79 m. ago Calgary man who fatally stabbed fitness instructor found guilty

A Calgary man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the brutal 2022 stabbing death of 30-year-old fitness instructor Vanessa Ladouceur.

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11 h. ago Confessed killer knew what he was doing when he fatally stabbed Calgary fitness instructor, jury finds

Confessed killer Michael Adenyi wasn’t in the throes of a psychotic episode where he did not appreciate what he was doing was wrong when he fatally stabbed a fitness instructor on a downtown Calgary street, a jury ruled Saturday. The 12-member Calgary Court of King’s Bench jury deliberated about 14 hours before concluding Adenyi was […]

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39 h. ago Jurors begin to consider case of suspect in fatal stabbing of Calgary fitness instructor on city street

Jury could find Michael Adenyi not criminally responsible by reason of a mental disorder or guilty of first-, or second-degree murder or manslaughter

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66 h. ago Father of slain Calgary teen says son's murder had left a hole in an entire community, a day after his killer's guilty plea

Stabbing victim's father said his son loved life

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4 d. ago Calgary police identify victim of fatal weekend stabbing outside Beltline nightclub

Calgary police are trying to locate the owner of a dark-coloured Tesla who may be able to help in the investigation into a fatal stabbing outside the Commonwealth bar on Saturday.

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4 d. ago Jonas Robert Nedd Sutton identified as fatal stabbing victim

A victim of a melee outside a bar in downtown Calgary on Saturday morning is being remembered as a “bright and happy soul.” Jonas Robert Nedd Sutton, who died following the incident, was “tough, resilient, and determined to complete whatever goal that was set in front of him,” said Morgan Price, the creator of a […]

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5 d. ago Woman charged with murder in stabbing of paramedic during ambulance ride to hospital

A woman pleaded not guilty Monday to fatally stabbing a Kansas City, Missouri, paramedic as she was being taken to a hospital in an ambulance. Shanetta Bossell, 39, was arrested Sunday after trying to drive off in the ambulance as others were tending to paramedic Graham Hoffman’s chest wound, according to court records. She has […]

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5 d. ago Psychiatrist expressed concerns during mental fitness test for Calgary man accused of murder

Suspect tried to downplay his hallucinations but also expressed fears about being kidnapped, court told

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5 d. ago Psychiatrist had concerns during fitness test for Calgary man charged with 1st

The lawyers for the accused are arguing he is not criminally responsible by reason of a medical disorder.

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8 d. ago Man fatally stabbed on N.Y.C. subway after arguing with rider who stepped on his shoes: police

The victim, 38, was found unresponsive with multiple stab wounds to his torso on Friday morning, police say

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8 d. ago Man fatally stabbed on NYC subway after arguing with rider who stepped on his shoes, police say

NEW YORK — A man was stabbed to death during the morning rush hour in the New York City subway system Friday after a dispute with another rider who had stepped on the man’s shoes, police said. Police and medical personnel responded to the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall subway station in lower Manhattan shortly after 8:30 […]

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9 d. ago Calgary murder suspect appeared to be suffering from a mental disorder when he fatally stabbed stranger on city street, says psychiatrist

Dr. Sheila Acharya testified she diagnosed Michael Adenyi with schizophrenia as well as depression

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9 d. ago French student arrested after fatally stabbing another student, wounding 3

PARIS (AP) — A high school student stabbed four other students at his school in western France on Thursday, killing at least one and injuring three others before being arrested, police said. The motive for the stabbing was unclear. Such fatal attacks are quite rare in French schools. France’s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou ordered tighter […]

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1 week ago Texas man executed for 2004 strangling and stabbing death of young mother

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing a young mother more than 20 years ago was executed Wednesday evening as relatives of the victim looked on.  Moises Sandoval Mendoza received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m., authorities said. He was […]

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1 week ago Sister of confessed killer says he was a different man in the months and days leading up to fatal stabbing

'I could just tell that his mental health was getting worse and worse and worse and worse,' said Winie Adenyi of her brother, Michael Adenyi

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1 week ago Stabbing in Vancouver’s Strathcona neighbourhood leaves man dead

Vancouver police are investigating a stabbing in the Strathcona neighbourhood on Sunday afternoon that left a man dead.

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2 w. ago U.S. man hijacks plane in Belize and stabs people then is fatally shot

MEXICO CITY — A U.S. man hijacked a small plane in Belize on Thursday, stabbing two passengers and a pilot, before one of the stabbed passengers fatally shot him, officials in Belize and the United States said. The plane then landed safely. The Tropic Air plane was carrying 14 passengers and two crew members, and […]

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2 w. ago Confessed killer believed he was attacking an "animalistic creature" when he fatally stabbed a Calgary woman, court hears

Calgary murder suspect Michael Adenyi believed he was being attacked by demonic animals when he repeatedly stabbed city woman Vanessa Ladouceur. But Adenyi told defence lawyer Curtis Mennie on Wednesday that when he cut himself during the fatal attack he was “shot” back into reality and discovered the “creature” was a person. The admitted killer […]

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3 w. ago In Calgary courts: Sentencing hearing delayed for youth convicted in fatal stabbing of Calgary teen on basketball court

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3 w. ago Killer apologizes to family for fatally stabbing London man: 'Forever sorry'

The morning Antony Centeno-So stabbed a friend to death is, he said, “a blur.” “It is all a blur for me because I was regularly sleep deprived and under the influence of crystal meth and fentanyl. This was the lowest time of my life,” he said Thursday at the second day of his sentencing hearing […]

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