Boy, 14, 'tried to beat elderly woman, 87, to death while she slept in her nursing home bed'

A 14-year-old boy accused of brutally beating an elderly woman while she slept in her nursing home bed, has been arrested following a nearly week-long manhunt in California. Police nabbed Raymond Michael Miranda in a Temecula hotel room last night over the April 17 attack which left an 87-year-old woman fighting for her life in hospital. Raymond and a 15-year-old boy allegedly broke into the unidentified woman's room at the Camelot Independent Living complex in Hemet and violently beat her in a botched robbery attempt about 2am. Some reports also claim they splashed bleach on the victim. While officials are legally prohibited from identifying juvenile suspects, investigators made an exception with Raymond who they say is dangerous.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2613297/Teen-arrested-beating-87-year-old-woman.html

Afghan guard shoots dead three foreigners at hospital

An Afghan policeman has shot dead three American doctors working at a hospital run by a US charity in the latest attack targeting international civilians in the Afghan capital. The guard was injured in the incident at the Cure International hospital and detained by police, officials said. "As a result of shooting by a security guard of the Cure hospital... three foreign nationals have been killed and one female medical staff injured," a statement from the interior ministry said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/10784240/Afghan-guard-shoots-dead-three-foreigners-at-hospital.html

Florida man kills 88-year-old mother at her request

Richard Guyton Mathews, 62, got away with killing his mother at their Palm Coast home in February, cops said. But he got drunk before making her funeral arrangements and broke down as he told the undertaker he killed her because she requested it.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/florida-man-kills-88-year-old-mother-request-police-article-1.1767033

Mother who 'lifted 6-month-old baby over her head by the feet before smashing her into a dresser' pleads not guilty to murder

A Florida woman accused of smashing to death her 6-month-old baby by swinging her by the feet into a dresser pleaded not guilty to murder on Tuesday. April Weber, 26, allegedly inflicted grievous wounds to her daughter Aubrie's skull and brain in March when she chucked her onto a bed, causing the baby to bounce off onto the floor before picking her up and flinging her into a dresser. While Weber at first claimed she'd dropped the baby to the floor while bouncing her on her knee, she reported later admitted to police to the unthinkable abuse that led to Aubrie's death.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2610921/Mother-lifted-6-month-old-baby-head-feet-smashing-dresser-pleads-not-guilty-murder.html

Hundreds of civilians killed in South Sudan ethnic massacre

(Reuters) - Rebels slaughtered hundreds of civilians when they seized the South Sudan oil hub of Bentiu, hunting down men, women and children who had sought refuge in a hospital, mosque and Catholic church, the United Nations said on Monday. Rebel troops overran Bentiu, the capital of the oil producing Unity State, on Tuesday. More than 1 million people have fled their homes since fighting erupted in the world's youngest country in December between troops backing President Salva Kiir and soldiers loyal to his sacked vice president, Riek Machar.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/21/us-southsudan-un-idUSBREA3K0UL20140421

Thousands of reptiles killed in warehouse blaze

As many as 30,000 snakes, iguanas, lizards and turtles perished as a blaze ripped through a warehouse in a town in the south of France. It is not clear how the fire started.

http://www.thelocal.fr/20140422/reptiles-fire-tarn-toulouse

‘Magical warlock’ sexually abused girls as young as 3 years old

A sicko calling himself a “magical warlock” allegedly sexually abused several children, authorities in West Virginia said, using his Wiccan religion to trick the youngsters into sexual acts. James Irvin, 57, of Bluefield, abused children as young as 3, 9 and 13, according to court documents, the Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported. He was arraigned on five counts of sexual assault and 10 counts of sexual abuse. The practicing Pagan/Wiccan pervert, police said, used his religion to get close to the children, two of whom lived in Irvin’s home with their parents in 2007 when the abuse occurred, WVVA-TV reported. He told one of the girls the sex act, which he described as “magic,” would “make Mommy well,” according to a criminal complaint. The mother, too, told the girls that they had to complete the sex acts for her. One girl was sexually abused at least once a day for two weeks, the news station reported.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/magical-warlock-sexually-abused-girls-young-3-police-article-1.1764248

Man, 52, who murdered his sister and brother-in-law 26 years ago in 'brutal execution' to cover up incestuous relationship, weeps as he is dealt two life sentences

A 52-year-old Michigan man convicted of the shooting murder of his sister and her husband in a crime of incestuous passion went on a one-hour rant about God and his innocence before being sentenced to two life sentences on Monday. Ryan Wyngarden rambled on about how he had been framed by police over the 1987 slayings, saying he will soon be 'vindicated' by the Lord and even called the judge a liar. But his protestations were not enough to convince the jury - who found him guilty of two counts of first-degree murder - or Ottawa County Circuit Judge Jon Hulsing, who said Wyngarden was a controlling, calculated killer before handing down the dual prison terms without the possibility of parole. 'You are a brutal, cold-blooded murderer,' Judge Husling said, according to M Live.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2609913/Man-52-murdered-sister-brother-law-26-years-ago-brutal-execution-cover-incestuous-relationship-weeps-dealt-two-life-sentences.html

Disturbing new internet child abuse sees toddlers raped and burned live on webcam as paedophiles use Bitcoin to stop being traced, warns police chief

One of Europe's top police officers has warned of a sickening online trade in child torture porn. Rob Wainwright, the director of Europol, said offenders are using the untraceable online currency Bitcoin to pay for depraved 'shows', performed live on webcams, which see young children raped and burned. He said: 'The level of depravity seems to be descending year on year, frankly, including what seems to be in vogue now, which is live webcam 'shows' of toddlers not just being raped but being burnt with cigarettes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2609971/Disturbing-new-internet-child-abuse-sees-toddlers-raped-burned-live-webcam-paedophiles-use-Bitcoin-stop-traced-warns-police-chief.html

6-year-old boy kills woman in South Carolina after finding gun in vehicle

A 6-year-old boy accidentally killed a woman in South Carolina when he shot a loaded gun he found in a car. The fatal shot occurred Thursday afternoon as the boy's father was driving a car in Easley, S.C. Alexandra Anita Santos, 22, was riding in the front passenger seat when the boy fired the gun and the bullet traveled through the seat, police said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boy-6-kills-woman-finding-gun-car-article-1.1762801

Man jumps to death after fatally stabbing father

TOKYO — Police in Tokyo said that a 46-year-old man apparently jumped to his death after fatally stabbing his father at their condominium in Tokyo’s Koto Ward on Sunday morning. According to police, they received a call at about 3 a.m. Sunday from a 73-year-old woman reporting that her husband had been stabbed. TV Asahi reported that police arrived at the 27th-floor apartment of a 47-floor building in Toyosu and found the body of the woman’s 77-year-old husband on his bed. He had been stabbed in the chest. Police said he was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. A bloody knife was found in the kitchen. At around the same time, police found the body of the couple’s 46-year-old son on a roof over the entranceway below. He was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival, police said.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-jumps-to-death-after-fatally-stabbing-father

Daughter arrested for killing 83-year-old mother with kettle

AICHI — Police in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, said Monday they have arrested a 55-year-old woman for fatally beating her 83-year-old mother with a kettle at their home. According to police, the suspect, identified as Nobuko Inagaki, repeatedly beat her mother on the head with a filled metal water kettle in the heat of an argument at around 10 a.m. on Sunday. Inagaki’s mother Yuri was taken to hospital where she died six hours after the attack, police said. Police quoted Inagaki as saying she had become enraged during a dispute and come up behind her mother and struck her violently on the head.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/daughter-arrested-for-killing-83-year-old-mother-with-kettle

Easter morning horror as sleeping girl, 16, is crushed to death when 'drunk' neighbor crashes his SUV into her bedroom

A 16-year-old Southern California girl was killed while sleeping in her bed after her allegedly drunk neighbor crashed his SUV into her home in the pre-dawn hours Easter morning. The LA County police arrived to the gruesome scene sometime around 4am before arresting Roberto Rodriguez of Palmdale. Shocking photos show the 20-year-old's vehicle still lodged in the home at the very spot where witnesses say Giselle Mendoza moaned helplessly in the final moments of her short life.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2609198/Easter-morning-horror-girl-16-killed-neighbor-drunkenly-crashed-car-bedroom-80MPH-slept.html

Eight parachutists die as their plane catches fire and crashes - but three manage to dive to safety from stricken aircraft

