Cold case Newport Beach murder solved after 41 years, police say

6 days, 1 hour ago

No jail time for man who killed 82-year-old in Rotterdam, court cites psychosis

NL Times

A Rotterdam court has ruled that the man who fatally stabbed an 82-year-old passerby in early 2024 cannot be held criminally responsible due to a temporary psychosis at the time of the attack. The court determined that the suspect’s psychosis had so severely distorted his perception of reality that it entirely drove his violent actions. His psychotic state appeared to …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Police name Kerryn Tate murder suspect as Terence John Fisher after cold case DNA breakthrough

ABC

Evolving DNA technology has helped WA Police identify a new suspect in the cold case murder investigation of Perth woman Kerryn Tate, whose death has remained a mystery for more than 45 years. Assistant Commissioner Coombes said Mr Fisher had no criminal record and his only dealings with WA Police were "minor traffic infringements". Mixed emotions from families Acting Senior …

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3 weeks ago

Man sentenced to life in prison for killing 2 Kansas sheriff’s deputies

Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A man was sentenced to two life sentences Thursday for killing two Kansas sheriff’s deputies as they were trying to move him between a courthouse and a jail in June 2018. Fielder had already been charged with two other killings before overpowering and fatally shooting Wyandotte County Deputies Theresa King and Patrick Rohrer in a gated …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Charges filed in deaths of 3 Kansas City Chiefs fans whose bodies were found in friend’s backyard

Associated Press

Two men were charged Wednesday in the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans whose bodies were found in a backyard two days after they got together to watch the final game of the regular season in 2024. Speculation about what happened started after 38-year-old Ricky Johnson, 36-year-old Clayton McGeeney and 37-year-old David Harrington were found dead in Willis’ Kansas …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Cold case team arrests suspect in 1992 Hague murder

NL Times

The police arrested a 70-year-old man from The Hague in the cold case investigation into the murder of Louis “Loek” van Dam in 1992. The case went no further, despite the police’s cold case team picking it up again several times. In November last year, the cold case team again examined the case, giving it extensive attention on the investigative …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Father, 28, died in alleyway after stabbing as police launch murder investigation and arrest woman, 19, and three men

Daily Mail

A young father-of-one was reportedly attacked by 'several males' in an alleyway close to his home before being fatally stabbed, as police confirmed four people have now been arrested. Police have arrested four people following the fatal stabbing of a 28-year-old father, named on social media as Jordan Hogg, in the early hours of Friday in Hemlington, Middlesborough The father-of-one …

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1 month ago

Phoenix police arrest suspect in their oldest cold case dating back nearly 40 years

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1 month ago

2 police officers killed during traffic stop in Virginia Beach

Associated Press

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Two police officers in Virginia were shot and killed during a traffic stop late Friday night, authorities said. Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate said at a news conference on Saturday that officers Cameron Girvin and Christopher Reece were killed after stopping a vehicle for expired plates. Virginia Beach police Friday night’s deadly shooting of two …

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1 month ago

Phoenix police arrest suspect in 1986 murder, their oldest cold case

CNN

CNN — Lachelle “Shelly” Jeannine Waite was 18 years old when her older sister, Annette, found her dead in their family home in 1986. At the time of Waite’s murder, detectives had a strong lead but not enough evidence to make an arrest, and the case went cold, according to a Phoenix PD news release. In 2016, Phoenix PD’s Cold …

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Cold case detectives arrest 61-year-old man on suspicion of murdering the 'Lady of the Hills' 21 years after her half-naked body was found dumped at a Yorkshire beauty spot - in a crime that baffled U

Daily Mail

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a Thai woman whose body was found in the Yorkshire Dales more than 20 years ago. Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact the Cold Case Review Unit at North Yorkshire Police, quoting reference number 12170002439. Lamduan Armitage, who would now be 55, remained unidentified for 15 years, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Police fatally shoot homicide suspect on Newport Beach Pier

LA Times

Police fatally shot a homicide suspect during a confrontation on the Newport Beach Pier early Saturday following a high-speed chase that began in Santa Ana, authorities said. The incident began when Santa Ana police received a call from the Menifee Police Department in Riverside County, who said they were investigating a homicide and believed the suspect had fled to Santa …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Three people jailed for life over Palmerston driveway murder of teenager Kingsley Alley Jr

ABC

Three people convicted of murdering a teenager after violently assaulting him and leaving him to bleed to death in a Palmerston driveway in 2022 have been jailed for life. Dechlan Wurramarra, 22, Madison Butler, 20, and her mother Melissa Clancy, 39, were each found guilty by a jury of the murder of 18-year-old Kingsley Alley Jr in November last year. …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Prosecutors claim defendant strangled, beheaded and buried homeless woman in Huntington Beach

LA Times

A man accused of killing a homeless woman in Huntington Beach more than two years ago strangled her to death before decapitating her and burying her body, Orange County prosecutors argued in court Wednesday. Padilla was homeless at the time of the woman’s death and occasionally stayed in a shed at the back of the property, Janine Madera, senior prosecutor …

