Articles by Pritha Mallick

Missouri man held for murder of Chinese wife in 'bizarre' disappearance case

Ji's mother told police Joseph Elledge was often controlling and disliked her daughter having a social life. He was also described as a 'jealous, controlling, manipulative psychopath' in a hearing in November.

Feb 29, 2020

Texas man gets 99 years in prison for kidnapping and murder of 13-year-old Shavon Randle

Investigation revealed Shavon Randle's cousin was the original target of the abduction by the organised crime group as she was in a relationship with Kendall Perkins

Feb 29, 2020

Colorado man sentenced to 72 years in prison for death of 7-year-old son found encased in cement

Caden McWilliams's body was found encased in cement in a dog carrier in a storage unit in Southeast Denver during an investigation involving allegations of domestic violence

Feb 29, 2020

Maryland police officer not guilty of fatally shooting man 8 times in self harm, drunk driving report

Bodycam footage reveals despite the officer telling Eric Sopp not to step outside the vehicle, Sopp is heard saying he is coming out. After he steps out of the car, the officer opens fire and shoots eight times.

Feb 28, 2020

Texas man gets death penalty for shooting dead friend, police officer in armed ambush

Brandon McCall was sentenced for shooting his friend, Rene Gamez II, 30 and 37-year-old Richardson police officer David Sherrard in an armed ambush in 2018.

Feb 28, 2020

Mississippi man blames 'the devil' for shooting spree that killed 8 people, gets death sentence

Other charges against Willie Cory Godbolt include the attempted murder of deputy Timothy Kees, kidnapping LaPeatra Stafford and Xavier Bishop

Feb 28, 2020

Michigan woman sentenced to 10 years in prison for $2m adoption scam to fund luxury lifestyle

Tara Lee scammed couples interested in adoption by posing as a licensed social worker, and then used the money to make expensive purchases

Feb 27, 2020

18-year-old nursing student killed and 4 wounded in Chicago food store shooting spree

Video footage revealed all three shooters, a woman, and two men, fired almost 20 rounds inside the food store, apparently without even saying a word

Feb 27, 2020

Missouri man charged with murder for killing woman community centre supervisor

Michael J Honkomp, 30, a Janitor working at the Maryland Heights Community Center, shot 45-year-old Maria Lucas in the face after he was told to go back home by the supervisor.

Feb 26, 2020

3 sentenced for shooting dead and mutilating body of 19-year-old Megan Metzger in Virginia

David W Newton, 22, shot Megan Metzger in the face at a gathering in the Spotsylvania County in 2018

Feb 26, 2020

Alabama man who forgot killing a police officer in 1980s dies on death row

Madison served more than three decades on Alabama death row for killing police officer Cpl. Julius Schulte in 1985.

Feb 25, 2020

California appeal court blocks release of notorious 'Bolder Than Most' serial rapist Alvin Quarles

Alvin Quarles was convicted for four rapes in 1989 and served 25 years of a 50-year prison sentence but had petitioned for release several times

Feb 25, 2020

Truth behind CIA's mind control drug tests makes juror regret convicting crime boss Whitey Bulger

Janet Uhlar believes pertinent information such as the CIA dousing him with powerful hallucinogen more than 50 times when he was serving time in Atlanta Penitentiary in 1956 would have turned the case had his lawyers brought them up in his federal trial.

Feb 24, 2020

Two 13-year-old kids charged with murder for starting fire in California library that killed firefighters

Officials found the boys, both 13, running from the Porterville City Library shortly after the building was engulfed in fire on February 18

Feb 24, 2020

California police on high alert after cemetery triple-murder case; calls suspect 'highly dangerous'

Police are searching for the suspect identified as Jose Luis Torres Garcia for killing the three men who apparently knew each other

Feb 22, 2020

US Army soldier and boyfriend of Georgia student Anitra Gunn charged with her murder

The Fort Valley police had previously arrested DeMarcus Little for smashing the windows of Gunn's house and slashing the tires of her car earlier this month

Feb 22, 2020

Florida woman pleads not guilty of killing elderly couple as part of 'carnival mafia' initiation

The couple was shot dead and their bodies were taken 320 miles (515 kilometers) away to Arkansas using the couple's 1-ton pickup truck. They were buried in a shallow grave in the Ozark National Forest near Van Buren.

Feb 21, 2020

Man charged for beating 79-year-old grandmother, decapitating her head in Michigan

Cecelia Gibson's body was found in the living room of the house she shared with her grandson Kenny McBride by the Monroe County police

Feb 20, 2020

Escaped Kajang prisoner recaptured from construction site

Tennessee man to be electrocuted to death for killing inmate; prison workers plead against execution

Nicholas Sutton was 18 years old when he was serving time for killing three people, including his grandmother in 1979

Feb 20, 2020

Why did Nebraska board deny pardon to Caril Ann Clair, ex-girlfriend of serial killer Charles Starkweather?

Caril Ann Clair was 14-years-old when she was convicted as Charles Starkweather's accomplice in the 1957-58 murder spree in Nebraska and Wyoming. She served prison for 17 years before she was paroled in 1976.

Feb 20, 2020

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