Posted: May 23, 2010 2:42 PM EDT
Updated: May 23, 2010 2:44 PM EDT
LIMESTONE COUNTY, AL (WAFF) - A fatal shooting occurred in Limestone County Saturday night.
It happened at 13443 Reid Road. The Limestone County Sheriff's Office said they responded to the call at 9:22 p.m.
Upon their arrival, investigators found 46-year-old Kenneth Mark Cline had suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest from a 44 caliber pistol.
According to witnesses, his nephew, Terry Cline of Reid Road shot Kenneth Mark Cline after witnessing him assault his girlfriend. Witnesses told the Limestone County Sheriff's Office that Kenneth Mark Cline pulled a steak knife and made threatening gestures toward Terry Cline. Terry Cline then fired in self defense.
The body of Kenneth Mark Cline has been sent to forensics for an autopsy. No charges have been filed at this time.
The case is still under investigation and will be presented to the District Attorney's Office to determine if charges are to be filed.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Los Angeles, CA: Shavonna Jones, L.A. Homicide No. 113: South Los Angeles Woman Allegedly Killed by Estranged Husband
By Christine Pelisek, Sunday, May. 23 2010 @ 1:36PM
A South Los Angeles mother of two was allegedly killed by her estranged husband in a domestic dispute May 22.
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Shavonna Jones, 30, was shot in the head around 9 a.m. Saturday in the 10500 block of South Central Avenue.
Her husband, identified as Dejame Henderson, remains at large. According to KCAL, Jones, who worked as a security officer, was shot while her two son, 2 and 15, were sleeping. Her oldest son later discovered her body and called a cousin for help.
The couple married only a few months ago. KCAL 9 reported that Jones had a restraining order against him at one point. Jones was described as a quiet woman who devoted her life to her family. Henderson was not the father of her two boys.
Anyone with information about the fatal shooting should contact LAPD Southeast Division detectives at (213) 972-7813.
A South Los Angeles mother of two was allegedly killed by her estranged husband in a domestic dispute May 22.
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Shavonna Jones, 30, was shot in the head around 9 a.m. Saturday in the 10500 block of South Central Avenue.
Her husband, identified as Dejame Henderson, remains at large. According to KCAL, Jones, who worked as a security officer, was shot while her two son, 2 and 15, were sleeping. Her oldest son later discovered her body and called a cousin for help.
The couple married only a few months ago. KCAL 9 reported that Jones had a restraining order against him at one point. Jones was described as a quiet woman who devoted her life to her family. Henderson was not the father of her two boys.
Anyone with information about the fatal shooting should contact LAPD Southeast Division detectives at (213) 972-7813.
Nashville, TN: Tenn. pair dead after confrontation, murder-suicide in Nashville
By Associated Press
3:09 PM CDT, May 23, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville police say a man fatally shot his estranged wife's boyfriend before turning the gun on himself.
Nashville police spokeswoman Kristin Mumford says 38-year-old Xavier Kidd used a .25 caliber semiautomatic handgun to kill 29-year-old Jarmille Toran in front of two children, ages 8 and 11, who were not injured. Kidd's estranged wife, 31-year-old Renee Kidd, was shot in the hand as she tried to subdue Xavier Kidd.
Mumford said Xavier Kidd shot himself in the head as officers tried to disarm him. Xavier Kidd died from a gunshot wound to the head. Toran died at the scene after being shot in the side and in the upper torso.
Renee Kidd was treated for her gunshot wound and released.
Xavier Kidd had been ordered to stay away from his estranged wife's home and was free on $31,000 bond at the time of the shootings.
3:09 PM CDT, May 23, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville police say a man fatally shot his estranged wife's boyfriend before turning the gun on himself.
Nashville police spokeswoman Kristin Mumford says 38-year-old Xavier Kidd used a .25 caliber semiautomatic handgun to kill 29-year-old Jarmille Toran in front of two children, ages 8 and 11, who were not injured. Kidd's estranged wife, 31-year-old Renee Kidd, was shot in the hand as she tried to subdue Xavier Kidd.
Mumford said Xavier Kidd shot himself in the head as officers tried to disarm him. Xavier Kidd died from a gunshot wound to the head. Toran died at the scene after being shot in the side and in the upper torso.
Renee Kidd was treated for her gunshot wound and released.
Xavier Kidd had been ordered to stay away from his estranged wife's home and was free on $31,000 bond at the time of the shootings.
Oakland, WV: Businessman Markwood kills wife, turns gun on self
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OAKLAND – A well known area developer shot and killed his wife before fatally turning the gun on himself Friday night.
John Robert Markwood of Oakland was pronounced dead after being flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. His estranged wife, Sharon Jean Markwood, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident, which occurred shortly after 7:30 p.m. at the couple's home on Herrington Manor Road.
The Garrett County Sheriff's Office reported that the preliminary investigation showed John Markwood “shot his estranged wife and moments later shot himself.”
Deputies were called to the scene to investigate reports of gunfire.
Markwood was a prominent businessman, car dealership owner and developer with numerous businesses interests throughout Garrett, Allegany and Mineral counties.
Police said no further information would be released until Monday.
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Keyser, W.Va. -
From Staff Reports
OAKLAND – A well known area developer shot and killed his wife before fatally turning the gun on himself Friday night.
John Robert Markwood of Oakland was pronounced dead after being flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. His estranged wife, Sharon Jean Markwood, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident, which occurred shortly after 7:30 p.m. at the couple's home on Herrington Manor Road.
The Garrett County Sheriff's Office reported that the preliminary investigation showed John Markwood “shot his estranged wife and moments later shot himself.”
Deputies were called to the scene to investigate reports of gunfire.
Markwood was a prominent businessman, car dealership owner and developer with numerous businesses interests throughout Garrett, Allegany and Mineral counties.
Police said no further information would be released until Monday.
Thibodaux, LA: Man kills estranged wife, turns gun on himself in Napoleonville, police said
Published: Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 1:28 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 1:39 p.m.
THIBODAUX - A Napoleonville man walked into a bar and shot his estranged wife multiple times before turning the gun on himself Sunday morning, police said.
Gary Leblanc, 50, of Napleonville, walked into Lakeview Inn Bar at Attakapas Landing at about 12:08 a.m. and shot his estranged wife, Jennifer Leblanc, 44, of Napoleonville multiple times before he shot himself, police said.
Officials from the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Department documented previous incidents between the couple that led to to the shooting. On Oct. 3, Leblanc was arrested for simple battery after deputies determined that he struck his wife in the face during an argument.
