A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas">Texas</a> woman has been convicted of capital murder for killing another woman in order to steal that woman’s unborn baby.
Taylor Rene Parker, 29, was convicted on Monday of killing Regan Michelle Simmons-Hancock, 21, and her unborn daughter in New Boston on October 9, 2020, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-woman-found-guilty-killing-expectant-mother-take-unborn-baby-rcna50587?fbclid=IwAR0hqNza4oXiCnN8PMWNC66pnEA_ARFeU0dmvsTDix8cD2AmB1fre1lQkFk">reported</a>. Parker had previously pleaded not guilty to capital <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/murder">murder</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kidnapping">kidnapping</a>.
A jury of six men and six women deliberated for around an hour before finding Parker guilty of killing Simmons-Hancock and kidnapping the daughter cut out of her womb.
Parker stabbed and cut Simmons-Hancock more than 100 times and crushed her skull with a hammer before using a scalpel to remove Simmons-Hancock’s unborn baby. Parker then left as Simmons-Hancock lay dying in her home with her other daughter, who was just three years old. Parker took the baby she cut out of Simmons-Hancock’s womb, who was still alive, and drove away. She was later pulled over by police, who sent the baby to a nearby hospital, where the child later died.
Parker’s defense attorneys argued during the three-week trial that Simmons-Hancock’s baby was never alive and therefore could not have been kidnapped. Without the kidnapping charge, Parker would have been left with a murder charge instead of capital murder.
“That’s why in opening statements we spent so much time on definitions. You can’t kidnap a person who has not been born alive,” defense attorney Jeff Harrleson said in his closing statements to the jury.
Prosecutors countered that claim during trial, with multiple medical professionals testifying that the baby had a heartbeat when it was born. This was also noted in the prosecution’s closing statements.
The jury sided with prosecutors, convicting Parker of capital murder.
At the beginning of the trial, Assistant District Attorney Kelley Crisp proclaimed to the jury that Parker “is an actress, an actress of the highest order. The lies and fraud go on and on; the layers of fraud are staggering. You are going to have to understand the fraud to understand what happened on Oct. 9. This started months and months ahead of time until it passed the point of no return, and it ended up in homicide.”
Crisp was referring to allegations that Parker pretended to be pregnant for nearly 10 months, wearing a disguise to make her belly look bigger and providing her boyfriend with fake ultrasounds. She also held a gender-reveal party and made numerous posts on social media about her supposed pregnancy. She did all this, Crisp said, while looking for an actual pregnant woman whose baby she could steal.
Witnesses said at trial that Parker couldn’t conceive due to a hysterectomy and had offered $100,000 for a surrogate. She also told her boyfriend that she was inducing labor the day she killed Simmons-Hancock.
Parker faces the death penalty or life in prison without parole. Sentencing is set to begin on October 12.
Parker’s case is eerily similar to that of Lisa Montgomery, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/execution-date-set-for-only-woman-on-federal-death-row">was executed</a> in January 2021 after she was convicted of killing Bobbie Joe Stinnett, who was eight months pregnant at the time of her death. Like Parker, Montgomery told friends and family that she was pregnant, even though she had been previously sterilized. After killing Stinnett, Montgomery cut out her unborn baby and drove away with the infant.

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Woman Convicted Of Killing Other Woman To Steal Her Unborn Baby

