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Van der Sloot: I Was 'Tricked' Into Confession
 Van der Sloot: 
 I Was 'Tricked' 
 Into Confession 
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Jun 21, 2010 6:57 AM CDT

Van der Sloot: I Was 'Tricked' Into Confession

Prisoner claims police intimidated him into signing

(Newser) - Joran Van der Sloot has retracted his confession to murdering Stephany Flores, claiming he was “tricked” into signing it. “I was very scared and confused during the interrogations and wanted to get away,” Van der Sloot told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, adding that police promised a confession...

13-Year-Old Killer Spared Life Sentence

Detroit boy to stay in juvenile detention until he turns 21

(Newser) - A Detroit boy who murdered a woman when he was 12 has been sent to juvenile prison until he is 21 years old. Authorities will then decide if Demarco Harris should be released or serve a life sentence. Harris, now 13, shot and killed 24-year-old Trisha Babcock in a botched...

Shot Tot Hid for Hours After Dad Killed Mom

Wounded in chest, stomach, boy hid in trash bin

(Newser) - A gravely wounded 3-year-old boy hid in a garbage can for 12 hours after his father fatally shot his mom, then killed himself, according to law enforcement authorities. Police followed a trail of blood to the trash can where they found the boy bleeding from 3 gunshot wounds to his...

Cops Nab Woman Suspected of Leading of Killer Cult

Kenyan woman allegedly inspired serial killer

(Newser) - A high school teacher has been detained in Kenya, after a self-confessed serial killer said that she told him to kill 100 people for good fortune. Philip Onyancha, 32, has confessed to killing 17 people, mostly women, and says he did so because teacher Elizabeth Wambui inducted him into her...

Teen Beats Mother to Death With Frying Pan

Two allegedly argued over videogames

(Newser) - A woman has died after being beaten with a frying pan by her teenage son on Monday, authorities say. The 17-year-old's grandmother said they were fighting over Nintendo DS videogames the teen, who was supposed to be at school, had stolen. "I heard a scream," says the woman's...

Van der Sloot Ate Breakfast Next to Victim's Body

While he mulled what to do with battered corpse

(Newser) - Joran Van der Sloot scarfed down a coffee-and-cookies breakfast next to the battered body of Stephany Flores as he considered ways to dispose of her corpse, he told investigators. "I was going to use one of my suitcases to take her out of the hotel, but I didn't do...

Amanda Knox Is Innocent: Mafioso

Informer says his brother killed Meredith Kercher

(Newser) - Too bizarre to be true? A prisoner connected to the Italian mafia says Amanda Knox is innocent of murder—because his brother killed Meredith Kercher, ABC News reports. Luciano Aviello told Knox's legal team that he hid a bloody knife and house keys on behalf of his brother. He said...

Porn Actor Wanted in Sword Killing Dies in Fall

Cops use stun gun, actor tumbles off cliff

(Newser) - The porn actor wanted in the murder of a co-worker has died after an 8-hour standoff with California cops that ended in his fall from a cliff. Police cornered Stephen Clancy Hill yesterday and finally used stun guns to get him down, at which point he either fell or jumped,...

Cops May Have Found Stacy Peterson

TMZ says Drew spilled the beans to a fellow inmate

(Newser) - In what might be the mother of all jailhouse confessions, TMZ is reporting that Drew Peterson blabbed to a fellow inmate how he killed missing wife Stacy Peterson, and who his accomplice was. The inmate allegedly told cops, who tracked down the accomplice, who took them to private hunting grounds...

HS Yearbook Includes Entry for Accused Murderer

NH principal apologizes to widower of machete attack victim

(Newser) - A New Hampshire teen charged with first-degree murder in a machete attack on a local woman has been locked up since the October incident—but his picture appears in his high school yearbook. "I can’t understand why you made such a disrespectful decision," David Cates says in...

Man Guns Down Judge and Clerk in Belgian Court

Nearby school closed as police hunt for suspect

(Newser) - A female judge and a court clerk were shot dead earlier this morning in the middle of a session in Belgium's main court in Brussels, the BBC reports. Shots were heard ringing out from the Palais de Justice at about 11:15am local time (4:15 ET). The victims were...

Holloway Suspect Wanted in New Murder

Joran Van der Sloot is top suspect in death of woman, 21, in Peru

(Newser) - Joran van der Sloot, the on-again, off-again top suspect in Natalee Holloway's disappearance, has been named the top suspect in the murder of another young girl in a tropical locale. Van der Sloot was the last person seen with Stephany Tatiana Flores Ramirez, a 21-year-old Peruvian girl who disappeared Friday...

Porn Actor Snaps, Stabs 3 Co-Workers

One dead in production office rampage after he lost his job

(Newser) - A struggling porn actor went on a rampage last night, attacking three people with a machete-like weapon at the video production office where he worked, police tell the LA Times . One of the victims is dead, the other two injured. According to police, 30-year-old Stephen Hill, who both did production...

Survivor Murder Suspect 'Incensed' at Arrest Warrant

Wife Monica 'was everything to us'

(Newser) - A Mexican judge issued a warrant yesterday for the arrest of Bruce Beresford-Redman, the Survivor producer suspected in the April 8 murder of his wife in Cancun. “Monica was the axis around which our whole family revolved,” says Beresford-Redman in his first public statement. “I am devastated...

Fighter Rips Heart Out of 'Possessed' Friend's Chest

Says he feared devil was in his training partner

(Newser) - Mixed martial arts fighter Jarrod Wyatt has been arraigned on first degree murder and torture charges after allegedly ripping his training partner's heart out of his chest while he was still alive and ripping off much of his face. Wyatt, 26, told police that he had recently ingested hallucinogenic mushrooms,...

'Tool Kit' Found Near Hookers' Remains

Ripper scholar calls himself a 'cannibal'

(Newser) - Forensics experts are examining a suitcase filled with tools found near the suspected remains of murdered hookers linked to a British "Jack the Ripper" scholar. Stephen Griffiths, 40, who dubbed himself the ''Crossbow Cannibal" last week in court, has been charged with the dismemberment murder of 3 prostitutes in...

'Ripper' Scholar Charged With 3 Murders

Stephen Griffiths in court for hooker killings

(Newser) - A criminology student suspected in the disappearance of 3 prostitutes has been formally charged with their dismemberment murder and will appear in court in Bradford, England, today. Stephen Griffiths—described as a "lizard-loving loner" by neighbors—was often seen strolling around the red-light district he lived in wearing a...

Jack the Ripper Scholar Linked to Hooker Killings

Body parts found in another ripper's nabe

(Newser) - A Yorkshire university researcher who boasted of being an expert on Jack the Ripper is being held for questioning in the murder of three prostitutes. Stephen Griffiths, 40, is a post-graduate student studying criminal justice, specializing in homicide. He was picked up by police shortly after parts of one woman...

Survivor Exec Suspected in Wife's Murder Back in US

Beresford-Redman left Mexico sans passport

(Newser) - A former Survivor producer wanted for questioning in Mexico about his wife's death has returned to the United States, his lawyer said today. Bruce Beresford-Redman returned to Los Angeles County "to be with his children and attend to family and personal matters." The lawyer said Beresford-Redman, who has...

Teen Slain by Facebook 'Friend': Cops

Nona Belomesoff, 18, was lured online, found in creek bed

(Newser) - Australian police are urging Facebook members to make themselves less readily identifiable in real life after an 18-year-old woman was found murdered, allegedly by a "friend" from the website. Nona Belomesoff's body was discovered in a creek bed Friday night. Christopher James Dannevig, 20, has been charged with murder...

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