On Jan. 24, Jennifer filed a report that Leblanc shot her dog in July. He was arrested on Feb. 9 for illegal use of a weapon and aggravated cruelty to an animal.
On Jan. 27, Jennifer obtained a protective order against Leblanc. The order was to remain in effect until January 20, 2011.
According to police, the matter remains under investigation.
Anyone with information concerning this matter is asked to contact the Criminal Investigation Division at 526-1627 or the Communications Division at 369-2912.
Last Modified: Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 1:39 p.m.
THIBODAUX - A Napoleonville man walked into a bar and shot his estranged wife multiple times before turning the gun on himself Sunday morning, police said.
Gary Leblanc, 50, of Napleonville, walked into Lakeview Inn Bar at Attakapas Landing at about 12:08 a.m. and shot his estranged wife, Jennifer Leblanc, 44, of Napoleonville multiple times before he shot himself, police said.
Officials from the Assumption Parish Sheriff's Department documented previous incidents between the couple that led to to the shooting. On Oct. 3, Leblanc was arrested for simple battery after deputies determined that he struck his wife in the face during an argument.
On Jan. 24, Jennifer filed a report that Leblanc shot her dog in July. He was arrested on Feb. 9 for illegal use of a weapon and aggravated cruelty to an animal.
On Jan. 27, Jennifer obtained a protective order against Leblanc. The order was to remain in effect until January 20, 2011.
According to police, the matter remains under investigation.
Anyone with information concerning this matter is asked to contact the Criminal Investigation Division at 526-1627 or the Communications Division at 369-2912.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Oroville, CA: Woman claims husband's fatal shooting was an accident
By TERRY VAU DELL-Staff Writer
Posted: 05/21/2010 12:06:35 AM PDT
OROVILLE — A Durham woman who claims she shot her husband accidentally, will be charged with murder, authorities said Thursday.
Cynthia Alexandra Dubose, 40, will be arraigned today on an open count of murder and the intentional discharge of a gun causing death, which carries a separate life term in prison upon conviction.
She is accused of fatally shooting her husband, Montgomery Dubose, 43, early Tuesday morning at the couple's Durham home.
District Attorney Mike Ramsey said after going over the evidence with Butte County sheriff's detectives Thursday, "We do not believe this shooting was an accident."
The suspect had been released from prison last year after serving a term for drug possession.
When questioned, Ramsey said Dubose initially claimed she had left the couple's Durnel Drive home at about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday to buy some cigarettes, and when she returned found her husband bleeding on the floor outside their bedroom.
After being confronted with information supplied to the Sheriff's Office indicating that a couple of weeks ago the Durham couple had been involved in an incident of domestic violence that was never reported, Ramsey said the victim's wife changed her story.
According to the district attorney, Dubose told detectives she was taking a semi-automatic pistol out of the residence, when the gun accidentally discharged. She reportedly told sheriff's investigators that after checking her husband and finding him still alive, she panicked
and drove some distance in a vehicle before throwing the gun away.
She reportedly pinpointed the location where she claimed to have disposed of the weapon, but it has not yet been recovered.
The fact the victim was shot "between the eyes" was among the factors in the decision to charge the Durham woman with her husband's murder, Ramsey said Thursday.
Authorities decided to wait until today's scheduled autopsy to remove the fatal bullet, which is still lodged in the victim's brain.
The victim's wife, who remains in custody, will also be charged with auto theft and possession of a small amount of drugs when she is arraigned later today in Butte County Superior Court.
Posted: 05/21/2010 12:06:35 AM PDT
OROVILLE — A Durham woman who claims she shot her husband accidentally, will be charged with murder, authorities said Thursday.
Cynthia Alexandra Dubose, 40, will be arraigned today on an open count of murder and the intentional discharge of a gun causing death, which carries a separate life term in prison upon conviction.
She is accused of fatally shooting her husband, Montgomery Dubose, 43, early Tuesday morning at the couple's Durham home.
District Attorney Mike Ramsey said after going over the evidence with Butte County sheriff's detectives Thursday, "We do not believe this shooting was an accident."
The suspect had been released from prison last year after serving a term for drug possession.
When questioned, Ramsey said Dubose initially claimed she had left the couple's Durnel Drive home at about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday to buy some cigarettes, and when she returned found her husband bleeding on the floor outside their bedroom.
After being confronted with information supplied to the Sheriff's Office indicating that a couple of weeks ago the Durham couple had been involved in an incident of domestic violence that was never reported, Ramsey said the victim's wife changed her story.
According to the district attorney, Dubose told detectives she was taking a semi-automatic pistol out of the residence, when the gun accidentally discharged. She reportedly told sheriff's investigators that after checking her husband and finding him still alive, she panicked
and drove some distance in a vehicle before throwing the gun away.
She reportedly pinpointed the location where she claimed to have disposed of the weapon, but it has not yet been recovered.
The fact the victim was shot "between the eyes" was among the factors in the decision to charge the Durham woman with her husband's murder, Ramsey said Thursday.
Authorities decided to wait until today's scheduled autopsy to remove the fatal bullet, which is still lodged in the victim's brain.
The victim's wife, who remains in custody, will also be charged with auto theft and possession of a small amount of drugs when she is arraigned later today in Butte County Superior Court.
Butler, NJ: Police: Wheelchair-bound wife kills husband in Butler
Saturday, May 22, 2010
LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY MAY 22, 2010, 8:49 PM
BY DENISA R. SUPERVILLE
NORTHJERSEY.COM
BUTLER — A wheelchair-bound woman allegedly shot and killed her husband Saturday morning in their home, authorities said.
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Morris county prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi (with back to camera) speaks with investigators at the scene of a fatal shooting in a house on Roosevelt Avenue in Butler.
Amalia Mirasola, 44, was arrested in the death of her husband, Carl Mirasola, 43, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said at a press conference Saturday.
Amalia Mirasola was taken into custody at the couple’s Roosevelt Avenue home after officers found Carl Mirasola’s body in a bedroom with multiple gunshot wounds, police said.
At about 8:06 a.m. on Saturday, a 911 call was made from inside of the house to the Butler Police, reporting a gunshot, Bianchi said.
The couple’s three children were at home at the time but were not in danger, Bianchi said. He would not say whether the children, a 14-year-old and 7-year-old twins, according to neighbors, witnessed the shooting.
The children were with family on Saturday, he said.
Bianchi would not speculate on what could have led to the shooting.
