A man run out of multiple cities and towns across Texas after he served prison time for the slaying of an 8-year-old girl in the 1980s has been arrested in connection with two other murders, and police say they are reopening several cold cases that could be linked to him. …
Read More »Isiah Williams to face murder trial after baby Olisa Williams disappeared in 1982
A Chicago man has been ordered to stand trial for murder in connection with the 1982 disappearance of his 8-month-old daughter, whose body has never been found, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday. While making the announcement, Nessel praised the decades-long determination of the girl’s mother who “has never …
Read More »Tonya Lea Wills Mullins identified as woman found dead in Mississippi in 1978 after body exhumed
The body of a woman found in 1978 that was dumped at an illegal landfill in Mississippi’s Rankin County has been identified, investigators said. Using DNA testing on the remains of the body, the Rankin County Coroner’s Office positively identified the victim as Tonya Lea Wills Mullins, who was 22 …
Read More »Irvo Otieno death: Family views video as three hospital employees are charged with murder
The mother of Irvo Otieno, a man who died while in custody at a state hospital, spoke about her son’s “inhumane” death at a news conference on Thursday after viewing surveillance video of the incident. The conference was held on the same day it was announced three employees of the …
Read More »MSU shooting: Gunman identified as Anthony McRae after 3 Michigan State University students killed, 5 wounded, police say
Three Michigan State University students were killed and five others were critically wounded in a shooting at the university Monday night, authorities said. The gunman was later found dead in Lansing of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Law enforcement officials at the university identified the shooter as Anthony Dwayne …
Read More »In 1959, the Walker family was found murdered in their Florida home. Now DNA could crack the notorious cold case.
The Walkers’ wood frame cottage stood plain and white, surrounded by pasture land and hardwood forest. There in tiny Osprey, on the southern tip of the vast Palmer Ranch, the family’s nearest neighbor was half a mile away. As daylight broke on Dec. 20, 1959, half a dozen lawmen stood …
Read More »Trial ordered in 2013 slaying of bystander who tried to stop bank robber; suspect’s ex
A man has been ordered to stand trial in the slaying of a bystander killed while trying to stop a bank robber in western Pennsylvania almost a decade ago. At a preliminary hearing Friday in Washington County, a judge ruled that prosecutors had enough evidence to try 39-year-old Keith Wilk …
Read More »What we know about the victims from the Monterey Park shooting
At least 11 people were killed and nine others were injured in a mass shooting that shook the city of Monterey Park, near Los Angeles, over the weekend. The attack took place Saturday night inside a dance studio, where an event was being held to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Police …
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A Northern California toddler fatally struck by a stray bullet while sleeping in his car seat last year was the victim of a rolling gun battle between rival gangs on a freeway, prosecutors said Thursday as they announced charges against three people. The 1-year-old boy, Jasper Wu, was killed Nov. …
Read More »Missing Tennessee woman found dead in car trunk, driver also dies after crash and shootout with police in Michigan
Two Tennessee women found dead after a car crash and police shooting in suburban Detroit include one who was reported missing days earlier, authorities said Monday. Detectives working with the Wayne County Medical Examiner identified the driver as Dominique Hardwick, 36, of Lebanon, Tennessee, and a woman found in the …
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