Saturday, July 2, 2011

Chicago-area mom Toyrianna Smith killed son, took him shopping, say cops

CBS News - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
(CBS/WBBM) CHICAGO - Chicago police say 20-year-old mother Toyrianna Smith killed her infant son when he would not stop crying and then took the dead infant shopping with her. Police say Smith took her her 3-year-old daughter and 3-month-old son to a ...
 

Man charged in killing of girlfriend's toddler son

Chicago Tribune - Carlos Sadovi - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
A 23-year-old Chicago man was charged with killing the 18-month-old son of his live-in girlfriend because he was angry, police said. Tinnell Smith, of the 4200 block of South Calumet Avenue in the Bronzeville neighborhood, was charged with first degree ...
 
 

Court: Woman Sane When She Murdered Foster Daughter

KTVU San Francisco - ‎15 hours ago‎
In June, the same jury convicted Davis of first-degree murder and two counts each of torture and child abuse for the torture, abuse and killing of her niece, 15-year-old Jazzmin Davis, and the torture and abuse of Jazzmin's twin brother, who survived. ...
 

Mother wants mistrial in daughter's murder case

WBTV - Sarah Batista - ‎21 hours ago‎
The defense is pointing the finger at Jim Spielock, the father of Johnson's son. But Dye says she's convinced Mead shot Lucy and then burned her house down. The motive? Dye claims Mead wanted Lucy to have an abortion. "I believe because she chose to ...
 

Danieal Kelly murder trial opens | Philadelphia Daily News | 2011-07-02

Philadelphia Daily News - Mensah M. Dean - ‎11 hours ago‎
Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Selber told the jury that the three defendants, including Daniel Kelly, the child's father, stood by and let it happen. "These three defendants failed to act," Selber said, referring also to former city social ...
Starvation death trial opens on gruesome note | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-07-01 Philadelphia Inquirer
 

Spring Valley Man Convicted of Putting $3000 Bounty On Daughter's Boyfriend

Patch.com - Eric Yates - ‎17 hours ago‎
La Mesa Police Department The Spring Valley father who was arrested in March and charged with solicitation of murder, was convicted Friday of the charge for offering a $3000 "dead or alive" bounty on his La Mesa daughter's boyfriend. ...
Jury: Man Sought Hitman to Kill Daughter's Boyfriend NBC San Diego
 
 

Facebook site, website created in support of killing suspect

Terre Haute Tribune Star - ‎9 hours ago‎
PARIS, Ill. — Wabash Valley teens are rallying on behalf of their friend, scrapping to raise bail money as he remains in custody, accused of stabbing his mother to death. A Facebook site and website popped up this week in response to the arrest of ...
 

Daughter/mother found guilty of killing Dublin woman, 91

San Jose Mercury News - Sophia Kazmi - ‎Jun 28, 2011‎
OAKLAND -- An Alameda County jury has convicted an Antioch mother and daughter of murder in the 2009 death of a 91-year-old Dublin woman found stuffed into her own trash can. In a trial that included evidence of a litany of weapons, ...
 

Father accused of killing infant son

phillyBurbs.com - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
East could be sentenced to a maximum of 20 to 40 years in prison if convicted of third-degree murder. The incident that resulted in the infant's death occurred last Friday. The infant's 18-year-old mother, Sarah Luby, dropped the child off with East at ...
Lansdale area man charged in his infant son's death Allentown Morning Call
 

Mother Who Killed Son Gets Life in Prison

KOLO - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
She pleaded guilty last month to beating her son Kristofer to death, because she was angry he was crying. He had several broken bones, burns, and a brain injury. Posada has to serve at least 20 years before she's eligible for parole. ...
Reno mother gets life sentence in torture, death of baby Reno Gazette Journal
 

Daughter of man killed in raid accused of selling crack

Canton Repository - Lori Monsewicz - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
A woman arrested in a drug raid during which her father was fatally shot in May has been arrested again, accused of selling crack cocaine. Manique R. James, 35, of 1408 10th St. NE, was arrested at 4:10 pm Thursday at her home on ...
 

