Mo. man faces murder charge after ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend, father, stepmom found dead

September 16th, 2009 Wash. teen gets 22 years for dad's murderSPOKANE, Wash. — A teenager who helped beat and stab her father to death has been sentenced to 22 years in prison.

September 16th, 2009 Woman held on $500k bail in womb-cut kidnap caseWORCESTER, Mass. — A woman accused of kidnapping a baby who had been cut from her mother's womb was ordered held on $500,000 cash bail Wednesday after she was returned to Massachusetts from New Hampshire, where she was found in a homeless shelter with the infant.

August 31st, 2009 Police: NM boy faces murder charge in dad's deathBELEN, N.M. — A 10-year-old New Mexico boy is facing a murder charge in the shooting death of his father.

August 20th, 2009 Detroit boy, 12, faces life murder charge in deathDETROIT — Authorities say a 12-year-old Detroit boy accused of shooting a 24-year-old woman to death during a street robbery could face an adult murder sentence of life in prison without parole if he's convicted. According to police, Demarco Harris shot and killed Trisha Babcock, of Davison, just after midnight on Aug.

August 19th, 2009 Mother, boyfriend arrested in death of Idaho boyBOISE, Idaho — The mother of an 8-year-old boy found dead in an Idaho canal and her live-in boyfriend have been indicted by an Ada County grand jury on first-degree murder charges. Thirty-year-old Melissa Jenkins and her boyfriend, 36-year-old Daniel Ehrlick Jr., were arrested Tuesday in connection with the death of Jenkins' son, Robert Manwill.

August 19th, 2009 Mother's boyfriend jailed in death of Idaho boyBOISE, Idaho — An Idaho newspaper is reporting that police have made an arrest in connection with the disappearance and death of 8-year-old Robert Manwill. The Idaho Statesman says Daniel Ehrlick Jr.

August 3rd, 2009 Boyfriend wants baby cut from Mass. mother's wombWORCESTER, Mass.

July 24th, 2009 Fort Lewis shooting: woman and ex-boyfriendFORT LEWIS, Wash. — The mother of a 33-year-old woman shot to death while working at a kiosk in the Fort Lewis Post Exchange says the man who killed her daughter was a former boyfriend.

July 21st, 2009 Witness: DC mother let kids, 3 and 4, smoke potWASHINGTON — A witness in the trial of a woman accused of killing her four daughters says the parents allowed two of the girls to smoke marijuana at the ages of 3 and 4. LaShawn Ragland, a friend of Banita Jacks' boyfriend, testified in Jacks' murder trial on Monday.

July 11th, 2009 Missouri man charged in quadruple homicideRAYTOWN, Mo. — A Kansas City, Mo., man has been indicted in the March killing of his ex-girlfriend, her boyfriend and her two young nephews.

June 17th, 2009 Calif. girl and boyfriend arrested in mom's murderEL DORADO HILLS, Calif. — A 14-year-old girl and her boyfriend were arrested Wednesday as suspects in the murder of the girl's mother, who was found stabbed in her northern California home, authorities said.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police claimed to have cracked last week's gruesome murder of a woman in Paschim Vihar with the arrest of her 26-year-old daughter and the girl's boyfriend, who had apparently panicked on being caught together in the house and killed her. The girl, Sakshi Kapoor, and boyfriend Sunny Batra, 21, were arrested Tuesday.

May 14th, 2009 3 dead in apparent double murder-suicide in TexasLEAGUE CITY, Texas — Police say a couple and their son are dead after an apparent double murder-suicide in a Houston suburb. Authorities on Wednesday night found the bodies of Lewis Cantrell III, his father, Lewis Cantrell II, and stepmother, Gayle Cantrell.

May 1st, 2009 Woman found dead with 2 kids was leaving boyfriendWAUSAU, Wis. — Investigators say a Wisconsin woman found dead with two of her children was ending a relationship with the children's father.

April 28th, 2009 Lawyer: Murder charge against Mich mom excessiveFLINT, Mich. — A lawyer for a Michigan woman accused of killing her 9-year-old quadriplegic adopted daughter says a murder charge seems excessive.