Category: Killing

Police Say DNA Technology Has Identified the Killer in the Unsolved Death of a Woman in 1981

July 22, 2023
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CONCORD, N.H.—More than four decades after a young New Hampshire woman was killed, law enforcement officials have solved the crime through DNA analysis and the use of forensic genealogy technology, the state attorney general said Thursday. But solving the case doesn’t bring with it the satisfaction of seeing justice: The man responsible for killing 23-year-old…

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Prosecutors Won’t Seek Death Penalty Against Men Charged in Whitey Bulger’s Prison Killing

July 13, 2023
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BOSTON—Federal prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty against two men charged with the prison killing of notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, according to court papers filed Wednesday. Prosecutors said in a court filing that in the event Fotios “Freddy” Geas, a former Mafia hitman, and Paul J. DeCologero, a Massachusetts gangster, are convicted…

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American Accused of Killing 3 Women in Tijuana Arrested in California

July 12, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—U.S. authorities have arrested a California man accused of killing three women in the Mexican border city of Tijuana and crossing back and forth across the border after each of the deaths that occurred over the course of nearly a year starting in 2021. According to U.S. court records, 30-year-old Bryant Rivera, a resident…

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DNA Testing Leads to Former US Army Soldier in 1978 Killing of Woman in Germany

July 8, 2023
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DNA testing has led to the arrest of a Nebraska man who was repeatedly questioned over decades in the 1978 stabbing death of a woman while he was stationed with the U.S. Army in Germany, authorities said. Tommy Molina, 69, was arrested in the western Nebraska city of Gering on June 21, the U.S. Marshals…

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Man Convicted of Driving Into Fundraiser Crowd, Then Killing Mother Gets 2 Life Terms

June 29, 2023
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BLOOMSBURG, Pa.—A man convicted of driving into a fundraiser crowd in Pennsylvania last summer, killing one and injuring 19 others, then going home and bludgeoning his mother to death has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. President Judge Gary Norton told Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes, 25, in Columbia County Court on…

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Man Convicted of Killing North Dakota Student Moved From Death Row to Florida Prison

June 21, 2023
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BISMARCK, N.D.—The man convicted of kidnapping, raping, and killing a North Dakota student 20 years ago has been moved from death row in Indiana to a Florida prison, according to federal records. Alfonso Rodriguez, 70, was convicted of killing 22-year-old Dru Sjodin in November 2003 after abducting her from a mall parking lot in Grand…

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West Virginia Boy, 16, Sentenced to 80 Years for Killing Mother, Sister

May 31, 2023
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NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va.—A West Virginia teenager was sentenced to consecutive 40-year prison terms in the fatal shootings of his mother and sister after a judge rejected the defendant’s pleas for a lesser sentence. Connor Crowe pleaded guilty last November to second-degree murder after waiving his right to be tried in juvenile court or by a…

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3rd Man Charged in 2002 Shooting Death of Run-DMC Star Jam Master Jay

May 31, 2023
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NEW YORK—A third man has been charged in the 2002 shooting death of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, prosecutors said Tuesday, marking the latest movement in a case that languished for years. Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York filed a superseding indictment on Tuesday, charging Jay Bryant, 49, in the death of…

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Guilt-Ridden Man Confesses to Landlord’s Killing 15 Years Later, Recordings Show

May 31, 2023
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Police officers found Tony Peralta earlier this month sitting on a curb not far from the convenience store in a small southeastern New Mexico community where he borrowed a cellphone—so he could call 911 and confess to killing his landlord 15 years earlier. Sweating and taking puffs from his cigarette, he told them he’s…

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Man Charged in Ohio Slaying of 4, Wounding of Girl, Now Charged in 2013 New Jersey Killing

May 30, 2023
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CAMDEN, N.J.—A man charged in an Ohio shooting that killed four people and injured a child earlier this year has now been charged in a slaying in New Jersey a decade ago, authorities said. Martin Muniz, 41, was charged in Cuyahoga County in January with multiple counts of aggravated murder as well as attempted murder,…

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