Timur Bekmansurov Gets Life For Perm University Massacre

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Timur Bekmansurov was an eighteen year old teen killer when he would commit a massacre at the Perm University in Russia that would leave six people dead and forty seven others injured. According to court documents Timur Bekmansurov was a law student at the time of the attack in which using a hunting rifle he would kill six people and injure forty seven others. Timur Bekmansurov would be arrested and would ultimately plead guilty hoping that he would not receive the maximum sentence however in the end he would be sentenced to life without parole

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A Russian teenager was on Wednesday sentenced to life in jail for killing six people in a shooting spree on a university campus in 2021, investigators said.

During an attack — one of the worst in recent Russian history — first year law student Timur Bekmansurov roamed through a busy university campus in the Urals city of Perm, some 1,300 kilometres east of Moscow, wielding a hunting rifle.

The shooting by the 19-year-old claimed the lives of one man and five women aged between 18 and 66, and injured dozens more before Timur Bekmansurov was arrested.

He was found guilty on multiple counts of murder committed “for motives relating to hooliganism” and sentenced to life in prison, the Investigative Committee said in a statement. 

During his trial, Bekmansurov fully admitted his guilt and asked the court for a more lenient sentence. 

The Perm shooting in September 2021 was the second such attack that year, after a 19-year-old former student shot dead nine people at his old school in the city of Kazan in May. 

Mass shootings at schools and universities in Russia are relatively rare and prompted lawmakers to tighten laws regulating access to guns.

The last major shooting took place in September in the central Russian city of Izhevsk, where a man opened fire in his former school, leaving 18 people dead, most of them children.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/12/28/russian-university-shooter-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-a79829

Latarsha Sanders Gets Life For Voodoo Murders Of 2 Sons

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Latarsha Sanders is a woman from Massachusetts who was just sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her two young sons in what authorities called a Voodoo ritual. According to court documents Latarsha Sanders would stab 8-year-old Edson Brito and 5-year-old La’son Brito over a hundred times in what was called a Voodoo ritual. However another theory was that Latarsha Sanders planned the murders so she would be able to create a Gofund Me campaign in order to profit over the killings. Latarsha Sanders was convicted of 2 counts of murder and one count of witness intimidation. She was automatically sentenced to two life terms without the possibility of parole.

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A mother from Brockton, Massachusetts, allegedly stabbed her two young sons to death with a kitchen knife and then told police that their deaths were part of a voodoo ritual.

Latarsha L. Sanders, 43, was arrested earlier this week, Fox News reported. During her Tuesday arraignment hearing, Assistant Plymouth District Attorney Jessica Kenny said that Sanders claimed she stabbed her 8-year-old son Edson “Marlon” Brito for the ritual, but it didn’t work, according to the Boston Herald. So then, Sanders allegedly stabbed 5-year-old Larson Brito to death.

“She said she had stabbed him because she had ‘failed’ in the ritual with Marlon (Edson),” Kenny said. “She responded to police that she felt bad about what she had done.”

The elder son was stabbed 50 times, according to an early autopsy report. Police said that Sanders admitted to the murders.

According to the Boston Globe, just two days before the two boys were found brutally murdered, Sanders was allegedly talking about killing someone to get a human heart for her dying dad.

On Tuesday, the mother pleaded not guilty to murder. She is being held without bail, and it’s unclear if she has a lawyer who can represent her at this time.

Sanders’ mother, Earline Sanders, allegedly told police that Sanders was “mentally unstable and crazy” and refused treatment. She also said that Sanders had become obsessed with the Illuminati, rituals, numerology and sacrifices. Sanders was reportedly rambling about the Illuminati to her mother since Friday.

The discovery of the grisly murders occurred on Monday after Sanders ran screaming and crying to her neighbor. The boys were found under blankets. She told police she was motivated by “voodoo stuff,” reported the Boston Globe

“All crime scenes are grisly. But these victims were innocent children. This was a gruesome and disturbing and, most of all, a heartbreaking crime,” Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz said on Monday, according to the Boston Herald.

Voodoo practitioners and academics told the Globe the religion does not condone violence.

