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Killer Who Ditched Co-Workers Body In Maryland Swamp Gets Life In Prison
A man described by authorities as a "violent predator" was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Monday, Sept. 9 for kidnapping, robbing, and killing a Pennsylvania co-worker, authorities announced. Michael Allen Stark, 50, of Royersford, PA was found guilty by a Bucks County jury of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping, theft by unlawful taking, flight to avoid apprehension, and abuse of a corpse, according to District Attorney Jennifer Schorn and court records. Stark's victim was 50-year-old Matthew James Branning of Sellersville, who went missing after l…
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Infant Thrown Like 'Dog Poop' Out PA Window By CNA, Mom: Affidavit
A certified nursing assistant in Maryland and her boyfriend have been arrested for throwing their newborn son out an apartment window and attempting to cover up his death, Pennsylvania State Police troopers announced on Tuesday, June 25, and detailed in court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Joshua Wooters, 19, and Emily Dickinson, 20, both of McConnellsburg, have been charged with felonies for criminal homicide and conspiracy, as well as misdemeanor counts of concealing the death of a child and abuse of a corpse, as stated in their court dockets. The couple's arrests com…
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Here's What Trump Said In Phone Call To Grieving Mom Of Slain Maryland Jogger Rachel Morin
Patty Morin got an unexpected phone call Thursday morning, June 20. Former President Donald Trump, who was reaching out to express his condolences, Morin's attorneys said. Patty's daughter, Rachel Morin, was killed in August 2023 while jogging on the Ma & Pa trail in Bel Air. Last weekend, her accused killer, Victor Martinez-Hernandez, was arrested in Oklahoma. Patty Morin said she was deeply touched by Trump's phone call. "He was genuine and truly wanted to know how our family was coping," she said. "He asked about Rachel and showed honest compassion for her untimely death.…
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DNA Evidence Helps Police Close 23-Year-Old Murder Mystery In Maryland
More than two decades after Leslie Preer was found murdered inside her home after failing to show up for work, police in Montgomery County say they have arrested a man in connection to the 2001 cold case. DNA evidence has linked Eugene Teodor Gilgor as a possible suspect in the murder, police say, and on Tuesday, he was arrested by the US Marshals Task Force in Washington, DC. Early in the morning on May 2, 2001, officers from the Montgomery County Department of Police were called to the 4800 block of Drummond Avenue in Chevy Chase, where they found Preer's body, and her death was lat…
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Arrest Made In Murder Of Maryland Mom Rachel Morin, Officials Say
An arrest has been made nearly a year after Rachel Morin was found dead near a Harford County trail, authorities said on Saturday. Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez, 23, was taken into custody in Tulsa, OK, in connection with Morin's August 2023 killing, according to the Harford County Sheriff and Morin's family's legal team. Harford County Sheriff Gahler said that DNA evidence was key in linking Martinez-Hernandez to the murder. "Three weeks ago, on May 20, which should have been Rachel's 38th birthday, investigators uncovered a lead, and we're here today to tell you Rachel's murde…
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Life In Prison For Son Responsible For Butchering Mother In Maryland: State's Attorney
An Anne Arundel Judge has ruled that a 26-year-old man spend life in prison for the grisly murder of his mother in their Tracy's Landing home in 2021, authorities announced. Andrew Beavers was sentenced to life in prison for the first-degree murder of his mother, cybersecurity executive Juanita Naomi Koilpillai, 58, whose body was found poorly outside of their home after being reported missing. Anne Arundel County State's Attorney Anne Colt Leitess added that on top of the life sentence, Beavers was also hit with three years on a weapons charge. On July 25, 2021, prosecutors say that …
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DNA Connects California Rapist To 1992 Maryland Attack: Cops
A California man has been charged in a 1992 Maryland rape case, authorities said. Xavier Battice, now 62 years old, followed his victim after she got off of a bus near the 5400 block of Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase on Sept. 24, 1992, Montgomery County police said on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Battice, 31 at the time, followed the victim, took her to a nearby park and raped her before leaving the scene, police said. Cold case detectives submitted evidence from the crime scene to the crime laboratory, and a DNA profile was extracted from the evidence. The DNA was submitted into the Combined DNA In…
