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Cops: Woman Shot Teen Grandson 8 Times

Rob Quinn — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:22:39 CDT

A Michigan grandmother who said she was afraid of her grandson has been charged with murder after shooting the teenager eight times, according to law enforcement authorities. The 17-year-old boy called 911 to tell an emergency dispatcher that he had been shot in the chest by his grandmother, and "was...

Killer Florida Mom Shot Her 4 Kids 18 Times

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:40:38 CDT

Tonya Thomas shot her four children 18 times in Tuesday's massacre , and two of them were shot as the gun pressed against their chests, according to the medical examiner's report. She used jacketed, hollow-point bullets, which cause more damage than full-metal jacket rounds, and used a single Taurus .38-caliber revolver,...

Man Arrested in Highway Deaths Didn't Pose as Cop

Matt Cantor — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:27:03 CDT

Last night, word was police had detained a suspected police impostor following two murders on Mississippi highways; he hadn't been charged. Now they're holding another man on kidnapping, assault, and rape charges, with capital murder charges forthcoming in the case, the AP reports. Authorities say James Willie, 28, wasn't pretending...

Chicago Cops Seek Groom in Bride's Slaying

John Johnson — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:43:05 CDT

Police near Chicago have issued an arrest warrant for a bridegroom whose new wife was found stabbed to death in a bathtub shortly after their Friday wedding, reports the Chicago Tribune . Arnoldo Jimenez, 30, hasn't been seen since the family of Estrella Carrera found her body in the tub on...

What Huguely Told Cops

Polly Davis Doig — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:26:31 CDT

As the black of May 2, 2010, faded into the gray of dawn, George Huguely—unaware that ex-girlfriend Yeardley Love lay lifeless in a morgue—sat down with Virginia cops to tell the story of the flowing booze, the heated emotions , and the violence of the night before. The tape...

Miss. Cops to Drivers: Don't Pull Over for Flashing Lights

Rob Quinn — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:16:30 CDT

If you're in Mississippi and a car with flashing lights tries to pull you over, just keep driving, police say. Two people were shot dead near their cars in the space of a few days, and investigators suspect somebody impersonating a police officer could be to blame . "If someone attempts...

Fake Cop Blamed in Mississippi Murders

Matt Cantor — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:26:32 CDT

Police are stumped as to who's behind a pair of Mississippi highway murders, but they have some ideas: The killer could be a police impostor, they say. Over the course of three days, two people were separately found dead in their cars—both on the sides of highways, Reuters reports....

Bride Found Stabbed to Death in Bathtub

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:47:00 CDT

A suburban Chicago bride still wearing her wedding gown was found stabbed to death in the bathtub of her home. Estrella Carrera, 26, was discovered by police just days after her wedding to a 30-year-old Chicago man, whose name was not released. Cops are investigating the killing as a "domestic...

'Psychopathic' Doctor Accused of Killing Patients

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:17:26 CDT

An allegedly psychopathic doctor who tried to kill his own patients may finally lose his job in Australia after four years of complaints, the Courier & Mail reports. The doctor, whose name hasn't been released, killed at least two elderly patients by unplugging them in a hospital and had to...