STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Norwegian right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011, launched his second attempt at suing the state on Monday, accusing the Justice Ministry of breaching his human rights. Breivik, who has changed his name to Fjotolf Hansen, claims that the isolation he’s […]
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A dying Columbus man named his alleged killer, cops say. Will a trial jury hear that?
It was 3:47 on a Wednesday afternoon when patrol Officer Danielle Danforth was sent to a car wreck on Moye Road along Columbus’ eastern border with Fort Moore. What she found was not just a wreck, though Joseph Dukes had rolled his white BMW convertible off a curve as he tried to drive while bleeding […]
Norwegian mass killer attempts to sue the state once more for an alleged breach of human rights
STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in 2011, will try for the second time Monday to sue the Norwegian state for allegedly breaching his human rights. Norway’s worst peacetime killer claims his solitary confinement since being imprisoned in 2012 amounts […]
Accused Weymouth cop killer faces trial for second time. What we know
WEYMOUTH – Jury selection will begin Monday in the second trial of Emanuel Lopes, 26, charged with murder in the 2018 deaths of Weymouth Police Sgt. Michael Chesna and Weymouth resident Vera Adams. Lopes’ first trial ended in a hung jury on July 10 after one juror refused to deliberate any further, preventing the jury […]
Teen killer sentenced to 60 years
Jan. 3—GOSHEN — At 16-years-old, Correon Meux was sentenced to 60 years at the Indiana Department of Corrections for a drug deal gone wrong in 2022 during Elkhart County Circuit Court Dec. 28. According to Elkhart city police, Logan Nussbaum, 18, Goshen, was shot in the area of 1200 block of Burr Oak Place, causing […]
Police investigate as Zara Aleena’s killer ‘caught having sex with prison worker’
A female prison worker is under investigation after allegedly being caught having sex with the convicted killer of Zara Aleena inside the maximum security Belmarsh jail. Jordan McSweeney, 30, was jailed for life in December 2022 after he was found guilty of stalking, sexually assaulting and murdering the 35-year-old aspiring lawyer in east London in […]
‘Adorable’ baby killer whale plays and swims off Northern California coast. See it
Whale watchers in Monterey Bay got a special treat when two visiting pods of orcas, including one with a baby killer whale, showed off in the ocean off Northern California. “What an incredible day we had,” Monterey Bay Whale Watch posted on Facebook about Friday, Dec. 30. “Monterey Bay was full of life and we […]
Killer whales seemed to wreak havoc this year. What drove their headline-making behavior?
It’s easy to be misunderstood with the word “killer” in your name. Still, this year seemed to be a wild one for killer whales. From “attacking” and sinking several boats off southwestern Europe to hunting great white sharks around South Africa and Australia, the black-and-white behemoths appeared to live up to their moniker in 2023. […]
So-called ‘Killer Poet’ Norman Porter dead, sources say
A convicted murderer who was known as the “Killer Poet” passed away Wednesday night at Tewksbury Hospital, less than two years after the Massachusetts Parole Board signed off on his medical release from prison, sources told Boston 25′s Bob Ward. Norman Porter, who was found responsible for the 1960 murder of 21-year-old store clerk John […]
Scientists ID mystery killer of decapitated seals found on California beaches since 2016
Scientists have cracked the case of scores of decapitated seals found on northern California beaches since 2016. Noyo Center for Marine Science’s Sarah Grimes investigates marine mammal deaths, and told The Mercury News she suspected a responsible culprit, but needed proof. “It was so gruesome,” Grimes told the Bay Area newspaper. “I was like marine […]
‘Killer whale madness’ continues in orca hunting ground off California, video shows
A pod of orcas rarely seen in California continues to create “killer whale madness,” a whale-watching video shows. “What other words can we say, besides that this amount of activity is just unprecedented!!” an Instagram post Monday, Dec. 25, by Newport Coastal Adventure said. A video in the post shows a killer whale, as they’re […]
Killer who dropped his cell phone at Yonkers crime scene pleads guilty
After two men got out of an orange car on Lawrence Street three years ago and fatally shot Alvaro Vigueras Medina before driving off, Yonkers detectives made progress quick. The driver, Jonathan Planas, dropped his cellphone on the street and didn’t pick it up, according to a prosecutor’s summary of the investigation in a court […]