“It’s under investigation,” Bianchi said at the conference on Roosevelt Avenue. “So, all we are releasing at this time is that the wife is in custody for allegedly shooting her husband, and the investigation will be ongoing.”
Robert Stack, a Kinnelon attorney who said he represented Amalia Mirasola, said that his client was planning to file a petition for divorce this week. He said the petition was already drafted.
“It was prepared and not filed,” Stack said. “(Carl Mirasola) was aware of it.”
Stack said Amalia Mirasola has no memory of the incident. He also said she is the registered owner of a handgun.
“She is definitely blank as to anything that took place," he said.
Stack said Amalia Mirasola was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2004. The couple had been married since June 1990, Stack said.
Stack said Saturday his client would be moved from police custody to Morristown Memorial Hospital late Saturday due to her illness and mental state.
LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY MAY 22, 2010, 8:49 PM
BY DENISA R. SUPERVILLE
NORTHJERSEY.COM
BUTLER — A wheelchair-bound woman allegedly shot and killed her husband Saturday morning in their home, authorities said.
GEORGE MCNISH/SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
Morris county prosecutor Robert A. Bianchi (with back to camera) speaks with investigators at the scene of a fatal shooting in a house on Roosevelt Avenue in Butler.
Amalia Mirasola, 44, was arrested in the death of her husband, Carl Mirasola, 43, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said at a press conference Saturday.
Amalia Mirasola was taken into custody at the couple’s Roosevelt Avenue home after officers found Carl Mirasola’s body in a bedroom with multiple gunshot wounds, police said.
At about 8:06 a.m. on Saturday, a 911 call was made from inside of the house to the Butler Police, reporting a gunshot, Bianchi said.
The couple’s three children were at home at the time but were not in danger, Bianchi said. He would not say whether the children, a 14-year-old and 7-year-old twins, according to neighbors, witnessed the shooting.
The children were with family on Saturday, he said.
Bianchi would not speculate on what could have led to the shooting.
“It’s under investigation,” Bianchi said at the conference on Roosevelt Avenue. “So, all we are releasing at this time is that the wife is in custody for allegedly shooting her husband, and the investigation will be ongoing.”
Robert Stack, a Kinnelon attorney who said he represented Amalia Mirasola, said that his client was planning to file a petition for divorce this week. He said the petition was already drafted.
“It was prepared and not filed,” Stack said. “(Carl Mirasola) was aware of it.”
Stack said Amalia Mirasola has no memory of the incident. He also said she is the registered owner of a handgun.
“She is definitely blank as to anything that took place," he said.
Stack said Amalia Mirasola was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2004. The couple had been married since June 1990, Stack said.
Stack said Saturday his client would be moved from police custody to Morristown Memorial Hospital late Saturday due to her illness and mental state.
Bradenton, FL: Bradenton police charge husband in death of wife's lover in crash
BRADENTON - A 27-year-old man who caught his wife and another man having sex in a pickup truck and then chased them at high speeds from downtown to west Bradenton has been charged with causing the May 5 crash that killed the man, according to police.
Blair William J. Hohmeister of Bradenton was arrested earlier this evening at his residence on 67th Terrace East in East Manatee.
He was being held without bond a charge of vehicular homicide in the death of Jason Evangelista, 35, a Bradenton eye doctor. He also faces six counts of reckless driving, including for serious injuries suffered by his wife, Ashley Nicole Hohmeister, in the crash, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed by Bradenton police investigators.
Blake Hohmeister was not seriously hurt in the crash near the intersection of 17th Avenue West and 43rd Street West.
The incident started about 11:15 p.m. when Hohmeister found his wife and Evangelista having sex in his pickup truck in the parking lot of Bradenton City Center, near Bradenton police headquarters.
Evaneglista drove away and Hohmeister followed in his Honda Accord. Soon they were racing through downtown, along Manatee Avenue West, 26th Street West and then west on 17th Avenue West, reaching estimated speeds of up to 100 mph and running through several stop signs, according to the report.
After passing through the 43rd Street intersection, Evangelista hit a drainage culvert and rolled his truck on its left side. The truck hit some trees and flipped end over end several times before coming to rest in a yard.
Evangelista suffered a "catastrophic" injury to his head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Nicole Hohmeister, 24, suffered a serious leg injury.
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Blair William J. Hohmeister of Bradenton was arrested earlier this evening at his residence on 67th Terrace East in East Manatee.
He was being held without bond a charge of vehicular homicide in the death of Jason Evangelista, 35, a Bradenton eye doctor. He also faces six counts of reckless driving, including for serious injuries suffered by his wife, Ashley Nicole Hohmeister, in the crash, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed by Bradenton police investigators.
Blake Hohmeister was not seriously hurt in the crash near the intersection of 17th Avenue West and 43rd Street West.
The incident started about 11:15 p.m. when Hohmeister found his wife and Evangelista having sex in his pickup truck in the parking lot of Bradenton City Center, near Bradenton police headquarters.
Evaneglista drove away and Hohmeister followed in his Honda Accord. Soon they were racing through downtown, along Manatee Avenue West, 26th Street West and then west on 17th Avenue West, reaching estimated speeds of up to 100 mph and running through several stop signs, according to the report.
After passing through the 43rd Street intersection, Evangelista hit a drainage culvert and rolled his truck on its left side. The truck hit some trees and flipped end over end several times before coming to rest in a yard.
Evangelista suffered a "catastrophic" injury to his head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Nicole Hohmeister, 24, suffered a serious leg injury.
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Long Island, NY: U.S. man accused in wife's death, Canadian mistress' disappearance may have killed himself
BY DOUGLAS QUAN, CANWEST NEWS SERVICEMAY 21, 2010
A file photo of Riza Cosa (left) and his alleged mistress, Hatice Corbacioglu of Toronto, who disappeared in the summer of 2009 while on a visit to Cosa in New York. Riza Cosa's wife, Winsome Angela Perez's decomposed body was found May 10, 2010, on Long Island, N.Y. Authorities say Cosa was a person of interest not only in Corbacioglu's disappearance, but in the slaying of his wife.
Photograph by: Toronto Police Services, Handout
A man wanted for questioning in the slaying of his wife in New York and the disappearance of his Canadian mistress may have killed himself in his native Turkey.
Turkish media reports say Riza Cosa jumped to his death from a 10-storey building. Police detectives in Toronto and Long Island, N.Y., said Friday they are still trying to verify the information through Turkish authorities.
