Tag: Murder
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A Minnesota woman is fatally shot in her bathroom. Who pulled the trigger?
It was a week before Christmas in 2022, when Saint Paul, Minnesota, police officer Ching Vang and his partner Officer Justina Hser set off on their regular patrol of the city. Natalie Morales | “48 Hours” contributor: The overnight hours, it’s December 16th, 2022. What time do you get that call? Officer Ching Vang: On…
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Nationwide manhunt underway for man wanted for Tennessee murder
Man wanted for murder in Tennessee, nationwide manhunt underway Man wanted for murder in Tennessee, nationwide manhunt underway 00:32 MIAMI — A nationwide manhunt is underway for a man wanted for a murder out of Tennessee that happened last week. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee on Saturday night has asked for the public’s…
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Tracking the hours before a young Minnesota woman became a murder victim
On Dec. 15, 2022, Matthew Ecker was headed to work when he said he got a frantic call from his former co-worker and friend Alex Pennig. He said Pennig told him she got in a fight with her boyfriend Shane Anderson and was scared of what he might do. So, Ecker took his gun, which…
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Teen charged in shooting deaths of 5 family members tried to blame his brother, court documents say
A 15-year-old boy was charged with murder Thursday in the shooting deaths of his parents and three of his siblings at a home in Fall City, Washington, according to court documents obtained by CBS News. The teen, whose name is being withheld because he is a juvenile, was charged with five counts of aggravated murder in…
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Menendez brothers should be resentenced, Los Angeles County DA recommends
The Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Thursday he will ask the court Friday for resentencing in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez, decades after the brothers were sentenced to life without parole for the 1989 killings of their parents in Beverly Hills. If the judge accepts his recommendation, the brothers would…
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Inside the story of the notorious Menendez brothers case
The question is not whether Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents. They admit that they did. Instead, the focus of the case has long been on why they did it. They say they killed out of fear and in self-defense after a lifetime of physical, emotional and sexual abuse suffered at the hands of…
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Cathy Krauseneck cold case: Jim Krauseneck, husband of woman murdered with an ax, convicted 40 years after her death
This story previously aired on Sept. 8, 2023. On a wintery night near Rochester, New York, retired Detective Marc Liberatore shows “48 Hours” how he helped bring one of the coldest cases in America to trial. On Feb. 19, 1982, police officers arrived at the Brighton home of Jim and Cathy Krauseneck and encountered a…
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Unconventional relationship holds answers to Florida woman’s violent murder
In April 2018, in the sleepy Florida Gulf Coast town of Eastpoint, it appeared a killer had struck. “I received a call that a body was located .. off of Highway 98,” Lt. Ronnie Jones, from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, told “48 Hours” correspondent Peter Van Sant. Badly beaten and with no identification, the…
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Delphi murders trial begins in Indiana
Delphi murders trial begins in Indiana – CBS News Watch CBS News Disturbing new details and heart-wrenching testimony were given during the first day of the Delphi murders trial. Prosecutors revealed how Abby Williams, 13, and Libby German, 14, were killed on a hiking trail more than seven years ago. Here’s what to know about…
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Trial underway for man charged in Delphi murders
Trial underway for man charged in Delphi murders – CBS News Watch CBS News Opening statements were heard Friday in the trial of a man charged with murder in the 2017 slayings of two teen girls in Delphi, Indiana. The two had gone for a hike along a bridge trail and their bodies were found…