3 h. ago Amazon delivery driver is shot and killed by homeowner who thought he was his daughter's boyfriend, prosecutors say

A Texas father allegedly shot and killed an Amazon delivery driver on Christmas day, mistakenly thinking he was his daughter's boyfriend.

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5 h. ago Lin and Megan Russell DNA tests could end doubts over mum and daughter's killer

Miscarriages of justice watchdog is examining key exhibits in 1996 double murder that could prove the innocence of Michael Stone who was convicted on the 'slimmest evidence imaginable'

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54 h. ago Final words of mum, 40, who killed ‘severely disabled’ daughter, 8, and took her own life revealed in tragic note

THE tragic final words left by a mother who killed her severely disabled daughter before ending her own life, have been revealed. Martina Karos, 40, killed her blind, non-verbal daughter, 8, and then herself in their home with toxic carbon monoxide, the coroner’s court heard. Now, a heart-breaking note with Martina's final words give an...

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55 h. ago Woman ‘overwhelmed’ by loneliness killed herself and disabled daughter, coroner says

Full-time carer Martina Karos and Eleni Edwards, eight, were found dead at home in SalfordA translator who became a full-time carer for her severely disabled eight-year-old daughter killed herself and her child after becoming “overwhelmed” by loneliness, a coroner concluded.Martina Karos, 40, and Eleni Edwards were found dead at their home in Salford, Greater Manchester, after police were called when the girl did not turn up at school on 23 September 2024.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Good Morning Britain hosts support grieving parents after daughter killed

Kate Garraway and Ranvir Singh supported the Good Morning Britain guests after the devastating death

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67 h. ago Heartbreaking words of 'isolated and lonely' mum who killed daughter before taking own life

'I love my daughter truly, but that's why I have taken her with me'

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3 d. ago Mum killed ‘severely disabled’ daughter, 8, and took her own life in tragic murder

A MUM killed her disabled eight-year-old child and then took her own life, a coroner's court has heard. Martina Karos, 40, killed her blind, non-verbal daughter and herself in their home with toxic carbon monoxide. Emergency services raced to their home in Kersal, Salford after reports that Eleni Edwards, 8, hadn't gone to school. After...

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3 d. ago 'Overwhelmed and lonely' mum killed disabled daughter and then took her own life

Martina Karos, 40, and eight-year-old Eleni Edwards were found dead at their home after emergency services forced entry to the property when Eleni's school raised the alarm

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3 d. ago 'Extremely lonely' mum killed disabled daughter, 8, before taking her own life

Martina Karos, 40, and her disabled daughter Eleni Edwards, 8, were found dead at their home in Salford, Greater Manchester in 2024 after Eleni failed to attend school

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3 d. ago 'Extremely lonely and isolated' mum killed disabled daughter and then took her own life, coroner rules

The inquests into the deaths of Martina Karos and her daughter, Eleni Edwards, have concluded

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3 d. ago EastEnders star killed by own daughter who says 'rot in hell' in sinister confession

SPOILERS: BBC EastEnders fans have finally learned who was responsible for the death of Anthony Trueman after the Walford doctor was killed off on Christmas Day

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6 d. ago Mother speaks out after father drowns daughter in 'honour killing'

Syrian father Khaled al Najjar murdered 18-year-old Ryan after she rejected traditional Islamic rules

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6 d. ago Dad drowns 'Westernised' daughter in 'honour killing' then flees to Syria

Ryan al Najjar, 18, was found face down in a pond in a park in the Netherlands, wrapped in duct tape and gagged, just one month after celebrating her 18th birthday

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7 d. ago 'He's a monster': Muslim mum tells of her grief and anger after her husband drowned their 'Westernised' daughter in a shallow lake

Sumaia al Najjar and her husband had gone to extreme lengths to get their young family out of war-torn Syriaand into western Europe, claiming asylum in the Netherlands.

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7 d. ago 'He's a monster': Muslim mum says her husband ordered their two sons to drown their 'Westernised' sister in a swamp

Sumaia al Najjar and her husband had gone to extreme lengths to get their young family out of war-torn Syriaand into western Europe, claiming asylum in the Netherlands.

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8 d. ago Cannibal dad gives daughter, 9, chilling gift after killing and eating girlfriend

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Jamie Lee Arrow was just nine years old when she discovered her father, Isakin Drabbad, had murdered and cannibalised his girlfriend, Helle Christensen

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8 d. ago Sick mother killed her own baby by putting her in the microwave and cooking her

A mother killed her newborn daughter using a chilling method at their Ohio home.

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8 d. ago Mother killed her baby daughter in microwave to cover up affair

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT China Arnold was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of aggravated murder for placing her four-week-old daughter Paris inside a microwave

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9 d. ago The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

Godfall by Van Jensen; The Salt Bind by Rebecca Ferrier; The Poet Empress by Shen Tao; A Hole in the Sky by Peter F Hamilton; Hello Earth, Are You There? by Brian AldissGodfall by Van Jensen (Bantam, £20)The debut novel by a popular comic-book writer is set in a small town in Nebraska, after the landing of a three-mile-long alien figure dubbed “the Giant”. Local sheriff David Blunt is struggling to do his job following the sudden boom in population: in addition to scientists, government agents and soldiers at the highly classified research area established around the mystery from outer space, many more enthusiasts flood to the town, possibly including a serial killer. Two people have been killed in a horrifically brutal way when the FBI takes over and tries to shut him out. But when the next victim is a man he’s known all his life, Blunt is more determined than ever to catch the killer. His investigation draws him to infiltrate a doomsday cult and to discover more about the tangled ...

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1 week ago BBC Breakfast's Sally Nugent says 'it's terrible' as grieving mum opens up on loss

Presenters Sally Nugent and Jon Kay spoke to a mum whose 18-year-old daughter was killed in a car crash

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