Man who chopped off his coworker's head and put it on display at deli shop in 1991 asks to be let out of secure mental hospital so he can visit the mall

An Illinois man kept at a secure psychiatric hospital since 1993 after he decapitated his co-worker and put the victim's head on display, has asked to be allowed out for day trips. Michael Bethke was 28 when he beheaded Joseph Lesinski Jr at the White Hen Pantry in June 1991, and reportedly scrawled the word 'repent' in blood on the head. He claimed to be suffering from hallucinations that commanded him to kill, but hospital staff say Bethke has made significant progress and should be allowed out on supervised visits.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2570319/Man-chopped-coworkers-head-display-deli-shop-1991-asks-let-secure-mental-hospital-visit-mall.html

Minn. girl, 6, found apparently frozen to death outside apartment in subzero temperatures

A six-year-old girl was found apparently frozen to death outside her Minnesota apartment where temperatures had reached 27 degrees below zero, police said Thursday. The child's body was found inside the front entrance of a Bemidji apartment building at 6:23 a.m. after two 911 calls were placed by the girl's mother and a neighbor. Officers described the first-grader as having obvious signs of exposure.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/minn-girl-6-found-apparently-frozen-death-apartment-article-1.1704732

Florida man accused of killing pregnant girlfriend with machete

A Florida man is accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend with a machete while she was on the phone seeking a restraining order against him, according to police and local reports. Youvens Madeus, 24, of West Palm Beach is charged with first-degree murder after the body of his girlfriend, Horacia Simeus, was found in their shared home Monday morning.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-man-accused-killing-pregnant-girlfriend-machete-article-1.1701827

Is Louis Myers the Zodiac Killer? Man says now-dead buddy confessed to being Bay Area murderer

An upstate New Yorker claims his best buddy was the notorious Zodiac Killer, who paralyzed California’s Bay Area with fear during the late 1960s. The reason the man, then a teen, went on his bloody spree of at least five murders? Over a girl, Randy Kenney says.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-now-dead-buddy-confessed-zodiac-killer-article-1.1703245

'Jealous' police officer shot dead his wife before killing himself in murder-suicide just days after boasting in video that he bought shotgun to protect his spouse

A Texas police officer and his wife have been found shot to death in their Dallas area home in what investigators are calling a murder-suicide. Sgt Nick Pitofsky, 47, of the Crandall Police Department, allegedly killed his 42-year-old wife, Vanessa, Tuesday morning before turning the gun on himself. Dallas police responded to the couple's home in the 1800 block of Broward Street at around noon after getting a call asking to perform a welfare check.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2568982/Jealous-police-officer-shot-dead-wife-killing-murder-suicide-just-days-boasting-video-bought-shotgun-protect-spouse.html

Shocking moment woman celebrating her birthday loses an arm after being pushed in front of a subway train in Brazil

This is the horrific moment a commuter celebrating her birthday loses her arm after being pushed in front of a train by a man who ran laughing from the scene. The graphic images - captured on a camera in the tube driver's cab - shows the casually-dressed suspect running up behind his victim and shoving her onto the track as the train enters a packed underground station in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo. The attacker, who targeted Maria da Conceicao de Oliveira at random, ran away laughing, according to witnesses.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2569105/Shocking-moment-woman-celebrating-birthday-loses-arm-pushed-subway-train-Brazil.html

Three-year-old girl is mauled to death while playing with family's pet pit bull despite mother's desperate efforts to wrestle beast off her

A three-year-old girl was tragically killed in her home by the family's pet pit bull terrier in High Point, North Carolina, on Monday. Braelynn Rayne Coulter was playing when the dog suddenly attacked her. She was rushed to hospital but died later as a result of the traumatic injuries she suffered to her lower abdomen.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2568943/Three-year-old-girl-mauled-death-familys-pet-pit-bull-played.html

Two children among 12 people killed when gas cylinder explodes in Qatar restaurant opposite petrol station

A gas explosion at a restaurant in Qatar has killed 12 people, including two children, emergency services in the country said today. The blast happened shortly after 10am this morning at a Turkish restaurant near Landmark Mall in the capital Doha, and left 30 more people suffering serious injuries. Preliminary investigations suggest a faulty gas canister inside the restaurant may be to blame, with the explosion causing a fire that led to part of the building near a petrol station collapsing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2569231/Two-children-12-people-killed-gas-cylinder-explodes-Qatar-restaurant-opposite-petrol-station.html

Indian murderer is caught after victim's pet bird identifies the killer

An Indian journalist managed to catch the person who killed his wife after getting a tip off - from their pet parrot. Vijay Sharma, the editor of a Hindi daily newspaper in Agra in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, returned home to find both his wife Neelam Sharma, 45, and her pet dog, had been murdered. The only survivor was Hercule the pet parrot, but he had been stunned into silence after witnessing the horrific killings. The house had also been ransacked and jewellery and cash stolen. Police had no obvious leads, but that changed when Vijay's nephew Ashutosh visited their house after the murder. Mr Sharma said: 'The parrot that was unusually quiet suddenly started shrieking and flapping around the cage. 'It was clearly distressed about something and only calmed down when Ashutosh left. 'Then when I spoke to other people, every time I mentioned Ashutosh's name the parrot would start screeching. 'This made me really suspicious and I decided to call the police.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2569214/Hercule-parrot-Indian-murderer-caught-victims-pet-bird-identifies-killer.html

Boy, 14, accused of raping his own mother at family home

A boy of 14 has become the youngest person ever to be charged with raping their own mother. The offence is alleged to have taken place at their family home in Blackpool last weekend. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before District Judge Jeff Brailsford sitting at Blackpool Magistrates Court.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2568048/Boy-14-accused-raping-mother-family-home.html

Tragedy as father accidentally runs over his son, four, after boy gets caught under truck during morning drop off

A four-year-old Oklahoma boy has died after his father accidentally ran over him during school drop off this morning. Quaid Thomas Dolan had just climbed out of his father Brian's truck at around 8 a.m. when police say he somehow 'got hung up' in the vehicle and was pulled under the car as his dad drove away. Brian Dolan has not been cited for any wrongdoing, Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow said, adding that investigators are trying to determine exactly how the death happened.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2567809/Tragedy-father-accidentally-runs-son-4-morning-drop-off.html

Silent killer who raped and murdered 15-year-old takes two deep breaths and closes his eyes as he becomes Missouri's fourth inmate to be executed in four months

A man convicted of abducting, raping and killing a Kansas City teenager in 1989 was put to death tonight using a lethal drug after last-minute appeals Tuesday failed to stay Missouri's fourth execution in as many months. Michael Taylor, 47, of Kansas City, was executed at 12.01am Wednesday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2567606/Missouri-readies-4th-execution-4-months.html

Boy, 3, beaten to death and mom's boyfriend in custody after fleeing into the woods following 'murder'

A 3-year-old boy has been beaten to death and his mother's boyfriend, who fled into nearby woods following the incident, is in custody. Sheriff's deputies were called to a home in Georgia's Forsyth County at about 11 a.m. Tuesday and found the toddler, who neighbors identified as 'Wyatt,' unresponsive. Deputy Doug Rainwater said the mom's boyfriend fled into the woods behind the neighborhood after calling the child's mother to say something was wrong.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2568435/Boy-3-beaten-death-moms-boyfriend-custody-fleeing-woods-following-murder.html

Schoolboy, 13, hanged himself after running up £420 bill on parents' credit card by downloading Xbox games

A teenage boy hanged himself after he used his mother's credit card to spend £420 online buying games for his Xbox console. After Henry Tattersall was confronted by his parents over the huge bill, he was 'shocked and upset' and ran to his bedroom, an inquest has heard. The 13-year-old posted a message on Facebook saying 'I'm going to kill myself', and 15 minutes later was found hanging by his sister. He was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead - but a coroner has ruled that he intended to be discovered and did not plan to commit suicide.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2568244/Schoolboy-13-hanged-running-420-bill-parents-credit-card-downloading-Xbox-games.html

Father arrested for fitting a PADLOCK to four-year-old son's mouth to stop him screaming as he beat him to death for being 'a child of evil' in Nigeria

A Nigerian father has been arrested after he allegedly padlocked his son's mouth shut to stop him screaming while he battered him to death. Chris Elvis, 30, allegedly accused four-year-old Godrich of being an 'Ogbanje' or 'child of evil' and blamed him for his bad luck in recent days.

