Friday, May 31, 2013

Liszt - Dante Symphony - 1. Inferno

Motorist killed in collision with train 'after trying to race the locomotive'

A motorist was killed in a crash Thursday after he reportedly tried to race a train in Irving, Texas. Just before 1 p.m., the driver, who has not been identified, collided with an eastbound Trinity Railway Express train near where the tracks cross Irby Lane, according to the Dallas Morning News. He was driving a red pickup truck. Photos from the scene of the crash show the truck in a grassy area between the road and the tracks, which run parallel to one another.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2333622/Motorist-killed-collision-train-trying-race-locomotive.html

Man struck and killed by train at Manhattan subway station

A man was struck and killed by a train at the 23rd Street Station in Manhattan, New York during Friday's morning rush-hour. The victim, whose identity has not immediately been released, was struck in the station, near Eighth Avenue, at about 5:30am. He was pronounced dead at the scene, an FDNY spokesman said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2333905/Man-struck-killed-train-Manhattan-subway-station.html

Drinker 'killed dwarf friend by putting 27 anti-depressant tablets into beer as a joke'

A man killed his dwarf friend when he poured 27 tablets into his beer as a joke, a court heard. Lee Webster, 26, played the fatal prank as he drank with 4ft Jason Wood and other friends, it was said. The prosecution claim he tipped 27 mirtazapine anti-depressants into his drink when Mr. Wood, 30, left the room to go to the toilet. Webster then disposed of the prescription pill bottle in a bid to cover up what he done - but Mr. Wood died three hours later, it was claimed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2333864/Drinker-killed-dwarf-friend-putting-27-anti-depressant-tablets-beer-joke.html

Teenager killed in botched 'staged kidnapping'

Kyle Dube, 20, is alleged to have used a fake Facebook account to lure Nichole Cable, 15, who had previously rejected his advances, out of her home in Maine, USA. The girl thought she was meeting a different friend and Dube then jumped out of woods wearing a ski mask and abducted her, a police affidavit said. He duct-taped her and put her in the back of his father's pickup truck, intending to later "rescue" her. But he then discovered she was dead so he dumped her body and covered it with branches, police alleged. The cause of her death was unclear and still being determined by a medical examiner, but according to one report the duct-tape may have suffocated her.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10089941/Teenager-killed-in-botched-staged-kidnapping.html

Mom dies after swallowing narcotics to protect drug dealer sons

A 70-year-old Spanish woman died Monday after swallowing her drug dealer sons' stash in a desperate bid to stop them from being arrested. The senior citizen wolfed down the narcotics after cops pulled over the car she was in with her two children — ages 37 and 43 — at 2:40 a.m. near Alcala de la Selva in Aragon. Officers noticed she looked "slightly out of it" and took her to a medical center in nearby Teruel. But the woman, identified only as CCC, died of a heart attack soon afterward. Her death, however, turned out to be in vain as police went on to search the homes of her children, identified as VFC and RFC, and discovered cocaine and marijuana.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/mom-dies-protect-drug-dealer-sons-cops-article-1.1358491

Third-grade boy forced to perform oral sex on three male classmates at Harlem school

A third-grade boy was dragged into a bathroom at his Harlem elementary school and forced to perform oral sex on three male classmates, including one who was involved in an attack on a female student two years earlier, according to a bombshell lawsuit. The 8-year-old boy had just finished lunch at Public School 194 and was in a hallway waiting for class to start when a fifth-grader, the ringleader, and two third-graders pushed him screaming and pleading for help into a bathroom stall, the lawsuit says. He said one boy held his hands behind his back during the March 2012 attack while another forced him to his knees. The three culprits then took turns pulling their pants down and demanded that the victim perform oral sex, according to court papers.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/boy-forced-perform-oral-sex-male-classmates-article-1.1359299

Maximum sentence imposed on Kansan who talked of roasting and eating children

A Kansas man whose gruesome online chats about killing, roasting and eating children shocked even hardened child porn investigators was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in prison. And when investigators seized data from Michael D. Arnett’s computer last May, they found images of a naked and unidentified boy, no more than 2 years old, lying in a roasting pan and sitting in an oven. Agents determined the pictures had been taken in Arnett’s home, court records said. Still, authorities said at the sentencing hearing that neither Arnett nor Ronald William Brown of Largo, Fla., ever acted on the grisly fantasies found in their online discussions.

Arnett, 38, of Roeland Park, pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography in February, hoping to persuade a Kansas City, Kan., federal judge to sentence him to only 20 years in prison, rather than the 30-year maximum. But the scales of justice tipped away from the former paramedic who had an easy way with children when the father of the child in the roasting pan stepped up to testify. The horror of the year since Arnett’s arrest was clear in the father’s soft voice. “That ain’t something to play with,” the father said. “That should never have been done. You were dealing with kids.”

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/29/4262891/maximum-sentence-imposed-on-kansan.html

1 boy killed, 1 injured after being run over by car

CHIBA — A schoolboy was killed and another seriously injured when they were run over by a car in Noda, Chiba Prefecture, on Thursday, police said. Police said the two 8-year-old boys were hit by a male driver on a municipal road at 3:50 p.m. TBS reported Friday that one of the boys, who has been named as Naohiro Kaneko, was crushed under the car and died. The other boy sustained broken bones in his shoulder and leg. According to police, the driver of the vehicle was a 23-year-old university student from Mongolia. He has been charged with reckless driving resulting in death. He was quoted by police as saying, “I tried to swerve and avoid the boys, but I accidentally hit them.”

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/1-boy-killed-1-injured-after-being-run-over-by-car

Four elephants killed when they are hit by a TRAIN speeding through the jungle

Four elephants have been killed after they became trapped on a railway line and were hit by a speeding train. The elephants were part of a herd crossing the railroad tracks in eastern India when the express passenger train ploughed into them. Two adult female elephants and one calf were killed at the scene while another died later from its injuries.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2333512/Four-elephants-killed-hit-TRAIN-speeding-jungle.html

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Bacon, eggs (sunny-side-up) and canned milk: Modest last meal of man executed for 1990 rape and murder of 10-year-old girl

Gee, I hope somebody at least didn't forget to give him a napkin so he can wipe his mouth clean before he got that injection?! Oh, and also sterilize his arm, you know, because it could get infected?!! Those victims of rape, torture, abuse and their last gasp of breath did not have a last say or dinner or what have you. What's with these pussified means of letting rapists and murderers have their last chance to be 'normal' and get what they want? If somebody's on death row and his/her time has come, Before they walk out there and get their comeuppance they should be used as punching bags, get clubbed, battered, molested, abused, stabbed, severely before they get that injection, serves them fucking right! But instead, before their last moment they get pampered. Why? I hope his meal tasted like crap and was poorly prepared... Fucking loser...

Elmer Carroll, the convicted child molester condemned for the 1990 rape and murder of a 10-year-old Florida girl, was executed Wednesday at the Florida State Prison. The 56-year-old died by lethal injection at 6:12pm at the prison in Starke. For his final meal on Wednesday morning, Carroll ate sunny-side-up eggs with bacon and sliced tomatoes, biscuits, avocados, a fruit salad of strawberries, papaya, peaches and pineapple and canned milk.

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2333108/Man-convicted-1990-rape-murder-10-year-old-girl-executed-Florida.html

Penas del infierno, siglo XVII


Andrea Locatelli - Magic Scene


Andrea Locatelli was an Italian painter of landscapes. Born in Rome, he was the son and pupil of the painter Piero Locatelli, who had studied with the Florentine Ciro Ferri.
The painting affords a view into the ruins of a sacred-looking building whose vault is borne by ruinous columns. The tooth of time has gnawed at these structures with their antique spoils, and the force of nature has likewise left its mark: Stony remains such as the stump of a column on an elevated base are overgrown with mossy vegetation.
These details unite to present us with the creepy, rotting locus of an evil spirit, where reason sleeps. The witch-like figure of Ananke, the messenger of death, evokes associations of Cronos-Saturn’s dark realm of the dead.
The spectator inadvertently becomes a witness to occult acts, a magical ritual, a necromantic operation. The painting is evidently a very personal statement by the painter who, in 1741, at the end of his life, has come into circumstances of dire privation. At the same time, with its fantastical theme – occurring only this once throughout the artist’s oeuvre – the work also describes the mood of an ambivalent epoch in which, alongside enlightened ideas such as those of Voltaire, occult traditions, for example the dark arts of Cagliostro, have managed to survive.

