The first openly transgender woman set to be executed in the U.S. is asking Missouri’s governor for mercy, citing mental health issues. Lawyers for Amber McLaughlin, now 49, on Monday asked Republican Gov. Mike Parson to spare her. McLaughlin was convicted of killing 45-year-old Beverly Guenther on Nov. 20, 2003. …
Read More »New Mexico judge and pets killed by husband in apparent murder
A municipal judge in New Mexico appears to have been fatally shot by her husband before he killed himself, authorities said. Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies found the bodies of Diane Albert, 65, and Eric Pinkerton, 63, several dogs and a cat on Friday at their home in the Village of …
Read More »Family of 5 found dead in their Phoenix home included attorney, her twin infants and 3
Two twin infants were among the five family members found dead inside their north Phoenix home in what now is being investigated as a murder-suicide, authorities said Thursday. Police said two adults and three children had obvious signs of trauma, but the causes of death haven’t been released yet. The …
Read More »2 people found dead, tribal officer shot on reservation in Washington
Authorities said Friday that they arrested three suspects in the slayings of two people, and the shooting of a police officer, after a daylong search on a tribal reservation in northeastern Washington. The Colville Tribes Emergency Services said on Facebook Friday evening that the third suspect was arrested in Elmer …
Read More »Parkland jury foreman on shooter’s sentencing: “It didn’t go the way I would’ve liked”
Just after a jury in Florida spared the gunman convicted of killing 17 people at Parkland‘s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School the death penalty, jury foreman Benjamin Thomas told CBS Miami he did not agree with the decision. “I don’t like how it turned out, but that’s how the jury …
Read More »Sheriff pleads for help finding 4 kidnapped family members, including infant, and their abductor
Authorities in Merced County in Central California are searching for four family members they say were kidnapped Monday morning from a local business. A manhunt is on for their abductor. The sheriff’s office says detectives are trying to find 8-month-old Aroohi Dheri, her mother, 27-year-old Jasleen Kaur, her father, 36-year-old …
Read More »North Dakota driver charged with fatally striking teenager says he purposely hit the teen after a political argument
A driver charged with fatally striking a teenager in North Dakota allegedly told investigators he purposely hit the teen with his SUV after they had a political argument, according to court documents. Cayler Ellingson, 18, was struck and killed following a street dance in McHenry early Sunday. The driver accused …
Read More »Baltimore prosecutors move to vacate murder conviction of “Serial” podcast subject Adnan Syed
Baltimore officials said Wednesday that they have filed a motion to vacate the conviction of Adnan Syed, the subject of the popular podcast “Serial” who was convicted in February 2000 for murdering his ex-girlfriend. Officials on Wednesday requested another trial and said new evidence — including the existence of two …
Read More »Person detained in connection to elementary school teacher’s abduction in Memphis, Tennessee, officials say
A vehicle wanted in connection with the abduction of a woman has been found and a person detained, the Memphis Police Department reported Saturday. Authorities are still searching for the woman a day after she was allegedly kidnapped while jogging in Memphis early Friday morning. Eliza Fletcher, 34, was running …
Read More »Suspect in Ohio shootings that left 4 dead captured in Kansas
A man wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of four people in an Ohio neighborhood on Friday has been captured in Kansas, authorities announced Saturday. Police in Montgomery County’s Butler Township, north of Dayton, said officers were called to the area shortly before noon Friday on a report of …
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