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  • Man arrested in 1979 cold case deaths of a mother and her young son

    OMAHA, Neb. (TCN) — Police recently arrested a 67-year-old man on suspicion of killing a 26-year-old mother and her 7-year-old son over four decades ago.

    According to the Omaha Police Department, on April 24, 1979, officers responded to a possible abduction and burglary call at a home on Binney Street. Inside, police found Deroshia Matthews and her young child, Kamal Matthews, deceased.

    Authorities arrested Abdulmalik Husain in 2004 in connection with their deaths, but the case was dismissed nearly a year later, KETV-TV reports. Following recent DNA testing, police announced Feb. 12 that they arrested Husain again, and he was booked into the Douglas County Corrections on two counts of murder. Husain is formerly known as Louis Walker.

    In a statement, Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said, “Murders are never forgotten, and justice has no expiration date. The depraved nature of this double homicide — one victim being a child — was bound to receive our utmost attention. Our commitment to these victims and their family never wavered.”

    MORE:

    • OPD makes arrest in 1979 cold case – Omaha Police Department
    • Omaha police make an arrest in 1979 double homicide – KETV

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Wyoming mother allegedly shot her 4 daughters, called 911, and then shot herself

    BIG HORN COUNTY, Wyo. (TCN) — A 32-year-old mother allegedly shot her four young daughters, called 911 to report the shooting, and then turned the gun on herself.

    The Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Communications Center received the mother’s call on the afternoon of Feb. 10. She reported gunshots and told authorities she believed her daughters had been killed.

    The mother, identified by KRTV-TV as Tranyelle Harshman, said two of the victims were upstairs in their cribs, and two children were in their shared bedroom. Harshman allegedly also told police she was going to shoot herself and that she would be in her upstairs bedroom.

    According the the sheriff’s office, the dispatcher “pleaded” with Harshman to “remain on the line until responding units arrived,” but she said “multiple times that she could not do that and that it was too late.” The call was eventually disconnected.

    While on the phone, dispatchers had units respond, and they made entry into the home.

    Law enforcement cleared the residence and found two female children, ages 2 and 9, deceased with gunshot wounds to the head. They also located two other female children, ages 2 and 7, still alive with gunshot wounds to the head. Despite lifesaving measures, the 2-year-old succumbed to her injuries.

    Authorities found Harshman with a single gunshot wound to the head in the upstairs bedroom, and responding officers attempting lifesaving measures. The surviving 7-year-old and her mother were transported to the hospital, where Harshman later died, KRTV reports. Family members told the news source the 7-year-old remains hospitalized in Salt Lake City.

    MORE:

    • Wyoming mom shoots her four daughters – KRTV
    • Tragic Shooting Incident – Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Watch a man confess to participating in the fatal stabbing of celeb hairstylist Fabio Sementilli

    In exclusive footage obtained by “True Crime News,””Christopher Austin admits to investigators that he helped his relative, Robert Baker, fatally stab Fabio Sementilli in his Los Angeles-area home. Austin pleaded guilty to charges and will testify on behalf of the prosecution at Sementilli’s wife’s trial. Officials allege Sementilli’s wife, Monica Sementilli, orchestrated a plot to kill her husband and collect his insurance money.

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Las Vegas man allegedly fatally shot dad because 'aliens' told him to

    LAS VEGAS (TCN) — A 35-year-old man was taken into custody on suspicion of fatally shooting his father last week after he “felt like he was on a different planet.”

    According to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, on Feb. 5 at 6:18 p.m., paramedics responded to a call about a man deceased at a home on Caprock Canyon Avenue. Upon arrival, they initially believed his death was natural. Police officers then arrived on the scene and deemed it suspicious, so they contacted the homicide section.

    Homicide detectives determined the victim, who KLAS-TV identified as 73-year-old Eun Jin La, had been shot. Detectives allege Eun Jin La’s son, Timothy La, shot him while they were home, then fled the scene. Timothy La was arrested when he returned home. Eun Jin La reportedly sustained a gunshot wound to the back of his head.

    An arrest report cited by KLAS says Timothy La’s mother told police her son has a medical condition, though the specifics were redacted. While speaking with investigators, La allegedly claimed he “was saving someone, a ‘worker,’ from being tortured.” He believed the “worker” was “wearing the skin of his father’s face.”

    He also reportedly said aliens “had told him to kill his father and that he felt like he was on a different planet.”