Aleister Crowley - Leah Sublime


Crocodile kills Indonesian man fishing for crabs

A saltwater crocodile killed a man in an Indonesian river near villages where livestock have gone missing in recent weeks. The crocodile apparently sprang from the water and pulled 51-year-old Zam Ledoh under as he searched for crabs, Kupang district police spokesman Lt Yoseph Marsudi said.

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A crocodile killed another farmer in the same river in January, and residents killed it days later.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/indonesia/10088458/Crocodile-kills-Indonesian-man-fishing-for-crabs.html

'Smoking' alcohol is a highly dangerous trend among the calorie-conscious

In an effort to lose weight, Broderic Allen stopped drinking. The North Texas man lost 80 pounds - but was unwilling to give up his buzz entirely. Instead, Allen turned to a disturbing technique: inhaling alcohol, which he says provides all of the flavor and intoxication of chugging a mixed drink with none of the sugars and calories. Allen, who achieves his high by pouring liquor over dry ice and "smoking" the vapors, called the tactic a way to "have my cake and eat it, too." "I am inhaling it. It just looks like I'm drinking it," Allen told Fox's KCTV-5 as he downed his concoction. "If you do it too much at one time it kind of overwhelms you."

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/smoking-alcohol-highly-dangerous-new-trend-experts-article-1.1357657

Texas grandpa shot down by cops in his own driveway

A 72-year-old grandfather - a law-abiding family man, his neighbors said - was shot Tuesday by police in the driveway of his home after he stepped outside to check on a noise on his quiet street in East Fort Worth, Texas. The details of the shooting Tuesday night, which shocked Jerry Waller's friends and family, are fuzzy so far. But what is clear from police is that when Waller went to investigate what he thought was a disturbance near his garage, he took his .38-caliber handgun with him. When uniformed officers arrived to investigate a neighbor's burglar alarm across the street from Waller's house, the two rookies apparently felt in danger when they saw Waller in his driveway holding the gun, and fired at him six times.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-grandpa-shot-cops-driveway-article-1.1357949

Children among 7 dead in horrific upstate New York crash between minivan and tractor-trailer

TRUXTON, N.Y. — Seven people, including children, were killed when a tractor-trailer collided with a minivan on a rural two-lane highway in upstate New York, officials said Wednesday. The rig was headed south around 6 p.m. on Route 13 about 25 miles south of Syracuse when the trailer became disconnected and crossed the center line, hitting a minivan carrying eight people, according to Capt. Mark Helms of the Cortland County Sheriff’s Department.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/7-dead-upstate-n-y-crash-minivan-tractor-trailer-article-1.1358261

Former Orthodox Jewish man attempts to auction off his spot in heaven

We have reached a new level of stupidity here, ladies and gentlemen...

Looking for a one-way ticket to heaven? Too late. Ebay has pulled a New Jersey man’s auction for his “Portion in olam habaah (heaven),” right after one eager bidder reportedly placed $100,000 on the table. RELATED: SPANISH BOTCHED FRESCO ARTIST SELLS WORK ON EBAY Ari Mandel isn’t too surprised. “It was nice to fantasize," Mandel told The Jewish Forward. “But I didn’t think it was going to happen.” The enterprising 31-year-old posted the prime spot on the auction website Tuesday morning. The winner would have received two signed contracts — one guaranteeing Mandel’s “timeshare” in the skies and another promising that Mandel would keep the spot open by staying free from sin.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ex-orthodox-jew-sell-place-heaven-ebay-article-1.1358059

Catholic Church reveals 29 priests it acknowledges are guilty of child abuse

The Catholic Church has released the names of 29 Melbourne priests who it acknowledges are guilty of sexually abusing children.

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The priests named by the Catholic Church are: Anthony Bongiorno, John Byrne, Peter Chalk, David Daniel, Bernard Day, Anthony Eames, Nazareno Fasciale, Desmond Gannon, Michael Glennon, Jack Gubbels, Barry Gwillim, Penn Jones, Bernie Mackin, Terry Merivale, Syd Morey, John O'Callaghan, Kevin O'Donnell, Tom O'Keefe, Paul Pavlou, Dominic Phillips, Ronald Pickering, Terrence Pidoto, Victor Rubeo, Peter Searson, Ray Whitehouse. The ABC has chosen not to publish the names of four priests for legal reasons.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-30/new-abuse-allegations-against-former-victorian-paedophile-priest/4723660

Two killed and 14 missing as Hurricane Barbara batters Mexico with 60mph winds and intense rainfall

Two men have been killed after Hurricane Barbara hit Mexico's southern Pacific coast yesterday, flooding roads and toppling trees before weakening to a tropical storm as it spread inland. There were reports of 60mph winds and intense rainfall battering the coast, which prompted authorities to erect shelters and suspend schools as it tried to deal with the storm. Local emergency services said a 61-year-old U.S male surfer drowned during the storm. A 26-year-old Mexican man was killed as he tried to cross a river.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2333151/Hurricane-Barbara-Two-killed-14-missing-60mph-winds-intense-rainfall.html

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Puppy with legs brutally cut off found in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Authorities are investigating what they say is one of the worst cases of animal abuse they've seen in Puerto Rico: a puppy found alive with all four legs largely cut off, leaving exposed bone. Members of a group that feeds and tries to find homes for abandoned pets said Tuesday that they found the mutilated puppy over the weekend in a parking lot near a resort in the northern coastal town of Hatillo. They had seen the same puppy when they fed it Friday, and it had not been abused when they last saw it frolicking on the beach with its mother and siblings.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/puppy-legs-brutally-cut-found-puerto-rico-article-1.1356831

Couple Charged With Capital Murder in Torture Death of Boy

LANCASTER, Calif. (KTLA) — A 29-year-old mother and her boyfriend were charged Tuesday with one count each of murder and a special circumstance of torture in the death of the woman’s son, Gabriel. Pearl Sinthia Fernandez and Isauro Aguirre, 32, made their first court appearance Tuesday where their arraignment was postponed. Authorities received a call about a child needing help at an apartment in Palmdale around 11 p.m. on Wednesday. Gabriel, 8, was found unconscious, with markings around his ankles suggesting he may have been tied up, police said. He was also found to have cigarette burns on his body, a skull fracture and several broken ribs. Gabriel was transported to an area hospital and then airlifted to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. During an interview, Aguirre admitted causing the injuries to the child, detectives said. The child’s mother admitted to being present during the assault and did not intervene on behalf of the boy.

http://ktla.com/2013/05/28/couple-charged-with-capital-murder-in-torture-death-of-boy/#axzz2UgyzSDP2

Man arrested after wife's decomposed body found in bag in Yokohama apartment

YOKOHAMA — Police in Yokohama on Tuesday arrested a 70-year-old man after the remains of his wife were found in a vinyl bag in their apartment. According to police, the remains were found in an apartment in Isogo Ward on Monday afternoon. The occupants were Isao Kinoshita and his wife Wakako. NTV reported that Wakako had not been seen for about three years. Police went to the apartment after a relative expressed concern. The decomposed body was in one of many plastic bags scattered around the apartment. Police said a DNA test showed it to be that of Wakako and that she had died about three years ago. Police found Isao at a pachinko parlor near JR Yokohama Station. He was quoted as saying that he had strangled his wife to death in 2009 because she was gravely ill. There was also a note in his apartment in which he confessed to killing his wife.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/decomposed-body-found-in-bag-in-yokohama-apartment

Man arrested over murder of wife

OSAKA — A 50-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday over the murder of his wife who was last seen in mid-May. According to police, Kaoru Nagaike did not turn up for work in Higashi-Osaka on May 20. Fuji TV reported that the company where she worked part-time received a phone call that morning from her husband Hiromi in which he said his wife was sick. He called the office again on May 21 and said, “She is quitting her job.” On May 24, one of Nagaike’s co-workers contacted police who visited the woman’s home. Nagaike’s husband told police she had left to spend a few days with her parents but she never arrived. After that, Nagaike’s husband went missing. Video surveillance camera footage outside the apartment early on May 18 showed Nagaike’s husband toting a big bag from the apartment. Police said Wednesday that Nagaike was apprehended while making a call from a public phone in Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture. He was quoted by police as saying that he resented his wife because she was too controlling but that he had not planned to kill her. Police did not reveal where Kaoru’s body was abandoned.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/police-investigate-disappearance-of-woman-husband-seen-carrying-big-bag-from-apartment

