Vermont murder-for-hire case sees third suspect plead guilty

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Man pleads guilty in failed ransom plot that may have been linked to $240M crypto heist

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Florida man pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with the carjacking and kidnapping of a Connecticut couple, in what authorities called a failed ransom plot that may have been linked to a $240 million cryptocurrency heist. Just a week earlier, at least two thieves had stolen $240 million worth of Bitcoin in an elaborate scam over the …

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Prosecutor’s review finds new suspects in 1996 double killing and no ties to man tried 5 times

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NEW YORK — For 16 years, a suburban New York prosecutor’s office insisted it had the right man in a notorious 1996 double killing. On Monday, the office’s current leader, Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah, said a reinvestigation identified two suspects and “no connection” to the man her predecessors tried and retried in the deaths of Archie Harris, 79, …

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Prosecutor's review finds new suspects in 1996 double killing and no ties to man tried 5 times

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Woman owed man $400 for SUV when she and her baby were killed in Connecticut, police say

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HARTFORD, Conn. — A man charged in a drive-by shooting that killed a woman and her 4-month-old baby in Connecticut was ordered held on $5 million bail Monday, as a newly released arrest warrant alleged the woman owed him $400 in rent for the use of his SUV. Lance “Macho” Morales, 23, made his first appearance in state court in …

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

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At least 15 men found guilty in Gisèle Pelicot rape and assault trial lodge appeals against convictions

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Man to appear in court on double murder charge over Christmas Day killings

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Imprisoned Bay Area killer convicted of the 1986 murder of two Fremont women

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David Misch, who was already serving time for a separate murder in 1989, was convicted last week of killing two Fremont women in 1986. An imprisoned Bay Area killer has been found guilty of the 1986 murder of two young Northern California women after a DNA match connected him to the crime, authorities said. An Alameda County jury last week …

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Men who were lynched more than a century ago are innocent, judge finds

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CULPEPER, Va. — Three Black men who were lynched by mobs in Virginia during the 1800s and early 1900s have been declared innocent by a judge. The Washington Post reported Friday that the men were Charles Allie Thompson, William Thompson and William Grayson. Circuit Court Judge Dale B. Durrer on Monday found that the men “were and remain to this …

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Who is Richard Allen? The man found guilty of the 2017 Delphi murders

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Who are the men convicted in French mass rape trial?

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France's trial of a man who drugged his now ex-wife so he and dozens of strangers could rape her while unconscious ended on Thursday with all 51 defendants being convicted. Dominique Pelicot, 72, who admitted sedating his then wife with sleeping pills from 2011 to 2020 so that men he recruited online could rape her in her own bed, was …

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Kyle Clifford: Man accused of crossbow murders of BBC commentator John Hunt’s wife and two daughters pleads not guilty

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The names and sentences of all 51 men found guilty in the Gisèle Pelicot trial

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Watch live: Gisele Pelicot speaks out after mass rape trial verdicts of 51 defendants including ex-husband Dominique

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Dozens of men are found guilty in mass rape case of French woman drugged by her husband

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Dominique Pelicot found guilty of all charges in rape, drugging trial that shocked the world

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WARNING: This story contains details of sexual abuse. A French court has sentenced Dominique Pelicot to 20 years in prison for repeatedly drugging and raping his then-wife for almost a decade, and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her unconscious body in their home. Speaking after the sentences were handed down, Gisèle Pelicot said she "never regretted" waiving her right …

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Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann charged in 7th woman's murder

India Today

RIVERHEAD, N.Y: The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings was charged on Tuesday in the death of a seventh woman. “No one understands that more than the families.” Man charged in Long Island slayings Rex Heuermann, an architect who has lived for years in Massapequa Park on Long Island, …

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Rex Heuermann charged in death of seventh woman

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RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings was charged on Tuesday in the death of a seventh woman. “Something that doesn’t sit right.” The investigation into the Gilgo Beach killings dates back to 2010, when police searching for a missing woman found 10 sets of human …

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The suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings is charged in the death of a 7th woman

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Suspected Gilgo Beach killer, Rex Heuermann, charged with additional murder

