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10-year-old daughter strangled in apparent double murder
A man strangled a 10-year-old girl in a possible double murder and attempted suicide in The Bronx, police sources said Sunday. Police found the dreadful scene when they arrived in...
Man gets life for killing 16-year-old girl who accused him of rape
A Michigan man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for killing a 16-year-old girl who accused him of rape. Quinn James, 43, had been charged with sexually assaulting Mujey...
Officials reveal how family members were killed in 'demon cult' killings
Four of the five family members who died in the Pennsylvania "demon cult" killings last month were allegedly asphyxiated — and the fifth was strangled, according to local officials. The...
Man pretended to help search for 11-year-old girl he killed: investigator
FORT PAYNE, Ala. — An Alabama sheriff's investigator says a man pretended to help search for the 11-year-old girl he's accused of strangling. Al.com reports a judge ruled Monday that...
Victim's sister feared husband now accused of murder
The sister of an Upper West Side woman whose estranged, ne’er-do-well husband is accused of snapping her neck to get his hands on her fortune sobbed on the witness stand...
Sanitation worker arrested for choking teen daughter
A city Sanitation Department employee was arrested for allegedly strangling his teenage daughter, police said Thursday. Mervin Freeman, 38, was squabbling with his 14-year-old daughter in the family’s home on...
Marine accused of killing newlywed wife after allegedly 'blacking out' at military ball
A US Marine faces charges for allegedly killing his newlywed wife after "blacking out" at a military ball they attended as a couple, according to officials. Rodolfo Rivera Valencia, 24,...
Man strangled to death after shirt gets stuck in subway escalator
A straphanger was strangled early Sunday when his T-shirt was pulled into an MTA escalator. Police responding to the Intervale Station on the No. 2 and 5 lines in the...
Police seek person of interest in ex-Playboy model's death
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Authorities have released surveillance images of a man being sought in connection with the strangling of a model in Philadelphia's affluent Main Line suburbs. The body of...
Dating app 'strangler' has history of violence against women
The Connecticut man accused of murdering a Queens woman and raping another in Brooklyn -- using dating apps as a way to meet his victims -- has a history of...
NYC 'strangler' may have more victims: cops
The NYPD is looking for more potential victims of an accused strangler who allegedly killed one woman in Queens and raped another in Brooklyn before being caught in California with...
Sex offender deemed fit for trial in girlfriend's death
A Brooklyn sex offender who fatally suffocated his ex-girlfriend — just 24 hours after being released from jail — was found mentally fit to stand trial Tuesday. Jerome Rivers is...
Nurse found strangled to death inside Queens home: cops
A Queens woman was strangled to death inside her home near Kennedy Airport -- and discovered by her concerned brothers, who checked on her after she wasn't answering phone calls,...
Suspects arrested for murder after odor leads to body in motel
MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Two people have been charged with murder after complaints about an awful odor led to the discovery of a body stuffed under a Michigan motel...
Woman found dismembered in park was strangled
A Brooklyn woman whose dismembered body was discovered in Canarsie Park earlier this year was strangled, officials announced Thursday. Brandy Odom's body parts were first found April 9 in various...
Woman arrested after trying to strangle mother with knife: cops
A 23-year-old Texas woman was arrested this week after she used a kitchen knife in an attempt to strangle her mother, the Lufkin Police Department said. Officials with the Lufkin...
Mom who strangled newborn, threw body in trash sentenced
A New Jersey woman was sentenced to eight years in prison after she admitted to strangling her newborn daughter to death two years ago. Jade Fanz was sentenced on Friday,...
Man charged in wife's strangulation death caught on surveillance
BOULDER, Colo. — A Colorado man is charged with first-degree murder in the strangulation death of his wife after the struggle was recorded on a surveillance camera's audio. The Boulder...
Lawyer mounts insanity defense for mom accused of killing son to 'save' him
PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — The attorney of a Washington woman accused of killing her 9-year-old son on Halloween is asking that his client be acquitted of murder charges after a...
Pregnant woman sent chilling text to mom before slaying
Three people were arrested in the murder of a pregnant Oklahoma woman who sent an ominous text in her final moments, according to reports. Shaliyah Toombs, 23, was allegedly choked...