Father 'puts his six-week-old daughter in freezer for an HOUR to stop her crying'

In a shocking case of child neglect, a Washington man appeared in court in Tacoma on Tuesday accused of putting his six-week-old daughter in a freezer to stop her crying and then falling asleep. Tyler James Deutsch, 25, pleaded not guilty to charges of child assault, criminal mistreatment and interfering with reporting of domestic violence and bail was set at $1 million. Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist told the court that Deutsch fell asleep after putting the child in the freezer on Saturday, then awoke after an hour and was removing the baby when the horrified child’s 22-year-old mother returned.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2332522/Man-puts-week-old-daughter-freezer-stop-crying-faces-life-bars.html

Tragedy as family of four killed after they crashed into canal on Memorial Day holiday

A family of four died early Sunday morning when their SUV crashed into a canal and submerged near George in Washington state. The family from Stanwood, Washington were named as Dioselina Buenrostro, 33, Gabriel Ochoa, 35, and two girls Sandra Ochoa, 9, and 4-year-old Yesenia ‘Jessie’ Ochoa. The Grant County Sheriff's Office says their SUV collided with a compact car at an intersection near the Gorge Amphitheater, then struck a guardrail and plunged into the canal.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2332227/Family-4-killed-crashed-canal-Memorial-Day-holiday-near-George-Washington-state.html

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

British schoolgirl 'murdered for her organs' in India, family claim

Gurkiren Kaur Loyal's family said she was being treated for a simple case of dehydration when staff at a clinic gave her a mystery injection which took her life. Her relatives said they guarded the eight-year-old's body, meaning her organs could not be taken in time to be used in transplant operations. But she was then subjected to a "medieval" post-mortem, during which all her major organs were removed in a bid to hide the truth of how she had been killed, the grieving family claim. It was only once her body was flown home to Britain that they discovered her organs were missing and only her eyes remained, the family said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/10055772/British-schoolgirl-murdered-for-her-organs-in-India-family-claim.html

Gunmen kill female polio worker in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen in Pakistan have shot dead a female polio worker and wounded another in the northwest, while assailants have gunned down three Shiite Muslims in the south. No group immediately claimed responsibility for slaying the vaccination workers, who have become frequent targets of attacks.

http://news.yahoo.com/gunmen-kill-female-polio-worker-nw-pakistan-080712736.html

Father backs truck over 5-year-old, crushing son to death in Maine yard

A Maine 5-year-old was crushed to death by his dad who accidentally ran him over in his truck. Trent James was killed in the yard of his Charlotte home on Sunday morning after his father Calvin, 35, unknowingly backed his vehicle onto him, according to WABI TV5. The youngster was rushed to Calais Regional Hospital but pronounced dead on arrival.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/father-backs-truck-5-year-old-killing-article-1.1356209

11-Year-Old Boy Stabbed to Death; Stepfather Held

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) — The investigation continued on Tuesday into the stabbing death of an 11-year-old boy in the Westlake District during an apparent family dispute. Authorities identified the victim as Jai Shaun Lewis, of Los Angeles. Police responded to a domestic dispute call just before 9 a.m. on Monday at an apartment in the 200 block of South Carondolet Street. Officers found Lewis severely bleeding from stab wounds. He was rushed to Children’s Hospital in full cardiac arrest and pronounced dead at the hospital. In the apartment, officers found Lewis’ mother and a 26-year-old man, who was also bleeding from stab wounds. Police said he was the boy’s stepfather.

http://ktla.com/2013/05/28/11-year-old-boy-fatally-stabbed-during-family-dispute-in-westlake-district/#axzz2Ub523Q82

5 Teens Killed in Fiery Car Crash in Newport Beach

The crash happened at 5:18 p.m. Monday near the intersection of Jamboree Road and Island Lagoon Drive. The car, a newer-model Infiniti, was traveling southbound on Jamboree when it veered off the road and slammed into a tree. The vehicle split in half and one half of the car caught fire, according to Kathy Lowe, of the Newport Beach Police Department. Four people were ejected and died immediately. Another person who ended up in the back half of the car died at the hospital.

http://ktla.com/2013/05/28/serveral-hurt-in-newport-beach-car-wreck/#axzz2Ub523Q82

Man kills girlfriend, then commits suicide in front of emergency service workers

SAITAMA — A man committed suicide in front of emergency services while his girlfriend lay dead in their apartment, police said Tuesday. Emergency services were called to a ninth floor apartment in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, at around 3 a.m. Monday after neighbors reported smelling gas, NTV reported. Firefighters entered the apartment and found the body of a 34-year-old Chinese woman lying face up in bed. Marks on the woman’s neck were consistent with death by strangulation, police said later. Emergency workers located a portable cooking stove that was leaking gas in the living room. They then looked at the balcony and found the woman’s boyfriend, a 44-year-old Japanese man, holding on to the handrail, suspended outside the balcony. As firefighters approached, the man let go and fell five stories to a roof on the fourth floor. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police believe the man took his girlfriend’s life before committing suicide. An investigation into the motive behind the incident is ongoing.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-kills-girlfriend-then-commits-suicide-in-front-of-emergency-service-workers

Tragic father shoots adult daughters and then commits suicide with his three young grandchildren in the house

A California man shot his two adult daughters, before apparently committing suicide while his three young grandchildren were in the home. An 8-year old girl called 911 to report gunfire at 4:30 AM, and deputies arrived to find 63-year old Anthony Alvarez dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department said in a statement. Jennifer Kimble, 37, the mother of the young girl and two teenage boys present at the time of shootings was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331927/California-man-shoots-adult-daughters-commits-suicide-young-grandchildren-house.html

Man has nose BITTEN OFF by vicious dog as he tried to defend his girlfriend from attack

A man whose nose was bitten off by a vicious dog said he 'wants justice' after authorities failed to destroy the animal. Jimmy Rogers, 23, has been left with a gaping hole on his face after the dog turned on him and ripped out the bridge of his nose. The three-year-old dog is believed to be a cross between a pit bull and an American bulldog; pit bull-type dogs are banned in Ontario, where the attack happened.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2332004/Man-nose-bitten-vicious-dog-calls-justice-authorities-let-dog-live-just-muzzle-order.html

Monday, May 27, 2013

Pennsylvania teen charged with murder after stabbing 17-year-old girlfriend to death on a hiking trail in town park

A 16-year-old Pennsylvania boy was arrested on Saturday after police say he fatally stabbed his girlfriend as the two were arguing on a hiking trail in a park in a suburb of Philadelphia. Tristan Brian Arthur Stahley has been charged with one count each of first-degree murder, third-degree murder, and criminal possession of a weapon after stabbing his girlfriend, 17-year-old Julianne Siller, to death. Siller was scheduled to graduate from high school in just three weeks. Police in Montgomery County say the two teenagers got into an argument between 9 p.m. and 10:20 p.m. Saturday on the trail system in a park in Skippack Township.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331440/Pennsylvania-teen-charged-murder-stabbing-17-year-old-girlfriend-death-hiking-trail-town-park.html

Jogger mauled so badly by three dogs in Sydney suburb that 'his internal organs were visible as he screamed for mercy'

An Australian man attacked by three savage American Staffordshire Terriers was so badly mauled that witnesses said his internal organs were visible. Two men who rushed to the aid of jogger Rob Nelson after the three dogs went for him in Sydney said he was 'screaming for mercy' as they dragged him into the road and began mauling at him 'like fierce animals ripping apart an animal.' Mr Nelson, 49, was today undergoing an operation in Liverpool Hospital, in Sydney's western suburbs, as paramedics said the injuries to his lower body were so severe his internal organs were visible.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331623/Jogger-mauled-badly-dogs-Sydney-suburb-internal-organs-visible-screamed-mercy.html

'I've rid the world of 160,000 demons', says Catholic Church's leading exorcist as he calls on the Pope to allow all priests to perform the ritual

Fucking retarded liars, how dare they lie publicly about such a stupid showmanship act?! As if it works or helps... I'll exercise those cunt priests to not be kiddie fuckers... That would be a nice change.

