Latest Husband and Wife Murders

Updated Friday Sep 22, 2023 12:29 AM

• Sep 22, 2023 Brian Lee Ziessler gets life for killing wife
  'Simply staggering': Day care operator and husband's .. Police arrested Brian Ziessler on Nov...
• Sep 22, 2023 Rintala murder jury views extensive blood evidence in basement
  Cara Rintala, 57, is charged with killing Cochrane Rintala, her wife, by strangulation and blunt force...
• Sep 14, 2023 West Richland woman accused in husband's murder appears in Benton Co. court
  West Richland woman accused in husband's murder appears in Benton Co ..
• Sep 8, 2023 Florissant man confessed to killing wife, neighbor, gets 20 years in prison
  Peter Chafin, 48, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years for the December 2016 strangulation death of his wife, ...
• Sep 7, 2023 Insanity plea entered in August murder case
  An attorney representing a Delaware man accused of killing his wife in an attempted murder-suicide has entered a “not guilty by reason of ...
• Sep 1, 2023 Husband charged in the murder of Avriel Hooks has criminal history, Hooks previously filed a protection order against him
  Nobody knows why Virginia Mom / wife Avriel Hooks married violent felon Michael Perry III. Wife's restraining order was "dissolved." Husband faced 2 trials for possessing guns. Sadly, husband stalked + murdered dear wife.
• Aug 31, 2023 Newton man charged with beating wife to death with baseball bat held without bail
  Richard Hanson, 64, appeared Thursday morning behind glass in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn where he pleaded not guilty...
• Aug 25, 2023 Court documents paint graphic picture of Elkhart homicide
  Indiana husband Matthew Thompson called 911. Wife Ciarra Thompson was unconscious, not breathing! Sadly, police found dead wife on bloody floor, near bloody couch. Alas, husband admitted punching wife until she hit her head on kitchen counter + died.
• Aug 18, 2023 Trampoline park shooter killed ex-wife's boyfriend, police say
  BALTIMORE - The suspect in a deadly weekend shooting at an indoor trampoline park in Maryland was visiting his daughter there when he shot his ...
• Aug 17, 2023 Ex-wife indicted in Jared Bridegan's ambush killing
  Businessman Jared Bridegan was shot to death in Jacksonville Beach in February 2022 as he drove his young daughter home.
• Aug 12, 2023 Judge sends Utahn to prison for 'unconscionable' murder of his wife as kids tried stopping him
  Utah husband John West Erickson Jr. said, "I snapped," after he murdered wife Utahna Halona with hunting knife. Sadly, couple's 7 and 11 year old children watched Daddy stab Mommy many times, but were unable to stop him.
• Aug 4, 2023 Woman sentenced following no-contest plea to husband's murder in Northumberland County - WNEP
  Lisa Karlaza was sentenced Thursday after a no-contest plea in the homicide death of her husband...
• Aug 4, 2023 Florida man, 78, arrested after death of wife whose dismembered remains were found in suitcases
  William Lowe Jr was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder and abuse of a body in the death of his 80-year-old wife Aydil Barbosa Fontes, Delray ...
• Jul 28, 2023 Las Vegas police report: man stabbed wife to death, led officers on chase
  Nevada wife Ma-Del Sagrario Diaz-Torres annoyed husband Alexander Marshall by speaking Spanish to waiter. Sadly, husband ended argument by strangling wife. Daughter tried to help, said he was jealous of wife's "interaction with males."
• Jul 28, 2023 Trial moves ahead for man accused of shooting his wife, man she was allegedly seeing
  Ultimately, the judge agreed - accepting five charges of child abuse as well as first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder...
• Jul 21, 2023 Virginia Beach wife admits to shooting husband, court docs claim; 'Incident caught on video'
  Virginia Beach Police say 30-year-old Christina Wang is charged with second degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony...
• Jul 21, 2023 Man sentenced for stabbing wife to death in Huron
  They discovered 35-year-old Bianca Reynosa had been stabbed in the neck while she slept...
• Jul 14, 2023 Affidavit says Evansville firefighter wrote letter describing 'issues of infidelity' before his murder
  Indiana husband Robert Doerr complained to wife Elizabeth Fox-Doerr about "issues of infidelity" in 2022. Sadly, instead of divorce - boyfriend shot husband 5 times. Incredibly, wife called 911. Wife's murder trial starts on October 23, 2023.
• Jul 7, 2023 Florida ex-ballerina uses 'stand your ground' defense in hopes of clearing murder rap
  Former Donald Trump fundraiser Ashley Benefield has invoked Florida's "stand your ground" law to justify the fatal shooting of her husband, ...
• Jun 30, 2023 Birthday party in Rineyville ends in homicide
  KY husband SSgt Jordan Henning had birthday party for wife Ashley Henning. Alas, neighbors left party because couple argued. Sadly, husband shot wife to end argument. Husband apologized for killing dear wife, after arrest.