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2 months ago

2 arrested, 1 dead after police pursuit from Newport Beach to Costa Mesa, victim ID’d

LA Times

Police, fire and city crews respond early Sunday to a fatal crash near the intersection of 22nd Street and Santa Ana Avenue in Costa Mesa. Two Los Angeles County men are in jail, while a third is dead, after a Newport Beach police pursuit Sunday led to a crash in Costa Mesa that took down a power pole and caused …

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2 months ago

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after 75-year-old stabbed to death in Putney in London

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2 months, 1 week ago

Man gets 19 years in prison for beating girlfriend in Huntington Beach

LA Times

Conor Verdun in October pleaded guilty to attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, dissuading a witness from reporting a crime, criminal threats and false imprisonment, all felonies, according to court records. Conor Bryan Verdun, who pleaded guilty Oct. 3, held the woman in an apartment against her will at Brookhurst Street and Hamilton Avenue and beating her with a …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Police arrest suspected gunman wanted for random Rotterdam shootings

NL Times

Police in Rotterdam arrested a 24-year-old man suspected of killing three different men in separate, random shootings since December 21. Police arrested a 20-year-old man from Amsterdam in connection with the first two shootings on Monday, but authorities have yet to say what role he played in the slayings. On Saturday, December 21, a 63-year-old man died after being shot …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

McDonald’s worker accused of shooting and killing DoorDash driver in argument inside restaurant

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Suspect killed by police in shootout has now been linked by DNA to 1981 cold-case murder

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

23-year-old arrested on suspicion of murder after three found stabbed to death in California home

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3 months ago

Person detained, arrested on suspicion of murder after 3 fatally stabbed in Baldwin Park home

LA Times

The Baldwin Park police and Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to multiple people stabbed at the 4700 block of Bogart Avenue in Baldwin Park at 6:48 p.m. Thursday. Three people were found dead inside a Baldwin Park home, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said, and a 23-year-old man who lived at the home was arrested on suspicion of …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Tshey Bennett murder described as ‘chilling’ by sheriff as suspect’s Google searches are revealed

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3 months, 1 week ago

Oklahoma cops arrest suspect who killed elderly couple then tie him to another homicide from hours earlier

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3 months, 1 week ago

Notorious ‘sweethearts’ killer dies in prison. Here’s what cracked the 1980 cold case

LA Times

Richard J. Hirschfield was admitted to San Quentin’s death row more than 30 years after he killed two UC Davis students. For more than two decades, the slayings of two UC Davis students stumped law enforcement, until DNA evidence finally led investigators to the kidnapper and rapist behind the notorious “sweetheart murders.” Now, after 11 years on San Quentin’s death …

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2 men go free after their convictions were overturned in a case involving a discredited detective

Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Two men were freed Wednesday after their convictions were overturned in a 2009 double homicide whose investigation was overseen by a discredited white Kansas City, Kansas, police detective. That’s how overwhelmed I am,” Warren’s father, Cedric Toney, said after a vehicle carrying his son pulled away from the jail. “On his momma’s death bed she said, …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Warren Forest: Investigators launch cold case probe to link string of murders to 75-year-old Washington killer

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Man in bloody clothes leads police from Irvine to Newport Beach, surrenders after boarding boat

LA Times

Police pursued the suspect into Newport Beach, where he jumped out of his vehicle, got into a kayak near the harbor and then rowed to a boat, according to an Irvine Police Department spokesman. A 22-year old San Diego man led police in a pursuit in Orange County that began in Irvine and ended in Newport Beach Sunday after he …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Cold case team arrests Heerlen man for raping young woman in Nijmegen in 1994

NL Times

The cold case team of the Oost Nederland police arrested a 58-year-old man from Heerlen on Monday for raping a young woman in Nijmegen over 30 years ago. The woman was walking to work early one morning in January 1994 when a man she did not know grabbed her, threatened her, pulled her into a bush, and raped her. Investigators …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Suspect found sleeping on couch after mom and 2-year-old daughter are stabbed to death

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4 months ago

Man Cleared In Teen's Cold-Case Death After Passing Lie Detector Is Now Named A Suspect

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING A man who was initially ruled out in the 1979 death of a 17-year-old girl after passing a polygraph test has now been named a suspect in the case, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office in California announced Wednesday. Riverside County District Attorney's Office According to the news release, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Station described …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Suspect convicted in 2023 fatal machete stabbing in Rotterdam city center

NL Times

The District Court in Rotterdam convicted 20-year-old Tashyke L. from Spijkenisse in the slaying of 22-year-old Richairo Mariën from Helmond. L. was accused of attacking the victim with a machete on March 29, 2023, on the Korte Lijnbaan in the city center of Rotterdam. The court convicted L. on Wednesday, and sentenced him to eight years in prison, and mandatory …

