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Julia Egler Murders Mother And Boyfriend

Julia Egler is an alleged teen killer from Florida who has been charged with the murders of her mother Kelley McCollom, 38, and her mothers boyfriend Matthew Szejnrok, 22.

According to police reports Julia Egler allegedly broke into her mothers bedroom and took her gun. The seventeen year old then waited for Kelley McCollom and Matthew Szejnrok to return home. Apparently Julia Egler announced “Welcome Home” before shooting her mother and Matthew several times. Egler would also stab Szajnrok multiple times after running out of bullets

Julia Egler attempted to play the two murders off as a home invasion but would shortly after would admit to being responsible for the double murders

Julia Egler has been charged with two counts of murder

Julia Egler News

Police arrested a Palm Bay teen accused of fatally shooting her mother and her mother’s boyfriend on Saturday before she placed a phony 911 call for help, according to records obtained by News 6.

Julia Grace Egler, 16, faces two counts of first-degree murder. News 6 is naming Egler due to the circumstances of the case.

Detectives said Egler shot and killed her mother, Kelley McCollom, 38, before shooting the mother’s boyfriend, Matthew Szejnrok, 22, stabbing him repeatedly and shooting him once more before he died at the scene along Benchor Road. Egler’s motive centered on longstanding conflicts with her mother, including Egler’s disapproval that her mom was dating a 22-year-old man and alleged disagreements related to the teen’s gender transition, police said.

The report states Egler used a chef’s knife and a .38-caliber revolver that she stole from her mother’s bedroom.

Police said that the teen called 911 just after midnight Sunday while acting hysterical and claiming that a man broke into her home; officers quickly responded and arrived to find McCollom and Szejnrok’s bodies, the report states. Meeting with police outside the home — as detectives inside would soon discover bloody footprints matching the girl’s shoes, among other evidence contrary to Egler’s initial statements — the teen reportedly told investigators that she hid in her room with her dog while an unidentified burglar ransacked the residence.

After having been read her Miranda rights, Egler confessed to killing McCollom and Szejnrok, according to the arrest report.

Investigators said Egler eventually admitted to breaking into McCollom’s bedroom while she was gone, soon greeting the victims in the home’s kitchen with a gun in her hand and a knife in her pocket. Moments after Egler told the two “Welcome home,” she shot McCollom and Szejnrok several times and began stabbing Szejnrok once she ran out of ammunition, the report states.

The girl told police that Szejnrok then “essentially asked (Egler) to take him out of his misery,” prompting the teen to return to her mother’s bedroom, load one more round into the handgun and shoot him in the head, the report states.

First reported by News 6 partner Florida Today, Egler will remain in juvenile custody until a delinquency hearing later this month as the 18th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office otherwise decides whether to charge her as an adult.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2024/07/11/16-year-old-girl-shot-killed-her-mom-moms-boyfriend-police-say

Julia Egler 911 Video

Joseph Gerdvil Murders Parents

Joseph Gerdvil is an accused killer from California who has been charged with the murders of his parents and the family dog

According to police reports 911 received a phone call regarding a domestic disturbance in San Juan Capistrano California. When officers arrived at the scene they would find the bodies of Antoinette Gerdvil, 79, and her husband Ronald Gerdvil, 77, who were both decapitated along with the family dog

Minutes later officers would receive another call regarding a man covered in blood chasing a maintenance worker through the same community. The man would steal the maintenance workers golf cart and was attempted to flee the area. Officers would shoot the man stopping his getaway. When officers arrested the man they would learn he was Joseph Gerdvil, the adult son of the two murder victims

Joseph Gerdvil who is in stable condition at the hospital has been charged with two counts of murder with more charges pending

Joseph Gerdvil News

A “bloody” California man who was reportedly chasing a maintenance worker around a Southern California neighborhood has been arrested after an elderly couple and their dog were found decapitated at their home nearby.