The security guard beat his son, burned him all over his body with a hot iron and then locked him in a plastic drum, according to court documents. The child's mother called police after returning from the market to find her son's horrific death.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2567357/Father-arrested-fitting-PADLOCK-four-year-old-sons-mouth-stop-screaming-beat-death-child-evil-Nigeria.html

Cincinnati man shot dead by cops after he admits stabbing mother to death

A Cincinnati man used a pen to stab to death his terminally ill mother Monday morning before calling cops, admitting his crime and being shot to death by responding officers who found the man armed with a rifle. “I just murdered my mother,” Gregory Sanders, 37, told dispatchers in a flat voice on a chilling 911 tape released Monday afternoon. “You need to come.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/cincinnati-man-killed-cops-admits-stabbing-mom-article-1.1700380

Boy, 4, accidentally stabbed to death after falling on his uncle who was carving wood

A four-year-old boy was accidentally killed after he fell on top of a hammock where his uncle was using a knife to whittle a piece of wood. Little Bralyn Shively was pushing the hammock in his family's Piedmont, Oklahoma backyard on Saturday afternoon when it suddenly broke and fell to the ground. Police said the boy was impaled when he fell on top of his uncle, 36-year-old Chris Coates, who was still holding the knife used for carving.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2567025/Boy-4-accidentally-stabbed-death-falling-uncle-carving-wood.html

Eight-year-old girl dies from internal bleeding after being beaten up by playground bullies at a school in Soweto

An eight-year-old girl has died in suburban Johannesburg after she was allegedly kicked and beaten by three male pupils at her school Lebohang Makala returned home from school on Valentine’s Day, visibly in pain and with swollen legs. She told her mother that three boys at her school in Soweto had begun to hit her while she was playing with her friends.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2567375/Eight-year-old-girl-dies-internal-bleeding-beaten-playground-bullies-school-Soweto.html

Crane collapses lowering bride on 'crystal platform', killing a man and injuring four people, including newlywed bride

One man died and four people were injured after a hydraulic crane fell over at a wedding in India. The crane was lowering a ‘crystal platform’ carrying the bride and her sister into the wedding venue in Adalaj village, near Ahmedabad in Gujarat state. The man, said to be a 40-year-old guest, died, while the injured are being treated at a nearby hospital following the accident last night.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2567346/Wedding-horror-India-crane-collapses-lowers-bride-venue-crystal-platform-killing-man-injuring-four-people.html

Japanese plant worker dies after 13 tonnes of molten metal is spilled over him

A Japanese plant worker has died after 13 tonnes of molten metal was tipped on him Kazuki Tada, 23, was working beneath a huge bucket containing an alloy that had been heated to around 1,300C at a Nippon Denko plant in southwestern Japan. The vat which was suspended in mid air, overbalanced, causing the boiling substance to fall on him.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2566987/Japanese-plant-worker-dies-13-tonnes-molten-metal-heated-1-300C-spilled-him.html

Bill Murray leads the tributes for Ghostbusters co-star Harold Ramis, as he dies age 69

Actor Bill Murray has paid tribute to Harold Ramis following news he has passed away at the age of 69 after a long illness. 

Speaking to Time Magazine Murray, who famously starred with Ramis in Ghostbusters, said: ‘Harold Ramis and I together did the National Lampoon Show together off Broadway, Meatballs, Stripes, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day.

He concluded his tribute to Ramis, who died from complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, saying: ‘He earned his keep on this planet. God bless him.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2567355/Bill-Murray-leads-tributes-Ghostbusters-star-Harold-Ramis-dies-age-69.html

The 'Vampire king' of Fresno kills 9 children

At more than 300 pounds and with dreadlocks cascading past his waist, Marcus Wesson, 57, was not what people generally think of when they hear the word “vampire.” But, when he stepped out of his home on the afternoon of March 12, 2004, one detail perfectly fit the image of the undead — he was covered in blood. Police had been called to the house off the Golden State Freeway in Fresno to break up a domestic disturbance, a panicked call from a woman who said her child was being held captive. It quickly became the scene of mass murder. The corpses were piled in a bedroom. It took hours to figure out exactly how many there were, since the bodies were tangled up in bloody clothes. The final count was nine, all under the age of 25, the three youngest under two. All had been shot in the eye with a .22 pistol, which was found in the pile near the hand of the oldest victim. They were all still warm when police entered the room.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/justice-story-vampire-king-article-1.1621606

Four men shot dead in citywide shootings

Four men were fatally shot throughout Chicago last week — including a security guard for local rapper Twista. The week began with a 126-hour stretch without a homicide, the longest murder-free stretch of 2014, and ended with four killings since late Thursday.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/index.html

Cambodian necrophiliac who attempted sex act on corpse a day after the funeral arrested after falling asleep in the COFFIN

A man who tried to have sex with a corpse after digging into the grave was arrested when he fell asleep in the coffin, police in Cambodia confirmed today. The 47-year-old man, named as Chin Chean, was caught when villagers saw his foot sticking out of the grave and told the family of the teenage girl whose body lay in the coffin. Chin Chean told police that he started digging up the coffin at 10pm, the day after he had attended the funeral of the 17-year-old girl. The Cambodia Daily reported that after digging down through the earth he reached the coffin and managed to open it. He then admitted to police that he had tried to have sex with the body but because the coffin was too small he was not able to do so.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2566495/Necrophiliac-attempted-sex-act-corpse-day-funeral-arrested-falling-asleep-COFFIN.html

Two children crushed to death by giant boulder as they lay sleeping in French ski chalet

Two children were crushed to death Sunday when a giant boulder destroyed the Alpine ski chalet in which they were sleeping. The horrific accident took place this morning just before 5am close to the resort of Isola 2000, in the south of France.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10656355/Two-children-crushed-to-death-by-giant-boulder-as-they-lay-sleeping-in-French-ski-chalet.html

3 killed in Georgia plane crash as aircraft 'tried to avoid hitting a glider'

Three people were killed Saturday when a small plane crashed at an airport in west Georgia. Two occupants of the plane died on the scene and one died later at a hospital in Columbus, LaGrange Fire Department Lt. Chris Taylor said. Authorities listed Vincent Rosetti, 60, Willy Lutz, 69, as well as Jeffrey Van Curtis, 53, as among the victims, WSBTV reported. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Kathleen Bergen said the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron aircraft crashed at LaGrange-Callaway Airport in LaGrange.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2565858/3-killed-Georgia-plane-crash-aircraft-tried-avoid-hitting-glider.html

House fire kills couple and their two children while two surviving siblings are fighting for their lives

A couple and two of their children have died after a fire engulfed their Indianapolis home this morning, while two surviving children are fighting for their lives. Firefighters found the parents and their four children - aged 14, 11, 8 and 6 - unconscious inside the small bungalow-style home on North Olney Street just after 9am. The parents, Lionel 'Leo' Guerra, 47, and his wife Brandy Mae Guerra, 33, were pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Eskenazi Hospital. The couple's 11-year-old son, Esteban Guerra, and 8-year-old daughter, Blanquita Guerra, were pronounced dead at Riley Hospital for Children, where their two siblings — a 14-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy — remained in critical condition late Saturday afternoon.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2565708/House-fire-kills-couple-two-children-two-surviving-siblings-fighting-lives.html

Man admits to murdering teen girlfriend's businessman father 'after they plotted his death over Skype because she was sick of him'

A 20-year-old Maryland man pleaded guilty on Friday to murdering his 14-year-old girlfriend's father because the teenager was 'sick of him'. Jason Bulmer admitted stabbing businessman and blogger Dennis Lane several times with a kitchen knife at the family's Ellicott City home last May. The court heard that Bulmer and his victim's daughter, Morgan Lane Arnold, had been planning the killing on Skype for nearly two months.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2565335/Man-pleads-guilty-murdering-14-year-old-girlfriends-father-two-plotted-death-Skype-sick-him.html

Father 'killed with an axe' after row with teenagers outside a London block of flats

-Paul Thrower, 46, argued with a gang outside his home in west London

-Reported they were smoking drugs and drinking outside his flat in Hayes

-One then attacked him with an axe, handyman's brother said

-Mr Thrower was taken to hospital, but died before midnight on Friday

-One 16-year-old has been arrested in connection with the incident

-Remains in custody this morning, Metropolitan Police said

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2565358/Father-killed-axe-murder-row-gang-teenagers-outside-block-flats-London.html

In a cold, flat voice, Ohio killer tells 911 he strangled his roommate

It was the killer's lifeless voice that did in his victim's mother. In a near monotone, Phillip Ham tells a 911 dispatcher that he has killed his roommate, 20-year-old Meagan Fambry of suburban Cincinnati. "This morning my roommate and I got in an argument, and I honestly lost my mind and I went off and I choked her and I killed her," Hamm said in an audio tape of his emergency call released Friday. "And it probably happened a few hours ago. Honestly, I don't know what happened to myself. I really don't," he says dully. Fambry's mother, Elizabeth Autry, told WCPO-TV she couldn't believe "how calm he was. So matter of factly (sic). He wasn't upset. He wasn't hysterical that he had just killed someone."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ohio-killer-describes-strangling-roommate-911-article-1.1659517

Body builder, 20, who became impotent after abusing steroids tried to rape woman after taking Viagra

A bodybuilder left impotent due to his steroid abuse took Viagra before attempting to rape a woman and subjecting her to a brutal assault, a court heard. After knocking his victim unconscious, Thomas Morris, 20, tried to strangle he and poured bleach over her head. He has now been jailed for five years and eight months at Stafford Crown Court for attacking two women in a few hours on September 5, last year. In the second attack, Morris tricked his way into the home of a married woman by telling her he had seen an intruder in her garden. But he suddenly overpowered his victim by putting a damp cloth over her face. The woman woke up two hours later to find her clothes had been ripped and a corrosive liquid, believed to be bleach, had been poured on her body leaving her with burns. Hours earlier, Morris took another woman to Chasewater Country Park in Staffordshire and asked her 'Does anyone know you’re here?' He then put a gloved hand over her mouth and told her 'don’t scream' before the woman managed to push him off.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564782/Bodybuilder-20-impotent-steroid-abuse-tried-rape-woman-taking-Viagra-throttling-covering-bleach.html

