Tangi. Sheriff: Man, Woman Found Dead in Murder-Suicide; Baby Found Alive
Monday, June 3, 2013
Hammond, LA: A 5-month-old baby was found alive in a home where a man and woman were found dead from a murder-suicide, authorities in Tangipahoa Parish said. The Sheriff's Office said evidence recovered revealed that Brandon Colona, 26, shot and killed his girlfriend Theresa Doby, 21, before turning the gun on himself. Deputies said they responded to a call of a welfare concern in the 47000 Brittani Court in Hammond about 11:45 a.m. Monday. » more at WDSU TV
Man Accused of Stabbing Wife to Death
Sunday, June 2, 2013
El Cajon, CA: Homicide detectives arrested an El Cajon man after finding the body of his wife in the couple’s apartment. Officers were called to the apartment near Main and Ballentine streets Sunday around 7:50 p.m.. They found the body of 39-year-old Gankil Wijdan in a second-floor apartment, Lt. Mike Moulton said. Her 47-year-old husband, Salem Zora, was in the apartment when police arrived, Moulton said.El Cajon Apt Murder Zora was questioned and arrested on suspicion of murder, Moulton said. » more at FOX 5 San Diego
Monroe Stabbing Victim Dies, Husband Held
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Monroe, WA: A Snohomish County sheriff's spokeswoman says a 34-year-old woman stabbed multiple times on May 24 in Monroe has died at a Seattle hospital. The Daily Herald of Everett reports that Jacoba Ramirez Rodriguez died Sunday. Sheriff's spokeswoman Shari Ireton said Monday that the woman's estranged husband, 32-year-old Oscar Garcia-Pacheco, remains in the county jail, where he was booked for investigation of attempted murder. Garcia-Pacheco is accused of stabbing Rodriguez several times while she was working at a shop on North Lewis Street in Monroe. » more at KOMO News
Husband Charged in Wife's Death
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Omega, GA: A Colquitt County man has been charged with murder following the fatal shooting of his wife early Sunday, law enforcement officials confirm. Steve Turner, special agent in charge for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation office in Thomasville, said that Fousto Gonzales, 36, and Virginia Gonzales, 35, were involved in an altercation at their home at 1498 C.S. Powell Road in Omega. At some point, the two went outside -- which is when it is believed that Fousto Gonzales shot his wife multiple times, killing her, Turner said. » more at Albany Herald
Selma Police Stunned That Off-Duty Officer Killed Two, Then Self Over The Weekend
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Selma, AL: The Selma Police Department is in a state of shock after having to confirm that one of their own officers shot two people to death over the weekend before turning the gun on himself. Selma PD says the officer, identified as Dwight Moorer, was off-duty when he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, 28-year-old Keoshia L. Hill and her step-father, 59-year-old Bill Jackson. » more at WAFF TV
Girl's Slaying Came Day After Mom's Protective Order Expired
Sunday, June 2, 2013
South Bend, IN: Local prosecutors aren't releasing details about why a man was arrested but released from jail without being charged three days before he stabbed his 6-year-old daughter to death, despite a protective order. Edward Mwaura, 33, was arrested early Thursday morning after his wife, 32-year-old Lucy Mundia, called police to complain that he came to her apartment at 4252 Irish Hills Drive in violation of a protective order, police and jail records show. Mwaura was booked into the St. Joseph County Jail about 7:30 a.m. and released about 1:30 p.m., according to jail records. Less than three days later, police responding to a violent domestic dispute forced their way into the same apartment and fatally shot Mwaura as he stabbed to death the couple's 6-year-old daughter, Shirley Mundia, investigators said. » more at South Bend Tribune
Suspect Arrested, Charged in Fatal Shooting at 3307 Vega
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Big Springs, KY: A Breckinridge County man was shot and killed at a home in Big Springs on Saturday, according to Kentucky State Police. Troopers responding to a 911 call in reference to a domestic dispute with shots fired discovered Joshua Babb, 32, dead of a gunshot wound to the head. » more at WAVE3
Police: Man Charged in Fatal Shooting of Girlfriend and Her Daughter Had Turbulent Relationship
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Las Vegas, NV: The anger and jealousy Manuel Mata III directed at his girlfriend Maria Flores was no secret to those close to couple. Just after dawn Saturday morning, Mata shot and killed his girlfriend of three years and her daughter, 17-year-old Elizabeth Gomez, before apparently attempting to kill himself, Las Vegas police said. Mata also injured a 4-year-old girl who was at the east Las Vegas house. » more at ReviewJournal.com
Evansville Apartment Deaths Ruled Murder-Suicide
Monday, June 3, 2013
Evansville, IN: Authorities have ruled the deaths of two people whose bodies were found inside an Evansville apartment as a murder-suicide. The Vanderburgh County coroner's office identifies those who died as 56-year-old Holly Usrey and 65-year-old Thomas Zinni. » more at WLS-TV 7 News
Trenton Woman Fatally Stabbed by Boyfriend
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Trenton, NJ: A man who police say stabbed his girlfriend to death this past weekend in the city home they shared and then fled to Camden County has been charged with murder. William Nobles, 39, was charged in the death of 54-year-old Celeste Pernell, after a “good citizen” from Camden reported that Nobles told them he had killed somebody in Trenton, city Lt. Mark Kieffer said yesterday. » more at nj.com
DA: Mauston Shooting Victims Apparently Targeted
