CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — Suspicious deaths in an idyllic seaside community and detective work that points to poison sound like themes from a classic murder mystery. But the victims in this Maine whodunnit were trees that stood in the way of a wealthy family’s oceanfront view, allegedly felled by well-heeled killers who, while ostracized and […]
Ina Thea Kenoyer has pleaded guilty to murdering her longtime boyfriend, Steven Edward Riley Jr., by poisoning him with antifreeze Minot Police Department (2) Ina Thea Kenoyer in October 2023 mugshots. The North Dakota man believed he had inherited $30 million. So did his girlfriend. Soon after, he was dead. Only later was it revealed […]
I had a lifelong dream. A life just to be on, in, and harvest our waters. First a kid on the Chesapeake Bay, 27 years in the Florida Keys and in 2014, owning a small waterfront motel in Matlacha, giving boat tours to guests from around the world. A place to live the rest of […]
In April, the Biden administration announced sweeping reforms to the Superfund law, designating two commonly used “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances and holding polluters accountable for cleaning up their contamination in communities. According to the New York Times, the rule will authorize the government to require companies that produce or use two synthetic compounds — […]
The US military said it has finished draining million of gallons of fuel from an underground fuel tank complex in Hawaii that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbour’s drinking water in 2021. Joint Task Force Red Hill began defueling the tanks in October after completing months of repairs to an […]
An alleged double murderer poisoned a married couple with the opioid fentanyl and rewrote their will, a court heard. Luke D’Wit, 34, befriended and worked for millionaires Stephen and Carol Baxter, who he claimed treated him like an “adopted son”, jurors were told. The couple were found unresponsive and slumped in chairs in the conservatory […]
Two police officers in Smyrna, Georgia, were allegedly poisoned by a man who brought paperwork into the precinct that contained a foreign substance, according to an arrest warrant. Police said Little Gaston Stone, 51, walked into the Smyrna Police Department Tuesday while recording the visit on a tablet and ranting about Gov. Brian Kemp, the […]
Russian soldiers in St. Petersburg on August 25, 2022.Photo by OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images Russia security forces attempted to arrest two women suspected of poisoning its troops in Crimea. The alleged saboteurs pulled weapons and escaped after a shoot-out. The women are suspected of giving food and drinks laced with poison to Russian soldiers. […]
A Massachusetts woman has found herself in hot water after she allegedly poisoned her husband’s soup because someone pretending to be soap opera star told her to. Roxanne Doucette of Townsend, Massachusetts, has been charged with attempted murder, resisting arrest, and assaulting a police officer. It all started when someone claiming to be an actor […]
Russian propagandist Anton Krasovsky, known for advocating the genocide of Ukrainians and the killing of Ukrainian children, has reportedly been poisoned, according to Ukrainian English-language newspaper Kyiv Post, citing sources in Ukraine’s HUR military intelligence service on Dec. 25. Krasovsky said on Telegram on Dec. 24 that at the beginning of the week he “suddenly […]
Anton Krasovsky, a Russian propagandist from the Russia Today channel and former head of the Russian-language directorate of the pro-Kremlin TV channel RT, has been taken to hospital, with Ukrainian intelligence saying that the propagandist “got food poisoning”. Source: Krasovsky on Telegram; an Ukrainska Pravda source in intelligence. Quote from Krasovsky: “At the beginning of […]
The husband of a young Texas mother found dead in her home staged her murder to look like a suicide – but the woman’s final diary entry, alongside post-mortem toxicology reports, led to his life sentence for her death. Joel Pellot, a nurse anesthetist, dialed 911 early on Sept. 22, 2020 to report that his […]