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Husband buries wife alive, smashes Apple Watch to stop her calling for help
A Washington state man has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder after burying his wife alive and breaking her Apple Watch with a hammer after she used it to call police. Chae An, a 53-year-old man living in Lacey, Washington, has now pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree domestic violence kidnapping, and first-degree domestic violence assault. He allegedly committed all of these acts against his estranged wife, Young An.
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Sherri Papini: US woman who staged her own disappearance sentenced to 18 months
A California woman who faked her own high-profile kidnapping has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for making false statements to the FBI. Sherri Papini, 39, went missing in November 2016 after going for a run. She appeared three weeks later on Thanksgiving claiming two Hispanic women had kidnapped her, sparking a multi-state manhunt.
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The tiny murder scenes of forensic scientist Frances Glessner Lee
Lee was a diorama-maker, criminal investigation educator and the first female police captain in the US.
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Woman whose rape kit DNA was used against her in separate crime sues San Francisco
A woman whose rape kit DNA was used to link her to an unrelated property crime has filed a lawsuit against the city of San Francisco over the incident, which sparked a national outcry earlier this year.
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Kim Kardashian's Paris hotel robber, who helped steal more than $10 million in jewelry from the reality star, blamed her for the heist: 'They should be a little less showy toward people who can't afford it'
One of the robbers involved in the 2016 heist of Kim Kardashian's Paris hotel room said he didn't feel guilty about the incident that traumatized the reality star. In 2016, masked robbers broke into Kardashian's room at the Hôtel de Pourtalès during Paris Fashion Week, where they tied her up and duct-taped her mouth and eyes shut as they stole nearly $11 million of her jewelry at gunpoint.
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The Ballad of Razzlekhan and Dutch, Bitcoin’s Bonnie and Clyde
Couples rarely commit crimes together. But Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan and Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, whose social media antics disguised an alleged plot to abscond with billions in stolen crypto, are no ordinary couple.
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The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist
LEONARDO NOTARBARTOLO STROLLS into the prison visiting room trailing a guard as if the guy were his personal assistant. The other convicts in this eastern Belgian prison turn to look. Notarbartolo nods and smiles faintly, the laugh lines crinkling around his blue eyes. Though he's an inmate and wears the requisite white prisoner jacket, Notarbartolo radiates a sunny Italian charm. A silver Rolex peeks out from under his cuff, and a vertical strip of white soul patch drops down from his lower lip like an exclamation mark.
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Lady Gaga Dognapper Sentenced to Four Years In Surprise Plea: 'I Did Almost Die,' Victim Says
Lady Gaga’s former dog walker faced one of his assailants in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday and described his near-death attack as the defendant, Jaylin White, accepted a surprise plea deal and was sentenced to four years in state prison.
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Shakira could face up to eight years in prison for tax fraud
Colombian musician and Barcelona resident Shakira could face up to eight years and two months in prison for allegedly defrauding the Spanish treasury office of €14.5 million. The artist could also have to pay a fine of up to €23.7 million and not receive any tax incentives for at least 18 years and one month.
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Thieves disappear with 20 shipping containers full of gold and silver ore and TVs from Mexico seaport
Mexico City — Thieves broke into a freight storage area at the Pacific coast seaport of Manzanillo and stole 20 freight containers loaded with partly refined gold and silver ore and television sets, the Mexican Employers Federation said Monday. José Medina Mora, president of the federation, said the large-scale robbery was a sign of rising crime in Mexico.
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How to Murder Your Husband writer gets life in prison for husband’s murder
A self-published romance novelist who once wrote an online essay called How to Murder Your Husband was sentenced on Monday to life in prison with the possibility of parole for murdering her husband at his workplace in Portland four years ago. Nancy Crampton Brophy, 71, was convicted of second-degree murder on 25 May after a seven-week trial. Her sentence Monday includes the possibility of parole after 25 years in custody, KGW-TV reported Monday.
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Pair's disappearance in Brazil's Amazon tied to 'fish mafia'
A main line of police investigation into the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous official in the Amazon points to an international network that pays poor fishermen to fish illegally in Brazil’s second-largest Indigenous territory
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Woman follows cheating boyfriend using Apple AirTag, kills him
A US-based woman has been accused of killing a man after following him to the bar. The woman reportedly followed the man, who she claimed was her boyfriend, to the bar and ran over him with her car. The woman used an Apple AirTag to track her boyfriend’s movements. She accused him of cheating and then ran over him with her car in a fit of rage. Apple AirTag is a very capable device which can be used to track lost items. However, ever since the device was launched, it has been misused on countless occasions. People have used it to illegally track their partners.
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Study finds Denver's STAR program is reducing crime
Professor Thomas Dee estimates there were 1,400 fewer criminal offenses in Denver because of this pilot program.
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Gang of thieves dismantled and stole a 550-ton iron bridge in broad daylight
Thieves wearing government uniforms worked from 7am using cutting torches and excavators, to take apart the iron bridge in Bihar, India.
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Police: Velasquez booked for attempted murder
Cain Velasquez, the former UFC heavyweight champion, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, the San Jose Police Department announced Tuesday morning.
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I was driven to kill by 'the voice' through walls, says Yorkshire Ripper
SUTCLIFFE always insisted that he killed because a voice in his head told him to. He was convinced it was from God. But what exactly was “the voice”? What did it sound like and what did it say? He…
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US couple accused of laundering $4.5 billion in Bitcoin: Here’s how this happened
A married couple was arrested on Tuesday by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said for allegedly trying to launder roughly $4.5 billion worth of stolen Bitcoins. The cryptocurrency was first stolen during a massive 2016 exchange hack. At least 120,000 Bitcoins were stolen at the time, and believed to be worth $65 million.
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Her boyfriend killed her son but she went to jail
Rebecca Hogue's partner killed her son, but she is the one in jail for 'failure to protect' her child.
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The Unsolved Murder That Haunted a Beloved Italian Poet
A stirring mosaic marks the spot where Ruggero Pascoli was killed in 1867, shaping his son Giovanni's prolific art.
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