Cosa was named a person of interest last week in the murder of his wife, Winsome Angela Perez, whose decomposing body was found stuffed in a plastic bag at the steel company where Cosa used to work on Long Island, had been reported missing last July.
Toronto police have also declared Cosa a person of interest in the mysterious disappearance of Hatice Corbacioglu, 33, with whom Cosa was having an affair. She vanished after travelling to New York last June to visit him.
Family and friends said earlier this week they fear Corbacioglu, a forklift operator at a Toronto rubber plant, may have suffered the same fate as Cosa's wife.
"I have a bad feeling," said her sister, Aysel Corbacioglu. "I believe she is not alive."
Toronto police Det. Stacey Davis said she has a "strong suspicion" that Corbacioglu met with foul play while in New York, and that Cosa likely held key information about her whereabouts.
Corbacioglu met Cosa in early 2009 through one of Cosa's cousins. She thought she had met the man of her dreams and wanted to marry him, family and friends said.
She knew that Cosa was married but he told her that he and his wife were getting a divorce, according to her best friend, Nevruz Acikgos.
On June 15, Corbacioglu drove to New York to visit Cosa, never to be seen or heard from again.
Toronto police said three days after her arrival in New York, Corbacioglu went to the Turkish Embassy to update some documents.
An airline ticket to Turkey was also purchased under her name. On the day of her scheduled flight, June 21, her Toyota Corolla was spotted at John F. Kennedy International Airport and then left the airport about an hour and a half later.
Police said she never got on that flight or any other flight to Turkey.
A file photo of Riza Cosa (left) and his alleged mistress, Hatice Corbacioglu of Toronto, who disappeared in the summer of 2009 while on a visit to Cosa in New York. Riza Cosa's wife, Winsome Angela Perez's decomposed body was found May 10, 2010, on Long Island, N.Y. Authorities say Cosa was a person of interest not only in Corbacioglu's disappearance, but in the slaying of his wife.
Photograph by: Toronto Police Services, Handout
A man wanted for questioning in the slaying of his wife in New York and the disappearance of his Canadian mistress may have killed himself in his native Turkey.
Turkish media reports say Riza Cosa jumped to his death from a 10-storey building. Police detectives in Toronto and Long Island, N.Y., said Friday they are still trying to verify the information through Turkish authorities.
Cosa was named a person of interest last week in the murder of his wife, Winsome Angela Perez, whose decomposing body was found stuffed in a plastic bag at the steel company where Cosa used to work on Long Island, had been reported missing last July.
Toronto police have also declared Cosa a person of interest in the mysterious disappearance of Hatice Corbacioglu, 33, with whom Cosa was having an affair. She vanished after travelling to New York last June to visit him.
Family and friends said earlier this week they fear Corbacioglu, a forklift operator at a Toronto rubber plant, may have suffered the same fate as Cosa's wife.
"I have a bad feeling," said her sister, Aysel Corbacioglu. "I believe she is not alive."
Toronto police Det. Stacey Davis said she has a "strong suspicion" that Corbacioglu met with foul play while in New York, and that Cosa likely held key information about her whereabouts.
Corbacioglu met Cosa in early 2009 through one of Cosa's cousins. She thought she had met the man of her dreams and wanted to marry him, family and friends said.
She knew that Cosa was married but he told her that he and his wife were getting a divorce, according to her best friend, Nevruz Acikgos.
On June 15, Corbacioglu drove to New York to visit Cosa, never to be seen or heard from again.
Toronto police said three days after her arrival in New York, Corbacioglu went to the Turkish Embassy to update some documents.
An airline ticket to Turkey was also purchased under her name. On the day of her scheduled flight, June 21, her Toyota Corolla was spotted at John F. Kennedy International Airport and then left the airport about an hour and a half later.
Police said she never got on that flight or any other flight to Turkey.
Moundsville, WV: Trial Set in Post Office Shooting
By KEF O. HOWARD Staff Writer
POSTED: May 22, 2010
MOUNDSVILLE - A trial date has been set for a man charged with murdering his estranged girlfriend.
Todd E. Dolin, 40, of Glen Easton appeared Friday in Marshall County Circuit Court before Judge Mark A. Karl with his defense attorney, Robert McCoid. Dolin is charged with felony murder and wanton endangerment for the shooting death of Lua Zervos-Wolverton.
The 43-year-old woman, who worked as a U.S. postmaster, was working at the Dallas Post Office on Main Street on July 18, 2008, when Dolin allegedly entered the building with a 12-gauge shotgun and shot her at close range, according to court documents. Wolverton was able to tell a West Virginia State Police trooper, who was the first to arrive at the scene, that "her boyfriend Todd Dolin shot her."
She told the trooper the two had been having relationship problems, court documents state. State Police confiscated the shotgun, which had been left at the scene by the gunman.
Wolverton was flown by helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, but died shortly afterward.
Dolin, who had fled the scene, was apprehended and arrested a short time later in Zanesville, Ohio.
On Friday, Karl set the trial to begin Oct. 25.
Dolin has remained in jail since his arrest following the shooting.
POSTED: May 22, 2010
MOUNDSVILLE - A trial date has been set for a man charged with murdering his estranged girlfriend.
Todd E. Dolin, 40, of Glen Easton appeared Friday in Marshall County Circuit Court before Judge Mark A. Karl with his defense attorney, Robert McCoid. Dolin is charged with felony murder and wanton endangerment for the shooting death of Lua Zervos-Wolverton.
The 43-year-old woman, who worked as a U.S. postmaster, was working at the Dallas Post Office on Main Street on July 18, 2008, when Dolin allegedly entered the building with a 12-gauge shotgun and shot her at close range, according to court documents. Wolverton was able to tell a West Virginia State Police trooper, who was the first to arrive at the scene, that "her boyfriend Todd Dolin shot her."
She told the trooper the two had been having relationship problems, court documents state. State Police confiscated the shotgun, which had been left at the scene by the gunman.
Wolverton was flown by helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, but died shortly afterward.
Dolin, who had fled the scene, was apprehended and arrested a short time later in Zanesville, Ohio.
On Friday, Karl set the trial to begin Oct. 25.
Dolin has remained in jail since his arrest following the shooting.
Spring Lake, NC: Son: Harnett County family slain
Posted: 12:52 p.m. today
Updated: 42 minutes ago
The Harnett County Sheriff's Office responded Saturday morning to a call about deceased persons who neighbors say were killed in a murder-suicide.
