2 women killed at gas station by jilted ex-lover

Authorities say two women were gunned down at a Broward County gas station by a former boyfriend who was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the side of the road.

Plantation police say 27-year-old Jillian Hauck and 22-year-old Brooke Pazo were shot at early Friday. One died at the scene; the other at a hospital.

The suspect is identified as 30-year-old Robert Vaughan, who was found dead hours after the shooting. He had a gunshot wound to the head...

2 found dead in Lorton home

A Lorton couple have been found dead in their home in an apparent murder-suicide, Fairfax County Police say.

Police were called to the home in the 9600 block of Hagel Circle at about 2 p.m. Friday after a concerned relative went to there. They found 45-year- old Jacqueline Neal and 54-year-old Robert Neal Jr., dead in the home...

Suspect in Carol Mould murder a father, volunteer

The killing of Carol Mould in September 2004 drew extra attention.

Some people speculated it could be the latest grisly work of the BTK serial killer, who had preyed on Wichita-area residents since 1974. When BTK -- Dennis Rader -- was arrested months after Mould's death, the world learned that BTK was a husband, father, former Boy Scout parent volunteer and church leader.

Mould's killing would remain unsolved.

But last week, Butler County investigators made an arrest in the case: William "Bill" Wherry Moore -- another husband and father who has been active in his community, including volunteering with the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts...

Argument preceded murder-suicide

A woman and her boyfriend, found dead Saturday in their Wells Street home had been arguing, police say.

Ronnique Burton, 37, was shot in the head shortly before 3 p.m. by her boyfriend, Michael Jarrell, 31.

Burton was found lying on the floor of a second-story bedroom in the Wells Avenue house. Jarrell was also found lying on that bedroom floor. Both had single gunshot wounds to their heads.

Police said Jarrell shot Burton, then turned the gun on himself....

Some neighbors said they often saw the man and the children playing outside in their yard with other kids from the neighborhood. They said the man was polite and talkative, and the couple showed no signs of a combative or violent relationship.

“He was so nice. He would be so active with his kids, throwing balls and running around,” said Debbye Powello, who lives in an apartment across the street. “He seemed to be a very nice man.”

Randy Gray, who lives a few doors down, said he spoke the man several times and he seemed to get along fine with everyone.

“They were just real nice people,” Gray said...

Day care director charged with sexual assault

Authorities have charged the director of a North Texas Christian day care with the sexual assault of a child at the school.

Garland police arrested 55-year-old Cesar Najera-Zavala on Monday. Officials say the victim was a girl under 10 years old.

Najera-Zavala goes by Pastor and is the director of the Amiel Christian School...

2 Killed In Possible Murder-Suicide

Police in Fruitland Park are investigating an apparent murder-suicide at a bait and tackle shop.

Police responded to the Cain Pole South Bait and Tackle on US 441 and state Road 27 after reports of shots being fired.

The couple who owned the shop, Ronnie and Tonya Warren, was found dead...

Two Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

IMPD is investigating an apparent murder- suicide in Franklin Township.

Officers were called to an apartment at 5445 Boggs Creek Court on Wednesday morning to check the welfare of a woman who lives there. The woman's sister had been trying to reach her and was unable to do so.

Officers arrived shortly after medics. The fire department had forced entry and found two bodies in a rear bedroom.

Police say the woman, 21 year old Caitlin Walter, appeared to have been shot by 28 year old Matthew Ford, who then turned the gun on himself...

3 dead in apparent double murder-suicide in Texas

Police say a couple and their son are dead after an apparent double murder-suicide in a Houston suburb.

Authorities on Wednesday night found the bodies of Lewis Cantrell III, his father, Lewis Cantrell II, and stepmother, Gayle Cantrell.

Sgt. John Jordan with the League City Police Department tells the Houston Chronicle that a .38 caliber pistol was found near the younger man's body...

Police searching for homicide suspect

Louisville Metro Police need your help in finding a man they say brutally killed a Louisville woman.

Police named a suspect. They believe he was her boyfriend and say he has a history of domestic violence.


“We did receive a 911 call in the alleyway at the 2525 Duncan address. Found the body next to a garage there and that’s how the investigation began,” says Lt. Barry Wilkerson with LMPD’s homicide department...

Man, 75, dies in apparent murder-suicide attempt

Investigators with the Flagler County Sheriff's Office and Florida Department of Law Enforcement are investigating an apparent murder-suicide attempt Tuesday at a home in the Plantation Bay development west of Interstate 95.

Investigators believe Richard Nickel, 75, shot his wife, Gail, 72, with a .22-caliber gun and then turned the weapon on himself inside the couple's home on Kingsley Lane. .

Deputies said Nickel left a note saying he was concerned about his wife's frail health. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife was transported in critical condition to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach. She was listed in critical but stable condition Tuesday night...

Family begs judge to send dad to prison

Family member after family member stood up and railed against Ronald A. Dority at his sentencing Friday, telling Erie County Common Pleas Judge Tygh Tone that Dority must go to prison for the brutal kidnapping of his estranged wife.

The words carried weight with Tone, who sentenced the 44-year-old Bellevue man to 12 years in prison. He faced a maximum of 23 years behind bars.

Dority terrorized his now ex-wife Beth the night of June 16. He broke into her Herr Road home in Margaretta Township, where he found Beth in bed and choked her, according to police. He then dragged her to the garage, wrapped a chainsaw chain around her wrists, pushed her into a Chevrolet Suburban, then drove her around until he needed to stop for gas...

Jurors selected in case from '95

Jurors will begin hearing evidence today in Caroline County Circuit Court in the murder trial of a man accused of killing his wife, who has been missing for 14 years.

