday set a Nov. 5 trial date for James "Whitey" Bulger, rejecting a plea from the reputed gangster's lawyers for more time to prepare. Bulger, the former leader of the Winter Hill Gang, is charged with participating in 19 murders. He was captured in Santa Monica, Calif., in... Read More
Trial starts for Ala. man in bride's diving death Updated: 5 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man went on trial Monday on a capital murder charge in the death of his newlywed bride more than eight years after she drowned during a honeymoon diving trip in Australia. Prosecutors contend Gabe Watson killed 26-year-old Tina Thomas Watson during a dive by turning off her air... Read More
Jury selection begins in Ala. diving death trial Published: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Jury selection is under way in the capital murder trial of an Alabama man charged in the death of his new wife during a honeymoon diving trip in Australia. Lawyers began selecting the jury Monday for the case of 34-year-old Gabe Watson, who's accused of drowning wife Tina Thomas Watson... Read More
Rain halts search in California serial killings Updated: 6 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment LINDEN, Calif. (AP) — The search for more human remains in what appears to be a mass grave used by two men known as the "Speed Freak Killers" was suspended because of rain Monday, a day after authorities unearthed hundreds of bone fragments. The grisly discoveries were made at an old well near the rural Northern... Read More
Medical examiner says Blanchard woman stabbed to death Published: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 The state medical examiner's office says a Blanchard woman who was found dead last month was stabbed to death. Read More
Ga. man claims he was insane in preschool shooting Published: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The victim was a Harvard-educated businessman who was shot to death minutes after he dropped his son off at a suburban Atlanta day care center. The alleged killer was a successful engineer and father of three who lived in an affluent subdivision. Hemy Neuman faces life in prison if he's... Read More
Officials: Iraqi policeman killed by insurgents Published: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say a police commander who for years hunted militants was ambushed and killed in a former insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad. Police in the city of Fallujah said Col. Saad al-Shameri's pickup truck was fired upon as it was driving near the police station where he worked, and that... Read More
Spain arrests suspect in US student's death Updated: 12 hr ago | Comment on this article Leave a comment MADRID (AP) — Police are conducting a homicide investigation regarding the death of an American college student in Spain and have detained a suspect. A police statement released over the weekend said what originally appeared to be an accidental death in an apartment in the Barcelona area is now being treated as... Read More
Trial set for Ala man in bride's honeymoon death Published: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man is going on trial in Birmingham on a capital murder charge in the death of his bride, who drowned during their honeymoon trip to Australia. A judge will consider motions and begin jury selection Monday in the trial of 34-year-old Gabe Watson, who's accused of drowning... Read More
Murder trial of ex-U.Va. lax player enters week 2 Published: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player charged with killing his ex-girlfriend is entering its second week after testimony that portrayed the couple's relationship as volatile. Prosecutors are scheduled to resume building their case Monday against George Huguely... Read More
More human remains found at Calif. ranch Published: Sun, Feb 12, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment LINDEN, Calif. (AP) — Authorities on Sunday unearthed more skull fragments and other human remains, along with clothes, a purse and jewelry, in a well in rural Northern California, an area where a convicted serial killer said there may be 10 or more victims. The remains and other items were found 45 feet deep in... Read More
Woman arrested in Sulphur shooting death Published: Mon, Feb 13, 2012 A 29-year-old woman was arrested Saturday morning in connection with the shooting death of a man Friday inside a trailer home in Sulphur. Read More
NJ man who shot off-duty officer must pay $5.9M Published: Sun, Feb 12, 2012 | Comment on this article Leave a comment TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — An off-duty New Jersey county sheriff's officer who was shot and seriously wounded when he tried to intervene in a domestic dispute has won a $5.9 million civil judgment against the gunman. A judge recently awarded the money to Joshua Hahn and his wife after Billy Heisler — who was... Read More
UN consultant shot dead in Cairo Yesterday | Comment on this article Leave a comment CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian woman who worked for the United Nations as a freelance consultant was fatally shot in the head while driving through an upscale Cairo neighborhood on Sunday, security officials said. It was not immediately clear whether the woman, identified as 41 year-old Nermeen Gomaa Khalil, was... Read More
Man to face Alabama trial in wife's diving death Yesterday | Comment on this article Leave a comment BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A dream honeymoon to scuba dive on Australia's Great Barrier Reef turned into a terrible nightmare, and the horror is about to play out years later in a courtroom in Alabama. An Alabama man who already served prison time in Australia after pleading guilty to a reduced charged in the death... Read More
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