Florida prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a mother who forced her children, three and eight, to drink bleach. Joanne Zephir strangled her three-year-old daughter to death after stabbing her husband and making her daughters drink bleach, according to prosecutors. The 39-year-old, who claimed she was under the influence of a 'voo-doo spell', will stand trial for first degree murder with a weapon starting May 7
Pursuit of ‘non-stop executions’ causing psychological distress to corrections staff as states urged to widen gap between executionsThe relentless pursuit of “non-stop executions” by a rump of US death penalty states is exposing prison staff to extreme levels of psychological and physical stress, according to traumatized corrections officers who are appealing for help.Though capital punishment is generally on the wane in America, with only five states carrying out executions last year, those...
Taxi driver Mohammed Istakhar scoffed a curry his wife had lovingly made and left out for him before setting off for work at 3am in November 2022. Little did he know he would not return home.
Deputies with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office are investigating a stabbing that left a New Orleans woman dead in Hammond on Saturday, April 27.
HAMMOND - A mother of four died after she was found with multiple stab wounds in the backseat of a car in Hammond on Saturday afternoon. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Daniel Edwards said 31-year-old Carol Allen of New Orleans was found at 2:30 p.m. along West Pleasant Ridge Road in Hammond. She was taken to a hospital where she died. The sheriff's office is asking the public for help with information about the crime. Anyone with information can call (985) 902-2018. Permalink|...
MILFORD TOWNSHIP, PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is charged after state police said he killed his 67-year-old grandmother because he believed she was the devil. According to the Pennsylvania State Police-Blooming Grove Friday around 11:49 a.m. police charged 28-year-old George F. Sisco with the homicide of his grandmother in their home in Milford Township. []
Police are investigating after the deaths of a 16-year-old boy in Dubbo and a 28-year-old man in Sydney’s Quakers HillGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTwo people have died after separate stabbings in New South Wales overnight.Police are investigating the death of a man found with stab wounds in Sydney’s north-west, and the stabbing death of a teenager in the state’s west.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your...
A man is dead after a stabbing outside Audi Field Saturday night. D.C. police said officers responded at about 6:30 p.m. to the 100 block of T Street SW.
A man is accused of killing his wife in Simsbury on Friday, according to police.
MISSION — “We’re not the sleepy little cities we used to be, especially the McAllen area, Pharr (and) Mission. We keep growing. It’s amazing what’s going on,” McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos said amidst a gaggle of local officials on Monday.
BUFFALO TWP., UNION COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police announced a death investigation is underway after a 16-year-old boy was found dead. PSP stated on April 12 around 2:00 a.m., firefighters of Mifflinburg Hose Company responded to a structure fire with entrapment. Police say the victim, a 16-year-old boy, was unable to escape the burning home and []