James Mulvaney Kills His Children and Then Himself

Distraught over his divorce and the loss of his job, James Mulvaney did the unthinkable, Ventura County authorities say.

Sometime after his ex-wife dropped their two children off at his Thousand Oaks apartment Tuesday, Mulvaney stabbed 12-year-old Jason and 7-year-old Jennifer to death in their bedrooms.

The 52-year-old father then took his own life by overdosing on prescription pills, a preliminary review Thursday by the county medical examiner's office indicates...

**Blog Author Note: Dear Catherine Saillant, how do you know this killer father was "distraught over his divorce and the loss of his job?" According to how you ordered your title, it would appear that this father killed his own children as a result [of his distraughtness]? How do you know this? How can you prove this? You do these dead children and their grieving mother a complete disservice. In fact, this is disrespectful.

Daddy Joseph L. Warnock Stabbed Mommy on Father's Day and is On the Lam

Police searched Monday for a man wanted for allegedly killing his wife as she slept with their two daughters, one of whom told a 911 dispatcher, "Daddy stabbed mommy."

Joseph L. Warnock, 41, faces an arrest warrant alleging murder in Sunday's death of Angela Warnock, 38, who police said was fatally stabbed in her bed.

He remained at large Monday night after police scoured the area around the couple's home just west of Indianapolis, using a bloodhound at one point in their search, said Lt. Roger Call of the Hendricks County Sheriff's Department...

Father's Day Coward Ryan Peters Kills Himself and His 3 Year Old Daughter

Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving a father and young daughter.

A deputy found the bodies of 29-year-old Ryan Peters and his 3-year-old daughter Teigan Peters, both from the Phoenix-area, shortly after midnight on Monday. They were discovered in the area of Parissawampitts Point off Highway 67 leading to the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

Mesa police officers called the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday after a relative of Ryan’s called police and said they were concerned for Ryan and Teigan’s safety. The relative described Ryan as “despondent” and possibly suicidal as the result of a divorce and a custody decision.



**Blog Author note: Why was this child in the custody of the father if he was suicidal and despondent? Wake the hell up people!!!!**

Father Myron Stenhouse Kills His Wife; Arrested Holding His Child

A man accused of killing his estranged wife was arrested Friday, holding their 14-month-old daughter in his arms.

Myron Stenhouse, 45, called 911 Friday afternoon, asking officers be sent to his home at 6236 20th Way South. He mentioned something about a knife and put the phone down, leaving the line open, police said.

When he returned to the phone, he said his wife was lying on the floor...

**Blog Author note: I will keep saying...the most dangerous time for a victim is when she leaves the relationship**

Divorced for Only One Month, Michael Stayer Beats His Ex-Wife to Death with a Hammer with the Children Home

A Whitestown nurse died a day after police said she was beaten bloody and unconscious with a hammer in her upscale townhome.

Her ex-husband will be charged with murder next week, authorities said.

Michael Stayer, 31, Zionsville, had called police to report he'd been beaten with a hammer by his wife, but paramedics and authorities found more than his injured hand. Beth Stayer, 32, was unresponsive in her 2-year-old child's bedroom in the new townhome they shared with her 5-year-old, police said...

Another neighbor, Bob Jordan, 47, is a pastor who moved in across the street from Beth Stayer last month. Jordan said he hopes the "tragic" event underscores the need for battered women to seek help...


**Blog Author note: Battered women need to seek PROTECTION not "help", when they have already left like this woman, Beth Stayer, did.

Batterers, are the people who need to seek "help."**

Agapito Lao Found Guilty of the Strangulation Death of His Wife

A Boston man has been convicted a second time of strangling his estranged wife.

Prosecutors say 50-year-old Agapito Lao was found guilty in Suffolk Superior Court on Tuesday of first-degree murder for beating and strangling 40-year-old Alicia Lao in her Chelsea apartment on May 2, 2000. She died about two weeks later.

Authorities say he killed her two days after she filed for divorce because she was involved in another relationship...


**Blog author note: I will keep saying it: Violence escalates when the victim finally decides to leave. It is not the beginning of abuse, but merely the continuation of it--even if a history of violence is unknown to family and friends. Judges must continue to issue protective orders when women ask for them. Law enforcement must act quickly upon violations. Safety plans must be in place.

We must stop this fixation on "false allegations."**

There was Talk of Divorce, but Marc McRae Went Ahead and Killed His Wife Instead, and Himself

Authorities say the couple had been having family problems and there was talk of a divorce. But, when deputies arrived at a small camper Sunday afternoon they found the couple dead of an apparent murder-suicide.

Henderson County Sheriff Ray Nutt said his deputies responded to a location on County Road 4712 8 a.m. Sunday morning where they found the bodies of 50-year-old Marc McRae and his estranged wife, 46-year-old Lori McRae...


**Blog author note: After separation, violence often increases.**

Father, two children dead in apparent Oregon murder-suicide

Police in Oregon say a 45-year-old father found dead with his two children along a hiking trail is believed to have shot them before killing himself.

The bodies were found at a nature preserve Friday. A medical examiner confirms that all three were shot with a 9mm. handgun and authorities recovered such a gun from the site.

