Susan Smith, who has been behind bars for nearly three decades after drowning her two sons, is optimistic about her upcoming parole hearing, reportedly telling one of several suitors on a recorded phone call that she’s served enough time in prison. Family members told the New York Post that the notorious South Carolina inmate, now […]
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A murderous romance or a frame job? Things to know about Boston’s Karen Read murder trial
The highly publicized trial of a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank finished its sixth week on Thursday. John O’Keefe, 46, died in the Boston suburb of Canton in the early hours of Jan. 29, 2022. Prosecutors say Karen Read, 44, […]
A murderous romance or a frame job? Things to know about Boston’s Karen Read murder trial
BOSTON (AP) — A highly anticipated trial began in Massachusetts this week involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank. John O’Keefe died in a suburb about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Boston on Jan. 29, 2022. The case has garnered […]
‘Murderous Mother or Protective Parent?’ A&E to show documentary on Kansas case
At 8 p.m. on Thursday, the A&E series “Accused: Guilty or Innocent” will air an episode set in Kansas that features Wichita attorney Jess Hoeme of Joseph, Hollander & Craft. “Murderous Mother or Protective Parent?” shares the story of Wellington resident Ashley Pearson, who was charged with second-degree manslaughter for fatally stabbing her live-in boyfriend, […]
French lawmakers condemn ‘bloody and murderous’ 1961 massacre of Algerian protesters
PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Thursday condemned an infamous 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protesters in Paris as a “bloody and murderous repression,” marking another step in the country’s recognition of the massacre that authorities sought to cover up for decades. The National Assembly, parliament’s lower house, voted 67-11 in favor of a nonbinding […]
Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to stop this gruesome new behavior
At the far end of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands lies Kuaihelani – also known as Midway Atoll – a small set of islands home to the world’s largest albatross colony. Over a million albatrosses return to Kuaihelani each year to breed. These seemingly pristine islands appear safe, but there’s a predator lurking among the seabirds. […]