Category: murder

Durst Faces Murder Charges in Death of His Former Wife

LOS ANGELES—Robert Durst, the New York real estate heir who was sentenced to life in prison without parole last week for murdering a confidante in Benedict Canyon, was charged in New York with the death of his former wife, Kathie Durst, who vanished in 1982, authorities confirmed Oct. 22. Durst is accused of second-degree murder…


US Woman in Bali ‘Suitcase Murder’ to Be Released Oct. 29

JAKARTA, Indonesia—A Chicago woman convicted of assisting her boyfriend in her mother’s murder and stuffing the body in a suitcase on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali in 2014 is being released early from a 10-year sentence, a prison official confirmed Wednesday. Heather Mack, who was 18 when she was arrested a day after the discovery…


UK Police Jailed for Life for Sarah Everard Murder

The former British police officer who raped and murdered Sarah Everard in March is handed a whole life order on Thursday. It means the convict, 48-year-old Wayne Couzens who pleaded guilty to the kidnap, rape, and murder of Everard, will most likely die in prison as the sentence comes without any possibility of parole or conditional release unless there…


Texas Inmate Executed for Fatally Stabbing 2 Brothers

HUNTSVILLE, Texas—A Texas inmate was executed Tuesday evening for fatally stabbing two Houston-area brothers during a robbery in their home more than 30 years ago. Rick Rhoades, 57, was executed by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned for the September 1991 killings of Charles Allen, 31, and Bradley Allen, 33….


Man Charged With Murder of London School Teacher Sabina Nessa

A 36-year-old man has been charged with the murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa. Koci Selamaj, from Eastbourne, East Sussex, was arrested in the seaside town in the early hours of Sunday, and a light-coloured Nissan Micra was seized in a leafy residential street around half a mile away. He was charged on Monday,…


Man Charged With Murder of Killamarsh Mother and 3 Children

A 31-year-old man has been charged with four counts of murder after a mother and three children were found dead in a house. The bodies of John Paul Bennett, 13, Lacey Bennett, 11, their mother Terri Harris, 35, and Lacey’s friend Connie Gent, 11, were discovered at a property in Chandos Crescent in Killamarsh, near…


Judge: Woman Accused in Kids’ Slayings Still Unfit for Trial

ST. ANTHONY, Idaho—A judge has decided an Idaho woman charged with conspiring with her new husband to kill her two children is still not fit to participate in her own court proceedings. District Judge Steven Boyce made the decision Wednesday to extend Lori Vallow Daybell’s time in a state mental hospital by at least 180…


Man Convicted of Murdering Elderly Elderly Couple Denied Early Released

Daniel Marsh, who murdered and mutilated an elderly couple in 2013 will remain in prison for the duration of his sentence despite being tried as an adult at the age of 15. A California court denied Marsh’s appeal on Sept. 9 to be released in 2022 when he turns 25-years-old through the aid of Senate…


Lawyer Whose Son and Wife Were Killed Has Law License Suspended

COLUMBIA, S.C.—The South Carolina Supreme Court indefinitely suspended the law license of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday, two days after his law firm said he took money from the business. The one-page order by Chief Justice Don Beatty said he acted at the request of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, which investigates misconduct by…


Judge: Ahmaud Arbery’s Past Troubles Irrelevant to Trial

SAVANNAH, Ga.—Defense attorneys for the men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery won’t be allowed to present evidence of the slain black man’s past legal problems when their clients stand trial for murder, a Georgia judge ruled. Gregory and Travis McMichael, a father and son, and their neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. are awaiting trial this…