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/woman-murders-sons-part-voodoo-ritual

Alexandra Eckersley Leaves Newborn In Freezing Cold

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Alexandra Eckersley is a woman from New Hampshire who left her newborn in the freezing cold and wandered off. According to police reports Alexandra Eckersley would give birth to the newborn inside of a tent in New Hampshire before leaving the newborn. When she was asked the location of the newborn she refused to tell police. Eventually police were able to locate the newborn and Alexandra Eckersley would be arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, assault, falsifying physical evidence and felony charge of reckless conduct. Alexandra Eckersley who is the adopted daughter of MLB player Dennis Eckersley which is the only reason this particular case is getting any coverage

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A judge set bail Tuesday for a homeless woman accused of giving birth in the woods and abandoning her newborn on Christmas night.

Alexandra Eckersley, 26, appeared in court by phone from a hospital and pleaded not guilty to charges including second-degree assault, endangering the welfare of a child, falsifying physical evidence and reckless conduct.

In court Tuesday, prosecutor Carl Olson requested Eckersley be held on preventative detention. He argued that she was already out on bail for a separate endangering-the-welfare-of-a-child case out of Concord and failed to appear for an October court date in that case.

“Sometimes, actions really do speak louder than words, and her actions were not of somebody seeking help,” Olson said.

According to Olson, her family said they had offered to help and give her a place to stay – if she sought out treatment – and she did not do so. Her mother said she feels the safest place for Eckersley to be is incarcerated, according to officials.

“This is an incredibly fortunate circumstance that the child was found when it was, and it didn’t delay further,” Olson said.

Defense attorney Jordan Strand argued that Eckersley should be released on personal recognizance bail and that her actions, including calling 911 after the birth, show no evidence of dangerousness.

“I think that what this affidavit shows is that someone asked for help when they needed it,” Strand said. “This is a woman who unexpectedly gave birth while she is being unhoused and living in a tent, and we don’t penalize people for being unhoused and living in a tent.”

In her order, Judge Diane Nicolosi set bail at $3,000 cash. Conditions of bail include that Eckersley cannot have direct or indirect contact with her newborn son and that she must live at a sober living facility or with her parent or another residence approved by the state or court if no agreement is reached.

Eckersley was arrested Monday. She is accused of telling first responders she gave birth to a prematurely born baby boy on a soccer field. Crews searched in the wrong area for an hour before police said she informed them of the true location of the tent, officials said.

First responders raced down a footpath in the dark to reach the child, who was described by fire officials as moving, not crying, exposed and in the cold, without a blanket and next to a bed covered in blood. The temperature was around 15-18 degrees.

According to court paperwork, Eckersley said she did not know she was pregnant, but detectives said they spoke with someone who knew Eckersley and that she told them a week prior she was at least four months pregnant.

https://www.wmur.com/article/alexandra-eckersley-manchester-new-hampshire-news1/42349296

Jellisa Baxter Murders 3 Year Old Daughter

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Jellisa Baxter is a woman from Florida who has been charged with the murder of her three year old daughter. According to police reports Jellisa Baxter would stab her daughter repeatedly and then would call 911. When emergency personnel arrived at the scene it would be too late to save the little girl. Jellisa Baxter would be arrested and has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

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A young mother has been arrested and charged after she allegedly confessed to killing her 3-year-old daughter in their North Miami Beach home early Tuesday, court documents show.

Jellisa A. Baxter, 24, was being held Tuesday on no bond after she was booked on several charges, including first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse, according to court documents.

According to police, the woman has no local relatives and her father lives in New York. 

Police said she did not have a previous criminal record with local law enforcement agencies. 

Police said the young mother allegedly stabbed her young daughter several times in their third-floor apartment located in the 1000 block of NE 163rd Street.  

Investigators said the woman called 911 around 2 a.m. and told the emergency operator that she had stabbed the girl.

When police and fire rescue arrived, there were unable to save the girl.

According to the arrest affidavit, Baxter was in the living room wearing a white robe and the body of her young daughter was nearby.

The mother allegedly tried to strangle the girl to death but was unable to do and used a knife instead, the affidavit says. 

Paramedics said the girl suffered from “deep stab wounds” to her chest, neck and face. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

The knife believed to have been used during the killing was found next to her body and collected by police as evidence, court documents say.

Baxter was taken into custody and declined to speak further about the incident, according to the affidavit.

Julia Gutierrez, who owns a business in the area, said she’s been there two years and has never heard of anything like this happening before in the neighborhood.

“I have four kids with me so I’m so really scared,” she said. “We have a saying, you need to look for help, don’t do that to kids.” 

