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

Son discovers both his parents slain with a MACHETE on Indian land in Iowa 'at the hands of his troubled brother'

A 25-year-old man has been charged with killing his parents with a machete on the Meskwaki Settlement in central Iowa. Tama County Attorney Brent Heeren says Gordon Lasley Jr. is being held on $2million bail in the murders of Gordon Lasley Sr. and Kim Lasley. A Meskwaki Nation police detective says their bodies were found Wednesday night by another son, Tyler Lasley, who also recovered a bloody machete. The arrest complaint says a Tama County sheriff's deputy found Gordon Lasley Jr. driving his mother's vehicle early Thursday. The 25-year-old was described as having blood on his clothes and the vehicle from cuts to his hands. Lasley has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. He is due back in court February 14. According to a criminal complaint, the suspect used a machete to murder his parents in their home on Meskawaki Road at around 9pm Wednesday. When his brother Tyler stopped by to visit his parents two hours later, he discovered his mother's body in the basement and his father lying dead in the living room, police said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554019/Son-discovers-parents-slain-MACHETE-Indian-land-Iowa-hands-troubled-brother.html

Man, 28, killed by great white shark during fishing trip with friends off Australia's south coast

A man has been killed in a shark attack while fishing with a group of friends off the south coast of Australia. The 28-year-old victim was part of a spear-fishing group when he went missing in the water off Goldsmith Beach, which is off the Yorke Peninsula, west of the state capital, Adelaide. Witnesses told police they saw the victim thrashing about in the water after the shark - believed to be a Great White - had approached.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554547/Man-28-killed-great-white-shark-fishing-trip-friends-Australias-south-coast.html

The deadly teenage drinking craze fuelled by Facebook: Terrifying online fad sees young people down pints of spirits mixed with car polish, Viagra and even live goldfish

Smiling at the camera, Ryan Linley raises a pint glass full of foaming liquid to his lips and drains the lot in five seconds flat. A few minutes later he logs on to his Facebook page, posts the video and then taps in the following comment: ‘Hahaha I am burping fxxxxxx bubbles.’ It is hardly surprising, given what the 23-year-old has just drunk: a home-made cocktail of Tabasco sauce, Southern Comfort and fluorescent yellow liquid car polish. What many will fail to comprehend is why anyone would risk their health by drinking such a concoction, let alone boast about it to all and sundry. The answer is to be found in a deeply worrying internet craze currently sweeping the UK — and spiralling out of control — called ‘NekNomination’.

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NekNomination, which has already killed two young men, started in Australia early last month but, thanks to social networking, has swept around the world like lightning.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554417/The-deadly-teenage-drinking-craze-fuelled-Facebook-Terrifying-online-fad-sees-young-people-pints-spirits-mixed-car-polish-Viagra-live-goldfish.html

Tragedy as boy, 9, accidentally shot dead by his teenage brother

A 9-year-old boy has been shot dead by his 14-year-old brother in what Boston police are calling a tragic accident. Officers responded to reports of a shot fired inside a three-story home in the 600 block of Morton Street just after 11.30am Friday, only to find the nine-year-old fatally wounded in the chest. The shooter, identified as the victim’s 14-year-old brother, reportedly fled the scene but was detained by police a few blocks away with the gun still in his hands.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2554207/Tragedy-boy-9-accidentally-shot-dead-teenage-brother.html

Remains of wizard's house of horrors are found... hidden inside a Quaker meeting place

Their crimes were so awful that they were executed and their house – thought to be teeming with evil spirits – was abandoned and left to decay for centuries before being knocked down. But in the best traditions of horror movies, it seems the Edinburgh home of occultist Major Thomas Weir and his sister Jean is back from the dead. The Weirs were executed in 1670 after admitting to shocking crimes including bestiality, incest and necromancy. According to folklore, their house, said to be the capital’s most haunted home, then stood empty before being demolished in the 19th century, this month's edition of the Fortean Times said. But researchers have discovered that the builders of a church, now the Quaker Meeting House in Victoria Terrace, actually incorporated the old dwelling into the structure.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2553674/Neighbours-hell-Remains-wizards-house-horrors-hidden-inside-Quaker-meeting-place.html

Parents killed their girl with SODA: Five- year-old died of brain swelling after she was forced to drink 70 OUNCES of grape drink

An East Tennessee couple have been charged with murder after an autopsy revealed the man's five-year-old daughter had been forced to drink more than two liters of grape soda and water. Alexa Linboom was suffering from extreme brain damage when she was brought to an emergency room on January 1, 2012, by her father, Randall Vaughn and her stepmother, Mary. An investigation found the young girl had been forced to drink the water and soda in one to two hours as punishment after taking one of her stepmother's drinks.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2553449/Couple-charged-murder-five-year-old-girl-forced-drink-excessive-grape-juice-punishment.html

