25 h. ago Serial killer who inspired Dexter murdered own father and then cut out his heart

Pedro Rodrigues Filho, known as Pedrinho Matador, claimed to have killed more than 100 people over five decades - his story would later inspire the hit TV show Dexter

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61 h. ago Father who killed four of his children and stuffed them in the trunk did it over ‘several months’, sheriff says

Wellington Delano Dickens III of North Carolina has been charged with four counts of murder

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63 h. ago A sheriff says a North Carolina suspect may have killed 4 of his children over several months

Authorities say a North Carolina man charged with killing four of his children and placing their remains in the trunk of a vehicle believe the slayings occurred over several months

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65 h. ago Mother keeps heartbreaking promise to her sons murdered by their father that no more children will die after decade of tireless campaigning

Claire Throssell, from South Yorkshire, has spent more than a decade fighting to change the law after her boys Jack, 12, and Paul, nine, were killed by their abusive father Darren Sykes.

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3 d. ago ‘No more children are going to die like you’: how Sheffield mother kept her promise to boys killed by father 11 years ago

Claire Throssell has been central to the campaign to repeal parental contact laws following the deaths of her two sons at the hands of their father in 2014When Claire Throssell held her dying son Jack in her arms, she made him a promise: that no more children would die in the circumstances he had – at the hands of a violent parent, on a court-ordered unsupervised visit.Jack and Paul, then aged 12 and nine, were killed by their father 11 years ago, when he lured them into the attic with a new train set, barricaded the house shut and used Throssell’s possessions to set 14 separate fires. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Southport killer's father asked social services not to share information which could 'turn our family upside down' after his son attacked school pupil with a hockey stick

Alphonse Rudakubana, 49, said his family expected a 'high degree of confidentiality' and did not want those 'in charge of punishing Axel' knowing their personal information.

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4 d. ago Southport killer's father warned teacher he could 'turn violent and may attack', public inquiry hears

Lucy McLoughlin, headteacher at Presfield High, said a number of staff had visited Rudakubana's home - but they were not allowed to see him.

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6 d. ago Family pays tribute to 'loving' father, 26, killed in car park attack

Navpreet Singh, 26, was randomly attacked in a Wolverhampton car park in the early hours of Wednesday.

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7 d. ago Kentucky high court throws out murder convictions for man serving life in killings of a father and his young daughter

Kevon Lawless was convicted over gunning down Brandon Waddles and his daughter, Trinity Randolph, in front of their home in August 2020

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7 d. ago Racing sensation tipped for F1 stardom admits to stabbing his dad to death after father ‘brandished machete’

FORMER motorsport prodigy Antolin Gonzalez has admitted stabbing his own dad to death. Gonzalez confessed to the killing of his father - 56-year-old Antolin Gonzalez Sr - during a confrontation which took a violent turn. The alleged incident took place at the Gonzalez family's warehouse in Aranda de Duero, Spain, in early July. Local businessman...

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1 week ago Pictured: 'Devoted father' stabbed to death in Lewisham as hunt for killer continues

A post-mortem examination confirmed Sanchini Thomson died from a stab wound to the chest

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1 week ago Chilling last CCTV of boy beheaded by dad after finding pics of him in bra eating poo

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Chilling CCTV images showed the last images of Dylan Redwine with his father before he was killed during a court-mandated visit after discovering a shocking secret

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2 w. ago 'Firework killed my family and destroyed my life', says London father

Aroen Kishen has warned of the danger of fireworks, two years after the fire which killed his wife and two children

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2 w. ago Father says blaze which killed his wife and three children ‘destroyed my life’

Aroen Kishen has warned of the danger of fireworks, two years after the fire which killed his family.

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2 w. ago What is A Good Marriage by Stephen King about? BTK Killer connection explained

Netflix viewers across the world are curious about A Good Marriage after watching true crime documentary My Father, the BTK Killer

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2 w. ago Afghan played 'motivational fighting music' on his phone 'while attacking group of toddlers with a knife, killing one and a father who tried to stop him'

Enamullah O, carried out the deadly knife attack in a park in the southern German city of Aschaffenburg in January, killing the boy, 2, and a 41-year-old father who tried to protect the children.

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2 w. ago Police offer £20,000 reward to catch killers of young father shot dead in east London

Hanif Redwood, 32, was shot dead outside the Factory 15 Bar in Barking one year ago today - as police appeal for information

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2 w. ago Dad beheads son, 13, after boy found photos of him eating faeces in lingerie

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT Dylan Redwine was killed by his father, Mark, during a court-mandated visit in 2012 after the 13-year-old discovered explicit photos of him eating faeces from a diaper in lingerie

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2 w. ago Man kills wife with large rock then flees with teen kids before son found dead in car

Father-of-three Salvatore Ocone, 58, is accused of killing his wife Elisa Polcino, 49, and their youngest son, 15, in a shocking massacre in a small town in southern Italy

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3 w. ago Kerri Rawson’s father gave her a car in high school. Years later, she learned he was the BTK killer – and had stashed his final victim in the trunk

‘Can you imagine finding out your father is one of the most evil people on earth?’ That haunting question opens the trailer of My Father, the BTK Killer, the new Netflix documentary premiering on October 10 – and it’s a question Kerri Rawson has lived with for 20 years. Andrea Cavallier delves into the shocking case as it’s being retold by his own daughter

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