Salon

Rex Heuermann, charged with the killing of six women in a now infamous crime case referred to as "the Gilgo Beach killings," appeared in court on Tuesday to respond to a seventh charge linking him to the death of an additional woman, according to an indictment filed in Suffolk County Supreme Court. Maintaining his innocence, Heuermann told the judge overseeing …

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Gilgo Beach killings suspect Rex Heuermann charged in killing of seventh woman

CNN

CNN — Rex Heuermann, the suspect in the Gilgo Beach killings, was charged with the murder of a seventh victim in a new superseding indictment released on Tuesday in Suffolk County court. Heuermann was charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Valerie Mack, whose partial remains were found November 2000 on Long Island in New York. In April 2011, …

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Model, 28, cleared of murdering husband, 77, after Googling ‘perfect crime’

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Man who jumped a desk to attack a Nevada judge in the courtroom is sentenced

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LAS VEGAS — A man who was captured on video attacking a judge in a Las Vegas courtroom after vaulting over her bench and desk has been sentenced to decades in prison. Deobra Redden was ordered on Tuesday to serve between 26 and 65 years in a Nevada prison for the attack on Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay …

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Man convicted in Laken Riley’s killing asks for a new trial

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ATLANTA — The Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley and sentenced to serve life in prison without parole has requested a new trial. Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard found Jose Ibarra guilty of murder and other charges in the February killing. The filing says the verdict is “contrary to law” and “contrary to …

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Judge sets trial date for Massachusetts man charged with killing his wife

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A trial is set for a man charged in the killing of a University of Mississippi student

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— A man is set to go on trial starting this week in the 2022 killing of a University of Mississippi student who was well-known in the local LGBTQ+ community. Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. of Grenada, Mississippi, is charged with capital murder in the death of Jimmy “Jay” Lee, 20, who was last seen July 8, 2022, at an apartment …

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A Montana man pleads not guilty and claims self-defense in the death of a man killed in a tent

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A Montana man pleads not guilty and claims self-defense in the death of a man killed in a tent

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— A self-described white supremacist charged with killing a man in a tent in southwestern Montana has pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide and claims self-defense, while investigators say there are inconsistencies in the defendant’s story. DNA tests on a beer can matched two people in the state’s criminal database, Daren Abbey and someone believed to be Abbey’s twin brother, …

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In Final Plea, Amnesty International Urges Biden To Free Leonard Peltier

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LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Amnesty International is appealing to President Joe Biden to use his final weeks in office to “rectify a case of injustice” by releasing 80-year-old Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier from prison. “As a matter of humanity, mercy, and human rights, you should grant clemency and release Leonard Peltier,” reads a Wednesday letter to Biden …

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Man arrested and charged after woman found dead at her home

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Former West Virginia jail officer pleads guilty to civil rights violation in fatal assault on inmate

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Minnesota man freed after 16 years behind bars for a murder prosecutors say he didn’t commit

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CNN — After serving 16 years behind bars, a Minnesota man was released from prison after a judge vacated his murder conviction for a crime prosecutors say he didn’t commit. “Nothing can give Mr. Barrientos-Quintana those 16 years back, and for that, we are so sorry,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said during a news conference Tuesday. And more to …

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Who is Richard Allen? All about Delphi murder suspect found guilty of brutal 2017 slayings on Indiana teens

Hindustan Times

Delphi murder suspect Richard Allen has been found guilty by a jury in the gruesome murders of Indiana teens Abigail Williams and Liberty German. Richard Allen found guilty of brutal 2017 slayings on Indiana teens Liberty German and Abigail Williams Allen, 52, a former drugstore employee, was found guilty by the 12-person jury on two counts of murder and two …

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Who is Richard Allen? All about Delphi murder suspect found guilty of brutal 2017 slayings on Indiana teens

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Indiana man is found guilty of murder in the 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls

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— A former drugstore worker in the small Indiana community of Delphi was found guilty of murder on Monday in the killings of two teenage girls who vanished during an afternoon hike. I killed Abby and Libby.” McLeland also said Allen is the man seen following the teens in a grainy cell phone video recorded by one of the girls …

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Delphi Murders Trial: Richard Allen Found Guilty

Huff Post

A 52-year-old man who prosecutors said was “hiding in plain sight” was found guilty on Monday of the brutal murders of two girls in the small town of Delphi, Indiana, more than seven years ago. Prosecutors said Allen was the man — dubbed by online sleuths as “Bridge Guy” — glimpsed and heard in the chaotic video filmed at about …