Severed heads left in front of bank in Mexico with chilling note

'For all those who switched sides,' says message dumped with two human heads in lawless state of Michoacan. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto visited the troubled region this week.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/severed-heads-dumped-mexican-bank-article-1.1603009

Florida man accused of setting fire to apartment complex after masturbation complaints

A Florida man set fire to his apartment complex after being asked to stop masturbating in front of his open windows and doors, police said. Kenneth Haskins, disfigured from previously shooting himself in the face, allegedly torched his Tampa home's kitchen and bedroom Sunday night using a flammable liquid. The flames then spread to other units of the Mar Plaza Apartments.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/flordia-man-accused-setting-fire-apartments-masturbation-complaints-article-1.1604149

Tearful woman smiles at her friends as she's executed in Texas for torturing and beating mentally disabled man to death

Suzanne Basso held back tears and smiled at her friends as she became the fourteenth woman to be executed in America since the resumption of capital punishment. The 59-year-old woman was found guilty in 1999 of leading a group of thugs to viciously torture and murder Louis 'Buddy' Musso, a mentally disabled man she convinced to move with her to Texas with the promise of marriage. Executions of women are uncommon in the U.S. and only five women in Texas have been put to death since the Supreme Court resumed capital punishment in 1976.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552730/Tearful-woman-smiles-friends-shes-executed-torturing-beating-death-mentally-disabled-man.html

Eight bodies recovered after fire and rock fall at Johannesburg gold mine, making it South Africa's worst accident since 2009

The bodies of eight miners have been recovered after a fire and rock fall at a shaft in South Africa. One miner remains missing after the tragic accident, which took place at Harmony Gold's Doornkop mine near Johannesburg late last night, according to government officials. The incident is the most serious accident in South Africa's mines since nine workers died in a rock fall at a platinum mine in July 2009.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552803/Eight-bodies-recovered-fire-rock-fall-Johannesburg-gold-making-South-Africas-worst-accident-2009.html

Scientists baffled after 400 dead dolphins wash up on Peru's beaches

The bodies of around 400 dolphins have washed up on beaches in northern Peru last month, baffling authorities who are so far mystified as to the cause. The mammals' remains were found on beaches stretching across the northern departments of Piura and Lambayeque, said Peruvian Sea Institute (IMARPE) official Jaime de la Cruz in Chiclayo.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/peru/10618536/Scientists-baffled-after-400-dead-dolphins-wash-up-on-Perus-beaches-p.html

Schoolboy, 13, rapes his eight-year-old sister after watching porn on the X-Box because he 'wanted to try it out'

A 13-year-old schoolboy raped his eight-year-old sister after watching pornography on an X-Box computer console, a court has heard. The teenager told police he used the games console to view explicit material before he 'decided to try it out'. The boy said he targeted his younger sister because she was small and 'couldn't remember stuff'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552107/Schoolboy-13-rapes-eight-year-old-sister-watching-porn-X-box-wanted-try-out.html

‘Sorcerer’ sentenced to death in India for decapitating a baby and drinking its blood in occult ritual

An Indian man has been sentenced to death after decapitating a baby and drinking the child’s blood. The incident took place two years ago during an occult ritual in Kalakuri village in Bankura, West Bengal, Indian media reports. Lakshmi Kanta Sarkar was found in a graveyard by a makeshift temple ‘drinking blood from the severed head of a baby hanging in a tree’ by a group of villagers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2552120/Sorcerer-sentenced-death-India-decapitating-baby-drinking-blood-occult-ritual.html

Suburban Chicago dad shoots dead three family members, then dies of heart attack

Michael Worsham, 43, shot and killed his 42-year-old wife, 17-year-old son and 15-year-old daughter Sunday night before dying of an apparent heart attack in his family's Robbins, Ill., home. Worsham's younger son, 14, and nephew, 5, managed to flee.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/suburban-chicago-dad-kills-family-members-dies-heart-attack-article-1.1601150

California mother, boyfriend held for murder of 3-year-old daughter

Kayleigh Slusher, 3, was found sexually abused and beaten to death in her Napa home. Her mother, Sara Krueger, 23, and her mother's boyfriend, Ryan Scott Warner, 26, are facing charges of homicide and murder with special circumstances.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/california-mother-boyfriend-held-murder-3-year-old-daughter-article-1.1601016

