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Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher during an early-morning run and killing her MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis, Tennessee, school teacher during an early-morning run and killing her, a district attorney said Thursday. Cleotha Abston is charged with snatching Eliza Fletcher from a street near the University of Memphis on Sept. 2 and forcing her into an SUV. Her body was found days later near a vacant duplex. He has pleaded not guilty to charges including first-degree murder and especially aggravated kidnapping. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy has filed notice with the court that prosecutors will seek the death penalty if Abston is convicted of first-degree murder, Judge Lee Coffee said. State law says cases that are considered heinous, atrocious and cruel are eligible for the death penalty, Mulroy said outside of ...

A man is in custody after he allegedly voluntarily confessed to killing and raping a young woman in Boston in 1979. A man is in custody after he allegedly voluntarily confessed to killing and raping a young woman in Boston in 1979, according to prosecutors. Susan Marcia Rose, a 24-year-old with red hair, was killed in an apartment building in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood on Oct. 30, 1979, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said Monday. In August, 68-year-old John Irmer of Oregon walked into the FBI office in Portland and allegedly told agents that he met a woman with red hair at a Boston skating rink around Halloween 1979, prosecutors said. MORE: Police have no defined search area as manhunt intensifies for escaped Pennsylvania convict Danelo Cavalcante Irmer said he and the woman walked into 285 Beacon Street, which was under renovation. Irmen then allegedly picked up a hammer and fatally hit her on the head before raping her, according to prosecutors. Irm...

A judge has acquitted a Minnesota man accused of killing three people and wounding two others in St. Paul in a case that hinged on an alibi defense ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A judge has acquitted a Minnesota man accused of fatally shooting three people and wounding two others in St. Paul last year in a case that hinged on an alibi defense . Ramsey County Judge Kelly Olmstead on Friday found Antonio Dupree Wright not guilty on all charges, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. Wright, 42, of Minneapolis, had waived a jury trial, allowing the judge to decide his fate. “There’s insufficient evidence to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is the person who committed these heinous crimes,” Olmstead said. Prosecutors had charged Wright with second-degree murder and attempted murder, alleging he was the masked man who fired a handgun at the victims at a St. Paul duplex on Sept. 4, 2022. Killed were Angelica Gonzales, 33, Cory Freeman, 42, and Maisha Spaulding, 44. “There is no ...

A man has been arrested after killing his sister and young niece while allegedly impaired by drugs in a head on car crash earlier this summer. A man has been arrested after killing his sister and young niece while allegedly impaired by drugs in a head on car crash earlier this summer. The incident occurred on June 17 at approximately 12:07 p.m. when 21-year-old Evan Klink of Freedom, New York, was driving a Dodge Ram and crossed the center line of a road before colliding with an oncoming 2005 Ford Focus carrying several passengers, including his sister and niece, according to a statement released by the New York State Police on Thursday. MORE: Teenager arrested after starting massive 28-acre fire when setting off fireworks with friends “Investigation determined that a 2006 Dodge Ram traveling west bound on Freedom Road crossed the center line and struck an oncoming 2005 Ford Focus traveling east bound,” authorities said in their statement. “The operator of the Ford, Dahlia J. Klink, 24...

A Missouri prosecutor has dropped and refiled the murder case against Pamela Hupp, a killing that inspired a TV miniseries TROY, Mo. -- A Missouri prosecutor has dropped and refiled the murder case against Pamela Hupp, a killing that inspired a TV miniseries. Lincoln County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Wood charged Hupp with first-degree murder in July 2021, accusing her of killing her friend , Betsy Faria, a decade earlier. Faria's husband, Russ, spent time in prison for the crime before his conviction was overturned. On Friday, Wood told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that his office decided to refile the case to Pet ition for a closer venue. The original case had been moved on a change of venue to Springfield, about four hours away from Lincoln County. Wood hopes the move will ease the financial and Travel burden on prosecutors, witnesses and Faria’s family. “It was too much to ask of witnesses and Besty Faria’s loved ones,” he said. Phone calls seeking comment Saturday from Hupp...

