Tag: Murder

  • Indian-Origin Man Charged with Murder After High-Speed Tesla Crash in California

    Indian-Origin Man Charged with Murder After High-Speed Tesla Crash in California

    28-year-old Badal Dholaria, an Indian-origin man, has been charged with second-degree murder and other felony DUI couts after his Tesla collided with a Ford Bronco, killing Alix Mari Sparks, a 41-year-old woman. Dholaria was drunk and was driving at more than 150mph, Pleasanton Patch reported. The woman was not driving the car but the Tesla…

  • Charleston Murder Investigation: One Dead, Suspect at Large

    Charleston Murder Investigation: One Dead, Suspect at Large

    Jack Rolfe CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Charleston Police say one man is dead and a second is being sought for murder after a weekend shooting. According to Charleston Police, Joshua Walls, 31, of Charleston suffered a gunshot wound to the abdomen in an incident at a Charleston home around 2 a.m. Sunday.   Police say Walls got…

  • Nurse Convicted of Murder in Australian Beach Case

    Nurse Convicted of Murder in Australian Beach Case

    Queensland Police Service The murder of Toyah Cordingley prompted an outpouring of grief across the state of Queensland A former nurse has been found guilty of the high-profile murder of Toyah Cordingley, whose body was found on a popular tropical beach in Australia seven years ago. Toyah Cordingley was stabbed at least 26 times while…

  • Debating Death: ‘The Staircase’ Dives into Accident vs. Murder

    Debating Death: ‘The Staircase’ Dives into Accident vs. Murder

    On December 9, 2001, police were called to a large home in Durham, North Carolina. A hysterical man had called 911 several times, demanding medical assistance for his wife, Kathleen Peterson; he explained that she had fallen down the stairs and there was blood everywhere. What followed is one of the most bizarre and sensational…