Maj. Gary McNeill declined to release details but confirmed that the sheriff's office was conducting a death investigation at 12665 N.C. Highway 210 South, north of Spring Lake. He said deputies responded to a 911 call saying there were deceased people in the home.
Jimmy Thompson, who was sobbing at the scene, told WRAL News that the victims were his parents, Carol and James Thompson, and his brother, Richard Thompson, who was in his early 20s.
His friend, Shannon Thompson, said they found the bodies inside the home and called 911. A gun was in Richard Thompson's hand, she said. Neighbors described the deaths as a murder-suicide.
Shannon Thompson said she and Jimmy Thompson were riding into town and stopped by his parents' because he needed money.
"Jimmy told me he'd be right back, and he walked into the house, and next thing you know, two to three minutes later, he's screaming my name, 'Shannon, Shannon, Shannon. My brother killed my family,'" said Shannon Thompson, who his not related to the family.
"I ran in the house with him. I turned to my right and saw his brother on the bed."
James Thompson was also dead in the bedroom, and Carolyn Thompson was in the living room, she said.
Shannon Thompson said she doesn't know much about Richard Thompson, but he was living with his parents.
"He was a funny person, cool person to hang out with," she said.
Finding the bodies of her friend's parents and brother will haunt her, she said.
"It plays back in your head, over and over. You never forget something like that," Shannon Thompson said.
Reporter: Renee Chou
Photographer: Greg Hutchinson
Updated: 42 minutes ago
The Harnett County Sheriff's Office responded Saturday morning to a call about deceased persons who neighbors say were killed in a murder-suicide.
Maj. Gary McNeill declined to release details but confirmed that the sheriff's office was conducting a death investigation at 12665 N.C. Highway 210 South, north of Spring Lake. He said deputies responded to a 911 call saying there were deceased people in the home.
Jimmy Thompson, who was sobbing at the scene, told WRAL News that the victims were his parents, Carol and James Thompson, and his brother, Richard Thompson, who was in his early 20s.
His friend, Shannon Thompson, said they found the bodies inside the home and called 911. A gun was in Richard Thompson's hand, she said. Neighbors described the deaths as a murder-suicide.
Shannon Thompson said she and Jimmy Thompson were riding into town and stopped by his parents' because he needed money.
"Jimmy told me he'd be right back, and he walked into the house, and next thing you know, two to three minutes later, he's screaming my name, 'Shannon, Shannon, Shannon. My brother killed my family,'" said Shannon Thompson, who his not related to the family.
"I ran in the house with him. I turned to my right and saw his brother on the bed."
James Thompson was also dead in the bedroom, and Carolyn Thompson was in the living room, she said.
Shannon Thompson said she doesn't know much about Richard Thompson, but he was living with his parents.
"He was a funny person, cool person to hang out with," she said.
Finding the bodies of her friend's parents and brother will haunt her, she said.
"It plays back in your head, over and over. You never forget something like that," Shannon Thompson said.
Reporter: Renee Chou
Photographer: Greg Hutchinson
Oakland, MD: Sheriff suspects murder-suicide in Md. shooting
Associated Press
05/22/10 9:50 AM PDT
OAKLAND, MD. — The Garrett County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide case in Oakland.
Officers were called to a home Friday for a reported shooting.
Investigators say 46-year-old Sharon Jean Markwood was found dead. Her estranged husband, 48-year-old John Robert Markwood, was pronounced dead a short time later.
Investigators believe John Robert Markwood shot his estranged wife and then shot himself.
05/22/10 9:50 AM PDT
OAKLAND, MD. — The Garrett County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide case in Oakland.
Officers were called to a home Friday for a reported shooting.
Investigators say 46-year-old Sharon Jean Markwood was found dead. Her estranged husband, 48-year-old John Robert Markwood, was pronounced dead a short time later.
Investigators believe John Robert Markwood shot his estranged wife and then shot himself.
Portsmouth, VA: Suspect in woman's slaying apparently kills self
A Virginia Beach man wanted in the death of his former girlfriend apparently shot himself just hours after she was killed when Accomack County deputies stopped him Friday morning on U.S. 13.
Portsmouth police were seeking Clarence J. Clayton, 29, after Mary Jane C. Abad, 22, was found shot to death in a parking lot in the 300 block of Port Centre P kw y.
Abad's mother, Rosemary Shepard, said her daughter was a pharmacy technician who worked for Neighbor Care Pharmacy at that location. She was pregnant and the mother of two young children, Shepard said.
Officers received calls about gunshots and a gunshot victim in that parking lot at 10:25 p.m. Thursday, according to Detective John Doyle, a police spokesman. They found Abad dead of multiple gunshot wounds.
Police secured warrants charging Clayton with first-degree murder, use of a firearm and motor vehicle theft. Police said he was being sought and that he was believed to be driving a red 2006 Mercedes-Benz.
Sheriff's deputies spotted Clayton in a vehicle on U.S. 13 at about 9:30 a.m. Friday. They stopped him, but by the time they got to him, he was dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Portsmouth police said.
Shepard said she was told people heard an argument in the pharmacy's parking lot before the shooting Thursday night. Shepard said her daughter had dated Clayton off and on for about two years. She thinks they broke up about three weeks ago. Clayton wanted to resume the relationship and her daughter did not, she said.
Shepard said Clayton was a truck driver and someone she knew well. She said she did not see him as someone who would do this.
Shepard said her daughter was three months pregnant and had two small daughters, ages 3 and 1. Abad and her daughters lived with Shep-ard in the Courthouse Estates neighborhood of Virginia Beach, she said.
Janie Bryant, (757) 446-2453, janie.bryant@pilotonline.com
Portsmouth police were seeking Clarence J. Clayton, 29, after Mary Jane C. Abad, 22, was found shot to death in a parking lot in the 300 block of Port Centre P kw y.
Abad's mother, Rosemary Shepard, said her daughter was a pharmacy technician who worked for Neighbor Care Pharmacy at that location. She was pregnant and the mother of two young children, Shepard said.
Officers received calls about gunshots and a gunshot victim in that parking lot at 10:25 p.m. Thursday, according to Detective John Doyle, a police spokesman. They found Abad dead of multiple gunshot wounds.
Police secured warrants charging Clayton with first-degree murder, use of a firearm and motor vehicle theft. Police said he was being sought and that he was believed to be driving a red 2006 Mercedes-Benz.
Sheriff's deputies spotted Clayton in a vehicle on U.S. 13 at about 9:30 a.m. Friday. They stopped him, but by the time they got to him, he was dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, Portsmouth police said.