    Court records show La has been charged with open murder with the use of a deadly weapon. He was denied bail.

    MORE:

    • Man Arrested After Killing His Father – Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
    • Las Vegas man claims ‘aliens told him’ to kill his father, report says – KLAS
    • State of Nevada vs. Timothy La

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Neb. man accused of killing ex-fiancée 1 day after he bonded out for domestic violence

    SEWARD, Neb. (TCN) — A 54-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting his ex-fiancée and turning the gun on himself in an attempted murder-suicide one day after he bonded out of jail for domestic violence.

    According to the Nebraska State Patrol, on Saturday, Feb. 8, the Seward County dispatch received a call about a disturbance on the 600 block of North 2nd Street, and when officers arrived, they found Casey Kindt walking out with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officers went inside and discovered 36-year-old Jamie Hagen deceased with multiple gunshot wounds. Police also spoke with a juvenile inside the home who called 911. They were reportedly not harmed during the incident.

    Medics transported Kindt to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries before he was transferred to another facility in Omaha.

    Nebraska State Patrol said Kindt and Hagen used to be in a relationship, and Hagen had a protective order against him.

    Court records cited by KOLN-TV say Kindt forced his way into Hagen’s house on the night of the shooting. In December, he reportedly threatened to kill Hagen and her daughter, and assaulted his ex. He was arrested at the time for terroristic threats, third-degree domestic assault resulting in injuries, and child abuse. He was released from jail after posting bond, but then went back when he reportedly violated the protective order by texting Hagen and telling her to drop the charges.

    Kindt posted bond for witness tampering, but he reportedly remained in custody due to the domestic violence charges. A judge set his bond at $75,000 even though prosecutors asked them to revoke it. Kindt got out Friday, Feb. 7.

    Nebraska State Patrol said Kindt remains in the custody of state troopers during his treatment at the hospital.

    MORE:

    • Seward Homicide Investigation – Nebraska State Patrol
    • Warrant details Seward woman’s killing, suspect’s apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound – KOLN

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • The cryptic note and DNA that led to a college student’s suspected killer

    College student Faith Hedgepeth was found beaten to death in her apartment in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, after a night out with her friends. Investigators recovered evidence and a cryptic note at the scene that prompted even more questions about the events leading up to that fateful night. Faith’s killing remained unsolved for several years, until a traffic stop changed everything.

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Teen on the run after allegedly killing 17-year-old during fight

    Itzel Espinoza was a rising senior in high school and social media star who, according to her father, started hanging out with the “wrong crowd.” One July evening, she allegedly got into an argument with Lindsey Aguilar and hid in a car. Lindsey reportedly shot and killed Itzel, then fled the area. Investigators believe she could be in Mexico.

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • U.S. government employees overwhelmingly back Democrats

    From Washington Times:

    Weeks before the 2020 election, 51 Democratic-loyal former intelligence officials signed a letter essentially saying the incriminating Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation. They needed the letter quickly cleared to publish and get Mr. Biden elected. The Central Intelligence Agency bureaucracy approved the letter — within hours, Mr. Fitton’s Judicial Watch revealed. (The laptop, first reported by the New York Post, was genuine.)

    “One of the reasons the left gravitates to the bureaucracies is because they know it allows them to exercise unaccountable power,” Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, told me.

    Read more here…

    Source: Judicial Watch

  • Man charged with capital murder a second time after missing college student's remains were found

    OXFORD, Miss. (TCN) — A 22-year-old man turned himself in to police this week after a missing college student’s remains were found and positively identified over two years after he went missing.

    The Oxford Police Department announced Feb. 11 that Timothy Herrington Jr. was taken into custody for tampering with evidence, which was added to a charge of capital murder in connection with the death of Jimmie “Jay” Lee. Lee’s remains were located in Carroll County on Feb. 1, then positively identified on Feb. 5.

    Lee went missing July 8, 2022, after leaving the University of Mississippi campus. About two weeks later, on July 22, 2022, Oxford Police Department detectives arrested Herrington on suspicion of murder. The Mississippi Clarion Ledger reports Lee and Herrington had a sexual relationship, and Herrington allegedly killed Lee in order to keep it secret.

    Herrington went to trial in December 2024, but the jury failed to reach a verdict, which resulted in a mistrial. Herrington appeared in court Tuesday, Feb. 11, and pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Lafayette County District Attorney’s Office will decide at a later date if they will pursue the death penalty against Herrington.

