What to know as Gilgo Beach serial killer pleads guilty to 7 murders, admits 8th killing

What to know as Gilgo Beach serial killer pleads guilty to 7 murders, admits 8th killing – CBS News Watch CBS News Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing seven women between 1993 and 2011 and admitted he killed an eighth in what came to be known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings. CBS News’ … Read more

One of Australia’s most decorated soldiers charged with committing 5 war crime murders in Afghanistan

Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, faces war crime charges on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 and 2012, police and media reported on Tuesday. Police have not confirmed the name of the 47-year-old former soldier who was arrested Tuesday. But he has been widely reported in … Read more

A death wish and a catfish: How an IRS agent lured his wife and an unsuspecting man to their murders

On a Friday morning three years ago, a horrific scene unfolded in a Northern Virginia home: A pediatric ICU nurse, Christine Banfield, was mortally wounded in her bedroom. She’d been repeatedly stabbed. With her was 39-year-old Joseph Ryan. He’d been fatally shot. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and … Read more

Suspect in Houston “Lovers’ Lane” cold case murders arrested 36 years later

Houston police believe they have cracked one of the Texas city’s “most haunting and infamous” cold cases. On Aug. 23, 1990, Cheryl Henry, 22, and her boyfriend Andy Atkinson, 21, were found dead in a then-remote area known in Houston as “Lovers’ Lane.” The case, known in Houston as the “Lovers’ Lane Murders,” remained unsolved … Read more

Charges filed against suspect in 1990 ‘Lovers’ Lane’ cold case murders

A suspect has been identified and charged in the 1990 “Lovers’ Lane” cold case murders of two young people found dead in a parked car in Houston. Floyd William Parrott, 64, was charged with capital murder in connection with the killings of Cheryl Henry, 22, and Andy Atkinson, 21, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office … Read more