Newborn killed by Long Island housekeeper mom, stuffed in trash, police say

A Long Island housekeeper was accused Thursday of killing her newborn baby in the waterfront mansion where she works, stuffing the child in a plastic bag and throwing the infant in the garbage. Santos Elena Ruiz Solano, 28, of Central Islip, was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder after she showed up at a hospital suffering from complications from childbirth, Suffolk County police said. Detectives say they believe Ruiz Solano gave birth to a girl on Sunday inside the sprawling home at 40 Shoal Dr. in West Islip, where she worked as a live-in housekeeper. “The baby suffered traumatic injuries shortly after her birth and died at the scene,” police said in a statement Thursday. “Ruiz Solano then placed the baby in a plastic bag and left the home.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/newborn-killed-long-island-mom-stuffed-trash-police-article-1.1621745

Las Vegas man confesses to killing landlord and burying body in desert

A Las Vegas man says he killed his landlord and ditched her body in the desert after she tried to evict him, according to documents. Edward Kopp, 52, confessed Tuesday and was booked on a murder charge in the death of 53-year-old Sheila Linke, authorities said. The last sign of Linke being alive came in the form of a text to her boss on Jan. 26 saying she planned to evict Kopp and his girlfriend Kathy Atteberry, with whom she shared the Las Vegas home, reported the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “I’m evicting my roommates and I might have to use vacation tomorrow because it is ugly,” she wrote. They initially denied their involvement in Linke's disappearance but Kopp eventually admitted to killing her after police found human blood on his truck, said local station KVVU-TV. Police released an arrest report Wednesday outlining how Kopp described events leading up to the murder.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/las-vegas-man-confesses-killing-landlord-burying-body-desert-cops-article-1.1620588

Woman arrested for murder of Boeing exec husband as human remains are found buried in her garage TEN YEARS after she claimed he had run off with mistress

A Washington woman is facing charges of murdering her husband who went missing 10 years ago after detectives uncovered human remains buried on her Arlington property last week. But 48-year-old Michele Donohue is sticking to the story she told husband Byron Wright's company and a divorce court when he disappeared in 2004 - that he left her for a young, rich, redheaded woman. Detectives never even knew Wright was missing, though his sister says she tried to report his disappearance in 2009 and was turned down.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564486/Woman-arrested-stabbing-husband-death-TEN-YEARS-disappeared-human-remains-buried-garage.html

Boy racer killed two elderly women who were best friends after driving at nearly 60mph on the wrong side of the road - then tried to blame his friend

6 years?! It's dumb fucks like these that should be used as live test dummies...

A 19-year-old driver who hit and killed two 'inseparable' elderly women after racing almost 60 miles an hour on the wrong side of the road has been jailed. Michael Gilligan had been racing his friend's car through poorly-lit country lanes when he ploughed into the women leaving a bridge competition. Christine Coates, 75, and best friend Barbara Lea, 79, were sent flying 17 metres backwards after colliding with the Vauxhall Astra on their way home and killed instantly.

Gilligan initially refused to accept he had been behind the wheel of his friend's car at the time of the fatal crash. But the court heard he pressured car owner Chelsea Latham, 18, into giving him the keys when they met at a McDonald's restaurant earlier that night. Speaking at the trial, Miss Latham, 18, who was sat in the passenger seat, recalled screaming 'you're going to kill us all,' as she begged Gilligan to slow down. Today he was sentenced to six years in prison, banned from driving for seven years and ordered to take an extended driving re-test. The pair had been seen racing friends in two other vehicles through Millewich and Sandbach, Cheshire, half an hour before the tragic incident on the A533 at 10.45pm on June 18 last year. The next thing Miss Latham remembered was lying in the wreckage of her car.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564685/Boy-racer-killed-two-elderly-women-best-friends-driving-nearly-60mph-wrong-road-tried-blame-friend.html

Woman killed kitten by COOKING it in a microwave for five minutes because it attacked her pet goldfish

A woman killed her kitten by cooking it in a microwave for five minutes, a court has heard. Unemployed Laura Cunliffe, 23, from Hoyland near Barnsley, is said to have put four-month-old Mowgli in the microwave after it attacked her pet goldfish. Cunliffe then set the controls to cook for five minutes - Barnsley Magistrates were told.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564668/Woman-23-cooked-kitten-microwave-five-minutes-attacked-pet-goldfish.html

Man arrested for murdering wife, grandmother

NIIGATA — Police in Niigata City have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of murdering his wife and his grandmother last November. According to police, Yoshinao Kawasaki is charged with fatally stabbing his wife Rika, 27, and his grandmother Mitsumi Kawasaki, 69, at his grandmother’s house and then setting the house on fire, NTV reported Thursday. Police said Kawasaki had visited his grandmother with his wife and oldest daughter who suffered burns in the fire. Police said Kawasaki has admitted to the charge but said he didn’t remember anything about the fire.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-arrested-for-murdering-wife-grandmother

Boyfriend of murdered nurse hangs himself after police questioning

HIROSHIMA — The boyfriend of a nurse who was murdered in her dorm in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Dec 31, was found dead at his home at around 1 p.m. Thursday after having apparently hanged himself, police said. Fuji TV quoted police as saying they had questioned the man, who was in his 30s, for three days from Monday to Wednesday. The man had been asked to come to the police station for further questioning Thursday, but when he didn’t show up, police officers went to his apartment and found his body. The man’s girlfriend, Sayaka Furomitsu, 23, died of suffocation in the early hours of Dec 31. A towel had been tied tightly around her neck which also bore strangulation marks. The body was found on the first floor of the dorm by a colleague at around 6 a.m. The front door has an autolock system, police said. Police said their investigation revealed that DNA left on the towel did not match the victim’s. A task force was set up to see if the deceased nurse was being stalked or had any trouble with former patients or their relatives.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/boyfriend-of-murdered-nurse-hangs-himself-after-police-questioning

Woman 'shot five people and stabbed another' at a meeting to discuss whether to evict her from the American Indian tribe she once led

A woman in California killed four people and injured two others in an attack involving both a gun and a knife at a tribal office on a small American Indian settlement in norther California Thursday afternoon. The attack reportedly happened during a meeting at Cedarville Rancheria Tribal Office and Community Center, where residents were discussing evicting the alleged shooter from her home on the settlement. Alturas Police Chief Ken Barnes said 44-year-old Sherie Lash - a.k.a. Sherie Barnes - was taken into custody after allegedly opening fire at the community center in Alturas, about 55 miles south of the Oregon border and 35 miles west of the Nevada line.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564503/Four-dead-woman-custody-shot-five-people-stabbed-meeting-discuss-evict-American-Indian-tribe-led.html

Russian hanged herself moments after having drunken sex with her ex-boyfriend

A Russian woman hanged herself after having drunken sex with her ex-boyfriend, behind her new partner's back. Alina Bogdanova was found lifeless by Aleksandrs Zuks, 29, the next morning, after the pair rekindled their romance, an inquest today heard. The 28-year-old blonde had spent the night of October 25 last year with her ex-boyfriend, who lived with her brother in Spalding, Lincolnshire.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564173/Russian-hanged-moments-having-drunken-sex-ex-boyfriend.html

Body of 12-year-old New Mexico boy found in vacant lot, close friend charged with murder

A New Mexico teen allegedly killed his close friend and ditched his body in a field where it was discovered Tuesday afternoon. Brandon Villalobos, 15, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder as well as tampering with evidence, the sheriff’s department announced Wednesday. "Our investigators worked all through the night," Capt. Gary Hall of the Valencia County Sheriff's Department told the Daily News. Responding to a missing person call, deputies found 12-year-old Alex Madrid’s body in an open space off Meadow Lake Road and Manzano View Road in an unincorporated area of Los Lunas.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/12-year-old-new-mexico-boy-found-dead-15-year-old-charged-murder-report-article-1.1619942

Protesters capture 67 police in Kiev, at least 70 activists killed as violence erupts after brief truce

The new eruption of fighting came just hours after Ukraine's embattled president and the opposition leaders demanding his resignation called for a truce to try to resolve the country's political crisis. The two sides remained locked in a decades-long battle over the identity of the nation, whose loyalties are split between Russia and the West.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/22-dead-violence-erupts-kiev-truce-article-1.1620793

Chinese father 'stabbed to death' in a bloody row with his teenage son at an internet cafe

A Chinese teenager is accused of stabbing his own father to death in an internet cafe after a row over video games. It is alleged that the boy's father had gone to fetch his son from the internet cafe, but when the 14-year-old refused to return home the pair argued and the boy pulled out a knife and stabbed his father. The boy's mother, Hua Mai, blamed violent games for her husband's death, and said that the teenager had become 'addicted' to gaming.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2563910/Chinese-father-stabbed-death-bloody-row-teenage-son-internet-cafe.html

Nurse at Bronx health care center caught raping mute resident

An assistant walked in on Nanic Aidasani, 42, when he was on top of the 64-year-old woman in her room at the Manhattanville Health Care Center in Marble Hill, according to cops. He has been arrested and charged with rape.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/nurse-bronx-care-center-caught-raping-mute-resident-cops-article-1.1619414

Holland America cruise ship worker raped, beat and strangled passenger before trying to throw her overboard

A cruise ship worker with murderous intent broke into a passenger’s room then raped, beat and strangled her before trying to throw her overboard, the FBI said. Ketut Pujayasa, 28, admitted his evil plan to investigators after the MS Nieuw Amsterdam returned to Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, the Sun Sentinel reported. The devilish Indonesian citizen told the FBI he attacked the 31-year-old American after he knocked on her door several times during a breakfast delivery and she dissed him, saying, “Wait a minute, son of a bitch!” "Pujayasa stated that the passenger's comment of 'son of a bitch' was offensive to himself and his parents. He was angry and upset the rest of the day," FBI Special Agent David Nunez wrote in his report, according to the newspaper.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/cruise-worker-raped-throw-woman-overboard-fbi-article-1.1619217

