A 17-year-old girl with a small social media following in upstate New York was killed by a man she’d met recently on Instagram, who then posted photos of her corpse online, police said Monday. The gory pictures were redistributed widely, including by online posters who made light of or celebrated the teen’s death. Others urged people […]
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A Massachusetts teenager who killed and beheaded his high school classmate in 2016 was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years. Mathew Borges, 18, was convicted in May on a charge of first-degree murder with premeditation and extreme atrocity/cruelty. He will be eligible for parole because he was just 15 […]
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An Indiana man implicated in the murder of an Alaska teenager had allegedly promised millions of dollars to the teen prosecutors say killed her in exchange for images of the killing, the Anchorage Daily News reported Saturday. Court documents say that investigators believe Darin Schilmiller of New Salisbury, Indiana, posed as a millionaire named “Tyler” online and […]
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A teen sports standout featured in a Sports Illustrated article about young athletes who would rule the future of sports has been fatally shot. Jaylon McKenzie, an East St. Louis eighth grader, was shot Saturday night at a party in Venice, Illinois, about 5 miles northeast of St. Louis, according to NBC affiliate station KSDK. The […]
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Two brothers accused of killing a 16-year-old Moreno Valley girl who went missing over a month ago pleaded not guilty Friday to a murder charge. Gary Anthony Shover, 21, and Owen Skyler Shover, 18, were arrested last monthin connection with the death of Aranda Briones. They’re both charged with murder and a special circumstance allegation of lying in […]
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Jurors who convicted an Escondido teenager last week of first-degree murder for beating his friend to death and posting the sound of his victim’s cries on Snapchat also found the teen to be sane at the time of the crime. The determination was made during the sanity phase of the trial. Maithem Alfuraiji, 20, was last […]