Category: murder

Rural Nevadan Accused of Kidnapping Now Charged With Murder

RENO, Nev.—A rural Nevada man accused of kidnapping and killing an 18-year-old Fernley woman last month fatally shot Naomi Irion and buried her body in a remote high-desert area, according to a new criminal complaint filed Tuesday. Lyon County District Attorney Stephen Rye filed the amended criminal complaint adding first-degree murder and other crimes to…


No New Murder Trial for Former Quebec Judge Jacques Delisle, Court Rules

A former Quebec judge found guilty in 2012 of fatally shooting his wife and whose conviction was overturned last year by the federal justice minister won’t face a new trial. Jacques Delisle, 86, had his application for a stay of proceedings accepted today by Quebec Superior Court Justice Jean-François Émond. Delisle’s lawyers argued last November…


Two People Dead in Murder-Suicide in Hamburg: Police

BERLIN—A man and a woman were found dead in Hamburg on Tuesday in an apparent murder-suicide, a police spokesperson in the northern German city said. “We have no indication whatsoever that this it was in anyway linked to political violence,” the spokesperson said. “We are treating it as a murder-suicide based on what we know….


UK: Musician Admits Murdering Teenager Bobbi-Anne McLeod

A musician has pleaded guilty to the murder of 18-year-old student Bobbi-Anne McLeod. Cody Ackland, 24, entered the plea during a plea and trial preparation hearing at Plymouth Crown Court on Tuesday. Ackland spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth and admit murdering the teenager on a date between November 19 and…


Toronto Man, 20, Charged With Murder of Mother Whose Body Was Found in Bag

Toronto police say a 20-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after his mother’s remains were found dismembered in a plastic bag. Police say in a press release that Dallas Ly was set to appear in court at Old City Hall on Sunday after he was arrested on Saturday for the alleged murder of…


Prosecutor Seeks End to Khashoggi Murder Trial in Turkey

ANKARA, Turkey—The Turkish prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi made a request Thursday that their trial in absentia be suspended and the case transferred to Saudi Arabia. The panel of judges made no ruling on the prosecutor’s request but said a letter would…


Greek Woman Charged With Murder After Deaths of 3 Daughters

ATHENS, Greece—A 33-year-old woman from southern Greece has been charged with the murder of her 9-year-old daughter, and the deaths of her two other daughters in the past three years are being reviewed in a case that has drawn national attention. Flanked by riot police and in handcuffs, she appeared in court in Athens Thursday…


Man Accused of Killing Girlfriend from Mission Viejo

SANTA ANA—A 33-year-old man was behind bars Friday on suspicion of killing his girlfriend, who went missing out of Mission Viejo in January of last year and whose body has never been found. Kerwin Andrew Varela, who is being held on $1 million bail, is scheduled for arraignment on April 1 in the jail courtroom…


3 Men Convicted of Murder in Attempted Gas Station Robbery in Buena Park

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Three men were convicted Thursday of killing a 24-year-old man on the Fourth of July weekend in 2016 in Buena Park in an attempted robbery gone wrong. In an unusual trial featuring two juries, both panels found the defendants, Jeffrey Tuli, 38, Aaron Vermont Jackson, 41, and Dejon Vincent Griffin, 38, all of…


Woman Convicted in Death of Boy, 12, Faces Life Term

ANNVILLE, Pa.—A Pennsylvania woman has been convicted of first- and third-degree murder in the death of a 12-year-old boy authorities said was starved and beaten before his death almost two years ago. Jurors deliberated for less than an hour Tuesday before convicting 37-year-old Kimberly Maurer of all charges including child endangerment, involuntary manslaughter and criminal…