Tag: MURDER

The first time a Facebook status motivated a violent crime was disturbing enough, but another jealousy-fueled murder due to relationships and social networking is beyond shocking. As as it the case with millions moving on from romantic trysts, on March 2 this past year, Hayley Jones changed her status from 'married' to 'single'. Days later, because 'he could not stand to lose her to another ...

We've reported before on police using cell phones' GPS chips to solve crimes. Now, the same technology could help identify the man responsible for the May rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in South Sioux City, Nebraska, according to KTIV.com. Prosecutors say the results of two search warrants will help determine the involvement of De Jesus Melisio-Camacho, who has been arrested and charged ...

Some folks just can't do without their cell phones. You know them -- the ones whose phones are practically surgically attached to their bodies. In the case of Anthony Ramirez, maybe he should have left well enough alone. On May 22nd, Ramirez, 23, left his phone while fleeing the scene of an attempted home burglary in Pinole, California. Instead of cutting his losses, Ramirez called the phone, ...

On the list of stupid things to post to Facebook, photos from a murder scene have to be right up there at the top. Apparently, this never occurred to Mark Musarella, a now-former emergency medical technician (EMT) at Richmond University Medical Center in Staten Island, New York. While on EMT duty on March 30, the 46-year-old retired police officer was called to a murder in the West Brighton ...

The Internet can be a dangerous place -- especially when the shady characters you meet online follow you into real life. Back in 2008, 21-year old David Heiss became obsessed with Joanna Witton, 21, after numerous interactions with her on a site that she ran with her 20-year-old boyfriend Matthew Pyke. According to the BBC, Heiss, who lives in Limburg, Germany, tracked the couple to their ...

While most people are perfectly happy to simply look good in the profile pictures they post on MySpace or Facebook, some folks want more -- to look tough. The most typical way of doing this involves posing with some sort of weapon. While it's debatable whether or not this tactic has the desired effect, one teenager found that it certainly didn't help his case in court, being sentenced to life in ...

It's getting harder and harder to find an erotic encounter on Craigslist these days, thanks to extra attention from government and subsequent legal crackdowns. The site's ubiquitous offers for "massages" and similar services are now sure to fall off even more, since Fox News is reporting that there is a killer on the loose in the Boston area. Turns out the killer may have used Craigslist to lure ...

We've seen numerous examples of how GPS can get you into trouble, but never anything quite as sad as this. James Harrison of Graham, Washington had recently suspected his wife Angela of cheating and, with the help of one of his daughters, used a GPS location feature in his wife's cell phone to locate her. He indeed found her with another man in a convenience store. Confronting her husband, Angela ...

If domestic bliss is your goal, here is a bit of advice; do not put your big plasma TV and your PlayStation 3 in the bedroom. Oh, and certainly don't make your partner sleep on the couch so you can stay up all night playing 'Grand Theft Auto.' Carol Cannom, 46, of Lincolnshire, England, purchased 'GTA' for her 10-year-old son (we're questioning the intelligence of that decision, too), but soon ...

A UK man suspected of murdering a woman he met on Facebook has apparently committed suicide, ending an intense police search and providing some closure to a bizarre case. George Appleton, a 40-year-old British man, had been wanted in connection with the brutal murder of Clare Wood, a woman he had begun seeing after they met online. The relationship, which began in April, 2008 had apparently ...

We've seen some bizarre Facebook stories in the past, and have warned you on how information on the site can cause people to lose their jobs, but we've never heard a story quite as sad as this. According to the BBC and the Stafford Crown Court, 41-year-old Edward Richardson of Staffordshire, England, killed his estranged 26-year-old wife, Sarah, after she changed her Facebook status to ...

Remember that kid who kidnapped himself over a Wii? Or the loony teen who tried to hire a hitman to take out his parents after they denied him his PlayStation? Well, Daniel Petric, of Ohio, went even further, actually shooting his parents after they tried to take away his copy of 'Halo 3.' Petric's mother was killed, but his father survived and was on hand to see his son's insanity plea ...

We know some people take their karaoke very seriously, but is it really worth killing someone over? Apparently, a group of customers at a karaoke bar on Borneo island in Malaysia thought so. An unspecified number of men beat and stabbed 23-year-old Abdul Sani Doli to death outside of the bar on Wednesday night. What started this horrific attack? A district police official (speaking anonymously) ...

The 'Grand Theft Auto' series has stirred up no shortage of controversy since 'Grand Theft Auto III' dropped back in 2001. Mothers Against Drunk Drivine (MADD) wanted it pulled from shelves here in the U.S.. Then, of course, there was the whole 'Hot Coffee' debacle that actually did result in the game's sales being suspended for some time. Now, the games have been pulled from store shelves in ...

Edward Keith Stoddard Jr. really likes his PlayStation 3 (PS3). So much, in fact, that if you were to touch it, he may just kill you. Such was the fate of his neighbor, Douglas F. Abrams, who Stoddard suspected of stealing his PS3. Police reports say that during an argument over the missing console late Wednesday night, Stoddard shot Abrams, fatally wounding him. After police showed up on the ...