21 h. ago Rich son, 34, murdered parents and housekeeper at $6m Newport Beach mansion 'after going on Mormon mission sent him haywire'

Camden Burton Nicholson, 34, was convicted for the gruesome 2019 deaths of his mother and father, Kim and Richard Nicholson, 61 and 64, and their longtime employee, Maria Morse, 57.

Society

47 h. ago Parents of woman, 24, murdered in her home hail 'major step forward' on stalking laws

Clive and Sue Ruggles, whose daughter Alice Ruggles was murdered in 2016 by her ex-boyfriend, have welcomed a new judge-led review into stalking laws

Society

8 d. ago Death Row man executed for killing student with ransom note made from magazine cutouts

Charles Crawford has been executed after spending over 30 years on death row for the rape and murder of Kristy Ray, who was kidnapped from her parents home in 1993

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2 w. ago Mormon son accused of murdering parents and housekeeper 'before buying sex toys'

Camden Nicholson, 34, is accused of murdering his parents, Kim and Richard Nicholson, and their housekeeper, Maria Morse, in their California mansion on Valentines Day in 2019

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2 w. ago ‘It’s a big question’: kibbutz residents ponder return home after Hamas attack

Two years on, Israel has said the Holit community can go back – but memories of the horrific events are still rawShir Matias wants to move back to the Holit kibbutz but doesn’t know if she will be able to bear it. Now 23, she grew up in this tiny community in Israel’s farthest south-west tip, and its flower-lined paths hold some of her happiest memories.It is also the place where her parents were murdered by Hamas gunmen on 7 October 2023, and her brother Rotem was badly injured. Their mother, Shachar, used her own body to shield him from the bullets, saving his life in a last act of love. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A place of ghosts and memories: kibbutz residents ponder return after 7 October

Two years after Hamas attack, Israel has said the Holit community can go back – but memories are still rawShir Matias wants to move back to the Holit kibbutz but doesn’t know if she will be able to bear it. Now 23, she grew up in this tiny community in Israel’s farthest south-west tip, and its flower-lined paths hold some of her happiest memories.It is also the place where her parents were murdered by Hamas gunmen on 7 October 2023, and her brother Rotem was badly injured. Their mother, Shachar, used her own body to shield him from the bullets, saving his life in a last act of love. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Los Angeles County to pay $20 million to family of boy tortured to death by his parents

The child’s parents pleaded no contest to charges of murder and torture in 2024

Economics

3 w. ago Daughter describes watching parents’ killer die ‘gracefully’ during state execution in Florida

Victor Tony Jones, 64, was executed by lethal injection 35 years after the murders in a record 13th execution this year in Florida

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3 w. ago Daughter who witnessed her parents' brutal murder 35 years ago attends killer's execution in Florida

Irene Fisher was among the witnesses who watched as Victor Tony Jones, 64, died by lethal injection in Florida State Prison, 35 years after he murdered her parents in cold blood.

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3 w. ago Man in his 30s is charged with murder after his parents and brother were stabbed to death in their home

A man has been charged over the murder of a couple and their autistic son in Ireland. 

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3 w. ago Louth deaths: Man, 31, appears in court charged with murder of dad, mum and brother

Robert O'Connor, 31, appeared before Judge Stephanie Coggans at a special sitting at Drogheda District Court in Ireland after he was charged with the murders of his brother and parents

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3 w. ago What Lucy Letby did when we thought our baby was dying was 'not normal'

Appearing on Channel 4's new documentary Lucy Letby: Murder or Mistake? this evening, the parents spoke about the scary experience with their newborn son

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3 w. ago Parents who believe Lucy Letby tried to murder their newborn baby recall chilling first interaction with serial killer nurse as they speak out for the first time in new documentary

Letby (pictured), a former nurse at the Countess Of Chester Hospital, is currently serving 15 whole-life sentences and is Britain's worst serial killer in modern times.

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3 w. ago New York man charged with parents’ murders after TV confession

Lorenz Kraus, 53, tells WRGB in Albany he killed elderly parents as act of mercy and buried bodies in back yardA man confessed to killing his parents and then burying them in their back yard during a recent interview with a local television news channel in upstate New York, leading authorities to charge him with two counts of murder.Lorenz Kraus’s remarkable interview with WRGB aired pn Thursday, shortly after police discovered two bodies at his family’s home in Albany – and about eight years after his parents were last seen alive before apparently vanishing without a trace. Continue reading...

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