Houston man shoots three, including ex-girlfriend, during bloody breakup

A breakup turned bloody in Houston when a spurned ex-boyfriend held his former flame hostage before shooting her, her daughter and a family friend, according to a report. All three victims were miraculously alive following the shooting early Sunday morning, KHOU-TV reported.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/houston-man-shoots-bloody-breakup-cops-article-1.1619076

Pregnant seventeen-year-old high on meth 'murdered beloved cop with her boyfriend as he tried to HELP them on road side'

Prosecutors say a 17-year-old girl was pregnant and high on meth when she and her boyfriend shot and killed a sheriff's deputy who was just trying to help them with car trouble on the side of a Utah road last month. Deputy Cory Wride was sitting in his patrol car when Megan Dakota Grunwald's 27-year-old boyfriend Jose Angel Garcia-Juaregui opened the rear window of their truck and shot him dead on January 30. That murder set off a hours-long car chase across Utah that eventually ended in officers shooting Garcia-Juaregui in the head, and he died the following day. But Grunwald survived, and now she's being tried as an adult for a dozen felonies and two misdemeanors related to Wride's death and the ensuing car chase - though she never pulled a trigger.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2562675/Pregnant-17-year-old-high-meth-murdered-cop-boyfriend-tried-HELP-led-police-chase-Utah.html

Twin suicide bombing hits Beirut outside orphanage, killing four people and wounding more than 100

Two suicide bombers who blew up their cars outside an orphanage as they tried to hit an Iranian cultural center killed at least four people and wounded more than a hundred. The pair attacked a Shiite district in southern Beirut, according to Lebanese officials and an al-Qaida linked group that claimed responsibility for the devastating attack. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades said it had carried out the simultaneous bombings as retaliation for the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah's involvement in the Syrian war alongside President Bashar Assad's forces.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2562911/Twin-suicide-bombing-hits-Beirut-killing-four-people-wounding-70.html

Mystery as 3 people found dead inside Florida home with barred windows and doors

Three people were found dead on Tuesday inside a Florida home after a welfare officer made a routine check at the house. The gruesome discovery was made in Hialeah, Florida when police were called to the scene. A murder investigation is underway with investigators revealing few details as to the identities of the individuals or how they died.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2562923/Three-people-dead-inside-Florida-home.html

Hair stylist 20, stabbed to death by man in town centre beauty salon in front of colleagues

A young hair stylist has died after being stabbed to death by a man in a town centre beauty salon. Hollie Gazzard, 20, was apparently knifed to death in front of her colleagues in Gloucester when a man stormed into her workplace and started shouting at her. She was rushed to the nearby Gloucestershire Royal Hospital following the attack last night but she later died from her injuries. Police arrested a 22-year-old man on suspicion of murder in the early hours of this morning and he is currently in custody. Chief inspector Neil Smith, from Gloucester Police station, confirmed that Hollie was previously in a relationship with the suspect they have in custody. A white tent has been erected outside the building as forensics teams continue their investigations.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2562565/Police-launch-murder-probe-woman-20-stabbed-death-town-centre-shop.html

Three men sentenced to death for gang-raping teenager for three days and pouring acid in her eyes in India

Three men have been sentenced to death in Delhi after they were convicted of gang-raping a 19-year-old woman. A court in Delhi heard the teenager was kidnapped by the three man in the Qutub Vihar area of the city as she made her way home from work in Gurgaon. Her mutilated body was discovered three days later in Rewari, Haryana, it has been reported. The court heard the girl had been beaten and acid had been poured in to her eyes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2562910/Three-men-sentenced-death-gang-raping-teenager-three-days-pouring-acid-eyes-India.html

Thai police officer among four killed and dozens wounded as fierce gun battles erupt in Bangkok

Gun battles erupted between Thai police and anti-government protesters in Bangkok today killing four people and wounding dozens of others. In a day of tangled developments in Thailand's long-running political crisis, the country's anti-corruption body announced it was filing charges against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra relating to a rice subsidy scheme that has fuelled middle-class opposition to her government. The troubled rice scheme, already near collapse, suffered another blow when the Government Savings Bank said it was scrapping a loan to a state farm bank that could have been used to prop the scheme up in the face of a revolt by depositors. The clashes were some of most intense between protesters and security forces since the campaign to unseat Yingluck began in November, and raised the prospect that the army might feel compelled to intervene if the bloodshed worsens.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2561760/Thai-police-clash-protesters-leaving-2-dead.html

Three men charged over 'brutal rape and assault of woman, 36, who was shot several times and set alight' but somehow survived

Three men are finally behind bars in Georgia for allegedly raping, shooting and setting fire to a woman on New Years Day. Miraculously, the 36-year-old victim survived the vicious attack. Joey Garron, 28, Robert Johnson and Ketorie Glover - both 23 — were systematically arrested in Columbus over the weekend, according to The Ledger-Enquirer. All three were charged with aggravated assault, rape, kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated sexual battery, aggravated sodomy, arson first degree, hijacking a motor vehicle and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2561561/Three-men-charged-brutal-rape-assault-woman-36-shot-times-set-alight-survied.html

Man beaten to death after stealing his roommate's chicken foot from a skillet

A 52-year-old Tampa man is facing manslaughter charges after allegedly beating his roommate to death in a dispute over a chicken foot. James Jugo allegedly attacked Benjamin Calderon, 56, after he took the chicken foot from a skillet where Jugo was cooking, it has been reported. An autopsy revealed Calderon, who had recently become homeless, suffered internal bleeding after being hit numerous times on the face, neck and elsewhere.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2561586/Police-Tampa-man-fatally-beaten-chicken-foot.html

Mutilated beyond belief, the white rhino left to die after poachers hacked off half its face to harvest precious ivory horn

Graphic video of a white rhino that had its horns, tongue, nose and eyes savagely hacked off by poachers has gone viral online - illustrating the brutal damage poachers inflict. Found alive in the Kruger National Park (KNP), South Africa, the rhino's injuries, visible in the video, were so severe the animal had to be euthanised. The video was originally posted in April 2013 and Mpumalanga reported at the time that there had been a sharp spike in intrusions to the national park.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2561831/END-THE-POACHING-Horrific-video-white-rhinos-hacked-face-goes-viral-online-illustrating-ravages-poaching.html

Girl 'stoned to death by Syrian fundamentalists for having a FACEBOOK account'

A Syrian girl has been stoned to death for opening a Facebook account, it has been claimed. The girl, named in media reports as Fatoum Al-Jassem, was sentenced to death by a Sharia court in Al-Reqqa after it ruled having a Facebook account was immoral behaviour. She was taken to the court by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants after she was caught using the social networking site, it has been reported.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2562051/Girl-stoned-death-Syrian-fundamentalists-having-FACEBOOK-account.html

Eight students killed and at least 10 trapped after South Korean university roof collapses during welcome ceremony

Eight university students have died and about 10 were feared trapped after the roof of a building collapsed in a South Korean city during a welcoming ceremony for first year students, officials said. Twenty other students were rescued and taken to hospitals, according to an official at the state-run National Emergency Management Agency. Fifty-eight other students received minor injuries after the collapse, which came as about 1,000 students from Busan University of Foreign Studies gathered for an orientation event for first years at a resort in the south-eastern city of Gyeongju.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2561372/Three-students-killed-10-trapped-South-Korean-university-roof-collapses.html

The real-life 'Dexter' who claims to have murdered more than 22 people she met on Craigslist in Satanic killing spree

As law enforcement investigating the sensational serial killing claims of Miranda Barbour admit her boasts could be real - others are dubbing the 19-year-old Pennsylvania girl, a 'real life Dexter'. Claiming that she only killed 'bad people who do bad things' in her self-confessed nationwide murder-spree, Barbour, 19, has been compared to the fictitious 'moral' serial killer played by Michael C. Hall on the Showtime cable network. In an interview given from prison and published on Saturday with the Daily Item in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, Barbour said that she participated in at least 22 killings in the past six years in Alaska, Texas, North Carolina and California.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2561025/North-Pole-Alaska-center-sick-story-Satanism-serial-killers-Miranda-Barbour-19-confesses-22-murders.html

Paris blaze leaves three young sisters dead

Three young sisters died Friday in a fire which engulfed their apartment in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, injuring seven others including several firefighters, officials said.

http://www.thelocal.fr/20140215/paris-blaze-leaves-three-young-sisters-dead

11 arrested for serving human meat at Nigerian hotel restaurant

Two human heads were found at an unnamed hotel restaurant and wrapped in cellophane, according to a report out of Anambra, Nigeria, in which police were tipped off to the restaurant allegedly serving human meat in burgers.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/nigerian-hotel-serves-human-meat-report-article-1.1616311

72-year-old man charged with fatally stabbing friend at retirement home

A 72-year-old man was ordered held on $500,000 bond Sunday, charged with stabbing his friend to death over a jacket at the retirement home where they both lived. Roosevelt Shaffer, 72, is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Raymond Robinson, 69, at the Bethel Terrace Senior Living facility, according to police and prosecutors.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/25636700-418/72-year-old-man-charged-with-fatally-stabbing-friend-at-retirement-home.html