As a suspect faces charges in the fatal stabbing of a Palestinian boy in Illinois, federal officials are concerned of hate spreading from the Middle East to the U.S. The suspect in the fatal stabbing of a Palestinian boy in Illinois appeared in court Monday, as prosecutors alleged the child's mother pleaded with him for peace before he went into a stabbing frenzy. Joseph Czuba, the 71-year-old U.S. Air Force veteran accused of killing 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume by stabbing him 26 times, and stabbing his mother repeatedly in their suburban Chicago home on Saturday, was arraigned at the Will County, Illinois, Courthouse in Joliet. He is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and two counts of committing a hate crime. In court, Will County Assistant State's Attorney Michael Fitzgerald said the boy's 32-year-old mother, Hanaan Shahin, told investigators that when first confronted by Czuba over the violence i...

Indian and Canadian diplomats steered clear of their countries’ row over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader when they addressed the U.N. General Assembly UNITED NATIONS -- Indian and Canadian diplomats didn't directly address their countries' row over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader , but they obliquely underscored some key talking points as they addressed world leader s at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that the world must not “countenance that political convenience determines responses to terrorism, extremism and violence.” Canadian U.N. Ambassador Robert Rae, by turn, insisted that “we cannot bend the rules of state-to-state relations for political expediency." Relations between the two countries frayed after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last week that India may have been involved in the June killing of a Canadian citizen in a Vancouver suburb. Canada has yet to provide any public evide...

The capital murder trial for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four Idaho college students last fall, will be delay ed indefinitely . The capital murder trial for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four Idaho college students last fall, will be delay ed indefinitely . Kohberger's trial had been set to begin Oct. 2 -- less than six weeks away -- but will now be postponed after he waived his right to a speedy trial Wednesday afternoon in court. The judge accepted his waiver. Kohberger defense attorney Anne Taylor said more time was needed to effectively present their case than would be possible by Oct. 2. Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for a hearing, on Aug. 18, 2023, at the Latah County Courthouse in Moscow, Idaho. August Frank/The Lewiston Tribune via AP, Pool Kohberger's defense said they still wanted to keep the upcoming Sept. 1 hearing date to address their request to dismiss the indictment – and after that, reconvene to discuss a new schedule ...

Suffolk County authorities have identified another victim in the Gilgo Beach investigation, which they are expected to reveal at a 10:30 a.m. news conference. Authorities have identified another victim in the Gilgo Beach, New York, murders investigation , sources familiar with the case told ABC News, though it is not clear if this new victim is linked to suspect Rex Heuermann. Suffolk County officials are expected to identify Jane Doe No. 7, whose remains were found on Fire Island in 1996, at a Friday morning news conference, the sources said. Her remains have been linked by DNA to other human remains found along Ocean Parkway near Gilgo Beach in 2011, sources said. MORE: No known link between Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann, Atlantic City slayings: Prosecutor Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney told Newsday that authorities believe they will soon be able to identify the remains of three more unidentified victims in the larger Gilgo Beach investigation. Tierney sai...

Defense attorneys are seeking bond for an alleged drunken driver who police say slammed into newlyweds riding along a South Carolina beach road, killing the bride COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Defense attorneys are seeking bond for an alleged drunken driver who police say slammed into newlyweds riding along a South Carolina beach road, killing the bride . Jamie Komoroski’s attorneys filed a motion last week that says she poses no flight risk or danger to the community, news outlets reported. It requested bond be set at $100,000 with conditions that include attending an inpatient rehabilitation program, remaining supervised by her mother and having no access to a vehicle or alcohol. Komoroski, 25, was charged with vehicular homicide and three counts of felony DUI resulting in great bodily injury in the April 28 crash at Folly Beach that killed Samantha Miller, 34, and injured the groom, Aric Hutchinson. A toxicology report showed Komoroski had a blood alcohol level of 0.261 and authorities have s...

Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter, who was convicted of killing 20-year-old Daunte Wright in a traffic stop, was released from prison Monday. Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center police officer convicted of killing Daunte Wright -- a 20-year-old Black man shot during a traffic stop -- was released from a Minnesota Correctional facility Monday. Potter was released at 5 a.m. ET, Andy Skoogman, spokesperson for the Minnesota Department of Corrections, said in a press release Monday. She was released early this morning "out of an abundance of caution for the safety of Ms. Potter, DOC staff and the security of the correctional facility," according to Skoogman. Potter was convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11, 2021, incident. She had pleaded not-guilty to both charges. She was sentenced last year to 24 months in prison and a fine of $1,000, far below what the prosecution had asked for. Wright was pulled over for an expired registrat...