Postal worker found dead in Dumpster
(CNN) -- A body found in a Dumpster near San Francisco, California, has been identified as missing postal worker Nancy Rogers, authorities said Tuesday. The Hayward, California, police department said Rogers' death is being investigated as a homicide. Rogers, 61 of Fremont, California, went missing from the post office early Monday in Hayward, about 25 miles from San Francisco, said Hillary Rickher, spokesman for the postal inspector's office in San Francisco. "Hayward police department is still the lead agency, but we will maintain support for [them]," Rickher said. The postal inspector's office has already provided lab services, analysts and inspectors to assist the ...
Van der Sloot charged in Peru murder, Knows where Holloway Body Is.
Peruvian officials say Joran van der Sloot knows the location of Natalee Holloway's body but will only talk to Aruban officials. Get the latest tonight on "Nancy Grace," at 8 p.m. on HLN. Lima, Peru (CNN) -- Joran van der Sloot was charged with murder Friday, acting "with ferocity and great cruelty" in the slaying of a 21-year-old student in Lima, Peru, according to court documents. Van der Sloot also was charged with robbery in last week's slaying of Stephany Flores Ramirez, according to a release from the Lima Superior Court of Justice. Judge Juan Buendia Valenzuela ordered that van der ...
Taliban reportedly executed boy as spy
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Suspected Taliban militants have executed a 7-year-old boy, accusing him of spying for the government, officials in southern Afghanistan said Thursday. The execution took place Tuesday in the Sangin district of Helmand province, said Dawoud Ahmadi -- the provincial governor's spokesman. In the past, militants have carried out similar killings of those accused of spying, Ahmadi said. Three years ago, a 70-year-old woman and a child in the Musa Qala district of the province were executed following the same allegations, he said. During a news conference Thursday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said officials were looking into reports of the execution ...
Cell phone video shows border shooting scene
(CNN) -- A video obtained by CNN raises questions about a U.S. Border Patrol agent's claim that he fatally shot a 14-year-old boy in Ciudad Juarez while he was surrounded by rock-throwing suspected illegal immigrants. CNN obtained the video, which was shot by a witness on a cell phone camera from the Mexican side of the border, from affiliate Univision. The video aired on its program Primer Impacto late Wednesday. The video shows part of the build-up before the incident, with several individuals running underneath the Puente Negro, a railroad span that connects the two countries. Monday night's incident started around ...
Russell Crowe is Dead, Not.
For all Russell Crowe fans, Russell Crowe has not died and this seems to be one of those celebrity death rumors that pops up from time to time. This one seems to have originated from here, but where that website received their information is anyone's guess. They state the 'accident' took place at 4:30am in Austria (CEST), which would mean it would have been 7:30pm on June 9 PDT. Considering Russell Crowe is very active on Twitter and has been tweeting up until four hours ago (3:30pm CEST) that means he was tweeting after reports of ...
Executioner: Firing squad is ‘justice’
Salt Lake City, Utah (CNN) -- The executioner says he was eager to join the firing squad. Not because he was familiar with the 1996 case, or felt the need to deliver justice for a raped and murdered little girl. It wasn't even because his high school classmate was raped and killed just before graduation. So why did he do it? Why choose to join four other men in executing a convicted murderer? "How often does this come along?" he says, "... 100 percent justice." It's been more than 14 years since guns were last fired in Utah's execution chamber. But later this ...
Peru: Joran van der Sloot confesses – Video
Peruvian officials say Joran van der Sloot has confessed to the slaying of Stephany Flores Ramirez. What will this development mean for the Natalee Holloway case? Watch "Nancy Grace," at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday on HLN. Lima, Peru (CNN) -- Joran van der Sloot, the longtime suspect in the disappearance of an Alabama teenager in Aruba, is slated to take Peruvian authorities on a re-enactment Tuesday at the hotel room where the body of a young woman he has confessed to killing was found last week, officials said. Van der Sloot offered a tearful confession Monday night to killing 21-year-old ...
Van der Sloot confesses to murder, Peruvian police say
[caption id="attachment_1689" align="alignleft" width="303" caption="Van Der Sloot Confesses to Murder"][/caption] Lima, Peru (CNN) -- Joran van der Sloot could be formally charged as early as Tuesday in the killing of Stephany Flores Ramirez, Peruvian government authorities said. The government authorities said Van der Sloot confessed to murder late Monday. He will likely be held at one of three maximum security prisons -- Castro Castro, Piedras Gordas and Lurigancho, authorities said. At his first court appearance, the judge may set a hearing date for van der Sloot and could order additional investigations in the case. The Peruvian justice system often issues a lighter sentence ...
