Category: Killing

Thailand Widens Investigation Into Woman Suspected of Killing 13 With Cyanide

BANGKOK—Thai police have arrested a woman suspected of killing 13 people using pills laced with cyanide, saying they will widen a probe into a series of deaths that have gripped the nation. Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, 36, was charged with premeditated murder of one victim, while the other deaths were still under investigation, police said. She has…


Connecticut Man Sentenced to 55 Years in Manhunt Killing

MILFORD, Conn.—As the killer of her boyfriend was about to be sentenced to 55 years in prison Wednesday, Shannon Spies said the plea deal provided no solace. It couldn’t bring back Nicholas Eisele, or erase the trauma of being a kidnapping victim. On March 24, 2020, Peter Manfredonia shot Eisele to death in Spies’ apartment…


Man Pleads Guilty to Killing 2 Outside Indiana Factory

FRANKFORT, Ind.—A man charged with killing a former girlfriend and her grandmother outside an Indiana factory in 2021 has pleaded guilty in a deal that takes a possible death penalty off the table, authorities said. Gary Ferrell II, who was 26 years old at the time, was accused of fatally shooting Promise Mays, 21, and…


Suspect in Cash App Founder Killing Makes Court Appearance

SAN FRANCISCO—The 38-year-old tech consultant charged with the murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee made his first appearance in a San Francisco courtroom Friday but did not enter a plea. Nima Momeni, who police say knew Lee, is now scheduled to be arraigned April 25. The judge ordered Momeni held in jail without bail,…


Suspect Arrested in Killing of Cash App Founder Bob Lee

SAN FRANCISCO—A San Francisco supervisor says an arrest was made early Thursday in the downtown stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee. San Francisco Board President Aaron Peskin said the suspect was apprehended in Emeryville, a San Francisco suburb. He was not told the suspect’s name. San Francisco police did not immediately respond to…


Illegal Immigrant Gets Life Sentence for Killing of Georgia Whistleblower

BRUNSWICK, Ga.—An illegal immigrant was sentenced Monday to life in a U.S. prison for killing a man who reported him and his brother to authorities for cheating illegal immigrant workers out of millions of dollars. A U.S. District Court judge in Brunswick, Georgia, sentenced 46-year-old Juan Rangel-Rubio nearly six months after a jury convicted him…


Hunt for ‘Unpredictable’ Man After Alleged Crime Spree in Brisbane

An accused drug trafficker is being sought by police over his alleged involvement in three violent confrontations across Brisbane, including the burning down of a house. Queensland Police allege Mitchell Wilson, 27, threatened a number of people with a semiautomatic weapon during three separate incidents on Thursday in Brisbane’s north and south. “I consider this…


6 Men in Congo Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing of Italian Ambassador

KINSHASA, Congo—Six men in Congo were sentenced to life in prison on Friday for the 2021 murder of Italy’s ambassador and two others. The sentence was announced by a military tribunal in the capital, Kinshasa, following a six-month trial. Luca Attanasio, Italy’s ambassador to Congo since 2017, was one of three people killed in February…


Man Pleads Guilty to Robbery-Killing of Rapper Pop Smoke

INGLEWOOD, Calif.—One of four men charged in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke during a robbery at a Hollywood Hills mansion pleaded guilty Thursday to voluntary manslaughter. The 20-year-old man, who was 17 when the killing occurred, also pleaded guilty in Inglewood juvenile court to home invasion robbery. He was sentenced to four years and…


Arizona Man Convicted of Killing 4 People in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS—A man has been convicted of killing four people in Minnesota and then leaving their bodies in an abandoned SUV in a Wisconsin cornfield. Antoine Suggs, 39, of Scottsdale, Arizona, was found guilty Friday of four counts of second-degree murder in the September 2021 deaths of Nitosha Flug-Presley of Stillwater, 30; Jasmine C. Sturm, 30;…