Tag: Killing

Alberta Men Accused of Killing Hunters Took Law Into Own Hands: Prosecutor

A Crown prosecutor says a father and son accused of killing two Métis hunters took the law into their own hands when they chased them on a rural road in Alberta, shot them and left them to die. Jordan Kerr has told an Edmonton trial that Roger and Anthony Bilodeau thought the two hunters were…


Mother, Son Arrested in Deaths of Other 3 Children

WEST HILLS, Calif.—A woman and a juvenile believed to be her 16-year-old son were in custody Monday in the deaths of her three preteen children in their West Hills home, according to police and a broadcast report. Angela Dawn Flores, 38, was arrested on Mother’s Day, booked for suspicion of three counts of murder, and…


Judge Vacates Murder Convictions of 2 Men in Killing of San Clemente Boy

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Two men involved in the 1993 melee that killed a 17- year-old San Clemente boy had their murder convictions overturned May 5 by an Orange County Superior Court judge based on a new law prohibiting the convictions of defendants not directly involved in a murder. Rogelio Vasquez Solis, 45, and Saul Penuelas, 46,…


Police: Body in Barrel in Lake Mead Was Man Who Had Been Shot

LAS VEGAS—The body found inside a barrel on the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead after the lake’s level was depleted amid drought is that of a man who was shot, police said Tuesday. The killing probably happened between the mid-1970s and the early 1980s because the victim was wearing shoes that were manufactured during…


Authorities Make Arrest in 1988 Killing of 11-Year-Old Girl

An Alabama man has been arrested in connection with the 1988 killing of an 11-year-old girl found stabbed to death in a Massachusetts railyard, authorities said Wednesday. Marvin C. McClendon Jr., 74, faces a murder charge in the death of Melissa Ann Tremblay, of Salem, New Hampshire, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said at a…


UVA Lacrosse Players Had ‘Rocky Relationship’ Before Killing

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—In her 9th-grade essay, Yeardley Love wrote about what she wanted to do with her life: to attend the University of Virginia, to play lacrosse there, to become a lawyer and to maintain her close relationship with her family. Many of her dreams came true, but ended abruptly and violently when she was brutally…


RCMP’s Inability to Track Officers During NS Killings Questioned at Inquiry

Lawyers at the public inquiry into Canada’s worst mass shooting are asking why—in an era when teens use apps to locate each other—the RCMP lacked technology to track their officers on foot. The topic has arisen repeatedly in the inquiry’s first two months, and a senior RCMP manager is acknowledging the absence of global positioning…


Man Charged in Woman’s 1972 Killing Dies Awaiting Trial

RALEIGH, N.C.—A man charged with raping and killing a woman in North Carolina nearly 50 years ago has died in a state prison while awaiting trial, authorities said Monday. Larry Joe Scott, 68, was in the custody of the state Department of Public Safety “for safekeeping due to medical conditions” when he died Friday at…


Police: Man Fatally Shot by Officers After Killing Woman

TULSA, Okla.—Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, fatally shot a naked man after he shot and killed a woman outside an apartment complex, authorities said Tuesday. Officers investigating reports Monday night of a naked man firing a rifle in the area found Dwayne Jackson with a rifle outside the complex, according to Capt. Richard Meulenberg. Meulenberg said…


Idaho Judge: Mom Accused in Kids’ Killings Now Fit for Trial

BOISE, Idaho—An Idaho judge ruled Monday that a mother accused of conspiring to kill her children, her estranged husband, and a lover’s wife is now mentally competent to stand trial on some of the charges in Idaho. Daybell and her new husband, Chad Daybell, face numerous charges in the complicated case involving allegations of bizarre…