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Savvas and his wife, Amy  Photo Source: WashingtonPost Savvas Savopoulos, his wife, Amy, his son, Phillip, and the housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa, were tortured and murdered in their home on May 13 and 14. Investigations have shown that the son burned to death, while the other three were stabbed, or suffered blunt force trauma, and covered with gasoline, then the house was set on fire. The Savopoulos' Porsche was found burning in a church parking lot not too long afterward the house was found. There were several questionable happenings around the time of the murder. Savvas' assistant was giving direction to drop of $40,000 on the doorstep of the house, which is looking like the main reason for these deaths, but the police are not exactly sure yet. The second housekeeper got a voice mail telling her that she had the day off and got a text the following day to remind her not to go to the house. The scene was discovered when Veralicia's husband came to check on her a...

Angelika Graswald was charged for second degree murder and manslaughter of her fiance, Vincent Viafore, on Tuesday. The second degree murder charge can carry maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and manslaughter can be up to 15 years in prison. Prosecutors had said that Graswald pulled the drain pug from Viafore's kayak before their trip, tampered with his paddle, and then passively sat in her kayak as he drowned. Witnesses said that Graswald intentionally turned over her own kayak, and then she was rescued by another boater and treated for hypothermia. Photo Source: Allyse Pulliam/Times Herald-Record via AP The 911 call center received a phone call on April 19, 2015 about 20 after Viafore's kayak tipped over in the Hudson river. Graswald told the 911 line that Viafore disappeared into the water without a life jacket. Viafore's body was found over a month later on May 23, 2015. While Viafore's body was missing, Graswald was posting various photos with joke...

Photo Source:  Inquisitr Last July, Noelle Shawver, 5 years old, was accidentally shot and killed by another 5 year old during a play date while the adults were in another room. Rusty and Ashlee Lish were charged with misdemeanor injury to a child after Noelle was shot and killed by another five year old in their Chubbuck home. Bannock County prosecutors have reached a deal with Rusty and Ashlee Lish, the couple charged in the accidental shooting of five year old, Noelle Shawver. The deal came a day before the Lish's were due back incourt for a pretrial hearing. Prosecutor, Steve Muhonen, told KPVI that the Bannock County Prosecutors Office worked closely with the Shawver's family to come up with the agreement. Under the agreement the rosecutor's office has dropped the single charge of misdeamor injury to a child against the Lish's. In return, the Lish's will have to attend a court certified parenting course, family counseling, and they are barred from owni...