51 h. ago Truck driver who murdered wife with hammer and then used her phone for months afterwards to pretend she was alive has been jailed

An Italian truck driver has been handed a life sentence after a court heard he butally murdered his wife before impersonating her in messages to friends to pretend she was alive

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5 d. ago Businesswoman mystery remains after greedy lover pretended she was alive for five years

Donald Graham killed well-off partner Janet Brown to get to her money, fooling detectives into believing she was still alive, but her body has not been found.

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6 d. ago Wife's body still missing after husband pretended she was alive for five years

Donald Graham murdered his partner and lied about her being alive for five years

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6 d. ago Mystery over missing wife's body after husband pretended she was alive for 5 years

Manipulative killer Donald Graham avoided justice for five years after the disappearance of his wealthy lover, Janet Brown, went un-investigated by Northumbria Police until a bank worker spotted fraudulent signatures on her account

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1 week ago Disturbing text sent by former Olympic athlete before he strangled wife and hid body underwater

Kathleen McLean was keen to give her marriage another try, but there was a final argument with Ingolf Tuerk that would seal her fate underwater, weighed down with rocks in her pocket

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2 w. ago The Minnesota shootings illuminate the character of the Trump era | Sidney Blumenthal

The attacks on lawmakers and a US senator’s callous reaction tell a dark tale of modern AmericaIn the early morning of 14 June, according to authorities, Vance Luther Boelter, disguised as a police officer and wearing body armor and a face mask, drove his black Ford Explorer SUV, equipped with flashing lights, to the home of the Minnesota state senator John Hoffman. There, he shot Hoffman nine times, critically wounding him, and shot his wife eight times as, relatives say, she threw her body over her daughter to shield her. He next drove to the home of the former house speaker Melissa Hortman, forced his way in, and killed her and her husband, officials say.The police arrived and Boelter fled, abandoning his car. In it they allegedly discovered a “kill list” of dozens of federal and state Democratic officials, mostly from Minnesota but also prominent Democrats in other midwestern states, and the sites of women’s healthcare centers and Planned Parenthood donors. He left behind notebo...

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2 w. ago Market town jeweller, 66, was found hanged next to his wife's dead body after 'rapid deterioration' of his mental health during Covid, inquest hearing is told

A jeweller was found hanged near to his wife's dead body at their home after his mental health declined following the 'anxieties and challenges' of the covid pandemic, a coroner was told today.

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2 w. ago Wife 'fed husband's body parts to family dog in agonising slow death'

Svetlana Batukova was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the murder of her husband, Horst Hans Henkels, in 2018, but has had her appeal rejected by the Spanish courts

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2 w. ago Postman decapitated his girlfriend, 21, and tried to chop up her body before texting her mother pretending to be her

An 'evil' killer has admitted murdering and decapitating his 21-year-old girlfriend before texting her mother pretending to be her.

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2 w. ago Only seven of the 100 guests I invited to my wedding brought me a gift. I am shocked and furious but my husband says I'm being unreasonable... am I? VICKY REYNAL replies

I would not dream of going to a wedding empty-handed. My husband tells me I am being unreasonable and missing the point. I am furious!

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3 w. ago Billionaire who was convicted of hiding his wife's body in a barricaded room for two months becomes a Sir

Hans Kristian Rausing was so distraught by the passing of his first wife in 2012 that he could not 'confront the reality' of her death and 'could not cope' without her.

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3 w. ago Former lawyer of missing Connecticut mom's husband pleads guilty to interfering with police

The former lawyer and friend of the late, estranged husband of a Connecticut mother who is missing and now presumed dead has pleaded guilty to interfering with police in the case

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3 w. ago Mel Gibson movie Ransom inspires family to put up £1million reward for information which helps them find murdered mum's remains

Muriel McKay, 55, was abducted in 1969 after she was mistaken for media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's wife. Two men were jailed but her body have never been found.

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3 w. ago Husband's decomposed body found in gorge after lavish wedding as wife arrested

A woman has been arrested after her husband's body was found brutally murdered with his throat cut - Sonam Raghuvanshi went missing with her husband, but has been arrested

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4 w. ago Shocking new Madeleine McCann claim that 'drunk' German wife of British man ran the child over before couple dumped the body at sea emerges in Portuguese media report

German prosecutors refused to probe a couple suspected of running over Madeleine McCann in a drink-drive accident, it was sensationally claimed today.

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4 w. ago Shocking new Madeleine McCann claim that British man and his 'drunk' German wife ran the child over then dumped the body at sea emerges in Portuguese media report

German prosecutors refused to probe a couple suspected of running over Madeleine McCann in a drink-drive accident, it was sensationally claimed today.

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4 w. ago Soldier killed pregnant wife with a machete before dumping her body in the trash

After the killing, Dewayne Johnson II reported his wife missing, then joined search parties looking for her

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4 w. ago The Reckoning review – shattering stories of invasion in Ukraine

Arcola theatre, LondonThe horrific reality of Russia’s invasion is recounted during the preparation of a Ukrainian salad in Anastasiia Kosidii and Josephine Burton’s playDuring the violent chaos following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a woman whose husband is missing receives a phone call from his number. Brief relief implodes when the speaker is not him but a stranger revealing that this device has been found beside a corpse covered by a tarpaulin.This is one of numerous shattering anecdotes in a play by Dash Arts, based on work by The Reckoning Project, which collects verbatim testimony from conflict victims with the aim of bringing prosecutions for war crimes.At the Arcola theatre, London, until 28 June Continue reading...

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