Crime

kidnapping

Murder

Texas

Various reports indicate that scores of Iranians have been killed because of the despotic theocratic Iranian regime’s crackdown on protests surging around their country.
Protests have mounted after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in custody on September 16 after Iranian morality police detained her because her hijab was not tight enough.
The Iran Human Rights Group reported 92 people have been killed, 41 just on Friday. Iran&#8217;s semi-official Fars news agency admitted last week that “around 60” people had died while Amnesty International stated it had confirmed 53 deaths, including five women and at least five children.
The additional 41 deaths reported by IHR followed accusations that a Shiite police chief in the port city of Chabahar had raped a 15-year-old girl of the Baluch Sunni minority.
On Sunday, protesters targeted the headquarters of Kayhan, Iran&#8217;s daily newspaper, whose director is appointed by Iran supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11272801/Irans-regime-kills-92-brutal-crackdown-nationwide-anti-government-protests.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail</a> reported.
On Monday, Khameini blamed the United States and Israel for the massive protests around his country, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/03/iran-supreme-leader-protests-us-00059981" target="_blank" rel="noopener">telling Iranian police students</a>. “This rioting was planned. These riots and insecurities were designed by America and the Zionist regime, and their employees.”
In the very capital of the country, Tehran, students at Shahid Beheshti University yelled, “Don’t call it a protest, it’s a revolution now,” while women removed theur hijabs and burned them.
At Sharif University of Technology on Sunday, the first day of classes, roughly 200 students chanted “woman, life, freedom” and “students prefer death to humiliation,” the Mehr news agency reported, adding that the chants grew harsher among the fervent anti-government protesters, according to the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63111767" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC.</a>
One young man, using the name Farid to preserve his anonymity, said he was alerted by his friend, a student at the university, “Please come save us. We are stuck here. They are shooting at us.” Farid arrived at the university only to see hundreds of students trapped by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
“They had guns; they had paintball guns, they had batons,” Farid told <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/03/middleeast/iran-protests-sharif-university-crackdown-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>. “They were using gases… [that are] banned internationally… it was a war zone… there was blood everywhere.”
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Students are being chased by security forced through university car park. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sharif?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sharif</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Iran</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MahsaAmini?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MahsaAmini</a> <a href="https://t.co/mUGxRqvBG2">pic.twitter.com/mUGxRqvBG2</a>
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“This is far from over,” Farid stated. “We are not scared. We are outraged. We are furious. You know, these people think that we are the previous generation – that if they do this, we’re gonna just stop. We are not going to stop.”

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

‘It’s A Revolution Now’: Iran Regime Murdering Scores Of Protesters: Reports Say

Iran Regime Accused Of Murdering Scores Of Protesters

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Iran

Protesters

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-dakota" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Dakota</a> prosecutors on Friday leveled a murder charge against the man who allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-ran-down-killed-teen-he-thought-was-republican-extremist-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ran down 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson</a> earlier this month because he was a “Republican extremist” and had threatened him.
Shannon Brandt, 41, was arrested in the wee hours of September 18 after police say that he fatally struck Ellingson with his SUV after a street dance in McHenry, North Dakota. Brandt, who police said was drunk and fled the scene, told a 911 operator Ellingson was part of a &#8220;Republican extremist group&#8221; and had tried to &#8220;get him.&#8221; The politically charged killing in a town of only 64 people drew national headlines.
&#8220;I just wanna ask you a question, am I going to prison?&#8221; Brandt asked the 911 operator, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Friday. The document said Brandt indicated on the call that the incident was intentional.
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Ellingson called his mom at just after 2:30 a.m., moments before he was killed to say he was being chased after the street dance. She told her son she would come pick him up, according to police, but by the time she arrived at the scene, her son was had been fatally struck in an alleyway. The heartbroken mother told police she does not believe her son knew his killer.
Brandt was initially charged with vehicular homicide and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-who-admitted-to-murdering-republican-teenager-over-politics-is-freed-from-prison-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released September 20</a> from the Stutsman County Jail after posting a $50,000 bond. The new charge was announced Friday by Foster County State’s Attorney Kara Brinster and was the result of an investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol, Foster County Sheriff’s Department, and the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
The affidavit revealed new and chilling details about Ellingson’s final moments and what Brandt allegedly did after.
Ellingson’s mother said her son told her he was being harassed and that &#8220;maybe he should call his cousins or posse,&#8221; according to the affidavit. She said she did not know at the time if he felt threatened but told him she was on her way. His last call to his mother was at 2:42 a.m., when he said &#8220;something to the effect of they are after me or he is after me,&#8221; before the call cut off, according to the affidavit.
A short time later, Brandt was on the phone with a 911 operator, at first claiming Ellingson had somehow prevented him from leaving the area.
“He wasn&#8217;t going to let me go, I hit him. I didn&#8217;t mean to and and he&#8217;s subdued,” Brandt said, according to the affidavit. “I was scared to death but he&#8217;s subdued, he can&#8217;t do anything to me now so, so this is why I&#8217;m calling you.
&#8220;I mean I…I almost oh god, I almost just runaway but I thought jeez obviously if it was a total accident I wouldn&#8217;t be scared but I know it was more than that,&#8221; Brandt said, according to the affidavit.
A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/caylor-ellingson?qid=20aa1e3b957e536a63c476ac4488879b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GoFundMe page</a> set up to raise money for Ellingson&#8217;s family has raised over $50,000.