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GUY: Charges Dropped For Driver Falsely Accused In Crash That Killed Virginia Dad
DNA evidence has led to dropped charges for one man wrongly accused in a crash last spring that killed a Virginia dad, and fresh charges for another. A 55-year-old Woodbridge man had initially been accused of blowing a red light in a Ford F-150 pickup truck, killing passenger, 30-year-old Eric Kuhn on April 29 at the intersection of Old Bridge Drive and Colby Drive in Woodbridge, Prince William County police said. However, that man named 33-year-old Austin Michael Woolf, of Fredericksburg, as the true driver, and testing of DNA evidence proved that Woolf was actually the driver behind the w…
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Cold Case: Convict Charged In Connection To Sexual Assault At DC Metro 10 Years Ago: DOJ
Justice may have been served 10 years after a Maryland man sexually assaulted a woman at a DC Metro Station. Samuel Sampson Peaks, 35, was arraigned this week stemming from a 2013 cold case involved the armed sexual assault of a stranger at the Minnesota Avenue Metro station, the US attorney’s announced. According to court documents, in February 2013, Peaks encountered his victim at the station and followed her before brandishing a handgun and forcing her to perform a sexual act. Once the assault was over, she called the police, who responded and recovered DNA evidence that was tested in 2…
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Maryland Predator Accused Of Sexually Abusing Man in DC Alley Six Years Ago: DOJ
A Maryland man is facing charges six years after the alleged sexual assault of a stranger in a Washington, DC alley, federal authorities announced. Prince George's County native Baltazar Gutierrez Carrillo, 50, of Fort Washington, was arrested this week on charges in connection to a 2017 sexual assault of a stranger who was visiting the nation's capital. According to court documents, in 2017, Gutierrez Carrillo's 30-year-old victim was visiting DC to see friends, and at some point they separated and he began walking to where he was staying, officials said. It is alleged that …
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DNA Links Suspect To Murder Of Woman He Met Online In MD, Police Say
DNA evidence collected by police investigators in Prince George’s County led to the downfall of a murder suspect who allegedly killed a Baltimore man in Suitland earlier this year. Rickey Redd, 33, of Oxon Hill, is facing multiple murder charges in connection to the February death of 38-year-old Andra Sweeper, who was found dead in an apartment, according to investigators from the Prince George’s County Police Department. At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4, officers were called to an apartment in the 3300 block of Curtis Drive, where there were calls regarding an unresponsive wo…
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Rapist Who Assaulted Sleeping Girl Faces Life In Prison: State's Attorney
A predator from Washington, DC who preyed upon a sleeping child during a home invasion in Maryland may spend the rest of his life in prison. Joshua Grice, 30, was convicted by a jury of first-degree rape and first-degree burglary for breaking into a home and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who was asleep in her bedroom, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office on Tuesday, April 25. According to court records, on Nov. 29, 2021, investigators were called to a Browning Avenue home in Takoma Park to investigate a reported sexual assault involving a child that had just…
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Life Sentences Announced For Killer Of Navy Midshipman's Mother
A man convicted of killing the mother of a US Naval Midshipman has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, officials announced. Angelo Harrod was sentenced on Wednesday, March 1 after being convicted of the murder of 57-year-old Michelle Cummings, who was visiting her son Trey, a member of the Navy football team, for induction day on June 29, 2021. “What was supposed to be a celebratory time turned into tragedy for Mrs. Cummings’ family that summer evening," State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess said in a statement. “Mrs. Cummings was a proud mother and loving wife who was take…
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Murderer Admits To Brutally Butchering Beloved 'Community Matriarch' In Baltimore Church
