an illusion of equality...
Friends, family and neighbors are gathering Friday to remember Amy Wilcox.
Wilcox died last week from the injuries she suffered after prosecutors say her estranged husband set her on fire back in April.
Tom Wilcox was indicted Thursday on seven counts, including aggravated murder...
Labels: aggravated murder, Amy Wilcox, arson, domestic violence, murder, Ohio, wife
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...
Sixty-one-year-old Richard Watson was charged last year with the murder of his wife Anne by burning down their house in Pyramid Hill, north of Bendigo, in 2003.
Watson did not show any emotion when the verdict was given this afternoon but his late wife's family members gasped and cried in court...
Labels: Anne Watson, arson, Australia, murder
Madison Police have released the names of the man and woman found dead inside their burned home on Tuesday evening. They have also released more information about the circumstances into the deaths.
Police say Michael Andrew Liska and Kathy Jean Liska both died in the home. Police have determine Michael Liska, 53, shot his wife in the head, and then set fire to the house before taking his own life.
Police gathered evidence in the home, and talked with acquaintances and family members of the Liskas. Police say there had been a history of domestic violence that had gone unreported to authorities...
A father-of-five has been found guilty of murder after locking his wife in a room and setting fire to their home.
Alan Stead, of Meynell Fields, Loggerheads, in Staffordshire, denied killing his wife, Anita, in May 2002.
She died in a room he built in the garage of their home used to hide a computer game counterfeiting operation, Stafford Crown Court heard.
Stead, arrested after police agreed to reopen the case, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years.
Prosecutors alleged Stead wanted to kill his wife because she had told him she wanted a divorce...
Labels: Anita Stead, arson, divorce, UK, wife
A man accused of killing his pregnant fiancé is now facing a rape charge in the case.Michael Mead was arrested in January and charged with first-degree murder, burglary and arson.Indictments issued Tuesday show Mead faces additional charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and first-degree rape.Mead is accused of breaking into Lucy Johnson's home on July 16, shooting her twice in the head and then setting the home on fire...
Labels: arson, burglary, fiance, first degree murder, girlfriend, gun, Lucy Johnson, pregnant, rape
Anthony Darst and Brittany Givens-Copeland had a baby boy four months ago. Their relationship was rocky, but lately, they tried working things out.
They never had the chance, said Darst, 23, of Burnsville.
Givens-Copeland died, police say, in a murder-suicide Sunday night after she went to see ex-boyfriend Adam K. Williams, 23, at his Burnsville apartment building...
Alan Stead, 41, of Meynell Fields, Loggerheads, Staffordshire, denies murdering his wife Anita in May 2002 and called the fire a tragic accident.
Stephen Lineham QC, prosecuting, said Mr Stead killed his wife because she had told him she wanted to divorce him.
Mr Lineham told Stafford Crown Court the garage room was a "secret place"...
Authorities say a man in a small northeast Kansas town killed his three children, set their home on fire and shot himself.
Osage County Sheriff Laurie Dunn says 52-year-old Michael L. Shirley committed suicide Monday after setting his Scranton home ablaze. Also dead are 14-year-old Ethan C. Shirley, 11-year-old Ashten C. Shirley, and 9-year-old Caleb Jackson Shirley...
