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Sword and Scale Daily

Sword and Scale

Daily true-crime news and coverage of high-profile criminal cases from around the country and around the globe, five days a week.

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15:13

Dec 5, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/12/05

In Loughton, United Kingdom, an intentional hit and run collision near a school left a 12-year-old boy dead and five others wounded.A California woman was arrested after allegedly binding her three year old son’s hands, putting a plastic bag around his head, and leaving him alone in a room as the house burned.Finally, a second woman has filed a lawsuit against Chicago bar, El Hefe, alleging that the staff failed to prevent, and even enabled, an unknown assailant to drug her drink and sexually

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17:25

Dec 4, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/12/04

A Wisconsin woman has been arrested in connection with the 2006 murder of her husband.In Holland, a man is on trial for fatally stabbing his American roommate, a talented drummer who was studying at Erasmus University in Rotterdam.Finally, in Oregon, a man who was convicted of the 2001 murder of his girlfriend, has his conviction overturned, after a judge ruled that the state crime lab did not disclose the existence of potentially exculpatory DNA evidence in the case.

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14:21

Dec 3, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/12/03

A Minneapolis father fatally shot his two young sons in the front yard of their home, before killing his ex-wife and himself.In New Orleans’ French Quarter, a shooting left 10 people wounded, and two of them in critical condition.A Texas border patrol agent has been charged with murdering his wife on the night of Thanksgiving.In Missouri, a man walked into a police station, covered in blood, and spontaneously proclaimed himself responsible for two murders.Finally, a Pennsylvania woman, who claimed

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13:07

Dec 2, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/12/02

A Hawaii man will be extradited to Utah to face charges in a case of what law enforcement is calling, “extreme cyberstalking”. Over the course of more than a year, Loren Okamura sent more than 500 people to the victims’ house, including plumbers, drug buyers and prostitutes, disrupting the life of their entire Salt Lake City neighborhood and leading to the permanent assignment of a police patrol.A South Korean court found Former K-pop stars, Jung Joon-Young and Choi Jong-Hoon, guilty of gang rape,

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12:26

Nov 29, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/29

A California father allegedly murdered his wife and three children over the course of a week, then drove to a police station, with the body of his oldest son in the vehicle, and turned himself in.A US District court rejected a request for resentencing made by Idaho inmate, Torey Adamcik. Adamcik and his accomplice, Brian Draper, were both 16 in 2006, when they murdered their classmate, Cassie Jo Stoddard. The boys, who were fascinated by slasher movies and saw themselves as budding serial killers,

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14:21

Nov 28, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/28

An upstate New York teen allegedly killed his parents, and stayed living in the family home for three weeks, before the deaths were discovered.Utah police conducting a routine wellness check on a resident of a retirement community discovered a 75-year-old woman dead, apparently of natural causes. A search of her apartment uncovered the body of an adult man, identified as her husband, in a deep freezer. Police suspect foul play in the husband’s death.Finally, the suspect in the killing of Chicago

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15:14

Nov 27, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/27

A 13-year-old boy from St. Petersburg, Florida has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of his grandmother.In Michigan, a man has been arrested in connection with a 1980 cold case murder of a pilot’s wife.The son of a deputy sheriff in Alabama was arrested and charged with the murder of a Sheriff of a neighboring county.Finally, in Coral Springs, Florida, a woman arrested for the murder of her gym buddy, who was found shot dead in her driveway.

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16:16

Nov 26, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/26

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear Adnan Syed’s appeal for a new trial. Remains discovered in Alabama are believed to be those of missing college student, Aniah Blanchard. A Utah man is charged with the murder of his mother, who was stabbed in her apartment. Two South Carolina inmates, serving life in prison, murdered four other inmates in a demented bid to be sentenced to death. They have been sentenced to four additional life sentences. Finally, the trial of Bradley Robert Edwards begins in

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15:59

Nov 25, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/25

A former concierge in a Boston apartment building is on trial for the double homicide of residents of a penthouse apartment where he worked.In New Zealand, a jury delivered a guilty verdict in the trial for the murder of 20-year-old British backpacker, Grace Millane.Finally, the high court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ordered a new investigation into the death of 18-year-old model, Ivana Smit. Smit was found dead on the 6th floor balcony of a Kuala Lumpur luxury high rise, after spending the night

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16:31

Nov 22, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/22

A Michigan husband was charged with the 2014 murder of his wife, after allegedly poisoning her cereal with heroin.Two former Houston police officers are facing State and Federal charges in connection with a botched drug raid that left two people dead.A New Mexico man, indicted in connection with the 2016 murder of 10-year-old Victoria Martens, was released from jail pending trial.Finally, in Australia, a young woman is on trial for allegedly luring a man to her home after meeting him on a dating

