Mother tried to manipulate dead daughter's face into a smile after 'shooting her and her brother' as doctors claim she was sane and planned 'murder'

A Tampa woman tried to manipulate her dead daughter's face into a smile after she allegedly shot her and her teenage brother in a meticulously planned double murder, a doctor told jurors today. During the seventh day of Julie Schenecker's trial in Hillsborough County Court, two doctors said the 53-year-old former military wife had a plan to kill her children, and cited her journal writings that detailed the plan as evidence. She is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Calyx, her 16-year-old daughter and Beau, her 13-year-old son. The teens were shot to death while her now ex-Army officer husband was on a 10-day deployment to the Middle East. On Wednesday, Dr. Randy Otto, a mental health expert called by the prosecution, told the jury Schenecker told him that she tried to manipulate Calyx's mouth into a smile after she shot her children. She also covered both the teens' bodies with blankets and kissed them, Otto said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2628429/Trial-mom-accused-teens-killing-7th-day.html

Australia’s most sadistic child killer Robin Reid, who shaved victims’ hair as trophies, WILL kill again if released, says officer who helped jail him in 1982

Australia's most sadistic child killer Robin Reid who raped, tortured and killed 13-year-old schoolboy Peter Aston in 1982 will 'maim and kill boys' if released from jail, says the police officer who helped lock him up. Reid, a former army corporal, and transexual soldier Paul Luckman kidnapped Aston and another schoolboy, Terry Ryan, at gun and knifepoint and took them to Kingscliff Beach, NSW, where they beat and assaulted Aston and buried him alive. Reid, who former Detective Ian Spiers describes as 'the most perverted evil human I have every come across,' could be freed from prison in less than 12 months.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2628740/Sadistic-Australian-child-killer-Robin-Reid-maim-kill-boys-released-prison.html

Teenager 'murdered acquaintance with a kitchen knife in front of toddler because rap music made him ''want to stab somebody'''

A teenager murdered an acquaintance with a kitchen knife in front of a toddler after saying that rap music made him 'want to stab somebody', a court heard. The 16-year-old, who can not be named for legal reasons, is accused of launching an unprovoked attack on Fico Dougan, 17. The fatal stab wound was inflicted with such force that it entered through his chest, passed through a chest bone and emerged from his back, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Fico died of a stab wound to the heart soon after the attack on September 25 last year, which took place in front of a two-year-year girl at a house in Croydon, south London, the court was told. The accused teenager's defence barrister argues the killing was triggered by post-traumatic stress disorder following the death of his much-loved brother.

Martin Hicks, prosecuting, told the court that the alleged murderer and Fico knew each other but 'there was no known hostility'. The pair had both been at the house of a 19-year-old woman on the afternoon of the killing, and she, the defendant, and Fico's girlfriend Montana Riley were watching television with the woman's two-year-old sister. Mr Hicks said: 'The defendant was listening to music on his headphones. He was heard to say words to the effect of, "When I listen to rap music I want to stab somebody".’ Soon after, Fico tapped at the window and was let into the house by Miss Riley and joined the group watching TV, the jury was told. Fewer than ten minutes later, the defendant rose from his seat and walking to the kitchen with what Miss Riley described as 'a vague stare'. Mr Hicks told the court: 'He burst back into the room and he was holding a kitchen knife. Without any warning and with no good reason he proceeded to attack Fico.' The court heard the defendant remained completely silent as he tried to stab Fico at least six times while Miss Riley frantically attempted to stop him.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2629281/Teenager-murdered-acquaintance-kitchen-knife-toddler-rap-music-want-stab-somebody.html

Woman 'hacks grown-up disabled daughter to death and burns her body on the barbecue'

A teacher has been accused of hacking her disabled daughter to death and then burning her body on a barbecue. Wheelchair-bound Magdalena Nunyango Amunyoko, who was born with a condition that restricted her body functions, was allegedly murdered at the home she shared with her mother in the town of Ongwediva, in northern Namibia. The charred remains of the 26-year-old’s badly burnt body were discovered by her brother on Saturday morning.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2627288/Woman-hacks-grown-disabled-daughter-death-burns-body-barbecue.html

