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Second pal says Hernandez confessed to Etan Patz murder
  The man on trial for the murder of little Etan Patz 35 years ago confessed to a prayer group weeks after the boy vanished that he’d abused, strangled and cut up a child’s body, a second church pal testified Friday. Paito Concepcion, 79, told jurors that Pedro Hernandez, 54, made the sickening admission at a spiritual retreat on a New Jersey farm in the summer of 1979. “At this moment, Pedro was crying,” recalled Concepcion through a Spanish translator. “He said that he worked in a bodega here in New York, he grabbed a child, he gave him a soda, he took him to the basement and in the basement he said that he abused him . . . he said, ‘I cut him. After I cut him,’ he said, ‘I put him in a plastic bag and I threw him in the garbage.’ ”
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LEAVENWORTH, Kan. – A court document says a 5-year-old girl who died during a police chase in eastern Kansas was shot by the man she was with, not by police officers. Cadence Harris was found dead inside a car driven by Marcas McGowan after he exchanged gunfire with Leavenworth police last July. Prosecutors allege McGowan took the girl from her mother's home in Atchison and led police on a chase that ended in Leavenworth County. Investigators provided details about who shot the girl after a judge ordered the release of an affidavit supporting felony first-degree murder and other charges against McGowan. He has pleaded not guilty. Investigators concluded that a "defect" inside the car was consistent with a bullet hitting the girl from inside the vehicle. - (Black-on-white)
LEESBURG, Va. — A Middleburg man is facing a possible death sentence after a grand jury indicted him on capital murder charges for the 2009 death of a former CIA contractor. Twenty-six-year-old Anthony Roberts is the third person to face murder charges in the attack on 
LEE'S SUMMIT, MO - A pregnant mother is thankful her baby was not hurt when a stranger brutally attacked her in her Lee's Summit neighborhood. She said she did everything she could to protect her 
SHELBY, N.C. — Police said surveillance video shows the moment when a man was attacked and robbed outside a Walmart in Shelby. That victim is recovering from a fractured skull and said he thinks he was targeted. Police are still looking for the man they believe hit 
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A woman evidently shot a man she called her boyfriend, a Dallas police officer, inside his Lake Highlands area apartment before turning the gun on herself, police say. Her young daughter was present during the violence. Police say
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- 
A man is accused of promising candy to two young girls if they would go with him on a bus ride, the Broward Sheriff's Office said. Damian Anthony Fletcher, 32, was charged with trying to lure or entice a child under 12, a misdemeanor, but bond was increased to $150,000. He also had a previous bond revoked for violating probation for an unrelated charge of carrying a concealed weapon, jail records showed. Fletcher approached 
A homeless woman who was raped under an East Side bridge was so intent on justice that she sometimes walked 8 miles from the Whitehall area to the Franklin County courthouse to attend her attacker’s court hearings. Her persistence paid off yesterday when Paul E. Hubert, 54, pleaded guilty to rape and was sentenced to three years in prison. The 47-year-old woman shook her head when Common Pleas Judge Colleen O’Donnell asked whether she wanted to make a statement in court. Then she cried quietly into a tissue as the sentence was imposed. In addition to the prison sentence, which was recommended by prosecution and defense attorneys as part of a plea agreement, Hubert must register as a sex offender every 90 days for the rest of his life. The maximum penalty for the offense is 11 years.
An accused kidnapper now faces a count of aggravated rape in a January incident involving a woman and a toddler, the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office said. A woman told investigators 
ANTIOCH — A 17-year-old suspect who allegedly raped and kidnapped a Domino’s Pizza delivery driver in Antioch on Sunday has been charged as an adult, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office. Darrion Miles was charged by the district attorney’s office and is scheduled to appear in court for arraignment on Wednesday, district attorney’s officials said. Miles is accused of forcing the driver back into her car at gunpoint in the 2800 block of Bluebell Circle at 11:20 a.m. Police said he and the woman then drove to an undisclosed location where he raped her. He then let her go and she told police about the attack.
The venue's website indicated that fewer than half the available tickets had been sold for the show at the 2,676-seat venue. The 77-year-old comedian and television star has been dogged by accusations from women that he sexually abused or harassed them. Several of his shows have drawn protesters since the allegations resurfaced in recent months. Refunds will be issued for tickets to the Pittsburgh show. 
