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Mo. Bizman Targeted in Probe of 11 Dead Women

Ron Erwin named as 'person of interest'

(Newser) - Police are searching the homes and business of a Missouri man named as a "person of interest" in 11 New Mexico murders. The bodies of 11 women and a fetus were discovered by a hiker in the desert near Albuquerque last year, and police say 57-year-old Ron Erwin, who...

Babysitting Aunt Stabbed Nieces: NY Police

Martha Stewart's neighbors recovering from serious injuries

(Newser) - A woman is charged with two counts of felony assault after allegedly stabbing her nieces while babysitting them, the Journal News reports. Lisa Turkki was arrested after the girls she had been watching, ages 7 and 9, were found on the kitchen floor of their Bedford, NY, home—which is...

Malvo Ties 2 Others to DC Serial Shootings

Mayhem planned along entire East Coast

(Newser) - Investigators will grill convicted DC serial killer Lee Boyd Malvo again since he revealed in a TV interview that two other men initially planned to be part of the sniper shootings that terrorized the capital in 2002. Malvo and John Allen Muhammad were convicted of picking off victims with high-powered...

WTF Is Pregnancy Denial?
 WTF Is Pregnancy Denial? 
Jul 30, 2010 4:11 AM CDT

WTF Is Pregnancy Denial?

Condition may be factor in baby killings

(Newser) - It's a good question. Why, asks Bruce Crumley in TIME , are French women killing their babies ? It may have something to do with a little known, "quasi-schizophrenic" phenomenon called "pregnancy denial," he finds. Women with this condition "either don't realize or cannot accept that they...

Couple Busted After 8 Dead Newborns Found

French parents seemed utterly 'pleasant'

(Newser) - A couple in a northern French village have been arrested after police uncovered the remains of eight newborns in their home and nearby. A neighbor alerted cops after spotting bones as he dug a pond in his yard at a home where the two used to live. The couple, both...

DUI Child Killer Murdered in San Quentin

Edward Schaefer killed 10 days into 24-year sentence

(Newser) - A man convicted of murder for killing a 9-year-old girl while driving drunk was murdered in San Quentin prison just 10 days into a 24-year sentence. Investigators believe Edward Schaefer, 44, was stabbed to death with a homemade knife by inmate Frank Souza in the prison's reception yard, the San ...

Suicide Dad Kills Toddler Daughters, Wife

They all 'seemed so happy,' says friend

(Newser) - A distraught British dad fatally stabbed his toddler daughters and wife, then hanged himself from a banister in the family home, according to law enforcement authorities. The bodies were found by the girls' visiting grandmother, who discovered her granddaughters, ages 1 and 2, tucked under a duvet on a bed,...

Missing Teen Found Murdered

Norma Lopez was grabbed as she left a summer class

(Newser) - Remains found in a wheat field near a southern California town have been identified as those of a missing teenage girl police believe was abducted after a summer school program. Norma Lopez, 17, vanished a week ago after a biology class at Valley View High in Moreno Valley. Police have...

Md. Cops: We Nabbed Crafty Serial Killer

He used research, master's degrees to throw them off track

(Newser) - When two mother-daughter pairs were murdered in early 2009 in Largo, Maryland, local detectives and an FBI profiler declared the killings unrelated—because, police have now realized, they were duped by a well-read serial killer with two master's degrees whose extensive research had taught him how to throw detectives off...

Disgraced EMT Was Killed in Fight With 4 Men

There's no apparent connection to pregnant woman he let die

(Newser) - More details are emerging about the death of Jason Green, the EMT who ignored a dying pregnant woman while on his coffee break. Green was shot in the face during a fight outside a club in SoHo, the New York Post reports. In the altercation, which was caught on video,...

EMT Who Ignored Dying Woman Shot Dead

Jason Green argued with mystery suspect

(Newser) - A Brooklyn emergency medical technician who came under fire for refusing to help a dying pregnant woman while he was on a coffee break has been shot to death in the face. Jason Green, 32, was shot near a nightclub early yesterday. Police haven't yet determined a motive or located...