Pastor kills himself one week before trial for sexual abuse of nine-year-old girl was due to start

A new father killed his five-week-old son because he felt fatherhood meant 'his life was over', a court heard today. Matthew Wickens, 24, lost his temper when he was left alone with baby Riley Gardener at the family home in Paignton, Devon. He shook his son, before slamming his face into a cot - causing him to suffer severe head injuries. He then repeatedly lied about what he had done - and even tried to cover up the baby's injuries by putting a hat on him His lies meant Riley's mother, Gemma Gardener, became a suspect and was forced to give up their other son, Jayden, for 14 months. But now, Wickens has been jailed for six years and five months after admitting manslaughter at Exeter Crown Court.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2628162/New-father-killed-five-week-old-son-slamming-face-cot-felt-fatherhood-meant-life-over.html

At least 15 dead after stampede at soccer stadium in Congo

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A stampede at a soccer stadium in Congo’s capital on Sunday killed at least 15 people and injured more than a dozen, government officials said. The stampede at the Tata Raphael Stadium in Kinshasa happened toward the end of a match between two popular Congolese teams, AS Vita Club and TP Mazembe, according to a statement from the Interior Ministry read on national television late Sunday. At least 21 people were injured during the melee, said Gov. Andre Kimbuta, who has set up a commission to investigate the incident.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/soccer/15-killed-soccer-stadium-stampede-article-1.1788886

Woman kills ex and his new girlfriend before turning gun on herself in tragic murder-suicide

Three people were found shot dead in the Dallas area on Saturday in what police are calling a murder-suicide at the hands of a bitter ex-girlfriend. Michelle Boyer, 45, was discovered dead in her car from a self-inflicted gun shot wound. She left behind a note that police say detailed the ghastly scene she'd left behind in nearby Murphy. Police found the gunned down, partially clothed bodies of Boyer's 40-year-old ex Jonathan Masin and another woman, 38-year-old Amy Picchiotti.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2625595/Woman-kills-ex-new-girlfriend-turning-gun-tragic-murder-suicide.html

Parents are killed as their three girls sleep: Dead couple had recently split and mother was in new relationship, neighbours claim

A couple have been found knifed to death at their home while their three daughters slept downstairs. The victims, aged 32 and 29 and named locally as David and Hayley Stringer, were found early yesterday at their house in Walsall in the West Midlands, while their three daughters slept downstairs. A 19-year-old man, believed to be the new boyfriend of the dead woman and named locally as Matty Read, was being interviewed as a suspect in the murder investigation. He was in the house when police arrived.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2625080/Man-arrested-suspicion-murder-pair-dead-house-three-young-girls-sleeping.html

Four dead in suspected murder-suicide at California home

POMONA, Calif. — A 28-year-old man shot and killed three members of a Southern California family at the home where they all lived before turning the gun on himself, authorities said Friday. The four bodies were found late Thursday inside the single-story house in a residential area of Pomona, police Lt. Michael Keltner said at a morning news conference. The suspect lived at the home, and the murder-suicide appears to have stemmed from a domestic situation, Keltner said. A woman in her 50s and her 24-year-old daughter and 17-year-old son were killed in their respective bedrooms, he said. The suspect was found at the foot of the younger woman’s bed. Keltner said she might have been his girlfriend. There were no signs of a struggle.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dead-suspected-murder-suicide-california-article-1.1785798

Man admits to killing, dismembering body of New Orleans stripper

A sex offender admitted to killing a Louisiana stripper and chopping up her corpse with his girlfriend before dumping the woman’s body near the shore, police said. Terry Speaks, 41 — who is being held in a New York state prison for failing to register as a sex offender — claimed that he and Margaret Sanchez killed the New Orleans dancer, Jaren Lockhart, in June 2012, cops said. The couple became suspects in the 22-year-old woman’s death when her dismembered body washed up along a Mississippi shore soon after she was reported missing. Investigators found footage from a surveillance camera inside the gentlemen’s club where Lockhart worked that showed the stripper leaving with Speaks and Sanchez.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/man-admits-killing-dismembering-body-new-orleans-stripper-cops-article-1.1786095

