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Woman Admits Killing Beau Over Bruce

Musical dispute was last straw

(Newser) - An Australian woman said she had a "brain snap" when her boyfriend wouldn't let her play a Bruce Springsteen CD, CNN reports. She stabbed him to death with a kitchen knife, swallowed a handful of pills, then called emergency services. "I couldn't even play Bruce Springsteen on my...

Texas Teen Planned Family's Murder for a Month: Cops

Daughter and friends allegedly shot parents, stabbed brothers with 'sword'

(Newser) - The 16-year-old Texas girl charged with killing her mother and brothers didn't decide to murder her family on a whim. Erin Caffey and her boyfriend discussed the homicide “for about a month,” according to police reports. Caffey waited outside in a car while the boyfriend and an accomplice...

Texas Girl Charged With Killing Family

Dad survives predawn attack sparked by foiled romance, cops say

(Newser) - A 16-year-old Texas girl and three friends allegedly killed her mother and two brothers and set the family home on fire because her parents objected to her boyfriend, the AP reports. The suspects face capital murder charges in yesterday's attack, which the girl's father survived. Shot five times, he crawled...

Man Admits Sex With Slain Model
Man Admits
Sex With
Slain Model
Feb 5, 2008 3:00 PM CST

Man Admits Sex With Slain Model

British murder defendant invokes necrophilia as defense

(Newser) - A British man on trial for the murder of an 18-year-old model admits that he had sex with her corpse but denies killing her. Mark Dixie says he was high and drunk when he found Sally Anne Bowman’s body and took "advantage of the situation," the prosecutor...

DC Woman: 4 Daughters 'Had Demons'
DC Woman:
4 Daughters
'Had Demons'
Jan 11, 2008 7:21 AM CST

DC Woman: 4 Daughters 'Had Demons'

Mother, charged with murder; lived for months with bodies

(Newser) - A Washington, DC, woman accused of killing her four daughters admitted to police she had lived for months with their decomposing bodies. Banita Jacks told police that the girls died in their sleep, but told jail blockmates that she killed them because they were possessed by demons, the Washington Post...

Six Arrested in Horrific W.Va. Abuse Case

Woman was kidnapped, tortured and sexually assaulted

(Newser) - Six people were arrested in a grisly kidnapping and assault case in rural West Virginia, and two others are still wanted. Police say an internet acquaintance delivered 23-year-old Meghan Williams to her assailants, who held her captive for at least a week, while stabbing, burning, and sexually assaulting her. “...

Jury Convicts Jealous Punter of Assault

College athlete stabbed rival in an attempt to take over his starting spot

(Newser) - Mitch Cozad, the North Colorado punter who stabbed rival Rafael Mendoza in the leg in an attempt to steal his starting spot on the football team, was convicted of second-degree assault yesterday and faces up to 16 years in prison.  The more serious charge of attempted murder was tossed...

Shoppers Ignore Dying Murder Victim

Wichita convenience-store patrons snapped photos, kept shopping

(Newser) - Convenience store murders rarely make national news, but when shoppers at a Witchita store did nothing to help a stabbing victim who lay bleeding to death on the floor—except to snap cell phone photos of her—the lack of response did. Wichita Eagle columnist Mark McCormick reported that shoppers...

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