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14:34

Nov 21, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/21

An Ohio mother is sentenced to life, with the possibility of parole in 37 years, for killing her three sons over the course of 13 months.A Florida man was arrested for the 1996 rape of a 17-year-old girl, after evidence in the case was submitted for re-testing.A senior South African prosecutor died in court after a shotgun, used as evidence in a trial, was accidentally discharged.Finally, a Michigan inmate serving life without parole for the gruesome murder of a teenage runaway will be resentenced

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12:31

Nov 20, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/20

A Revere, Massachusetts man was found guilty of the brutal murder of his wife, a dedicated elementary school teacher.A third NYC taxi driver is sentenced in a kidnapping and extortion plot, that preyed on new arrivals at NYC’s Port Authority Bus Terminal.Finally, a West Virginia man, who was in an incestuous relationship with his daughter, was charged with the first degree murder of the daughters’ boyfriend.

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14:39

Nov 19, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/19

California authorities have arrested five suspects in the Halloween shooting at an Orinda Airbnb “mansion party”, which left five people dead.A retired lumber executive is charged with the murder of his wife, who died of a horrific axe wound to the head, 37 years ago.Finally, law enforcement agencies arrested a 73-year-old retired Arizona plumber, and charged him with the 1979 sexual assault and murder of a woman in Nevada. He is suspected in multiple other homicide investigations, and is considered

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14:09

Nov 18, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/18

An indefinite stay of execution for Rodney Reed, who currently sits on a Texas death row.In New Mexico, Jake Patterson, the man convicted of kidnapping Jayme Closs and murdering her parents gets into a fight in prison.In Southern California, the LAPD arrested and charged a suspect in two cold-case homicides, that took place in 1981 and 1986.Two Arkansas chemistry professors are accused of manufacturing methamphetamine at Henderson State University.Finally, police in Pennsylvania charged a Maryland

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12:59

Nov 15, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/15

A school shooting in Santa Clarita, California, leaves two students dead and five injured.A Texas jury sentences a man to death for the double-murder of his roommate, and his roommates 17-year-old girlfriend.Finally, law enforcement in California release new video evidence in the October kidnapping and murder of Indian-American Tech CEO, Tushar Atre.

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12:25

Nov 14, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/14

In Ohio, a mother of five has been arrested and charged with a 2012 murder. Erika Stephanko is accused of helping her ex-husband murder his former girlfriend.A Philadelphia woman is charged with abusing and murdering a four-year-old girl in her custody, after claiming the child was hurt in a fall.Finally, in Newark, New Jersey, an alleged serial killer is on trial for the murder of three women and the attempted murder of a fourth. The crimes all took place in the fall of 2016, and the alleged killer

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11:42

Nov 13, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/13

An Oklahoma police chief is killed during a trip to a law enforcement conference in Florida, and one of his officers is charged with his murder.A Texas man is in custody after kidnapping a girl and keeping her captive for eleven weeks.Finally, in England, sentencing reveals new details in the case of an incestuous couple who murdered two of their children, and attempted to kill all of them.

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12:27

Nov 12, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/12

In Virginia, a manhunt is underway for an armed Marine deserter, who is suspected of murdering his mother’s boyfriend.Two suspects are in custody and have been charged with malice murder in the death of Clark-Atlanta University student Alexis Crawford, whose body was discovered on Saturday, November 9th.A 14-year-old girl is charged with the gruesome murder of well-known Philadelphia cat rescuer, Albert Chernoff, aka, ‘Alley Cat’.Finally, the Jacksonville, Florida, Sheriff’s office have asked for

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11:53

Nov 11, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/11

A Las Vegas woman is rescued after she was kidnapped at gunpoint, sexually assaulted, and left to die in the Mojave desert. A father and daughter have been charged.A Russian history professor was rescued from the freezing Moika river, and found in possession of a backpack containing the severed arms of a woman. He has since admitted to murdering his younger lover and dismembering her body.Finally, police in Wisconsin have solved a 1999 cold case murder by identifing the victim and bringing the

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15:22

Nov 8, 2019

Sword and Scale Daily ·

2019/11/08

In Ohio, Pike County deputies are conducting a new search in relation with the shocking 2016 murders of eight members of the Rhoden family.A NYC husband decapitated his aid-worker wife, and slit the throat of their 5-year-old daughter, before hanging himself.Finally, in Teller County, Colorado, Patrick Frazee’s mistress, Krystal Lee Kenney, testified in his trial. Frazee is accused of bludgeoning his fiancee, Kelsey Berreth, to death, and recruiting Kenney to help with the clean-up.

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