Shepard said she was told people heard an argument in the pharmacy's parking lot before the shooting Thursday night. Shepard said her daughter had dated Clayton off and on for about two years. She thinks they broke up about three weeks ago. Clayton wanted to resume the relationship and her daughter did not, she said.
Shepard said Clayton was a truck driver and someone she knew well. She said she did not see him as someone who would do this.
Shepard said her daughter was three months pregnant and had two small daughters, ages 3 and 1. Abad and her daughters lived with Shep-ard in the Courthouse Estates neighborhood of Virginia Beach, she said.
Janie Bryant, (757) 446-2453, janie.bryant@pilotonline.com
San Antonio, TX: Police: Man kills girlfriend, stuffs body in closet
By Valentino Lucio and Peter J. Holley - Express-News
Web Posted: 05/22/2010 12:00 CDT
A San Antonio man with a violent past and a history of aggression toward women was arrested Thursday night after being accused of killing his girlfriend and stuffing her body in a closet inside the couple's apartment, officials said.
Jacinto Riccardo Ragland, 40, remained in the Bexar County Jail on Friday on a murder charge. His bail was set at $250,000.
Ragland, an ex-convict from Atlanta, where he belonged to a gang called “The Doom,” attacked Ramiya Dawson, 25, at the Sentinel Pointe apartments in the 1200 block of East Mulberry Avenue after finding text messages from another man on her phone, police said.
Neighbors said Ragland had been living in the apartment with Dawson and her mother for about six months. They described him as a jealous man who had threatened his girlfriend before.
Court documents show Ragland also has two protective orders filed against him in Bexar County from other women. Attempts to reach the women and their attorneys were unsuccessful Friday.
Ragland was arrested about 9 p.m. Thursday after police received a tip that he had walked into a convenience store in the 500 block of Eleanor Avenue and told the clerk he had just killed his girlfriend.
When the clerk urged the man to call an ambulance, Ragland refused, telling him he planned to wait until nightfall to call some friends to help him dispose of the body, according to a police report.
The clerk called police, who went to Ragland's apartment. They found him with his girlfriend's mother, who didn't know her daughter had been killed, police said.
Police found Dawson's body in a closet under a pile of clothes.
This is the second time Ragland has been arrested in connection with a person's death.
He pleaded guilty 16 years ago to being involved in the torture-slaying of 13-year-old girl in Atlanta. Because of his involvement, Ragland is a registered sex offender.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ragland received a 15-year sentence in exchange for testifying against five co-defendants.
Web Posted: 05/22/2010 12:00 CDT
A San Antonio man with a violent past and a history of aggression toward women was arrested Thursday night after being accused of killing his girlfriend and stuffing her body in a closet inside the couple's apartment, officials said.
Jacinto Riccardo Ragland, 40, remained in the Bexar County Jail on Friday on a murder charge. His bail was set at $250,000.
Ragland, an ex-convict from Atlanta, where he belonged to a gang called “The Doom,” attacked Ramiya Dawson, 25, at the Sentinel Pointe apartments in the 1200 block of East Mulberry Avenue after finding text messages from another man on her phone, police said.
Neighbors said Ragland had been living in the apartment with Dawson and her mother for about six months. They described him as a jealous man who had threatened his girlfriend before.
Court documents show Ragland also has two protective orders filed against him in Bexar County from other women. Attempts to reach the women and their attorneys were unsuccessful Friday.
Ragland was arrested about 9 p.m. Thursday after police received a tip that he had walked into a convenience store in the 500 block of Eleanor Avenue and told the clerk he had just killed his girlfriend.
When the clerk urged the man to call an ambulance, Ragland refused, telling him he planned to wait until nightfall to call some friends to help him dispose of the body, according to a police report.
The clerk called police, who went to Ragland's apartment. They found him with his girlfriend's mother, who didn't know her daughter had been killed, police said.
Police found Dawson's body in a closet under a pile of clothes.
This is the second time Ragland has been arrested in connection with a person's death.
He pleaded guilty 16 years ago to being involved in the torture-slaying of 13-year-old girl in Atlanta. Because of his involvement, Ragland is a registered sex offender.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ragland received a 15-year sentence in exchange for testifying against five co-defendants.
Barboursville, WV: Man killed by pipe bomb outside Barboursville bar
By Veronica Nett
Staff writer
Advertiser
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. -- A Cabell County man was killed early Saturday outside a Barboursville bar by a pipe bomb that he made, authorities said.
The bomb exploded in the parking lot of Cactus Joe's on U.S. 60 around 2:30 a.m., killing the man, a Cabell County 911 dispatcher said.
The bomb apparently was intended for the man's ex-wife, the dispatcher said, adding that the couple was from the Barboursville area and had a history of domestic incidents.
No other injuries were reported.
Cabell County Sheriff Tom McComas told The Associated Press that 20 to 30 residents were evacuated from the area while investigators searched for more bombs. The West Virginia State Police said its bomb technicians found and defused two other bombs.
The man's name has not been released.
Cactus Joe's is located in the 6300 block of U.S. 60 in Barboursville, across the street from Kroger.
McComas said the investigation is ongoing. Few other details were released.
A phone message left by the Gazette-Mail at the Cabell County Sheriff's Department has not been returned.
Around the time of the explosion, about 2,300 Appalachian Power customers lost service for about four hours, said company spokesman Phil Moye.
Appalachian Power officials believe the outage was related to the explosion, but haven't confirmed that because they could not find specific damage to any power lines, Moye said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Reach Veronica Nett at veroni...@wvgazette.com or 304-348-5113.
Staff writer
Advertiser
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. -- A Cabell County man was killed early Saturday outside a Barboursville bar by a pipe bomb that he made, authorities said.
The bomb exploded in the parking lot of Cactus Joe's on U.S. 60 around 2:30 a.m., killing the man, a Cabell County 911 dispatcher said.
The bomb apparently was intended for the man's ex-wife, the dispatcher said, adding that the couple was from the Barboursville area and had a history of domestic incidents.
No other injuries were reported.
Cabell County Sheriff Tom McComas told The Associated Press that 20 to 30 residents were evacuated from the area while investigators searched for more bombs. The West Virginia State Police said its bomb technicians found and defused two other bombs.
The man's name has not been released.
Cactus Joe's is located in the 6300 block of U.S. 60 in Barboursville, across the street from Kroger.
McComas said the investigation is ongoing. Few other details were released.
A phone message left by the Gazette-Mail at the Cabell County Sheriff's Department has not been returned.