Eight parachutists have died after their plane caught fire and crashed at an airfield in Finland. The bodies of eight victims were found among the badly burned wreckage of the Comp Air 8 kit plane, which started disintegrating in the sky above Jamijarvi airfield - 45 miles east of the city of Pori. However three people - two parachutists and the pilot - escaped with only minor injuries after leaping from the stricken plane in mid-air and using their parachutes to glide safely to the ground.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2609333/Eight-parachutists-die-plane-catches-fire-crashes-three-manage-dive-safety-stricken-aircraft.html

Genesee River Killer Arthur Shawcross drew blood on the outside and pictures behind bars

His paintings were big splashes of primary colors, butterflies, flocks of brilliant blue and yellow birds, and wildlife around a water hole, a peaceable kingdom. So placid were these images that they would seem the work of a gentle nature lover. Yet, when the paintings came up for sale in April 2001, one lawman described them as “sickening.” Gov. George Pataki had the artist banned from any other exhibitions. Arthur Shawcross, 55, the artist, was also an inmate at the maximum-security Sullivan Correctional Facility where he was serving a sentence of more than 250 years for his other hobby — serial killing. It’s not clear when he took up his paints, but his other pastime had started some 30 years earlier with the slaughter of two children. He went to prison, was paroled, and started again. At least 13 victims would die at the hands of this jailhouse Rembrandt, known throughout the community around upstate Rochester, as the Genesee River Killer.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/serial-killer-jailhouse-artist-article-1.1762308

‘I have the last laugh’: Man allegedly strangles college-bound girlfriend before sending her dad chilling text

Gabriel Galan Navarro was allegedly furious that girlfriend Allison Leedy wanted to leave their abusive relationship and start a new life as an art student in California. Prosecutors accuse the Renton, Wash., man of killing the young woman and trying to make her family feel guilty for encouraging her to pursue her dreams.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-strangles-girlfriend-sending-dad-chilling-text-article-1.1762162

Ex-NYPD officer fatally shoots wife in front of her kids

News of the horror came from the mouths of mere babes. “Daddy shot mommy!” two hysterical children — a 4-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy — screamed inside a Queens bodega. “Daddy shot mommy!” Around the corner from the Casablanca deli on Saturday, cops were combing a bloody crime scene. An unhinged former cop shot and killed his wife in front of their two young kids in Ozone Park just before 11 a.m., police sources said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/young-woman-fatally-shot-queens-article-1.1762031

2 South Side teens killed over Facebook dispute, mom says

Two Chicago teenagers were shot to death Saturday over a dispute on Facebook, the mother of one of the victims said Saturday night. Sixteen-year-old Jordan Means and an 18-year-old friend whose name authorities were withholding pending notification of his family were found dead just after 10:30 a.m. Saturday in an apartment in the 8200 block of South Houston Avenue on the South Side, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Means’ mother, Camille Cochran, said the shooter and her son had exchanged words on Facebook. “An argument led to this, that’s crazy,” said Cochran, 42. “Now, I don’t have my son no more.”

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/26947171-418/2-south-side-teens-killed-over-facebook-dispute-mom-says.html#.U1N-0FV_uSo

Boy, five, 'raped in the toilets by two cleaning staff at prestigious Jakarta International school'

A five-year old boy was raped in the toilets of a prestigious international school in Jakarta International, reports today suggest. It is alleged the boy, who is thought to have turned six last week, was attacked in the toilets of the Jakarta International School by two cleaning staff wearing blue uniforms. The pair twice attacked the boy during school hours in the bathroom nearest to his classroom, reports suggest.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2608593/Boy-five-raped-toilets-two-cleaning-staff-prestigious-Jakarta-International-school.html

Georgia teen charged with grandmother’s murder after wearing bloody clothes to school

A 76-year-old Georgia woman was reportedly found murdered in her home Friday morning after her 14-year-old grandson arrived at school wearing bloodied clothing. Mary Price, the mother of an Atlanta police officer, was apparently stabbed to death in her Atlanta home where her grandson also lived, police told the Atlanta Journal Constitution Her grandson, a student at Therrell High School, was reportedly arrested and charged with her murder after his morbid, blood-stained appearance and disturbing statements caught attention.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boy-charged-grandma-death-wore-bloody-clothes-school-report-article-1.1761679

'You don't deserve children': The vengeful suicide note written by grandmother before she shot dead her two young grandsons and then herself

-Debra Dennison, 47, picked up her grandsons Alton, 2, and Ashton Perry, six months, from their daycare in Preston, Connecticut, on February 26, 2013

-She had long had a volatile relationship with the boys mother, her daughter Brenda Perry, but they had recently reconciled

-Dennison drove the boys to a nearby lake and shot them to death before turning the gun on herself

-A newly-obtained police report shows she left a suicide note to the boys parents, saying they did not deserve children

-Dennison had tried to commit suicide six times in the last 20 years and suffered from dissociative identity disorder

-Relatives told police she had been disturbed from a letter she received a month before the shooting from her son, who is serving a 32-year prison sentence for murder

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2608104/You-dont-deserve-children-The-vengeful-suicide-note-written-grandmother-shot-dead-two-young-grandsons-herself.html

New video shows the moment Texas fertilizer plant burst into flames, killing 15 and and injuring more than 200

A year after the town of West, Texas was rocked by a fertilizer plant explosion, new video has surfaced showing the building as it burst into flames. Jeff Tobola and son Mason were out driving on April 17 when the blast happened, and quickly recorded the fiery aftermath on video. Mr Tobola had kept the video private until this week, when he decided to finally share it with local news station WFAA.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2607487/Texas-town-honors-15-killed-year-ago-explosion.html

Wu-Tang Clan distance themselves from troubled rapper who cut off his own penis before attempting suicide

-In a blog post, since deleted, the rap collective posted a message reading: 'This motherfucker ain't got shit to do with the WUTANG brand'

-Andre Johnson was rushed to hospital along with his penis on Wednesday after he jumped from a second-floor balcony at a building in Hollywood

-Doctors were unable to reattach the penis

-Friends said Mr Johnson 'acted without warning and no hard drugs were involved' although he is believed to have mental health problems

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2607725/Wu-Tang-Clan-distance-troubled-rapper-cut-penis-attempting-suicide.html

Father 'killed his baby by smothering crying son with bedding for five hours so he could keep on playing video games without being disturbed'

A Florida man suffocated his young, crying son so he could play video games on his Xbox and watch TV, sheriff's deputies said Friday. Cody Wygant, 24, is charged with third-degree murder and child neglect. He was being held Friday without bail at the Citrus County Jail. Sixteen-month-old Daymeon Wygant wasn't breathing when emergency crews arrived at the home Thursday morning. The child pronounced dead at a hospital, investigators said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2607679/Deputies-Man-smothered-crying-son-video-game.html

Two police officers killed in apparent murder suicide as estranged husband 'shoots ex-wife before turning the gun on himself'

-Sgt Ryan Anders and ex-wife Kim Carmack killed in apparent murder suicide

-Carmack had been an officer for 20 years and has a son in the force

-Anders joined the force nine years ago and is the son of an officer

-Pair married but split recently, with Anders reportedly struggling to cope

-Carmack filed for a restraining order against Anders, and he was suspended

-Allegedly broke into Carmack's house before shooting ex and himself

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2607879/Two-police-officers-killed-apparent-murder-suicide-estranged-husband-shoots-ex-wife-turning-gun-himself.html

'I hope you die!' Furious US Judge lashes out at convicted killer after she snickers and asks 'is that it?' as victim's aunt recounts murder

A Michigan judge has told a convicted killer 'I hope you die' after he sentenced her to life behind bars, and added 'if this was a death penalty state you'd be getting the chair.' Judge John McBain lashed out at 31-year-old Camia Gamet after she snickered laughed in the courtroom and interrupted an emotional account from the victim Marcel Hill's aunt, saying 'Is that it?.' Gamet brutally murdered Hill, her boyfriend, two years ago. McBain said in court it was 'one of the worst cold-blooded murders he's ever seen.' After Gamet rolled her eyes, snickered and then interrupted Hill's aunt, the judge lost it. 'You're going to shut your mouth or I'm going to have some duct tape put on it,' he said, according to Fox 2. 'You gutted him like a fish in that apartment. You were relentless. You stabbed. You stabbed. You stabbed. You stabbed. You stabbed until he was dead.' A jury convicted the woman in March of the grim murder.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2607558/I-hope-die-Furious-Judge-lashes-convicted-killer-snickers-asks-victims-aunt-recounts-murder.html

Iraqi man found guilty of beating his wife to death and trying to stage it as a HATE CRIME with 'go home, terrorist' note