Couple having car sex in garage die of carbon monoxide poisoning

Keith Payton and Salina Johnson, both 40, had a deadly sexual encounter in a Pennsylvania garage when the two left a car running while they had sex. The carbon monoxide emitted by the vehicle likely killed them according to authorities, and the pair was discovered — possibly a day after the two died —by Payton's brother.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/couple-sex-car-die-carbon-monoxide-poisoning-article-1.1601396

Teen driver, 18, and her mother killed after she lost control and hit a tree

A mother and daughter both lost their lives Monday morning after getting into a car crash while not wearing their seat belts. Daughter Crystal Rump, 18, was driving a 2000 Pontiac Grand Am around 8:51 am in Williamsburg, Ohio when she lost control of the vehicle in a curve and slid off the road - striking a tree. Her 42-year-old mother Cindy Rump was in the passenger seat. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. Two dogs were in the vehicle at the time, and died as well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2551252/Teen-dies-kills-mother-losing-control-car-hitting-tree-neither-wearing-seat-belts.html

Four family members dead after private plane crashes into Nashville just yards from packed YMCA

Four people from the same family are dead after a small plane crashed Monday while circling Nashville John C Tune Airport. The Gulfstream 690C twin turboprop took off from Great Bend Airport, in Kansas at 2:45 p.m. and crashed around 5 p.m. The names of the victims have not yet been released. Local fire officials said there are no survivors of the fiery crash, and confirmed four dead, authorities initially feared there could have been as many as 12 passengers, according to NewsChannel 5.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2551335/At-four-killed-fiery-plane-crash-outside-Nashville.html

Three brothers butcher their 'possessed' mother before eating her organs in Philippines ritual killing

Three brothers butchered their mother before eating her organs in a ritual killing, police have said. Neighbours reported hearing strange noises coming from the family home for days before the body of Musala Amil, 56, was found in Ampatuan, Philippines. Police discovered the badly mutilated body with several parts missing, drained of blood. The sons ate parts of their mother raw, investigators said. Brothers Dante, 35, Paroy, 21, and the youngest Ibrahim, 18, all deny killing their mother. They said they had been trying to drive away an illness they believed was brought on by a bad spirit. Officials investigating events leading to the gory discovery said the ritual killing happened last Wednesday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2551537/Three-brothers-butchered-mother-eating-organs-ritual-killing.html

Chinese man 'kills two men he accused of having affair with his wife – then murders their wives, two sons and elderly father'

A Chinese man allegedly killed two men he believed were having affairs with his wife - then murdered five of their relatives, police have said. Shao Zongqi reportedly shot to death Shao Zongping and Shao Zonghua after discovering they had been meeting up with his spouse. He then allegedly killed their wives, Zongping's two sons and Zonghua's elderly father.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2551535/Chinese-man-kills-two-men-accused-having-affair-wife-murders-relatives.html

Husband, 50, knifed wife to death after she told him their marriage was over because she had fallen in love with saxophonist in her jazz band

A husband stabbed his wife to death at home after she told him their marriage was over, a court heard today. Heather Arthur, 50, had fallen in love with the saxophonist in a jazz band she sung with and decided to leave her partner of 30 years, Mark Arthur, also 50, a jury was told. Last April Mrs Arthur returned to the couple's Gosforth home after doing the school run and was stabbed in the heart when she told her husband their marriage was over, the prosecution say. After killing Mrs Arthur, Mr Arthur went to his doctor's surgery nearby wearing boxer shorts and a top, bursting in on his GP and saying he had hurt his wife. The 50-year-old has pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denies murder on the grounds of loss of control.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2551554/Husband-50-knifed-wife-death-told-marriage-fallen-love-saxophonist-jazz-band.html

Mysterious blaze kills 186 in 1944 Connecticut circus horror

It was a wartime circus matinee on July 6, 1944, a steamy Thursday afternoon at the Barbour Street Show Grounds in Hartford’s North End. The gigantic circus tent — 425 feet long — was packed with 7,000 people, most of them children enjoying summer vacation with their mothers. Bandleader Evans got the first whiff of trouble, a small flame licking at the tent canvas near the main entrance. A single bucket of water might have doused it — if anyone had thought to have water handy. Evans quickly cued “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” the old circus “disaster march” that alerts carnies to a serious problem.