The Catholic Church's leading 'exorcist' is calling for all priests to be allowed to conduct the ritual after Pope Francis apparently performed one in St Peter's Square last week. Father Gabriele Amorth, head of the International Association of Exorcists, wants the current rules requiring all priests to obtain permission to perform exorcisms from their bishop to be relaxed. Father Amorth, who claims he has carried out 160,000 exorcisms, said his request has been prompted by Pope Francis performing an what he insists was an exorcism on a Mexican man 'possessed by four demons'. He told the Sunday Times: 'I will ask the pope to give all priests the power to carry out exorcisms, and to ensure priests are properly trained for these starting with the seminary. There's a huge demand for them.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331651/Catholic-Church-s-leading-exorcist-calls-Pope-allow-priests-perform-rite-personally-ridding-world-160-000-demons.html

Blood-splattered face of a 'crazed killer who battered betting shop manager to death with hammer in botched robbery'

Splattered with blood, this is the face of a crazed madman who allegedly battered a betting shop manager to death with a hammer. The suspected killer was caught on CCTV leaving a branch of Ladbrokes in Morden, south London - which is just next door to a police station - after a botched robbery attempt. Andrew Iacovou, 55, of North Cheam, Surrey, who had worked for Ladbrokes for 20 years, suffered a fractured skull in the attack at 8am on Saturday and was pronounced dead at the scene.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331524/Andrew-Iacovou-death-Betting-shop-manager-death-hammer-botched-robbery.html

Texas shooting spree leaves 2 dead, 5 injured

A gunman randomly firing from his pickup truck killed one person and wounded five, including the sheriff of Concho County, Texas, on Sunday before the suspect was killed in a shootout with law enforcement, officials said. Authorities recovered an assault rifle, a handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition from the suspect, who was said to be 23 years old and from North Carolina. The name was withheld pending notification of relatives, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement.

http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/05/27/two-dead-five-hurt-in-texas-shooting-spree

Couple return home from cinema to find their grandparents murdered and a naked man sexually abusing their daughter, 2, after he was released from jail for IDENTICAL attack four years ago

A couple returned home from the cinema to find a naked man had beaten their grandparents to death and was raping their two-year-old daughter. Touch Chea, 71, and his wife, Sorn Sreap, 73, were found dead in Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday night from significant blunt force injuries. Police said both Sreap and the toddler were raped. Officers arrested Jerry Andrew Active, 24, as he fled the east Anchorage homicide scene wearing just his boxer shorts.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331540/Jerry-Andrew-Active-Couple-return-home-cinema-grandparents-murdered-naked-man-sexually-abusing-year-old-daughter.html

Sunday, May 26, 2013

4 dead in shootings across Chicago since Friday night

Four people have been killed and 10 others wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/20334513-418/4-dead-in-shootings-across-chicago-since-friday-night.html

Dog mauling leaves Sydney man in serious condition

A man has been rushed to Liverpool hospital in a serious condition after being mauled by three dogs in Sydney's south-west. Police say the 49-year-old was running past a house on Maxwells Avenue at Miller when the dogs, believed to be bull terriers, gave chase. He suffered multiple bite wounds to his face and arms before another man came to his rescue. Witnesses say the man who tried to intervene was also attacked.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-26/dog-mauling-leaves-man-in-serious-condition/4713722

12year-old boy dies after forklift incident in Logan

A 12-year-old boy has been killed in forklift accident at Logan, south of Brisbane. Authorities say the boy was driving the machine on a private property at Logan Village when it rolled down an embankment. It is understood he was thrown out and the forklift rolled on him. He died at the scene.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-26/boy-dies-after-forklift-incident-in-logan/4713828

Pensioner, 79, dies after 'being savaged by a dog'

Two women have been arrested following the death of a 79-year-old man who was savaged by a dog in Merseyside last night. Officers were called to an address in the Clubmoor area of Liverpool just before 8.40pm to reports of a dog attack on an elderly man in the garden of his home. When they arrived officers found the body of the man and they were confronted by a dog that was out of control.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331132/BREAKING-NEWS-Pensioner-79-dies-savaged-dog.html

Saturday, May 25, 2013

'Somebody is dead as a result of what they did - or didn't do': Faith-healing parents charged with MURDER after second child dies from pneumonia are denied bail

Parents charged with murder after they allegedly chose prayer over medical care for their sick son have been denied bail by a Philadelphia judge. Herbert Schaible, 45, and his wife Catherine, 44, were charged with third-degree murder earlier this week after their seven-month-old son Brandon died of bacterial pneumonia in April. If convicted, the Schaibles face seven to 14 years in prison or more. The couple had previously been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2009 for failing to prevent another son, two-year-old Kyle, from dying from pneumonia.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2330707/Somebody-dead-result-did--didnt-Faith-healing-parents-charged-MURDER-second-child-dies-pneumonia-denied-bail.html

Salvation at Stake by Brad S. Gregory

Woodcut illustration from “Salvation at Stake” by Brad S. Gregory, Harvard University Press.


Mosque blast kills 12 in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan – Authorities in eastern Afghanistan say explosives transported by suspected Taliban fighters accidentally detonated while they were stopped at a mosque, killing 12 people. Local official Qasim Desewal said Saturday that four civilians and eight militants died in the blast during evening prayers the night before in Ghazni province's district of Andar. He said that the Taliban had apparently stopped at the mosque while traveling and the explosives they were carrying went off while they were inside.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/05/25/blast-in-mosque-kills-12-people-in-eastern-afghanistan/

Female suicide bomber injures 11 in Russian region

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said. Police spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said the bomber blew herself up in the central square in the provincial capital, Makhachkala. He did not give details about the injured children. Since 2000, at least two dozen women, most of them from the Caucasus, have carried out suicide bombings in Russian cities and aboard trains and planes. All were linked to an Islamic insurgency that spread throughout Dagestan and the predominantly Muslim Caucasus region after two separatist wars in neighboring Chechnya.

http://news.yahoo.com/female-suicide-bomber-injures-11-russian-region-093917646.html

Buddhist monk sets himself on fire to protest slaughter of cattle in Sri Lanka

A Buddhist monk set himself on fire in Sri Lanka to protest the slaughter of cattle for their meat, authorities said Friday. It was the first attempt at self-immolation by a monk in that country. “Policemen near the temple doused the flames and rushed the monk to hospital,” a police spokesman said, according to AFP. “Just before setting himself alight, he shouted that his action was to protest the slaughter of cattle.”


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/buddist-monk-set-fire-protest-slaughter-cattle-sri-lanka-article-1.1353710

Queensland woman dies after being crushed by horse

A woman in her 30s has died after being crushed under a horse in south-east Queensland this morning. The accident happened at a trail riding property at Ocean View, north-west of Brisbane. It is believed the woman and horse fell down a ditch.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-25/woman-dies-after-being-crushed-by-horse/4712918

Three feared dead after medical plane crashes in New York state

At least two passengers are dead and a third is missing after a small airplane crashed on Friday afternoon in New York state. The plane, a Piper PA 34, was being used by the Angel Flight organization, a non-profit that sets up free air transportation for children and adults who need to travel to receive medical treatment. Investigators have found the bodies of the flight's two passengers, but are still searching for the pilot.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2330761/Three-feared-dead-medical-plane-crashes-New-York-state.html

Seventeen children and teacher burnt to death on school bus in Pakistan after faulty gas cylinder explodes

At least 17 children and a female teacher have been burned to death after a faulty gas cylinder exploded on a bus taking them to school in eastern Pakistan. Seven other youngsters were also injured in the blast on the outskirts of the city of Gujrat. Five of them were in serious condition in hospital. Twenty-four children, aged between five and 15, were being taken to a private school when the vehicle caught fire, local police chief Dar Ali Khattak told AFP.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2330767/Seventeen-children-teacher-burnt-death-school-bus-Pakistan-faulty-gas-cylinder-explodes.html

