Category: Killing

Montreal Police Kill 26-Year-Old Man Suspected in Three Killings

Quebec’s independent police watchdog says it is investigating after a 26-year-old man allegedly connected to three recent homicides in the greater Montreal area was killed Thursday by Montreal police. The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes says the Montreal police tactical unit was at a motel at about 7 a.m. for a search linked to an investigation…


Prosecutors: Man Charged With Killing Mom Poses Flight Risk

Federal prosecutors say a Vermont man charged with killing his mother at sea in 2016 in a plot to inherit millions should remain behind bars pending trial because he poses a flight risk and danger to others. The prosecutors filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont, on Friday, opposing a request by…


Charges Dropped Against Indiana Man in 2015 Killings of 4

INDIANAPOLIS—Prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a man accused of killing four people inside an Indianapolis home in 2015, citing the deaths of two witnesses and the discovery that DNA evidence had been compromised. The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office announced Friday that they filed a motion to dismiss charges against Nicholas Dunn, who had been…


NTSB: Father, Not Boy, Was Driving Truck That Hit Golfers’ Van

DALLAS—A Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people, and he had methamphetamine in his system, investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board said two days after the March 15 collision in rural…


Nevada Man Charged in 1982 Killing of Child in California

A 70-year-old Nevada man has been charged in the 1982 killing of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared while walking to her kindergarten class in California after detectives solved the case using DNA evidence, authorities said. Robert John Lanoue, of Reno, Nevada, was charged last week in the killing of Anne Pham. Pham disappeared while walking…


Man Charged With Killing Mother at Sea Seeks Freedom

BURLINGTON, Vt.—The man charged with killing his mother at sea in a plot to inherit millions of dollars has asked a federal court Wednesday to authorize his release from custody pending trial. The attorneys for Nathan Carman filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Burlington saying the evidence against him is “tenuous at best”…


Man Charged With Woman’s Killing on Streets of London

LONDON—A man was remanded in custody Wednesday after appearing in a London court charged with the murder and attempted rape of a woman who had been walking home alone in east London. It was the latest in a string of similar incidents that have heightened concern over the safety of women and girls on the…


Man Convicted Last Year of Killing 2 in 1976 Dies in Prison

OSHKOSH, Wis.—A man serving two life terms for killing a Wisconsin couple in a slaying that went unsolved for decades has died in prison, state corrections officials confirmed. Raymand Vannieuwenhoven, 85, was convicted last year of fatally shooting 25-year-old David Schuldes and 24-year-old Ellen Matheys in a Marinette County park on July 9, 1976, in…


Battered Bodies of 7 Men Dumped on Road in Mexico

MEXICO CITY—Authorities on the Gulf coast of Mexico said the bodies of seven men have been found dumped on a roadway in the Huasteca region, long popular among tourists. Prosecutors in San Luis Potosi state said late Thursday the bodies did not appear to be from the township of Aquismon, and may have been killed…


Wisconsin Man Charged With Killing 6 in Botched Drug Robbery

MILWAUKEE—A 34-year-old Wisconsin man has been charged in the deaths of six people who were found dead in January at a Milwaukee duplex. Bail was set at $1 million Sunday for Travis Lamar Birkley, who is charged with six counts of felony murder. An attorney who represented Birkley at the hearing declined to comment on…