A Cornell University student gunned down his CEO father with a shotgun at the family’s home in a wealthy Rochester suburb, authorities said. Charles Tan, 19, “fired multiple rounds,” blasting his dad in the face, neck, chest and arm on Monday evening, police said in court documents. The Ivy Leaguer’s mother, 
BECKLEY, W.Va. -- A Beckley woman recently was arrested in connection with the weekend murder of a pastor in Raleigh County. On Monday, police charged 19-year-old Camille Brown in the murder of 
A man has been charged in relation to the fatal hit and run of an Irishman in North Lauderdale, Florida. 
Testimony concluded Monday in the trial of three Philadelphians charged with the Sept. 19, 2013, shooting death of 40-year-old 
Jesse Matthew Jr., a former hospital worker, was indicted Monday on a count of first-degree murder in the abduction and killing of 
Two more arrests have been made in connection to a robbery and murder in Callahan County. 19-year-old Michael Duane Wallace, Jr. and 18-year-old Briana Payne were both arrested in Lubbock February 5th. Wallace is charged with capital murder and Payne is charged with aggravated robbery. 20-year-old Shaliko McGee was arrested in January in connection to the murder. The incident happened on Saturday, January 17th. Deputies originally responded to a possible robbery at a home off of Interstate 20 between Clyde and Baird. Deputies found the victim, 
CONWAY — Family members of a convenience store clerk killed last month told an Horry County Magistrate Court judge that the three men accused in her shooting death should not be allowed to “see daylight again” during their first court appearance Saturday afternoon. “I hope they rot in hell,” said Samantha Stull, sister of 30-year-old 
CONWAY -- One person died after a shooting at the Sunhouse Convenience store off in Longs around 10 p.m. Friday. The victim was the store clerk and has been identified as 
MANTECA, Calif. —A Stockton man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the death of a 22-year-old woman whose body was found in a Manteca dumpster last year, police said. Richard Howard Watkins, 49, was formally charged in the killing of 
YORK COUNTY, Va. — The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office has confirmed they have arrested a second person in connection to the murder of a 17-year-old York County teen. York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office posted on their Facebook page on Feb. 4 they arrested 20-year-old Tevin D. Lambert of Newport News on Feb. 3. Lambert was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with the murder of 
SILVERTON, Ohio —Deputies have identified a suspect who they say stabbed two women outside a Silverton bar. The owner of the bar said 
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Scott Goodwin-Bey, 47, of Springfield was charged with four counts of first-degree murder and four counts of armed criminal action for the shooting deaths of four people last Nov. 15 at the Economy Inn, 2555 N. Glenstone Ave. The victims were 
The victim in Sioux Falls’ sixth homicide of last year was choked and beaten in her home. Timothy Darnell Moses, 39, was indicted on alternative counts of first- and second-degree murder and three counts of manslaughter in the Dec. 28 death of 36-year-old 
A 28 year old woman was found stabbed to death in her home and her boyfriend has been charged with killing her. 42 year old Anthony (Tony) Tyrone Crews was taken into custody and charged with second degree murder in the death of 
A man sentenced today to serve the rest of his life behind bars didn’t show up in court. The family of his victim was there in force. Robert Grant declined to leave his jail cell for his 1st Degree Murder sentencing for killing 43-year-old 
GASTON COUNTY, NC - Two people were found dead inside a Gaston County home following a house fire on Monday morning, officials say. Officials responded to reports of a fire around 5 a.m. at a home on Ridgewood Court at Kem Lane in Mount Holly. Police are treating the fire as "suspicious" and say they don't have an official cause of death of the people found inside, Gaston County Police Department Assistant Chief Joseph Ramey said. Police were looking for two individuals who supposedly live at the home. 
An Omaha couple is facing up to 200 years in prison each on charges of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and torturing a woman for hours the day after selling her boyfriend a laptop. A Douglas County judge ruled Friday that there was sufficient evidence to try Shavontae Green and Ronald F. Ford Jr. in district court. They are accused of kidnapping the woman from the apartment she shared with her boyfriend Jan. 15 and taking her to a house near 28th and Lothrop Streets after beating her and demanding more money for the laptop that her boyfriend, who was not home, had purchased from them a day earlier. Once Green and Ford had the woman in the house, they stripped her, poured boiling water on her and poured bleach on her vaginal area. Ford then raped and sodomized the woman with a table leg while Green watched and brought him water to drink. They also beat the woman on the back with some kind of whip. There was no relationship between the two couples other than a laptop sale.