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Murder Charge For ND Man Who Allegedly Ran Down ‘Republican Extremist’ Teen

Murder Charge For ND Man Who Allegedly Ran Down 'Republican Extremist' Teen

North Dakota

Republican

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/liza-fletcher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eliza Fletcher</a>, the Memphis mother-of-two who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by Cleotha Abston-Henderson, died after being shot in the back of the head and sustaining blunt force trauma to her head, according to a newly released autopsy report.
The Christian kindergarten teacher had a gunshot wound in the back of her head, blunt-force injuries to her right leg, and jaw fractures, according to an autopsy completed by forensic pathologist Danielle Harrell, D.O., at the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center in Memphis.
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➡️ Cause of death gunshot wound &amp; injuries to the head 
➡️ Bruises on her right thigh 
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Abston — who prosecutors charged with first-degree murder, first-degree murder in perpetration of kidnappings, especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence — has a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/horrifying-criminal-record-of-eliza-fletchers-alleged-murderer-revealed-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">long and violent criminal history</a>.
“The thing about these sexual predators, it seems it doesn’t matter how much time they do,” John Kelly, a criminal profiler and psychotherapist who has interviewed multiple serial killers, told Fox News. “When they get out, they’re back on the hunt.”
Abston’s criminal history began when he was a teenager and includes convictions for aggravated assault, rape, and kidnapping.
Abston served 20 years in prison for kidnapping a lawyer at gunpoint when he was 16 years old, and forcing the lawyer to withdraw cash at multiple ATMs. He also “committed a juvenile delinquent act of rape against an unnamed suspect when he was 14,” Fox News added.
Fletcher, whose abduction was captured on surveillance footage, was out for a dawn jog on September 2 when the suspect allegedly grabbed her and forced her into a dark SUV.
Fletcher taught at St. Mary’s Episcopal School in Memphis. She was the granddaughter of the late hardware wholesale tycoon Joseph Orgill III, founder of the privately-held Orgill Inc. The company has annual sales of more than $3 billion.
Her body was found about seven miles from the crime scene, where police found her water bottle and smashed cell phone.
Abston’s DNA was reportedly found on a pair of shoes known as “slides” left at the crime scene near the University of Memphis. His GMC Terrain also matched the vehicle seen in surveillance video. Abston was seen cleaning the interior of the vehicle and washing his clothes in a sink shortly after Fletcher’s abduction, according to witnesses, one of whom is Abston’s brother.
Law enforcement&#8217;s search reportedly focused on an area not far from Abston’s brother’s home and a dumpster police towed away for evidence.
A neighbor of Abston’s told the Daily Mail that Abston once asked her for sex and also propositioned other women in the apartment complex in which he lived.
“When women were around, he would sit in the truck and stare,” she said. “He was a weird pervert.”

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Cause Of Death Revealed For Murdered Kindergarten Teacher Eliza Fletcher

Liza Fletcher

Memphis

Tennessee

The 12-year-old Texas girl suspected of shooting herself and her father as part of a murder pact with another girl has died due to her injuries.
The girl and her father were both taken to the hospital by air ambulance, and the father has since been released. The Parker County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069161891195">posted</a> on Facebook that the shooting was part of an alleged murder plot between two preteen girls who planned to run away to Georgia together after killing their families and pets.
“Due to the injuries, the age of the juveniles and the sensitive case matter, information released regarding this case will be limited,” Parker County Sheriff Russ Authier said in a statement earlier this week.
On Wednesday, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/12-year-old-parker-co-plot-kill-families-dies/?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=news_tab#l8n19d48sm635wojhph">reported</a> that the girl had died from her injuries, and an autopsy performed by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office determined her manner of death was suicide by a gunshot wound to the head.
The PCSO said the incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home in northwest Parker County. Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene of the shooting and found a 12-year-old girl lying in the street with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The girl’s 38-year-old father was found inside the home with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
Police believe the girl shot her father and then fled the scene before shooting herself sometime later. A handgun was found under the girl.
Authorities also discovered during their investigation that the girl had been talking to another young girl from Lufkin, Texas, for several weeks about the alleged murder plot. The two had apparently made a pact to murder their families and pets, but the other girl did not follow through with the plan, the PCSO said. The young shooter was then supposed to drive to Lufkin and pick up the other girl before the two would flee together to Georgia.
Lufkin police are investigating the incident on their end, while the PCSO charged the girl in Lufkin with criminal conspiracy for her role in the alleged murder plot.
The PCSO doesn’t release the name of juvenile suspects and will not release the names of the adults involved to further protect the children’s identities.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a free hotline for individuals in crisis or distress or for those looking to help someone else. It is available 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255.

