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Texas woman dies in bathtub after boyfriend opens fire during money argument

Prosecutors said Donevyn Bowie shot Shamiah Allen twice during a financial argument in 2023. SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Donevyn Bowie said the shooting of his girlfriend was accidental, but Bexar County prosecutors pursued the case as murder and a judge sentenced him to 38 years in prison. The contrast between Bowie’s reported statement to investigators and the prosecution’s account became the defining tension in the case. Prosecutors said Bowie, 25, shot 21-year-old Shamiah Allen twice …

Dad smothered 4-month-old daughter while mom was nearby prosecutors say

The case against Marcellaus Malone reaches beyond the night his daughter died and focuses on alleged abuse prosecutors say began months earlier. BATAVIA, Ohio — Clermont County prosecutors say a father charged in his 4-month-old daughter’s death had been abusing the infant for weeks before she stopped breathing in December. The allegation of a pattern is the heart of the case against Marcellaus Nekie Malone, 30, of Milford. A grand jury indicted him April 21 …

Affair claim fuels murder case against husband in wife’s disappearance before toddler’s birthday party

Michelle Rust’s disappearance stayed open for nearly 24 years before her husband was charged. TOWSON, Md. — For nearly 24 years, Michelle Rust’s family waited for answers after the young mother vanished from Baltimore County while preparing for her son’s birthday party. That wait entered a new stage in April 2026 when police arrested her husband, Dwight “DJ” Rust Jr., on a first-degree murder charge. The arrest did not end the uncertainty. Michelle Rust’s remains …

Tesla driver allegedly taunted women outside Florida restaurant before firing shots

An arrest report said a bystander told the women to move away after seeing a gun. HOMESTEAD, Fla. — A witness warned three women to get away from a driver with a gun moments before two of them were shot outside a Homestead restaurant, according to police accounts of an arrest report. The warning is a central detail in the case against Samantha Renee Morales, 34, who police said drove up to the women in …

Florida man sneaks in mother’s dog door to stab her to death

Julie Aylor’s death became part of a wider Hillsborough County discussion about violence inside families. TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida man’s 45-year sentence for killing his mother closed a murder case that officials and relatives described as both a burglary and an act of family violence. John “Jake” Jacob Aylor, 39, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with a weapon and armed burglary with battery in the death of his mother, 64-year-old Julie Aylor. The killing …

Green Bay man accused of sneaking into ex-girlfriend’s home with machete and slashing her and new boyfriend

Brown County prosecutors charged David Mairena-Garcia after two people were hurt in an Edgewood Drive home. GREEN BAY, Wis. — A Green Bay machete attack that left two people hospitalized is now moving through Brown County court while federal immigration officials seek custody of the suspect if he is released from local custody. David Mairena-Garcia, 29, is charged with six state counts, including two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, in the April 20 attack …

Parking lot feud between fathers erupts into shooting at Portland school

Jurors convicted Noureddine Dib after prosecutors said video showed the victim fleeing. PORTLAND, Ore. — A Multnomah County jury rejected a father’s self-defense claim and convicted him of attempted murder for shooting another parent outside a Portland school during pickup. Noureddine Dib, 43, was sentenced May 7 to 12 years in prison for the Oct. 17, 2024, shooting of Michael Zakarneh at the Islamic School of Portland. Dib’s lawyers said he acted after repeated harassment …

Police say workplace bully killed vulnerable coworker after fast food shift

Gregory D. Lewis is accused in the shooting death of Thomas King, his Taco Casa co-worker. FORT WORTH, Texas — A Fort Worth man is facing a capital murder charge after police said he confessed to killing a co-worker who disappeared after work and was later found dead in a field. The case against Gregory D. Lewis, 34, centers on the death of Thomas King, 31, who worked with him at a Taco Casa on …

Colorado man hid dead threesome partner and drained his benefits

In Colorado, James Agnew has been sentenced, while Suzanne Agnew’s case remains active after the discovery of James O’Neill’s remains. LAKEWOOD, Colo. — The criminal case over a body found in a Lakewood condominium now has two paths: a prison sentence for James Agnew and a pending prosecution against Suzanne Agnew. James David Agnew, 56, pleaded guilty in April to tampering with a deceased body and identity theft after investigators said he helped conceal the …

Husband allegedly shot Marine veteran wife outside her apartment after separation

Police say Ivy Unruh was separated from the husband now charged in her killing. WICHITA, Kan. — Relatives and co-workers are remembering Ivy Unruh as a Marine veteran, broadcast engineer and friend after Wichita police said she was fatally shot outside her apartment by the husband from whom she was separated. Unruh was 25 when officers found her wounded April 17 near an apartment building in northeast Wichita. Her death three days later led prosecutors …