Tag: Murders

Rachel Nice testifies at Scott Peterson hearing

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A juror who served in the infamous 2004 trial of her murderer husband Scott Peterson attempted on Friday to dismiss allegations that she falsified a jury questionnaire during a court hearing that could lead to a possible retrial of the case. Rachel Nice – who was given the nickname “Strawberry Short Cake” for her bright red hair she wore 18 years ago – was questioned in a San Mateo, California courtroom over allegations that she had failed to disclose that she was once a victim of domestic violence and was…

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Father shot and killed in Florida in front of his 2-year-old daughter

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A father of four was shot dead in front of his two-year-old daughter in a quiet neighborhood of Jacksonville last week — and Florida police are describing the unsolved crime as a “targeted” murder. Software engineer Jared Bridgen, 33, was found dead next to his SUV in the usually quiet Lake Sanctuary neighborhood with his child still in the car. According to a report. Officials said he was shot several times at close range on February 16, and it was a “miracle” that the girl was not shot. Bridgan’s car…

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Elizabeth Howell, a student at State University of New York in Potsdam, was hit three times in a drive-by shooting

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State University of New York Potsdam student Elizabeth “Beth” Howell was hit by three bullets fired from a car and ran a short distance before collapsing, witnesses told police of the mysterious murder. Howell, 21, was walking off campus when three shots were fired during a drive-by shooting at about 5:45 p.m. Friday, According to the Potsdam Police Department. Responding officers found the music education student unresponsive on the side of the road at the corner of College Park and East Drive, the statement said. Police said authorities implemented life-saving…

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Police search for answers in the murder of student Elizabeth Howell

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Police in upstate New York have turned to the public to help compile the timeline for the mysterious murder of SUNY Potsdam student Elizabeth Howell. State Police on Sunday released a photo of the car that says suspect Michael J. Snow, 31, was driving on Friday when he shot and killed Howell – a gray Honda Civic with the driver’s side door damaged. Police said Snow, a resident of Massena, New York on the Canadian border, passed several nearby towns on the night of the murder. Police said he drove…

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Student Elizabeth Howell in “The Wrong Place, The Wrong Time”: Parents

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The parents of grieving SUNY Potsdam student Elizabeth Howell said their daughter was likely a random victim in the “wrong place and time” when she was shot off campus. “She was the type who had no enemies, and certainly no one wanted to kill her. Her father, Joe Howell, told The Post in an emotional interview at the family’s home in Patterson, New York, that as soon as we were told, we found out the wrong place and the wrong time. Elizabeth, 21, was found lying on the side of…

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Australian man arrested for killing 66-year-old’s leg with a humming saw

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A 36-year-old man was arrested for cutting off a 66-year-old

An Australian man allegedly cut off another man’s leg with his whirring saw, and the victim – who later died – may have requested amputation as a horrific service. Police said a 36-year-old and 66-year-old had known each other to a park in Innisville, where they sat together under a tree just before 4 a.m. Saturday. According to Australian outlets. About 20 minutes later, the horrific operation began, in which the young man cut the leg of the older man below the knee with the circular saw. Police said the…

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State University of New York in Potsdam student Elizabeth Howell was killed near the school, and Michael Snow was arrested

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Police and administrators said a student at North State College was shot dead on a street near the campus by a man who had no affiliation with the school. State University of New York in Potsdam music education student Elizabeth Howell, 21, died on Friday after being found lying on the side of a College Park road with gunshot wounds. New York State Police said. Police said the alleged killer, Michael J. Police initially urged local residents to keep their doors closed and travel in groups, before declaring what appeared…

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Uber driver Kristi Spicuza begged for her life before passenger Calvin Crowe killed her

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A Pennsylvania Uber driver and mother of four begged a customer to save her life before he shot and killed her during an attempted robbery, police said. “I beg you, I have four children,” Kristi Spicosa, 38, said, according to the horrific crime dashcam video, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette mentioned. Spicuzza, of Turtle Creek, was found dead with a single shot to the head in a wooded area on February 12 in Monroeville, According to the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Department. She had picked up 22-year-old Calvin Crowe of Among the Hills around…

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LA County DA George Gascon backs down on lenient policies

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George Gascon, the attorney general for the embattled Los Angeles district, announced revisions to one of his most controversial policies late Friday — but critics argue it’s more a “smoke screen” than a reformist attorney general facing an impeachment vote. The policy in question prohibits plaintiffs from seeking life sentences and bringing cases against juvenile delinquents in adult courts. But in a series of memos obtained by The Post, Gascon announced the creation of a new panel to review requests from prosecutors to request that cases involving minors accused of…

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Florida police name former Representative James Howard Harrison as a suspect in the 1983 murder of 11-year-old Laura Ann Hoyzar.

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Florida police announced Thursday that they have solved the decades-old murder of an 11-year-old girl, calling a now-dead sheriff’s deputy and fiancée the likely child killer. Officials said James Howard Harrison, the former deputy sheriff of St. Lucy County, has been identified as the “sole suspect” in the November 1983 rape and murder of Laura Ann Hoyzar. Harrison died in 2008. “We have established probable cause to determine that Harrison kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered the event victim and subsequently altered the crime scene by placing the victim in a…

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