Steve Neavling Ticklethewire.xom A self-described serial killer who committed suicide in an Alaskan jail went on vacation for two weeks after he sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman, strangled her and stored her body in a shed, the FBI revealed Tuesday in hopes that new information will help investigators find more victims, the Associated Press reports….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Mexican man accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a 2010 exchange of fire near the Arizona-Mexico border is expected to change his plea today in federal court, the Associated Press reports. Manuel Osorio-Arellanes had pleaded not guilty to murder, assaulting a federal officer and other charges in connection…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Edison Burgos Montes escaped the death penalty but faces life in prison in the killing of an DEA informant, a Puerto Rican jury decided Thursday, the Associated Press reports. Montes was convicted in August of killing his girlfriend, Madelyn Semidey Morales, in July 2005. She was cooperating with a DEA probe against…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The frustrated family of a Border Patrol agent killed nearly two years ago along the Arizona-Mexico border said they want the truth about what happened, Fox 10 News reports. “If the truth comes out and they tell me the truth, I’ll be happy with that, but I don’t want to just sit there…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A gun used by a felon to shoot and kill a state trooper in the state of Washington in February was traced to a gun show in 2009, the Associated Press reports. The news comes from the ATF, which tracked the history of the .40-caliber Smith & Wesson. The proper documentation was…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Seattle man will not be able to use old FBI records to help prove he did not kidnap and kill a 7-year-old Illinois girl in 1957, the Associated Press reports. A judge ruled the records relied on hearsay and shouldn’t be admissible. The records indicate Jack McCullough was in Chicago on…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com On the surface, it looks pretty suspicious. It’s “definitely bizarre and defies logic at first glance,” Jonesboro, Ark. Police Chief Michale Yates said, reports Huffington Post. Chavis Carter, 21, was shot in the head while handcuffed in the rear of a police car in Arkansas. Police said Carter committed suicide with a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There was more than gambling going on outside a Las Vegas casino on Thursday. KTNV-TV reported that an FBI agent shot and wounded a man wanted for murder around 2:30 p.m. outside of Arizona Charlie’s on Boulder Highway near Twain. The station reported that the local Criminal Apprehension Team had been…