Joseph Gerdvil, 41, was arrested on July 9 and faces two counts of homicide in the murders of Antoinette Gerdvil, 79, and her husband Ronald Gerdvil, 77, whose mutilated bodies were found in a gruesome scene at their home in San Juan Capistrano, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

The suspect was identified as the victims’ son, according to KTLA.

Deputies responded to the couple’s residence at a mobile home park on Alipaz Street around 7:30 a.m. July 9 on reports of a “domestic incident,” officials said.

Police investigators described the scene of the killings as “horrific” as both victims were mutilated, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Minutes later, they received reports of a “bloody man” chasing a maintenance worker from the same San Juan Mobile Estates community.

Gerdvil had reportedly stolen the maintenance worker’s golf cart and was attempting to flee the area. He was caught a short time later near a bike trail when a deputy fired his gun, hitting Gerdvil.

The suspect was transported to the hospital, where he is in stable condition, according to the sheriff’s news release. Once Gerdvil is medically cleared, he will be booked on two counts of homicide, officials said.

A motive for the killings has not been released. The police officer’s shooting of the suspect also remains under investigation.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/son-41-arrested-elderly-couple-161631605.html

Samuel Gizaw Charged In Jayda Woods-Johnson Murder

Samuel Gizaw is an alleged teen killer from Washington State who has been charged with the murder of thirteen year old Jayda Woods-Johnson

According to police reports Samuel Gizaw was at the Alderwood Mall in Lynwood Washington and had a confrontation with a group of teenagers. Gizaw would allegedly pull out a gun and chased the group firing the gun at a teen who punched him however he would miss and the bullet would strike and kill thirteen year old Jayda Woods-Johnson

Samuel Gizaw would flee from the scene however he would later turn himself over to police accompanied by his parents

Samuel Gizaw has been charged with murder

Samuel Gizaw News

The teenager suspected of a deadly shooting at Alderwood Mall on July 3 now faces murder and firearms charges.

Snohomish County Prosecutors have charged 16-year-old Samuel Gizaw as an adult with first-degree murder with a firearm, second-degree murder with a firearm, first-degree assault with a firearm and juvenile in possession of a firearm.

According to charging documents obtained by FOX 13 News, Gizaw had gotten into an argument with five other teenage boys around 6:04 p.m. One of the boys told police Gizaw had made a “disrespectful comment” about a deceased person who was once associated with him, reportedly during a group phone call one year ago.

That boy punched Gizaw in the face during this mall confrontation, so Gizaw pulled out a handgun and chased him and the others down, according to court docs.

None of the other teens attacked him or had any weapons.

Gizaw shot at the teen who punched him and missed, instead shooting and killing 13-year-old Jayda Woods-Johnson, who was not involved in the fight, according to court docs.

Court records say Jayda was walking through the mall with her 11-year-old friend when she was hit by a bullet and fell to the ground. Her friend stayed with her, and other people at the mall attempted CPR on her.

An autopsy showed Jayda was shot in the back near her right shoulder. The bullet went through her right lung and heart, and emerged from the upper left area of her chest.

Police responded within a minute of the shooting and took over CPR on Jayda, and she later died from her injuries at Providence Hospital. Alderwood Mall was locked down for an hour while police looked for the suspect.

Gizaw’s parents later drove him, at his request, to the Mukilteo Police Department. They told detectives they had driven him and his friend to Alderwood Mall earlier in the day to see a movie. His father told detectives he did not know how his son had access to any weapons.

Prosecutors are requesting that his bail be raised to $2 million after discovering images on social media of Gizaw posing with firearms prior to the shooting at the mall.

The gun used to kill Jayda has still not been located.

Detectives say they have seen posts on social media in which an uninvolved individual boasts that police will not find the firearm, indicating arrangements were made to dispose of the evidence.

