Murder

News

Murderer Tricks Victim’s Family Into Thinking Their Son Was Alive

3:20AM September 2, 2011 | Casey Chan

Disturbing. Morbid. Calculated. Cold-blooded. Nothing can quite describe Edward Younghoon Shin, a man who murdered his business partner, Christopher Ryan Smith, and then sent emails to Smith’s family pretending to be Smith so they would think their son was still alive. More »


Online

Murder By Facebook

9:05AM August 3, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Six months after the murder of 19-year-old student Jason Rodriguez, Orlando police have finally arrested a suspect. Six months. That’s how long it took to untangle the digital detritus of one of the most twisted internet-enabled crimes in memory. More »


News

Boyfriend Watches His Girlfriend Murdered Live On Webcam

2:19AM April 21, 2011 | Adrian Chen

While he chatted with her over a webcam from China, a Beijing student says there was knock on his girlfriend Qian Liu’s door in Toronto. A man entered and a struggle followed. Ten hours later, Liu’s body was found in her basement apartment. [Gawker]


Gadgets

The Post Where I Turn A Kohler Transitions "Quiet-Close" Toilet Seat Into A Crime Scene

4:00AM April 4, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Gizmodo Detective’s Log, 3 April 2011 – The poor schmuck. Wife just couldn’t take it anymore. Seat up, seat down—didn’t matter. Was the loud late-night seat slam that did him in. Shoulda gone with the Kohler. More »


Online

Anti-Choicers Link ‘Abortion’ To ‘Murder’ On Google

3:00AM February 26, 2011 | Jessica Coen

Some anti-choicers with a little tech know-how have made the Wikipedia page for “abortion” the second search result when you Google “murder”. Their success is perhaps impressive, but manipulating search engine results isn’t the most effective form of advocacy. More »


Online

Student Discovers False Murder Accusation While Googling Himself

4:40AM December 1, 2010 | Sam Biddle

Most of us probably Google ourselves semi-regularly, right? (Right guys…?) But if there’s one thing worse than discovering you’re an online nobody, it’s discovering that you’ve been wrongfully accused of murder by your local police department. How very embarrassing! More »


NASA Robot Solves 19-Year-Old Murder Mystery

2:40PM July 14, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Dawn Sanchez was last seen alive when she stepped into Bernado Bass’ car in 1991. Her disappearance and death remained unsolved until recently when – thanks to a little NASA robot – her murderer was sentenced to six years in prison. More »


Entertainment

Sinatra “My Way” Karaoke Killings Plague Philippines Bar Scene

10:00AM February 8, 2010 | Jack Loftus

Apparently, when people sing Sinatra’s My Way in a Philippines karaoke bar, and they sing it poorly, they die. More »


GPS Couldn’t Prevent Sex Offender From Murder, Say Police

1:20AM March 13, 2009 | Mark Wilson

In 1998, Darrin Sanford was convicted of luring minors with sexual motivation. He was released on probation and fitted with ankle GPS, but police say that technological precaution couldn’t stop him from murdering a girl.

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Chinese Graduate Student Murdered at Virginia Tech

3:15PM January 23, 2009 | Elaine Chow

Just two weeks after arriving at Virginia Tech, a 22-year-old graduate student from China was murdered. The alleged killer, also Chinese, decapitated her with a kitchen knife at a local coffee shop.

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