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12-Year-Old Who Shot Father, Self As Part Of Murder Pact Dies: Police

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan">Michigan</a> man charged with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/murder">murdering</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/detroit">Detroit</a> radio news anchor Jim Matthews and injuring his family was on supervised release when he allegedly committed the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime">crime</a>.
Arthur Levan Williamson, 55, has been charged with one count of first-degree <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/homicide">homicide</a>, homicide felony murder, two counts of intent to murder, and three counts of unlawful imprisonment in the attack on Matthews’ family, which occurred late last week. Matthews, the overnight anchor at WWJ-AM for the past seven years, was killed in the attack.
Williamson was on probation when he allegedly committed the murder and attacks, and one of the conditions of his supervised release was that he would not commit any crimes, Law &amp; Crime <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/crime/michigan-man-on-supervised-release-charged-with-murdering-detroit-radio-news-anchor-and-attacking-the-victims-girlfriend-and-children/">reported</a>. Prison records show Williamson has a history of committing violent crimes, including a 2013 breaking and entering offense during which Williamson assaulted a police officer. He was convicted of assault with the intent to murder, kidnapping, and multiple weapons offenses. He was placed on supervised release on June 5, 2019.
While Matthews was killed, his girlfriend and 5-year-old daughter were both hospitalized, and his 10-year-old son is in critical condition after apparently trying to fight off the attacker.
Ashley Quigley, the sister of Matthews’ girlfriend Nicole Guertin, started <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-some-kids?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=copy_link_all&amp;utm_source=customer">a GoFundMe page</a> to raise money for the family. On Monday, she posted an update to say her sister and niece were in stable condition. Her nephew has had more difficulty and was “forced to undergo brain surgery and ear surgery” over the weekend.
“Thankfully, his surgery was very successful, and after some tests and scans, his neck was deemed okay. He was able to take off his C-Collar which helped make the swelling in his face go down. He is still sedated while he heals, but he can move both sides of his body,” Quigley wrote on Monday.
Police received a call Friday afternoon from Guertin, who said she had been violently attacked in her home and that she and her daughter had “escaped.” Matthews’ brother, Joe Nicolai, <a href="https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/its-not-even-something-youd-see-in-a-horror-movie-chesterfield-murder-victims-brother-describes-fridays-tragedy">told</a> WXYZ-TV that Guertin had apparently been restrained before she could escape.
“Nicole, my brother’s girlfriend, was laying out in the parking lot and was duct-taped and bleeding so my wife went out to hold her hand,” Nicolai told the outlet. “It’s not even something you’d see in a horror movie.”
Williamson, the accused attacker, reportedly knew the family and was a frequent visitor to their home, police told media outlets. He was found in the home’s basement with a self-inflicted wound and an apparent overdose, Law &amp; Crime <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/crime/not-even-something-youd-see-in-a-horror-movie-gruesome-details-emerge-in-attack-that-left-michigan-news-anchor-dead-and-his-family-hospitalized/">reported</a>. It is still unclear just how he knew the family or his motive for allegedly attacking them.
“There is no motive, I don’t know why he was in the house. I talked to the lead investigator, and my brother probably came home to this. He comes home about 5:30 in the morning and was probably surprised and attacked,” Nicolai told WXYZ-TV. “I believe that [Matthews’ son] was trying to fight off this man that was attacking and trying to kill his father, and that’s how [the son] ended up injured and tied and put into a closet.”