A police spokesman tells KGW news that detectives have interviewed family members and believe the father had emotional issues linked to his divorce. He had no criminal record but was unemployed...

Hillsborough sheriff's officials say man killed his wife in a murder-suicide

A man shot and killed his estranged wife in her home, then drove to a nearby shopping center in Carrollwood and killed himself, authorities said Sunday.

The shootings appear to have taken place late Saturday or early Sunday, but it will take an autopsy to narrow down the time, Hillsborough County sheriff's spokesman J.D. Callaway said.

Sheriff's officials did not release the couple's names Sunday because they were relying on law enforcement authorities outside Florida to notify their relatives, Callaway said...

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...

Police suspect murder-suicide in deaths of Laval couple

A 15-year-old Laval boy discovered the bodies of his parents Tuesday in what police are calling a murder-suicide.

Police said Mahmoub el-Hage and his estranged wife Jinane Ghannoum were found dead in the basement of the family home on De Mézières Place in the Laval-des-Rapides neighbourhood.

They both had gunshot wounds to their heads. Police are still investigating who fired the weapon that was found at the scene.

Laval police Sgt. François Dumais said the couple had been going through a messy divorce and had a history of domestic violence.

"The separation was difficult and we had to [answer calls] at the address about domestic violence since August of last year," said Dumais...

Man 'murdered wife, then listed ways to dump body'

A businessman murdered his wife after she filed for divorce and then drew up a list of ways to dispose of her body, a court was told yesterday.

Martin Hale, 51, murdered his wife Maureen, 42, after a row at their home in Surrey nearly 10 years ago, a jury was told. After killing her on 22 June 1999, Mr Hale borrowed a shovel and a car from a work colleague and also offered another friend, who ran a pet cemetery, £20,000 to hire the incinerator, it is alleged.

When police searched Mr Hale, who claims that his wife simply walked out of their home in Thames Ditton never to be seen again, they found a letter in his briefcase with a list, numbered from one to four, which read: "At sea, by fire, by acid, landsite," Kingston Crown Court was told...

Oakland man who killed wife in church parking lot gets 35-to-life prison sentence

The first time Matthew McCall killed someone, almost 20 years ago, he was convicted of manslaughter and received one year in prison.

But for McCall's second killing, conducted in a church parking lot as dozens of parishioners were headed to Sunday service, the 43-year-old may spend the rest of his life behind bars.

McCall, who pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder in the slaying of his estranged wife, Tanya McCall, was sentenced Friday to 35 years-to-life in prison, a punishment that, at the very least, makes him eligible for parole when he is 78 years old...

Trial starts for upstate NY man in wife's death

A jury is hearing evidence in the case of a 60-year-old upstate New York man accused of killing his estranged wife.

The Cortland County trial began Wednesday with opening arguments from prosecutors and the lawyer for Charles "Randy" Thibeault (THEE'-boh).

District Attorney Mark Suben described Thibeault as an enraged man bent on exacting revenge on his wife Wendy because she had filed for divorce. Suben said he would prove his case using blood evidence, statements from neighbors and the lack of an alibi...

Man murdered wife in house fire

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...

Domestic Dispute Leads To Murder-Suicide

Two people are dead and one injured after a domestic situation erupted into a murder-suicide in a southeast valley neighborhood. Police say it began Thursday when a woman served divorce papers to her husband. The husband, 42-year-old Ricky Shadoan, reportedly went to his wife's parents' house on Del Sueno Drive, near Hacienda and Mountain Vista. There, Ricky Shadoan reportedly confronted his wife and an argument ensued...

Man denies wife's garage murder

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"...

Sentence upheld for man in murder, decapitation

A former racing mechanic convicted of strangling his estranged wife and decapitating her to make her body hard to identify must serve the 60 years to which he was sentenced, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.

Michael G. Albrecht had appealed after a Marion Superior Court judge refused to reduce his sentence or grant him a new trial in the 1992 murder of 31-year-old Cynthia L. Albrecht. Both Albrechts had been employed by different owners in the now-defunct Championship Auto Racing Teams.

She disappeared Oct. 25, 1992, after returning from a race in California shortly before the couple's divorce was to be finalized. Her headless body was found about three weeks later in northern Indiana's Newton County and was identified by surgical scars and fingerprints...

Murder-suicide was act of revenge, court hears

A SYDNEY father murdered his teenage daughter before killing himself as an act of revenge to punish his wife for divorcing him, a court has heard.

In an inquest into the tragic murder/suicide, Deputy State Coroner Malcolm MacPherson yesterday found the 53-year-old man, who cannot be identified, strangled or suffocated his 13-year-old daughter in the family's Pennant Hills home before hanging himself.

The court heard divorce proceedings instigated by the man's wife were due to be finalised in the Family Court just five days after his "vindictive" act of revenge in January last year...

Slain Woman's Uncle Says He Told Her To 'Watch Out' For Husband

More details are being learned about a fatal standoff Thursday between a Lakemore Village man and police.

Police said Daniel Tice held officers off for nearly eight hours with his 4-year-old son inside. Officers believe he shot and killed his wife.

Police said Tice, 32, shot his wife, Brandi, in the head Thursday in their Martha Avenue home and then called a friend to tell her what he did...More Here...