Detective counters defense questioning of evidence in Comstock murder

Springfield News-Leader - Kathryn Wall - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Alberta Comstock is being sued by her daughter, Faith Stocker, Rolland Comstock's adopted daughter. Stocker claims Alberta Comstock killed her father and should be punished. But in the nearly four years since Rolland Comstock was found dead on his ...
Closing Arguments In Comstock Case KTTS
 

Ramazan Acar, Australian 'Facebook Killer,' Gets Life Sentence For Murdering ...

Huffington Post - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
"Further, you committed this murder for the worst possible motives - revenge and spite. You killed your daughter to get back at her mother. You used your daughter, an innocent victim, as the instrument of your overarching desire to inflict pain on your ...
Aussie Dad Who Bragged On Facebook about Killing his Daughter Jailed For 33 Years MyFox 
 

Mother found guilty in toddler's overdose death, gets life sentence

The Tennessean - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
John Partipilo / File / The Tennessean A Davidson County jury convicted a Nashville mother of killing her 16-month-old daughter by giving her prescription drugs in 2008. Jurors deliberated for about three hours Thursday before convicting Jennifer ...
 

No prison for mom who killed autistic boy

UPI.com - ‎14 hours ago‎
CARDIFF, Wales, July 2 (UPI) -- A woman who strangled her autistic son in a Welsh airport hotel was spared prison Friday and ordered to get psychiatric treatment. Judge Wyn Williams found Yvonne Freaney, 50, guilty of manslaughter, The Independent ...
Woman spared jail for killing son Retford Today
 

Daughter charged in mother's 2009 killing

Houston Chronicle - Anita Hassan - ‎Jun 29, 2011‎
"They all blamed it on this mystery man," said Houston police homicide investigator J. Robles, adding that the girls described the suspect as potentially being a boyfriend of their mother's. For the next two years, Allen's murder case remained unsolved ...
Teen accused in shooting death of her mother abc13.com
 

Woman denies murder charge in 2009 death of 22-month-old

The Augusta Chronicle - Valerie Rowell - ‎12 hours ago‎
A Martinez woman suspected of killing a toddler she was baby-sitting in 2009 pleaded not guilty Friday afternoon to murder charges. Lawanda Concettes Tripp, 40, of Avery Landing, attended an arraignment hearing in the Columbia County ...
 

Man convicted of baby's murder seeks parole

OCRegister - Doug Irving - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
Prosecutors said Fathi had struck and bitten the child before and delivered a hard blow to his stomach that caused his death. Fathi has denied any involvement in Daniel's death, prosecutors said. A jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in 1985, ...
DA against parole for man who killed infant Daily Pilot
 

Police issue warrant for boyfriend in death of woman, 25, and daughter, 4

Baltimore Sun - Jay R. Thompson - ‎Jun 29, 2011‎
While he noted that the circumstances of such a case — including the murder of a young woman and a small child — can have an impact on investigators, Johnson piled praise on his detectives, lab personnel, and others who assisted in bring the case to ...
Suspect Charged In Motel Double Slaying WBAL Baltimore
 

Mother gets 50 years in death of 7-year-old son

Daily Press - Peter Dujardin - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Haether K. Poertner, 26, pleaded guilty in April to second-degree murder in her son's death. Charles Poertner weighed only 28 pounds when he was found dead one morning in June 2010 after his mother called police to say he was stiff and not breathing on ...
Newport News woman sentenced to 50 years for 7-year-old son's dehydration death Greenfield Daily Reporter
 

Laurent appeal of conviction in wife's murder set to go before Mississippi ...

The Republic - Jack Elliott Jr. - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
Among the others are: — A post-conviction appeal from a Jackson County woman sentenced to life in prison in the death of an 8-week-old child. Amy Danielle Wilkerson pleaded guilty in 2007 to murder in the death of Tristan Chinn. ...
 