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Michigan Man Charged With Murdering Detroit News Anchor, Hospitalizing Family Was On Supervised Release

Michigan Man Charged With Murdering Detroit News Anchor Jim Matthews, Hospitalizing Family Was On Supervised Release

Detroit

Homicide

Michigan

A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> teenager has been charged with murder for allegedly dealing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fentanyl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fentanyl</a> drugs to another teen which led to an overdose fatality.
Eighteen-year-old Alfred Urrea issued a non-guilty plea and is being held on a $1 million bail with a pre-preliminary hearing set for Tuesday. Adrian Alloway, another 18 year old, passed away from a fentanyl overdose at the end of August.
This is the second time San Bernardino County authorities have brought murder charges due to a fentanyl poisoning.
“In cases such as this, where murder is alleged, we believe we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt the dealer knowingly understood the dangers of fentanyl, and still chose profits over human life when supplying drugs to the victim,” District Attorney Jason Anderson <a href="https://sbcountyda.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2022/09/Urrea-Press-Release-Final-1.pdf">said</a>.
Fentanyl is a growing problem, especially among young people across the country.
In California, a 15-year-old girl <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-teen-charged-murder-providing-fentanyl-drug-overdose-victim">died</a> after taking a drug she thought was Percocet, but had fentanyl in it, leading to a manslaughter charge for another teen. A 14-year-old Californian also passed away this month following an overdose from drugs contaminated with fentanyl.
&#8220;This is a scourge and an epidemic that is going on across the country,&#8221; Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said after the 15-year-old’s death. &#8220;It is unacceptable, but it is even more unacceptable when it impacts the youth of our community. There is no excuse for that nor is there tolerance for that.&#8221;
This month, the California Department of Public Health Director and State Public Health Officer Tomás J. Aragón, <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/sapb/Pages/Rainbow-Fentanyl-Alert.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a warning over “brightly-colored fentanyl (referred to as rainbow fentanyl).”
Aragón’s release noted that opioid-related overdose fatalities in Californians ages 10-19 went up 407% from 2018 to 2020, and was “largely driven by fentanyl.” Fentanyl-related overdose fatalities among the same demographic went up 625% from 2018 to 2020.
Schools have responded, with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) providing <a href="https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/naloxone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">naloxone</a>, an opioid overdose reversal medication, to its schools. The move impacts almost 1,400 schools — from elementary to high school. School law enforcement officers will also be provided with the reversal medication. The action came after nine teenagers in the district recently overdosed.
&#8220;Research shows that the availability of naloxone along with overdose education is effective at decreasing overdoses and death and will save lives,&#8221; LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-unified-naxolone-schools-teens-overdose" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement last week. &#8220;We will do everything in our power to ensure that not another student in our community is a victim to the growing opioid epidemic. Keeping students safe and healthy remains our highest priority.&#8221;
Country singer Luke Bell recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/country-star-luke-bells-cause-of-death-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> away from a fentanyl overdose, as well.

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California Teen Charged With Murder Over Fentanyl Overdose Death

San Bernardino County California Teen Charged With Murder Over Fentanyl Overdose Death

