Category: murder

California Highway Patrol Captain Found Dead Months After Her Husband Was Killed

A California Highway Patrol commander was found dead in Tennessee days after a California man was arrested for her husband’s murder in Kentucky, and she herself was arrested for trespassing, the Los Angeles Times reported. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) confirmed in a statement to The Epoch Times it was investigating the death of…


California Man Faces Life in Prison for Killing Girlfriend and 2 Sons

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 42-year-old man was convicted Dec. 14 of stabbing his girlfriend to death and killing their two young sons in the city of Orange about a decade ago. Shazer Fernando Limas, who was scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 3, was convicted of three counts of murder with special circumstances allegations of committing more…


Man Who Killed 2 Women in Pennsylvania Charged in Michigan

BATTLE CREEK, Mich.—A man who pleaded guilty to killing two women in Pennsylvania was extradited to Michigan to face a first-degree murder charge in the slaying of a pregnant woman who disappeared more than 17 years ago. Harold David Haulman III was charged Wednesday in Calhoun County District Court in the death of 21-year-old Ashley…


UK Police Release Chilling CCTV Clips of Zara Aleena’s Killer Stalking Other Women

A fairground worker has been jailed for life and told he will not be released for at least 38 years for the murder in London of a trainee solicitor who was attacked as she walked home alone. Jordan McSweeney, 29, pleaded guilty last month to murdering 35-year-old Zara Aleena, who he sexually assaulted and killed…


Mother of Toddler Quinton Simon Indicted on 19 Charges After 2-Year-Old’s Remains Found in Landfill

District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones announced on Wednesday that the mother of murdered toddler Quinton Simon, Leilani Simon, has been indicted on 19 charges, including murder, a month after the toddler’s remains were found in a landfill in Georgia. Jones said the counts include one count of malice murder for the intentional killing of Quinton, two counts of…


Man Gets 30 Years to Life for Friend’s Stabbing Death in El Cajon

EL CAJON, Calif.—A man convicted of killing another man in El Cajon by stabbing and cutting him more than 100 times has been sentenced Dec. 13 to 30 years to life in state prison. Gustavo Rojas Salgado, 27, was convicted by an El Cajon jury of first-degree murder and a knife-use allegation in the death…


New DNA Test Leads to Arrest in 35-Year-Old Pennsylvania Murder Case

Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a woman in the 35-year-old murder case of her husband. Judith Ann Jarvis, now 76, was arrested Tuesday in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and charged with the murder of Carl Jarvis, according to a criminal complaint. Just after midnight on Aug. 10, 1987, Judith Jarvis, then 41, called state police and…


Missouri Man Seeks Exoneration in Murder; 2 Others Confessed

ST. LOUIS—Lamar Johnson has wrongly spent nearly three decades in prison for a St. Louis killing after a witness was coerced into falsely identifying him as the shooter, an attorney for the local prosecutor’s office told a judge Monday. But Assistant Missouri Attorney General Miranda Loesch said detectives will testify that they never threatened or…


No Bond for Woman Charged in Death of Socialite Mother

CHICAGO—A judge declined to ease bond conditions Thursday and release a Chicago woman who is charged with conspiracy in the 2014 death of her wealthy mother during a luxury vacation in Bali. The decision means Heather Mack, 27, will remain in custody without bond while awaiting a July trial in federal court in Chicago. Mack…


Washington State Man Charged in 34-Year-Old Wisconsin Murder

APPLETON, Wis.—A Washington state man has been charged in the 1988 slaying of a Wisconsin woman after he was identified using “familial DNA searching” to examine records of people who may be related to the suspect. Gene C. Meyer, 66, is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree sexual assault with use of a dangerous weapon…