The Wallendas quickly shinnied down poles and slithered down ropes. Some in the bleachers hesitated, wondering if the smoke and flames were part of the act. Others surged toward exits, two of which were blocked by the animal chutes. The emcee urged calm, but in an instant the flames reached the top of the tent and spread laterally. The canvas, waterproofed with paraffin wax that had been dissolved in gasoline and then painted on, rained down in glops of fire. Bottlenecks of screaming patrons built up at several exits. Some mothers tossed their small children over the masses and outside to safety. Boys with pocketknives slashed the tent sides, saving many lives. A number of adults imperiled themselves while pushing and pulling others out of the inferno. As support ropes burned through, foot-thick mast poles and support timbers crashed to the ground, crushing anything and anyone in their paths.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/3-rings-death-1944-conn-circus-horror-article-1.1599269

Oklahoma teen killed half sister, great-grandmother within day of each other

A 19-year-old Oklahoma man killed his 16-year-old half sister within a day of killing his 74-year-old great-grandmother in another county, authorities allege. Michael Devin Stanley, of Skiatook, was charged with first-degree murder Friday for the gruesome killing of his 16-year-old half sister, Larisa Lea Fraley, who was found Tuesday morning in a pool of blood after being stabbed several times in a van, the Tulsa World reports.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-kills-sister-great-grandmother-police-article-1.1599126

3 shot dead in Robbins home, then shooter dies

A Robbins man killed his wife and son, then fatally shot his daughter in the back as she and two other children tried to flee the bloody scene late Sunday, police said. The man then died of undetermined causes. “I’m a father. I cannot imagine what could bring someone to such a dark place where they would believe that they need to take the lives of their entire family,let alone children.” Robbins Police Chief Mitchell Davis said at a news conference Monday morning.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/25353780-418/police-3-shot-dead-in-robbins-home-then-shooter-dies.html

Girl, 13, among 3 found slain at 2 Quebec crime scenes

SAINTE-CROIX, Que. - The Quebec police say there is a family link between two murder scenes near Quebec City where a girl, 13, and two adults have been found dead, and another adult and child are in hospital in critical condition. At 8:45 p.m. Saturday, police found two bodies at a home in Sainte-Croix, Que. They were identified as Benoit Daigle, 39, and Nancy Samson, 44, who were married.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/02/3-murdered-2-injured-near-quebec-city

Two dead in Moscow school shooting

MOSCOW - A Moscow high-school student shot a teacher and a police officer dead and held more than 20 other students hostage in a classroom in a possible revenge attack on Monday, days before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics under tight security. The student was disarmed and detained less than two hours after the shooting following negotiations aided by his father, Interfax news agency said. News agencies said he might have been seeking revenge over a conflict with a teacher.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/02/03/two-dead-in-moscow-school-shooting

At least 14 dead as volcano in western Indonesia erupts again authorities say

Several eruptions of Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province sent lava and pyroclastic flows down the southern slopes up to 2.8 miles away, an official said. The number of dead could rise as the rescue efforts are hampered by darkness.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/11-dead-volcano-indonesia-erupts-article-1.1598698

University student killed and housemate seriously injured after gunman opens fire in their apartment

A 20-year-old Michigan State University student has died and his roommate was injured during a shooting at their apartment. Business student Dominique Nolff died this morning from multiple gunshot wounds after he was shot in his home the night before. His roommate, Corbin Holwerda, was shot once in the attack, which police said 'does not appear to be a random act'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2550197/University-student-killed-housemate-seriously-injured-gunman-opens-fire-apartment.html

Detroit woman, 59, 'dismembered her son, 32, and dumped his remains in trash bags along the side of the road'

A suburban Detroit woman was being held in connection with the death of her adult son, whose dismembered remains were found dumped in trash bags along the sides of roads, police said. The names of the 59-year-old woman and the 32-year-old victim were not released, but St. Clair Shores police Sgt. Jay Cohoe told the Times Herald of Port Huron that they were mother and son. The Associated Press couldn't reach Cohoe for comment on Saturday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2550385/Detroit-woman-59-accused-dismembering-son-32-leaving-trash-bags-road.html

Indian wife and her baby daughter burned to death by husband as the mother breastfed her little girl because he wanted a son

-Annu Devi, 22, burned to death while breastfeeding her daughter

-Husband Gunjan Masat poured fuel over the pair before lighting it

-Masat then allegedly moved the still-living Devi close to a fire to make it look like she had accidentally set herself on fire

-Mother and baby were discovered the next morning with 90 per cent burns

-They were taken to hospital but were pronounced dead on arrival

-Devi's father claims in-laws became angry when she gave birth to a girl

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2549975/Young-Indian-mother-baby-daughter-burned-death-failing-pay-new-family-dowry.html