California

Drugs

Fentanyl

A Michigan news anchor was killed last week and his family was hospitalized following what police believe to be an attempted murder-suicide from a man known to the family.
Jim Matthews, who worked as the overnight anchor at Detroit radio station WWJ-AM for the past seven years, was murdered Friday night in what the Chesterfield Police Department <a href="http://chesterfieldpolice.org/press-release-murder-and-attempted-suicide/?fbclid=IwAR0onKlBEeF9qG5OQeHKjy_29uGk81P25RV4BBOODnrItw59k7IZKeq0Teo">called</a> a “domestic situation.” Matthews was killed, his girlfriend and 5-year-old daughter were both hospitalized, and his 10-year-old son is in critical condition after apparently trying to fight off the attacker.
On Monday, the man believed to be responsible, 55-year-old Arthur Levan Williamson, was arraigned on one count of first-degree homicide, homicide felony murder, two counts of intent to murder, and three counts of unlawful imprisonment, Fox 2 Detroit <a href="https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/chesterfield-murder-suspect-in-court-monday-for-arraignment">reported</a>. He pleaded not guilty through his attorney.
Ashley Quigley, the sister of Matthews’ girlfriend Nicole Guertin, started <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-some-kids?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=copy_link_all&amp;utm_source=customer">a GoFundMe page</a> to raise money for the family. On Monday, she posted an update to say her sister and niece are in stable condition. Her nephew has had more difficulty and was “forced to undergo brain surgery and ear surgery” over the weekend.
“Thankfully, his surgery was very successful, and after some tests and scans, his neck was deemed okay. He was able to take off his C-Collar which helped make the swelling in his face go down. He is still sedated while he heals, but he can move both sides of his body,” Quigley wrote on Monday.
Police received a call Friday afternoon from Guertin, who said she had been violently attacked in her home and that she and her daughter had “escaped.” Matthews’ brother, Joe Nicolai, <a href="https://www.wxyz.com/news/local-news/its-not-even-something-youd-see-in-a-horror-movie-chesterfield-murder-victims-brother-describes-fridays-tragedy">told</a> WXYZ-TV that Guertin had apparently been restrained before she could escape.
“Nicole, my brother’s girlfriend, was laying out in the parking lot and was duct-taped and bleeding so my wife went out to hold her hand,” Nicolai told the outlet. “It’s not even something you’d see in a horror movie.”
Williamson, the suspected attacker, reportedly knew the family and was a frequent visitor in their home, police told media outlets. He was found in the home&#8217;s basement with a self-inflicted wound and an apparent overdose, Law &amp; Crime <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/crime/not-even-something-youd-see-in-a-horror-movie-gruesome-details-emerge-in-attack-that-left-michigan-news-anchor-dead-and-his-family-hospitalized/">reported</a>. It is still unclear just how he knew the family or his motive for allegedly attacking them.
“There is no motive, I don’t know why he was in the house. I talked to the lead investigator, and my brother probably came home to this. He comes home about 5:30 in the morning and was probably surprised and attacked,” Nicolai told WXYZ-TV. “I believe that [Matthews’ son] was trying to fight off this man that was attacking and trying to kill his father, and that’s how [the son] ended up injured and tied and put into a closet.”

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A 12-year-old girl in Weatherford, Texas, allegedly shot her father and herself as part of a murder plot the girl made with another child.
The girl and her father were both taken to the hospital by air ambulance, and their current conditions are unknown. The Parker County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069161891195">posted</a> on Facebook that the shooting was part of an alleged murder plot between two preteen girls who planned to run away to Georgia together after killing their families and pets.
“Due to the injuries, the age of the juveniles and the sensitive case matter, information released regarding this case will be limited,” Parker County Sheriff Russ Authier said in a statement.
The PCSO said the incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday at a home in northwest Parker County. Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene of the shooting and found a 12-year-old girl lying in the street with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The girl’s 38-year-old father was found inside the home with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
Police believe the girl shot her father and then fled the scene before shooting herself sometime later. A handgun was found under the girl.
Authorities also discovered during their investigation that the girl had been talking to another young girl from Lufkin, Texas, for several weeks about the alleged murder plot. The two had apparently made a pact to murder their families and pets, but the other girl did not follow through with the plan, the PCSO said. The young shooter was then supposed to drive to Lufkin and pick up the other girl before the two would flee together to Georgia.
Lufkin police are investigating the incident on their end, while the PCSO charged the girl in Lufkin with criminal conspiracy for her role in the alleged murder plot.
The PCSO doesn’t release the name of juvenile suspects and will not release the names of the adults involved to further protect the children’s identities.

