The investigation into Yvonne Nelson’s killing moved from surveillance images to an arrest, trial verdict and mandatory 25-year sentence. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The criminal case began with late-night gunfire outside a strip mall, surveillance images that police released to the public and reports that a woman had driven away while community activist Yvonne Nelson lay … Read more
Maria Liliana Vanegas Parra’s death was one of three severe partner-violence incidents reported in the city within about a week. SAN JOSE, Calif. — In San Jose authorities investigated the killing of a woman who police say used her last opportunity to speak with officers to identify her estranged husband as the person who attacked … Read more
The girl depended on two tubes, and doctors feared one could be connected to a rapidly worsening bacterial infection. IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The central dispute in an Idaho child-injury case began with two feeding tubes that helped sustain a medically vulnerable girl but, according to doctors, also needed to be examined as a possible … Read more
Police allege Jamal Parker’s girlfriend supplied a false suspect while concealing her connection to a person investigators were examining. DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — A homicide investigation that first produced charges against two Douglasville residents has expanded to include the victim’s girlfriend, who police allege gave detectives a false name while hiding information about her relationship with … Read more
A photograph, a location pin and words heard over the phone directed police to Xuan Zhang’s home early June 15. SAN JOSE, Calif. — The first person outside a South San Jose home to understand that Xuan Zhang might be in mortal danger was a friend looking at a phone shortly after midnight. The friend … Read more
Police say cameras traced an alleged escape route, while prosecutors rely on the recordings to support murder and lying-in-wait allegations. SAN FRANCISCO — Investigators say a network of surveillance cameras and automated license-plate readers allowed them to trace an alleged attacker from an Outer Sunset killing scene to a vehicle and ultimately to the home … Read more
Samuel Magdaleno faces murder and burglary counts in the 2025 shooting death of Adrian Anthony Montiel. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A Sept. 14 trial is scheduled for Samuel Magdaleno, a 38-year-old Bakersfield man who has denied first-degree murder and first-degree burglary charges arising from the fatal shooting of Adrian Anthony Montiel. The trial will require prosecutors … Read more
Investigators say the device could have recorded the confrontation, leaving courts to assess testimony, injuries and other evidence instead. ALBERTVILLE, Ala. — A camera inside an Alabama apartment might have provided the clearest account of a stabbing that left one man with more than 20 wounds, but an investigator testified that the device had been … Read more
Garry Bartlett Jr. admitted murdering his father, but no jury evaluated the claims he made about their family history. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Garry Charles Bartlett Jr.’s guilty plea answered the central legal question in his father’s death: He admitted committing second-degree murder with a weapon and accepted the possibility that he could spend the rest … Read more
The killing of Ada Doss during shift change has widened the workplace-safety debate from clinical units to parking areas. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — For hospital employees, the end of a shift does not always mark the end of workplace risk. The walk to a car may cross open lots, garages or remote spaces beyond controlled doors, … Read more