Tag: murder

Former Sinn Fein Councillor to Be Key Prosecution Witness in Gangland Murder Trial

A former Sinn Fein councillor will be the key prosecution witness at the trial of alleged Irish gangland boss Gerry Hutch, who is accused of ordering a murderous attack on a boxing press conference in Dublin in 2016. One Sept. 28 Jonathan Dowdall, 44, and his 65-year-old father Patrick pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder…


East Side Kids (1941)

After being falsely accused of a murder, a group of kids have to find the real killer in order to clear their name. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.”…


Man Accused of Killing 22 Older Women Goes on Trial Again

DALLAS—After Mary Brooks was found dead on the floor of her Dallas-area condo, grocery bags from a shopping trip still on her countertop, authorities decided the 87-year-old had died of natural causes. Even after her family discovered jewelry was missing—including a coral necklace she loved and diamond rings—it took an attack on another woman weeks…


‘Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)

The East Side Kids uncover the body of a murder victim, but must protect the innocent girl accused of the crime. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV…


Man Abducted, Killed, and Buried in a Hong Kong Rural Village Over 3 Million HKD Debt

The Hong Kong government has been claiming how safe Hong Kong is since the implementation of the National Security Law, but citizens feel differently. Netizens questioned if the National Security Law had made Hong Kong safer and less chaotic. The public is growing concerned for their safety as there has been an increasing number of…


Teenager’s Plan ‘Did Not Work out as He Hoped’ After He Was Murdered During Attack on Rival Gang, UK Jury Told

A gang member armed with an “enormous knife” who drove into enemy territory and stabbed a rival who was celebrating his birthday in the street, had the tables turned on him and was hacked to death by a group of nine men in south London, a murder trial jury has been told. Darius Kwakye, 29,…


After 2 Mistrials, Man Convicted of Killing Pastor’s Wife

INDIANAPOLIS — A judge Thursday found a man guilty of murder, robbery and other charges in the 2015 killing of an Indianapolis pastor’s wife during a break-in. Larry Jo Taylor Jr. also was convicted after a four-day bench trial of burglary, theft, criminal confinement and carrying a handgun without a license. He was acquitted of…


Colorado Man Convicted in 1982 Slayings of 2 Women

DENVER—A Colorado man has been convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the cold case slayings of two women whose bodies were found near the mountain resort town of Breckenridge in 1982. Alan Lee Phillips, 71, was arrested last year in the mountain hamlet of Dumont, west of Denver, after local, state, and federal…


Book Recommender: “Destiny of the Republic,” the Medical Drama Behind President James Garfield’s Assassination

In 21st-century modernity, air conditioning, antiseptics, and ultrasound are commonplace. Yet the three were hardly dreamed of in the late 19th century. Proving that necessity is the mother of invention, scientists and inventors worked round the clock for 80 days to provide both comfort and lifesaving measures for the suffering, newly elected president, shot by…


Mother Charged With Murder in Drowning Deaths of 3 Children in New York’s Coney Island

A New York City mother of three, whose children were found drowned near a Coney Island boardwalk earlier this week, has been arrested on murder charges, officials have said. Erin Merdy, 30, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of depraved indifference to human life, and three counts of murder with the victims…