Vigilante mob beats 14 young boys after going on 'gay cleansing' rampage in Nigerian city

An anti-gay mob armed with wooden clubs and iron bars have assaulted 14 young boys while trying to 'cleanse' their neighbourhood of homosexuals. Human rights activists said the mob dragged the 14 males from their beds in the Nigerian captial Abuja, before marching four of them to the local police station. The four were then allegedly punched and kicked by police officers, who yelled expletives at them while they beat them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2560061/Mob-attacks-alleged-gays-Nigerian-capital.html

Father watches in horror from car behind as his wife and four young children are killed in crash

A mom and her four children have been tragically killed after their SUV was engulfed in flames on Saturday evening after another vehicle ran a stop sign and hit their car in Fresno County, California. The crash occurred after 7 p.m. when a 2004 Nissan Quest minivan hit the 29-year-old woman and her four children - boys ages 1 and 3 and girls ages 6 and 11 - riding in a 2003 Ford Expedition SUV at an intersection. The woman's husband, who was driving a quarter mile behind the SUV, saw his wife's vehicle burst into flames and tried unsuccessfully to free his family, including breaking the windows, said California Highway Patrol Officer Axel Reyes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2560753/Mother-4-kids-killed-fiery-Calif-crash.html

Mutilated bodies wrapped in plastic found in Mexico City suburbs as country's brutal drug war is laid bare in vivid reminder

This disturbing image appears to show two headless bodies dumped on the streets of Mexico City. In the photograph, two bodies - both wrapped in plastic and bound with tape - can be seen lying on the side of a road in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico City. Both of the unidentified corpses appear to be headless in the image. According to local media, the crime scene was first cordoned off on Sunday morning - shortly after the bodies were discovered. They were found in the Nezahualcoyotl neighborhood - an area on the outskirts of Mexico City that is known for its high crime rate and gang culture. The two appear to be further victims of drugs cartels - which are common in the area. Mexico City and its surrounding states have long be gripped by violence on the streets - with much of it linked to members of drugs cartels who battle over their 'patches'. Many towns in the area now have groups of vigilantes who attempt to enforce the law on such groups.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2561164/Headless-bodies-wrapped-plastic-Mexico-City-suburbs-countrys-brutal-drug-war-laid-bare-vivid-reminder.html

All three killed as private plane crashes at upmarket Colorado ski resort just one mile from airport

All three people aboard a small private plane died when their plane crashed near a Colorado ski town, police confirmed today. The single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza took off from the airport at about 11am, on Sunday on its way to Cortez, a city in southwest Colorado about 75 miles away, San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters said in a news release. Air traffic control at the Telluride and Denver airports lost contact with the plane, prompting a search by the sheriff's office at 12:40 p.m.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2560997/Colo-officials-Private-plane-crashes-killing-3.html

Nepal plane crash in bad weather killed all 18 on board

KATHMANDU - All 18 people aboard a small plane that crashed in bad weather in Nepal were killed, an army spokesman said on Monday, after searchers battled heavy rain and harsh winds to reach the rugged site the day after the event.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/17/nepal-plane-crash-in-bad-weather-killed-all-18-on-board

Woman finds video of boyfriend having sex with her dog — on his cellphone

A British woman who looked at her boyfriend's cellphone found a clip of him having sex with her dog. The boyfriend, 19-year-old Wayne Bryson, faces up to two years in jail after the girlfriend handed the phone to police. Images on the phone showed him having sex with her Staffordshire bull terrier, reports Metro. Bryson pleaded guilty to a charge of performing an act of sexual penetration with a dog, when appeared before magistrates in Skegness, north eastern England. He told prosecutors it was the first time he had ever had sex with a dog. Bryson made bail on the condition that he is not allowed to be alone with animals, said Metro.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/woman-finds-video-boyfriend-sex-dog-cellphone-article-1.1615383

Heartbreak of father after daughter's friend is killed playing with his gun

California man Todd Francis faces four years in prison on child endangerment charges after a gun he owned and kept in his garage killed his daughter's friend. Francis pled guilty two counts of endangering a child this week, but said the threat of prison paled in comparison to the pain of responsibility he now feels. 'I'm still in shock,' he told ABC News. He recalls the June 2013 day of the incident as an ordinary one in which he had gone grocery shopping and left his teenage son in charge.

The computer specialist returned to find his home behind police tape and surrounded by law enforcement vehicles. 'I had groceries in my hand and you know...It was like every police squad car was in my neighborhood,' he said. After he left daughter Cierra, 9, and her friend Eric Klyaz, 10, had found Francis' 9 mm pistol and were playing with it. The gun went off, and Eric was killed. Francis told police the gun had been kept unloaded, stashed in a box inside the garage separate from the ammunition. Prosecutors argued it must have been loaded.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2560496/I-thought-like-son-Heartbreak-father-daughters-friend-killed-playing-gun.html

Heavily pregnant woman, 20, dies in car in pelting rain, masonry collapses on mother-of-three and freak wave claims life of cruise ship diner

The great Valentine’s Night storm left three people dead and caused continuing mayhem across Britain yesterday. In the most shocking incident, a freak wave in the English Channel smashed through the window of a cruise ship, killing a pensioner as he dined with his wife. Fallen trees and masonry paralysed road and rail networks in the worst devastation since the winter storms began.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2560330/Victims-Valentine-Tempest-Tragic-death-toll-cruellest-night-storms-yet.html

Boy, 8, killed by falling television set at afterschool program as classmates tell: 'Nobody was really looking'

A small town in Massachusetts is in mourning following the tragic death of Colby O'Brien, who died on Thursday after a television set fell on him during an afterschool program. The eight-year-old was sitting with his twin sister at Elm Street Elementary School in Gardner waiting to watch Toy Story 2 when the incident occurred about 4pm. While it is not known how the television came to fall on him, one parent described the sets used at the school as 'big, old-fashioned boxy sets placed on tall metal carts'. One boy, Brandon Comley, who was in O'Brien's class and afterschool, told The Boston Globe no one knew how it happened.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2560134/Boy-8-killed-falling-television-set-afterschool-program-classmates-tell-Nobody-really-looking.html

Five young siblings dead after raging fire at Minneapolis duplex

MINNEAPOLIS — Brandi Craig awoke before dawn Friday to a desperate scene as firefighters smashed their way into a duplex that was engulfed in flames across the street in her north Minneapolis neighborhood while tenants, including a family with seven young children, shouted for help. “They were all screaming,” Craig said, her face twisting with emotion. “Once they stopped screaming, it was over.” The fire killed five people, including at least three children, and injured several others, officials said. The cause of the blaze was being investigated, though fire officials say it appeared to have started on the second floor. The names of the victims were not immediately released.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/young-siblings-dead-raging-fire-minneapolis-duplex-article-1.1615117

Man kills girlfriend, tries to make it look like suicide

A man tried to pass off the murder of his girlfriend as a suicide, but investigators in Florida didn't buy his tale. Carlos Cadavid, 23, admitted late Friday that he had shot the woman to death inside room 108 at the Grand Motel in Dania Beach. He had only known the woman for four days, he told Broward County Sheriff's detectives. Physical evidence in the room didn't add up to a suicide, the sheriff's department said in a statement. An autopsy performed by the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death a homicide. Cadavid will be charged with first-degree murder.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-kills-girlfriend-valentine-days-tells-cops-suicide-article-1.1614984

Great gran killed in blaze after wheat bag bed warmer catches fire under her duvet as she slept

A widow aged 83 died after the microwaveable wheat bag she was using to heat her bed set her home alight. Great-grandmother Norma Hickey was asleep when the warmer – described as the ‘modern-day water bottle’ – overheated and started smouldering under her bed linen. Fire crews called to the blaze in Wallasey Village, on the Wirral, found her dead in her first-floor bedroom.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2559872/Great-gran-killed-blaze-wheat-bag-bed-warmer-catches-fire-duvet-slept.html

Father 'who hacked his disabled son's head off and left it by the road for his mom to see' ruled insane and found NOT guilty of murder

A father accused of hacking his disabled seven year-old son's head off with a meat cleaver and leaving it by the road for the boy's mother to see has been ruled not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. Defense experts have successfully proven that Jeremiah Wright, 32, from Louisiana, was suffering a delusion at the time of the brutal murder of Jori Lirette, who suffered from cerebral palsy. Wright was charged with the first degree murder of the little boy on August 14, 2011, and faced life in prison or death by lethal injection if convicted. Expert witnesses Dr. Sarah DeLand, a director at the mental facility that treated Wright, and psychiatrist George Seiden of Shreveport, said Wright suffered from a psychotic disorder at the time of the incident, couldn't tell right from wrong and believed his son was 'a CPR dummy'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2559816/Father-hacked-disabled-sons-head-left-road-mom-ruled-insane-not-guilty-murder.html

A guitarist with 78 fingers and a drummer with 22 arms - watch the amazing robo-band assembled by electronic musician Squarepusher

It is possibly the most unique backing band ever assembled. Electronic musician Squarepusher has revealed his latest tour companions - a range of robots with superhuman playing abilities. They include what appears to be a bizarre sea creatures that users lasers to play sounds, a 78 fingered drummer and a drummer with 22 arms.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2559703/A-guitarist-78-fingers-drummer-22-arms-amazing-robo-band-assembled-electronic-musician-Squarepusher.html

Heartbreaking note from inseparable couple who jumped to their deaths because they 'didn't want to be a burden'

An 'inseparable' elderly couple jumped to their deaths from their second-storey flat after leaving a note to their sons saying it was 'the best way'. Glenys and Royston Smith, 88 and 91, were struggling to hold on to their independence because of their failing health, and had told friends they were terrified of being sent to separate care homes. The couple climbed up to their bedroom windowsill late at night on December 2 last year, put their hats on and, using an upturned washing up basin as a step, fell 30ft to the ground below.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2559617/Sorry-boys-best-way-Too-pain-Love-Mum-Dad-Heartbreaking-note-inseparable-couple-jumped-deaths-didnt-want-burden.html

Killer who mutilated two women fights deportation from UK...by claiming right to a family life

Right...?! Wrong...

