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Woman Arrested in Cold Case That Haunted Iowa Realtors

Suspect worked for company that built home where Ashley Okland was killed in 2011

(Newser) - More than a decade after an Iowa real estate agent was gunned down in a model townhouse, police say they've made an arrest. West Des Moines police on Tuesday charged 53-year-old Kristin Ramsey with first-degree murder in the 2011 killing of 27-year-old Ashley Okland, who was shot while working...

Comedy Club Owner's Last Act Was Far From Laughable

Mathew Thomas Becker of Arizona found dead in Alaska after killing ex-father-in-law, police say

(Newser) - A terminally ill Arizona comedy club owner died in Alaska after attempting to kill his ex-wife and succeeding in killing her father, police say. Authorities say 61-year-old Mathew Thomas Becker first shot at his ex-wife as she tried to unlock the doors of her Anchorage hair salon on Saturday, reports...

Florida Executes Man Who Raped, Killed Young Mother

Denise Amber Lee called 911 begging for help but critical information was not relayed

(Newser) - A Florida man was executed Tuesday evening for the rape and murder of a young mother who frantically called 911 on her attacker's cellphone while she was tied up in his car. Michael Lee King, 54, was pronounced dead at 6:13pm following a lethal injection at Florida State...

Man Guilty of Killing Wife Whose Body Was Found in Tank

Dee Warner vanished in April 2021

(Newser) - A man was found guilty Tuesday of killing his wife, whose body was found in an empty farm tank in rural Michigan in 2024, three years after she disappeared. Jurors heard evidence of a troubled marriage between Dee and Dale Warner. Though defense lawyers emphasized that there was no physical...

Cops: Iran Likely Took Out Regime Critic Living in Canada

Police are probing Iran's possible link to activist Masood Masjoody's suspected homicide

(Newser) - Canadian police say an outspoken Iranian activist who vanished near Vancouver a month ago is probably dead, and possibly part of a wider pattern that has critics of Tehran on edge. Investigators in Burnaby, British Columbia, announced they're treating the disappearance of 45-year-old mathematician Masood Masjoody as a homicide,...

Cops: He Killed 3 Women for Their Cars, Money

Ivan Miller, 22, confesses to the triple slayings in Utah

(Newser) - The details are filling in about a triple homicide in remote Utah in which three women were slain in two separate locations. The suspect in custody, 22-year-old Ivan Miller, told authorities he killed the women because he needed money and transportation, according to court documents cited by NBC News . He...

Mother of 2 Girls Found in Suitcases Charged With Murder

Father says he had been trying to find his missing daughter for 5 years

(Newser) - The mother of two girls found buried inside suitcases in Cleveland was charged Thursday with two counts of murder, police said. Aliyah Henderson, 28, is accused of killing Mila Chatman and Amor Wilson, whose remains were recovered after a dog walker led authorities to the suitcases four days earlier, the...

Amish Woman Who Drowned Son, 4, Won't Go to Prison

Ruth Miller found not guilty by reason of insanity

(Newser) - An Amish woman who drowned her 4-year-old son in an Ohio lake and told police she "gave him to God" has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Judge Michael Ernest said three mental health evaluations had concluded that Ruth Miller, who waived her right to a jury...

Suspect Arrested After 3 Women Found Dead in Utah

Residents were told to lock their doors, keep lights on after bodies were found in Wayne County

(Newser) - A suspect has been arrested in connection with three murders that caused terror in a sparsely populated corner of Utah. The bodies of two women were discovered Wednesday on a hiking trail near Torrey, a town of about 260 people just outside Capitol Reef National Park, according to the Utah...

Bronx Day Care Couple Sentenced for Toddler's Death

Couple gets 25 years to life after fatal fentanyl exposure

(Newser) - The owner of a Bronx day care that doubled as a drug mill could be imprisoned for life after a toddler died in her care after being exposed to drugs, NBC News reports. On Wednesday, a New York judge sentenced Divino Niño day care owner Grei Mendez, 38, and...

