Category: murder

Alternative Therapist Guilty of Murder of ‘Devout Christian’ Whose Will She Forged

A woman who killed a friend she met through a church in London, decapitated her, and dumped the headless body on a public footpath 200 miles away, has been convicted of murder. The trial at the Old Bailey in London heard Jemma Mitchell, 38, murdered Mee Kuen Chong, 67, in June 2021 after they “fell…


Delivery Driver Charged With Killing Runner Pleads Guilty

A delivery driver charged with killing a Google employee from New York who went missing while out for a run near her mother’s Massachusetts home six years ago pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Wednesday. Angelo Colon-Ortiz’s plea in the Aug. 7, 2016, death of Vanessa Marcotte, 27, came just days after the death of the…


Man Faces Life in Jail for Joint Enterprise Murder of London Drill Rapper 16Shotz

A man has been convicted of murdering a drill music performer who drove a stolen car onto the territory of a rival gang in south London, crashed it, and then attacked a rival rapper with an “enormous knife.” On Wednesday, a jury found Darius Kwakye, 29, guilty of the murder of Salem Koudou, 20, who…


Illegal Immigrant Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of US Federal Officer

An illegal immigrant has pleaded guilty to attempting to murder a border patrol agent after crossing the U.S. border, according to the Justice Department. Rey David Marquez-Jimenez, a 22-year-old Mexican, entered the United States from his home country on Jan. 26, together with two other individuals. As an agent tried to handcuff one of his…


Police: 6 Who Died in Wisconsin Apartment Fire Had Been Shot

HARTLAND, Wis.—The six people found dead after an apartment fire in a southern Wisconsin village last week had been shot in an apparent case of murder-suicide, according to police. The bodies of a couple and their four children were found early Friday after firefighters were called to their burning apartment in Hartland. Ten of the…


175 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Nationwide Sting, Including Some Accused of Murder

In a national sting operation that lasted through August and September, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 175 illegal aliens, all of whom had multiple DUI offenses and some who are being accused of murder by vehicle. The agency said the nationwide law enforcement effort began on Aug. 20 and ended on Sept. 30, according…


To the Last Man (1933)

In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden–Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Nevada, and when Colby gets out of prison, he heads there also seeking revenge. The head of the Hayden family tries to avoid more killing, but the inevitable…


Woman Gets 18 Years in Prison for a Deadly 1993 Arson Fire

LOS ANGELES—A woman who was initially charged along with two others with murder in the deaths of 10 people, including two pregnant women, in a 1993 arson fire at an apartment building in the Westlake area of Los Angeles was sentenced Oct. 20 to 18 years in state prison. Johanna Lopez—who pleaded guilty Thursday to…


Woman Gets 18 Years in Prison for Deadly 1993 Arson Fire

LOS ANGELES—A woman who was initially charged along with two others with murder in the deaths of 10 people, including two pregnant women, in a 1993 arson fire at an apartment building in the Westlake area of Los Angeles was sentenced Oct. 20 to 18 years in state prison. Johanna Lopez—who pleaded guilty Thursday to…


Man Pleads Guilty to Murder for Stabbing Husband 50 Times at Mount Helix Home

EL CAJON, Calif.—A man who stabbed his husband to death at their Mount Helix home, then fled the state, pleaded guilty Oct. 19 to a second-degree murder count. Daniel Scott Jordan, 46, faces 16 years to life in state prison when he is sentenced for the slaying of 38-year-old Kevin Powell, a Chula Vista city…