A double murderer from Italy is fighting the Home Secretary’s decision to send him home to serve his prison sentence by claiming he has the right to a family life in England. Hair fetishist Danilo Restivo was jailed for life two years ago for the horrific murder of neighbour Heather Barnett, 48, in Bournemouth. He bludgeoned her with a hammer, cut her throat and mutilated her body before leaving a clump of someone else’s hair in her hand. Months after his conviction, he was convicted in his absence in Italy for a similar ritualistic slaughter of a 16-year-old girl in his home town of Potenza 20 years ago. Restivo, 41, was told he must serve at least 40 years before being considered for parole in the UK. This minimum term would cost taxpayers nearly £2million to keep him behind bars. But Theresa May has now issued a deportation order so he can be transferred immediately to an Italian jail. Restivo has appealed against the order and will argue at an immigration court hearing that he has the right to a ‘family and private life’ under Article Eight of the European Convention on Human Rights. His lawyers even tried in vain to have the special immigration court, scheduled to be held in Bradford in April, take place in secret to protect Restivo. The killer has a wife living in Bournemouth, more than 200 miles from his high-security jail at Full Sutton, near York.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2559839/Killer-mutilated-2-women-fights-deportation-UK-claiming-right-family-life.html

At least 20 dead after storm wallops U.S. northeast

NEW YORK - The U.S. East Coast dug out on Friday from the final wallop of a deadly four-day storm that dumped more than two feet of snow in some places, causing chaos from the South to New England. Five more people were killed on icy roads or while shoveling snow in North Carolina, bringing the storm's death toll to at least 20. In New York, doctors were working to save the baby of a pregnant 36-year-old woman killed by a private snow plow in a parking lot in Brooklyn. The Pennsylvania Turnpike was littered with twisted metal from up to 50 vehicles in multiple accidents that injured at least 30 people. The road had to be closed during the morning commute, causing a 7-mile (11-km) backup, said Renee Vid Colborn, a spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/14/winter-storm-buries-parts-of-us-northeast

Florida man convicted of killing, burying ex-reporter in concrete and selling his ‘Magic: The Gathering’ card collection

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A man was convicted Thursday of beating a former Pensacola newspaper reporter to death with a hammer and burying his body in a concrete-covered pit in Georgia. William Cormier III was so desperate for money that he killed Sean Dugas in the fall of 2012 so he could steal his $100,000 collection of fantasy role-playing cards, prosecutors said. Jurors convicted Cormier of first-degree murder after a little more than an hour of deliberations. Cormier III showed no reaction as the verdict was read. He faces up to life in prison.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/florida-man-convicted-killing-burying-ex-reporter-concrete-article-1.1613542

Pittsburgh man allegedly decapitates family Chihuahua with machete, faces animal cruelty charges

ITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh man is facing animal cruelty charges after he allegedly used a machete to decapitate his mother's Chihuahua. Authorities said they were called to the home Wednesday evening, and Matthew Ondo's parents showed them the remains of the dog, named Izzy, along with a bloody machete and butcher knife. According to a criminal complaint, Ondo, 30, at first denied killing the dog, then claimed the devil, Allah or "the Mexican" did it. Ondo's parents told police their son is an unemployed drug addict who has emotional problems.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/pittsburgh-man-allegedly-decapitates-family-chihuahua-machete-article-1.1613849

Nine people killed in wedding day tragedy when heavy snow causes roof to collapse, burying 103 people as Chinese bride began her speech

At least nine people have been killed and more than 100 injured after an old auditorium collapsed just as a bride started giving a speech on her wedding day in China. Shi Tsao, 27, could only watch in horror as she climbed onto a stage in Yazhuang, Panang County to address guests seconds before the roof collapsed - burying 103 of her friends and family. Yesterday's tragedy is believed to have happened after freezing temperatures left a thick layer on snow on the building's roof, which eventually gave way under the pressure.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2559352/Nine-people-killed-wedding-day-tragedy-heavy-snow-causes-roof-collapse-burying-103-people-Chinese-bride-began-speech.html

Mother's anguish at the 'monster' she let stay at her house who stabbed her four-year-old boy to death as he slept

The mother of a four-year-old boy savagely murdered by a friend who was allowed to sleep on her sofa has said she felt 'so much guilt' over letting the 'monster' stay with them. Sharon Smith and her partner Guy Earwaker had thought psychopath Anwar Daniel Rosser was a harmless neighbour and allowed him to stay at their house when he asked after turning up after a night out. In the early hours, the 33-year-old sneaked upstairs armed with four knives and stabbed Riley Turner to death. He then crept into another bedroom where the boy’s mother and her partner were sleeping and curled up to sleep on the floor. In a victim impact statement read in court Miss Smith said: ‘I wish I had told the monster no that night when he asked if he could sleep. He said people were outside his house and were going to beat him up and I believed him.

I didn’t want him to get beaten up, but all along he had a knife in his pocket, plotting to hurt one of us, or all of us. ‘I feel so much guilt that my poor son had to go through such horrific things because my kind heart didn’t want to let that monster get beaten up. Now my kind heart cost me my son’s life. ‘I don’t feel like ever being nice to people at all except my family. The guilt eats me away every day. What he’s done is unforgivable, he’s ruined our lives.' In the morning, following the attack, the mother-of-three, 26, was shocked to find Rosser curled up in a ball on the floor next to her, and ordered him to leave. Moments later her partner, Guy Earwaker, noticed Riley’s light on and went to check his room – only to find it covered in blood and the boy semi-naked and dead on the bed with his throat cut. Riley had been strangled, repeatedly stabbed and attacked in a sexual manner. Chillingly, Rosser had waited downstairs to hear the anguished screams. He escaped, but was arrested later by police.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2558706/Boy-4-murdered-slept-bed-psychopath-lived-door-Childs-kind-mother-stepfather-let-former-soldier-stay-home-taking-pity-him.html

81-year-old woman, 50-year-old son found dead in apparent murder-suicide

YOKOHAMA — Police said Thursday that an 81-year-old woman was found strangled to death in her home in Yokohama on Tuesday night. Police believe Yoshiko Komaki was killed by her 50-year-old son who was also found dead, having hung himself, TBS reported. According to police, at around 4 p.m. Tuesday, police received a call from Komaki’s medical care giver stating that she couldn’t contact Komaki. Police arrived at Komaki’s house shortly thereafter to find her lying dead on the floor with a towel wrapped around her neck in a room on the first floor. In the same room was the body of the Komaki’s son Takeshi, who had hung himself, TBS quoted police as saying. According to police, the room in which the two bodies were found showed no signs of a struggle. Furthermore, there was no evidence of a break-in from the outside.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/81-year-old-woman-50-year-old-son-found-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide

Abandoned baby found dead on the side of Washington state highway

A newborn baby was found Thursday along a Washington State highway with its umbilical cord still attached. The child was already dead when found in brush near North Bend only feet from the busy road Thursday afternoon, authorities said. Officials have not said if the baby was a boy or girl, but did say it was full term, according to KOMO.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2559113/Abandoned-baby-dead-Washington-state-highway.html

Girl, 15, at private school for the gifted leaps to her death off grandmother's Manhattan apartment building 'after vicious cyberbullying'

The gifted teenage girl who who jumped off the roof of her grandmother's 27-floor Upper West Side apartment building on Thursday made references to being bullied online and a 'petition to have her commit suicide'. The Facebook page of Jayah Ram Jackson, 15, reveals a young girl suffocated by loneliness and depression who openly discussed the possibility of ending her own life and alluding to problems with bullies online. On January 5, she wrote that unidentified others were urging her to commit suicide. 'At least 8 people have told me they want me to kill myself in the past 2 days,' she posted. 'I just hope that when i actually do it, they don't feel responsible. because they won't be.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2558905/15-year-old-girl-leaps-death-UWS-building.html

Man found his bride-to-be hanged at home weeks before their wedding 'because she was worried about being centre of attention'

A bride-to be hanged herself just weeks before her wedding because she was so worried about becoming the centre of attention, an inquest heard. Leanne Baker, 35, was discovered by her fiancé after hanging herself at their home in Huddersfield, West Yorks on June 2, last year. Miss Baker, who worked as a retail manager, had suffered from depression five years earlier but had recovered with treatment and medication. However her anxiety and stress had returned in April 2013 which culminated in her taking an overdose the following month. The inquest heard she was anxious about her imminent marriage ceremony abroad as she did not like being the centre of attention. She had told her parents and fiance about her fears that her depression had returned and she worried she wouldn’t be well enough to go ahead with her wedding abroad. She told the mental health team that she had no doubt about spending her life with her partner David Jackson.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2559142/Fianc-bride-hanged-home-weeks-wedding-worried-centre-attention.html