He Went From First-Round Pick to Murderer Jailed for Life

Dan Serafini gets life with no chance of parole in 2021 shooting of in-laws

(Newser) - Ex-MLB pitcher Dan Serafini has been sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole in the 2021 murder and attempted murder of his wealthy in-laws. Serafini was found to have hidden inside the Lake Tahoe home of Robert Gary Spohr and Wendy Wood before firing a weapon, killing...

'Suitcase Murder' Convict Pleads Not Guilty in US

Tommy Schaefer served 11 years in Indonesia prison before he was sent back to US next week

(Newser) - A Chicago man convicted in Indonesia of beating his then-girlfriend's mother to death with a fruit bowl and hiding the body in a suitcase more than a decade ago pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges in the US. Tommy Schaefer was sentenced in Indonesia to 18 years in...

Cops: Assisted Living Worker Shot Resident in the Head

Maurquise Emillo James, 22, also charged with shooting at Maryland state trooper on Tuesday

(Newser) - The shooting death of a retired attorney-turned-mystery writer at a Maryland senior living facility has been tied to a 22-year-old staff member now also accused of shooting at a state trooper, authorities say. Prosecutors on Wednesday charged medication technician Maurquise Emillo James with first-degree murder in the Feb. 14 killing...

Famed Caltech Astrophysicist Fatally Shot at Home

Freddy Snyder, 29, charged with shooting death of Carl Grillmair

(Newser) - A California astrophysicist known for mapping the Milky Way's structure and spotting water on a distant world was shot to death on the porch of his desert home. Authorities say 67-year-old Carl Grillmair, a longtime Caltech researcher, was found with a gunshot wound to the torso outside his house...

2 Nabbed in Killing of Aussie Grandpa Kidnapped by Mistake

More arrests expected following discovery of 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian's body

(Newser) - An 85-year-old Australian man kidnapped from his bed in a case of mistaken identity has been confirmed dead. The body of grandfather Chris Baghsarian was found Tuesday near a rural golf course west of Sydney, police tell CNN . Soon after, police raided two properties and arrested two men in their...

16-Year-Old Sibling Charged With Killing Anna Kepner

Federal case in Miami court is sealed

(Newser) - The 16-year-old stepbrother of high school cheerleader Anna Kepner has been charged with homicide as a juvenile in connection with her November death aboard the Carnival Horizon, according to court documents reviewed by CBS News . The detail surfaced not in a criminal filing but in an emergency motion in a...

Murder of Crime Novelist Baffles Police in Maryland

Robert Fuller 'seems like a person who didn't have any enemies at all'

(Newser) - The real-life death of a man who once wrote a murder mystery has turned into one. Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, are trying to solve the killing of 87-year-old Robert Fuller, a wealthy retired lawyer, Navy Reserve officer, and self-published crime novelist who was found shot in the head in...

Nick Reiner Pleads Not Guilty to Killing Parents

Next court date for Rob Reiner's son is in April

(Newser) - Nick Reiner pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Nick Reiner's attorney, Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene, entered the plea on his behalf as he stood behind glass in a custody area of a...

Alleged Affair Adds to Trial Trouble for Kouri Richins

35-year-old author accused of killing husband Eric Richins with dose of fentanyl

(Newser) - A murder trial is set to begin Monday for a Utah mother of three who published a children's book about grief after her husband's death and was later accused of killing him . Kouri Richins, 35, faces a slew of felony charges for allegedly killing her husband, Eric Richins,...

Ohio Woman Gets Four Life Terms for Men's Murders

Sex worker Rebecca Auborn fatally drugged four victims

(Newser) - An Ohio sex worker who fatally drugged four men will likely spend the rest of her life behind bars. Rebecca Auborn, 35, was sentenced this week in Columbus to four consecutive life terms for killing the men between late 2022 and mid-2023, reports the New York Times . She won't...

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