NEW BOSTON, Texas—A Texas jury sentenced a woman to death Wednesday for killing a pregnant woman she knew to take her unborn daughter. Jurors returned with the sentence for Taylor Parker, 29, after deliberating for just over an hour, the Texarkana Gazette reported. The same Bowie County jury convicted Parker on Oct. 3 of capital…
Man Gets Life in Killings of 2 Colorado Women in 1982
DENVER—A man convicted of killing two women who disappeared near a Colorado ski resort town nearly 40 years ago after DNA testing identified him as a suspect was sentenced on Monday to two terms of life in prison after the women’s relatives called for the maximum punishment for the slayings that forever changed their families….
Couple Gets Life in Prison; Wanted in 5 Killings in 3 States
CHESTER, S.C.—A man and his girlfriend suspected of killing five people in three states last year have pleaded guilty to two of the killings in South Carolina and been sentenced to life in prison without parole, authorities said. Tyler Terry and Adrienne Simpson each pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and numerous other charges…
Indiana Drugstore Worker Arrested in 2017 Killings of Teen Girls
DELPHI, Ind.—Authorities on Monday announced an arrest in the unsolved murders of two teenage girls — a drugstore worker who has been living in the same small northern Indiana community where their bodies were found after they went on a hike nearly six years ago. Richard Matthew Allen, 50, was arrested Friday on two murder…
Indiana Police Set Monday Update in Killings of 2 Teen Girls
DELPHI, Ind.—Police investigating the unsolved slayings of two teenage girls killed during a 2017 hiking trip in northern Indiana said Friday they will hold a news conference Monday to provide an update on their investigation. Indiana State Police said officials “will announce an update in the Delphi Investigation” at Monday’s news conference but gave no…
Barber, 75, Pleads Guilty in 1976 Killing of World War I Veteran
NEW YORK—A 75-year-old New York City man pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 1976 killing of a World War I veteran whose dismembered remains were found in 2019. Martin Motta’s guilty plea Tuesday in the death of George Seitz represented the first successful use of genetic genealogy by any of the city’s prosecutors, Queens District…
Man Convicted of Killing Missing California College Student Kristin Smart
LOS ANGELES—The last man seen with Kristin Smart was convicted Tuesday of killing the college freshman, who vanished from a California campus more than 25 years ago, but his father was acquitted of helping him conceal the crime. Jurors unanimously found Paul Flores guilty of first-degree murder. A jury in a separate trial found his…
Suspect in Killings of 22 Elderly Texans Goes on Trial Again
DALLAS—A man accused of killing 22 elderly women in the Dallas area and stealing jewelry and valuables has been linked by DNA evidence to one of the deaths, a prosecutor said Monday. The development could counter earlier defense claims that all the evidence against Billy Chemirmir is circumstantial. Chemirmir, 49, is on trial for capital…
Suspect in Killings of 22 Elderly Texans Linked to One Death by DNA Evidence: Prosecutor
DALLAS—A man accused of killing 22 elderly women in the Dallas area and stealing jewelry and valuables has been linked by DNA evidence to one of the deaths, a prosecutor said Monday. The development could counter earlier defense claims that all the evidence against Billy Chemirmir is circumstantial. Chemirmir, 49, is on trial for capital…
Missouri Man Pleads Guilty in Deaths of 2 Wisconsin Brothers
HARRISONVILLE, Mo.—A northwest Missouri man pleaded guilty Friday to killing two brothers from Wisconsin after they came to his farm in 2019 to collect a debt from a cattle contract. Garland Nelson, of Braymer, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 24-year-old Justin Diemel and 35-year-old Nicholas Diemel, of Shawano…
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