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**

Jacksonville's Oscar Hernandez has been Charged with the Murder of His Wife

A man from Jacksonville has been arrested and charged with murdering his wife back in 2007.

Deputies arrested Oscar Hernandez, 67, Monday afternoon on a charge of second-degree murder.

His wife, Maria E. Martinez, 51, was found partially clothed in a ditch by two men working for the Department of Environmental Protection as they were testing soil in the area.

Hernandez had reported his wife missing the day before with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office after he said she went on an early morning walk and never returned...

Jerome Usher, of Virgina Beach, Pleads Guilty to the Murders of His Ex-Girlfriend and Her Partner

A 46-year-old man pleaded guilty today to stabbing to death an estranged girlfriend and a male acquaintance in 2007.

Jerome Usher, of Virgina Beach, pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder in the Nov. 4, 2007, killings of Brenda Gregory Burnett and James Vass.

Usher faces life in prison when he is sentenced Sept. 23...

Ewa man convicted of murder, again

An Oahu jury convicted Darnell Griffin, 50, of second-degree murder in the strangulation death of Evelyn Luka in 1999.

The jury returned its verdict this afternoon after getting the case Friday afternoon.
Griffin had no reaction as the verdict was read in court.

Griffin was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree sexual assault. On the morning of Sept. 6, 1999, Luka was found unconscious near the Ka Uka Boulevard onramp of the H-2 freeway.

Luka remained in a coma at the Queen’s Medical Center with brain damage. She was taken off life support on Oct. 2 after she failed to regain consciousness...

20-Year Sentence in Virginia Baby's Death

Michelle Leete dropped off her 21-month-old son at a day-care provider's home, then got a phone call four hours later saying he had been beaten to death.

The pain has scarcely subsided for the Fairfax County woman since that day in September 2006. She wept again in court yesterday as she recalled Myles Simon as a "jovial child who loved to smile and giggle and was a delight to his parents and grandparents."

After her testimony, a Fairfax Circuit Court judge sentenced Mohammad A. Ahmad to 20 years in prison as part of a plea bargain on a second-degree murder charge. The sentencing concluded a tortuous case that featured one murder trial, the erasure of its verdict, the dismissal of its prosecutors and the arrest of its main witness on perjury charges on the eve of the retrial...

Lawyer stabbed 38 times; husband held

Slain attorney Chiquita Tate was such a believer in the legal system that she had a tattoo of Lady Justice on her back, college friend T. J. Crawford recalled.

"She just had an attachment to justice and doing what's right by people. She was always very serious about that," said Crawford, a teacher and community organizer in Chicago, Illinois.

But Tate, described by colleagues as a tenacious defense attorney who fought for her clients, could not save herself.

Family members and friends in Chicago; Atlanta, Georgia, and Tate's adopted home -- tiny Baker, Louisiana -- are reeling from the grisly details of Tate's slaying, and police say it was at the hands of her husband, Greg Harris. They had been married about 14½ months...

Maryland teacher pleads guilty to murder

A middle school teacher from Cumberland has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his wife.

Thirty-eight-year-old Cory Yantz faces up to 30 years in prison at his sentencing, which hasn't been scheduled.

The sixth-grade social studies teacher from Washington Middle School was arrested in August after telling police he had found his wife Tonya dead in their home...

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...

$750,000 bail set for man charged in wife's shooting

A Fair Haven Township man accused of killing his wife has been ordered held in lieu of $750,000 bail.

Dale Morris Nyren, 70, is charged with intentional second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Sharon Nyren. Dale Nyren is accused of shooting her in the head and knee Tuesday afternoon in their home on Bayberry Road.

Stearns County District Court Judge Kris Davick-Halfen on Thursday ordered Dale Nyren held on $750,000 unconditional bail or $500,000 with conditions...

Heights man charged with murder of wife

Charges were filed Wednesday against 54-year-old Michael Allen Miller, a Dearborn Heights resident accused of shooting and killing his 34-year-old wife in front of their teenage son while preparing for target practice on Nov. 22.

Accord-ing to police, Miller claimed the .45-caliber pistol went off after he removed the clip. It fired a bullet straight into his wife's chest inside the couple's home on Powers, north of Van Born Road.