Porn Stars Killed Tattooist: Cops
 Porn Stars Killed Tattooist: Cops
Jul 16, 2010 4:55 PM CDT

Porn Stars Killed Tattooist: Cops

Adult film stars arrested in grisly scheme to kill, rob tattoo artist

(Newser) - Two porn actors have been arrested and charged with the murder of a Florida tattoo artist, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Police say Amanda Logue, 28, and Jason Andrews, 27, executed Dennis Abrahamsen, 41. Abrahamsen was found stabbed and beaten to death on May 16, one night after hiring Logue...

Cops Narrowly Missed 'Grim Sleeper' Twice

Missed chance on DNA, staked out wrong house,

(Newser) - The alleged serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper could have been stopped two years earlier if the police had collected his DNA. Lonnie David Franklin should have been added to a DNA database under a 2004 law called Proposition 69, finds the LA Times . He wasn't—apparently because it...

Six Dead in NM Office Shooting
 3 Dead in NM Office Shooting 
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Jul 12, 2010 7:09 PM CDT

3 Dead in NM Office Shooting

Former employee opened fire on live-in girlfriend, co-workers

(Newser) - A New Mexico man killed three people, including himself, and injured four in an office shooting today, police said. Robert Reza, 37, entered Emcore Corporation in southast Albuquerque armed with a handgun and started shooting, KRQE reports . A former Emcore employee, he was the live-in boyfriend of a current employee;...

Brazil Soccer Star's Lover 'Fed to Dogs'

'He was angry she decided to have their baby'

(Newser) - The former lover of a popular Brazilian goalkeeper was "fed to dogs," according to police. The body of Eliza Samudio, 25, hasn't been found, but traces of her blood were discovered in soccer star Bruno Fernandes de Souza's car, say authorities. Samudio was kidnapped from a hotel, beaten,...

Brazil Soccer Star Surrenders After Lover Vanishes

Cops: Mother of his son likely beaten to death

(Newser) - Popular Brazil goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes de Souza has surrendered to Rio police after a cousin reported he helped the soccer star in a plot to abduct and kill his mistress. Police believe Eliza Samudio, 25, was beaten to death, and traces of her blood were discovered in Fernandes' car, reports...

Brits Hunt Killer Who Declared War on Police

Raoul Moat began rampage after leaving prison

(Newser) - Teams of armed police from across England have been sent to the country's northeast to hunt for a killer who has declared war on the police. Raoul Moat—who killed his ex-girlfriend's new partner days after being released from prison last week—shot and injured a policeman Sunday morning and...

Van Der Sloot Seeks $1M TV Deal

He'll talk on camera for big bucks

(Newser) - Self-confessed killer Joran Van der Sloot is trying to peddle his first on-camera TV interview for $1 million, according to sources in the Peruvian jail where he's being held. So far, there haven't been any takers. The Dutch killer, 22, has apparently been hard up for cash for some time...

Brit Gorilla Expert Murdered
 Brit Gorilla Expert Murdered 
Jul 1, 2010 5:40 AM CDT

Brit Gorilla Expert Murdered

Ymke Warren's throat slit with machete

(Newser) - A British gorilla expert died after her throat was slit while she was bound and gagged in her Cameroon home. Ymke Warren, 40, was apparently attacked by a man armed with a machete hiding in her attic. It's not certain if the killing occurred during a robbery or if she...

Man Kills Tot for Crying During World Cup: Cops

Texas thug facing capital murder charge

(Newser) - A man is facing a capital murder charge in Texas for allegedly killing a toddler who kept crying while he was watching the USA-Ghana soccer game last week. Investigators say illegal immigrant Hector Castro beat and suffocated his 2-year-old stepdaughter and then forced a screw down her throat to make...

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