A human skeleton found near the University of California, Berkeley campus earlier this year was identified as the remains of a man who was killed several years ago, police said. The man was identified from DNA evidence as Steven Lawrence McCreary of Texas, who wasn’t affiliated with the university, UC …
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A man found dead in a freezer in Minnesota last month was hiding from police, investigators said in a preliminary report. The body of 34-year-old Brandon Lee Buschman of Babbitt, Minnesota, was found in a chest freezer in the basement of an unoccupied home in the town of Biwabik on …
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The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been moved from federal prison to community confinement, the Bureau of Prisons confirmed to CBS News. Emma Coronel Aispuro was transferred on May 30, 2023, from FMC Carswell in Texas to community confinement overseen by Long Beach Residential Reentry …
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More than 53 years after two police officers found a body inside a black steamer trunk in a wooded area behind a restaurant, St. Petersburg, Florida’s oldest and most infamous cold case victim has been identified as Sylvia June Atherton, officials said Tuesday. When the officers opened the trunk on …
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Court documents, obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle, provide the clearest picture of what authorities believe happened before a Tesla plummeted over 250 feet off a San Mateo highway in January. Dharmesh Patel, a radiologist, was behind the wheel of the vehicle when it went over the side of a coastal …
Read More »A broadcast reporter pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge filed after he made a prank phone call using South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s personal cell phone number. Reporter Austin Goss pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor that stemmed from a pre-recorded prank call he made Jan. 22 to …
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The prosecution and defense in the trial of Lori Vallow Daybell — accused with her husband Chad Daybell of murdering her two children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan — made their opening arguments to the jury on Monday in Boise, Idaho. Vallow Daybell has been charged with two counts of …
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After nearly four decades, a cold case killing in eastern Missouri has been solved, thanks to DNA evidence. Authorities in Lincoln County announced this week that a DNA match identified the victim as Jack Langeneckert, 50, a real estate agent from the St. Louis County town of Florissant. Langeneckert was …
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Dallas — Martin Santillan always insisted he didn’t commit a July 1997 murder and robbery he was convicted of. More than a quarter century later, the state of Texas finally agrees, CBS Texas’ Robbie Owens reports. On Wednesday, Santillan, now 49, became Dallas County’s 43rd exoneration since 2001. An elated, …
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A jury found Viktoria Nasyrova guilty of poisoning her look-alike friend with cheesecake in order to steal her identity. On Wednesday, Nasyrova, 47, was convicted of attempted murder, attempted assault, unlawful imprisonment and petit larceny. She is scheduled to be sentenced on March 21 and faces up to 25 years …
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