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NYC man charged with strangling 82-year-old mom
A Staten Island man has been charged with killing his 82-year-old mother, six days after she was found dead at home, police sources said.
Migrant nabbed in rape, strangling of girl whose body was found under bed — after leaving damning clue behind
Juan Carlos Garcia Rodriguez, 18, was on the lam for nearly a week after the horrific Aug 12 assault of little Maria Gonzalez in Pasadena before cops caught up with...
Cops say Gilgo Beach suspect isn't connected to Atlantic City sex worker deaths as families hold out hope for breakthrough
Suffolk County's police commissioner said he doesn't think there's a link between an unsolved deaths of Atlantic City sex workers and Rex Heuermann.
'Monster' charged for strangling ex's 2-year-old daughter to death with cellphone charger: feds
Rashad Trice, 26, was charged Friday with kidnapping and killing Wynter Cole Smith, as well as sexually assaulting and stabbing the girl's mother, Symari Cole, who is his ex-girlfriend.
Man photographed murdered wife after strangling her, moving her body: 'Inexplicable'
A court has been told of the act a man performed after killing his wife, with the woman’s loved ones tearfully saying it was not how she deserved to be...
Alaska homeless woman who aspired to be serial killer strangled 2 men to death: cops
"She admitted to killing several animals over the years — torturing them and taking videos of this," an Alaska prosecutor said, according to a report.
Indiana teen allegedly told cops 'shadowy man' made him kill 6-year-old girl
Anthony Hutchens will be examined by a psychiatrist and psychologist to see if he’s fit to stand trial in the March 2021 murder of young Grace Ross.
Man arrested in connection to woman strangled to death on bus
An Arizona man who allegedly strangled a woman on a city bus -- leading her to die from "internal decapitation" -- has been arrested.
Cops looking for man who strangled woman to death on bus in Phoenix
A manhunt is underway in Phoenix after a man strangled a woman to death on a city bus, police said. Police are searching for 26-year-old Joshua Bagley in connection with...
NYC man who tried to strangle 11-year old girl in park arraigned, out on bail
Nathaniel Direnzo was arraigned and released on $7,500 bail after he was accused of a broad daylight attack on an 11-year-old girl and another minor.
29-year-old NYC man charged with trying to strangle 11-year-old girl
Nathaniel Direnzo was arrested Saturday in connection with a vicious Oct. 20 attack at Stuyvesant Square near Perlman Place and East 16th Street, according to the NYPD.
German man allegedly killed wife then started search party to find her
The husband, identified as Patrick S., allegedly killed his former beauty queen wife earlier this year after she told him she planned to leave him.
Crazed woman wanted for trying to strangle teen girl in Astoria
An unhinged man randomly choked a teen girl sitting outside a Queens sushi restaurant, terrifying video released Saturday by cops shows.
Prisoner explains why he killed ‘I-5 Strangler’
A California prisoner has confessed to killing the so-called “I-5 Strangler” after deliberately arranging for them to share a cell -- calling it “a mission for avenging” the serial killer's...
Woman pleads guilty in grisly incest-driven murder case
A North Carolina woman admitted she strangled her sister's boyfriend to death in an incest-driven Valentine's Day slaying. Anna Marie Choudhary, 33, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Wednesday in the...
Man gets 18 years in prison for killing 92-year-old roommate
Enrique Leyva, 48, who appeared via video for the sentencing in Manhattan Supreme Court, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in July as part of a plea deal for the March 2018...
Teen says he killed pregnant sister because she was 'an embarrassment'
A Texas teenager staged a suicide by his 8-months-pregnant sister to cover up the fact that he strangled her because he thought she was an “embarrassment to their family,” cops...
Sex fetish club owner convicted of strangling former roommate
A Miami sex fetish club owner was convicted of murder after being seen on video dumping the body of his former roommate, whom he had strangled because she moved out,...
Rikers inmates stop fellow prisoner who attacked female guard
A Rikers correctional officer was locked in a pantry and attacked by an inmate Wednesday morning -- but other prisoners rushed to the woman's aid, law enforcement sources told The...
This is the Bronx mom and daughter killed in apparent double murder
This is the 10-year-old Bronx girl who was strangled and her mother who was also slain over the weekend, in what police are probing as a possible double murder and...