Roman gladiator cemetery found in England
London, England (CNN) -- Heads hacked off, a bite from a lion, tiger or bear, massive muscles on massive men -- all clues that an ancient cemetery uncovered in northern England is the final resting place of gladiators, scientists have announced after seven years of investigations. The archeological dig has found "what may be the world's only well-preserved Roman gladiator cemetery," the York Archaeological Trust said. Scientists have found 80 skeletons in the "unique" cemetery under the city of York, northern England, since 2003. They announced their discoveries on Sunday, ahead of a documentary about the site due to air in ...
55 bodies found in Mexico mine shaft
[caption id="attachment_1463" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mexico Mine Shaft mass Grave"][/caption] (CNN) -- Mexican authorities found 55 bodies inside a mine ventilation shaft that was used as a mass grave in the city of Taxco, officials said Monday. Bodies were first discovered in the mine shaft a week ago, and Monday's announcement concluded the weeklong recovery effort. Of the 55 bodies, three were mummified, and two were skeletal remains, the Guerrero state attorney general's office said. Only four of the bodies have been identified. Among them is David Bravo Mota, who was an area prison warden, officials said. State Attorney General Albertico Guinto Sierra said ...
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Postal worker found dead in Dumpster
(CNN) — A body found in a Dumpster near San Francisco, California, has been identified as missing postal worker Nancy Rogers, authorities said Tuesday. The Hayward, California, police department said Rogers’ death is being investigated as a homicide. Rogers, 61 of Fremont, California, went missing from the post office early Monday in... [Read more of this review]
Man accused of incest fathered children with two daughters
Jose Agostinho Bispo Pereira, incestuous father Pinheiros, Brazil — Law enforcement agents in Brazil’s northeastern town of Pinheiros trekked and canoed for nearly two hours through rugged terrain to arrest a 54-year-old man accused of fathering eight children with his two eldest daughters, a top regional investigator said. Pinheiros... [Read more of this review]
Van der Sloot charged in Peru murder, Knows where Holloway Body Is.
Peruvian officials say Joran van der Sloot knows the location of Natalee Holloway’s body but will only talk to Aruban officials. Get the latest tonight on “Nancy Grace,” at 8 p.m. on HLN. Lima, Peru (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot was charged with murder Friday, acting “with ferocity and great cruelty” in the slaying... [Read more of this review]
Taliban reportedly executed boy as spy
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Suspected Taliban militants have executed a 7-year-old boy, accusing him of spying for the government, officials in southern Afghanistan said Thursday. The execution took place Tuesday in the Sangin district of Helmand province, said Dawoud Ahmadi — the provincial governor’s spokesman. In the past, militants... [Read more of this review]
Gary Coleman DeathBed Photos Stir Taste Debate
Gary Coleman Deathbed Photo (twitpic/Globe) (CNN) — A picture of Sandra Bullock posing as a new mom on the cover of PEOPLE magazine sold millions of copies. A photo of an actress on her wedding day could go for hundreds of thousand of dollars. Fans love images of their favorite star as new parents or getting married. But celebrities dying?... [Read more of this review]
Cell phone video shows border shooting scene
(CNN) — A video obtained by CNN raises questions about a U.S. Border Patrol agent’s claim that he fatally shot a 14-year-old boy in Ciudad Juarez while he was surrounded by rock-throwing suspected illegal immigrants. CNN obtained the video, which was shot by a witness on a cell phone camera from the Mexican side of the border, from affiliate... [Read more of this review]
Russell Crowe is Dead, Not.
