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Man’s Brutal Murder of Ex-Girlfriend, Stabbing Her 30 Times

An Ohio resident, Chance Donohoe, 27, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after 31 years. This follows his admission to breaking into his former girlfriend’s home and stabbing her 30 times, including slitting her throat to hasten her death. Donohoe pleaded guilty to aggravated murder and gross abuse of a corpse in the death of Shannon Hiott, 29, last month. The victim’s mother, Jamie Hiott, expressed her anger and grief …

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Stranger Murders Pregnant Woman to Steal Unborn Baby

A Missouri woman, Amber Waterman, 44, has been handed a life sentence for the brutal murder of a pregnant woman and her unborn child in a chilling plot to steal the baby. Waterman confessed to the crime, admitting that she lured her victim, Ashley Bush, 33, to her death in October 2022 under the guise of a job opportunity, only to forcibly remove the unborn child from her body. “This horrific act resulted in the …

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Pre-Med Student Stabs Mother to Death

Frostproof, Florida – A 21-year-old pre-med student from the University of Florida has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly stabbing his mother to death. Emmanuel Espinoza turned himself in to authorities, confessing to the crime. The victim, Elvia Espinoza, was a beloved elementary school teacher in the community, and her tragic murder has left neighbors and colleagues in shock. On Saturday, Emmanuel drove down to his mother’s home, located in a forest south of …

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Man Makes Shocking Murder Confession After Attempting to Flee Hospital

HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KY — A nearly 20-year-old murder case in northern Kentucky has been solved after a patient at a local hospital allegedly confessed to the crime. Timothy Lee Delehanty, 36, is currently held without bond at the Kenton County Jail on a murder charge. According to Cincinnati’s Fox affiliate, Delehanty admitted to killing 61-year-old Paul Clayton in 2006. The shocking confession came as Delehanty, who had recently been admitted as a patient at St. …

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Woman Covered in Blood Found in Church Parking Lot, Confesses Murder to Pastor

In Autryville, North Carolina, a shocking confession at a local church led to a murder charge for a woman on Sunday night. Samantha Haines, 31, arrived at the Mount Carmel Church of God of Prophecy in a red Ford Mustang, seeking help and admitting to potentially causing a person’s death. The Sampson County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to the situation at the church around 11 p.m. Haines, appearing distressed and covered in blood, had approached …

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Oregon Man Walks into FBI and Confesses to Horrific Cold Case Murder

John Michael Irmer, a 68-year-old man from Oregon, has been charged with the murder and aggravated rape of a 24-year-old woman from Pennsylvania, Susan Marcia Rose, in a Boston apartment in 1979. The charges were announced by District Attorney Kevin Hayden on Monday. Irmer voluntarily walked into the Portland FBI field office last month, confessing to meeting a red-haired woman at a Boston skating rink around Halloween in 1979. He admitted to accompanying her to …

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Former Pastor Charged in 1975 Cold Case Murder of 8-Year-Old Girl on Her Way to Bible Camp

David Zandstra, an 83-year-old former pastor, has been arrested and charged with the 1975 kidnapping and murder of an 8-year-old girl, Gretchen Harrington, according to Pennsylvania authorities. Zandstra, who was apprehended on July 17 in Cobb County, Georgia, confessed to the crime, which took place when he was serving as a pastor in Marple Township, Pennsylvania, nearly half a century ago. The breakthrough in the cold case came after new evidence surfaced earlier this year. …

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