A Wichita Falls man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to strangling his pregnant girlfriend in June 2022. Paul Raymond Chandler had been charged with double capital murder because the unborn infant also died. Paul Raymond Chandler pleaded guilty Thursday to murdering his pregant wife in Wichita Falls. In an agreement […]
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Man appears in court charged with murdering mother as she pushed pram
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a mother who was stabbed to death as she pushed her baby in a pram in an English city centre. Habibur Masum (25) is charged with murdering Kulsuma Akter, 27, who was attacked in Bradford on Saturday. Masum, of Leamington Avenue, Burnley, is also […]
BART power washer convicted of murdering man while on the job
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A 23-year-old man was convicted of shooting two men and killing one while he was working as a power washer at a San Francisco BART station, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said. The shooting happened on the night of March 29, 2021. The DA’s office said Wilson was working at […]
ER practitioner gets 30 years for murdering girlfriend, staging suicide in her downtown St. Paul apartment
Alexandra Pennig loved and trusted Matthew Ecker — but he “ultimately scared her,” Assistant Ramsey County Attorney Ambrosia Mosby-Velasco said Wednesday in a downtown St. Paul courtroom. While Pennig knew to run from Ecker in the early morning hours of Dec. 16, 2022, she “just didn’t know that running into that bathroom would ultimately end […]
Man heads to prison after murdering woman in front of crown in Gastonia
A man has been sentenced to prison for murdering a woman in front of a crowd in Gastonia. Shiquan Ratchford pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison. PREVIOUS: Man charged with murder after Gastonia woman shot and […]
Ga. man accused of murdering girlfriend, her 6-year-old son and setting fire to cover it up
A Georgia man is accused of murdering his girlfriend and her sick 6-year-old son and then setting the house on fire, according to police. The Grovetown Fire Department was called to a fire on Newman Town Road on April 1. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] When they got there, they […]
Gresham teen arrested, accused of murdering father with gun
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Gresham teenager was arrested and accused of murdering his father with a gun. According to the Gresham Police Department, officers responded on Tuesday at a house in the 600 block of Southwest Linneman Court on reports of a shooting and found a man dead from a gunshot wound, 46-year-old Joshua […]
Suspect at large after murdering grandfather in Los Angeles County
A reward is being offered as authorities are searching for the suspect who shot and killed a grandfather in South Gate. The victim was identified as Hector Ascencio Sr., 57, by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. On Sept. 16, 2023, Ascencio was inside his home on the 2500 block of Glenwood Place. Someone had […]
Foster mother accused of murdering boy competent to stand trial, attorney says
New developments in the trial of a woman facing charges in connection to the murder of a 5-year-old boy. An attorney representing Pammy Maye said she is competent to stand trial, according to our news partners at WBNS. >> PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Judge sets $4 million bond for woman accused of murder of Ohio boy at […]
Man sentenced to life in prison for murdering Georgia ex-girlfriend
A Georgia man was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his former girlfriend. On March 19, 2024, a Meriwether County jury found Kevin Hudson, 64, of New York, guilty of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. According to evidence presented at […]
Orange County doctor sentenced for murdering wife in staged accident
An Orange County doctor was sentenced Friday for murdering his wife in a staged accident. In December 2023, Eric Scott Sills, 58, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his wife, Susann Sills, 45, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. On Nov. 13, 2016, Eric called 911 and said he […]
Former Arkansas State college football player accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend
A former college football player, once heralded for his excellence in the classroom and on the field, was arrested in Utah and accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend in Tennessee, officials said Thursday. The U.S. Marshals Service took 27-year-old Blaise A. Taylor into custody after a Nashville grand jury indicted him on two counts of […]