Manzie Smith, Jr. could spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting to the grisly murder of a beloved member and volunteer of an East Baltimore church in November 2021. Smith, 63, was sentenced to life in prison with all but 50 years suspended (plus five years of supervised probation) for his role in the murder of 69-year-old Evelyn Player in the bathroom of Southern Baptist Church, where she was a prominent volunteer. Investigators say that Smith stabbed Player dozens of times inside the church on the morning of Nov. 16, 2021. The investigation determined that Player clocked in…
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Kohberger Victims, Roommate Were Reportedly Awake During Idaho Slayings: Affidavit
The probable cause affidavit in the quadruple murders of University of Idaho students was unsealed Thursday, Jan. 5 as prime suspect Bryan Kohberger appeared in court, suggesting that at least one of the victims and one surviving roommate were awake during the crimes. It was ultimately DNA on the button snap of a knife sheath that helped police identify the 28-year-old criminology PhD student as the suspect in the Nov. 13 killings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, according to the affidavit published in NewsNationNow. The affidavi…
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'Potomac River Rapist' Found Hanging By Sheets In Jail Cell Days Before Trial
The man accused of being the Potomac River Rapist was found dead inside of his jail cell in Washington, D.C., according to multiple reports. Giles Warrick was found by a guard doing a routine check shortly before 8 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 19. Warrick reportedly was found hanging from a sheet and pronounced dead around 30 minutes later, the reports continue. Warrick was accused of 10 sexual assaults as well as the murder of Christine Mirzayan, 29, that occurred in the Montgomery County area in the 1990s. He had been charged with first-degree murder and other related charges. Warric…
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Laurel Man Pleads Guilty To 40-Year-Old Cold Case Murder
A 40-year-old cold case involving a young mother of four who was found dead is closer to justice after a Laurel man admitted to his role in the crime, authorities say. Howard Jackson Bradberry, 64, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the killing of Laney Lee McGadney, 28 in 1982, say Howard County officials. DNA evidence linked Bradberry to the crime in 2021, prompting his arrest, they said. On March 29, 1982, McGadney was leaving her Columbia apartment to walk to the grocery store when she was witnessed being abducted on Oakland Mills Road, according to officials. McGadney never m…
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Baltimore Teen Convicted Of Rape, Murder Of 83-Year-Old Neighbor
A Baltimore teen has been convicted of raping and murdering his 83-year-old neighbor in 2018, authorities announced. Tyrone Harvin, 17, had just turned 14 when he sexually assaulted Dorothy Mae Neal, 83, while helping her with chores in her Bridgeview-Greenlawn neighborhood on Aug. 29, 2018, according to Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby. DorothyBaltimore Police Department Neal was found unresponsive behind a door in her apartment after not being seen for days and was taken to a hospital where she later died. Doctors had determined Neal had at least 48 injuries to her head…
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Baltimore Teen Accused Of Rape, Murder Of Elderly Woman Stands Trial
A Baltimore teenager who is accused of the rape and killing of an elderly woman in 2018 stands trial, reports The Baltimore Sun. Tyrone Harvin had just turned 14-years-old when he allegedly sexually assaulted and killed Dorothy Mae Neal, 83 while helping her with chores in her Bridgeview-Greenlawn neighborhood on Aug. 29, 2018. Neal was found unresponsive behind a door in her apartment and taken to a hospital where she later died. Doctors had determined the victim had at least 48 injuries to her head and neck with even more on other parts of her body, the outlet reports. Harvin was c…
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Cold Case Murderer Of 9 Year Old Girl Revealed: PA State Police
UPDATE: James Paul Forte, was identified as the killer based on DNA evidence on Thursday at a press conference held by Pennsylvania state police. Forte died of natural causes in May 1980, the police said at the conference. ORIGINAL: A 57-year-old cold case homicide in Luzerne County has been solved, according to Pennsylvania state police. Marise Ann Chiverella, 9, was found dead in a strip-mining pit near the Hazleton Airport on Mar. 18, 1964, authorities say. Chiverella had been sexually assaulted, physically abused, before she was murdered and left at the scene, according to police. Th…
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