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January 21, 2023 | The Associated Press
Life Sentence Sought for Suspect in Baltimore Jail Killing
BALTIMORE—Baltimore’s new top prosecutor Ivan Bates announced Friday that he’ll personally prosecute a defendant who was jailed on murder charges last year when he strangled his deaf cellmate to death, according to police. The case has already raised serious questions about Baltimore’s jail operations and its backlogged court system. Javarick Gantt, a deaf man who […]
January 15, 2023 | The Associated Press
New Charges Against Mom Accused of Killing 6-Year-Old Son
MINNEAPOLIS—Upgraded murder charges have been filed against a Minnesota mom who is accused of fatally shooting her 6-year-old son and stashing his body in the trunk of her car last spring. Julissa Thaler was already charged with second-degree murder in the May 20 death of Eli Hart. The suburban Minneapolis mom was indicted on a […]
January 12, 2023 | The Associated Press
Cold Case Arrest: Man Charged in 2004 Missouri Killing
ST. ANN, Mo.—A man has been charged with murder and jailed in a case that baffled police for nearly two decades—the death of a woman whose decapitated torso was found at a Missouri rest stop along Interstate 70. Mike A. Clardy, 63, of Maryland Heights, Missouri, was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and abandonment of […]
January 10, 2023 | The Associated Press
Student, 17, Suspected of Killing Teacher at German School
BERLIN—A 17-year-old boy is suspected of killing a teacher at a vocational school in northwestern Germany on Tuesday, authorities said. The youth apparently sought out his teacher at the school building in Ibbenbueren, near the Dutch border, on Tuesday afternoon. She was alone in a classroom at the time. The student is suspected of fatally […]
January 4, 2023 | The Associated Press
Wisconsin Man Gets Life Term for Killing Relative With Ax
SPARTA, Wis.—A judge sentenced a Wisconsin man to life plus 120 years in prison on Wednesday for killing his step-grandfather with an ax and injuring two other people during an altercation at the step-grandfather’s home. Monroe County Circuit Judge Todd Ziegler called 38-year-old Thomas Wayne Aspseter a selfish, remorseless human being with almost no redeeming […]
January 2, 2023 | Wire Service
What We Still Don’t Know About the Suspect in the Idaho College Student Killings
Three days after the arrest of a suspect in the fatal stabbing of four University of Idaho students, authorities have yet to release key details in the case, from whether the suspect knew the victims to what his alleged motive might have been and what finally prompted his arrest. The arrest of Bryan Christopher Kohberger, […]
December 31, 2022 | The Associated Press
Suspect in Idaho Killings Plans to Waive Extradition Hearing
BOISE, Idaho—A suspect arrested in connection with the slayings of four University of Idaho students plans to waive an extradition hearing so he can be quickly brought to Idaho to face murder charges, his defense attorney said Saturday. Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student and teaching assistant in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology […]
December 15, 2022 | The Associated Press
Purdue Student Charged With Killing Roommate Unfit for Trial
LAFAYETTE, Ind.—A Purdue University student charged with murder in the stabbing death of his dormitory roommate is incompetent to stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday. Tippecanoe Circuit Judge Sean Persin appointed two doctors to treat Ji Min Sha until he is found competent to understand the charges against him and assist in his defense. Sha, […]
December 15, 2022 | The Associated Press
Indictment: Mom Used Drugs Before Killing Georgia Toddler
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The mother of a toddler found dead in a Georgia landfill has been charged with murder and other crimes in a 19-count indictment that alleges she used drugs before killing her son and dumping his body in a trash bin. A Chatham County grand jury returned the indictment against Leilani Simon on Wednesday. She […]