BOSTON — A former fashion model and actress who appeared on one episode of “The Cosby Show” in 1988 is the latest of several women to accuse Bill Cosby of making unwanted sexual advances toward them.
A Zambian diplomat suspected of drunkenly plowing into a parked cop car in Queens early Monday was taken into custody — but was set free hours later because his diplomatic immunity prevented him from being charged with a crime, law enforcement sources said. 
A Bronx serial killer who came to the United States during the 1980 Mariel boatlift from Cuba — and then lured victims to their deaths with promises of cheap designer blue jeans — has pleaded guilty to his third murder. 
The man charged in connection with the death of a Millersville University freshman admitted shoving the woman early Sunday and claimed she hit her head on a chair as she fell to the floor, police said in charging documents. Police also reported finding 
Gaetano Spera, 19, Jonathan Nelson, 18, Alex Richardson, 27, and Excel Lawson, 19 are charged with first-degree murder in the death of 
Law enforcement officials are still not sure how the body of 
JEANNETTE, Pa. — A selfie photograph led police to charge a teenager in connection with the Wednesday shooting death of another teen in Jeannette. Westmoreland County District Attorney John Peck confirmed that Maxwell Morton, 16, was charged as an adult in the shooting death of 
AKRON, Ohio -- A 15-year-old boy admitted to helping his cousin bludgeon a white couple to death with a sledgehammer after breaking into their home. Jamall Vaughn, who was 14 at the time of the killings, pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated murder, aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery in the murders of
DOUGLAS COUNTY -- Authorities have identified adults involved in a shooting at a Douglas County home that left five people dead and two others injured Saturday afternoon. Four adults and three children were found shot Saturday afternoon inside and outside a house in the 3600 block of Willow Tree Circle. "It tears at your heart. It doesn't make any sense," said Lt. Glenn Daniel of the Douglas County Sheriff's Department. Daniel said 33-year-old 
A woman has pleaded guilty in a murder-for-hire plot that prosecutors said targeted witnesses against her husband in a shooting death at an eastern Pennsylvania social club. 
LEESBURG — Lake County prosecutors are trying to determine whether to add murder charges to a man already on death row after a bank teller he left paralyzed by gunshots in 1999 died this week. 
VAN NUYS — A man has been arrested for the murder of a 33-year-old transgender woman in Van Nuys. The victim’s boyfriend, Ezekiel Jamal Dear, 25, turned himself into authorities late Sunday, the LAPD said. 
The suspect in the stabbing death of a transgender woman was found dead behind a warehouse half a mile from the crime scene. Police sources close to the investigation tell us that the suspect was found hanging by the neck from a fence and apparently "killed himself after the stabbing." The victim was identified yesterday as 36-year-old 
An arrest has been made in an illicit silicone injection that caused a transgender woman from Santa Ana to die, and investigators said Friday that there may be additional victims who also sought cosmetic procedures from the individual. 
FREDERICK, Md. – A so-called “nanny cam” was likely the key in convicting a Frederick-area caregiver. On Thursday, a Frederick County judge found 58-year-old Terry Freland guilty of second-degree assault and second-degree abuse of a vulnerable adult after viewing video footage captured by family members concerned about a dementia patient for whom Freland was caring. In July 2014, court documents claimed video captured by the family of 
Livonia — A Detroit woman was ordered Thursday to stand trial in the killing of her friend beaten with a slow cooker after the two argued about politics. Tewana Sullivan, 50, who is charged with murder, cried at her preliminary hearing as she heard graphic details about the fatal Oct. 22 assault on 
New Jersey's Supreme Court has put the brakes on the parole bid of a man convicted in the 1973 murder of a state trooper. The justices on Thursday granted the state attorney general's request that 
CINCINNATI —A Norwood daycare provider has been sentenced for the devastating abuse suffered by a boy in her care – all while maintaining her innocence in the case. Marie Abraham came into court Thursday to be sentenced for felony child endangering. She took the unusual step of entering an Alford plea in the case, which states that she admits prosecutors could convict her. It set the stage for a sentencing hearing that put the pain of her family, and the victim’s family on display. 
The family of 