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/alderwood-mall-murder-charge

Alyssa Bustamante Parole Hearing July 8 2024

Alyssa Bustamante is a teen killer who would be convicted of the murder of nine year old Elizabeth Olson in 2009

According to court documents Alyssa Bustamante would lure Elizabeth Olson into the woods in St. Martins Missouri where she would stab the little girl to death before burying her body in a shallow grave. Bustamante was fifteen years old at the time of the murder

Alyssa Bustamante would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to life in prison. However the laws surround sentencing juveniles to life in prison would change since she has been incarcerated and now the teen killer is eligible for parole after serving fifteen years in prison

On Monday, July 8 2024, Alyssa Bustamante will go in front of the Missouri parole board and beg to be released. Due to the nature of the murder and Elizabeth Olson family strongly opposing her release chances are Bustamante will stay just where she is. Unfortunately for the Olson family they are going to have to keep facing this teen killer at every foreseeable parole date

Alyssa Bustamante Parole News

A Cole County woman who killed a 9-year-old when she was a teenager will get a chance at a release from prison on Monday.

The Missouri Parole Board at a hearing will consider releasing Alyssa Bustamante from prison or continuing the life sentence she received when she was a teenager. She is serving the sentence at Chillicothe Correctional Center in northern Missouri.

Bustamante pleaded guilty in 2012 to a reduced charge of second-degree murder and armed criminal action for killing 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten in 2009. Investigators say Bustamante wrote that stabbing Olten excited her. Searchers found Olten’s body buried in a shallow grave in St. Martins, where the two lived.

The plea deal at the time would have made Bustamante eligible for parole in 2044, but state lawmakers in 2021 made some juvenile offenders eligible for parole after serving 15 years in prison for any sentence lasting 15 years or longer. Only juvenile offenders in prison for first-degree murder do not receive the earlier parole eligibility. One of the sponsors of the legislation told ABC 17 News in 2021 that the changes were not made to help cases like Bustamante’s.

The six-person board will hold the hearing to decide whether Bustamante is eligible for release. The board’s website says that the panel discusses and reviews how she has fared in prison, her conduct and programs completed while there and “any other issues the Board thinks is relevant.” Victims and their families can attend the hearing and give a statement.

Olten’s mother, Patty Preiss, told ABC 17 News in a written statement that she and her husband would attend the parole hearing to “beg the parole board not to vote to let her out.” Preiss said she received an automated message from the state about the parole date setting on Mother’s Day.

“I will relive my pain for them if it means it could make any difference at all,” Preiss said. “There is very little I can do for my daughter now but show up.”

Lawmakers have tried to exclude juvenile offenders convicted of second-degree murder, like Bustamante, from receiving the earlier parole eligibility. The chambers passed the measure in SB 754 this year, which Gov. Mike Parson has not yet acted upon. Preiss said she hoped the governor might still act on the bill before the hearing, which she said would nullify Bustamante’s eligibility.

“I still hope maybe the governor can find time to sign the bill before Monday,” Preiss wrote. “After all, this was a bill that they told me they wanted to call ‘Elizabeth’s Law.'”

Anji Gandhi, Cole County’s current senior assistant prosecuting attorney, worked on the Bustamante case as it proceeded to the eventual plea. She said the family believed when the plea was worked out that Bustamante would not be eligible for parole for decades.

“It is frustrating that the family will have to face Alyssa Bustamante on Monday and re-open the gruesome facts of this case simply because the bill wasn’t signed in time to make the hearing a nullity,” Gandhi said.

The panel takes “approximately 8-12 weeks” to make a decision on parole eligibility. The panel may decide to grant an early release at a future date or be rescheduled for another hearing in one to five years.

Parole hearing set for Cole County woman who killed child as a teen

Alyssa Bustamante Parole Denied

The Missouri Board of Parole denied convicted Cole County killer Alyssa Bustamante an early release from prison.

Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann told ABC 17 News that Bustamante’s next hearing is expected to take place in 2029. Some advocates for keeping Bustamante in prison longer say a new state law should push that parole eligibility even further back.