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/north-miami-beach-mother-in-custody-following-childs-death/

OPP Constable Grzegorz Pierzchala Shot And Killed

Grzegorz Pierzchala

OPP Constable Grzegorz Pierzchala was shot and killed in the line of duty outside of Hagersville Ontario while responding to a call. According to initial reports Constable Grzegorz Pierzchala was responding to a call regarding a vehicle in the ditch in the area of Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and next to Six Nations of the Grand River. The Constable would be fired upon and would later die from his injuries.

An alert went out telling people to stay in place while an intensive search for the male and female suspects. OPP would arrest a man and a woman shortly after. The male has been identified as 25-year-old Randall McKenzie (photo below) and Brandi Crystal Lyn Stewart-Sperry, 30, (see photo below.

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Brandi Crystal Lyn Stewart-Sperry and Randall McKenzie

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Two people are in custody after an Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was shot and killed in Hagersville, Ont.

Sources told Global News the officer was fatally shot on Tuesday, after stopping a vehicle that had been reported missing.

In a video posted to Twitter, the force said the incident occurred at around 2:40 p.m. on Tuesday in the Indian Line and Concession 14 Walpole.

According to police, the officer was responding to a vehicle in a ditch.

The force said the officer was shot and was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police said he was pronounced deceased in hospital

In a tweet later Tuesday evening, OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique identified the deceased officer as Provincial Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala.

He said Pierzchala was killed while “courageously serving in the line of duty.”

“Our hearts are with his loved ones and all OPP members at this tragic time,” he wrote.

In a press release, the force said Pierzchala was 28-years-old and had been an OPP officer for just over a year.

According to police, a male and female were seen fleeing from the scene after the shooting.

In an emergency alert issued Tuesday evening, the force said it was searching for 25-year-old Randall McKenzie, in a black, Chevrolet pickup truck.

The alert also included a photo of a woman, but did not identify or provide a description of her.

The alert said the suspects were believed to be armed, and requested members of the public in the area shelter in place while officers investigated

In an update just before 7 p.m., police confirmed to Global News that two suspects had been located in the bush and were taken into custody.

The alert was cancelled shortly after.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.

In a statement emailed to Global News, Hagersville Mayor Shelley Ann Bentley expressed her condolences.

“This is a horrific incident,” the statement read. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the officers family, as well as the OPP and first responders.”

Bentley said the incident is “currently under investigation.”

“On behalf of the county I express our deepest condolences and support in this tragedy,” she said.

In a tweet, Kawartha Lakes Police said the force’s “thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and colleagues of the #OPP officer who was killed in the line of duty today.”

Toronto Mayor John Tory offered his “heartfelt condolences” to Pierzchala’s family, colleagues, friends and community in a tweet Tuesday.

“We are all shocked and saddened by the tragic death of OPP Constable Grzegorz Pierzchala near Hagersville today,” he wrote.

Tory said the incident is a “sad reminder of the huge sacrifice law enforcement officers are called upon to make in serving and protecting us.”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he was “horrified” by the incident.

“Thank you to the officers who apprehended the suspects without incident,” he said in a tweet. “Our first responders are true heroes. We share in the pain felt by family, friends and the entire police community as Ontario mourns this loss.”

Hagersville is located approximately 50 kilometres southwest of Hamilton or about 30 kilometres south of Brantford.

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Murder charges were filed Wednesday against two people arrested after an Ontario Provincial Police officer Grzegorz Pierzchala was shot to death while on duty.

Court documents show that Randall McKenzie, 25, and Brandi Crystal Lyn Stewart-Sperry, 30, each faces one count of first-degree murder. The two are set for a court appearance Jan. 17.

Police said Constable Grzegorz Pierzchala, 28, was killed Tuesday afternoon while responding to a vehicle in a ditch just west of Hagersville, Ontario, about 28 miles southwest of Hamilton.

Thomas Carrique, commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, said at a news conference that Pierzchala was “essentially ambushed” after arriving at the scene and had “absolutely no chance of being able to defend himself.″

Police were still investigating the shooting to determine a motive and other details, he said.

Carrique alleged the suspects robbed a citizen of their vehicle at the scene after the officer was shot.

Grzegorz Pierzchala had been with the force for just over a year and had recently been notified that he had passed his 10-month probation period, the commissioner said.

Haldimand County Mayor Shelley Ann Bentley visited the shooting scene Wednesday with other community members to pay tribute to the officer.

“It is heartbreaking, disturbing, very upsetting for our community,″ she said. “These things just don’t happen in Haldimand County.″

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/2-charged-murder-killing-ontario-police-officer-95908637