An Iraqi immigrant has been found guilty of bludgeoning his wife to death in their suburban San Diego home, in a case that was initially considered a hate crime. Kassim Alhimidi, 49, shook his head from side to side as the verdict was read and chaos erupted in the courtroom as another man stood and shouted obscenities. Alhimidi turned to the man and yelled in Arabic. That man struggled with officers as he was removed. The judge and the jury also left the courtroom before the hearing could conclude. Alhimidi now faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2607336/Iraqi-man-guilty-beating-wife-death-trying-stage-HATE-CRIME-home-terrorist-note.html

Six dead and nine missing after high-altitude avalanche on Mt. Everest

An avalanche swept the slopes of Mount Everest on Friday along a route used to ascend the world's highest peak, killing at least six Nepalese guides and leaving nine more missing, officials said. The Sherpa guides had gone early in the morning to fix the ropes for hundreds of climbers when the avalanche hit them just below Camp 2 around 6:30 a.m., said Nepal Tourism Ministry official Krishna Lamsal, speaking from the base camp and monitoring the rescue efforts. Four bodies have been recovered and rescuers were digging two more out of the snow, he said. Nine more Sherpas are unaccounted for and believed to be buried, he said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2607553/Six-dead-feared-missing-high-altitude-avalanche-Mt-Everest.html

Second fetish model busted in Miami for role in sickening animal torture porn videos

An adult fetish model was busted on animal cruelty charges Wednesday for making a series of disturbing barnyard porn videos that included killing and torturing chickens and rabbits, Florida authorities said. Stephanie Hird, 29, — the second animal snuff film starlet arrested in two weeks — was cuffed as she boarded a plane at Miami International Airport and booked on five felony counts of cruelty to animals, the Miami Herald reported. Hird allegedly made a string of sickening films — known as “crush” videos to porn enthusiasts — with Sara Zamora, 28, who was collared on April 4. Investigators say the two wicked women acted in scenes for Adam Redford, a local fishing boat captain who produced the sadistic series of videos which feature the actresses torturing and killing animals while engaged in sex acts.

The arrests came after animal rights activists from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals alerted detectives from Miami-Dade’s agricultural unit to the gory clips — which were posted on a website called SOS Barn, officials said. In one gruesome scene, Zamora was filmed pleasuring a man with one hand while “repeatedly cutting a chicken’s neck using hedge clippers with her right,” according to court documents obtained by the Miami Herald. Other clips show the creep posing in revealing outfits while beating chickens to death with a wooden stick and karate-chopping the necks of several rabbits as they squeal in pain, the documents show. Redford — who was listed as a co-defendant in the case, but has not been arrested — was collared last year for a rabbit-killing video made at his South Florida home.

(...) “Are you in touch with your darkest fantasies? Have you created a life for yourself where you can experience them?” she posted on Facebook in February. “I have. I am fucking crazy. BUT I AM FREE.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/fetish-model-busted-miami-role-animal-torture-porn-article-1.1759487

Ten-year-old girl finds her puppy named Snoopy hanging dead from tree in random attack

-Little Katelyn Clark found Snoopy hanging from a tree Monday afternoon

-The 14-week-old puppy had been left outside for the first time, and was only in the backyard alone for 25 minutes

-The family believe a stranger is responsible and are offering a $500 reward for information leading to the culprit's arrest

-A neighbor told the Clarks she had noticed a man coming in and out of the woods behind their home on several occasions - even at night

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2606601/Ten-year-old-girl-finds-puppy-named-Snoopy-hanging-dead-tree-random-attack.html

Man accused in 'mercy killing' his wife cuts off his ankle bracelet, skips hearing, and shoots himself dead

A Sun City man accused in the shooting death of his 73-year-old wife - in what is being called a mercy killing - has been found dead in his car. Howard Allen Rudolph, 79, went missing after cutting off his electronic monitoring ankle-bracelet Sunday and didn't appear for a court hearing Monday, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. It has now been confirmed that Rudolph's body was found in his parked car in the northwest Valley on Tuesday, near 99th Ave and Beardsley. The cause of death reportedly appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2606947/Man-accused-mercy-killing-wife-cuts-ankle-bracelet-skips-hearing-shoots-dead.html

Five dead after University of Calgary student, son of cop, goes on stabbing spree at party

A 22-year-old University of Calgary student went on a stabbing rampage at an off-campus party early Tuesday, leaving five of his peers dead in what the Canadian city’s police chief called the “worst mass murder in Calgary’s history.” Matthew de Grood is also the son of a 33-year veteran of the Calgary police force, Chief Rick Hanson said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference. No motive was offered about the brutal slayings at an all-day house party celebrating the end of the school year. The slash-happy student left his job at a grocery store before he arrived at the party at 11 Butler Crescent N.W., a house just north of the campus where de Grood was an invited guest.

About 20 people were still at the gathering when the knife-wielding student arrived. Cops were called to the gruesome scene about 1:20 a.m. Tuesday. “The suspect arrived at the party, obtained a large knife and targeted the victims one by one, stabbing them several times,” Hanson said. “When our officers arrived, three young men were discovered deceased in the home.” A woman found critically injured inside the home died of her wounds at the hospital, while a man found near death outside on a lawn later died as well, Hanson added.

All the victims were in their 20s and from the Calgary, Alberta area, police said. All the victims of Tuesday morning's mass stabbing were in their 20s and from the Calgary, Alberta, area, police said. A police K-9 tracked the suspect and bit de Grood during the arrest. The man was treated at a local hospital before being released to police custody, where he was later charged with five counts of murder.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/university-calgary-student-stabs-5-dead-off-campus-party-police-article-1.1757298

At least four dead and hundreds missing after South Korean ferry sinks off country’s southwestern coast

About 320 of the passengers were students headed to the resort island of Jeju. About 160 people had been rescued, but hundreds of others - many of them high school students - were still missing.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/south-korean-ferry-sinking-500-passengers-aboard-article-1.1757694

Man 'raped and sexually tortured at least half-dozen women in his house of horrors with heated scissors and rubber mallet'

A St. Louis County man sexually tortured women in his apartment for nearly seven years in his apartment, authorities said Tuesday. Adam Capriglione, 29, of south St. Louis County, was indicted last week on 19 felony charges that include forcible rape, forcible sodomy and felony domestic assault. St. Louis County police and prosecutors announced the charges Tuesday. Capriglione is jailed on $500,000 bond. Police spokesman Brian Schellman said an investigation began after one of the victims contacted police in January. Capriglione is accused of raping, sodomizing and torturing several women dating back to 2006. Capriglione also faces one count of sexual exploitation of a minor for allegedly filming a child having sex in 2007.

The crimes occurred at Capriglione's apartment in the 1300 block of Butler Oak Drive and allegedly involved at least six victims, St Louis Post-Disptach reported. According to court records, most of the victims began as girlfriends. Some lived with Capriglione. One woman was allegedly choked until she fell unconscious. That same victim was allegedly burned with heated scissors, cut, and beaten with a rubber mallet. Police records show the victim also suffered burns to her cervix, suggesting that she was sodomized with a hot object.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2605292/St-Louis-area-man-accused-sexual-torture.html

Mom, 44, shot dead 'in front of kids by husband who was hallucinating after eating a marijuana cookie'... even though she had called 911 to plead for help for 13 MINUTES

A Denver, Colorado mother has been shot dead in front of her children by her 'hallucinating' husband while she was on a 13 minute call to 911, police said. Kristine Kirk, 44, called for help around 9:30p.m. Monday, telling dispatchers that her husband Richard Kirk, 47, was 'talking about the end of the world' and 'scarring' their three children. A source told FOX31 investigators are looking at whether he had eaten a marijuana cookie. Mrs Kirk said in the 911 call that there was a gun in the house but it was in a safe, according to a probable cause statement. 'She then said that her husband retrieved the gun from the safe and she began to scream,' the statement reads. A gunshot could then be heard followed by silence.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2605601/Mom-44-shot-dead-kids-husband-hallucinating-eating-marijuana-cookie-13-minute-911-call.html

Boy, 3, accidentally shoots himself in the head while visiting grandfather

A 3-year-old boy has shot himself in the head while visiting his grandfather, police said. Kevin McDuffie, 49, was sleeping in the bedroom of his Charlotte, North Carolina, home Sunday when he heard a gunshot, then discovered his grandson lifeless with a bullet wound to the head in another room. He identified the little boy as Anthony. 'We had a bad tragedy. He shot himself,' the devastated McDuffie told the Charlotte Observer. 'When I went in the room, there was the little boy.' The shooting was reported about 1:20 p.m. Sunday. The toddler was rushed to Carolinas Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2604695/Tragedy-boy-3-accidentally-shoots-head-visiting-grandfather.html

Horrific abuse endured by murdered girl, 2, revealed as mom is linked to bite marks covering toddler's body and cigarette burns on her skin