The victim was transported to Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn, where she was pronounced dead. Her husband claimed the shooting was an accident, but Detective Sgt. James Serwatowski said investigators didn't buy it...

W.Va. man gets 30 years in ex-wife's murder

A Huntington man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his ex-wife, whose body was found inside a trash can.

Sixty-two-year-old Wayne Burton Brown pleaded guilty Friday in Cabell County Circuit Court to second-degree murder in the November 2007 shooting of Mary Joe Brown. Wayne Brown entered a Kennedy plea, in which the defendant doesn't admit guilt...

Man charged in Oshawa homicide

A woman has been found dead and her common-law husband has been charged in what police are calling a "domestic-type homicide" in Oshawa.

Just before 10 p.m. last night, officials were called to Cunningham Ave. near Stevenson Rd. N. and Rossland Rd. W. for a disturbance call, said Durham Region police.

They found Sherry Martin, 52, dead with obvious signs of trauma on her body.

Police arrested Ken Mullin, 40, at the scene and charged him with second-degree murder...

RI man gets life sentence in child's beating death

A man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for fatally beating his girlfriend's 3-year-old nephew because the child spilled milk and yogurt on a rug.

Gilbert Delestre apologized for his role in the October 2004 death of Thomas "T.J." Wright, telling Providence Superior Court Judge Netti Vogel he felt ashamed and prayed each day for forgiveness.

But Vogel called him a coward and "sick and evil" person whose only remorse was at having been caught.

"He cared more about his rug than he did about the well-being of this boy," Vogel said. "He cared more about spilled milk than he did about the safety of this boy."...

Local business man charged with wife's murder

Police say that 44-year-old Muzzammil Hassan came to the police station at approximately 6:20 p.m. Thursday and said that his wife was dead.

Hassan told police that his wife, 37-year-old Aasiya Hassan, was at their business, Bridges TV on Thorne Avenue.

Officers responded to the business and found his wife inside.

Muzzammil Hassan was arrested and charged with murder in the second degree.

He was arraigned today by Judge Chimes and taken to the Erie County Holding Center...

Swannanoa Man Charged In 1990 Homicide

Police charged a Swannanoa man on Thursday in connection with the 1990 death of a woman.

Police said 61-year-old Terry Spivey was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of 41-year-old Sandra Proffitt.

Investigators said that Proffitt died at Mission Hospitals in January 1990 from injuries she sustained during an altercation with Spivey. They said the altercation was classified as domestic violence...

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...

Golden Gate man gets 55 years for killing wife

Lawyer Maria Luz Pary Perez fled Colombia and came to America for a better life. Instead, the 49-year-old got a job as a hairdresser in Naples and ended up dead at the hands of her estranged husband.

Her son sold his home in Colombia and left college to come to America, spending four years living on the streets and with friends, in the hopes of justice — a trial for his mother’s murder.

Nicolas Bernal, now 27, didn’t get it...

Marinello sentenced to life in prison for killing estranged wife

Former radio and TV personality Vince Marinello headed to Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel this week to begin serving a life sentence behind bars.

A Jefferson Parish judge handed down the mandatory sentence for second degree murder on Thursday after a jury convicted Marinello of killing his estranged wife.

Last month, a Lafayette jury found Marinello guilty of second degree murder for shooting his estranged wife twice in the face and killing her in an Old Metairie parking lot...

Albany man sentenced for killing his girlfriend's estranged husband

A 31-year-old Albany man who killed his girlfriend's estranged husband is headed to prison for 28.5 years to life.

Jamar Johnson was convicted of second-degree murder, conspiracy and weapons possession in November for the death of Tyrone McCoy.

Prosecutors say Johnson was dating Tamarra McCoy when her estranged husband came into thousands of dollars, and they plotted to kill him and escape with his money...

Man booked in wife's strangulation

Police in Houma have arrested a 47-year-old man in the death of his wife.

Rodolfo Ortega was booked Sunday morning with second-degree murder.

Officers arrived at his home in Houma at 10 a.m. Sunday, responding to reports of a domestic dispute. After they arrived, Ortega told officers he had strangled his wife, 32-year-old San Juana Isabel Ortega in their bedroom during an argument...