Friday, May 31, 2013
Mauston, WI: Juneau County’s district attorney says the man charged with shooting two women outside a Mauston bar apparently targeted the victims. DA Michael Solovey says several other people were standing outside P.J.’s Bar and Grill with the two women when the defendant, Cody Treul, shot the victims last Friday. Gail Howland, 29, was pronounced dead at a Mauston hospital. » more at La Crosse Tribune
Investigators Immediately Considered Edgemont Towers Suicide Questionable
Friday, May 31, 2013
Bristol, TN: He called police to report that his wife was dead; she shot herself, he said. But investigators didn't believe his story, and Frank Delph is scheduled for a preliminary hearing today on a charge of first-degree murder. It was shortly after 10 p.m. Friday when Delph, 55, called 911 to report a shooting, according to a written statement from the Bristol, Tenn., Police Department. Delph told police his wife had sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound. When officers responded to their apartment in Edgemont Towers on Ash Street, they found the body of Sue Delph with a single gunshot wound to the head. » more at TriCities.com
Man Arrested for Murder; 26-Year-Old Elyria Mother of Three Found Dead in Bedroom
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Elyria, OH: A 26-year-old mother of three has died and police have arrested her boyfriend for murder. Lauren Moore, of Elyria, was found dead in the rear bedroom of a Washington Avenue apartment Thursday evening. Moore died from multiple blows and from multiple objects to her head and neck, according to Lorain County Coroner Dr. Stephen Evans. Moore also had defensive bruising to her arms, he said. Officers went to the apartment for a well-being check and found it in disarray with furniture knocked over and glass broken, investigators said. » more at MorningJournal.com
Cape Girardeau Man Charged With Murder in Deaths of Wife, Son
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Cape Girardeau, MO: A Cape Girardeau man was charged Friday with two counts of first-degree murder after police say he shot his wife and son as they slept in their beds and then attempted to take his own life. George Edwin Joseph, 48, was arrested Friday after being released from a St. Louis hospital where he was recovering from a self-inflicted wound to his forehead. On Tuesday, Joseph admitted to Sgt. Don Perry of the Cape Girardeau Police Department to shooting his wife, Mary Joseph, 57, and son, Matthew Joseph, 18, on May 30 inside their home at 1220 W. Cape Rock Drive in Cape Girardeau, according to a probable-cause statement from the Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. » more at SEMissourian.com
Baxter’s Bond Set at $200,000; Hutchens Schedules Preliminary Hearing June 12
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Murray, KY: Michelle Perkins Baxter, 50, of Murray, was arraigned Monday morning in Calloway District Court on charges in connection to the Thursday shooting death of her husband, Buddy Baxter, 44, inside their Oxford Drive home. Judge Randall Hutchens upped a previous bond he had set of $100,000 to $200,000 at the request of Calloway County Attorney David Harrington. Baxter was arrested on charges of murder and tampering with physical evidence Thursday evening after hours of questioning by the Murray Police Department, it was reported. » more at MurrayLedger.com
Cops Search For Husband of Albany Woman Found Dead in Bedroom Closet
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Albany, NY: Albany Police say the woman whose body was found inside her Sherman Street apartment last week died from multiple stab wounds. Investigators say 37-year-old Sharene Wallace's body was found in her bedroom closet. Authorities are looking to speak with Wallace's husband, 41-year-old Robert Williams, but have been unable to locate him. » more at CBS6Albany.com
Arrest Affidavit Reveals Details Of Suicide Note, Mother Faces Murder Charges
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Steamboat Springs, CO: The mother of a young boy shot and killed in his home near Steamboat Springs has been arrested. Lisa Marie Lesyshen is in police custody at a hospital in Denver. She has been arrested for suspicion of first-degree murder, child abuse and domestic violence charges. Police said she confessed from her hospital bed to shooting her son and then turning the gun on herself. Lesyshen, 45, and her husband, Michael Kirlan, were going through a separation when she shot and killed their son, Asher, 9. » more at CBS Denver
Alaska Man Wanted for Questioning in Hawaii Murder
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Kalapana, HI: Police on Hawaii's Big Island are looking for an Alaska man to question him about a strangled California woman he had been camping with before she died. Hawaii County police said Friday they are looking for 22-year-old Boaz Johnson of Petersburg, Alaska. He was reported missing and last spoke with his family on Monday. He's wanted for questioning in the death of 25-year-old Brittany-Jane Royal, whose body was found Tuesday after being caught in a fishing line in waters near a lava viewing area. » more at YourAlaskaLink.com
Trooper Officials Believe Soldotna Homicide/Suicide Driven by Domestic Violence
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Soldotna, AK: An elderly man and woman found dead in an apparent murder suicide Tuesday evening in Soldotna have been identified. On Wednesday, Alaska State Troopers identified the deceased as 69-year-old Earl Moore and 66-year-old Lynda Moore, both of Soldotna. According to the Associated Press, AST officials have identified the Moores as a recently divorced couple, leading investigators to believe the homicide/suicide may have been motivated by domestic violence. » more at KTUU TV