The shocking details of how a mother allegedly tortured her 2-year-old daughter before burying her in a shallow grave have emerged. Little Tariji Gordon's body was found on February 11 in a leopard-print suitcase with three bite marks, two cigarette burns, two broken teeth, a patch of hairless scalp and bruises and marks on her head, back and bottom, according to evidence released Monday by prosecutors. A South Florida dentist matched the bite marks to the child's mother, Rachel Fryer, 32, of Sanford, and the woman's DNA was also found on the butt end of a cigarette, which had Tariji's DNA on the burnt end.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2604695/Tragedy-boy-3-accidentally-shoots-head-visiting-grandfather.html

Nigerian 'witch-hunter' who claims any child who cries is a 'servant of Satan' could be banned from the UK over fears she is a risk to youngsters

A Nigerian ‘witch-hunter’ who claims any child who cries is a ‘servant of Satan’ could be banned from the UK following calls to Home Secretary Theresa May that she is a risk to youngsters. Campaigners are urging for Helen Ukpabio, known as ‘Lady Apostle’, to be deported and banned from returning to the UK on the grounds her preaches are harmful to the public. The born-again Christian Pentecostal preacher, who founded the controversial African Evangelical franchise Liberty Foundation Gospel Ministries in Nigeria, is thought to currently be in the UK.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2604932/Nigerian-witch-hunter-claims-child-cries-servant-Satan-banned-UK-fears-risk-youngsters.html

Bus station bomb in Nigeria kills 71, injures 124

ABUJA, Nigeria — Police say blast at busy bus station in Nigerian capital kills at least 71 people, wounds 124 . The explosion took place before 7 a.m. Monday as people were traveling to work. Reporters saw rescue workers and police gathering body parts and ambulances rushing the wounded to the hospital. Suspicion immediately fell on the Boko Haram terrorist network that has been threatening to attack the capital, in the middle of the country and hundreds of miles from its traditional base in the northeast, where it has killed nearly 1,500 people this year. The militants’ violent campaign poses the greatest threat to the cohesion and security of Africa’s biggest oil producer as the country prepares for elections in February 2015.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/bus-station-bomb-nigeria-kills-71-injures-124-police-article-1.1755629

Utah woman allegedly killed 7 babies she gave birth to over 10 years, hid bodies in garage

Megan Huntsman, 39, was arrested Sunday and booked on six counts of murder after cops discovered the tiny bodies stuffed in separate cardboard boxes in the garage of her former home in Pleasant Grove. DNA samples taken from Huntsman and her husband will determine whether the two are the parents as investigators believe.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/utah-woman-arrested-7-dead-babies-found-article-1.1755428

Three teens killed after speeding truck carrying EIGHT rolls into a ditch with only one wearing a seat-belt

Three Texas teenagers are dead and five were injured after the speeding truck they were in went out of control early Saturday morning with only one person wearing a seat belt. Driver Robert 'Andrew' Russell, 18, Colbie Miller and Bailee Sims, both 19, died after his truck hit a tree and rolled several times into a ditch before 1.00 a.m., police said. Two of the five injured are hospitalized in serious condition, the other three were treated and released. All eight injured were passengers inside Russell’s 2006 Chevrolet ‘Super-Duty’ pickup truck, according to KTVT. The only passenger wearing a seat belt suffered minor injuries and was released from the hospital.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2603964/Three-teens-dead-five-injured-control-speeding-truck-rolls-ditch-one-wearing-seat-belt.html

Chinese trucker is SPEARED by an 18 FOOT wooden stake after getting involved in mass pile-up on the motorway and miraculously survives after it misses his heart

A truck driver had a miraculous escape when he was impaled on a wooden stake which missed his heart and caused only limited damage to his other organs. Trucker Li Feng, 40, was involved in a horrific road accident in which a 18-foot-long wooden pole went through his stomach and the driver's seat of his vehicle. According to a local police spokesman, Mr Feng's vehicle crashed into another lorry carrying timber in a multi-car pile-up.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2604226/Chinese-trucker-speared-wooden-stake-mass-pile-miraculously-survives.html

36 bus passengers burned alive in Palm Sunday horror crash after it crashes into broken down truck on Mexican highway

At least 36 people have been killed in a bus crash in Veracruz, southern Mexico, local authorities report. A passenger bus slammed into a broken-down truck and burst into flames shortly after midnight in the southeastern Mexican state. The victims were local businessmen and women, reportedly shopkeepers, who were travelling from the Tabasco state capital of Villahermosa to Mexico City, the state civil defense agency said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2603811/At-36-people-burned-alive-Mexican-highway-when.html

Chile fire kills at least 12, destroys 2,000 houses

VALPARAISO, Chile – At least 12 people were killed and 2,000 houses destroyed over the weekend by a fire that devastated parts of the Chilean port city of Valparaiso, as authorities evacuated thousands and sent in aircraft to battle the blaze. Pushed by strong Pacific coast winds, the fire started on Saturday and rampaged over 700 hectares (1,700 acres) of forest and hilly residential neighborhoods including La Cruz and Las Canas, authorities said.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/04/12/fire-destroys-over-100-homes-in-chile

Three dead in shootings at Jewish centres in Kansas

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – Three people, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed on Sunday at two different Jewish community facilities in the Kansas City area, and a man was in custody as police investigated whether the shootings were anti-Semitic, authorities said. Police said it was too early to determine a motive, but a leading anti-hate group said the suspect arrested in the shooting was a longtime anti-Semite.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/04/13/three-dead-one-wounded-in-shootings-at-jewish-centres-in-kansas

Update: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/headlines/index.html

Boy's head found in home of convicted Pakistani cannibals

MULTAN, Pakistan - Pakistani police re-arrested a convicted cannibal on Monday after finding a young boy's head in his home. Mohammad Arif, 35, and his brother Mohammad Farman, 30, from the small town of Darya Khan in central Pakistan, served two years in jail for cannibalism and were released last year. Police said the two had dug up more than 100 corpses from the local graveyard and eaten them. "Residents informed police after a stench emanated from the house of the two brothers. We raided the house on Monday morning and found the head of a young boy," a district police chief, Ameer Abdullah, told Reuters. "We have arrested one of the brothers, Mohammad Arif, and are conducting raids for the arrest of the other brother." Police were searching nearby graveyards to see if they had been disturbed, he said.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/04/14/boys-head-found-in-home-of-convicted-pakistani-cannibals

Women who have sex outside marriage, even raped, should hang, 'forgive' rapists: Indian politicians

Women who have sex outside marriage should be hanged and men who commit rape "forgiven," senior Indian politicians have claimed. In a general election speech, Mulayam Singh Yadav, said he would scrap a recently introduced death-penalty law for rapists. Yadav said men should not face the death penalty, noting that “boys...make mistakes.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/hang-raped-married-women-forgive-rapists-indian-pol-article-1.1754300

Cop commits suicide after killing policewoman

SAITAMA — Saitama prefectural police said Saturday that a police officer was found dead after he apparently killed a policewoman to whom he was engaged. According to police, the body of patrolman Takuya Sekiguchi, 24, was found outside his apartment building in Sayama after he jumped to his death at around 5 a.m., NTV reported. Inside his third-floor apartment, police found the body of policewoman Yoko Mamiya, 24, who had been stabbed to death. The knife was left near her body. NTV reported that Sekiguchi and Mamiya were childhood friends who had both joined the police force in April 2012. They had been engaged and planned to get married in March but the wedding was postponed.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/cop-commits-suicide-after-killing-policewoman

Two dead, 14 wounded in weekend shootings

Two people were killed and at least 14 others were wounded in shootings across the city since Friday afternoon.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/26801762-418/two-dead-14-wounded-in-weekend-shootings.html

86-year-old man killed by cops after 'calling 911 and confessing to shooting his daughter'

An 86-year-old New York City man who called 911 and said he shot his daughter was fatally shot by responding officers on Saturday. The man turned toward the officers with a shotgun and refused to drop it when they arrived, police said. Jack Calvello was shot once in the torso by a uniformed police officer following the 11:16 a.m. call to his Astoria, Queens home and was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said. Calvello reportedly called 911 and said 'I shot my daughter and my dog' before saying he planned to shoot himself, the New York Daily News reports. Calvello's 65-year-old daughter, Carolann Matyka, was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the kitchen of the red-brick home and rushed to a hospital where she was pronounced dead at 3:45 p.m., police said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2603514/86-year-old-man-killed-cops-calling-911-confessing-shooting-daughter.html

Beheaded in her home: Body of mother-of-two care worker found after 'row with estranged husband who turned knife on himself'

