The University of Pittsburgh says it will review how it manages donated cadavers following abuse of corpse charges against two students, CBS Pittsburgh reports. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pitt receives about 80 cadavers per year from the state non-profit Human Gifts Registry. The two students have been charged with …
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A man accused of killing four workers at an Oklahoma marijuana farm had demanded the return of his $300,000 investment in the operation shortly before he started shooting, prosecutors allege in court documents. Chen Wu, 45, was charged Friday in Kingfisher County with four counts of first-degree murder and one …
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A toddler and a baby died in a Bronx apartment on Saturday night after each was stabbed multiple times in the neck and torso, authorities said. The mother of both children, who were identified as 3-year-old and 11-month-old boys, was taken into custody and is being held as a “person …
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A former California police sergeant has been charged with more than a dozen counts of sexual assault and other crimes after misconduct allegations by multiple people spurred an internal affairs investigation at the Stockton Police Department. Former Stockton Police Sgt. Nicholas Bloed was arrested Wednesday morning and charged with 15 …
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As many as 14 people – including three children – were wounded in a mass drive-by shooting Monday night on Chicago’s West Side, CBS Chicago’s Dana Kozlov reports. Two victims were listed in critical condition. Police Supt. David Brown said it was over in about three seconds. Two gunmen in …
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A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, was found guilty on five counts in a sexual abuse case Thursday in a Los Angeles court. The jury found Dr. James Heaps not guilty on seven of the 21 counts, and were deadlocked on the remaining charges. Heaps, a …
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Arizona can move forward with the execution of death row inmate Murray Hooper next month, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The state’s high court granted the motion for a warrant of execution of the 76-year-old. He will die by lethal injection or gas in an execution scheduled for Nov. …
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A bench trial is scheduled to begin Monday for a man accused of sexually attacking and fatally stabbing two young women in separate killings nearly 30 years ago near a metro Phoenix canal system. Bryan Patrick Miller, 49, is charged with two counts each of first-degree murder, kidnapping and attempted sexual …
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A state police investigator testified Tuesday that a woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and removing her unborn child conducted intensive research on how to fake a pregnancy convincingly. The testimony came in the capital murder trial of Taylor Rene Parker for the October 2020 killing of Reagan Simmons-Hancock …
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Los Angeles — – Two people were charged with shooting and killing a homeless double amputee as he slept in a wheelchair in South Los Angeles, authorities said Thursday. Rubi Anguiano Salazar, 37, and Raymundo Hernandez, 34, were charged with murder for the death of 69-year-old Gerold Lipeles on May …
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