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Delphi murders trial verdict: Richard Allen found guilty on all charges

CNN

CNN — Richard Allen has been found guilty of two counts of murder and two counts of felony murder in the highly publicized Delphi murder trial, according to CNN affiliate WTHR. “I believe the evidence is firmly convincing that Richard Allen is ‘Bridge Guy,’ and he killed Abby and Libby,” McLeland told the jury, referring to a video taken from …

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Indiana man is found guilty of murder in the 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls

LA Times

In this courtroom sketch, Richard Allen, left, is seated next to one of his defense attorneys, Andrew Baldwin, inside a courtroom at the Carroll County Courthouse in Delphi, Ind. World & Nation One of two girls killed in Indiana captured cellphone audio of suspect, police say One of two teenage girls killed along a northern Indiana hiking trail last week …

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Jury convicts man of killing girlfriend and hiding her body in rural Minnesota

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MANKATO, Minn. — A Minnesota man was convicted Thursday in the killing of his girlfriend, whose 2023 disappearance garnered national attention and prompted thousands of people to join search efforts before her body was found hidden in a rural area of the state. He was arrested in June 2023, days after deputies found the body of Madeline Kingsbury in a …

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

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Trial in 2017 Killings of 2 Teenage Girls in Indiana Reaches Midpoint as Prosecution Rests

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The trial of a man accused of killing two teenage girls in Indiana has reached its halfway point. Prosecutors rested their case Thursday against Richard Allen after jurors heard recorded phone calls in which he told his wife that he killed Abigail Williams and Liberty German. Allen's trial began Oct. 18 at the Carroll County Courthouse in Delphi, the girls' …

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Delphi suspect says he had a sex addiction and planned to rape victims before the murders, jail confessions reveal

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Billionaire Heiress Eliza Fletcher's Killer Pleads Guilty to Murder, Abduction

Hindustan Times

Billionaire heiress Eliza Fletcher's killer pleads guilty to first-degree murder. Cleotha Abston, from Tennessee, admitted to kidnapping and killing Fletcher, a 34-year-old kindergarten teacher, while she was on an early morning run. He was sentenced to 80 years in prison for raping a woman in 2017 and for the murder of Fletcher.

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Delphi murders suspect’s chilling comments to police when they finally turned up at his door

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Opening Statements in Murder Trial of Former Boyfriend of Minnesota Woman

Associated Press

Opening statements in the murder trial of Adam Fravel, the former boyfriend of a Minnesota woman whose body was found hidden in a rural area of the state in 2023, began on Thursday. Prosecutors painted a picture of Fravel's abusive behavior towards his girlfriend, while his defense attorneys presented a different narrative, highlighting the couple's normal disagreements and the police …

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A man is convicted in the killing of noted Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco

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Man accused of Trump assassination bid in Florida pleads not guilty

Hindustan Times

Ryan Routh, the 58-year-old man accused of plotting to kill Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course, pleaded not guilty on Monday to several federal charges. Man accused of Trump assassination bid in Florida pleads not guilty His lawyer Kristy Militello entered the not guilty plea during a brief arraignment in a West Palm Beach federal courthouse …

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Cops were hunting a murder suspect for a year – then they found him sitting in his high school class

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New Hampshire woman to plead guilty in the death of her 5-year-old son

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NASHUA, N.H. — A New Hampshire woman is preparing to plead guilty in the death of her 5-year-old son, according to court documents. Danielle Dauphinais, 38, will plead guilty Thursday to second-degree murder and two counts of witness tampering in the death of her son Elijah Lewis, according to a plea agreement filed Monday. Dauphinais’ boyfriend, Joseph Stapf, pleaded guilty …

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Prosecutors and victim's family call for the release of a Minnesota man convicted of murder in 2009

Hindustan Times

MINNEOLIS — The local prosecutor and family of the victim are calling for a man's murder conviction to be vacated after a review by the Minnesota attorney general concluded he's innocent. Prosecutors and victim's family call for the release of a Minnesota man convicted of murder in 2009 Jurors in 2009 found Edgar Barrientos-Quintana guilty of killing 18-year-old Jesse Mickelson …

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