4 d. ago Triple murderer Curtis Windom's final meal revealed as becomes record 11th person executed in Florida this year

Triple murderer, Curtis Windom, was put to death in Florida as his last meal is revealed and his daughter pleaded to halt his death.

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4 d. ago Triple murderer executed on death row more than 30 years after killings

Curtis Windom was executed by lethal injection at a prison in Florida more than 30 years after he murdered his girlfriend, her mother and a man who he claimed owed him money

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4 d. ago Florida to make record 11th execution this year as man put to death for triple murder

Curtis Windom, 59, would become the 30th person executed this year in the U.S.

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5 d. ago Florida to put man to death for a triple murder in record 11th execution this year

A man convicted of killing his girlfriend, her mother and a man he claimed owed him $2,000 is scheduled to be executed in Florida, which would be the 11th execution in the state this year

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8 d. ago Mushroom lunch survivor forgives Erin Patterson as defence agrees triple murderer deserves life sentence

Ian Wilkinson says he is ‘no longer Erin Patterson’s victim’ as Victorian supreme court hears of impact of crimes on family membersIan Wilkinson says he forgives Erin Patterson for trying to murder him but cannot offer her forgiveness for killing three other people with poisoned beef wellingtons, a Victorian court has heard.The supreme court also heard on Monday that the prosecution and defence both agreed that Patterson should receive a life sentence for her crimes, which Justice Christopher Beale agreed were “horrendous”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson plea hearing live updates: mushroom murder cook faces victims' families in pre

Two-day pre-sentencing hearing at Victorian supreme court comes after Patterson was found guilty of triple murder and attempted murder on 7 JulyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCourt hears statement from sister of Gail Patterson and Heather WilkinsonProsecutor Nanette Rogers SC is reading a victim impact statement on behalf of Lynette Young, the sister of Gail and Heather. She says:I’m just so angry and so sad that my people are not here to be the loving parents and grandparents that they always were.She was more concerned about our own family, our work, our kids, than she was about her own sudden and unexpected health crisis I miss her daily and life feels less bright without her.The world seems colder and harsher knowing this. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson plea hearing live: mushroom murderer to face victims’ families in Melbourne court

Two-day pre-sentencing hearing at Victorian supreme court comes after Patterson was found guilty of triple murder and attempted murder on 7 JulyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWelcome to our live coverage of Erin Patterson’s plea hearing.On 7 July, Patterson was found guilty of murdering her estranged husband’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, and his aunt Heather Wilkinson. A Victorian supreme court jury also found Patterson guilty of attempting to murder Heather’s husband, Ian Wilkinson. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Depraved Southport killer gets TV perks back despite fears 'he'll kill someone'

The reports suggest that the triple child murderer will have his jail privileges returned in order to persuade the teen to improve his behaviour behind bars, despite previously attacking prison officers

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2 w. ago Three women filmed walking on Brazil tourist beach before being found dead

A triple murder investigation is underway after three women who had gone out to take a dog for a walk along a beach in Ilheus, southern Bahia, in Brazil, were later found dead

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2 w. ago Mystery grows after three people found fatally shot in their cars in remote California desert

An investigation is underway to determine a motive for the fatal shootings

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2 w. ago Florida continues capital punishment record with execution date for triple murderer

The execution would mark the 12th scheduled in Florida this year

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2 w. ago Death row prisoner cuts out wife and kids' hearts then gouges out and eats his own eyes

The man on death row was found in his cell covered in blood after he gouged out both of his eyes in a bid to avoid execution after he believed God told him to carry out a triple murder

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3 w. ago The signs Erin Patterson killed the mother she loathed: CANDACE SUTTON reveals the horrifying police suspicions hanging over the mushroom murderer that couldn't be revealed... until now

When Victoria Police investigated Erin Patterson over the mushroom poisoning deaths, they considered the possibility that she might have been a serial killer, not merely a triple-murderer.

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3 w. ago What the jury wasn't allowed to hear in the Erin Patterson trial: suspicions and mystery illnesses

Material and claims the jury in Australia’s mushroom lunch murder trial wasn’t allowed to hear can be reported after a suppression order was liftedFive key moments in the murder trial of Australia’s mushroom lunch cookErin Patterson’s hospital visit – and what the beef wellingtons really looked like: mushroom murder exhibits revealedSimon Patterson told his father, Don, and other family members that he suspected his estranged wife, Erin Patterson, had been trying to poison him before she invited his parents and his aunt and uncle to a fatal beef wellington lunch, according to evidence heard in a pre-trial hearing.One argument heard in court, but not able to be revealed to the jury in Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial, involved police suspicions that she might have previously used rat poison in an alleged attempt to kill Simon.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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4 w. ago 'Government needs to get a grip': Southport residents say they STILL fear anti

Violent scenes that shamed Britain last year were sparked by misinformation on social media following the triple stabbing murders of three children.

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