Around the time of the explosion, about 2,300 Appalachian Power customers lost service for about four hours, said company spokesman Phil Moye.
Appalachian Power officials believe the outage was related to the explosion, but haven't confirmed that because they could not find specific damage to any power lines, Moye said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Reach Veronica Nett at veroni...@wvgazette.com or 304-348-5113.
Phoenix, AZ: 17-Year-Old Phoenix Girl Dead at Hands of Ex
PHOENIX -- Phoenix police say a 17-year-old Phoenix girl has been fatally stabbed at the hands of her 26-year-old ex-boyfriend, and that he's also dead.
Police responded to a Phoenix apartment complex Friday afternoon and found a 31-year-old woman bleeding from the arm.
The woman told police that 17-year-old Dawt Cin Sung and her ex-boyfriend had fought over money.
Police found the two inside an apartment, both suffering from knife wounds.
Paramedics pronounced the teen dead at the scene. The suspect, whose identity was not released, later died at a local hospital.
Police say it's unclear whether the suspect's injuries were self-inflicted.
Police responded to a Phoenix apartment complex Friday afternoon and found a 31-year-old woman bleeding from the arm.
The woman told police that 17-year-old Dawt Cin Sung and her ex-boyfriend had fought over money.
Police found the two inside an apartment, both suffering from knife wounds.
Paramedics pronounced the teen dead at the scene. The suspect, whose identity was not released, later died at a local hospital.
Police say it's unclear whether the suspect's injuries were self-inflicted.
Hanover County, VA: Woman found slain in Hanover home; ex-boyfriend charged
By BILL MCKELWAY
Published: May 22, 2010
A Hanover County woman who wrote the court that her former live-in boyfriend "threatened to snap [her] in half" was found dead in her Pleasant Oak Estates home Thursday, a month after the man was released on bond from an assault charge she had sought.
Hanover deputies arrested Russell Clyde Chalkley, 48, late Thursday night, hours after finding the body of 67-year-old Helen A. Dickerson inside the home she shared with him in the 6400 block of White Oak Ridge Drive.
"He was arrested without incident," Hanover sheriff's Capt. Michael Trice said. He said authorities located Chalkley at a gas station near Carmel Church in Caroline County shortly before midnight.
It was Hanover's first homicide since January 2008.
Trice said investigators found Dickerson's body with no visible signs of trauma after they responded to a call from outside the home indicating Dickerson may be in danger. He said the call did not come from Chalkley.
No cause of death was available last night, but a search warrant shows that investigators recovered a pillow and pillowcase and a blanket.
Chalkley made an appearance yesterday afternoon by video from the Pamunkey Regional Jail and was appointed an attorney. He listed income of $250 a week from an unspecified job.
He told a Hanover Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judge: "I can't say anything about my actions."
Court records indicate he has worked in area junk and salvage yards.
Chalkley, who is not related to Hanover Commonwealth's Attorney Ramon E. "Trip" Chalkley III, has multiple felony and misdemeanor convictions in Chesterfield and Henrico counties and Richmond, according to court records; he also had been charged with assault last month after Dickerson filed a complaint, according to court records.
The records show Dickerson accused Chalkley in a complaint in April of stealing from her, using her credit card, not helping with household costs, threatening to harm her and using drugs.
She also wrote that Chalkley, who is 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs more than 200 pounds, had "shoved me through our home" and "choked me."
"Enough is enough," she wrote. "I am just scared. I don't want to be near drugs!!!" She described herself as having made a mistake in the relationship, writing: "What I was, was a sugar mama."
Court records yesterday show Chalkley was released on $10,000 bond April 11. That was three days after he was arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge sought by Dickerson. A protective order that had been in place since April 8 was allowed to expire April 22, two days before Dickerson's 67th birthday.
In seeking an assault charge and protective order against Chalkley, Dickerson wrote: "Mr. Chalkley is on cocaine and I don't want to be near it. He has threatened to snap me in half [and] choked me in our front room."
It was unknown last night whether Dickerson had any immediate survivors.
Chalkley is scheduled to undergo a preliminary hearing in August.
Published: May 22, 2010
A Hanover County woman who wrote the court that her former live-in boyfriend "threatened to snap [her] in half" was found dead in her Pleasant Oak Estates home Thursday, a month after the man was released on bond from an assault charge she had sought.
Hanover deputies arrested Russell Clyde Chalkley, 48, late Thursday night, hours after finding the body of 67-year-old Helen A. Dickerson inside the home she shared with him in the 6400 block of White Oak Ridge Drive.
"He was arrested without incident," Hanover sheriff's Capt. Michael Trice said. He said authorities located Chalkley at a gas station near Carmel Church in Caroline County shortly before midnight.
It was Hanover's first homicide since January 2008.
Trice said investigators found Dickerson's body with no visible signs of trauma after they responded to a call from outside the home indicating Dickerson may be in danger. He said the call did not come from Chalkley.
No cause of death was available last night, but a search warrant shows that investigators recovered a pillow and pillowcase and a blanket.
Chalkley made an appearance yesterday afternoon by video from the Pamunkey Regional Jail and was appointed an attorney. He listed income of $250 a week from an unspecified job.
He told a Hanover Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judge: "I can't say anything about my actions."
Court records indicate he has worked in area junk and salvage yards.
Chalkley, who is not related to Hanover Commonwealth's Attorney Ramon E. "Trip" Chalkley III, has multiple felony and misdemeanor convictions in Chesterfield and Henrico counties and Richmond, according to court records; he also had been charged with assault last month after Dickerson filed a complaint, according to court records.
The records show Dickerson accused Chalkley in a complaint in April of stealing from her, using her credit card, not helping with household costs, threatening to harm her and using drugs.
She also wrote that Chalkley, who is 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs more than 200 pounds, had "shoved me through our home" and "choked me."
"Enough is enough," she wrote. "I am just scared. I don't want to be near drugs!!!" She described herself as having made a mistake in the relationship, writing: "What I was, was a sugar mama."
Court records yesterday show Chalkley was released on $10,000 bond April 11. That was three days after he was arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge sought by Dickerson. A protective order that had been in place since April 8 was allowed to expire April 22, two days before Dickerson's 67th birthday.
In seeking an assault charge and protective order against Chalkley, Dickerson wrote: "Mr. Chalkley is on cocaine and I don't want to be near it. He has threatened to snap me in half [and] choked me in our front room."
It was unknown last night whether Dickerson had any immediate survivors.
Chalkley is scheduled to undergo a preliminary hearing in August.
