Category: murder

Hunt for ‘Unpredictable’ Man After Alleged Crime Spree in Brisbane

An accused drug trafficker is being sought by police over his alleged involvement in three violent confrontations across Brisbane, including the burning down of a house. Queensland Police allege Mitchell Wilson, 27, threatened a number of people with a semiautomatic weapon during three separate incidents on Thursday in Brisbane’s north and south. “I consider this…


UK Police Charge 12-Year-Old With Murder in Car Crash Death

LONDON—British police charged a 12-year-old boy with murder on Friday after a car plowed into a woman on a city street in northern England. The woman was found dead Wednesday night at the scene of the crash in Sheffield, South Yorkshire police said. Relatives identified her as 60-year-old Marcia Grant and said she was “a…


Man Gets Life Without Parole for Killing Woman in Irvine Over a Decade Ago

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 37-year-old man was sentenced April 7 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for beating and strangling a woman to death before he dumped her body in Irvine and set it afire 13 years ago. Zenaido Baldivia-Guzman was convicted Nov. 15 of murder, along with a special-circumstance allegation of murder…


Man, Teen Jailed in Fatal Shooting at Clairemont Park in San Diego

SAN DIEGO—Two suspects were jailed April 6 in connection with a shooting that fatally wounded a man six weeks ago in a Clairemont-area park. Arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of taking part in the slaying of 22-year-old Caesar Lopez-Sandoval were Julian James Vargas, 19, and a 14-year-old boy whose name was withheld because he is…


Cash App Founder Stabbed to Death in San Francisco

Bob Lee, the creator of the mobile payment service Cash App and the former chief technology officer of Square, has been stabbed to death in San Francisco. The 43-year-old tech executive was found by officers in the early hours of April 4, after suffering multiple stab wounds. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) said there had…


Man Sentenced to Minimum 42 Years for Murdering 9-Year-Old Olivia Pratt-Korbel

A man convicted of murdering 9-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel was sentenced on Monday to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 42 years. Thomas Cashman, 34, was given two concurrent sentences for the murder of Olivia and the attempted murder of 36-year-old drug dealer Joseph Nee, his intended target. He was also given 10 years for wounding Olivia’s…


Former US Intel Director’s Daughter Gets 35 Years for Murder

ROCKVILLE, Md.—The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte was sentenced Friday to 35 years in prison in the fatal stabbing of a friend after a drunken argument at a Maryland home, prosecutors announced. Sophia Negroponte, 30, of Washington, was convicted in January of second-degree murder in the 2020 death of 24-year-old Yousuf Rasmussen….


Man, 66, Charged With Double Murder of Father and Son

A 66-year-old man has been charged with the double murder of a father and son who were shot dead at two separate addresses in England. Stephen Alderton, 66, of no fixed address, has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of possession of a firearm, Cambridgeshire Constabulary said on Friday. Alderton will…


Florida Teen Sentenced for Brutal Murder of Cheerleader Stabbed 114 Times

A Florida judge sentenced 16-year-old Aiden Fucci to life in prison on Friday for fatally stabbing his 13-year-old classmate Tristyn Bailey in a case that was especially shocking due to its brutality and the young age of both perpetrator and victim. Fucci was just 14 when on Mother’s Day in 2021 he stabbed Bailey at…


Man, 22, Charged With Killing Roommate in Mission Viejo

MISSION VIEJO, Calif.—A 22-year-old Mission Viejo man was charged March 23 with killing his roommate in the city. Guy Michael Levy, who was being held on $1 million bail, was accused of fatally shooting 22-year-old Noah Christian Aguilar, according to Orange County sheriff’s deputies. He was charged with murder with a sentencing enhancement for the…