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  • Elderly Man Fatally Stabs Wife After Altercation Over Pancakes, Police Say

    Elderly Man Fatally Stabs Wife After Altercation Over Pancakes, Police Say

    An 85-year-old man from Washington, D.C. was arrested on Thursday for allegedly killing his 81-year-old wife during an argument over pancakes, according to federal prosecutors per NBC News. Steven Schwartz is accused of fatally stabbing his wife, Sharron Schwartz, at their home on Sunday, as reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

    Steven Schwartz

    “did not want to eat the pancakes she made and stabbed her in the back,”

    the U.S. attorney’s office said in a statement announcing the arrest.

    Police were called to a stabbing incident at 3:40 p.m. When they arrived they discovered Sharron Schwartz with injuries and Steven Schwartz with self-inflicted injuries. Both individuals were transported to a hospital, where Sharron Schwartz later passed away. According to a police affidavit filed in the district criminal case, Steven Schwartz stated that he has a strong dislike for food, and his wife was attempting to make him eat, which led to an argument.

    Steven Schwartz told police that he suffers from a condition related to food aversion and depression. He expressed remorse, stating that his wife did not deserve to die and that he wished he had died instead.

    During a following interview with investigators, Schwartz disclosed that he and his wife had been married for 40 years and that he loved her deeply. He also mentioned that he had hoped the act of killing his wife was a figment of his imagination, according to another police document submitted to the court. Schwartz explained that he was in the process of recovering from a stroke at the time of the incident.

    The U.S. attorney’s office has charged Steven Schwartz with second-degree murder while armed. A Superior Court judge, after a hearing on Thursday, ordered that Schwartz be held without bail.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Texas Man Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison After Confessing To Brutally Murdering Wife With Nail Gun

    Texas Man Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison After Confessing To Brutally Murdering Wife With Nail Gun

    Lam Ngoc Tran, a 65-year-old man from Texas, has confessed to the horrific murder of his wife, My Thai Dang. The tragic incident involved Tran brutally attacking his wife with a nail gun in their home, Law&Crime reported. 

    In a desperate attempt to end his own life, Tran then turned the tool on himself, shooting himself in the face and wrist. However, his suicide attempt was unsuccessful. On Thursday, Judge Veronica M. Nelson of the Harris County District Court sentenced Tran to 40 years in prison for the crime. This decision was based on court records obtained by Law&Crime.

    “This is a horrible murder, and it reinforces that the most dangerous time for a battered spouse is when they are trying to leave the relationship,”

    Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a statement following the sentencing hearing.

    “This woman was trying to get away from an abusive husband, and the only reason she is dead is because he could not stand to lose control of her.”

    In May, Tran confessed to murdering his wife, who had recently filed for divorce. Police were called to their residence on Jan 10, 2022, where they discovered Dang’s lifeless body covered in blood, with severe injuries to her face and head. A bloody nail with human hair was also found nearby.

    Tran was found near his wife in the living room with significant facial and bodily injuries. Law enforcement discovered a nail gun and air compressor nearby. An autopsy revealed that Dang’s injuries matched the pattern of the nail gun, indicating she had been struck multiple times.

    Tran’s son and Dang’s niece confirmed that Dang filed for divorce in August 2021 and served Tran with papers on Dec. 18, 2021. Dang’s niece shared that on the day of serving, Dang called her while hiding in her closet due to Tran’s anger. Dang also confided in her niece that Tran intended to delay the divorce process, in hopes she wouldn’t follow through.

    Additionally, Tran’s daughter informed the police that on Jan. 9, 2022, Tran sent a text to her and her siblings, stating that he was leaving and they should contact their uncle if needed, before saying goodbye. This incident occurred ahead of a court hearing for a restraining order Dang had requested against her husband.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Father and Stepmother Arrested After Police Find Six Children ‘Starved Beaten and Locked In Cages’

    Father and Stepmother Arrested After Police Find Six Children ‘Starved Beaten and Locked In Cages’

    Las Vegas Metro Police arrested father, Travis Doss, and stepmother, Amanda Stamper after finding young children locked in cages at their residence, reports the NY Post. The children were allegedly battered and starved, police say. 

    Upon entering the one-bedroom apartment cops found six children, ages 2-11, alone with two dogs. The 11-year-old boy along with his 9-year-old brother were both locked up in separate cages. The 11-year-old had

    “two black eyes that were swollen shut, multiple marks and bruises all over his body, and he was emaciated,”

    according to police. 

    The boy told police he had to share the little food he was given amongst his siblings.

    “He kept saying that he was always hungry and that’s why he stole, and then he said, ‘It’s food that’s in the trash, so how is that even stealing?’”

    the detective said, according to a grand-jury transcript.

    “And he kept saying that he needed big food because he was a big boy now and that he would have to share one large fry from McDonald’s with like all six kids and just that he was never really fed and that’s why he stole,”

    the cop recounted.

    Doss, who is the father to seven children, was indicted by a grand jury earlier this month on 40 charges including child abuse, according to court documents obtained by The Post. Amanda Stamper is reportedly the biological mother of the 2-year-old child and stepmother to the others. She was also indicted and faces seven counts of child abuse, reports note. 

