Category: murder

London Tenant Who Stabbed Landlords to Death During Lockdown Guilty of Double Murder

A tenant who stabbed his landlords to death after becoming paranoid about Covid during the first national lockdown has been found guilty of double murder. Daniel Briceno Garcia, 46, attacked Sonia Butron Calvi, 66, and Edgar Aguilera Daza, 60, at the home they shared with five others in Stockwell, south London, on April 1, 2020….


Defendant Testifies He Falsely Confessed to Killing Teacher

OCILLA, Ga.—The man standing trial in the killing of a Georgia high school teacher who vanished in 2005 took the witness stand Tuesday and testified that he gave a false confession to investigators. Ryan Duke faces an automatic sentence of life in prison if he’s convicted of murdering Tara Grinstead, whose disappearance from her rural…


Jury Deliberating for Second Day at Quebec City Halloween 2020 Murder Trial

Jurors are deliberating for a second day at the murder trial for the man accused of stalking the streets of Old Quebec City on Halloween 2020 and using a sword to kill two people and injure five others. Carl Girouard, 26, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of François Duchesne,…


Man Convicted of Murder in Killing of Iowa State Trooper

WEBSTER CITY, Iowa—A jury on Monday convicted a man of first-degree murder in the shooting death of an Iowa State Patrol trooper last year. Michael Lang, 42, was also found guilty of attempted murder and assaulting a police officer for his actions on April 9, 2021, that killed 51-year-old patrol Sgt. Jim Smith in Grundy…


Verdict Expected for Husband Accused of Murdering Wife

A verdict is expected on Monday in the case of a helicopter pilot accused of murdering his young British-Greek wife and faking a robbery to mislead police. Babis Anagnostopoulos, a Greek pilot and flight instructor, arrived at court under heavy police guard. He is accused of killing Caroline Crouch, 20, who died of suffocation in…


UK: Callum Wheeler Guilty of Murdering Police Community Support Officer

A loner who prowled around woodland with a weapon stuffed in his backpack has been found guilty of the murder of a popular police community support officer. Callum Wheeler, 22, used a railway jack, a tool used to lift train tracks, to beat mother-of-two Julia James to death as she walked her dog in fields…


Teenage Boy Accused of Murder Along With Mother After 3 Children Killed at San Fernando Valley Home

By Richard Winton and Nathan Solis From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—The killing of three children in a quiet Valley suburb over Mother’s Day weekend took a new turn Wednesday when Los Angeles County prosecutors charged a 16-year-old boy with murder. The teen, who has not been identified, appeared in juvenile court and denied a…


Mother of 2 Babies Found Dead Charged With Murder in 1 Case

RED WING, Minn.—A Minnesota woman has been arrested and charged in the death of her newborn who was abandoned at a lake nearly 20 years ago, and in a criminal complaint acknowledged abandoning another newborn whose body was found in the Mississippi River years earlier, state and local officials said Monday. Jennifer Matter, 50, of…


Martin Brothers Face Arraignment on Murder Counts in Downtown Sacramento Mass Shooting

By Sam Stanton From The Sacramento Bee SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The two brothers charged with multiple murders in the April 3 mass shooting in downtown Sacramento appeared in court Thursday afternoon in a case that could lead to a death penalty prosecution against them. Smiley Martin, 27, and Dandrae Martin, 26, both face three murder counts stemming…


Man Gets Life in Prison for Fatally Stabbing Houston Boy

HOUSTON—A man was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for fatally stabbing an 11-year-old Houston boy as the child walked home from school in 2016. Andre Timothy Jackson had chosen state District Judge Denise Collins to sentence him instead of the jury that had found him guilty of murder on Tuesday in the death…