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Mom Killed After Leading Girls to Safety in Park Stabbings

Suspect who killed Cristen and Clinton Brink in Arkansas had no known connection to them

(Newser) - Authorities in Arkansas say Cristen Amanda Brink, killed in a double homicide at Devil's Den State Park, was fatally stabbed after returning to help her husband, Clinton David Brink, during the attack. According to police, the couple was hiking with their two daughters, ages 7 and 9, and...

Police Release Photo in Hunt for Arkansas Killer

Police earlier released a sketch of the suspect in murders of Clinton and Cristen Brink

(Newser) - Arkansas State Police released a photo Tuesday of a man they say is a "person of interest" wanted for questioning in the murder of a couple who were hiking with their young daughters in Devil's Den State Park on Saturday. Police said the photo was taken by another...

Couple Hiking With Daughters Killed at Arkansas State Park

Girls 7 and 9 are unharmed

(Newser) - Police say a family outing at Devil's Den State Park turned tragic over the weekend when an Arkansas couple was killed on a remote trail while hiking with their two young daughters. Clinton Brink, 43, and Cristen Brink, 41—recent transplants to Prairie Grove—were found dead on...

Prosecutors: Killer Teen Lived With Dead Bodies for 2 Weeks

Wisconsin's Nikita Casap, 17, charged with fatally shooting mom, stepdad on Feb. 11

(Newser) - A teenager in Wisconsin shot and killed his mother and stepfather, then went to school the next day like nothing happened, according to prosecutors. The bodies of 35-year-old Tatiana Casap and 51-year-old Donald Mayer were discovered partially decayed in their Waukesha home on Feb. 28 after odd text messages prompted...

Odd Double Murder Case in Virginia Takes Another Turn

Au pair takes a plea deal, will cooperate with prosecutors in case against her ex-lover

(Newser) - The au pair in a strange and twisty Virginia double homicide case struck a plea deal with prosecutors and will cooperate when her former lover goes on trial for murder in February. Juliana Peres Magalhães, 24, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Tuesday and will be sentenced in March, the New ...

$100K Reward in Cold Case of Murdered Teens

Virginia State Police seek new leads in 2009 shooting deaths of Heidi Childs and David Metzler

(Newser) - Police are seeking new leads in a 15-year-old double murder in Virginia, with the promise of a $100,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. The case is that of Heidi Childs and David Metzler , who were dating sophomores at Virginia Tech when they were shot to death...

City 'in Shock' After Boy's Arrest for Double Murder

10-year-old is accused of fatally shooting relatives in Louisiana

(Newser) - After a former Louisiana mayor and his adult daughter were found shot to death inside a home Sunday, a 10-year-old boy offered police an account of what happened. Within hours, the account evolved into a murder confession, according to Minden police, who are now holding the boy on two counts...

Prison Escapees Face Murder Charges for Missing US Couple

Grenada charges 3 men who allegedly hijacked husband and wife's yacht, threw them overboard

(Newser) - Authorities have pressed murder charges against a trio of escaped prisoners, accused of hijacking an American couple's yacht last month and throwing them overboard . Per a statement from the Royal Grenada Police Force cited by CNN , 30-year-old Ron Mitchell, 25-year-old Atiba Stanisclaus, and 23-year-old Trevon Robertson (who'd originally...

2 Found Fatally Shot in College Dorm

Police are treating deaths as homicides at University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

(Newser) - A lockdown has been lifted at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs after two people were found shot dead in an on-campus dorm. Per KKTV , Colorado Springs police say that a lockdown and shelter-in-place directive were put in place after shots were reported around 6am local time on Friday, with students,...

Texas Cops Have a Big Clue in Killing of Pregnant Teen

San Antonio police release video showing 2 persons of interest after double murder

(Newser) - On Thursday, the medical examiner in Texas' Bexar County officially identified two bodies found in a car Tuesday in San Antonio as those of pregnant 18-year-old Savanah Soto and her boyfriend, 22-year-old Matthew Guerra. KSAT notes that the cause of death for both was listed as a gunshot wound to...