A mother of two was found beheaded at her home today after an apparent row with her estranged husband. The headless body of Judith Nibbs – who cared for the elderly and vulnerable – was discovered at their marital home after neighbours told police they were concerned for her welfare. Detectives who went to the property were greeted by horrific scenes in the blood-spattered flat, situated near the million-pound homes of the trendy Shoreditch area of London.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2602739/Beheaded-home-Body-mother-two-care-worker-row-estranged-husband-turned-knife-himself.html

Girl, 3, loses part of both legs in a mower after running to her grandfather as he cut the lawn

A three-year-old North Carolina girl was rushed to the hospital Thursday after a lawn mower severed most of her left leg and the foot off her right one. Emma Varnadoe is in critical condition at Levine Children’s Hospital, in Charlotte, a spokesperson told MailOnline. She is expected to have surgery Saturday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2602929/Horror-girl-3-loses-legs-mower-running-grandfather-cut-lawn.html

School bus overturns, killing 8

Premier Li Keqiang urged rescuers and doctors in Hainan province to provide the best treatment and counseling to the 32 injured in a bus accident on Thursday morning that killed eight primary school students. The bus, which was taking 43 students, two teachers and a driver on a trip from Chengmai county to Wenchang, overturned in Chengmai county at 11 am. Eight students were declared dead at the scene. Thirty students and two teachers were injured.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-04/11/content_17425718.htm

Five-year-old tells cops how her father shot dead mother as she slept alongside her as he is discovered on the run in El Salvador

A man on the run since 2010 after being accused of gunning down his wife was arrested Tuesday by authorities in El Salvador and will be returned to the U.S. to face charges, authorities have announced. Juan Castillo, 33, is the primary suspect in the February 2010 shooting death of wife Monica Leija, 36, in their Texas home and had fled to his native country to escape prosecution, said officials. The couple’s now-10-year-old daughter Cassandra Castillo shared the horrifying details of her mother’s murder with officials, according to the Houston Chronicle.

The couple reportedly argued in the kitchen in the hours before Leija’s slaying. Both of their young children were sent upstairs, and their mother eventually joined them before their slumber turned into a nightmare, said Cassandra Castillo. The girl claims her father came into the bedroom, leaned down and whispered something into her mother’s ear before fatally shooting her and fleeing. He had been hunted by U.S. officials in the years since, but no major breaks in the case happened until this week. This is the first-known time police in the Central American country have cooperated to arrest a fugitive hiding in their country, officials said, according to My Fox Houston.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2602983/He-came-whispered-ear-shot-Five-year-old-tells-cops-father-shot-dead-mother-slept-alongside-discovered-run-El-Salvador.html

Man 'broke into home, raped a four-year-old girl then hid in closet to smoke a cigarette'

Demetrio Campbell, 27, allegedly raped a four-year-old girl in her home Police say Campbell tried to lure the girl and her older sister as they played outside The girls refused and ran inside their home, locking the door Campbell then allegedly demanded to be let inside, kicking down the door when he was refused He ordered two older people inside the home out of a bedroom, took the girl inside and raped her, say prosecutors When police arrived they found him inside a closet smoking a cigarette

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2602654/Man-broke-home-raped-four-year-old-girl-hid-closet-smoke-cigarette.html

Alabama Pastor accused of raping his family member inside his church for three years from the time she was 14 years old

An Alabama pastor has been arrested on sex abuse charges for allegedly raping and sodomizing a young family member. Sheriff Harris Huffman said William Best Jr. was charged with rape, sodomy and incest and was being held in the county jail, with his bond raised to $2million Thursday by a Selma judge. Best, 47, server as a pastor of Living Waters Church in Valley Grande. District Attorney Michael Jackson says the minister is accused of beginning a sexual relationship with a minor who was 14 and continuing it for three years. He said the cleric is accused of abusing the minor at his home and at the church.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2602162/Alabama-Pastor-accused-repeatedly-raping-underage-family-member-inside-church.html

At least 9 dead after truck collides with bus carrying students in California

At least nine people were killed and dozens injured in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 in Northern California after a FedEx truck collided with a tour bus carrying high school students, authorities said Thursday. California Highway Patrol dispatchers said the drivers of the truck and bus were among the dead along with seven other people who were riding on the bus.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/10/killed-in-three-vehicle-crash-in-calif/

Baby-faced killer, 14, jailed for helping his big brother fatally stab stepfather more than 60 TIMES as he lay on the sofa at home

A 14-year-old boy was sentenced to six years detention for killing his stepfather in a savage knife attack with his big brother. Jerome Ellis, 14, and Joshua Ellis, 23, stabbed Neil Tulley, 54, to death as he lay on the sofa at the family home in Cedar Way in Guildford, Surrey, last August. A jury at Guildford Crown Court, found Jerome not guilty of murder but guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter on the basis of loss of control. Joshua was found guilty of murder.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2601770/Baby-faced-killer-locked-knifing-STEPFATHER-death-big-brother-lay-sofa-family-home.html

Child bride forced into marriage makes poisoned meal which kills groom and three of his friends in Nigeria

Brave kid...

A child bride forced into marriage in Nigeria killed her husband and three of his friends by lacing a meal with rat poison, police said. Wasila Umaru, 14, was married last week to 35-year-old Umaru Sani, according to assistant superintendent Musa Magaji Majia. But when Umaru invited a dozen friends to celebrate in northern Ungwar Yansoro village, near the city of Kano, the teenager slipped the deadly chemical into a rice dish. Umaru died the same day along with friends Nasiru Mohammed and Alhassan Alhassan, while another female victim, Indo Ibrahim, died in hospital hospital while receiving treatment. Wasila admitted buying the poison at a local market and putting it into the food. 'The suspect confessed to committing the crime and said she did it because she was forced to marry a man she did not love,' Majia said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2601718/Child-bride-forced-marriage-makes-poisoned-meal-kills-groom-three-friends-Nigeria.html

Islamist gunmen kill eight in northern Nigeria attack

Scores of Islamist gunmen attacked a police station, a court and a bank in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, killing seven officers and a civilian, a police chief said. The raid in the town of Gwaram in Jigawa state sparked an hours-long shoot-out with the security forces, said Tamari Yabo, the assistant inspector-general of police in charge of the region. Boko Haram Islamists, waging a brutal insurgency which has killed thousands since 2009, have carried out dozens of attacks in surrounding areas, but Jigawa itself has been spared much of the violence. "We lost seven policeman. One civilian was also killed," Mr Yabo said of the fighting roughly 60 miles from Jigawa's capital Dutse.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/10756582/Islamist-gunmen-kill-eight-in-northern-Nigeria-attack.html

Louisiana man arrested after getting caught on camera brutally beating his dog

Shocking footage has emerged showing the moment a Louisiana man brutally beat his pet pitbull unconscious. Asani Woods, wearing boxing gloves, is seen punching pooch Tiger repeatedly in the face in the horrific video. And once she passes out, the 21-year-old psycho picks her up and slams her to the ground. Cops obtained the disturbing clip after Woods' friend, Johnny Dominick, was arrested on drug charges. They checked his cell phone for evidence of drug dealing and stumbled across the alarming images.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/louisiana-man-arrested-caught-camera-beating-dog-article-1.1750413

Two women jump to their deaths on New York's Upper East Side

Yee-Ping Yang jumped from the luxury apartment building Trump Palace on E. 69th St. around 1:45 a.m. Wednesday morning in an apparent suicide, according to cops. Hours later, an unidentified woman leaped from an 18th-floor balcony on E. 86th St., police say.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/woman-dies-jump-upper-east-side-building-article-1.1750487

Pennsylvania man gassed mom to death — sickening himself — with generator

A Pennsylvania man killed his mothreby flooding their apartment with toxic carbon monoxide from a portable gas generator, authorities said. Koustantinos Yiambilis, 30, cranked up the generator inside his small Bensalem apartment Monday night, killing his 59-year-old mother, Karen, and landing himself in the hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning, local police said. He was arraigned at his bedside at a Bucks County hospital Tuesday and charged with homicide, risking catastrophe and recklessly endangering another person and other charges. As soon as he is well enough, he will be transported to Bucks County Prison, where he'll be held without bail, authorities said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/suicide-pact-pa-man-charged-gassing-mother-death-sickening-portable-generator-article-1.1750964

'I have no pain and no guilt. All I have is love': Mexican national executed for 1997 beating death of Texas man