Friday, May 24, 2013

Son, 20, of disgraced former George W. Bush aide 'killed man, 25, with a hatchet during an altercation at the family's home'

The son of a former aide to President George W. Bush has been charged with murdering a man with a hatchet at his home. Claude Alexander Allen III, 20, was arrested on Friday by police after they found the body of Michael Phillip Harvey, 25, in the woods near the Allen family home in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Records show that the home is owned by Allen's father, Claude A. Allen, a former Bush domestic policy adviser who pleaded guilty to theft in 2006. The student called 911 around midnight and told police that he killed an intruder after he tried to break in. But authorities determined it wasn't a break-in and that the younger Allen knew Harvey.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2330433/Claude-A-Allen-Son-20-disgraced-George-W-Bush-aide-killed-man-hatchet.html

Father 'killed his ten-week-old daughter and gave his girlfriend two black eyes because he was angry at being left alone with her'

A father is accused of murdering his 10-week-old daughter and giving his girlfriend two black eyes because he was angry about being left alone with her, it emerged today. Alex A. Gilbert, 24, of Independence, Kansas, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of his daughter Brenlee, who died after suffering a fractured skull, broken bones and brain damage on Monday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2330521/Father-killed-week-old-daughter-gave-girlfriend-black-eyes-angry-left-baby.html

German Werewolf, woodcut, 1722


Der Teufel, woodcut by A.R. Penck


Mother-of-six stabbed 'devoted' father of her children to death after he returned to the family home to try and patch up their relationship

-Dawn Barr, 42, killed ex-partner Darren Orrett at their home in Cheadle
-She told him she was leaving him after 12 years for new lover Robert Joyce
-Mr Orrett returned to the house to see one of his daughters
-The pair argued and Barr stabbed him in the neck with a vegetable knife

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2330282/Darren-Orrett-murder-Mother-Dawn-Barr-stabbed-devoted-father-children-death-returned-family-home-try-patch-relationship.html

One killed and another 'severely' injured as a 50,000-pound slab of concrete falls at a mall parking lot during construction

One man was killed and another injured when a portion of a parking garage collapsed at a Maryland mall on Thursday. The incident occurred just before 2pm at the Westfield Montgomery Mall when a 'key section' of the parking deck collapsed. The parking deck was under construction at the time of the accident, and it is not clear whether or not those injured were construction workers or members of the public.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2330065/One-killed-severely-injured-50-000-pound-slab-concrete-falls-mall-parking-lot-construction.html

Driver, 33, killed after pipe flies through his Volvo windshield and impales him

A California driver was killed at the wheel after a metal pipe smashed through his windscreen and impaled him to his seat on Wednesday morning. The 33-year-old man was found dead in the driver's seat, with the car's engine still running, by a highway patrols officer. No one else was in the car.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329264/Driver-killed-pipe-flies-windshield-impales-him.html

Man held suspected of eating his grandmother

The dismembered body of a 95-year-old grandmother was found spread around her property in the Riviera town of Nice this week. The gruesome discovery was made by the victim’s daughter on Thursday morning, who has named in the French media as Arlette P. The daughter immediately raised the alarm and it was only when the police arrived that the true horror of what became of her mother unfolded before them. On searching the house police discovered the elderly woman’s legs in the freezer, and found her liver on a shelf in the fridge, French news site Le point reported. Most of the rest of the victim’s body was found buried in the garden of the family house, located on the hills above Nice. Other body parts were also left by the entrance to the property. Police arrested a man in his 40s suspected of cutting up the woman, who, according to judicial sources is the grandson of the 95-year-old. He has been named as Cedric A.

http://www.thelocal.fr/20130524/man-held-suspected-of-eating-his-grandmother

Man jailed for four years for strangling mother

A man who strangled his elderly mother during an argument at their home in the New South Wales southern highlands will spend at least four years behind bars. Terrence Kain phoned his sister one night in February 2011 and simply said: "Mum's dead. I strangled her, she's dead." When police arrived at the Goulburn home Kain, who has alcohol-induced dementia, told them he had "freaked out". "I'm not a bad guy, I just lost control," Kain said. Kain, 48, was acquitted of the murder of his 74-year-old mother Beverly Kain, but convicted of manslaughter. Mrs Kain's body was found in her bedroom. Justice Michael Adams described Kain as remorseful and said the incident was entirely out of character.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-24/man-jailed-for-four-years-for-strangling-mother/4711326

Bride-to-be found GUILTY of stabbing fiancé to death hours before their wedding

A would-be bride accused of driving a knife through her fiancé's heart on their wedding day last year has been convicted of murder. A jury in Allentown, Pennsylvania found Na Cola Franklin guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday, according to reports. Prosecutors said Franklin and her fiancé, 36-year-old Billy Brewster, got into an argument early in the morning on August 11, the day they were supposed to be married. Police said they found Brewster bleeding from his chest shortly after 2am in the home they shared with three children.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329975/Na-Cola-Franklin-Bride-guilty-stabbing-fianc-death-hours-wedding.html

Thursday, May 23, 2013

British twins, 83, found dead with plastic bags over their heads in Spanish home in suspected double suicide

-George and James Chalkley found in the flat they shared in Fuengirola
-The pair, originally from London, had lived together their whole lives
-Police believe one returned home to find sibling had taken his life
-They believed the second sibling then decided to do the same
-One was on a bed and another was seated in a chair, investigators say
-No indication of any third party involvement

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329539/British-twins-83-dead-plastic-bags-heads-Spanish-home-suspected-double-suicide.html

Pastor’s daughter, 10, shot and killed on street outside Virginia home in horrific 'accident' by 14-year-old boy'

Authorities in Virginia are refusing to provide details in the shooting death of a 10-year-old girl outside her pastor father's home amid local reports that it was a 14-year-old boy who pulled the trigger. The Albemarle County police department says it was a male juvenile who fatally shot Maggie Hollifield outside her Crozet home around 10am on Tuesday in what church pastors are claiming to have been an ‘accident.’ Authorities remained tight-lipped into Thursday on the boy's relation to the victim, his age, and whether the weapon used was found or how it was obtained.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329670/Maggie-Hollifield-Pastor-s-daughter-10-shot-killed-outside-home-horrific-accident-14-year-old-boy.html

Seven-year-old killed by suicide jumper who plunged on top of her from tenth floor apartment in South Korea

A seven-year-old girl was killed in South Korea when a man committing suicide by jumping off a building landed on her. The little girl was hit by the 40-year-old man’s body after he plunged from his tenth-floor flat. The man, only identified as Mr Jang, is said to have jumped from his flat in the southern port of Busan on Wednesday evening.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329723/Seven-year-old-killed-suicide-jumper-plunged-tenth-floor-apartment-South-Korea.html

Boris K. (El Familiar) April 2007 - May 2013 RIP

New course that the last hands fell into the abyss
Of perpetual world.
Cause the death intones the parting song
For this one who'll die and the death will come to close him
In the fate coffin

--Hellias


You will be greatly missed my friend...

26 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger

NIAMEY, Niger — Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France. A surviving attacker took a group of soldiers hostage, and authorities were attempting to negotiate their release.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/car-bomb-attacks-in-niger-target-french-uranium-mine-army-barracks/2013/05/23/abd8f69e-c384-11e2-9642-a56177f1cdf7_story.html

Boy, 8, is bitten in face by dog in Lancaster

An eight-year-old boy is to undergo facial surgery after being attacked by a dog in Lancaster, police have said. He was attacked in the front garden of a house on Lupton Place at about 20:00 BST on Wednesday, a spokesman said. The child suffered puncture wounds to his face and was admitted to the Royal Preston hospital for surgery.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-22626772

Woman choked and raped by ex-boyfriend after dispatcher informs her there are no cops to help - and instead tells her to ask attacker to leave