Woman Receives 27 Years For Child's Death

KKTV 11 News - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
The girlfriend of a man accused of killing his own daughter has been sentenced for her role in the child's death. Monique Lynch received a 27-year sentence Thursday for the death of Genesis Sims. In 2010, 7-year old Genesis' body was found wrapped in ...
Woman gets 27 years for death of girl found buried in Colo. home; girl's ... The Republic
 

Mother Gets 10 Years for Child Abuse

MyFox Phoenix - ‎20 hours ago‎
On Friday, the woman cried and pleaded for mercy before a judge handed down her sentence. Veronica Linares plead guilty to child abuse charges and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. She was originally charged with second degree murder, ...
 

Halifax Woman Charged in Well Death Makes Court Appearance

WSET - Sarah Bloom - ‎21 hours ago‎
Debra Scribner is charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit first degree murder in the death of her 36-year-old son-in-law, Eric Wynn. Wynn was found dumped in a well. Investigators say Scribner conspired with her daughter and grandson ...
Murder charges against suspect certified to Halifax Circuit Court Gazette Virginian
 

Ariz. high court again upholds death sentence for man in notorious murder of ...

The Republic - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
AP PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court has again upheld a man's death sentence in a notorious child murder case. The 4-1 ruling Friday affirms James Lynn Styers' sentence in the 1989 murder of 4-year-old Christopher Milke, who was the son of his ...
 

Clarendon man indicted for January murder of 4-year-old son

KCBD-TV - Ben Lawson - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Entertainment News from AP By Ben Lawson - bio | email A grand jury in the Panhandle says there is enough evidence to send a man to trial for the death of his young son. On Wednesday, a Donley County Grand Jury indicted Robert Babcock for capital ...
 

Man charged in pregnant friend's death

Houston Chronicle - Anita Hassan, Naheeda Sayeeduddin - ‎16 hours ago‎
For nearly an entire day after Alexander Adam Jackson allegedly killed his pregnant friend and dumped her body in a vacant southeast Houston lot, police said, the Friendswood man used her car to run errands. Jackson went to a meeting ...
 

Child killer convicted of second-degree murder

Sacramento Bee (blog) - Andy Furillo - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
A Sacramento jury today convicted a man of second-degree murder in the beating death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter three years ago. Thomas Jerome Martin, now 23, will be sentenced Aug. 19 by Superior Court Judge Michael A. Savage for the Feb. ...
 

Mass. man gets 25 years in killing of boy

Boston Globe - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
BANGOR, Maine—A Massachusetts man who pleaded guilty to causing the death of his former girlfriend's 15-month-old son last year has been ordered to serve 25 years in prison. Twenty-eight-year-old Edgard Anziani of Lawrence, Mass., pleaded guilty to ...
Convicted child killer to be sentenced WGME
 

New details emerge in murder of 3-year-old Beautiful Skyla Villanueva

The Hillsdale Daily News - Ryan Czachorski - ‎1 hour ago‎
Homicide, torture and first degree child abuse charges were filed against the mother's boyfriend James David Campbell, 29, of Pittsford, earlier this week. Her mother, Ashley Renee Ferguson, 26, of Bryan, Ohio was also charged with third degree child ...
 

Newark man convicted of killing father

The Newark Advocate - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Richards was found guilty of murder and gross abuse of a corpse in the death of their father, Christopher Richards. / Matthew Berry/The Advocate NEWARK -- Christopher W. Richards was a man who never gave up on his son, despite Stephen Richards' ...
Man convicted of killing his father Columbus Dispatch
 

Most Infamous Convicted and Alleged Mommy Murderers in History

ABC News - Lauren Sher, Kristin Braswell - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
Smith initially told police that a black man had hijacked her car and abducted the children. Americans desperately searched for the boys for nine days until Smith confessed that she killed her sons, Michael, 3, and 14-month-old Alex. ...
 