Man attacking cars with spear in Los Angeles is shot, killed by police

A modern-day Don Quixote was shot and killed by Los Angeles County deputies Thursday night after allegedly attacking cars with a spear before charging at officers with a knife. The unidentified man was first reported around 8:24 p.m. running in and out of traffic while according to one driver, smashing his metal weapon on car windows. "[I thought], 'Oh my God, get me out of here.' It was a scary feeling," Priscilla Garcia told CBS LA of the moment she says the man descended upon her car. "When he did that, I looked at the cops to do something because he was not going to stop," she said. When deputies arrived they say he ignored their orders and continued his wild attack in the intersection of Shangri-La Drive and Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon County.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-attacking-cars-spear-shot-killed-police-article-1.1598283

Texas mom accused of killing 10-year-old son, leaving body in bathtub

A Texas mom killed her son and then dumped his body in a bathtub at their home, where it was found covered by a cloth and surrounded by plastic bags, authorities said. Pallavi Dhawan admitted to killing her 10-year-old son, Arnav, at their suburban Dallas home on Wednesday, Frisco police said, though her attorney has disputed the confession. Cops said the grisly incident unfolded after Dhawan's husband, Sumeet Dhawan, called police on Wednesday night after he returned home from a three-week business trip and found his wife gone.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-mom-accused-10-year-old-son-slay-article-1.1598146

Five thugs who killed a schoolboy stabbing him with swords and meat cleavers in one of Britain's wealthiest postcodes are jailed for 131 years

A gang who stabbed and hacked a schoolboy to death with knives, swords and a meat cleaver because he lived on the wrong side of the street was yesterday jailed for a total of 131 years. Hani Hicham Abou El Kheir, 16, died after being knifed 30 times when the hooded gang of up to ten people pounced on him wielding a ‘fearsome armoury’ in a ‘calculated and savage’ attack yards from multi-million pound homes. He was hunted down and shot with a Taser stun gun before being stabbed through the heart and left for dead. Arber Barbatovci, 20, Ahmed Mikhaimar, 20, Tarquai Joseph, 19, and a fourth man, aged 20, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 26 years each. A fifth member of the gang, Craig Boyce, 26, was told he would spend at least 27 years behind bars. The Old Bailey heard that the ‘chilling’ murder, which happened on a Sunday in Pimlico, an affluent area of Central London where Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has a home, was the result of a bitter rivalry between two street gangs in a ‘turf war’ over drugs.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2549565/Five-thugs-stabbed-schoolboy-death-20-TIMES-lived-wrong-street-one-Britains-richest-postcodes-jailed-131-years.html

Killer batch of white heroin responsible for at least 100 deaths across the country... and rising

Heroin overdose deaths across the country are spiking as a deadly new variant of the drug mixed with a powerful painkiller is spreading from New Hampshire to Washington State. The lethal combination of heroin and fentanyl, an opiate used to soothe the pain of cancer patients, is blamed for about 100 deaths from coast to coast. It is variously labelled as ‘bud ice,’ ‘income tax’ and ‘theraflu,’ authorities say. The hardest hit states in the epidemic are Maryland, with more than three dozen deaths since September, and Pennsylvania, with almost two dozen this month alone, according to reports.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2549944/Killer-heroin-fentanyl-epidemic-responsible-100-deaths-country-rising-half-month.html

Man, 27, accused of killing police officer and wounding another in violent shootout dies after being shot by cops

A 27-year-old man accused of killing one deputy and wounding another in a violent shoot-out in Utah has died. Jose Angel Garcia Juaregui died in hospital yesterday after being shot by law enforcement officials on Thursday afternoon in Juab County, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. The Salt Lake County man was accused of opening fire on a two-lane highway, then clashing with officers during a 50-mile chase that ended with him wounded and arrested. The officer who was killed, Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Cory Wride, was shot while sitting behind the wheel of his police vehicle. He leaves behind a wife and five children.

Wride had pulled up to a truck that appeared disabled near the town of Eagle Mountain, about 35 miles south of Salt Lake City. He spoke with the suspect and apparently was using his computer to do a background check when the truck’s back window slid open and the suspect opened fire, according to Utah County Sheriff Jim Tracy. The gunman shot and injured a second Utah County deputy, 38-year-old Greg Sherwood, near Santaquin, more than 30 miles into the chase. Sherwood remains in a critical condition with a head wound, but he is expected to recover, the sheriff said. The gunman took off again, driving south on Interstate 15, but he crashed his car and hijacked another at gunpoint, Tracy said. The man shot at other motorists who unwittingly stopped to help him, but he didn’t hit any of them, the sheriff said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2549960/Man-27-accused-killing-police-officer-wounding-violent-shootout-dies-shot-cops.html