A terrified woman from Josephine County, Oregon, dialed 911 to report that her violent ex-boyfriend is trying to break into her home, but in response she was told that there are no officers on duty to help her. The cash-strapped sheriff’s department in the county had been forced to lay off 23 of its 29 deputies after losing millions in federal aid. The remaining six officers had their shifts slashed to eight hours Monday through Friday. Unfortunately for the woman faced with an out-of-control jilted lover, her 911 call came on a Saturday. Eventually, the crazed man forced his way into the house, choked his former girlfriend and raped her without no one there to stop him. The suspect, Michael Bellah, was later arrested and pleaded guilty to kidnapping, assault and sex abuse. The details of her horrific ordeal last August emerged on Tuesday after voters in Josephine and Curry counties with the lowest property taxes in the state turned down tax increases that would have increased the number of officers on the force.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329375/Woman-choked-raped-abusive-ex-boyfriend-dispatcher-informs-cops-help--instead-tells-victim-just-ask-attacker-leave.html

Girl, 12, hangs herself in her bedroom 'after relentless online bullying from her classmates'

A 12-year-old girl has killed herself after relentless online bullying from her classmates, her family has claimed. Gabrielle Molina's 15-year-old sister found the young girl hanging in a bedroom at her family's home in Queens Village, New York on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The girl, who attended a local middle school, left a heartbreaking note explaining that she had taken her life after suffering taunts online from her classmates, the New York Post explained.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329576/Gabrielle-Molina-Girl-12-hangs-relentless-online-bullying-classmates.html

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

'We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you': Chilling words of bloodied man 'after he hacked soldier in Help For Heroes T-shirt to death in terror attack'

A dramatic video emerged tonight of a man with bloodied hands, carrying knives and ranting 'We swear by almighty Allah we will never stop fighting you', after a serving soldier was hacked to death by two men just 200 yards from an Army barracks. The man can be seen and heard talking to the camera in footage obtained by ITV News. It came as terrified eyewitnesses saw two men shot by police marksmen after the machete attack in Woolwich, south-east London. It is thought that the two men waited around for 20 minutes until police arrived and then tried to attack them - but were swiftly shot by armed officers including a woman. They apparently shouted 'Allah Akbar', which means 'God is great' in Arabic, and tried to film the attack, the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said. Theresa May tonight called a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee in response to the machete and knife attack on the man who was wearing a Help for Heroes t-shirt. The Home Secretary said she had been briefed on the killing by the head of MI5 and police later confirmed they were treating the incident as a possible terror attack.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329089/Woolwich-attack-Two-men-hack-soldier-wearing-Help-Heroes-T-shirt-death-machetes-suspected-terror-attack.html

39-year-old man arrested for beating 1-month-old son to death

SAITAMA — Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 39-year-old man over the death of his 1-month-old baby son in Konosu, Saitama Prefecture. According to police, the man, who has been named as Yuji Obaku, was investigated after his son Ryuto was taken to hospital and diagnosed with brain damage in early March, NTV reported. Staff at the hospital advised police that the boy’s injuries may have been caused by violence. Following a police investigation, Obaku was accused of seizing the infant by the head and slamming him into a futon mattress. Police say Obaku also shook the boy repeatedly. Obaku and his 27-year-old wife already had two children before Ryuto, police said. It is currently unknown whether Obaku’s other children also suffered from assault or mistreatment. During police questioning, Obaku was quoted by police as saying: “I got angry because he wouldn’t stop crying.”

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/39-year-old-man-arrested-for-beating-1-month-old-son-to-death

Father who set up video to capture 'paranormal' activity accidentally films his girlfriend having sex with his teenage son instead

A father who rigged up a video camera in his kitchen to capture ghosts he thought were haunting his house accidentally caught his girlfriend making love to his teenage son instead. Convinced his home had been overrun by supernatural spirits, the man, from Tasmania, Australia, set up the camcorder in his kitchen, pressed record and went to work. But when he returned to view the footage his paranoia turned to horror as he watched his partner of 11 years enter the room and begin canoodling with his 16-year-old son.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2328322/Father-set-video-capture-paranormal-activity-accidentally-films-girlfriend-having-sex-teenage-son-instead.html

Two dead and five hospitalized after mystery respiratory illness hits south Alabama

Two people have died and five others have been hospitalized by a mysterious respiratory illness in southeast Alabama, state health officials said on Tuesday. All seven adults had been admitted to hospitals with symptoms including fever, cough and shortness of breath in recent weeks, said Alabama Department of Public Health spokeswoman Mary McIntyre. McIntyre said it's unclear what's causing the illness but some of the seven patients also had the flu.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2328827/Two-dead-hospitalized-mystery-respiratory-illness-hits-south-Alabama.html

Depressed Chinese graduate jumps in front of a train... but falls on the roof instead in second bungled suicide bid

A depressed graduate has told of his relief after he twice failed to commit suicide in front of a horrified crowd in China. Awang Yao, 21, climbed on top of a high voltage line alongside a railway track after his family ordered him to get a job - but the pole he climbed was not connected to the live wire. He then decided to jump in front of a passing train, but landed on its roof and tumbled to the ground, injured but alive.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329030/Depressed-Chinese-man-bungles-suicide-attempts-vows-job.html

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Massive blast claims 13 in Shandong

Thirteen people have died after a massive blast ripped through an explosives factory on Monday morning in Shandong province, authorities said. Nineteen people were also injured in the accident at 10:45 am inside a workshop at a plant owned by Poly Explosives (Jinan) in Zhangqiu.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-05/21/content_16513605.htm

Popular College Student Dies From ‘Huffing’ Nitrous Oxide

CLAREMONT, Calif. (KTLA) — A family came to Los Angeles to celebrate the graduation of a son, instead they ended up grieving the death of another. Claremont Police responded to a call at call for help at Claremont McKenna college. They found 19-year-old student Ali Mirza unconscious inside a dorm room. Officers tell KTLA 5 News there were empty canisters of nitrous oxide lying around. The gas, better known as “laughing gas,” can cause uncontrollable laughter, dizziness, confusion, fainting, or in Ali Mirza’s case, possibly death, according to police. Police think Mirza was breathing it in with a friend to get high. Many who use N2O to get high don’t fully understand the dangers.

http://ktla.com/2013/05/21/popular-college-sophomore-dies-from-huffing-nitrous-oxide/#axzz2TwDOokdw

The Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek dies aged 74

Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, has died at the age of 74. Manzarek, who lived in Northern California's Napa Valley wine country for the past decade, had been seeking treatment in Germany for bile duct cancer, manager Tom Vitorino said. He died in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his wife and brothers. Singer Jim Morrison and then-UCLA film student Manzarek formed The Doors in 1965 after a chance meeting at Venice Beach in Los Angeles.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-21/the-doors-keyboardist-ray-manzarek-dies-aged-74/4702160

Diabetic driver, 41, impaled pedestrian on railings after losing control when his blood sugar plummeted

A diabetic driver has been jailed after he lost control of his car and impaled a pedestrian on railings when his blood sugar level plummeted while he was at the wheel. Darren Lock, 41, from Rushden, had already struck a lamppost and was driving with his front bumper dragging along the road when he hit William Dawkins, 46, in Bedford last June. Lock gave false information to a nurse about his blood sugar levels on the morning of the collision, which left Mr Dawkins in intensive care suffering a punctured lung, broken limbs and broken vertebrae in his neck, a court heard today.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327443/Darren-Lock-Diabetic-driver-impaled-William-Dawkins-railings-losing-control-blood-sugar-plummeted.html

First pictures of the missing as devastated parents search for children trapped beneath rubble of elementary school after tornado pulverizes Oklahoma suburb killing dozens

Devastated families are frantically searching for young children trapped under the rubble of an elementary school that was flattened after a monster two-mile wide tornado roared through Moore in Oklahoma, leaving dozens dead. Nine-year-old Janae Hornsby is among the children missing after Plaza Towers Elementary School was reduced to debris on Monday afternoon after the building took a direct hit during the 45 minutes of terror. Janae's heartbroken father, an Iraq veteran, and grandmother have released images of the young girl 'who always has a smile on her face' and have put out a desperate plea for information after they failed to reach Plaza Towers before the 200mph winds rattled through. She is among as many as 24 children aged between five and eight missing from the school, where seven youngsters were found drowned on Monday night after water pipes burst beneath the rubble. Initial reports said as many as 91 people across the suburb south of Oklahoma City could have been killed in the tragedy, but officials confirmed on Tuesday morning there have been 24 deaths. They now fear for as many as 40 others and expect the death count to rise. At least 240 people are injured, 60 of these children. President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster area in Oklahoma, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local efforts in Moore.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2328000/Oklahoma-tornado-2013-7-children-drowned-Plaza-Towers-Elementary-school-Moore.html

Senior killed by donkeys after being dragged from scooter

A pair of donkeys will be put down after they chased down a pensioner on his motor scooter, dragged him off and killed him. Sandor Horvath, 65, a retired firefighter, was visiting a pal's farm in Magyarszecsod, Hungary, last week when he was attacked by killer donkeys Muki and Szamoca. The animals bit and trampled him to death after dragging him about 50 metres, according to Horsetalk.co.nz. Horvath was so badly mutilated he was missing a hand and it was originally thought he had been ravaged by a wolf pack. An autopsy determined the donkeys were responsible for killing Horvath, who lived in a nearby cottage. Police said the donkeys will be treated like dogs that kill and euthanized. (And yet murderers get to go and try to rehabilitate...)