    Oxford Police Chief Jeff McCutchen said, “We will continue to work tirelessly on this case to see it to the end.”

    MORE:

    • Timothy Herrington Arraigned on New Charges – Oxford Police Department
    • ‘Justice for Jay Lee forever:’ Sheldon Herrington faces new charge on top of capital murder – Mississippi Clarion Ledger
    • Human remains found in Miss. identified as college student who went missing almost 3 years ago, 2/5/2025 – TCN
    • An update on the Jimmie “Jay” Lee case, 7/22/2022 – Oxford Police Department

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Judicial Watch: Court Orders Trump Justice Department to Declare Whether It Will Continue Biden Justice Department’s Opposition to Releasing Biden Audio Tapes from Special Counsel Interview

    (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that a federal court ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to declare whether it intends to continue denying Judicial Watch’s request for the full audio of former President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur.

    Judge Timothy J. Kelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia wrote:

    In light of the recent change in administration, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendant shall, by February 19, 2025, file a status report confirming that its position outlined in its [34] Motion for Summary Judgment and [46] Memorandum in Opposition remains unchanged.

    Judicial Watch filed the first Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit and is the lead plaintiff asking for the Biden audio recordings of his interviews in Special Counsel Hur’s criminal investigation of Biden’s theft and disclosure of classified records (Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:24-cv-00700)).

    This lawsuit has already forced the Biden administration to confess that the transcripts of the audio recordings have been altered and are not accurate.

    The then-Biden Justice Department, fought to keep the audio recordings secret and asked the court to ignore precedent and rewrite FOIA law. The former Biden agency: demanded that a law enforcement/executive privilege exemption be rewritten to help Joe Biden; wants to change FOIA law to protect (after 50 years of being a politician) President Joe Biden’s privacy in his voice; and sought to potentially end FOIA with a new argument that the possible “AI” alteration of the Hur recordings was reason to keep the keep the recordings and any government record a secret from the public.

    “We hope the Trump Justice Department accepts what seems like an invitation from a federal court to end the Biden regime’s cover-up of Biden’s apparent dementia,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said.

    Judicial Watch argues that the recordings should be released “because an open question remains about whether Special Counsel Hur’s conclusion that President Biden should not be prosecuted for his mishandling of classified records [and] is supported by the evidence.”

    Further, the audio would educate the public about “whether Special Counsel Hur appropriately pursued justice by recommending to the attorney general that criminal charges should not be brought against President Biden concerning his mishandling of classified materials.” This question “is of even more import these days because another special counsel (with approval by Attorney General Garland) is currently prosecuting President Trump for allegedly engaging in similar actions. In addition to President Trump being both President Biden’s former political opponent and the current Republican nominee in the upcoming Presidential election, President Trump is the only former president or vice president to be prosecuted for such actions.”

    Judicial Watch also criticized the Biden Justice Department’s reliance on a case that allowed the withholding of the audio of the dying cries of the Challenger astronauts as simply “repugnant.”

    On February 5, 2024, Special Counsel Robert Hur issued the “Report of the Special Counsel on the Investigation Into Unauthorized Removal, Retention, and Disclosure of Classified Documents Discovered at Locations Including the Penn Biden Center and the Delaware Private Residence of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.”

    In the report, Hur called Biden a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” and declined to charge Biden with a “serious felony:”

    We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. Based on our direct interactions with and observations of him, he is someone for whom many jurors will want to identify reasonable doubt. It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him-by then a former president well into his eighties-of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness. 

    Prior to the finalization of the report, the White House issued a letter to the Special Counsel’s office attacking the report’s “treatment of President Biden’s memory,” and added “there is ample evidence from your interview that the President did well in answering your questions …”

    The White House admitted to the court that the transcript of President Joe Biden’s testimony to Special Counsel Robert Hur is not accurate and is missing “filler words (such as ‘um’ or ‘uh’)” and words that “may have been repeated when spoken (such as ‘I, I’ or ‘and, and’)” which were sometimes “only listed a single time in the transcripts.”   

    The Heritage Foundation and a CNN-led media coalition have been joined with Judicial Watch’s lawsuit.

    Judicial Watch has several ongoing FOIA lawsuits about Biden’s document scandals and the related unprecedented partisan prosecutorial and judicial abuses of former President Donald J. Trump. 

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    Source: Judicial Watch