Scorned cousin disguised as photographer shoots bride dead at Indian wedding

An Indian wedding turned to horror Thursday when the bride was shot dead as she said her vows by a cousin who believed she had "cheated" on him. Dr. Jaishri Namdeo, 29, was standing with her groom onstage in the city of Bhopal when Anurag Singh allegedly stormed up the aisle and shot her at point-blank range. Singh, who had entered the wedding disguised as a photographer, then attempted to shoot himself but missed and grazed a nearby guest, allowing witnesses to tackle him to the ground. They then disarmed the shooter and beat him violently until police arrived.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/cousin-disguise-shoots-bride-dead-indian-wedding-article-1.1786532

Mercedes-Benz driver turns tables on carjackers, shoots both men dead in the Bronx

The victim of an attempted Bronx carjacking went berserk Friday, chasing down the thieves and shooting them dead, cops said. The 30-year-old man was driving a Mercedes-Benz SUV when he was approached by Jermaine Johnson and Kaiison Lewis outside the Dyer Avenue Deli Grocery in Wakefield about 4:40 a.m., police said. Johnson and Lewis, who both lived in Mount Vernon, N.Y., tried to steal the SUV at gunpoint, investigators believe. But when their mark fought back, they ran to Johnson’s car, which was parked nearby at Rombouts Ave. and Light St. That’s when their target pulled his own gun and riddled Johnson’s green Acura TL with bullets, cops said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/men-killed-bronx-incidents-man-custody-article-1.1785739

Girl of 13 kills herself after mother's Facebook ban: Indian teenager so upset at mother's order to close account she committed suicide

Right...................

A teenage girl hanged herself because her mother demanded that she remove herself from Facebook. Aditi Gupta, 13, was so upset by her mother Mohana berating her for spending too much time chatting with her friends, she committed suicide in her bedroom. Mrs Gupta, 36, told her daughter before leaving for work: ‘I want that Facebook account closed by the time I come home.’ She returned for lunch four hours later to find her dead.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2624845/Girl-13-kills-mothers-Facebook-ban-Indian-teenager-upset-mothers-order-close-account-committed-suicide.html

Man, 53, shot dead his 34-year-old wife and pet parrot because 'they talked too much'

...or you can just walk away from that shit and 'be' once again.

A 53-year-old Alabama man said he killed his 34-year-old wife and her pet parrot because he was annoyed with their banter. Robin Penton attempted suicide March 10 after shooting dead his wife Collen Penton and their three dogs at their Huntsville home. The exotic bird's neck was snapped. In a suicide note written after killing Colleen, Penton wrote that he killed the dogs (a pointer, chihuahua and Rottweiler) because his wife didn't train them. He said that he killed Colleen and the bird because they both 'talked too much'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2623334/Man-53-shot-dead-34-year-old-wife-pet-parrot-talked-much.html

Man kept his dead mother in the freezer for THREE YEARS while he collected benefits before killing himself

A man kept his dead mother in a freezer for three years while spending her social security money - and then killed himself as police unraveled the mystery. Police in Kentucky suspect Jon Whiteford dumped the body of his mother, Faye, who would have been 96 this year, at an empty house after he was forced to move out of the home they had shared. A detective found the body in the garden on April 23 and wrapped in plastic. The grim case began to unfold in February, when federal investigators contacted Sheriff Todd Wood for help in locating Faye Whiteford, a retired school teacher, and her son.

