Bodies found in Neolithic pit were likely victims of ritualistic murder


by Ars Technica

Ars Technica— One victim may have been hogtied alive in pit, à la Mafia-style ligature strangulation.

FOX News—Texas man charged with murder after woman's body found in closet. A Texas man was charged with murder after a woman he was in a relationship was found dead, wrapped in bedding and stuffed in his closet, according to court documents. FOX 4 in Dallas reported that 34-year-old Omar Lucio was arrested on April 15 and charged in the murder of 27-year-old Corinna Johnson. Leading up to the arrest, the Garland Police Department advised the Dallas Police Department that it received a 911 call from a woman who said another woman had been beaten to death and was inside...

Lake and McHenry County Scanner—Police investigating after body of male victim found in roadway in Gurnee neighborhood. Police are investigating after a man in his 30s was found dead lying in the roadway in a residential area of Gurnee early Monday morning. The Gurnee Police Department and Gurnee Fire Department responded around 3:40 a.m. Monday to the area of Estes Street and Dorchester Avenue in Gurnee. A 911 caller reported a subject […]

CP24—Murder charge laid in death of man whose body was found in Hamilton park. Investigators say they have charged a suspect in connection with the death of Jason Gallant, a Hamilton man whose body was found in a park just over two weeks ago. Gallant’s body was found at Pier 4 Park on the morning of April 2. Police deemed the 50-year-old’s death suspicious and the Homicide Unit was called into investigate. Police said Friday that they executed two search warrants in Hamilton on Thursday evening in connection with the investigation. They said that 36-year-old...