Greenfield, CA: Greenfield woman accused of killing husband pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter
Emma Jaime faces up to 6 years in prison
BY KIMBER SOLANA
ksolana@thecalifornian.com
A Greenfield woman who said she never intended to fatally stab her husband pleaded guilty Friday to voluntary manslaughter, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Emma Beatriz Jaime will be sentenced June 8 by a Monterey County Superior Court judge, said Terry Spitz, chief assistant district attorney. She faces a prison sentence of up to six years.
Jaime was arrested for the New Year's Day stabbing of her husband, Ramon, in their Greenfield home in the 600 block of Vasquez Avenue.
During Jaime's preliminary hearing in January, a videotape of her being interviewed by a county District Attorney's Office investigator was played in court. In the video, Jaime described the final moments of her husband's life.
The incident
She told the investigator that the argument with her husband was initiated by his refusal to fix her a meal in the kitchen.
A heated physical and verbal altercation ensued, she said, resulting in her clutching a knife to her chest with its blade pointed toward her chin. Jaime said her 6-foot, 230-pound husband somehow walked into the knife.
BY KIMBER SOLANA
ksolana@thecalifornian.com
A Greenfield woman who said she never intended to fatally stab her husband pleaded guilty Friday to voluntary manslaughter, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Emma Beatriz Jaime will be sentenced June 8 by a Monterey County Superior Court judge, said Terry Spitz, chief assistant district attorney. She faces a prison sentence of up to six years.
Jaime was arrested for the New Year's Day stabbing of her husband, Ramon, in their Greenfield home in the 600 block of Vasquez Avenue.
During Jaime's preliminary hearing in January, a videotape of her being interviewed by a county District Attorney's Office investigator was played in court. In the video, Jaime described the final moments of her husband's life.
The incident
She told the investigator that the argument with her husband was initiated by his refusal to fix her a meal in the kitchen.
A heated physical and verbal altercation ensued, she said, resulting in her clutching a knife to her chest with its blade pointed toward her chin. Jaime said her 6-foot, 230-pound husband somehow walked into the knife.
Jacksonville, FL: Law & Disorder: Man killed girlfriend in front of her child
By The Times-Union
A Jacksonville man faces 25 years to life in prison after a jury convicted him Thursday of murdering his girlfriend, then keeping her child in his house with the decaying body for days.
Calvin R. Simpson, 52, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2008 killing of Tyronnie Lynne Dennis, 31, in Simpson's Blackshire Road home.
Circuit Judge Elizabeth Senterfitt scheduled sentencing the week of June 21.
Assistant State Attorney London Kite said Simpson killed Dennis in front of her 3-year-old child then stayed with the child in the house as the body decayed. Police were responding to a missing persons report when they smelled the body and found Dennis inside the house near Highlands Middle School on the Northside.
Simpson has a history of worthless check convictions and served prison time in the 1980s for aggravated assault.
A Jacksonville man faces 25 years to life in prison after a jury convicted him Thursday of murdering his girlfriend, then keeping her child in his house with the decaying body for days.
Calvin R. Simpson, 52, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the 2008 killing of Tyronnie Lynne Dennis, 31, in Simpson's Blackshire Road home.
Circuit Judge Elizabeth Senterfitt scheduled sentencing the week of June 21.
Assistant State Attorney London Kite said Simpson killed Dennis in front of her 3-year-old child then stayed with the child in the house as the body decayed. Police were responding to a missing persons report when they smelled the body and found Dennis inside the house near Highlands Middle School on the Northside.
Simpson has a history of worthless check convictions and served prison time in the 1980s for aggravated assault.
Van Nuys, CA: Couple found dead in West Hills home in possible murder-suicide
By C.J. Lin, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/21/2010 01:20:13 PM PDT
Updated: 05/21/2010 06:06:07 PM PDT
An elderly couple who had quietly lived in their West Hills neighborhood for about 40 years were found dead in their home in an apparent murder-suicide, police said Friday.
Police discovered the bodies of the man and woman, both 77, after being summoned by a 911 call to the the home in the 7200 block of Cirrus Way, said LAPD Detective Brian Pogue. There were no signs of a struggle, and each died of a gunshot wound to the head.
"It appears that there were no problems between them," he said.
The couple's names were not released, pending the notification of their relatives. Authorities also declined to say who made the 911 call.
Neighbors said the couple had lived in the neighborhood for about 40 years and were private yet friendly.
The woman could often be seen planting flowers or tending the rosebushes in the front yard. The man would take walks around the quiet neighborhood or go for drives in a blue sports car.
"They seemed to be totally in love," said a neighbor who declined to be identified because he works in law enforcement. "They never had any inclination for violence ever."
Kids sometimes played catch in the couple's front yard, neighbors said.
Roses and a sprig of wildflowers had been neatly arranged in the couple's driveway Friday morning.
"It was a shock in the neighborhood," said George McQuade, who lives nearby. "She was like the ideal neighbor. Some people have the neighbor from hell, but she was the total opposite.
"I would love to have 10 of these people living in the neighborhood."
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Pogue at 818-756-3362.
Posted: 05/21/2010 01:20:13 PM PDT
Updated: 05/21/2010 06:06:07 PM PDT
An elderly couple who had quietly lived in their West Hills neighborhood for about 40 years were found dead in their home in an apparent murder-suicide, police said Friday.
Police discovered the bodies of the man and woman, both 77, after being summoned by a 911 call to the the home in the 7200 block of Cirrus Way, said LAPD Detective Brian Pogue. There were no signs of a struggle, and each died of a gunshot wound to the head.
"It appears that there were no problems between them," he said.
The couple's names were not released, pending the notification of their relatives. Authorities also declined to say who made the 911 call.
Neighbors said the couple had lived in the neighborhood for about 40 years and were private yet friendly.
The woman could often be seen planting flowers or tending the rosebushes in the front yard. The man would take walks around the quiet neighborhood or go for drives in a blue sports car.
"They seemed to be totally in love," said a neighbor who declined to be identified because he works in law enforcement. "They never had any inclination for violence ever."
Kids sometimes played catch in the couple's front yard, neighbors said.
Roses and a sprig of wildflowers had been neatly arranged in the couple's driveway Friday morning.
"It was a shock in the neighborhood," said George McQuade, who lives nearby. "She was like the ideal neighbor. Some people have the neighbor from hell, but she was the total opposite.
"I would love to have 10 of these people living in the neighborhood."
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Pogue at 818-756-3362.
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