Category: murder

Catalogue of Errors by Probation Officers Led to Jordan McSweeney Being Free to Kill

A series of mistakes by probation officers left Jordan McSweeney free to sexually assault and kill Zara Aleena on a London street last year when he should have been recalled to prison. McSweeney, 29, was locked up for at least 38 years last month after admitting to killing Aleena as she walked along a street…


Convicted of Murder, Afghan Asylum Seeker Who Claimed to Be a Child Had Killed Before in Serbia

An Afghan asylum seeker who claimed he was 16 when he was actually 21, has been found guilty of murdering a young man in England, but it has emerged that he was also convicted in absentia of a double murder in Serbia. Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai faces a mandatory life sentence after a jury at Salisbury Crown…


Court Records Reveal What Police Found in Idaho Murder Suspect’s Apartment

A court in Washington state on Wednesday unsealed a series of documents that detail what detectives were looking for and what they have found at University of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger’s apartment. Kohberger, a criminology student at Washington State University, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary…


Court Asked to Void Verdict Against Former Officer Derek Chauvin in George Floyd’s Murder

ST. PAUL, Minn.—An attorney for Derek Chauvin asked an appeals court Wednesday to throw out the former Minneapolis police officer’s convictions in the murder of George Floyd, arguing that legal and procedural errors deprived him of a fair trial. Chauvin’s attorney, William Mohrman, told a three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals that the…


Mom Sentenced to 40 Years for Killing 8-Year-Old Son

NEW HAVEN, Conn.—A Connecticut woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for suffocating her 8-year-old son and then setting their house on fire. Prosecutors said Karin Ziolkowski killed her son, Elijah, in their Meriden home on Nov. 14, 2016, and then used tiki torch oil to set two fires. Rescuers could not resuscitate…


Shooter Stood Over California Mom Holding Baby, Killed Both and 4 Others

LOS ANGELES—A shooter stood over a 16-year-old mother clutching her 10-month-old baby and shot and killed them in a brazen attack in a central California farming community that left six dead, a sheriff said Jan. 17. Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux said the teenager was fleeing the violence early Jan. 16 when the killers caught…


US Murders Concentrated in Handful of Counties, Urban Areas: Report

A small number of counties account for a vast majority of murders committed in the United States, whereas a major portion of counties have very few murders, according to a recent report, which also noted that urban areas had “much higher” murder rates despite lower gun ownership. Murders were found to be “very concentrated” in…


Husband of Missing Massachusetts Woman Faces Murder Charge

COHASSET, Mass.—A Massachusetts man already facing a charge of misleading investigators in the search for his missing wife has now been charged with murder in her disappearance, a top prosecutor said Tuesday. Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey said in a video statement that Brian Walshe, 47, who is being held on $500,000 bail after pleading…


Coach: Alabama ‘Grieving’ After Teammate Charged With Murder

Alabama men’s basketball coach Nate Oats said Monday the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide is going through “kind of a grieving process” after player Darius Miles and another man were charged with capital murder following a fatal shooting near campus. Speaking at a news conference, Oats said he couldn’t discuss any specifics related to the case. He…


Alabama Basketball Player, 2nd Man Charged With Murder

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—Alabama basketball player Darius Miles and another man have been charged with capital murder after a fatal shooting near campus. Tuscaloosa Police Capt. Jack Kennedy said that the shooting occurred early Sunday morning in the Strip off University Blvd. near campus. He said Jamea Harris, 23, of the Birmingham area was shot and killed….