Three charged in murder of Virginia Tech student Samanata Shrestha

The Virginia Tech community is struggling to come to terms with yet another tragedy, after cops arrested three in connection to a promising young student's death. Samanata Shrestha, a 21-year-old biology major, was identified as the victim of a homicide that took place this weekend, Blacksburg police confirmed to The News. Details of the grisly murder are still emerging. But cops have already arrested three people for their involvement in the crime.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/va-tech-student-samanata-shrestha-murdered-fellow-student-report-article-1.1611420

Florida man executed for 1995 rape, killing of 9-year-old boy

STARKE, Fla. — A man was executed Wednesday night in Florida for raping and killing a 9-year-old boy 18 years ago, a death that spurred the victim’s parents to press nationwide for stronger sexual predator confinement laws and better handling of child abduction cases. Juan Carlos Chavez, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:17 p.m. Wednesday after a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, according to Gov. Rick Scott’s office. Chavez made no final statement in the death chamber, though prison officials said he had submitted something in writing. He moved his feet frequently after the injection began at 8:02 p.m. but two minutes later stopped moving. Chavez abducted Jimmy Ryce at gunpoint after the boy got off a school bus on Sept. 11, 1995, in rural Miami-Dade County. Testimony showed Chavez raped the boy, shot him when he tried to escape, then dismembered his body and hid the parts in concrete-covered planters.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/florida-man-executed-1995-rape-killing-9-year-old-boy-article-1.1612342

Cartel hit man testifies he killed 800 people, lost count after that

Inside a federal court room in Texas, a cold-blooded killer for an infamous Mexican drug cartel is testifying about the brutal carnage that pervades the day-to-day lives of crime syndicate members. He has murdered more than 800 people, sometimes beheading and dismembering them, on behalf of the Barrio Aztecas Gang, the deadly enforcers of the Zetas, Mexico’s most sadistic cartel, Fox News reported. He’s killed more, he testified, but he lost count. He is the star witness in the U.S. case against Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, head of the Barrio Aztecas, who is on trial for the murders of two U.S. consulate employees and a Mexican national who were gunned down in their vehicles in Ciudad Juarez in 2010.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mexican-hit-man-testifies-u-s-killed-800-article-1.1611161

Alleged ‘Blowtorch Rapist’ caught in Detroit after several incidents

A sick Detroit con dubbed the "Blowtorch Rapist" is behind bars after his latest alleged victim escaped his grasp by stabbing him in the eye with a screwdriver. Roderick Neeley, 23, is being held without bond after the random attack at gunpoint. Neeley stuffed the 43-year-old woman into a car and drove off, cops say. When he pulled over, the perp beat the woman, tore off her clothing and blowtorched her feet, the Detroit Free Press reported. But the woman stabbed Neeley in the left eye with a screwdriver and fled. The very next day, cops nabbed a man — with an injured eye — during a Detroit home invasion, the newspaper reported. Neeley is charged with several crimes including torture, assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct, assault with intent to do great bodily harm and assault with intent to maim.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/blowtorch-rapist-caught-detroit-article-1.1612779

High school girl stabbed to death; 35-year-old man turns himself in

TOKYO — Police said Thursday that a 35-year-old man turned himself in at a koban after he allegedly stabbed to death his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend in Hachioji on Wednesday. According to police, Haruka Sakurai, a Sagamihara City high school student, was found dead at the entrance to the home where she lived with the suspect at one time, at around 10:40 p.m. Wednesday. Fuji TV quoted police as saying that she had been stabbed numerous times in the chest and back. A man, who identified himself as Yoshio Nakata and said he was the victim’s boyfriend, turned himself in at a koban in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, at around 3 a.m. Thursday and confessed to the crime, police said. The girl’s body was found when an acquaintance of Nakata visited the house and noticed blood seeping out from under the front door, and then contacted police. Police said a blood-stained knife was found in the kitchen, Fuji reported. Nakata was estranged from his wife and son, police said.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/high-school-girl-stabbed-to-death-35-year-old-man-turns-himself-in-to-police

Grandmother, mother and her boyfriend all arrested for 'rape and abuse after daughter, 11, emails her teacher asking for help'

A women, her boyfriend and her mother have been arrested on abuse and rape charges after her 11-year-old daughter emailed a teacher asking for help. The little girl, who lived at the home in Wheelersburg, Ohio with her three younger siblings, contacted a teacher who worked for their online school and asked her to call 911. When officers responded to the home, the children told investigators that the three adults used ropes and chains to tie them to their beds for weeks at a time and rarely giving them food. he 11-year-old girl and her nine-year-old sister also told investigators they had been sexually assaulted on several occasions, Fox28 reported. The children claimed the adults would often strip them naked and beat them with belts, leaving their bodies scarred and bruised. Authorities said they witnessed the marks on the children's bodies.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2558017/Grandmother-mother-boyfriend-arrested-rape-abuse-daughter-11-emails-teacher-help.html

Three people killed after motorcycle-riding vigilante gang fires at anti-government protesters in Venezuela

Armed vigilantes on motorcycles attacked anti-government demonstrators in Venezuela on Wednesday, by firing into crowds during the biggest protest against President Nicolas Maduro's administration since his election in April last year. Three people, including a 24-year-old student, have been killed, 23 injured and more than 25 detained by police following a day of three-way street clashes between demonstrators, pro-government vigilantes and police forces in the capital of Caracas. The motorcycle gang turned up towards the end of the protest, which had previously been made up of more than 10,000 people, and started a stampede when they began shooting into a group of around 100 demonstrators.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2557696/3-killed-Venezuelan-protests-turn-violent.html

British mother's horror as Australian ex-partner stabs and beats to death their son, 11, with a cricket bat at sports practice before he is shot dead by police

A British has revealed the horror of watching her ex-partner stab and beat their 11-year-old son to death with a cricket bat at sports practice in Australia. Police shot Luke Batt's father Greg in an attempt to halt the frenzied attack, but the young boy was pronounced dead at the scene and his father died later in hospital. Horrified parents and children who were gathered at the ground for evening cricket training watched the Greg attack his son with a knife and cricket bat on Wednesday evening at Tyabb Cricket Ground, in Victoria.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2558074/Father-stabs-beats-11-year-old-son-death-cricket-bat-family-crowd-Australia-suburban-training-ground-shot-police-dies-hospital.html

Teen, 16, cries to reporters that mom ‘supported me my whole life,’ then confesses to murder

A Washington State teen who gave a tearful interview to TV crews about his mom's murder now stands accused of battering her to death with a dumbbell. Some say Brad George, 16, turned in a star performance as he spoke to cameras outside his Everett family home Friday.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/teen-16-cries-mom-murder-confess-article-1.1609549

Thirteen people killed when terrorists threw grenades into cinema as it showed pornographic film in Pakistan

Thirteen people have been killed at one of Pakistan's last pornographic cinemas after three grenades were thrown into the audience. About 80 people were in the cinema as it reportedly screened an X-rated film midway through the afternoon when one grenade hit the main door and two more landed inside the building. Twenty more people were wounded as blood ran down the aisles of the auditorium. One man was decapitated in his seat by the blast. Blood-soaked shoes, caps, condoms and human flesh were found following the attack, which a witness said happened while a pornographic film was being screened at around 4pm.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2557467/Eleven-people-killed-terrorists-threw-grenades-cinema-showed-pornographic-film-Pakistan.html

Thousands of Christian worshippers flock to see 'miracle' statue of the Virgin Mary after it begins to 'weep oil'

Thousands of people have flocked to a small town in northern Israel to view a statue of the Virgin Mary that residents say 'weeps' oil. Members of a Christian family from Tarshiha, near the Lebanon border, said they believe to have witnessed a miracle in their living room. The statue's owner Osama Khoury said that his wife Amira came home to find the statue inexplicably 'covered with oil'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2557380/Thousands-Christian-worshippers-flock-miracle-statue-Virgin-Mary-begins-weep-oil.html

Tortured, branded, burned alive: Inside the land where lynch mobs still hunt witches and men guard graveyards to stop sorcerers feasting on the dead

-Women damned as 'witches' burned alive by chanting mob

-Scenes out of 15th century in Papua New Guinea highlands

-Tribes blame 'witches' for deaths and torture with hot irons

-Primitive beliefs in sorcery survive amid gold mining boom

-Gravediggers guard against 'witches who come to eat corpses'

-Drug and booze fuelled witch hunts in Pacific's most dangerous region

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556469/Witch-burnings-Papua-New-Guinea.html

Iraqi suicide bomb pupils fail finals in extremist training class as 22 die

I don't know whether to laugh my pants off or feel sorry for these crash test cunts.... I'll take the first!