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A Kentucky man who killed three students and injured five more in a 1997 school shooting has been denied parole.
The man, who will not be named per Daily Wire policy, was just 14 years old when he opened fire at Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky, on December 1, 1997. He has spent the past 25 years in prison but became eligible for parole this year.
Last week, a two-person panel couldn’t reach a unanimous decision regarding the shooter’s parole, so the full parole board voted Monday morning, ruling that the shooter should serve out his entire life sentence.
The shooter pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder, and one count of first-degree burglary back in 1997, CNN <a href="https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/09/26/us/paducah-kentucky-michael-carneal-parole-full-board-hearing/index.html">reported</a>. Last week, he told parole board members that if he were to be released, he would live with his parents and continue to receive mental health treatment.
Alana Meyer, the shooter’s public defender, had argued that her client was a teenager with undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia when he opened fire on his fellow students. Meyer wrote that, in the 25 years since the shooting, the shooter &#8220;has committed himself to his mental health treatment, to participating in available educational and vocational programs, and to being a helpful and positive person within the prison.”
She added that the shooter &#8220;has shown deep, genuine remorse and taken responsibility for the shooting.&#8221;
The shooter, however, also told the parole board that he still hears voices in his head, although he has learned to ignore them. On the day of the shooting in 1997, he said, he heard a voice that told him to &#8220;pick up the gun out of the backpack and hold it in front of me and shoot.&#8221;
The shooter told the parole board, &#8220;There&#8217;s no justification or excuse for what I did,” but that he was “offering an explanation.”
While some on the parole board may have considered letting the shooter leave prison, his victims were adamant that he remain behind bars.
Missy Jenkins Smith, who was 15 when she was shot in the chest, leaving her paralyzed from there down, spoke to the parole board last week.
&#8220;He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. Also on December 1, 1997, Michael sentenced me to life in a wheelchair without the possibility of parole ever,&#8221; she said.
Smith didn’t recognize the sound of a gun when the shooting began and stood near a girl, 14-year-old Nicole Hadley, who had just been shot in the head. Smith was waiting for Hadley to get up when she was shot in the chest and started losing feeling in her stomach and legs.
Hadley’s parents also attended the parole hearing, asking about potential consequences of releasing the shooter.
&#8220;If the shooter is released, what happens when he doesn&#8217;t take his meds? Who&#8217;s he going to hurt or kill next? The community and the families don&#8217;t deserve to be sentenced to even harsher &#8212; to living in fear,&#8221; Gwen Hadley asked through tears.
In the end, the seven-member parole board voted unanimously to keep the shooter in prison.
Parole board chair Ladeidra Jones told the shooter that “due to the seriousness&#8221; of the crime and because lives were taken, it is the decision of the parole board that he would “serve out your sentence,” <a href="https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2022/09/26/heath-high-school-shootr-michael-carneal-denied-parole-life-in-prison/69508884007/">according to the Courier-Journal</a>.
The parole board also released a statement saying it made its decision &#8220;in compliance with Kentucky law and in an effort to maintain a delicate balance between public safety, victim rights, reintegration of the offender and recidivism.&#8221;

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michigan</a> man pleaded guilty to several charges in court after allegedly murdering and cannibalizing a man named <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kevin Bacon</a>.
In a preliminary hearing Thursday, a 52-year-old suspect pleaded guilty to charges of open murder and mutilation of a body after he killed, dismembered, and ate Bacon, a 25-year-old hairdresser from Swartz Creek. The suspect pleaded guilty against the wishes of his attorney, who was planning to use an insanity defense. The suspect still has to face further proceedings.
Video from the court, taken by <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2022/09/watch-mark-latunski-plead-guilty-to-murder-of-kevin-bacon.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MLive</a>, shows the suspect&#8217;s attorney asking questions of fact before submitting his plea of guilty. A judge then spoke to the suspect. &#8220;The court agrees with the attorneys,&#8221; the judge said. &#8220;The court does find you guilty of open murder and dismembering a body, and your conviction now is going to be part of the record of this court. We cannot, however, give you a sentencing yet, because we&#8217;re not finished. We have to have a degree hearing. I spoke to [counsel], and we agreed that that degree hearing will be conducted in this courtroom on October 18th and October 19th, 2022.&#8221;
According to the Michigan-based law firm <a href="https://www.monroecountylawyers.com/blog/2020/02/what-is-the-open-murder-statute-in-michigan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kershaw, Vititoe and Jedinak</a>, &#8220;open murder&#8221; is a broad murder charge that includes both first and second-degree murder.
“Michigan law gives the prosecutor significant latitude in what theory of murder that they intend to pursue,&#8221; the firm says on its website. Citing the Michigan criminal code, the firm explains that a prosecutor does not need to file a specific degree of murder in a charge, but can simply charge that the murder happened, which is &#8220;open murder.&#8221; A jury will then decide, after presenting a guilty verdict, which degree of murder the suspect is guilty of. In this case, since the suspect already plead guilty, a degree hearing will determine whether the suspect will be convicted of either first-degree murder, second-degree murder, or simply manslaughter, MLive reported. If convicted on the most severe count, the suspect could face up to a life sentence.
The alleged incident occurred in December ofsuspect was arrested in 2019. According to <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2020/01/this-doesnt-appear-to-be-a-serial-killer-police-say-in-kevin-bacon-murder-case.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news</a> <a href="https://www.wilx.com/content/news/Police-describe-crime-scene-found-at-Latunskis-home--566745641.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> from the time, Bacon met the suspect on the popular homosexual dating app Grindr, and told his roommate he was meeting up with the suspect on the night of Christmas Eve. Bacon&#8217;s family became concerned when he did not show up for family breakfast on Christmas Day, and called the police later that day.
Police found Bacon&#8217;s car in a parking lot near his home, with his wallet, phone, and other belongings inside. On December 28, police showed up at the suspect&#8217;s house to conduct a welfare check. Inside, they found Bacon&#8217;s body hanging naked from the ceiling. The suspect told police that he stabbed Bacon in the back, slit his throat, then cut off his testicles and ate them, before tying his body up and hanging him from the rafters.
The actor Kevin Bacon expressed his condolences to the family of the victim shortly after the news broke. &#8220;For obvious reasons I’m thinking this morning about the friends and Family of this young person Kevin Bacon,&#8221; the actor wrote on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B6s601bHy9Z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> at the time. &#8220;His life was taken from him much too soon. His love was hair dressing. I bet he would have done a great job on this mess on my head. RIP KB[.]”

