Articles by Pritha Mallick

Mother, 20-year-old daughter charged with murder of 5 relatives, including children in Philadelphia

Investigation revealed four victims, including the children, were suffocated while one, Shana Decree's own sister Jamilla Campbell, was strangled to death in a Morrisville apartment in February last year.

Feb 19, 2020

Body of 7-year-old girl found dead in Mexico City identified as 'Fatima' amid growing femicide rates

Police found a girl's body wrapped in a bag and abandoned in a rural area on Saturday. Genetic testing identified the girl as a grade school student who had been missing since February 11.

Feb 18, 2020

Winston-Salem man sentenced to life for stabbing couple to death and dismembering their bodies

Tyrone Gladden said he killed Campbell and Craig in 2017 because he felt disrespected because of the way the bills were split-up at the apartment

Feb 18, 2020

14-year-old charged for fatally stabbing Barnard College student Tessa Majors in New York

Pieces of evidence, including video footage, witness identification and DNA found from Major's fingernail clippings, led authorities to link 14-year-old Rashaun Weaver to the crime

Feb 16, 2020

17-year-old accused of killing mother, younger brother arrested in North Carolina

Levi Norwood's father told deputies he came home to find his wife and youngest son killed on Friday in Midland, Virginia

Feb 16, 2020

Singaporean who 'illegally exported' radio equipment to Iran extradited to US

Prison death rates rise: California man on death row dies as another gets killed in a fight

Two inmates attacked Joseph Martinez using a made-up weapon at the Facility C general population maximum-security yard in Calipatria State Prison, southern California

Feb 16, 2020

Mother who kidnapped her 4 children found in Indiana after four-month nationwide search

Melody Bannister was arrested at a gas station in Hendricks County, Indiana, by US marshals months after she lost custody of her four children to her husband.

Feb 13, 2020

Baltimore police officers shot by assailant while attempting to serve arrest warrant

The suspect who was shot and killed at the scene has been identified as a former state correction officer who was under investigation for attempted murder in Pennsylvania

Feb 13, 2020

Singaporean hacked to death with cleaver in 'staring incident'

9-year-old boy charged with attempted murder of younger sister in Florida house

The boy was repeatedly saying "die, die" while stabbing his younger sister.

Feb 13, 2020

Two Ohio State University football players charged with rape by Columbus police

Police affidavit reveals the woman who was crying after she was raped was forced to say that the act was 'consensual on a video recording while laughing at her'

Feb 12, 2020

Texas officer, ex-Chicago police officer charged in fatal shooting of unarmed civilians

Temple Police officer Carmen DeCruz was charged with second-degree felony in the fatal shooting of Michael Dean on December 2, 2019

Feb 11, 2020

Ex-Army medic Michael Walker who murdered wife in Honolulu sentenced to 35 years

Despite his girlfriend, Alisa Jackson committing the killing, she avoided the mandatory life sentence by giving valuable information about their coded messages

Feb 11, 2020

Jury sentences man to death in 2012 Louisiana shooting that killed 2 police officers

Prosecutors citing testimonies of surviving deputies said Kyle Joekel stood over Deputy Brandon Nielsen and fatally shot him at a close range with an AK-47.

Feb 10, 2020

New York shooting: Gunman attacks police officers twice in 12 hours, arrested

Police officials along with New York's mayor, Bill de Blasio, have blamed anti-police demonstrations for the growing atmosphere of violence against police officials

Feb 10, 2020

Florida teaching assistant accused of selling fentanyl to teen who died of overdose

The arrest report states the two teens shared cocaine with Marina Deetz and gave her $50 in exchange for fentanyl.

Feb 7, 2020

Cook County detainee charged for beating rival cellmate to death with soap filled sock

The officials suggested that Ruiz's killing was related to both of them belonging to rival street gangs

Feb 7, 2020

Seduced into helping convicts escape New York prison, Joyce Mitchell released after 5-year term

Mitchell was convicted for aiding convicted murderers Richard Matt and David Sweat to escape the Dannemora prison five years ago. The escape inspired the plot of Showtime's Emmy nominated miniseries, 'Escape at Dannemora' in 2018.

Feb 7, 2020

Death of 15 inmates in Mississippi prisons prompts civil rights investigation

Violent confrontations among inmates, suicides and unsanitary conditions are some of the reasons cited for the deaths

Feb 6, 2020

Chinese woman allegedly raped thrice on the eve of Chinese New Year

New Hampshire parole officer accused of child abuse in prison wasn't charged criminally

Investigation revealed four months after his initial leave in November, he resumed work with the same job title of juvenile probation and parole officer

Feb 6, 2020

Man held for killing 5, including wife and children in 2002 to be executed in Texas

Abel Ochoa was high on crack cocaine and was looking for money when he shot dead his family in his Dallas home in August eighteen years ago

Feb 6, 2020

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