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…
Teen kills father’s girlfriend and her son
April 1, 1993 Pensacola, Florida Jason James Mahn (pictured) kills his father’s longtime love-in girlfriend and her son Jason was 19 at the time of the murders, and had recently reconnected with his father with whom he had not had contact since his parents’ divorce when Jason was 3 months old. Jason lived with his…
Man hanged for killing wife, children with axe
March 30, 1899 Harrisonville, Missouri Edwin Bates Soper is hanged for the murder of his wife and two children In April 1891, Soper suddenly announced to neighbors and acquaintances he had heard of a local “blind tiger” (an illegal saloon) and had decided to move there, then quickly sold his butcher shop and moved away.…
Man kills, dismembers wife
March 29, 2016 English, West Virginia Woody Wood Jr. kills and dismembers his wife Rebecca On or around March 29, Woody and Rebecca argued, ending in Woody shooting Rebecca in the head. He then dismembered her body, put the body parts into trash bags, and buried the remains in their basement. At some point, Woody…