Tag: murder

Sister: Hawaii Girl Was Inside Dog Cage and Not Breathing

HONOLULU—A biological sister of a 6-year-old Hawaii girl reported missing by their adoptive parents told police the parents forced her to keep it a secret that Isabella Kalua was not breathing inside a dog cage in the bathroom, with duct tape on her mouth and nose. The new details were revealed in documents filed in…


Australian Judge Disturbed State Employee Fired for Helping Police With Murder Investigation

A New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court judge is so disturbed by the NSW transport department’s decision to fire an employee for aiding a murder investigation that she’s referred the issue to the police commissioner and transport minister. Transport for NSW staffer Thomas Wood was sacked for serious and wilful misconduct last year after he contacted…


Jury Recommends 28 Years for Missouri Man in Wife’s Murder

COLUMBIA, Mo.—A woman who moved to Missouri from China to further her education before she was killed by her husband should be remembered as a kind woman whose death was a “huge waste,” a prosecutor said Friday after her husband was convicted. A jury recommended early Friday that Joseph Elledge be sentenced to up to…


Missouri Man Accused of Killing His Wife Takes Stand

COLUMBIA, Mo.—A Missouri man accused of killing his wife and burying her body in a park took the stand Tuesday to testify in his first-degree murder trial. Joseph Elledge is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Mengqi Ji, whom he reported missing in October 2019. Her remains were found in March at…


Mistrial Declared for Ex-Idaho Politician Charged With 1984 Murder of Colorado Girl

DENVER—Jurors deadlocked and a mistrial was declared on Thursday in the kidnapping-murder case against a two-time Idaho gubernatorial candidate charged in the 1984 slaying of a 12-year-old Colorado girl whose remains were unearthed over three decades later. The 12-member jury found Steven Pankey, 70, guilty on one count of false reporting to authorities but failed…


Fifth British Teenager Convicted Over Death of 15-Year-Old Birmingham Schoolboy

A fifth British teenager has been found guilty of unlawfully killing Birmingham schoolboy Keon Lincoln after buying weapons used in the killing, including a hunting knife found in a getaway car. Kieron Donaldson was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter by a majority 10-2 verdict on Friday, a day after four other defendants were…


London Policeman Who Murdered Sarah Everard Appeals Against Whole-Life Sentence

The police officer who murdered Sarah Everard has lodged an appeal to reduce the length of his jail sentence. Wayne Couzens was handed a whole-life tariff in September after kidnapping, raping and murdering the 33-year-old. The Metropolitan Police firearms officer used his warrant card and handcuffs to snatch the marketing executive off the street, using…


UK Police Release Details of Eight Men Held Over Double Teen Murder

Police have released the details of eight men being questioned on suspicion of murder after two teenage boys died in the London commuter town of Brentwood. Officers were called to Regency Court in Brentwood at about 1.30am on Sunday and found three people had been injured, including two teenagers who later died from their injuries….


US Soldier Charged With Killing Grandfather and Great-Grandmother

CHESTER, S.C.—A U.S. Army soldier has been brought back to South Carolina from Germany to face charges he killed his grandfather and great-grandmother 16 months ago. Gene Alexzander “Alex” Scott, 24, was indicted last week on two counts of murder in Chester County, Sheriff Max Dorsey said in a statement. Military police in Germany took…


UK Police Arrest 8 Following Deaths of 2 Teenage Boys

Eight men were arrested on suspicion of murder in England, following an incident that left two teenage boys dead and one other victim injured. Essex Police were called at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday to Regency Court, Brentwood, where they found three people injured. Medics failed to save two teenage boys, but police say the third…