LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) β Nebraska has agreed to pay $479,000 to the family of a βtalkativeβ Scottsbluff man who was strangled to death in 2017 by a fellow inmate who didn’t want a cellmate . The lawsuit filed by Terry Berry Jr.’s family against prison...
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‘Fitbit’ murder trial heads to closing arguments π₯π©π©π₯
ROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP) β Closing arguments are expected to begin Monday in the trial of a Connecticut man whose guilt or innocence in the death of his wife could hinge on evidence provided by her Fitbit exercise activity tracker. Richard Dabate told police a masked...
Officials: Deaths of 2 near Wadena is murder-suicide π₯π©π©π₯
WADENA, Minn. (AP) β An investigation into the deaths of two people in Otter Tail County is a case of murder-suicide, sheriff’s officials said Monday. Deputies responded to a residence in rural Wadena last Friday night where the bodies of two adults were found. Authorities...
Man convicted in 1983 killing charged with hiding the corpse π₯π©π©π₯
CHILTON, Wis. (AP) β A Wisconsin man is charged with recently hiding the corpse of a man he was convicted of killing in the early 1980s. John Andrews, 82, of Chilton, was arrested Friday and booked into jail. Andrews pleaded guilty in 1994 to homicide...
Tennessee court rejects DNA evidence petition by inmate π₯π©π©π₯
NASHVILLE β A Tennessee court on Monday declined to reopen the case of an inmate set to be executed later this month for the 1989 killings of his estranged wife and her two sons. Inmate Oscar Smith had filed the motion to reopen last week,...
Police shoot, kill man in Southern California confrontation π₯π©π©π₯
COVINA, Calif. (AP) β State and local authorities on Monday were investigating the fatal police shooting of a suspect outside a Los Angeles area liquor store over the weekend, officials said. A Covina police officer shot the man during a confrontation late Saturday, according to...
Police investigate 3 deaths as possible murder-suicide π₯π©π©π₯
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) β Authorities are investigating the deaths of three people whose bodies were found inside a suburban Kansas City home as a possible murder-suicide. Overland Park police said in a news release that officers went to the home Thursday morning after a...
Gut-wrenching questions Hannah Clarkeβs parents ask themselves every day π₯π©π©π₯
Hannah Clarkeβs parents have called her and her childrenβs killer Rowan Baxter a βcoward and bullyβ, also remembering their daughter as the βmost remarkable soulβ. Sue and Lloyd Clarke have delivered a powerful and emotional victim impact statement to the inquest into the deaths of...
New details emerge after young woman is stabbed to death at home π₯π©π©π₯
A woman is dead and a man that police say was her former partner is in custody, following an alleged domestic violence-related stabbing in Newcastle. Local commander Superintendent Wayne Humphrey says a three-year-old child also found at the scene was covered in blood but physically...
Devastating moment Hannah Clarke was told: βThereβs not a great deal we can doβ π₯π©π©π₯
A distraught Hannah Clarke was told by Queensland police βthereβs not a great deal we can doβ after her βpsychoβ husband abducted one of their children, an inquest has heard. Bodycam footage of the conversation, seen in the video above, between the sobbing Brisbane mother-of-three...