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/05/20/senior-killed-by-donkeys-after-being-dragged-from-scooter

Monday, May 20, 2013

Five dead in botched Israeli bank heist after robber takes woman hostage before shooting himself

Five people died in a bungled bank robbery before the gunman took his own life in southern Israel this afternoon. The robbers struck at a branch of Bank Hapoalim in the southern city of Beersheba at about 2pm local time. One of the robbers was reportedly barricaded inside the bank with one female hostage, before shooting himself.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327473/Five-dead-botched-Israeli-bank-heist-robber-takes-woman-hostage-shooting-himself.html

Three Chicago teens charged with raping girl, 12, and posted video on Facebook

Three teenage boys are accused of raping a 12-year-old girl at gunpoint and then posting a video of the attack on Facebook. Kenneth Brown, 15, Justin Applewhite and Scandale Fritz, both 16, appeared at court on Friday charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault. They are accused of luring the young girl to Fritz's home in Englewood, Chicago, before sexually assaulting her. The girl visited the home on West 60th Place on December 15, last year. Prosecutors said she saw Brown hold a gun and was then told by Fritz to go to the basement. The girl said she was raped by Fritz and then ordered to have sex with Brown and Applewhite. Prosecutors said the girl refused but was raped by Brown and Applewhite and ordered to perform sex acts on them. She feared being shot if she tried to escape, local media reported. A day after the alleged attack, the child told someone and was taken to hospital and police were contacted.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327612/Three-Chicago-teens-charged-raping-girl-12-posted-video-Facebook.html

Chinese mother tries to kill her one-year-old son then hands herself in to police so she could be reunited with her jailed husband

A Chinese mother tried to suffocate her one-year-old child in order to be reunited with her husband in prison. Ou Mou, 20, walked into a police station in Renshou Town in Meishan, Sishuan Province, and showed officers a video clip on her phone appearing to show a young child being suffocated. She then led them back to her home where they found Zhang Yuxuan unconscious but still just about breathing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327489/Chinese-mother-tries-kill-year-old-son-hands-police-reunited-jailed-husband.html

Elementary school teacher 'kills her baby daughter after locking her inside a sweltering car'

A Dallas elementary school teacher left her one-year-old daughter inside a hot car for hours on Friday and the child was later found dead. The mother, 42-year-old Vibha Marks of Balch Springs, was arrested late Friday on a charge of second-degree felony child abandonment, according to the Dallas Police Department. Her daughter, Victoria, had just celebrated her first birthday on Thursday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327477/Elementary-school-teacher-kills-1-year-daughter-leaving-inside-hot-car.html

A 19-year-old man is facing multiple charges in connection with an unprovoked stabbing spree near Kingsway Mall

Police responded to reports that two men had been approached by another man in the parking lot outside of the McDonald’s at 111 Avenue and 106 Street around 6 p.m. Saturday in an attempted robbery. When the two men refused to hand over their cash, the man lunged at one of them, slicing his shirt and stabbing a 25-year-old man in the back. The robber then rode across the street on his bicycle to the transit station at Kingsway Mall, approached at 34-year-old man from behind and stabbed him in the left arm.

A 50-year-old women tried to distract the assailant as he chased the 34-year-old victim on foot. The man then got on his bike and rode away, only to return shortly after. When the man returned, he stabbed the 50-year-old woman in the back, inflicting life-threatening injuries in what police say appears to be retribution for her efforts to aid the 34-year-old victim. The man tried to escape on his bike before he was apprehended by police. Alcohol and drugs may have been a factor behind the man’s behavior, which was described by police as “erratic.”

http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/05/19/woman-50-seriously-injured

Couple and grandchild on bikes killed as motorist loses control

A couple in their 60s and their two-year-old grandchild have been killed in a traffic accident while out cycling in Limburg on Sunday. The man, 67, his wife, 64, and the toddler died when a car ploughed into them at around 11.00 hours. The driver of the car, a 32-year-old Polish national, apparently lost control of the car while cornering, hit a fence and then ended up on the cycle track. Police are now trying to find out why he lost control of the car.

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/05/couple_and_grandchild_on_bikes.php

Osaka man arrested for beating elderly father to death

OSAKA — Police on Monday said they have arrested a 41-year-old man after he allegedly beat his father to death at his home. The accused, who has been named as Nobuhiko Hino, threw water at his 85-year-old father while he was asleep before punching him in the face and stomach on Sunday, Fuji TV quoted police as saying. He then called police himself at 3:10 p.m. to report the attack. The victim, Toshi Hino, was taken to hospital where he was confirmed dead. Officers arrested Nobuhiko at the scene on a charge of assault and upgraded it to manslaughter on Monday. During police questioning, Hino was quoted as saying, “I had been helping my father at work and we’d had a fight. I was feeling stressed, so I hit him.”

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/osaka-man-arrested-for-beating-elderly-father-to-death

Truck fire kills 3 in SW China

GUIYANG - Three people were confirmed dead after a truck carrying ammonium nitrate burst into flames after colliding with two sedan cars in Guizhou province on Sunday, rescuers said.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-05/20/content_16510644.htm

12 dead in E China plant blast

JINAN - 12 people have been confirmed dead in a blast that ripped through an explosives manufacturing plant in East China's Shandong province Monday morning.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-05/20/content_16513050.htm

Girl, 10, shot dead while watching TV with her family after gunmen sprayed her home with bullets

A 10-year-old girl was shot dead while watching TV after gunmen opened fire on her family's home. Elvira Campos was killed when at least two suspects sprayed the property with bullets, in North Highlands, near Sacramento, California. Her father and mother were also injured in the attack, on Saturday night. At least two gunmen are believed to have carried out the shooting, which took place at around 10.30pm.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327366/Girl-10-shot-dead-watching-TV-family-gunmen-sprayed-home-bullets.html

Killed for his iPad: Father tells of his devastation as 15-year-old son dies after being dragged under a car while clinging to his birthday present

Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad in Las Vegas, police said Sunday. Jacob Dismont, 18, and Michael Solid, 21, were booked Saturday into the Clark County jail on charges of open murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. According to investigators, Marcos Arenas, 15, was walking down a street with the iPad on Thursday when a passenger got out of a vehicle and tried to steal the device from him.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2327385/Fathers-devastation-son-dies-dragged-car-clinging-iPad.html

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Divorced British father 'in custody battle' arrested after French police find bodies of his son and daughter with their throats cut

A divorced British father involved in a bitter child custody battle was being held by French police today after the bodies of his son and daughter were discovered with their throats cut. The 48-year-old man’s ex-wife found her children’s lifeless corpses after bumping into him in the lobby of apartment block in a suburb of Lyon on Saturday. The couple, who have not been named, were said to have been involved in the custody dispute following their divorce two or three years ago.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326937/Divorced-British-father-custody-battle-arrested-French-police-bodies-son-daughter-throats-cut.html

3 dead, 3 hurt in shootings across Chicago this weekend

Three men were killed and 13 other people have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday night.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/20202182-418/3-dead-3-hurt-in-shootings-across-chicago-this-weekend.html

14-year-old girl shot dead while riding on bus in Queens

A gunman fired up to 10 shots at the Q6 bus as it idled at Sutphin Boulevard and Rockaway Ave. on Saturday. It was not known if the girl, identified by police as Daja Robinson, was the target. The gunman remained at large.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/14-year-old-girl-shot-killed-riding-bus-queens-article-1.1348236

