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Accused gunman says longtime bully pushed him past breaking point

Police have described a gun, shell casings and an alleged confession, while witness records and forensic findings remain outside public view. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police say they know who shot Darrell Jones, where the suspected weapon was placed and what prompted the gunfire, but the public record surrounding the July 8 Memphis homicide still leaves major parts of the encounter unexplained. Marquillo Kelly, 28, was arrested after Jones was killed in the 4100 block of …

Friend pulls gun during drunken dispute and kills young father

A night at downtown Des Moines bars turned fatal after Jordan Carmi brought a loaded gun into a dispute with friends. DES MOINES, Iowa — The night began as a New Year’s celebration at downtown bars and ended shortly after midnight with Tony Alexander Young mortally wounded, Jordan Isaac Carmi in police custody and a Court Avenue apartment becoming the center of the city’s first homicide investigation of 2026. What happened between those points was …

Minnesota man calls cops after stabbing pregnant girlfriend 34 times with knife he grabbed from dishwasher

Court restrictions involving Falus Ali preceded the attack that killed her and her unborn child at a St. Cloud residence. ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Before Saleebaan Mohamed Abdirisaaq admitted killing his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn child, court records showed that he had already been ordered not to contact her after earlier violence and threats. Abdirisaaq has now pleaded guilty to second-degree intentional murder in the death of 24-year-old Falus Ali and second-degree felony murder …

Nurse mom and work from home dad ignored baby monitor as dying 1-year-old daughter suffered alone in crib in Utah

Food debris, recordings and a covered crib helped document the conditions preceding Ruby Murray’s death from malnutrition and dehydration. NIBLEY, Utah — Inside the room where Ruby Marie Murray spent most of her final days, investigators found a covered crib, old food, scattered cups, persistent music and electronic records showing how rarely another person entered. The bedroom became the center of a criminal case against Ruby’s parents, Mitchell Chesnut Murray, 31, and Carrie Marie Murray, …

Boyfriend sneaks volatile girlfriend inside his mom’s house on Fourth of July then she allegedly stabs him

The case developed over several hours while the homeowner was away watching fireworks and the accused couple was inside her residence. OOLTEWAH, Tenn. — At about 8 p.m. on July 4, a man and his on-again, off-again girlfriend entered his mother’s home despite an earlier instruction that the woman was no longer welcome there, according to an arrest report. By the time the mother returned from fireworks, her son was bleeding heavily. The hours between …

Boyfriend stalks Kansas City gas station with gun before killing romantic rival

Ramel Morgan admitted second-degree murder while prosecutors dismissed three weapons charges tied to the December 2025 killing. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A murder prosecution that began with four felony counts ended with one guilty plea and a 14-year prison sentence for Ramel A. Morgan, the Kansas City man who admitted killing Michael G. Weintraub during a late-night confrontation at a gas station. Morgan pleaded guilty July 9 to second-degree murder, according to Jackson County court …

Starbucks attacker picked random woman alone and abducted her claiming he was entitled because he was a veteran

The sentence followed guilty verdicts on five charges arising from a 2022 Veterans Day attack in Madison County. EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A Madison County judge combined prison terms for sexual assault, kidnapping and sexual abuse into a 120-year sentence for Timothy J. Dubois Jr., resolving the trial-level case against the Illinois man convicted of abducting a woman from a Starbucks parking lot. Circuit Judge Tim Berkley imposed the sentence July 9, about two months after …

Las Vegas man kills mother’s boyfriend after family blocks drunk driving

Jamere Watley’s sister called his death deliberate before Akili Porter received a prison term of 12 to 33 years. LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Jamere Watley’s sister stood before a judge and the man who killed her brother, saying Akili Porter knew Watley’s character and understood that the shooting had taken the life of a good man. “The defendant knows how good of a man Jamere was,” Jamillah Douthet said during Porter’s sentencing, according to local …

Woman kills boyfriend after meth use and flees in his truck

State and local authorities secured a felony-murder plea, but the public record still leaves key questions about Justin Esparza’s final hours. HALLOCK, Minn. — In a northwestern Minnesota county along the Canadian border, a fatal shooting drew together a sheriff’s department, a small-town police agency, state investigators and the attorney general’s office. Their work produced a guilty plea and a 15-year sentence, though not a complete public explanation of the killing. Jordan Carol Hanson, 24, …

Woman accused of murder left missing man buried beneath concrete

The discovery and identification of the missing father’s remains answered one question while leaving his family without an arrest or a full account. NICEVILLE, Fla. — The last confirmed public account of Jason Christopher Coulthart alive places him outside a Niceville condominium complex on May 24, at the start of a disappearance that would end one month later at a concealed grave in another county. Coulthart, 43, did not return to the people expecting to …