    Stamper’s public defender said she was also a victim of Doss’s abuse and feared for her life.

    “If she had done anything, she would’ve been subjected to serious, serious abuse,”

    they told the local outlet in June.

    Doss was also a rapper who went by the name

    “Trap Montana,”

    according to his Instagram posts. Police obtained images of him rapping inside luxury cars, mansions, and casinos on the famed Las Vegas Strip.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

    https://twitter.com/HipHopNewsX/status/1684633784522608640?s=20
  • 79-Year-Old Man Charged With Murder For Allegedly ‘Bashing’ Wife’s Head Against Granite Floor

    79-Year-Old Man Charged With Murder For Allegedly ‘Bashing’ Wife’s Head Against Granite Floor

    Police arrested 79-year-old, Paul Edward Mart for allegedly slamming his wife’s head into the granite floor several times, killing her, Law & Crime reported. 

    Mart is accused of killing his wife Jean Harriette Mart, 77. The suspect claims he found his wife naked and covered in blood when he woke up. However, according to police, Mart called his daughter and confessed to the murder of her mother and threatened

    “suicide by cop.”

    According to a medical examiner, the woman

    “suffered from a gunshot wound to the head and blunt force injuries to the head.”

    Mart was arrested after an hours-long standoff with multiple police agencies, including a SWAT team, Otter Tail County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota said in a statement. 

    A criminal complaint obtained by The Wadena Pioneer Journal noted that Mart allegedly made comments that

    “he remembered getting into a fight,”

    “he slammed her head into the granite flooring a few times,”

    “he cannot forgive himself,”

    and

    “probably killed her.”

    Mart was charged with second-degree murder and booked into the Otter Tail County Jail. He is being held on $750,000 bail.

    Mart’s lawyer, Chris Cadem, told the newspaper,

    “Based again on the information we’ve uncovered in the last 48 hours, we are confident that gunshot residue is going to come back on the hands of the decedent.”

    He went on to add,

    “We are very confident that my client will be able to demonstrate this was in fact an accident, that this did not happen by any action or deliberate act by my client, and that he will be exonerated of this charge.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Man Behind The Viral ‘Dress That Broke The Internet’ Is Accused Of Attempting To Murder His Wife

    Man Behind The Viral ‘Dress That Broke The Internet’ Is Accused Of Attempting To Murder His Wife

    The Scottish man behind the 2015 viral black-and-blue or gold-and-white dress that captivated the internet and had the world in a battle for weeks is now being accused of attempting to murder his wife, NY Post. 

    Keir Johnston, 38, was charged with attempted murder after he tried to strangle his wife, Grace Johnston, last March. The viral sensation allegedly abused and

    “coercively controlled”

    his wife for 11 years, reports reveal. During a court appearance Monday, Johnston was accused of

    “pinning her to the ground and compressing her neck,”

    reports state. 

    In another incident Keir reportedly tried forcing himself into a car his wife was in and hit her through an open window. It was also said that Keir had allegedly placed his wife in a chokehold and dragged her out of a bar after she refused to leave with him. 

    According to the outlet, Keir allegedly made Grace cut off her friends and family, as well as regulate her money, deciding how much of it she could spend. The couple, who reportedly got married in 2015, had their lives change in an instant after a friend, Caitlin McNeill, posted a photo to Tumblr of the now viral dress Grace’s mother, Cecilia Bleasdale, wore to their wedding.

    The image took the internet by storm and had everyone debating whether they saw blue and black in the photo or white and gold. The two made an appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres show with their mother, Bleasdale wore what was actually a blue and black dress to the show. DeGeneres awarded the pair with a $10,000 check as well as a trip to the Caribbean. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Texas Man Confesses To Decapitating Wife Three Months After Marriage

    Texas Man Confesses To Decapitating Wife Three Months After Marriage

    On Wednesday, January 11th, deputies of the The Waller County Sheriff’s Office arrived at a small home 44 miles northwest of Houston, after receiving a call about a murder. Inside the home, they discovered the body of Anggy Diaz. According to CBS News, the 21-year-old was found decapitated. Investigators believe a kitchen knife was used as the murder weapon.

    The husband of Diaz, Jared Dicus, was located and arrested at the murder scene. After he was brought to the sheriff’s office, Dicus gave investigators a full confession, admitting to the killing of his wife. He has since then been charged with murder, and is being held on a $500,000 bond.

    Anggy Diaz was an immigrant from Nicaragua who had been working multiple jobs in order to pay for her mother’s cancer treatments, CBS affiliate KHOU-TV reported. Diaz and Dicus were newlyweds, and were married October of 2022. Her family members have now created a GoFundMe page in order to pay for the unexpected funeral expenses.

    “Our family is shattered by the loss of such a young life,” the fundraiser reads. “She was the light to our family and community. Always with a smile, and cheerful personality. The absence of her from our lives will be felt forever.”

    #Clique, please keep the family of Anggy Diaz in your thoughts and prayers.