Posts Tagged ‘killer’

American Voices: Military-Trained Ukrainian ‘Killer’ Dolphins On Loose

Three dolphins trained by the Ukrainian navy to detect mines, attack enemies using guns or knives attached to their heads, and plant bombs on ships have gone missing in the Black Sea, with some speculating that the marine mammals deserted to look for mate… The Onion Tweet This Post

Tunisia police launch manhunt for politician’s killer

TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian police have identified the killer of opposition leader Chokri Belaid as a member of a radical Islamist Salafi group who is on the run, Prime Minister-designate Ali Larayedh said on Tuesday. Larayedh, who remains Interior Minister until his government is formed, told a news conference police had arrested three accomplices who [...]

Accused killer of decorated U.S. sniper “traded soul for truck”

DALLAS (Reuters) – The suspect accused of shooting dead former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and another man stole a vehicle from the scene and told his sister “I traded my soul for a new truck,” investigators said on Tuesday. Eddie Ray Routh is being held on one count of capital murder and two counts [...]

Belgian child killer requests early release

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium’s most notorious killer launched a bid for early release on Monday, despite little chance of getting parole. Marc Dutroux, who was convicted of the kidnapping and rape of six girls and the murder of four of them in the 1990s, put his case to judges in a closed-door hearing in Brussels. [...]

Young man returns to elementary school as mass killer

(Reuters) – In the aftermath of Friday’s elementary school shooting, a shattered New England town searched for clues to why a young man would commit so heinous an act. The life of Adam Lanza will be dissected, analyzed and re-analyzed in the days to come as investigators dig into the background of the 20-year-old, who [...]

Trayvon Martin’s killer sues NBC over racist “myth”

MIAMI (Reuters) – A Florida man sued NBC on Thursday, saying the network intentionally edited and repeatedly aired a non-emergency phone call he made to police before shooting and killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin "to create the myth" that he was a racist. Attorneys for George Zimmerman, who maintains he shot Martin in self-defense [...]

Trayvon Martin killer makes another appeal for a new judge

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The lawyer for George Zimmerman, who is charged in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, filed an appeal on Monday in a renewed attempt to seek a new judge in the case. Mark O’Mara told reporters he asked a Florida appeals court to reconsider a ruling by Judge [...]

Wife of Trayvon Martin’s killer pleads not guilty to perjury

MIAMI (Reuters) – The wife of George Zimmerman pleaded not guilty on Friday to a perjury charge after Florida prosecutors alleged she lied about their family's finances during a bond hearing in the case of her husband's shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin. A lawyer for Shellie Zimmerman filed the written plea and waved her [...]

The Republicans’ killer lies on health care

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Trayvon Martin’s killer leaves Florida jail on bond

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, was released on Friday from a Florida jail on $ 1 million bail, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said. Zimmerman walked out of the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford, Florida, [...]