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Erin Maxwell Was Not Playing Pirates

September 28th, 2008 · 68 Comments

UPDATE 10/7/08 - Alan Jones has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the strangulation death of Erin Maxwell.  Jones is Erin’s adult stepbrother who was home alone with her at the time of her death.  Also arrested were Erin’s father, Lindsey Maxwell, and her stepmother, Lynn Maxwell. They are each charged with six [...]

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Tags: Child Neglect · Child murder · Hanging · Murder · Rape · Sexual Abuse · Sexual Assault · Strangulation · Suspicious Death

Leonard Badenhorst BFT’d His Grandpa

September 22nd, 2008 · 15 Comments

Stockland, IL - Leonard Badenhorst, 22, is the worst grandson ever. Just weeks after Leonard re-entered the life of his mother and grandfather, Grandpa ended up dead.  Herschel Fleming, 79, was beaten to death on Friday, September 19.  Leonard Badenhorst has been arrested and is expected to be charged today with homicide.

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Tags: Assault · Beating · Elder Abuse · Patricide · domestic violence

Kyle Cooper & Kim Helmes Murdered Her Son

September 16th, 2008 · 34 Comments

Kimberly Helmes and Kyle W. Cooper
Blue Springs, MO - J.B. died on Friday, September 12 - but it took almost two weeks for his mother and her boyfriend to kill him.  The one-year-old’s slow death was probably caused by sepsis or internal trauma.  After a Labor Day beating, J.B.’s arm was broken and his tongue [...]

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Tags: Beating · Child Abuse · Child Endangerment · Child Neglect · Child murder · Murder · domestic violence

Jathiya Wooden & Troy Edwards Lost Tamera

September 2nd, 2008 · 23 Comments

Troy Edwards and Jathiya Wooden
Norfolk, VA - When I was a kid, I liked to play hide and seek.  And apparently Jathiya Wooden and her boyfriend, Troy Edwards, like to play hide and seek too.  In this case, they hid Jathiya’s four-year-old daughter Tamera Wooden and forgot to seek her.  For a really, really long [...]

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Tags: Child Abuse · Child Neglect · Child murder · Starvation

Melissa Nichols Changed Lanes

August 18th, 2008 · 115 Comments

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Placerville, CA  - At first, it just looked like a terrible accident.  On Thursday night, Melissa Nicole Nichols, 23, hit her boyfriend’s motorcycle in a bizarre collision.   Anthony James Payne was driving towards Nichols’ car when she veered into his lane and struck him head-on.  Payne, 23, was thrown about 200 feet and died at [...]

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Tags: Drunk Driving · Manslaughter · Murder · Suspicious Death · Vehicular Homicide

James Soares Jr. Treats His Parents Like Shit

July 28th, 2008 · 6 Comments

L to R: Marian and James Soares, Sr. and their son, James Soares, Jr.
Warren, Rhode Island - James Soares, 60, and his wife Marian Soares, 53, had been missing since July 9. On Saturday, they were found - dead. They’d been bludgeoned to death with a grub hoe and dumped in the [...]

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Tags: Beating · Matricide · Murder · Parenticide · Patricide · domestic violence

Stan and Colleen Rimer Forgot Jason

July 18th, 2008 · 130 Comments

UPDATE 7/18/08 - Today, the Clark County Coroner ruled Jason Rimer’s death a homicide with cause of death listed as “environmental heat stress.”  Stanley and Colleen Rimer are facing multiple charges in the death of their son, including second degree murder. More details at the bottom of this article.

L to R:  Stanley Rimer, Jason Rimer, [...]

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Tags: Child Abuse · Child Endangerment · Child Neglect · Child murder · Hot Car Baby

Stafon Thompson & Brian Flowers Are Killers

June 18th, 2008 · 18 Comments

Stafon Edward Thompson and Brian Lee Flowers
Minneapolis, MN - Katricia Daniels and her little boy, Robert Shephard, were just hanging out at home last Wednesday night. Katricia’s boyfriend Joseph Williams was working an overnight shift, leaving Daniels, 36, at home with her ten year old son. By Thursday morning, they were dead. Now [...]

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Tags: Child murder · Crime · Murder · Stabbing