Gunman shoots 32-year-old Mark Carson dead in Greenwich Village bias attack

A homophobic gunman shot and killed a 32-year-old man at point-blank range after he unleashed a series of anti-gay slurs at the victim on a Greenwich Village street, cops said Saturday. The unidentified suspect fired a single round into Mark Carson’s head on W. Eighth St. near Sixth Ave. on Friday night, after he taunted the gay man who was walking with a friend, cops said. The hate-filled shooter — who police were still trying to identify late Saturday because he was carrying a fake ID — was with two pals when he first approached Carson and his friend on Sixth Ave. about midnight, police said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gunman-shoots-32-year-old-man-dead-greenwich-village-bias-attack-officials-article-1.1347776

Officers Shoot, Kill Man Wielding Sword Outside Inglewood Police Station

NGLEWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) — Officers shot and killed a man who was breaking patrol car windows in the Inglewood Police Department parking lot on Saturday, Inglewood Police Officer Lt. Fried said. The man refused to comply with commands to stop the violent tirade, according to Fried. He added the assailant was armed with a blade-like weapon resembling a sword that he used to smash the windows of eight patrol cars. The man was treated and transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

http://ktla.com/2013/05/18/man-shot-killed-outside-inglewood-police-station/#axzz2TjMvi8cT

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Woman 'drowned her two children and herself in icy creek because she believed family was being haunted by demons' - but her husband insists she didn't do it

Police say a woman found drowned in a southern Indiana creek with her son and daughter had killed the children and believed her family was being stalked by 'demonic presences.' The body of 35-year-old Jaime Clutter was found in March, along with the bodies of her 10-year-old son, Brandon, and 6-month-old daughter, Katelyn. The naked bodies were recovered in a park in New Albany, less than a mile from where the family. New Albany Police Chief Sherri Knight said during a news conference Friday that authorities don't know whether Clutter killed herself or drowned by accident.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326399/Jaime-Clutter-Psychotic-woman-drowned-children-icy-Indiana-creek-demons.html

Gunmen raid home in Iraq, kill 5 people

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities say gunmen have broken into the house of an anti-terrorism police officer in the southern suburbs of Baghdad, killing five people including him and his sleeping family. Police officials say the attackers stormed the house in the al-Rasheed district early Saturday and shot dead Cap. Adnan Ibrahim, his wife and two children, aged eight and 10. As they were leaving the area, the attackers killed another policeman who tried to stop them at a nearby checkpoint.

http://news.yahoo.com/gunmen-raid-home-iraq-kill-5-people-092043057.html

Montclair, N.J. shooting leaves two dead in public park

A young couple was found half-naked and dead near a park bench in a leafy New Jersey suburb — the victims of an apparent murder-suicide, authorities said Friday. Shanae Q. Howard and Brandon Brown were discovered around 10:30 p.m. Thursday in Canterbury Park, a secluded park on the south end of Montclair, N.J., after neighbors reported hearing “five or six” gunshots. “I thought it was gunshots, and then I thought, maybe it’s firecrackers,” Greg Taylor told NorthJersey.com. The woman was partially clothed and lying face up, WABC-TV reported. The man was face down.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/montclair-n-shooting-leaves-dead-public-park-article-1.1346821

Tragedy as girl, 16, killed after 'texting and driving on her first solo drive'

A 16-year-old girl was killed during her first solo drive when police say her texting on her cell phone caused her to pull in front of an oncoming tractor trailer. State troopers say Savannah Nash of Harrisonville, Missouri, was killed instantly when her PT Cruiser collided with an oncoming semi just two blocks from her home on Thursday. The crash was in fact so close to home that one of her neighbors reported hearing the horrific impact as both vehicles collided.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326400/Savannah-Nash-Girl-16-killed-texting-driving-solo-drive.html

Friday, May 17, 2013

Wife is killed as she hands her new assault rifle to her husband and it goes off, shooting her in the head

A woman has been killed after her new assault rifle which she was showing to her friends fired - shooting her in the head. Gun enthusiast Anastasia Adair, 22, was walking down the stairs and into the garage in her home in Federal Heights, Colorado, when she reached out to hand the rifle to her husband. The gun, believed to look like an AK-47, fired, hitting her in the head on Tuesday at about 10.40pm local time.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2325986/Wife-killed-shows-new-assault-rifle-husband-goes-shooting-head.html

Father, 23, threw himself under his own tractor after splitting with girlfriend of three months

A young father threw himself under his tractor after his girlfriend ended their three-month relationship, an inquest heard. Ashley Dixon, 23, was at work on a farm in Salford, when he texted his former lover Fern Brooks to say: 'I have totally given up, there is no life for me any more.' A short time later, he threw himself under the tractor. His body was found by his manager. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326158/Father-23-threw-tractor-splitting-girlfriend-months.html

Mors Omnia Vincit (Death Conquers All/Death Always Wins)

Mors Omnia Vincit by Lada Novak ca 1897


23 dead in initiation rites in South Africa

Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said on Friday. Police have opened 22 murder cases in the deaths in the northeastern province of Mpumalanga, according to spokesman Lt. Col. Leonard Hlathi. He said an inquest is being held into the 23rd death, of a youth who complained of stomach pains and vomited. Initiation ceremonies are common in South Africa, where youths partake in various activities as a rite of passage into adulthood, usually over the course of three weeks. Some 30,000 youths signed up for initiation this year. In addition to being circumcised, the boys and young men are put through a series of survival tests which sometimes include exposure to South Africa's chilly winter conditions with skimpy clothing. Their faces are painted with red clay and they also are given herbal concoctions to drink.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Africa/23-dead-in-initiation-rites-in-South-Africa/Article1-1061679.aspx

Bomb kills 28 at Sunni mosque in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — A bomb killed 28 people at a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, hitting worshippers as they were emerging from Friday prayers, security officials said. The attack in Baqouba comes after two days of attacks, many in Shiite districts, left over 50 dead. Attacks against Sunni mosques have also been on the rise recently, raising fears that the country is slipping into a new round of sectarian violence.

http://gazette.com/bomb-kills-28-at-sunni-mosque-in-iraq/article/feed/5433

At least 20 killed when mine collapses in eastern Congo

KINSHASA (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed when a mine collapsed in mineral-rich but conflict-plagued eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following heavy rains, the government said on Friday.

http://news.yahoo.com/least-20-killed-mine-collapses-eastern-congo-134001231.html

Woman stabs boyfriend after he farts in her face during argument

A drunken Florida woman stabbed her boyfriend with an 8-inch blade after he farted in her face during an argument, police say. Deborah Ann Burns, 37, allegedly knifed her lover of six years — Willie Butler, 53 — as they watched television in their Immokalee apartment last week. Burns told cops they were fighting about cash when Butler got up to go to the kitchen and broke wind on her head. She confronted him and things turned ugly — with Butler allegedly throwing a knife at her, which missed. Burns reportedly picked it up and threw it back and hit him in the stomach. She ran outside, before returning to hit him with a stick on his left arm.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woman-stabs-boyfriend-farts-article-1.1345646

Burglar shot twice after he locks Houston homeowner in gun cupboard

A dumb burglar was shot in the shoulder and leg after mistakenly locking the owner of the house in his own gun cupboard, police said. Three armed invaders broke into a Houston home at 2 p.m. Tuesday. They beat up the resident and bundled him into the closet — before going on to ransack the entire property. Burglar shot twice after he locks Houston homeowner in gun cupboard.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/burglar-locks-victim-gun-cupboard-shot-article-1.1346815

Maine man accused of killing Shaniesha Forbes thought she was pregnant Christian Ferdinand was charged with killing Shaniesha Forbes — whose burned, naked body was found on Gerritsen Beach. She was not pregnant, says the medical examiner.

He thought she was pregnant - so he killed her, cops say. The 20-year-old man accused of smothering 14-year-old Shaniesha Forbes to death, shoving her body in a suitcase and setting it aflame on a Brooklyn beach, told detectives he murdered the teen because she said she was pregnant with his child and refused to get an abortion, police sources said Thursday.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/maine-man-accused-killing-shaniesha-forbes-thought-pregnant-article-1.1345779