A federal grand jury in Tennessee has indicted nine suspected MS-13 gang members with racketeering and violent criminal conspiracy that includes murder, officials announced Wednesday. The grand jury returned the charges in a 60-count second superseding indictment against Carlos Ochoa-Martinez, 31; Jason Sandoval, 35; Jorge Flores, 29; Kevin Tidwell, 28, all of Nashville—Jose Pineda-Caceres, 22; Franklin Hernandez,…
Missouri Woman Pleads Not Guilty in Friend’s Stabbing Death
TROY, Mo.—An eastern Missouri woman already serving a life sentence for murder pleaded not guilty Tuesday in the stabbing death of her friend a decade ago. Pamela Hupp is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of Elizabeth “Betsy” Faria, in 2011. Prosecutors contend Hupp killed Faria four days after persuading her…
NFL Player’s Brother, 2nd Man Jailed in 2016 Student Slaying
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Two Florida men, one of them the brother of an NFL player, have been arrested on murder charges in the 2016 shooting death of a college student. Donterio Rashad Fowler, 25, and Keondre Quamar Fields, 23, were being held without bail Tuesday following their arrests, Pinellas County jail records show. Fowler is the…
‘Boy Next Door Killer’ Gets Death Sentence for Murders of 2 Women
LOS ANGELES—For crimes he called “vicious and frightening,” a judge on Friday gave a death sentence to a man prosecutors called “The Boy Next Door Killer” for the home-invasion murders of two women and the attempted murder of a third. Victims’ family members wept as Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry P. Fidler handed down…
Father Accused of Killing Son in 2012 Convicted of Murder
DENVER—A Colorado father has been convicted of second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death in the 2012 disappearance of his 13-year-old son. A jury has found 59-year-old Mark Redwine guilty of the charges on Friday. Redwine was indicted in 2017 in connection with the disappearance of Dylan Redwine, who was reported missing on Nov….
Son Charged With Death of Father; Additional Remains Found
MADISON, Wis.—The son of a Wisconsin couple who went missing last week was formally accused Thursday of killing his father and dismembering his body, while authorities announced that additional human remains were found in another location. Chandler Halderson, 23, who was living with his parents in Windsor, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, hiding and…
North Dakota Man Convicted of Murder in Deaths of Mother, Officer
FARGO, N.D.—A North Dakota man was convicted of murder on Wednesday for killing his mother and a police officer during a shootout as authorities tried to evict the pair from their apartment last year. Salamah Pendleton, 42, opened fire on Officer Cody Holte and other officers in May 2020 while they were trying to serve…
Lawyer: North Dakota Man Disturbed When He Killed Mother, Officer
FARGO, N.D.—The attorney for a man charged with killing his mother and a North Dakota police officer during a shootout with law enforcement who were serving eviction papers said Tuesday that although his client pulled the trigger to cause both deaths, he should not be found guilty of murder. Defense attorney Steven Mottinger told a…
Missouri Woman Serving Life Sentence Charged in 2nd Murder
TROY, Mo.—A Missouri woman serving a life sentence for killing a disabled man in 2016 was charged Monday with killing her friend years earlier. Lincoln County prosecutors charged 62-year-old Pamela Hupp with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the 2011 slaying of Elizabeth “Betsy” Faria. Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Wood said Hupp convinced…
Warrants: Tape Bound 2 of 3 Bodies at Georgia Golf Course
KENNESAW, Ga.—Two of the three men found fatally shot at a suburban Atlanta golf course had their hands, legs and mouths bound with tape when police discovered their bodies in the bed of a pickup truck last weekend, according to court records released Friday. The details were included in arrest warrants for 23-year-old Bryan Rhoden,…
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