Cops Make New Disclosure on Dead Pregnant Teen

Police say bodies believed to be that of Savanah Soto and her boyfriend each had a gunshot wound

(Newser) - Police in San Antonio, Texas, are now calling the case of a missing pregnant teen and her boyfriend, both apparently found dead earlier this week in the boyfriend's car, a capital murder. Per the Express-News , authorities there said in a Wednesday statement that a couple they believe to be...

Stalked Podcaster, Husband Are Shot to Death in Home

Protection order had not yet been served

(Newser) - A woman who had obtained a protection order against a man she said was stalking her online was shot to death in her Washington state home, along with her husband, police said. The order had not been served because police had not been able to locate the man, CNN reports....

Reward Tripled in Billionaire Couple's Baffling Murders

No suspect has yet been named in murders of Barry and Honey Sherman

(Newser) - The mysterious murders of a billionaire Canadian couple remain unsolved almost five years later, and now the son of Barry and Honey Sherman is increasing a reward for information that helps arrest and convict the killer . The reward is now nearly $26 million dollars, more than triple the original amount,...

Prosecutors Share Alex Murdaugh's Alleged Motive

Prosecutors: He killed wife, son just as evidence of financial crimes was likely to be exposed

(Newser) - Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son at the precise moment his financial crimes threatened to be revealed, prosecutors say in a motion filed Thursday—and they say Murdaugh's own shooting followed a remarkably similar pattern. After the recession of the early 2000s and a "series of bad...

Police Plan Announcement on 2017 Slayings of Young Hikers

Bodies of Liberty German and Abigail Williams were found near a trail in northern Indiana

(Newser) - 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" but gave...

Cops Find Man Shot Dead, Then Get Call About His Toddler

Police are investigating what they say was double homicide of dad, 2-year-old son in Houston

(Newser) - Houston police were searching Tuesday for a man they say is responsible for a double homicide of a 2-year-old boy and his father. Executive Assistant Police Chief Larry Satterwhite says officers were called to a shooting outside a strip mall southwest of downtown around 1:45pm, where they found a...

QAnon Believer Texted Wife Day He Allegedly Killed Kids

Wife said Matthew Coleman grew 'significantly more paranoid' before murders: affidavit

(Newser) - California surfing instructor Matthew Coleman, accused of stabbing his two young children to death with a spearfishing gun on the belief that they had "serpent DNA," grew more and more paranoid as he went down the QAnon rabbit hole, court documents allege. Wife Abby Coleman told investigators that...

Newlyweds Found Dead, and Groom's Brother Is Missing

Collin Rodgers was reportedly staying with his brother and sister-in-law in Virginia Beach

(Newser) - Virginia Beach police are on the lookout for an "endangered" man who may have been living with his newlywed brother and sister-in-law, who were found dead in their apartment on Monday. Talon Rodgers and Alisa Wash, both 23, had been shot to death, according to a Tuesday release , which...

Arrest Made After Couple's 'Senseless' Bicycle Murders

Daytona Beach police still don't have a motive in deaths of Terry and Brenda Aultman

(Newser) - Police in Daytona Beach have made an arrest , but they still don't have an explanation for what they have called the "senseless" murders of a married couple. Jean R. Macean, 32, is accused of brutally stabbing Terry Aultman, 48, and Brenda Aultman, 55, on Saturday night or early...

Family Gathered to Exchange Gifts. Then Gunshots, Death

Austin Alvarez arrested on suspicion of double homicide in California

(Newser) - A Christmas Day party ended in tragedy for one California family, with a 23-year-old arrested for allegedly murdering his grandmother and his dad's girlfriend. Detectives say family members had assembled at the Reedley, Calif., home to exchange gifts when Austin Alvarez arrived. Per a press release from the Fresno...

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