All tagged family annihilator
The Denver Post reports Reginald Maclaren, 81, was accused of murdering his wife and daughter with an ax. Police say he stuffed their bodies into individual trash cans in their Englewood, Colo., living room and dismembered the victims with a saw. Maclaren has been charged with first-degree murder.
Award-winning journalist Mandy Matney has created an ethical and thorough podcast investigating the Murdaugh family. She has been reporting on the powerful family since 2019 and has continued to report through the latest Alex Murdaugh trials.
According to People, Alex Murdaugh was sentenced Friday morning to two life sentences in prison. The sentences will run consecutively. The conviction followed the day after Murdaugh was found guilty of the murders of his wife, Maggie, 52, and son, Paul, 22.
Halloween 2010 was meant to be like any other day for 16-year-old Devon Griffin. Noticing how quiet his home was, he attempted to search for his mother and stepfather, Susan and William Liske. As he entered their bedroom, he found a blanket pulled over their heads. Believing it was a Halloween prank, he removed the blanket from their heads. His gruesome discovery would lead to his stepbrother, BJ’s, arrest for the brutal murders of Susan and William Liske, and Susan’s son Derek Griffin.
The Cecil County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a murder-suicide which took place last Friday in Elk Mills, Maryland. The victims have been identified as Tara Milligan, 37, Nora Milligan, 11, Finn Milligan, 8, and Teresa Milligan, 4.
Richard Wilson, 21, was arrested Sunday after he allegedly killed his parents, Richard Wilson, 47, Ellen Otterman, 50, his sister Rudy Wilson, 16, and his niece, 5-year-old ReNaya White.
31-year-old Kahosay Sharifi is believed to have killed three of her family members before ending her own life on Tuesday, August 23rd. No definite motive has been released.
An Irvine, California dermatologist was arrested last week for allegedly poisoning her husband over the past ten years with Drano, causing numerous internal health problems. According to the Irvine Police Department, her husband has video evidence of Yue Yu (45) pouring the liquid into his drinks on three different occasions in July.
On July 29th 1999, Mark O. Barton unleashed his paranoid wrath in the form of a shooting spree that targeted his colleagues at two day trading firms in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. The close proximity and similar settings of the two office buildings made for much confusion among authorities and 911 dispatchers, allowing Barton to flee the scene. As a manhunt for Mark ensued, investigators uncovered a history wrought with delusion, and murderous rage.
A 15-year-old boy is believed to have shot three of his seven siblings on Tuesday before ending his own life. Three younger siblings were at home during the shooting, but none were injured.
The former South Carolina personal injury attorney could be sentenced to over seven centuries of prison time for a total of 84 criminal charges and 11 lawsuits.
35-year-old Jason Karels shared custody of 5-year-old Bryant, 3-year-old Cassidy, and 2-year-old Gideon with his estranged wife, Debra. On Monday, he drowned the children in his home, writing a note that left no doubt as to his motivation.
Mississippi father Thomas Griswold, 64, has been accused of killing his estranged wife, 64-year-old Veronica Griswold, as well as their son Bjorn Griswold, 36, and Bjorn’s ex-wife Jillian Pavolini, 39, last Thursday evening before taking his own life.
Twenty-four year-old Chandler Halderson has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted in January in the murder and dismemberment of his parents Bart and Krista Halderson.
Five people including a child, have died in a quadruple murder-suicide around in and around Corsicana, Texas on February 4th. The suspect, 41 year-old Kevin Milazzo was found dead in his car from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
On Wednesday, the Memphis Police Department issued an Amber Alert for 2-day-old Kennedy Hoyle after her mother, 27-year-old Danielle Hoyle was found murdered near her car. What was initially supposed to be an investigation to bring baby Kennedy home has now turned into a recovery mission for her remains.
Last Thursday, a jury in Dane County, Wisconsin found Chandler Halderson guilty for the murder of his parents, 50-year-old Bart and 53-year-old Krista Halderson last July. Jurors deliberated for little over two hours before delivering their verdict.
Simone Hughes, 47, of Milwaukee, has been arrested after an eight-hour long standoff with police in sub-zero temperatures. Hughes was wanted in Milwaukee on charges of first-degree intentional homicide for the shooting death of his girlfriend, 41-year-old Quinette Walters. He also shot their 14-year-old daughter as she ran away, but she survived.
On Christmas day 1929, the Lawson family was getting ready for Christmas in Stokes County, North Carolina. They were a family of 9 with the father, Charlie, age 43, Fannie, the mom, age 37, 17 year old Marie, 16 year old Arthur, 12 year old Carrie, 7 year old Maybell, 4 year old James, 2 year old Raymond, and a baby, Mary Lou.
On Christmas Eve, 2008, Bruce Jeffery Pardo knocked on the door of his former in-laws’ home while dressed in a Santa suit and holding a gift-wrapped package. When an eight-year-old girl answered the door, Pardo blasted her with a semiautomatic handgun. Then, the unhinged Santa entered the Covina, Los Angeles home and began indiscriminately firing through the crowd of festive partygoers.