A Mexican national who fatally beat a former Baylor University history professor in 1997 was executed Wednesday night in Texas. Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas, 44, was lethally injected in the state's death chamber in Huntsville. In October 1997, while he was in the U.S. illegally, Hernandez-Llanas led 49-year-old Glen Lich from his house by telling him that there was a problem with a generator, then repeatedly clubbed him with a piece of steel rebar. Armed with a knife, he then attacked Lich's wife. She survived and testified against Hernandez-Llanas, who also had been linked to a rape and a stabbing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2601239/I-no-pain-no-guilt-All-I-love-Mexican-national-executed-1997-beating-death-Texas-man.html

Talented schoolgirl, 15, found hanging from tree 'was upset after splitting with boyfriend'

A 'beautiful' and 'talented' teenager who was found hanging from a tree had been upset over a relationship break-up, an inquest has heard. Olivia Glennie was a talented and popular dancer and singer with a close circle of friends. But she was plagued with insecurities about an on-off relationship with her boyfriend, it was said. The outwardly happy 15-year-old was found suspended from a tree in woods by a dog walker in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in September last year, just days after attending her sister Lucy’s wedding. She was given CPR and taken to hospital but life support was withdrawn, with the blessing of her parents Diane and Alex, when doctors confirmed that she had suffered severe brain damage.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2601532/Talented-schoolgirl-15-hanging-tree-upset-splitting-boyfriend.html

High school student, 18, 'murdered his father and brother, 14, to get survivor benefits'

An 18-year-old high school senior accused of murdering his father and younger brother carried out the killings to get survivor benefits, court records suggest. A tearful Thorsten Rushing had initially claimed that he saw two masked intruders shoot dead his father, Uwe Rushing, and 14-year-old brother Stefan at their home in Lawton, Oklahoma in January before scaring them away by grabbing a shotgun and firing. But his story quickly unraveled when investigators realized the trajectory of the bullets did not match his story and three of his four alleged accomplices - his school friends - confessed to the plot. A week after the January 20 killings, Thorsten Rushing was arrested on murder and conspiracy charges, but authorities have never released a motive. Now a subpoena filed in the case has suggested that Rushing, who had recently turned 18, could have been trying to get his hands on a life insurance payout, The Oklahoman reported.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2600071/High-school-student-18-murdered-father-brother-14-survivor-benefits.html

Two-year-old twin sisters drowned in pool just steps from their apartment 'after going through gate with broken lock'

Two-year-old twin sisters have drowned at an apartment complex pool just steps from their home. Harmani and Harmony West were found in the water at the Tivoli Park apartment complex in Deerfield Beach, Florida on Tuesday around 6pm. The girls were found in the pool by a couple visiting from North Carolina who jumped in and dragged them out to perform CPR. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2600568/Two-year-old-twin-girls-drown-apartment-complex-pool.html

Officer fatally shoots fellow Marine at Camp Lejeune with assault rifle

A Marine posted at the main gate of a North Carolina base shot and killed a colleague inside a guard shack Tuesday, a military spokesman said. Camp Lejeune spokesman Nat Fahy said the shooting occurred at around 5:30 p.m. Law enforcement and emergency personnel attempted to revive the shooting victim at the scene, but Fahy said the person was later pronounced dead at a base hospital. Fahy said the Marine who fired the shot from his M4 rifle was in custody and awaiting questioning by Naval Criminal Investigative Services. The name of the shooter, who Fahy said was a male, hasn't been released, and Fahy said the victim's name is being withheld until relatives are notified. There were other guards at the gate, but no one else was hurt.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2600215/Officer-fatally-shoots-fellow-Marine-Camp-Lejeune-assault-rifle.html

TWENTY people injured and seven critical after male sophomore, 16, goes on stabbing spree with two knives at Pennsylvania high school

Twenty people have been injured - some with life-threatening wounds - in a stabbing spree Wednesday morning at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. Murrysville police chief Thomas Seefeld confirmed a 16-year-old male student is in custody. He said an assistant principal wrestled the suspect to the ground after he ran through multiple classrooms and hallways brandishing two knives. Four of the victims were airlifted to hospital and three were being operated on, according to Westmoreland County emergency management and hospital officials. Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville and five other hospitals including Allegheny General Hospital and UPMC-Presby were treating patients. The majority of victims are 14-17 year old students though one adult - a male security guard - suffered a stomach wound, Seefeld confirmed. Police were called to the school by a resource officer about 7:13 a.m., about 15 minutes after the school doors opened for the day. One witness told NBC News that he saw 'blood all over the floor.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2600608/At-six-people-injured-high-school-stabbing-spree.html

Scissor-stabbing rampage at Toronto office building

TORONTO -- Multiple people are being treated in hospital for life-threatening stab wounds after a man armed with scissors went on a rampage in a Toronto office building Wednesday morning, police say. “I can tell you that there are between two and five victims,” Toronto Police Const. Jenniferjit Sidhu confirmed to the Toronto Sun. “There has been multiple emergency runs to a trauma centre.” EMS confirmed a man and woman - both in their 30s - were rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Two other male patients were also taken to Sunnybrook hospital with serious injuries. Emergency crews were called about a stabbing at 4110 Yonge St., near York Mills Rd., around 9:35 a.m. One man is in custody, but Sidhu could not confirm if that was the suspect. The fifth floor of the building is in lockdown.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/04/09/multiple-stabbing-near-yonge-york-mills

Son, 55, 'stabbed his elderly mother to death then hanged himself after wrongly believing he had cancer and wouldn't be able to cope'

A son stabbed his own 86-year-old mother to death then hanged himself, writing that he was unable to 'cope with life anymore', an inquest heard. Stephen Dohoney, 55, killed Ethel Dohoney in the home they shared after wrongly concluding that he had cancer, and that his mother would not be able to survive without his care. Investigators called to the scene of the murder in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester last November found a note Dohoney had written explained why he 'sent her to heaven'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2599748/Son-55-stabbed-elderly-mother-death-hanged-wrongly-believing-cancer-wouldnt-able-cope.html

Man plunges nine stories to his death from Midtown Manhattan hotel, narrowly missing a pedestrian

A man plunged to his death from a Manhattan hotel onto a busy sidewalk Monday afternoon. Authorities say the man, who has not been named, fell from the ninth floor of the Pod 39 hotel at 145 East 39th St and Lexington Ave around 1:10pm. Witnesses say the man almost hit a pedestrian as he landed on the sidewalk.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2599383/Man-plunges-nine-stories-death-Midtown-Manhattan-hotel-narrowly-missing-pedestrian.html

Spanish woman runs herself over while trying to park van

A Spanish woman has died after she ran over herself while parking a van. Ana Maria Prieto had just pulled up outside her house with her children when the tragedy took place. After parking, the mother-of-three realized she had forgotten to use the van's handbrake, as the vehicle started rolling away, reports local daily La Nueva Espana. The 47-year-old then chased after the van. However as she tried to stop the vehicle, it jumped a wall and crushed her underneath the chassis, reported La Nueva Espana.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/woman-runs-park-van-article-1.1747390

Chinese mom hacked off 8-year-old son's fingers after arguing with husband

A Chinese mom hacked off her own son's fingers after arguing with her husband, police said. The Shanghai woman, who has not been identified, allegedly chopped off three of her 8-year-old boy's digits following the bitter row. The couple started discussing "family issues" on Wednesday, according to Shanghai Daily. But the wife then "got fired up" and freaked out. She is accused of dragging the youngster to one side. She then allegedly sliced off the fingers from his left hand with a kitchen knife. Rushed to hospital, it's unclear whether doctors were able to re-attach the digits to his hand.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/chinese-mom-hacked-son-fingers-arguing-husband-cops-article-1.1748140

2 dead, 25 injured in shootings in city since Friday night

Two people were killed and at least 25 were hurt in shootings across the city since Friday night.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/26677733-418/2-dead-25-injured-in-shootings-in-city-since-friday-night.html

Boy, 2, accidentally kills his 11-year-old sister while playing with a loaded, cocked handgun

A 2-year-old boy apparently shot and killed his 11-year-old sister while they and their siblings played with a gun inside a Philadelphia home, police said Sunday. Jamara Stevens was fatally shot Saturday morning with a gun that police believe was brought into the home by the mother's boyfriend a few hours earlier. The mother was home with her four children in a master bedroom, Lt. John Walker said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2598431/Boy-2-accidentally-kills-11-year-old-sister-playing-loaded-cocked-handgun.html

13-year-old boy dies after falling from 15th floor of Florida building

A 13-year-old boy fell 15 stories off a balcony and died Saturday morning in Panama City beach Fla. The unidentified victim, who is from Plainfield Ind., went into a room at a condominium complex after 10 a.m. when he fell off the balcony on the 15th floor and plummeted to his death, police said. "We heard a clanking, like glass or metal, and then we heard a thud," Rachel Salyer told The News Herald.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/teen-dies-15-floor-plummet-florida-police-article-1.1746987

