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The sentencing phase centers on brutality, intent, mental health and future danger. FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas jury is weighing whether Tanner Lynn Horner should be sentenced to death after he admitted kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Athena Strand while working as a delivery driver. The guilty plea ended the trial’s first question before it fully began. Horner no longer contests that he committed capital murder and aggravated kidnapping in Athena’s 2022 death. The case …

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Police said John Strano was arrested after officers searched beyond the Broad Street residence. WILLISTON PARK, N.Y. — A violent attack reported inside a Williston Park home ended with police arresting a 37-year-old man on a nearby school baseball field, authorities said. The Nassau County case unfolded across a compact village setting on April 1, beginning with an injured 75-year-old woman, moving to a Broad Street investigation and ending about a mile away at Center …

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Investigators cited location data, blood evidence, vehicle movements and witness statements. PALM BAY, Fla. — Police say the murder charge against Lucas Sander Jones is built on an evidence trail that runs from a missing man’s last known stop to suitcases found in Palm Bay. The case now turns on whether those links hold together in court. Jones, 19, of Indialantic, is charged with second-degree murder without premeditation in the death of 28-year-old Colie Lee …

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Police have described the basic timeline but have not released several key details in the case. CHELTENHAM TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Investigators have identified the man accused of stabbing a Planet Fitness employee, but several central details remain undisclosed in the attempted murder case tied to a gym ban. Police say Davier Massey, 28, of Philadelphia, returned to the Wyncote Planet Fitness on April 2 after being banned one day earlier over an unpaid bill. The …

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Authorities said no known relationship connected the suspect and victim. STUART, Fla. — Martin County detectives are searching for a motive after authorities said Kersten Moses Francilus randomly attacked and killed Joyce Ellen Thompson Adams while she walked her dog. The April 2 stabbing left prosecutors with a first-degree premeditated murder case and investigators with a central unanswered question. Francilus, 25, was arrested at the scene in Southwood and held without bond, but Sheriff John …

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Investigators said they recovered 10 guns, body armor, suppressor parts and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Investigators say they recovered 10 guns, body armor, suppressor parts and about 800 rounds of ammunition after a Milwaukee man allegedly threatened his parents and held police in a 14-hour standoff. The search of the home near 68th Street and West Brentwood Avenue became a key part of the case against Vance Lee, 33. Prosecutors charged …

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Authorities have released few details after Tomeka Kamwani and the suspected shooter were found dead. WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Police are investigating a fatal shooting on Broad Street that left 41-year-old Tomeka Patricia Kamwani dead and the suspected shooter dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The public record of the case remains divided between brief official statements, court details reported from an earlier arrest and relatives’ accounts of what happened inside Kamwani’s home. Woolwich …

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Brian Keith Griffin admitted murder after prosecutors weighed mental health evidence and family wishes. MARSHALL, Texas — A possible courtroom fight over Brian Keith Griffin’s mental health ended when he pleaded guilty to murdering his mother and accepted a 30-year prison sentence in Harrison County. The plea resolved the November 2024 killing of Tammy Bogue, 55, without a jury trial. Griffin, 37, had faced a much higher possible sentence if convicted at trial. Prosecutors said …

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Police found three dead men while investigating a missing person report. DETROIT, Mich. — A man who said he survived a hammer attack helped lead police to a Detroit home where three older men were found dead in the basement, authorities said. The surviving man, 69, is part of a separate assault case against Lance Alan Clowney, 27. Clowney is also charged with three counts of premeditated first-degree murder in the deaths of Mark Barnett, …

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One officer fired once before another officer used a Taser, police said. CONWAY, Ark. — Conway police said officers arrived within about a minute of a stabbing call at Walmart and arrested an armed man after employee Jordanne Drinkwater was fatally wounded March 31. The police response is a central part of the investigation into the killing at the Skyline Drive store. Zeddrick Ross, 37, was taken into custody at the scene and accused of …

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