murder

The son of a 70-year-old woman found unresponsive in her New Jersey home has been charged with her murder, according to authorities. On Monday, at around 12: 56 p.m. Gwen Avrut was discovered in her South Orange Avenue home in Maplewood unresponsive suffering from serious injuries, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Maplewood Police Chief…

One man is dead and two others are in the hospital after a shooting outside a hotel in Queens early on New Year’s Day, police say. Authorities say they got a call about the shooting outside hotel at 82nd Avenue and Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens about 1 a.m. When they arrived, they found three men with gunshot wounds....

A man was shot and killed by police near a park in Brooklyn after he attacked a woman and her dog with a machete, police said.

The boyfriend of an East Haven woman who was found buried in a shallow grave in July has been charged with her murder, according to police. Authorities said 27-year-old Jonathan Jara-Aucapina has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to Lizzbeth Aleman-Popoca’s death. Officers said Jara-Aucapina was Aleman-Popoca’s live-in boyfriend and is the father of her 8-year-old daughter....

A man charged with murder in the 2017 shooting death of the mother of his child was arrested in Mexico and returned to Los Angeles Saturday.

A 36-year-old New Jersey man was charged with murder in connection to the death of his baby daughter earlier this week, the Ocean County’s prosecutor announced Thursday. David Smith, of Lakewood, is currently in the Ocean County Jail pending a detention hearing following his arrest Wednesday, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer. Attorney information was not immediately known. The charge...

A New Jersey man was arrested and charged with the murder of his 67-year-old girlfriend with whom he shared an apartment, the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office announced Tuesday. Rand March, 65 and of Jersey City, was arrested at about 4 p.m. Monday and has been charged with murder in the first degree, possession of a weapon (knife) for an unlawful…

A 34-year-old Queens man has been indicted on murder charges for allegedly beating his girlfriend to death last week, prosecutors said Tuesday. Her mangled body was found outside her apartment building, beneath her sixth-floor window. Shmuel Levine is expected to be arraigned next week on the single-count indictment charging him with second-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Danielle Marrano….

An upstate New York woman has been charged with murder after the body of her missing husband was found in a river, police said. Linda Martinez, of Clyde, was arrested Wednesday for the murder of her husband, Rafael Martinez, New York state police said. Rafael Martinez, 59, was reported missing on Sunday. State police assisted by the Wayne County Sheriff’s…

A 51-year-old Queens man has been indicted on murder as a hate crime and other charges for allegedly stabbing a 20-year-old Brooklyn man to death on Labor Day, prosecutors said Thursday. James Williams, of Far Rockaway, is accused of using a homophobic slur before plunging a knife into the victim’s chest. He and victim Massiah Berkley were sitting on...

A 23-year-old Long Island woman has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for her role in what prosecutors have described as the “barbaric” barbell murder of her own mother, authorities said Thursday. Francesca Kiel, of Lynbrook pleaded guilty in July to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 56-year-old Theresa Kiel who was rendered comatose after he attacked her with…

Fort Worth homicide detectives hope a 45-year-old letter will help solve an equally old homicide.

A 22-year-old Bronx man has been indicted on murder and other charges in the June stray bullet death of a 17-year-old high school basketball star and academic standout who ended up with a deadly wound to the back at a barbecue. Nahjim Luke was arraigned Tuesday in the June 28 shooting death of Brandon Hendricks, who was killed just days…

A 20-year-old Queens woman has been indicted on murder and other charges for allegedly stabbing her ex-boyfriend in the neck this summer amid an argument over their 1-year-old daughter, prosecutors said Friday. He later died. Kattie Mino, of College Point, and her ex, Jonathan Estevez, were fighting over child care the morning of June 24 when she allegedly took a…

The 29-year-old woman accused of stabbing a co-worker to death with a kitchen knife during an argument two years ago at the Westchester County restaurant where they worked has been sentenced to up to life in state prison. Rosa Ramirez, of New York City, pleaded guilty in February to charges of second-degree murder in the fight that killed her prep…

A 31-year-old Bronx man has been indicted on murder, kidnapping and other charges for allegedly killing his girlfriend after holding her, the mother of his child and his toddler son hostage for 48 hours earlier this year, prosecutors announced Friday. Anthony Portis allegedly beat his girlfriend and the mother of his child for two days while his little boy was…

Four people have been charged in the shooting deaths of two men who were killed during a botched robbery in their southern New Jersey home earlier this month. Devon Conover and Abdelgadi Hassan, both 19-year-old Trenton residents, and Daniel Hall, 23, of Teaneck, are each charged with two counts of murder, felony murder, conspiracy to commit murder and robbery and…

A 23-year-old Newark man has been indicted on murder and other charges for allegedly fleeing the scene of a deadly stolen car crash that killed a 32-year-old woman and seriously hurt the driver she was traveling with. Tawshawn Beckford was ordered remanded without bail after his arraignment Wednesday in Staten Island Supreme Court. He was arrested after a four-month investigation…

Victims of serial rapist and murderer Joseph DeAngelo, also known as the Golden State Killer, shared their stories in court Tuesday ahead of DeAngelo’s sentencing Friday.

A month after 33-year-old tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh was found dismembered in his New York City apartment, his older sister is speaking out in an emotional memoir and a video, pleading for help to bring the killer to justice.