 

Son gets 30 years for killing his father

Times Herald-Record - Heather Yakin - ‎Jun 28, 2011‎
Jeffrey Green said the couple got counseling and reconciled, determined to make things work without the tight alliance between mother and son. "It was too late," Jeffrey Green said. "They had a monster in the house." Around Tuxedo, Jesse Green had ...
Tuxedo Park man who killed dad, beat mom gets 30 years The Journal News | LoHud.com
 

Man accused of burying girlfriend in backyard

10 Connects - ‎18 hours ago‎
A woman at the house late Friday night who identified herself as Routenberg's new girlfriend, Kristen, says he killed Chappie in self-defense. Kristen says she started dating Routenberg around the same time Chappie went missing about a month ago. ...
 

Mother arrested in son's death

The Daily Advertiser - Eric Narcisse - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Lafayette Parish sheriff's deputies arrested Royer's mother, 28-year-old Stefani A. Morgan, and charged her with principal to first-degree murder in her son's death. Dylan Royer died June 12. Morgan, who had a warrant out for her arrest, ...
Mother Arrested in Son's Death KATC Lafayette News
 

Baby Seriously Injured by Mother Succumbs to Injuries; Mother, Already Facing ...

LBPOST.com - Allison Jean Eaton - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎
10:01am | More than two months after a mother seriously injured her infant child, the hospitalized baby died, police said. Six-month-old Nate Lopez-Garcia died on June 7 after having remained on life ...
 

Relief, Satisfaction in Ehrlick Verdict

Fox12Idaho - ‎17 hours ago‎
Reaction also came from Melissa Jenkins sister. Jenkins is Robert Manwill's mother. In January, Jenkins admitted her role in her Robert's death. She pled guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree murder. "We lost a child. And then, our family, ...
Boise Man Found Guilty In Robert Manwill Murder Trial News Radio 1310 KLIX
 

Spanish woman facing murder charges asks boyfriend to help her

Fox News - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
"Please, don't abandon me; don't think that I'm a monster; please think of our child, who I am carrying under my heart," the accused double-murderer said in a letter published by the magazine along with an interview with her boyfriend. ...
 

Charges against Norwich man upgraded to murder in death of wife

Norwich Bulletin - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Bennett's mother and daughters were among the family in court Thursday to applaud the news of the upgraded charge. Bennett's daughter, Leah Gumbs, of Franklin, said after two years of delay she was happy to see some movement in the case. ...
 

Woman charged with killing quadruple-amputee husband

WIS - Logan Smith - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Upon arriving at the Rosses' Bee Ridge Drive home, the couple's adopted daughter told deputies her mother was missing after giving her father too many pills. Deputies found Larry Ross unresponsive in his bed, and took him to the Veterans Administration ...
Columbia woman charged in husband's death The State
 

Man charged in girlfriend's slaying

Detroit Free Press - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎
Jomiah Washington was charged with first-degree murder, willful killing of an unborn child, mutilation of a dead body and felony firearm. Charles L. Smith, 64, of Fair Haven, the owner of a handgun that fired twice during a gun show at the Gibraltar ...
 

'America's Most Wanted' instrumental in East Valley cases

YourWestValley.com - ‎5 hours ago‎
No one seems to know the whereabouts of the Scottsdale man — one of the FBI's 10 Most Wanted. Authorities believe that in April 2001, Fisher killed his wife and two children as they slept, slashing their throats and shooting his wife in the head ...
 

Brian Cole found guilty of killing wife

KPTV Portland - ‎Jun 28, 2011‎
By FOX 12 Webstaff - email A jury has found a Portland man guilty of killing his wife and dumping her body in a forest near Estacada. Brian Cole was first arrested in 2010 on charges he killed Heather Mallory. The jury deliberated for several hours ...
Oregon Jury convicts Brian Cole of murder in 2008 death of wife, Heather Mallory Daily Journal