Warren Powell Gets Life Sentence for Strangling Pregnant Wife and Dumping Her Body

His first murder conviction was overturned, but Warren Powell didn't fare any better the second time around.

A dozen years after his first trial, Powell was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum of life in prison for strangling his pregnant wife. The sentence of 25 years to life begins after he serves 15 to 30 years for an unrelated drug conviction.

The 1997 murder verdict was overturned by an appellate court in 2004 because of an error in jury selection...

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...

Albertville man charged in wife's shooting death at Guntersville carwash

Guntersville Police today charged Jessie Livell Phillips, 29, of Albertville with murder in the shooting death of his wife, Erica.

Phillips is being held without bond in the Marshall County Jail here.

He is accused of shooting his wife in the head at the Lakeside Carwash in the Warrenton community Friday afternoon. She died early the next day at Huntsville Hospital...

Capital murder charged

An Albertville man has been charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of his wife and her unborn child.

Judge Liles Burke denied bond to Jessie Livell Phillips, 29, of 1000 Baltimore Ave., Apartment 36, whom authorities say admitted to the shooting at a Guntersville car wash Friday afternoon.

In what is said to have been a domestic issue, Phillips allegedly shot Erica Phillips, 23, in the head with a pistol while she was parked at the Lakeside Car Wash on Alabama 69 in Guntersville.

The shooting is said to have taken place in front of her two young children and her younger brother at the carwash.

Phillips allegedly fled the scene in a black sport utility vehicle belonging to his stepmother.

A short time later, the SUV was spotted on Sand Mountain Drive in Albertville.

As an unmarked Albertville police unit approached Phillips, he reportedly pulled the SUV over to a parking space alongside the Albertville police station and surrendered, without

Murder suspect faces rape charge in fiancé's death

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...

Girl: I was fed up with father's abuse of sister

The sister of a girl who was allegedly molested and impregnated four times by their father says she waited until she turned 18 to come forward because she was afraid of being placed in state custody. "My dad was doing all this crazy stuff," the 18-year-old told The Associated Press in an interview Thursday. "I got fed up with it until I finally ran my mouth. ... I couldn't see my sister suffer anymore. That's why I wanted her out."

She said her sister, now 19, was 13 when their father started molesting her. The 18-year-old said her sibling confided in her about the abuse after becoming pregnant the first time.

"But I already knew," she said...

Man charged with assaulting toddlers, pregnant girlfriend

New Bedford police say they arrested a local dad last night on charges that he attacked his 1-year-old son, his pregnant girlfriend and his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son during a series of “vicious and savage acts of violence.”

Angel Matos-Garcia, 32, was arrested last night for allegedly assaulting his 1-year-old son, his girlfriend who is three months pregnant with his baby and his girlfriend’s 4-year-old child from a previous relationship, according to New Bedford Police.

Matos-Garcia, who lives on North Front Street in New Bedford, will be arraigned in New Bedford District Court this morning on multiple felonies, New Bedford Police spokesman Lt. Jeffrey Silva said in a statement last night. Charges include assault and battery and mayhem, he said...More Here...