Woodridge dad kills 3-year-old daughter, himself

A man stabbed his 3-year-old daughter to death Friday in Woodridge and then took his own life, police said. Officers found Robert Bzdek, 34, dead at a home in the 2700 block of Meadowdale Lane around 4:30 p.m. Friday and his daughter Zuzanna still alive but with multiple stab wounds, according to the police. Zuzanna was taken to Edward Hospital in Naperville, where she died in surgery, police said.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/26656154-418/police-woodridge-dad-kills-3-year-old-daughter-himself.html

Woman falls three floors to her death trying to climb into boyfriend's apartment window after fight

A 29-year-old Brooklyn woman has fallen to her death after trying to climb into her boyfriend's fourth floor window following an argument early Friday morning. Hannah Shaw was found unresponsive outside her boyfriend Alex Douglas' apartment building at 409 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg around 4:40am. Shaw and Douglas, 42, had reportedly been arguing at a local bar before the tragic accident, and he left the venue without her.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2597471/Pictured-Woman-fell-three-floors-death-trying-climb-boyfriends-apartment-window-fight.html

Four passengers die and driver is seriously injured after car plunges into creek

A car carrying five people plunged into a New York City creek on Friday night, killing all the passengers and seriously injuring the driver. The car broke through a chain link fence and fell 15ft before becoming submerged in Steinway Creek in an industrial part of Queens at about 10.35pm. After breaking free from the wreckage, the driver swam to the edge of the creek and called for help.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2597510/FDNY-3-dead-2-injured-car-goes-creek.html

Re: Blood-soaked chain saw, a legless corpse in the tub and severed limbs in a freezer: Police report offers gruesome details after man 'killed and dismembered his mother and sister'

-Darius Davon Sorrells, 30, is accused of killing both his mother and sister and dismembering one of the bodies

-Sorrells 'lived for several days at the house with the bodies' before he was arrested by after a weekend traffic chase

-Suspect's sister, 33-year-old Natasha Sorrells, died from head trauma before having her legs sawed off in the tub

-Janice Burden, 53, was wrapped in plastic and blue painters' tape to resemble a 'mummy'

-Police were called to home after the two women were reported missing by family and friends last Friday

-Investigators spent more than 14 hours collecting evidence inside blood-spattered home

-Officers found plastic-wrapped legs in the freezer, chain saw, screwdrivers, and human flesh on bathroom floor

-Natasha Sorrells' friend told police she had woken up recently to find her brother standing over her with a crow bar

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595569/Chain-saw-home-Nevada-double-slaying.html

Man sentenced to death for beating, sexually abusing and fatally strangling girlfriend's 4-year-old daughter while she was out of town

A jury in North Carolina handed down the death penalty Thursday to Jonathan Douglas Richardson, 25, who they convicted of murdering his girlfriend's 4-year-old daughter. During the trial, it was revealed that Richardson tortured little Teghan Skiba for 10 days while his girlfriend of six months was on a trip - physically and sexually abusing the girl as well as strangling her with a power chord. Richardson brought the girl to Johnston Medical Center in July 2010, telling doctors she fell off her bed. But medics found signs of much more serious trauma, as her body was covered in bruises and bite marks.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2596592/Man-sentenced-death-beating-sexually-abusing-fatally-strangling-girlfriends-4-year-old-daughter-town.html

San Jose Satanists accused of killing classmate for fun

NOT satanists, just dumbasses...

More than four years after his nephew’s vicious murder, an uncle’s distraught pleas brought San Jose jurors to tears. “Come back, please come back to me,” Thomas Russell cried on a 911 call after finding his 15-year-old nephew Michael Russell’s bleeding body back in November 2009. The chilling tape is one of the first pieces of evidence prosecutors brought to court Tuesday in the case against Jae Williams and Randy Thompson, two Satanists who allegedly killed Michael for fun. The men — who are now 20 years old — are being tried separately as adults for reportedly befriending Michael just so they could make their first human kill. "I guess I just finally wanted to kill somebody," Williams told cops two days after the attack, according to Mercury News. "I had my chance and I took it."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/san-jose-satanists-allegedly-killed-classmate-fun-article-1.1743389

Elderly couple found stabbed to death in Saitama apartment

SAITAMA — Police are investigating the murder of an elderly couple whose bodies were found concealed under a pile of cardboard boxes and blankets in their apartment in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture. According to police, Masaaki Ozawa, 73, and his wife Chieko, 77, were stabbed to death last Sunday afternoon. TBS reported that the couple’s eldest daughter, who had been unable to contact her parents, went to the apartment with police and found them lying on the kitchen floor, covered by boxes and blankets. Next to their bodies was the knife used in the killings.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/elderly-couple-found-stabbed-to-death-in-saitama-apartment

Man stabs grandmother, younger brother to death in Nagano

NAGANO — Police said Wednesday they have arrested an unemployed 31-year-old man for allegedly stabbing to death his grandmother and his younger brother at their home in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. According to police, they received a call at around 10 a.m. Tuesday, reporting that an elderly woman and a young man were lying in the garden of their home and that they were covered in blood. TBS reported that police found the suspect, identified as Kazuhiro Shiobara, at the scene. Shiobara’s grandmother, who was in her 80s, and his brother, who was in his 20s, were taken to hospital where they were pronounced dead, police said. Police said Shiobara has admitted killing his grandmother and younger brother, but has so far given no motive.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-stabs-grandmother-younger-brother-to-death-in-nagano

Oregon mom, 25, found guilty of beating her 4-year-old to death because he 'walked and talked gay'

The 25-year-old Oregon mom accused of beating her young son to death because he was gay remained stoic in court today as she was found guilty of murder. Four-year-old Zachary Dutro-Boggess passed away in August 2012 after being beat so severely his intestines tore. On Wednesday, a jury deliberated for less than an hour before finding mother Jessica Dutro guilty of all charges related to Zachary's death - including murder. Dutro's boyfriend Brian Canady, 25, participated in the beating but escaped murder charges by taking a plea deal. By agreeing to testify against his girlfriend, Canady had the more serious charges against him dropped and be pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault. Neither Dutro or Canady have been sentenced yet.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595745/Oregon-mom-25-guilty-beating-4-year-old-death-thought-gay.html

Girlfriend admits shooting lover in the face at point blank range before trying to cover it up and make it look like suicide

A woman shot her boyfriend in the face at point blank range at the Pennsylvania home they shared, before tampering with the crime scene to make it look like a suicide, a court heard. Jessica Alinsky initially claimed Matthew Gailie shot himself during a violent row at their home near Hazleton in September 2011. After a desperate 911 call by Alinksy on the night of September 2, 2011, police and paramedics discovered Mr Gailie dead on the living room floor with a gunshot wound to the face.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595957/Girlfriend-admits-shooting-lover-face-point-blank-range-trying-cover-make-look-like-suicide.html

Woman, 63, dies after being mauled by shark as she went for early morning swim off Australian beach

A woman has died after she was taken by a shark while swimming off the coast of New South Wales, Australia. Christine Armstrong, 63, was swimming with a group of five others when she was separated from the group and attacked by the shark. The incident occurred at about 8.20am on Thursday morning, about 320 feet from the shore.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595638/Woman-dies-mauled-shark-Australian-beach.html

Tragic end for heavily pregnant zebra as it is eaten alive by a pack of hyenas

This is the devastating moment a heavily pregnant zebra was killed by hyenas in Africa. It was a scene that photographer Marc Mol found incredibly difficult to watch – other onlookers couldn’t bear it and left, he said The harrowing scene unfolded in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok County, with the mare set upon by 20 hyenas.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595889/Nature-brutal-Tragic-end-heavily-pregnant-zebra-eaten-alive-pack-hyenas-Kenyas-Maasai-Mara-National-Reserve.html

Shooting at Fort Hood leaves 3 dead, 16 injured

FORT HOOD, Texas - A U.S. soldier with mental health issues shot dead three people and injured at least 16 on Wednesday before shooting himself at an army base in Fort Hood, Texas, the site of another deadly rampage in 2009, U.S. military officials said. The soldier, who was being treated for depression and anxiety, went to two buildings on the base and opened fire before he was confronted by military police, Fort Hood commanding officer Lieutenant General Mark Milley said. The gunman, whose motive remains unknown, then shot himself in the head with a .45-caliber pistol, he said.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/04/02/shooting-at-fort-hood-base-in-texas

Kansas man accused in voodoo beheading of man with guitar string pleads not guilty to murder

