murder-suicide
Oregon Safeway worker fights gunman with knife: police
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Safeway employee who was one of two people killed in a supermarket shooting in Bend, Oregon, had time to flee but instead hid behind a produce cart and attacked the assailant with a produce knife, an act that likely saved lives, authorities said Tuesday. Surveillance video shows 66-year-old Donald Ray Surrett … Read more
Connecticut mother Sonia Loja’s murder-suicide leaves Danbury community shocked
A mother who sent her children to the Connecticut daycare of a woman accused of killing her own children before taking her own life said Thursday she was shocked by the triple murder-suicide. The woman attended a vigil for the slain family outside their Danbury home Thursday night and denied believing that Sonia Loja, 36, … Read more
Michigan woman Tirany Savage, three relatives died after being denied protection orders from the man
A Michigan woman and three relatives died in an apparent triple murder-suicide after she was denied a protection order for her husband – who was among the dead, according to police and a news report. Tirany Savage, 35, her 13-year-old son Dayton Cowdrey, her mother Kim Lynnette Ebright, 58, and Bo Eugene Savage, 35, were … Read more
Brian Laundrie confession: Notebook appears to contain Gabby Petito’s cause of death
NEW YORK – For the first time, the parents of her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, have published their writings in their personal notebook. And it contains what appears to be his confession to having killed Gabby Petito. One of the pages reads in part, quote: “I ended her life. I thought it was merciful that this … Read more
Husband and wife died in apparent homicide-suicide in Lynn
LYNN – A man and a woman have died after an apparent homicide-suicide in Lynn, the Essex District Attorney’s Office said Friday. Officers responded to a home on Mudge Street around 1:20 p.m. Thursday. A man and a woman were pronounced dead at the scene. According to the DA, Jessie Mitchell, 46, died of a … Read more
Ashley Palmer shoots her two young children and herself to death in Gresham, Oregon, police say
Gresham, Oregon A 31-year-old woman in the suburb of Portland shot and killed her two children and herself, police said. On Tuesday morning, officers and the East County Major Crimes Team found three people dead in an apartment, the Gresham Police Department said Wednesday in a press release. After investigation and autopsies, police said it … Read more
12-year-old parent found dead in apparent double-suicide in Chester County – CBS Philly
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (CBS) – Two adults and a child were found dead in a home in East Marlborough Township on Monday in what authorities believe is an apparent double-count suicide. Police found the bodies during a well-being check at the home on Federal Walk in Kennet Square. Investigators said a 55-year-old man, a 50-year-old … Read more