Jonathan David Ferreyra Agapito, 20, died after police say an employee stabbed him during a fight. DUMFRIES, Va. — A Woodbridge family was mourning Jonathan David Ferreyra Agapito after police said the 20-year-old was stabbed to death during a fight with a gas station employee in Dumfries. Ferreyra Agapito died early May 17 near the … Read more
A belt, exercises and witness statements are now part of an Aurora homicide case. AURORA, Colo. — Police say a 4-year-old boy’s death inside an Aurora apartment followed a discipline plan that included belt strikes, forced exercises and permission from his mother to punish him. The investigation centers on the evidence gathered after a 10 … Read more
Ivan Aldair Canchola-Garcia was found after the attack and taken into custody on Wisconsin warrants, police saw. LA CROSSE, Wis. — A man accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend while she held their baby was arrested the next day in Indiana after police said he left La Crosse following the attack. Ivan Aldair Canchola-Garcia, 28, was … Read more
The father has pleaded not guilty after prosecutors added aggravated murder and other charges. UTICA, Ohio — Court records in an Ohio infant death case describe an alleged admission, medical signs of asphyxia and a pacifier prosecutors say became the instrument that killed a 4-month-old girl. The records are central to the prosecution of Chance … Read more
Hadeel Hikmat had moved to North Carolina about a year before her death. PITTSBORO, N.C. — Hadeel Ghadhanfer Hikmat’s move from Iraq to North Carolina ended in a murder case that sent her husband to prison for decades after he admitted killing her and hiding her body in Jordan Lake. Omar Matthew Ibrahim Drabick, 37, … Read more
Angel Whitaker’s relatives said they became worried after daily contact stopped in mid-April. BRISTOL, Va. — Angel Whitaker’s family said they were used to hearing from her often, so when days passed without contact after her move to West Virginia, her sister went to police and reported her missing. That May 4 missing person report … Read more
Police closed streets near the Kaseya Center before arresting a man accused of stabbing a dog walker. MIAMI, Fla. — A downtown Miami street shutdown that drew police officers, helicopters and bystanders began with a woman being attacked from behind while walking her dog, authorities said. The May 19 case unfolded in two public scenes … Read more
The prosecution built its case around missing property, DNA, shell casings and testimony from a woman who was there. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Broward murder trial over the killing of firefighter Christopher Randazzo centered on a trail of evidence that prosecutors said linked two men to a robbery outside a Lauderdale-by-the-Sea resort. The case … Read more
Cherokee County deputies said the shooting happened during a dispute at a home outside Alto. ALTO, Texas — A man was flown from a rural Cherokee County shooting scene to a Tyler hospital after deputies said his live-in girlfriend shot him twice during an argument Monday evening near Alto. The victim survived and was listed … Read more
A forensic psychologist testified about psychosis and delusional disorder before Trevor John Huber was sentenced. KENNETT, Mo. — A Missouri judge found Trevor John Huber guilty of first-degree murder after hearing evidence that he believed his mother was poisoning him and had shown signs of methamphetamine-induced psychosis. The bench trial in Dunklin County ended with … Read more