An alleged voodoo worshipper accused of beheading a Kansas man with a guitar string has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. Topeka police say James Paul Harris, 29, ghoulishly severed the head of 49-year-old James Gerety in 2011 before packing it away in a draw-string bag to talk to, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports. Gerety's partial remains were found a year later in Carbondale, about 18 miles south of Harris' home. Harris' former girlfriend, Bobbie Williams, testified last month that he used the wire string as a garrote to decapitate Gerety after first shooting him in the stomach and torturing him for two days. A police detective also testified that Williams told him Harris practiced voodoo and liked to talk to the head he kept in the canvas bag.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ks-man-accused-beheading-man-guitar-string-pleads-guilty-article-1.1742103

Five dead after 8.2 earthquake shakes Chile coast; tsunami warnings lifted

The 8.2 magnitude quake struck Tuesday evening off coast of northern Chile, sparking fears of a tsunami. About four hours after the tremor, tsunami warnings remained in place for parts of Chile and Peru. Only five deaths have been officially reported.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/large-earthquake-strikes-coast-chile-tsunami-warning-issued-article-1.1742464

Man 'killed his mother and sister and lived with their dismembered bodies for days

-Darius Davon Sorrells, 30, is accused of killing both his mother and sister and dismembering one of the bodies

-Sorrells 'lived for several days at the house with the bodies' before he was arrested by police after a weekend traffic chase

-Victims' identities have not yet been released but county records show Natasha Sorrell is homeowner

-Police were called to home after the two women were reported missing by family and friends on Friday

-Investigators spent more than 14 hours collecting evidence at home

-Coroner's investigators went BACK to house to retrieve human remains

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594709/Man-killed-mother-sister-DISMEMBERING-one-stayed-home-days.html

Hog-tied, tortured and burned alive: Gang members jailed for murdering jewellery designer, 59, after trying to get key to safe they thought contained £40,000 diamonds

Three gang members who tortured a jewellery designer in an attempt to gain access to his safe before setting him on fire and leaving him to die inside his burning home have been jailed for a total of 90 years. Harvey Mumford, Zac Cowdrey and Simon Penton went to 'extraordinary lengths' to target Michael Griffiths, 59, tracking him down on the internet before conducting reconnaissance on his house in Fernhurst, Surrey. They first attempted to con their way into his property by pretending to be police officers wearing hi-vis jackets and after that failed they broke into his home while he was out and lay in wait for him to return.

When Mr Griffiths, who was described as a 'wonderful, fun-loving person', arrived he was stunned and 'hog-tied' with his hands and ankles bound together before being brutally tortured in the hope he'd give up the key to his safe, thought to contain diamonds worth £40,000. The gang then poured petrol onto him and onto the surrounding ground and set him on fire before callously leaving him to burn to death. Cowdrey, 24, and Mumford, 23, both of Staines, Surrey, were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 32 years. Penton, 27, of Sunbury, Surrey, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 26 years in Prison. After passing sentence, Judge Michael Lawson said: 'There was a complete plan to cause some harm to Mr Griffiths. This plan was exceeded by Cowdrey and Mumford. 'Mr Griffiths was overpowered to get to the valuable property you thought was in his safe.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594561/Gang-members-tortured-jewellery-designer-gain-access-safe-leaving-die-burning-home-jailed-total-90-years.html

Mother of three says 'crazy voices' told her to sit on her two young sons in bathtub and DROWN them

Pennsylvania woman claims she heard 'crazy voices' telling her to push her sons underwater before she sat on the boys in the bathtub, drowning her 3-year-old son and leaving his 6-year-old brother in critical condition. Laurel Schlemmer, 40, of McCandless, is being held without bond after she was arraigned early Wednesday on charges including criminal homicide, aggravated assault and child endangerment. Schlemmer told Allegheny County detectives she tried to drown her two youngest sons, 6-year-old Daniel and 3-year-old Luke, after her 7-year-old son left for school Tuesday morning.

She put the older boy on his school bus at about 8.40am, then told the younger boys to take off their pajamas and get into the bathtub. 'Schlemmer said after the boys got into the tub she got into the tub "fully clothed" and "crazy voices" were telling her to push the boys down into the water,' the complaint said. 'Schlemmer explained that at one point she [was] sitting on top of boys while they were under the water in the tub.' The detectives said Schlemmer went on to say that she 'thought she could be a better mother' to the oldest boy 'if the other two boys weren't around and they would be better off in heaven.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595079/Police-Voices-told-mother-sit-sons-tub.html

Mother, 39, shot dead by stray bullet as she did laundry in her home with her twin sister

A mother-of-two has been shot dead by a stray bullet in front of her twin sister as they did the laundry inside her home. Norma Elizalde, 39, was in her Santa Paula, California house on Saturday afternoon when a bullet was fired outside, pierced a window and fatally struck her in the neck, police said. Her 13-year-old son was also in the house at the time and her twin sister, Irma Ramos, witnessed the killing, relatives told CBS Los Angeles. Elizalde also had a 16-year-old son. Authorities said two people were involved in a fight with two others in a vehicle when one person from the car fired several rounds from a handgun, Lt. Ish Cordero told the Ventura County Star.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594221/Mother-39-shot-dead-stray-bullet-did-laundry-home-twin-sister.html

Girl student, 16, 'murdered best friend by stabbing her 65 TIMES after victim posted naked pictures on Facebook'

A 16-year-old Mexican girl allegedly murdered her 'best friend' in a horrific stabbing attack after she posted naked photos of the pair to her Facebook account. Anel Baez, also 16, was found with 65 stab wounds to her neck on March 19 after she invited Erandy Elizabeth Gutierrez - a girl she referred to as her 'sister' - to her home in an attempt at reconciliation. The two - who both lived in Guamúchil in western Mexico - had fallen out after Anel published revealing photos on her Facebook account, according to Mexican news website Notus.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2593956/Mexican-high-school-student-Anel-Baez-16-allegedly-killed-best-friend-Erandy-Elizabeth-Gutierrez-stabbing-frenzy.html

Wife who was battered to death with bottle of perfume by her doctor husband before he killed himself because he was paranoid about Japanese knotweed

This is the woman who was bludgeoned to death in bed by her husband before he killed himself over fears their home was blighted by Japanese knotweed. An inquest heard how nature-lover Jane McRae, 55, was battered by her husband Kenneth, 52, with a bottle of perfume as she lay in their bed, suffering fatal head injuries. In a suicide note, he said he killed his wife because the balance of his mind had been 'disturbed' by knotweed at their home in Rowley Regis, West Midlands. He wrote: 'I believe I was not an evil man, until the balance of my mind was disturbed by the fact there is a patch of Japanese knotweed which has been growing over our boundary fence on the Rowley Regis Golf Course.'

The doctor claimed golf course managers had been made aware of the problem but nothing had been done. After trying to curb the weed's growth unsuccessfully, he said the risk of structural damage and legal battles 'led to my growing madness.' He added: 'Jane and I were a very private couple, we chose to have no real friends, just enjoying each other. 'But the despair has got so bad that today I have killed her, as I did not want her to be alone without an income when I killed myself.' Today the couple's adopted son, photographer Mark McRae, said he did not know what drove his adoptive father to the crime.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2593566/Doctor-battered-wife-death-bottle-perfume-killing-scared-home-blighted-Japanese-Knotweed.html

Girl dies when wall inside school collapses on top of her - just one month after school is fined £8,000 after pupil fell 15ft down lift shaft

A 12-year-old has been killed after a wall inside her school collapsed on top of her. The student died at Liberton High School in Edinburgh just before 10am, apparently as she got dressed for her PE lesson in a gymnasium changing room. Police Scotland said her name and age will not be released until later today. Her family has been informed. The incident came just a month after a teenage student fell 15ft down a lift shaft and fractured three vertebrae in her back at the school.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594113/Girl-dies-wall-inside-school-collapses-her.html

Man lost at sea while performing California beach baptism

A man swept out to sea by seven-foot waves during an oceanside baptismal ceremony in California on Sunday remained missing a day later as hopes faded he would be found alive, officials said on Monday. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Adam Stanton said three men were initially washed away by the surf while performing the religious ceremony, held on the shore of the Rancho Guadalupe Dunes Preserve in the small Santa Barbara County city of Guadalupe. Two of the men were able swim back to shore without injuries, but the third man, whom authorities have not named, was still lost on Monday afternoon, according to a statement by the Santa Barbara Fire Department. The missing man had been helping to perform a baptism in association with the Jesus Christ Light of the Sky church, which holds similar events two or three times a year, according to local newspaper the Santa Maria Times.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/04/01/man-lost-at-sea-while-performing-california-beach-baptism