January 6, 1999Port St. John, FloridaSiblings Curtis and Catherine Jones (ages 12 and 13, respectively) shoot their father’s girlfriend Sonya Speights (29) to death Thanks to reader Cade for suggesting the topic of this article! Curtis and Catherine waited for their father to leave the house, then fired upon Speights as she worked on a…
Man fatally shot by teenaged daughter, allegedly at the request of a ouija board
November 18, 1933St. Johns, ArizonaErnest Turley is shot by his daughter who had supposedly been instructed by a Ouija board to kill him The Turley family owned a ranch near St. Johns, Arizona and Ernest was in the ranch’s corral when he was shot. His 15-year-old daughter Mattie shot him in the back with a…
Teen stabbed to death at party following a petty dispute, allegedly by another teen
November 17, 2001Westwood, CaliforniaDeanna Maran (15) is fatally stabbed during an argument at a party, allegedly by 17-year-old Katrina Sarkissian The incident took place at an unsupervised party at another student’s house. While 15 people had been invited, approximately 40 teens were in attendance. Sarkissian’s 15-year-old half-sister had reportedly been running in the backyard of…
Teen kills mother and stepfather, either because of resentment over chores or prolonged abuse
October 26, 2009Monte Vista, ColoradoJohn Caudle (14) kills his mother and stepfather Caudle prepared for the shootings the night before, by taking two .22-caliber handguns from the home’s gun safe and stored them in his bedroom. When Caudle came home after school on October 26, he later told authorities, his mother Joanne Rinebarger (34) began…
Woman killed on side of road, ostensibly struck by a hit-and-run driver while trying to repair a flat tire
October 24, 1996Tulsa County, OklahomaTrisha Stemple (30) is killed on the side of the road, ostensibly after getting a flat tire According to Trisha’s husband, Timothy Shaun Stemple, the pair argued early on October 24 until Trisha announced she was going to leave to buy something for her headache. Trisha left around 2 a.m., and…
