MURDER
THE NEW FORTY Hearing is believing...
You may recall the story of Byron David Smith, the 64 year old man from Little Falls, Minnesota who shot and killed the two teen intruders who broke into his home on Thanksgiving Day. Smith's statemen...
Posted on 12/18/12 at 10:38 PM
THE MINNESOTA BASHAW BLOG A Tradegy in Kansas City
Recently former Kansas City Chief linebacker, Jovan Belcher, killed his girlfriend and then took his own life at the Chiefs practice facility in front of some coaches. Since the killings reports have...
Posted on 12/5/12 at 4:22 AM
THE BRIDGEHUNTER'S CHRONICLES Bridgehunter Chronicles Update 30 November 2012
As the month of November comes to an end, so will be the month where all kinds of crazy events that has happened, which has to do with historic bridges and ways to preserve or destroy them. Apart fr...
Posted on 11/30/12 at 11:38 AM
NEW PLATEAUS Prisons Should be for Protection and Rehabilitation--Not Revenge
In November 2009, Andrew Conley, 17, was wrestling with his 10-year old brother when he decided to put a choke hold on him. This was no innocent big brother antic, however. It was the act of a killer....
Posted on 8/1/12 at 11:01 AM
REPUBLIC INSIDER More on the Mathis murders
The triple murders at the Mathis farm in rural Mount Vernon happened 30 years ago today. That grim anniversary provided a hook for us to take a fresh look at the most well-known unsolved homicides in...
Posted on 9/8/11 at 11:56 AM
FBI: Former NBA player Crittenton, on roster for Bismarck-based team, arrested in Calif. for murder 
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former NBA player Javaris Crittenton, a roster member of a Bismarck developmental team, was in police custody after being arrested at a Southern California airport to board a flight to Atlanta, where his lawyer said he would go to surrender in a murder case.
By Associated Press , August 30, 2011
Sentencing set for North Dakota man in sibling murder case
GRAND FORKS — Sentencing has been set for July 18 for a North Dakota man convicted of killing his brother in a dispute over land.
By Associated Press , June 27, 2011
Nakvinda gets life, no chance for parole
Hit man still maintains that he was framed
It was the only sentence the prosecution considered suggesting and the precise result the defense expected: Michael Nakvinda was sent to prison Friday for the rest of his life for murdering Fargo dentist Philip Gattuso 15 months ago.
By Dave Roepke , January 29, 2011
North Dakota man convicted of manslaughter
WAHPETON, N.D. – A Richland County jury found a 46-year-old Wyndmere man not guilty of murder and attempted murder charges Thursday, convicting him of a lesser count of manslaughter.
By Forum staff reports , January 28, 2011
UPDATED: Case against man accused in North Dakota bar murder headed to jury
WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — Both the prosecution and defense have rested their cases in the trial of a North Dakota man accused of murder and attempted murder in a bar shooting.
By Associated Press , January 27, 2011
Kirkpatrick murder trial delayed until July 19
The trial for an Oklahoma grandfather accused of conspiring to murder his granddaughter’s father – once set to start Feb. 28 – is now delayed until July.
By Forum staff reports , January 27, 2011
Preliminary hearing set in Cooperstown murder
COOPERSTOWN, N.D. – A man accused of killing a North Dakota State University researcher in Cooperstown won’t have a probable-cause hearing for roughly two months, his lawyer said Tuesday.
By Forum staff reports , January 26, 2011
Indictments reveal Red Lake shooting details
GRAND FORKS – Indictments handed down this week by a federal grand jury in Minneapolis against two Redby, Minn., men in the Nov. 3 shooting that left one man dead and two of his brothers wounded reveal new details about what the FBI says happened.
By Stephen J. Lee, Forum Communications Co. , January 21, 2011
Philip Gattuso murder trial: Prosecution resists motion to move trial
Prosectors argue against tossing out police interviewThere’s no basis for moving an upcoming murder trial away from Fargo or for throwing out a police interview conducted with the defendant, Cass County prosecutors argue in briefs filed Tuesday.
By Dave Roepke , January 19, 2011
Judge denies bail for murder suspect
Cooperstown man’s next court appearance scheduled for Jan. 25A judge denied bail Monday for a 30-year-old Cooperstown, N.D., man facing a murder charge after the victim’s decapitated head was found in his basement.
By Dave Roepke , January 11, 2011
Target labs played role in Gattuso investigation
Retailer often works on violent-crime cases
Fargo cops had an unlikely partner helping them solve the Philip Gattuso murder case: Target.
By Dave Roepke , January 09, 2011
Police find NDSU researcher’s head in murder suspect's basement
COOPERSTOWN, N.D. – A California felon is charged with murder after police found the decapitated head of a North Dakota State University researcher in the suspect’s basement.
By Marino Eccher and Amy Dalrymple, Forum staff writers , January 08, 2011
UPDATE: Murder charge filed in death of NDSU researcher; victim's head found in suspect's basement
COOPERSTOWN, N.D. – A felony murder charge has been filed against Daniel Evan Wacht in connection with the death of Kurt Douglas Johnson.
January 07, 2011
NDSU researcher thought murdered
Suspect being held in Jamestown jail
A murder investigation is under way after the body of a North Dakota State University researcher was found in a Cooperstown, N.D., home.
By Amy Dalrymple and Wendy Reuer, Forum staff writers , January 07, 2011
Barnesville resident cleared in 1992 strangulation death of Connecticut man
DANBURY, Conn. – A Barnesville, Minn., man charged with the 1992 strangulation of a Connecticut man found dead in his home has been acquitted.
By Forum and wire reports , January 06, 2011
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