KCBS Bay Area - 20 hrs 40 mins ago
OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS)
-- Oakland police say a 19-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her 2-year-old daughter.
Police spokesman Officer Jeff Thomason said Tiffany Lopez was arrested Wednesday after being interviewed about the death of her daughter, Kamilah Russell, but declined to say if Lopez admitted to killing the girl.
KCBS’ Bob Melrose Reports
Thomason also declined to release the cause of Russell's death.
"We're still following up on...
WFMZ - 1 day 2hrs ago
ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The Lehigh County District Attorney's office held a news conference Wednesday morning, announcing charges in two death investigations involving children.-- The D.A. has charged an Allentown father in the death of his 8-year-old son, and an Allentown mother in the death of her 14-month old son. The charges against the father stem from an incident that happened back in January. The D.A. says 26-year-old Jose Alvarado left a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun in a backpack that...
Sun-Times - 1 day 3hrs ago
A woman was killed, a 9-year-old girl was ejected and another woman who was charged with drunken driving was hurt when the car they were in crashed Tuesday night on Interstate 57 on the Far South Side.
About 10:15 p.m., a Ford Escort was northbound in the left lane on Interstate 57 near South Halsted Street when, for unknown reasons, the female driver lost control and crossed the center and right lanes, ultimately driving off the right embankment into a light pole causing it to break at the...
Miami Herald - 1 day 4hrs ago
More arrests have been made after last month's fatal stabbing of a Miami Beach Senior High student.
Assistant Chief Raymond Martinez told commissioners Wednesday morning that four suspects have been arrested and charged in the death of 18-year-old Gustavo Sanchez, stabbed to death Feb. 16 at 23rd Street and Collins Avenue.
Yan Marionel Arana Castillo , 17, was arrested in New York late last month and gave a full confession to Miami Beach investigators, Martinez said. Martinez said Castillo...
My Fox Dallas - 2 days ago
ODESSA, Texas - A West Texas man who pleaded guilty and got life in Prison without Parole for killing his pregnant common-law wife and her mother in 2005 has committed Suicide.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman Michelle Lyons said Tuesday that Leo Angel Luna was found hanging in his cell in the Connally Unit in Karnes County in southern Texas early Saturday.
He was taken to a nearby Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Lyons says Luna, who was housed...
About.com Crime - 2 days ago
Less than a week after a registered Sex Offender was arrested for the death of 18-year-old Chelsea King, the skeletal remains of a 14-year-old girl have been found in a remote section of an Indian reservation north of San Diego. Authorities have identified the remains as those of Amber Leeanne Dubois, but would not say what lead them to the location.
Amber disappeared Feb. 13, 2009 while walking to school in Escondido, California.
John Albert Gardner III was arrested in connection with the...
Gone Hollywood - 2 days ago
Bosses at the Oscars have defended their decision to leave Farrah Fawcett out of the memorial montage – insisting it’s impossible to pay tribute to every star who passed away in the last year.
The Charlie’s Angels actress, who died in June (09), was absent from the Academy Awards’ Tribute Montage section on Sunday night (07Mar10), which marked the Deaths of stars including Brittany Murphy and Patrick Swayze.
The snub sparked speculation she was left out because...
DUIAttorney.com - 2 days ago
Though not directly responsible for the accident that caused the death of a three-year-old girl, a Kentucky driver may face charges in connection with a series of events leading to the death.
The chain reaction event occurred on I-64 in Franklin County around 1AM Friday morning. 26-year-old Laura Hubbard had been involved in a DUI accident earlier in the evening. Police were attempting to clear the scene, but traffic was stopped for some time.
Catherine Stults, 49, was driving through town in...
San Francisco Examiner - 3 days ago
BRENTWOOD, N.H.
— Prosecutors say a New Hampshire man obsessed with getting a Harley-Davidson motorcycle beat his landlord to death, assumed his identity and stole his pickup truck so he could trade it for the bike.
The attorney for defendant Paul McDonald doesn't dispute her client killed Richard Wilcox. But she says he did it in self-defense after waking up to find Wilcox raping him.
Wilcox was found dead in June 2008 in the basement of the Danville home where McDonald lived as his...
Regina Leader Post - 3 days ago
