Category: homicide

Bail Set at $1 Million for Boy Accused of Killing 10-Year-Old Girl in Wisconsin

By Matt McKinney From Star Tribune CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.—A 14-year-old boy accused of the rape and murder of 10-year-old Iliana “Lily” Peters appeared Wednesday before a circuit court judge who ordered him held on $1 million cash bail. Appearing in court via video from a juvenile detention facility, the defendant—an 8th grader and a lifelong…


LA County Homeless Deaths Spiked During Pandemic, but Drug Overdoses Remain Top Killer: Study

LOS ANGELES—During the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, overall deaths of homeless people in Los Angeles County increased by 56 percent compared to the previous 12 months—a spike partially attributable to the virus, though drug overdoses continued to be the population’s top killer, according to a report released on April 22. According to…


Murders of Black Americans Surged in 2020 Amid ‘Defund the Police’ Movement

The year 2020 saw a 32 percent increase in the number of black Americans murdered compared to the previous year. Some experts say the spike was caused by the Black Lives Matter movement and efforts to defund the police in the wake of the killing of George Floyd the same year. According to the data…


California GOP Lawmakers Oppose Proposal to Expand Inmate Early Release Program

As the public hearing for a proposal to expand California’s inmate credits system—a system to release certain inmates early—is coming up on April 14, state Republican lawmakers are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to have the proposal withdrawn following a deadly mass shooting in Sacramento. Assembly Members Kevin Kiley, James Gallaher, and Laurie Davies were among…


Woman Dies After Stabbing in Montreal in City’s Fifth Homicide of the Year

Montreal police are investigating after a 34-year-old woman was fatally stabbed in the city’s east end Friday night. Police say they received a call around 7 p.m. about a conflict between two people in an apartment. The woman, whose identity has not been made public, was found with at least one injury in her upper…


Police: Three Dead in Shooting at Georgia Gun Range

GRANTVILLE, Ga.—Authorities say three people are dead after a robbery at a gun range in Georgia. The Grantville Police Department said via Facebook that the robbery occurred Friday evening. When officers arrived at the scene around 8 p.m., they discovered the owner of Lock Stock & Barrel Shooting had been killed, along with his wife…


Man Charged After Emaciated Body Found in Sydney

A Sydney man will face court charged with murder after the “severely-emaciated” body of a woman he was caring for was discovered by paramedics, police say. The sole carer of a woman has been charged with murder after her emaciated body was found in Sydney’s southwest, police say. Paramedics went to a Greenacre home on…


Woman Charged in 2007 Death of 18-Year-Old Roommate

MINOT, N.D.—A North Dakota woman has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of her roommate more than a decade ago, with authorities citing shifting statements from the woman and her parents as they pursued a cold-case investigation. Nichole Erin Rice, 34, had a court appearance Thursday in Ward County in the death of…


Elderly Man With Dementia Arrested in Wife’s Death in Mission Viejo

MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—An elderly man diagnosed with dementia was arrested by police on March 15 after deputies determined there were “suspicious” circumstances surrounding his wife’s death. William Wiley, 86, was arrested on Tuesday, after his wife, also in her 80s, was found dead inside a residence, according to the department. Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies…


Elderly Man Detained on Suspicion of Killing Wife in Mission Viejo

MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—An elderly man was detained by police on March 15 after deputies determined there were suspicious circumstances surrounding his wife’s death. Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputies were called to the 28000 block of Via Arriaga in Mission Viejo on Tuesday regarding a woman in her 80s found dead inside a residence, according to…