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Michigan Man Pleads Guilty To Killing And Eating Man Named Kevin Bacon

Michigan Man Pleads Guilty To Killing And Eating A Man Named Kevin Bacon

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/canada">Canadian</a> actor Ryan Grantham was sentenced to life in prison for second degree <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/murder">murder</a> after admitting to shooting his mother in the back of the head.
The 24-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">star</a> is best known for his roles in “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/entertainment">Riverdale</a>” and “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” He began acting at the age of 9. Now Grantham is making headlines for an entirely different reason. 
In March 2020, the actor shot his mom, Barbara Waite, at their home in Squamish, British Columbia. He used a .22 rifle to kill her while she was playing the piano, according to <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/news/riverdale-actor-ryan-grantham-setencing-murdered-mother-1235381642/">Variety</a>. The young actor then took a video recording of himself confessing to the crime.
The next day, he covered the body with a sheet, surrounded it with lit candles and hung a rosary from the piano, the outlet reported. Grantham loaded a car with guns, ammunition and Molotov cocktails and drove to Ottawa with the intention of killing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the publication noted.
But he then considered committing a mass shooting either at Simon Fraser University, where he was a student, or on the Lions Gate Bridge. Ultimately, Grantham chose to turn himself in for his mother’s murder rather than killing again.
Grantham’s sister Lisa said during the trial that the case was “tragic” and “heartbreaking.” She described her mother as her “best friend,” saying, &#8220;She was vulnerable and Ryan gave her no chance to defend herself. It pains me to know he was a danger to her life.&#8221; Lisa and her mother&#8217;s sister told the court they &#8220;fear [Grantham’s] release from prison.&#8221;
Judge Kathleen Ker called the actor’s decision to turn himself in rather than committing a mass shooting his “saving grace,” while noting that his actions had a “life-shattering” impact on the victim’s family, People <a href="https://people.com/movies/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-and-riverdale-actor-ryan-grantham-sentenced-to-life-for-killing-his-mother/">reported</a>.
Second degree murder comes with an automatic life sentence in Canada. He will be eligible for parole after 14 years, per <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/actor-ryan-grantham-court-sentencing-hearing-sentenced-1.6588962">CBC Canada</a>.
The judge noted that Grantham had been experiencing mental health struggles for several weeks before he committed murder. He had also been looking at violent footage on the dark web, CBC reported.
Ker said the actor was getting psychiatric treatment in jail and was reportedly showing improvement, per CBC.
Grantham’s lawyer said his client wasn’t surprised by the life sentence. 
“I think he anticipated what the judge gave him as a sentence,&#8221; attorney Chris Johnson said. &#8220;I think he&#8217;s pretty apprehensive about the whole thing. He&#8217;s a fairly tiny person, and to go to the prison system, I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s a daunting and scary thought for him.&#8221;

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‘Riverdale’ Actor Ryan Grantham Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murdering His Mother

'Riverdale' Actor Ryan Grantham Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murdering His Mother

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