The Social Security Administration was paying monthly benefits to Faye Whiteford, but she had not logged a medical claim in her name for about three years - an obvious red flag, given her age. Federal agents told sheriff's detectives that Whiteford's son had access to her finances. Jon Whiteford decided to continue drawing his mother's Social Security and retirement benefits, making the 'fateful decision' to hide her body in a freezer until he was forced to move out of their home, according to Wood's office. Detectives went to Whiteford's home in Science Hill, Somerset Hill, but it was empty. The Columbus Dispatch said in early March, police located the 59-year-old son when he went to the Social Security office in Somerset to apply for benefits in his name.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2623369/Man-kept-dead-mother-freezer-THREE-YEARS-collected-benefits-killing-himself.html

Brazilian vigilantes cut penis off man suspected of raping 3-year-old girl

Vigilantes in Brazil hacked off a man's penis after suspecting him of raping a 3-year-old girl, it's reported. Francisco de Souza de Castro, 66, also had three of his fingers chopped off in the brutal revenge attack in Severinia, Sao Paulo state, at the weekend. He was rushed to Santa Casa de Misericordia Hospital, in nearby Barretos, where doctors unsuccessfully tried to re-attach his sex organ. Medics also failed to re-graft his digits onto his hand. Estadao reports that Castro allegedly raped the infant, on the rural ranch where he worked, last Sunday. Her mother reportedly spotted signs of the alleged attack when her daughter returned home later that night. It's unclear who carried out the attack on Castro, but local media speculates it could have been angry relatives of the child.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/brazilian-vigilantes-cut-penis-suspected-rapist-3-year-old-girl-article-1.1782704

Texas shooting leaves married couple dead, two children hospitalized for gunshot wounds

Authorities are investigating a possible murder-suicide that left a married Texas couple dead and their two children suffering gunshot wounds early Monday morning. The couple's brave 15-year-old daughter managed to escape the Fort Bend home and call 911 around 6 a.m., alerting deputies to her 11-year-old brother who was left seriously injured inside, according to the sheriff's office. Tragically, deputies also reported finding the bodies of the children's parents inside the home. The parents were identified as Karim Kamdar, 46, and his wife, Nikhat Kamdar, 37, and are suspected victims of a domestic dispute. Both of the children were flown via Life Flight to Memorial-Hermann Hospital and underwent surgery for their injuries.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-shooting-leaves-married-couple-dead-kids-shot-article-1.1781907

More than 60 people killed and many more blinded or ill after drinking homemade alcohol laced with methanol to make it stronger in Kenya

Dozens of people have died in Kenya after drinking a toxic batch of illicit moonshine thought to be laced with industrial alcohol. Many more victims are fighting for their lives in hospital and some have even gone blind after the bootleg liquor went on sale in four counties in the east African country. Reports on local television showed victims writhing in pain in hospitals in the eastern and central counties of Embu, Kitui and Kiambu.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2622173/More-60-people-killed-blinded-ill-drinking-homemade-alcohol-laced-methanol-make-stronger-Kenya.html

Murdered prostitute found stripped naked and ‘crucified’ in Italy may have been victim of a serial killer, police believe

-Body of Andreea Cristina Zamfir, 26, found beneath bridge in Ugnano near Florence

-Was found naked and bound by an iron bar in a position similar to crucifixion

-Police believe woman might have been victim of a serial killer

-Another woman was found in similar circumstances in same place last year

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2622329/Murdered-prostitute-stripped-naked-crucified-Italy-victim-serial-killer-police-believe.html

Colorado boy, 13, 'shot his father in the head and tried to conceal murder by calling him in sick to work for six days'

A 13-year-old boy in a small Colorado town is accused of shooting his father twice in the head and trying to hide the killing for days by telling the man's employer his father was sick. The boy was arrested Monday after a tip from the unidentified employer led deputies to check on the family. Authorities said the boy, identified by local news outlets as Kai Kelly, answered the door and told them his 50-year-old father, Joseph Kelly Jr, was dead in the home. The coroner said the man had been dead for about six days.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2621481/Colorado-boy-13-killed-father-tried-hide-calling-sick-work.html