Arlington Woman Arrested in Husband's Shooting Death

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

 

Arlington, TX:  Arlington police arrested a woman after her husband was fatally shot in the back late Wednesday.  Officers responded about 11:50 p.m. to a 911 call in the 1600 block of Connally Terrace, said Cheryel Carpenter, an Arlington police spokeswoman. When they arrived, they found William James Carl Jr., 32, with a gunshot wound to the back.   » more at Star-Telegram.com

 


 

MISSING: Mandy Matula, 24

Mandy Matula

Mandy Matula, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota was last seen May 1st before her former boyfriend, who she had just ended a relationship with, visited her at her family home.  The next day, he fatally shot himself, with a gun he had purchased in the days before Mandy's disappearance, in the parking lot of the Eden Prairie police department rather than face questioning.  The search for her body continues.

» After Breaks in Two Other Missing-Woman Cases, Search for Mandy Matula Continues

» Hundreds Turn Out to Search for Missing Eden Prairie Woman

Who Killed Aliza Sherman?

Aliza Sherman

Aliza Sherman, of Beachwood, Ohio was brutally murdered in downtown Cleveland on Sunday, March 24, 2013 outside her divorce lawyers office, just days before her divorce trial was set to begin. Aliza, who was 53, had filed to divorce her husband of 30 years in 2011. It would have marked the end of a troubled marriage as well as a messy divorce process. Beachwood Police say they had been called to the Sherman home more than a dozen times going back several years for a variety of domestic disputes, but that no physical violence had been reported.

» Friends of Slain Beachwood Nurse Aliza Sherman Gather Downtown to Offer Reward, Keep Alive Her Memory

» Stabbing Death of Aliza Sherman in Cleveland Leaves Beachwood Neighborhood Reeling

Justice for Tanya McKay?

Tanya Mckay

The man accused of killing Tanya McKay in January 2000 has remained free for 13 years awaiting trial and has been earning a $129,000-a-year taxpayer-funded salary as a state sales tax auditor for Connecticut’s Department of Revenue Services.  Why has Litchfield County allowed this case to languish - and her family to suffer?
» State Employee Has Earned $129,000 a Year Awaiting Trial in Death of Girlfriend

MISSING: Melissa Rodriguez

Melissa Rodriguez

Last seen on April 19, 2013, foul play is suspected in the disappearance of Melissa Rodriguez, of Collingdale, Pennsylvania.  Less than two months before she went missing, she was denied a Protection from Abuse Order against her estranged husband, who has been less than cooperative with authorities and has now hired an attorney.
» Cops Press Hunt for Missing Collingdale Mom
» New Details About a Missing Collingdale Mom

Montgomery Court System Failed Prince McLeod Rams

Prince McLeod Rams

“Willfull, deliberate and premeditated.” That is how Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney Paul B. Ebert described the murder of 15½-month-old Prince McLeod Rams. The crime was allegedly committed by his father, who fought the mother’s objections to his unsupervised visits with the child, as part of a scheme to cash in on multiple insurance policies. It is a damning description that should give pause to those responsible for the institutions who, despite sufficient warning, failed to protect this little boy.

» Read the story at the Washington Post

» Mother of Dead Infant, Prince McLeod Rams, Files Civil Suit Against Ashburn Psychology Firm

» read Prince's mother's open letter to Judge Michael J. Algeo

 

NEW SPECIAL COLLECTION: INTIMATE PARTNER HOMICIDE PREVENTION

Intimate Partner Homicide Prevention (July 2011) explores the most tragic consequence of domestic violence and offers a variety of tools and information towards its prevention. » more at VAWnet.org

Domestic Violence Shelters Meet Survivor's Needs

Domestic violence shelters are meeting the needs of abuse survivors and their children, providing services like housing, mental health counseling, and legal assistance. An NIJ-sponsored study [1] found that nearly three-quarters (74 percent) of domestic violence survivors rate the assistance they received at their shelters as "very helpful", and another 18 percent rate it as "helpful." » more at National Institute Of Justice

Failure to Protect: The Crisis in America's Family Courts

Wyatt Garcia

 

When a mother’s bitter custody battle ends with the death of her child, something has gone terribly wrong with the system.  Wyatt Garcia was born in April 2009. Nine months later, he was shot and killed by his father, who then turned the gun on himself.  It might have turned out differently—if a family court judge had listened to Wyatt’s mother.  » more at The Crime Report