Category: first-degree murder

Hearing Delayed for Vegan Mother in Starvation Death of Son

FORT MYERS, Fla.—A vegan woman convicted of murder in the malnutrition death of her young son must wait a bit longer to learn her sentence. Sheila O’Leary, 38, whose family followed a strict vegan diet, was convicted in June on six charges—first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter, child abuse, and two counts of child…


Man Faces Murder Charge After Woman Set on Fire on Toronto Bus

A first-degree murder charge has been laid against a man after a woman was set on fire on a Toronto bus and died of her injuries weeks later. The fatal alleged assault of Nyima Dolma occurred on June 17 at around 12:20 p.m. aboard a Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus near the Kipling Subway Station…


Missouri Woman Charged With Hospital Death From 2002

CHILLICOTHE, Mo.—A former respiratory therapist who worked at a northern Missouri hospital where nine people died under suspicious circumstances 20 years ago has been charged with one of the deaths. Jennifer Anne Hall, 41, was charged last week with first-degree murder in the 2002 death of Fern Franco, who was one of nine people who…


Man on List of ‘Canada’s Most Wanted’ Arrested, Toronto Police Say

Toronto police say they have arrested a man who is on the list of “Canada’s most wanted.” Emmanuel Rawson, 22, was arrested by Toronto Police on April 29 and is facing seven charges, including two counts of robbery with a firearm, two counts of forcible confinement, and one count each of disguise with intent, conspiracy…


Man Pleads Guilty to Murder in Death of Illinois Officer

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.—A southern Illinois man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer at a gas station last year. Scott Hyden of Highland entered the plea in a Madison County court in the slaying of Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmons at a gas station, the Belleville-News-Democrat reported….


Saskatchewan Man Given Life Sentence for Murdering Parents, 7-Year-Old Son

A Saskatchewan man who killed his parents and his seven-year-old son while leaving his daughter for dead has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. On March 28, 2020, Nathaniel Carrier, entered his parents’ home, turned off the surveillance camera, and cut the throats of his father, Denis Carrier,…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Sept. 6)

President Joe Biden has declared New Jersey and New York major disaster sites after Hurricane Ida, a former Marine is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of four people in Florida, and city officials in Portland, Oregon, want to ban doing business with Texas.


Recordings to Be Heard at Trial in Chinese Woman’s Death

COLUMBIA, Mo.—Audio recordings of arguments between a Missouri man and his Chinese wife will be allowed during the man’s upcoming trial in her death, a judge has ruled. Circuit Judge Brouck Jacobs ruled Tuesday the recordings are “relevant and otherwise admissible” in the case against Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, who is charged with first-degree murder…


Murder Charges Filed in Miami Beach Spring Break Overdoses

MIAMI—Two North Carolina men accused of raping a 24-year-old tourist who overdosed during spring break in Miami Beach now face first-degree murder charges. On Wednesday, a grand jury in Miami-Dade County found Evoire Collier, 21, and Dorian Taylor, 25, both from Greensboro, North Carolina, responsible for the fentanyl-induced death in March of Christine Englehardt of…


Son Charged With Death of Father; Additional Remains Found

MADISON, Wis.—The son of a Wisconsin couple who went missing last week was formally accused Thursday of killing his father and dismembering his body, while authorities announced that additional human remains were found in another location. Chandler Halderson, 23, who was living with his parents in Windsor, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, hiding and…