A bumbling bomb builder killed himself and 21 of his fellow terrorists Monday in Iraq when a device he was showing them how to make ignited and exploded in a fiery blast. According to Iraqi officials, the wannabe terrorists were gathered around the instructor learning how to make car bombs and explosive belts when one of the belts malfunctioned and blew them to hell. The blundering tutor was not identified by name, but an Iraqi Army officer told the New York Times he was known as a recruiter of young militants who was “able to kill the bad guys for once.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/iraqi-extremists-accidentally-set-car-bomb-21-killed-article-1.1608735

Paralysed student able to walk again after child in church told him the exact time he would recover - claiming it was a message from God

A 20-year-old college student who was paralyzed in a sporting accident says he received messages from God telling him the exact day he would walk again - and he did. Joel Haler, who attends Hope College in Holland, Michigan, was in a health class last October when he heard a 'loud pop' in his back while performing a routine. The next day he woke up and was paralyzed from the waist down. While doctors found no physical damage, Haler was unable to walk and was confined to a wheelchair 'I quickly realized, ''I’m paralyzed. I’m just going to have to start getting used to this'',' he told The Blaze.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556476/College-student-20-says-messages-God-told-exact-moment-paralysis-disappear.html

Sickening smile of teen accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering 15-year-old girl in 'satanic ritual' so his friend could 'sell his soul to the Devil'

A 15-year-old girl has been horrifically murdered in Houston in what appears to be a satanic ritual killing. She was found with an upside-down cross carved into her stomach and religious items placed in a circle around her partially naked body. Police say Corriann Cervantes was abducted, then raped and bashed in the head with the lid of a toilet tank and an ashtray until she died. She was kidnapped on Wednesday, but her body was not found until Saturday morning. Police arrested 17-year-old Jose E. Reyes and a 16-year-old classmate of Corriann's, who knew her from the alternative high school they both attended in Clear Lake, Texas. Reyes confessed to the horrific crime and said he had killed Corriann so that his younger friend could 'sell his soul to the devil,' according to KTRK-TV. In court on Monday, Reyes looked directly into the camera and smiled. He faces adult capital murder charges. A judge ordered him held without bail. The 16-year-old is being charged with capital murder as a juvenile. His name was not released.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556446/The-sickening-smile-teen-accused-satanic-ritual-murder-15-year-old-girl-kidnapped-raped-bashed-death-lid-toilet.html

British expat, 56, killed by catamaran's propeller blades in horrific New Zealand diving accident

A British ex-pat has been killed after part of his face was sliced off in a boat’s propeller as he enjoyed a diving trip with friends. Friends of Bruce Porter watched on in horror as he became caught up in blades at the rear of a catamaran they had hired for the holiday. The 56 year-old was 20 miles east of Whangarei, off New Zealand’s north island, with members of the Western Underwater Dive Club who had chartered a 16m vessel for a three day trip.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556720/British-expat-56-killed-catamarans-propeller-blades-horrific-New-Zealand-diving-accident.html

Baby girl mauled to death by pit bull type dog as mother and stepfather are arrested on suspicion of manslaughter

The father of a baby girl who was mauled to death by a pet dog today paid tribute to his 'beautiful little girl'. Ava-Jayne Corless, aged 11 months, was rushed to hospital at around 11pm yesterday after she was attacked by a pit bull while in bed at her stepfather's home in Blackburn, Lancashire. Police officers and paramedics attempted to revive her but she was pronounced dead at the Royal Blackburn Hospital.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556514/Baby-girl-dies-attacked-mauled-dog.html

Package explodes in Tennessee, one dead, one hurt

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A package exploded on Monday at a residence in central Tennessee, killing one person and injuring another, emergency officials said. The package was delivered to a home in Lebanon, about 40 miles (64 km) east of Nashville, said Jeremy Heidt, a spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency. "When the package was opened, it exploded, and there's at least one fatality involved," he said.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/10/package-explodes-in-tennessee-one-dead-one-hurt

Elderly Ontario couple slain in Mexico home invasion

An elderly Scarborough man and an Ottawa woman were killed in a home invasion in Mexico over the weekend. Edward Kular, 84, and Nina Discombe, 72, were murdered in their house in the state of Jalisco, in western central Mexico. “They were brutally beaten and stabbed. They were targeted. At this point we have more questions than answers. I hope they catch these bastards,” Kular’s daughter-in-law, Christine, said Monday from her Aurora home.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/10/elderly-canadian-couple-killed-in-mexican-home

Prosecutors say neo-Nazi killed Colorado prison chief, pizza delivery man

DENVER - A neo-Nazi parolee murdered Colorado's prison chief last year after forcing a pizza delivery man whom he kidnapped and later killed to record a message denouncing the prison system, federal prosecutors said in a court filing released on Monday. The disclosure is the first time authorities have publicly stated that ex-convict Evan Spencer Ebel killed the head of the Colorado Department of Corrections, Tom Clements, and 27-year-old pizza delivery driver Nathan Leon.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/11/prosecutors-say-neo-nazi-killed-colorado-prison-chief-pizza-delivery-man

Houston father, 35, and daughter, 15, are killed by suspected drunk driver

A Houston father and his teen daughter are dead and his fiancee and her three-year-old daughter are in a hospital after they were hit early Sunday morning by a suspected speeding drunk driver. Joe Ledet, 35, and Donna Davis, 15, were killed after their car was slammed into around 2.30a by a drunk driver traveling more than 100 mph. Fiancee Donna Reynard, 36, and Leslie Ledet are in stable condition and expected to survive. Authorities have not yet named the suspect, but say he faces two charges of intoxication manslaughter should he test positive, according to KTRK.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2555935/Horror-Houston-father-35-daughter-15-killed-drunk-driver-fiancee-young-daughter-hospitalized.html

Newlywed BASE jumper falls 2,000-feet to her death in front of husband after parachute failed to open

A newlywed BASE jumper plunged 2,000-feet to her death in front of her terrified husband after her parachute failed to open. Amber Marie Bellows, 28, was killed after leaping from the 7,276-foot peak of Mount Kinesava in Zion National Park, Utah, at 4 p.m. Saturday.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/newlywed-base-jumper-falls-2-000-feet-death-front-husband-article-1.1608150

2 dead, 7 wounded in weekend shootings

A man and a teenager were killed and at least seven others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Saturday afternoon.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/25487174-418/2-dead-7-wounded-in-weekend-shootings.html

Two sisters of Iowa lawmaker murdered in their home: Psychiatrist and teacher's aide each killed with bullet to the head

Two sisters of an Iowa state representative have been found dead of apparent gunshot wounds in the Pittsburgh home they shared, and police are investigating the case as a double homicide. The bodies of 44-year-old Susan Wolfe and 38-year-old Sarah Wolfe were found Friday afternoon in their basement after they didn't show up for work, authorities said. Police found Sarah Wolfe's car around 1:15 a.m. Saturday parked nearly a mile away. Sarah Wolfe was a psychiatrist for Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and Susan Wolfe was a teacher's aide at Hillel Academy in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2555343/Two-sisters-Iowa-lawmaker-murdered-home.html

11 dead in wrong-way driver crash in California and Florida

Eleven people died early Sunday in two highway collisions, one in Florida and one in California, caused by drivers going the wrong way, authorities said. Five people died in the Florida collision and six were killed in California.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/09/at-least-four-dead-in-wrong-way-driver-crash-in-california

Cat-loving woman mauled to death by neighbors' dogs: GOP activist, 57, found naked and bitten at home she shared with 20 cats

A 57-year-old woman who owned 20 cats was mauled to death by two vicious neighborhood dogs outside her Ohio home on Friday morning. Klonda Richey's lacerated body was found naked on snow-covered Bruce Avenue, Dayton about 8.15am, thrashed by her next door neighbors' male mixed breed Bullmastiffs. Records have revealed Richey complained at least six times about the 60-pound canines before her horrific death, but authorities said they were never able to find the dogs.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2555000/Cat-loving-woman-57-naked-mauled-death-neighbors-dogs.html

Two dead, nine injured after massive boulder smashes into tourist train in French Alps

PARIS -- An enormous boulder hurtled off a mountain and smashed into a tourist train in the French Alps on Saturday, derailing it on the mountainside and killing two passengers, officials said. Nine people were injured. The force of the boulder caved in the side of the train, which takes a leisurely three hours to travel about 93 miles from Nice to Dignes-les-Bains.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/dead-hurt-french-alps-train-derailment-article-1.1606786

Manhunt underway for person who shot dead beloved Alexandria, Va., music teacher in broad daylight

Police have launched a manhunt for a possible serial killer after a beloved music teacher and her caretaker were shot in broad daylight in the usually quiet city of Alexandria, Virginia earlier this week. Piano instructor Ruthanne Lodato, 59, was killed Thursday after she opened the door of her home to a balding stranger around 11:30 a.m. Thursday morning. Police say the man also shot the caregiver as the two of them answered the door to Lodato's home. Police said that the unidentified caregiver - also a woman - is expected to survive her injuries. They are waiting to question her on the identity of the man, WJLA reports.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/manhunt-suspect-fatal-shooting-beloved-music-teacher-article-1.1607043

Rape victim shot dead in court as she was due to give evidence against local 'godman' in India

A rape victim was shot dead at an Indian court as she prepared to give her statement against a local 'godman'. The 25-year-old woman had been fighting a rape case against Govindanand Teerath for two years. A godman is the name given to a high-profile Indian guru. They are capable of garnering support from Indian society and make claims of spiritual attainment. The alleged victim was walking to the court in the western Uttar Pradesh Mathura region with her mother yesterday when a group of gunmen opened fire.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554665/Rape-victim-shot-dead-court-evidence-against-local-godman-India.html

Gunman kills 2 in church off Russia’s eastern coast

MOSCOW – A gunman opened fire in a cathedral on the Russian island of Sakhalin, off the country’s eastern coast, on Sunday, killing a nun and a churchgoer and wounding six other people, state-run news agency RIA reported. Interfax reported that the suspected attacker was detained after the shooting, and said he worked for a private security company. The shooting happened days after a teenager killed a teacher and a policeman in what was the first major school shooting in Russia.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/09/gunman-kills-2-in-church-off-russias-eastern-coast-reports