Bustamante became eligible for an early release from her second-degree murder conviction when state lawmakers changed the rules for people convicted of crimes when they were teenagers. Bustamante pleaded guilty in 2012 to killing 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten in St. Martins. Bustamante was 15 years old when she killed Olten in 2009. The board held the parole hearing on July 8.

Olten’s stepfather, Gary Bemboom, was notified of the parole board’s decision last week

Bemboom said he’s hopeful Bustamante’s parole schedule will return to what it was before the 2021 change state lawmakers made for juvenile offenders. Senate Bill 754, signed on July 9 by Gov. Mike Parson, precludes those convicted of first- and second-degree murder from receiving parole eligibility after serving 15 years of their sentence. That would make Bustamante eligible for parole in 2044.

Bemboom said the parole hearing was “another day of grieving” for the family.

“All of the hurt and pain was thrown back in the family’s face,” Bemboom said in an email. “Bustamante described how and why she killed Elizabeth with details that weren’t allowed at her trial. It was a devastating day for all that were there.”

Cole County prosecutor Locke Thompson told ABC 17 News in a text message that he was glad to learn that the parole board denied her an early release. He said SB 754 may nullify the 2029 parole hearing when the law takes effect Aug. 28.

“I hope that the implementation of Senate Bill 754 next month pushes [any] future parole hearing far beyond 2029,” Thompson said.

Bustamante, now 30 years old, has been in custody since 2009.

Convicted teen killer Alyssa Bustamante denied parole; hearing reset for 2029

Darien Turner Murders Christian Colon In Florida

Darien Turner is an accused killer from Florida who has been charged with the murder of his ex stepfather Christian Colon

According to police reports Darien Turner would go to the luxury home of his ex stepfather Christian Colon in Fort Lauderdale Florida and fatally shoot the man. At this time police are still trying to figure out why Darien would murder Colon

Darien Turner would be arrested and charged with premeditated murder. Apparently Turner made a statement to arresting officers that he is responsible for Christian Colon murder

Darien Turner News

A 23-year-old man appeared in court on Sunday in Broward County after confessing to fatally shooting a 44-year-old man he knew well, records show.

Police officers arrested Darien Turner on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale’s Nurmi Isles after he fatally shot Christian Colon, who had been in a relationship with his mother. A judge ordered a mental health screening.

According to Detective Ali Adamson, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, police officers found him dead shortly after 10:45 a.m., along Nurmi Drive, north of East Las Olas Boulevard

Broward County inmate records show Turner is facing a charge of premeditated murder.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2024/07/07/police-man-23-stands-accused-of-murder-in-fort-lauderdales-nurmi-isles

Darien Turner More News

A man is accused of shooting and killing his former stepfather at a mansion amid the 4th of July weekend. Darien Massad Turner, 23, sits in the Broward County jail in Florida as of Sunday, online records show.

Police reportedly said they found his former stepfather, Christian Colon, 44, dead from gunshot wounds at the home.

Cops said they got a call about the shooting at the residence along the 100 block of Nurmi Drive at around 10:50 a.m. on Saturday, according to Fox Miami affiliate WSVN. The outlet described the neighborhood as having various multimillion dollar homes.

Jesus Sarmiento, who works in the area, reportedly characterized the shooting as out of character for the locale.

“It’s not normal,” he told the outlet in Spanish.

“I heard someone got, like, shot,” Raul Fernandez, who was visiting the neighborhood, told NBC Miami affiliate WTVJ. “[This is] some Miami Vice-type stuff. This is not something I’d ever expect. I don’t know how to take something like this.”

He described waking up to find police “everywhere,” according to WSVN.

“We have kids over there,” he said. “We have little kids. Just to know someone got shot, it’s like, wow.”

WTVJ said people inside the home where Colon died declined to speak to them about the incident.

Darien Turner faces a count of premeditated murder. Police did not immediately suggest a motive or present a sequence of events leading up to the shooting. The arrest affidavit is not available online.