For all Russell Crowe fans, Russell Crowe has not died and this seems to be one of those celebrity death rumors that pops up from time to time. This one seems to have originated from here, but where that website received their information is anyone’s guess. They state the ‘accident’ took place at 4:30am in Austria (CEST), which... [Read more of this review]
Mexican father Javier Covarrubias Gonzalez, confesses to killing children by Suffocation
Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) — A Mexican father who said his two young children had been kidnapped — and later told authorities he had sold them to pay a debt — confessed after their bodies were found that he had killed them, prosecutors say. Javier Covarrubias Gonzalez, 20, said he suffocated daughter Isis Liliana and son Darien... [Read more of this review]
Executioner: Firing squad is ‘justice’
Salt Lake City, Utah (CNN) — The executioner says he was eager to join the firing squad. Not because he was familiar with the 1996 case, or felt the need to deliver justice for a raped and murdered little girl. It wasn’t even because his high school classmate was raped and killed just before graduation. So why did he do it? Why choose... [Read more of this review]
Gary Coleman deathbed photo published
(CNN) — A deathbed photo of Gary Coleman appeared Wednesday on the cover of Globe Magazine, showing the actor’s ex-wife staring into the camera next to the former child actor. The man named executor in Coleman’s will accused Shannon Price of profiting from her ex-husband’s death by selling the image to the tabloid. Coleman... [Read more of this review]
Lack of witnesses, records baffle dad searching for Nepal hiker
Aubrey Sacco Missing in Nepal (CNN) — Three weeks into his personal search for his daughter in Nepal, Colorado lawyer Paul Sacco keeps running into this: The last trace of 23-year-old Aubrey Sacco was at a hotel a day after she began hiking in the Asian country in April. Still, Paul Sacco plans to keep looking, buoyed by his belief that... [Read more of this review]
VanDerSloot is a Dead Man!!!
How much do you want to bet that VanDerSloot is a dead man before the end of summer? This guy has evaded police and gotten away with murder in the past but he’s not going to get away with it now! Ever been to prison in South America? It’s tough down there, he isn’t going to get away with much in those prisons in South America. Sure... [Read more of this review]
Interpol: Van der Sloot tried to extort Holloway’s mother
(CNN) — Joran van der Sloot, who authorities say has confessed to the murder of a Peruvian woman, faces criminal charges in Alabama because he tried to extort $250,000 from Natalee Holloway’s mother, according to an Interpol document. U.S. authorities last week announced an arrest warrant for van der Sloot on charges of extortion and wire... [Read more of this review]
Gary Coleman ‘death photos’ sold to tabloid
Los Angeles, California (CNN) — Gary Coleman’s ex-wife sold “death photos” of the former child actor in “ongoing desperate attempts” to profit from his death, according to the person Coleman named as executor of his estate. The photographs, taken inside the hospital where Coleman died last month, will be published... [Read more of this review]
Peru: Joran van der Sloot confesses – Video
Peruvian officials say Joran van der Sloot has confessed to the slaying of Stephany Flores Ramirez. What will this development mean for the Natalee Holloway case? Watch “Nancy Grace,” at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday on HLN. Lima, Peru (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot, the longtime suspect in the disappearance of an Alabama teenager in Aruba, is... [Read more of this review]
Van der Sloot confesses to murder, Peruvian police say
Van Der Sloot Confesses to Murder Lima, Peru (CNN) — Joran van der Sloot could be formally charged as early as Tuesday in the killing of Stephany Flores Ramirez, Peruvian government authorities said. The government authorities said Van der Sloot confessed to murder late Monday. He will likely be held at one of three maximum security prisons —... [Read more of this review]
Roman gladiator cemetery found in England
London, England (CNN) — Heads hacked off, a bite from a lion, tiger or bear, massive muscles on massive men — all clues that an ancient cemetery uncovered in northern England is the final resting place of gladiators, scientists have announced after seven years of investigations. The archeological dig has found “what may be the world’s... [Read more of this review]
Police report reveals new details in Peru murder case
(CNN) — A Peruvian police report leaked Monday says the alleged victim of Joran van der Sloot was found in his hotel room on the floor, half-dressed. The report provides new details about the hours before Stephany Flores’ body was found. Van der Sloot, who was twice arrested in connection with the disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway... [Read more of this review]
55 bodies found in Mexico mine shaft
Mexico Mine Shaft mass Grave (CNN) — Mexican authorities found 55 bodies inside a mine ventilation shaft that was used as a mass grave in the city of Taxco, officials said Monday. Bodies were first discovered in the mine shaft a week ago, and Monday’s announcement concluded the weeklong recovery effort. Of the 55 bodies, three were mummified,... [Read more of this review]
Isley Brothers’ youngest member dies
Marvin Isley (CNN) — Marvin Isley, youngest member of the soulful Isley Brothers R&B group, has died from complications with diabetes, hospital officials said Monday. He was 56. Isley passed away Sunday morning at the Seasons Hospice within Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, according to representatives at both facilities. The... [Read more of this review]
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