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Murderer who strangled pensioner used final words to complain about last meal

Thomas J Grasso was executed by lethal injection after he murdered an 87-year-old woman by strangling her with her Christmas lights before stealing $12 and her TV set, going on to commit a second murder just six months later

Daily Mirror · May 14, 2023

Lori Vallow has been convicted of her children’s murders. What happens next?

The verdict may bring some justice in a chilling case that spans bizarre cult beliefs, missing children, murder and mystery deaths, but the saga is still far from over

The Independent UK · May 14, 2023

The Wager by David Grann review – a rollicking and nuanced history of the high seas

The American journalist takes to the seas of the 18th century with a story of mutiny, murder and empire

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023

Lori Vallow verdict – live: Chad Daybell trial and Arizona charges loom after Tammy, Tylee and JJ get justice

Lori Vallow is guilty of the murders of children Tylee and JJ and conspiracy to murder Chad Daybell’s wife Tammy Daybell

The Independent UK · May 14, 2023

Jonathan Dowdall's father getting armed escorts to visit him in prison

A source said the high security escort – paid for with taxpayers’ money – has been provided several times in recent weeks

Irish Mirror · May 14, 2023

Larry Murphy remains 'person of interest' in cases of several missing women

Investigating officers have not discounted the theory the women, who all disappeared in the 1990s, died at the hands of a lone predator

Irish Mirror · May 14, 2023

Murder Rates Spike In The US Cities In The Aftermath Of The George Floyd Riots

Murder rates continue to spike as Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon has set the bar low for his soft-on-crime policies.

Zenger · May 14, 2023

Larry Murphy remains 'person of interest' in disappearances of several women from Ireland's Vanishing Triangle

Wicklow native Murphy was jailed for the 2000 kidnap, rape and attempted murder of a young Carlow woman and remains a suspect in other cases

Dublin Live · May 14, 2023

Rappers who murdered teen with machete then fled to Kenya jailed

Tariq Monteiro, 23, and Siyad Mohamud, 24, were part of a gang of six who chased down talented footballer and rival gang member Alex Smith and stabbed him to death in 2019

Daily Mirror · May 13, 2023

Brutal pool villa murder, holey casket, one row too many

Social media post invites peril

Bangkok Post · May 13, 2023