Commonwealth's Attorney Tony Spencer told the jury that his evidence will be solely circumstantial as he seeks to prove that Lawrence Peter Gaudenzi, 45, killed his wife and destroyed her body.

Spencer said even though Lisa Gaudenzi's body was never found and he has no physical evidence, there is enough proof that Lawrence Gaudenzi killed her...

Missing 2-year-old returned to mother

A 2-year-old boy taken from his mother at gunpoint today has been returned home unharmed.

Police say the boy's non-custodial father, Terrance Talley Sr., took the child from the apartment where he lived with his mother and grandmother...

3 found dead in apparent murder-suicide in Calif.

A couple and their toddler son have been found shot to death in their Orange County apartment in an apparent murder-suicide, police said Wednesday.

An apartment manager who hadn't seen the family in several days called police, who arrived Tuesday afternoon to find a 44-year-old man, his 42-year-old girlfriend and their 2- or 3-year-old son each dead with a single bullet wound to the head, Orange police Sgt. Mike Monjaraz said.

Investigators found a gun near the man and a suicide note he had apparently written, Monjaraz said...



California Contractor With Money Woes Kills Girlfriend, Son, Himself in Murder-Suicide

An electrical contractor who was having financial problems shot to death his live-in girlfriend and 3 1/2-year-old son before killing himself, police said Wednesday.

Officers called to an apartment Tuesday afternoon found the bodies of Craig Rubin, 44, and Mary Striley, 42, on beds in separate bedrooms while the body of their son, Jake, was in a high chair in the kitchen, Sgt. Dan Adams said.

Each had been shot once in the head.

Kamwenge father chops two kids

A 42-year-old man in Kamwenge district has been arrested after he hacked to death his two children during a row with his wife over land ownership.

Vanansio Begumana of Rwentura village in Ntara sub-county later attempted to commit suicide by taking poison. He is currently under Police surveillance at a private clinic.

The CID officer of Kamwenge, Mwanga Kyaligonza, told The New Vision that the man committed the gruesome murder on Thursday after disagreeing with one of his wives, Joy Kyomukama, over a plan to divide a piece of land...

City man held in murder case in Michigan

How does a man described as a good neighbor and loving father end up a suspect in a double murder in which the victims may be his relatives?

That's what those who know city resident Johan A. Vanniekerk are wondering since two bodies were found in a Marshall, Mich., Comfort Inn around 5:30 p.m. Friday. Vanniekerk, 40, was preliminarily charged with two counts of murder and an immigration violation Sunday and was being held without bond at the Calhoun County Jail. He was scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. today at 10th District Court in Battle Creek, Mich.

Fort Wayne Police believe Vanniekerk drove to Marshall with his mother and one of his three young daughters after being accused of beating his wife, Donna J. Vanniekerk, according to a news release from Officer John Chambers, a Fort Wayne Police spokesman. Police have not said why Vanniekerk stopped in Marshall, a town of about 7,300 located about 90 miles north of Fort Wayne.

Death sentence for dad who killed 4 kids

A judge has ordered the death sentence for a Vietnamese refugee convicted of murdering four young children by tossing them from a 24-metre-high bridge to "torture" his wife.

Circuit Judge Charles Graddick handed down the death sentence to Lam Luong on Thursday and said he would order prison officials to show Luong photographs of the four children each day he is on death row.

Luong, 38, was convicted in March of killing the children on January 7, 2008. The unemployed shrimper was accused of dropping the four from atop the Dauphin Island Bridge after an argument with their mother, Kieu Phan, 23....

Domestic Violence Homicide

State Police say a 17 year old Limestone boy has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of his three month old daughter.

Nicklas Jones made his first court appearance Monday afternoon, after being taken into custody Friday night in Caribou.

Jones is charged in the death of Joselyn Jones, who died last Monday at a Bangor hospital from injuries she received on April 23. State Police say the infant died from blunt force trauma to the head. Police believe her teenage father threw the baby into her crib to stop the infant from crying...

Husband, Wife Dead In Alleged Murder-Suicide In Lenoir

Lenoir police said they discovered a murder-suicide when they were called to an apartment early Sunday.

Officers arrived shortly after 9 a.m. at the Meadowood Garden apartments after a neighbor found a handwritten note on the door of apartment No. 21 that said, “Call 911. Do not go inside.”

Inside the apartment, officers found Robin Lovada Jarvis, 50, and Larry Eugene Jarvis, 53, dead of apparent gunshot wounds...

Judge delays preliminary hearing for man charged for two murders

A judge delayed the scheduled preliminary hearing on Monday for a man charged with killing his pregnant wife and infant son. A judge ruled more time is needed for a psychiatric evaluation of Dan Andrews.

Andrews is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action for the stabbing deaths of Mary Burchel and their son, Tayler, on March 16. Detectives say Andrews confessed to the murders at the family's home about five miles west of Ava...

Divorce filing and arrest come before Dade City couple's murder-suicide

In a matter of days, things seemed to go from bad to worse for Terry Wayne Scott.

Scott spent four days in the Pasco County jail after an April 17 arrest on charges of grand theft. Two days after his release, Scott's wife of 10 years filed for divorce.

At some point, apparently, it became too much to handle.

According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, Scott, 59, fatally shot his wife, Veronica, and then killed himself Saturday at their Dade City home...

4 dead in Fla. family slaying; teen son escapes

A 34-year-old man shot and killed his wife and two young sons and fired on another son before killing himself in the front yard of their home on Sunday night, authorities said.

Investigators were still searching for a motive for the slayings that followed a fight late Sunday between Troy Ryan Bellar and his wife, Wendy Bellar, 31.

Authorities believe Wendy Bellar tried to leave the home in Lakeland, located between Tampa and Orlando, with two of the children after the fight, Polk County Sheriff's Department spokesman Scott Wilder said in a statement...


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