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Sicko accused of sexually abusing corpse on NYC subway

NEW YORK (NYP) — Police are searching for a sicko accused of sexually abusing a man’s corpse on a Manhattan subway, according to police. Carlos Garcia, 51, is sought by…

John McCarthy April 10, 2025

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4 hospitalized after man sets upon group of children with meat cleaver, prompting police shooting

NEW YORK (DM) — A knife-wielding suspect was shot and four young girls injured following a police-involved shooting in New York. The shooting happened after the unidentified man attacked 'a…

John McCarthy April 6, 2025

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NYC man who killed pregnant ex-girlfriend in front of kids hours after baby shower sentenced to 40 years to life in prison

NEW YORK (NYP) — A Bronx man convicted of gunning down his pregnant ex-girlfriend in front of her kids just hours after her baby shower was sentenced to 40 years to life…

John McCarthy April 3, 2025

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Man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO shouts on way into courthouse and fights extradition

ALTOONA, Pennsylvania (AP) — The man charged with murder in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare made it clear he wasn’t going to make things easy on authorities, shouting unintelligibly and…

John McCarthy December 11, 2024

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Luigi Mangione’s hard turn from wealth and success to murder suspect

BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) — Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a healthcare executive in New York City, apparently was living a charmed life: the grandson of a wealthy real…

John McCarthy December 11, 2024

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A ‘strong person of interest’ has been arrested in the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

NEW YORK (AP) — Police arrested a “strong person of interest” Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to…

John McCarthy December 9, 2024

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NYPD releases 2 new photos of man sought in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

NEW YORK — They have seen him smiling on a hostel security camera, but don't know his name. They found the backpack he discarded while fleeing, but don't know where…

John McCarthy December 8, 2024

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UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot outside NYC hotel in ‘premeditated, preplanned targeted attack’

Brian Thompson, 50, was outside the hotel on Sixth Avenue when the suspect shot him in the chest and leg around 6:45 a.m. NEW YORK — The CEO of UnitedHealthcare…

John McCarthy December 5, 2024

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Police say a pair took an NYC subway train on a joyride and crashed it. They have arrested 1 teen

NEW YORK (AP) — Police have arrested a teen girl they say took an empty New York City subway train on a brief joyride before they crashed it and fled.…

John McCarthy September 19, 2024