LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man allegedly confessed to strangling and then sexually assaulting a sex worker inside a hotel room, leading him to turn himself in and face a murder charge, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. Larissa Garcia died on June 21 more than a week after the June 12 incident inside […]
A 75-year-old Independence man accused of strangling his wife to death while she was at Centerpoint Medical Center last month pleaded not guilty to a murder charge Thursday. A grand jury indicted Ronnie J. Wiggs on a second-degree murder charge in Jackson County Circuit Court earlier this month. In an appearance by WebEx Thursday afternoon, […]
Two men have been charged with capital murder in the strangulation of a 12-year-old girl whose body was discovered in a shallow creek in north Houston. Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 22, and Franklin Pena, 26, were charged Friday with capital murder of a child between 10 and 15 years old, according to authorities and court records. […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A man faces attempted murder charges after police said he tried to push his ex-wife out of a car, according to an arrest report obtained by 8 News Now. Fernando Jimenez, 47, was arrested on June 12, and faces several charges including attempted murder, battery which constitutes domestic violence with substantial […]
Two Georgia officers are being recognized for saving a suspect’s life who almost strangled himself with a seatbelt and drawstring. On March 2, Baldwin Corp. Aaron Spivey was helping with a traffic stop that involved a possible DUI suspect. While helping with the traffic stop, he received a call about domestic violence. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV […]
May 13—GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks woman accused of attempting to murder her mother waived her Monday morning, May 13, preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to two felony charges. Brianna Lynn Thomas, 20, faces up to 20 years in prison for Class A felony attempted murder. She is also charged with Class C […]
A Missouri man is facing a second degree murder charge for strangling his wife to death as she was lying in a hospital bed over the weekend, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced. According to court records, Ronnie Wiggs admitted to police that he killed his wife, who had come to the hospital for […]
Apr. 23—GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks man has been charged with attempted murder and other violent crimes after allegedly strangling his coworker on Monday, April 22. Alexander Antonio Thompson, 27, got into a physical altercation with a coworker at their workplace, according to an affidavit filed in the case. While on top of the […]
Last week — on the state’s third attempt after a pair of mistrials — a jury determined that Robert Holton II was guilty of the ghastly murder of a woman who spurned his advances. Wednesday morning, they began deliberating on whether the former day laborer and football coach should spend the rest of his life […]
Trial begins Monday for man accused of strangling, killing pregnant stepmom Trial starts Monday for the Eustis man accused of killing a pregnant woman and her unborn child in 2019. The suspect, Ian Anselmo, was the woman’s stepson. The now 26-year-old is pleading insanity. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS Court documents show his attorney […]
Apr. 2—GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks woman has been charged with Class A felony attempted murder after allegedly strangling her mother with a purse strap on Sunday, March 31. Brianna Lynn Thomas, 21, faces up to 20 years in prison for the crime. She is also charged with Class C felony domestic violence causing […]
Mar. 26—A man serving time on a murder conviction is accused of strangling his cellmate to death in October at the Warren Correctional Institution in Lebanon. Jedidiah Hayes Lang, 42, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in Warren County Common Pleas Court after a grand jury indicted him last week for two counts of murder […]