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4 months, 1 week ago

A 17-year-old girl was found dead in a ditch after being stabbed a dozen times. Fifty-five years later, cops have a suspect

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4 months, 1 week ago

Arrest made in connection to decades-old Massachusetts double murder case

CNN

CNN — Forty-six years after a double homicide case in western Massachusetts went cold, an unexpected tip has led to an arrest, officials announced Wednesday. Authorities charged 71-year-old Timothy Joley with two counts of murder on October 29 in connection to the 1978 deaths of Theresa Marcoux, 18, and Mark Harnish, 20. The officer found the two victims’ remains over …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Cold case of boy, 7, found dead in Wisconsin ditch finally solved after 65 years

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

A man told 911 a bear chased him off a cliff. Weeks later, he was arrested for murder

NPR

A man told 911 a bear chased him off a cliff. "After observing Hamlett at a local hospital, a good citizen alerted the authorities and brought this manhunt to a peaceful end," Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones said in a release. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says a distressed hiker called 911 shortly before midnight on Oct. 18 "claiming to …

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Tennessee man who faked bear attack death to cover up hiker's murder is caught on the run

Daily Mail

An accused killer has been captured after stealing a man's identity and faking a bear attack to cover up the murder. The suspect, 45-year-old Nicholas Hamlett, was caught in Columbia, South Carolina, Sunday night, police said, ending a multistate manhunt following the death of 34-year-old Steven Douglas Lloyd. The suspect, 45-year-old Nicholas Hamlett (seen here in this collage of photos …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Man who allegedly staged bear attack arrested for murder in stolen identity scheme

CNN

CNN — A man accused of killing a person and staging it as a fatal bear attack in Tennessee was taken into custody in South Carolina over the weekend on murder charges, in what authorities described as a plot to steal the victim’s identity. Nicholas Wayne Hamlett, 45, was detained without incident on Sunday in Columbia, South Carolina, after being …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mary Schlais Wisconsin 1974 cold case solved after killer identified with genetic genealogy

CNN

CNN — Investigators in Wisconsin used genetic genealogy to solve a 50-year-old cold case this week, charging an 84-year-old Minnesota man with killing a woman who was found dead in 1974, authorities said. Jon Miller, of Owatonna, Minnesota, was arrested on Thursday after he “confirmed his involvement” with Schlais’ homicide, according to Dunn County Sheriff Kevin Bygd. For decades, detectives …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mysterious death of man found in burning boat is solved after 32 years

Daily Mail

A Utah man who was found dead in a burning abandoned boat has been identified after more than 30 years. But after 32 years, detectives from the Weber County Sheriff's Office were able to identify Kevin Lynn Capps, 30, as the victim using advanced DNA testing. After 32 years, detectives from the Weber County Sheriff's Office were able to identify …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Man convicted in 1998 woman’s murder and behind bars is now tied to cold-case killing

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Suspect taken into custody after shootout that left 2 LAPD officers injured

LA Times

Two Los Angeles police officers were wounded and a suspect was taken into custody Friday night after a shootout that erupted in South L.A. while officers were investigating a possible robbery, authorities said. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. Friday when the two officers from LAPD’s Southeast Division responded to a report of a robbery in the 9200 block of …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Henry Hammond - who beat a Courtney Herron to death in a Melbourne park - is plotting to live free in the community in complete SECRECY

Daily Mail

The monster responsible for the savage killing of Melbourne woman Courtney Herron has launched a secret bid to ban reporting that publicly identifies him as her killer, in part because it is affecting his mental health. Courtney Herron was brutally killed by Henry Hammond, who was later found not guilty by way of mental impairment Henry Hammond wants his name …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Murder case of jeweller shot dead in bath 35 years ago reopened by police

The Independent

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Pizza Hut worker Kavonn Ingram murdered manager ‘in cold blood’, stuffed body in trash bag over $7k inheritance

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Long Beach man who bragged about crime on Instagram pleads guilty to $2.6-million jewelry heist

LA Times

There’s no instruction manual for how to commit the perfect crime, but Ladell Tharpe learned the hard way that he probably shouldn’t have bragged about it on Instagram. Tharpe, 39, of Long Beach pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Monday to taking part in a $2.6-million heist from a Beverly Hills jewelry store on March 23, 2022. …

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6 months ago

Police stopped him for running a red light. Then they learned he was wanted for a cold-case murder

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6 months, 1 week ago

Prosecutors decline to charge a man who killed his neighbor during a deadly dispute in Hawaii

Associated Press

HONOLULU — Citing self-defense, prosecutors have declined to charge a Hawaii man who was arrested on suspicion of murder after shooting a neighbor who opened fire at a gathering, killing three women. Prosecutors declined the case Wednesday “due to issues related to self-defense and defense of others,” Honolulu police said in a bulletin update. Police responded to a 911 call …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Cause of death revealed for California couple found in concrete bunker under neighbor’s home

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