Christopher Lane, a 22-year-old Australian baseball player, was murdered while jogging in Oklahoma City by three "bored" teenagers who reportedly decidedly wanted to kill someone for fun.
31-year-old Derek Medina incriminated himself on Facebook, posting a picture of his wife's blood-stained body on his Facebook page, and said that he killed her. Medina turned himself in to police, according to his arrest affidavit. He was charged with first degree murder
A foul odor emanating from a home in East Cleveland prompted authorities to investigate it. There authorities discovered three bodies and arrested a registered sex offender who sent police and volunteers through a poor Ohio neighborhood in search of more victims on Sunday, the Associated Press reported. The three female victims' were found wrapped in plastic. The suspect has been identified as Michael Madison who is expected to be formally charged on Monday. Madison may have been influenced by Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell, according to East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton. Sowell who was convicted in 2001 for murdering 11 women and was sentenced to death.
Houston police have uncovered what they call a "prison room" in Texas where at least four victims were being held against their will. Local station KTRK reported that officers responded to the Houston home on Friday morning after a tip that four elderly men between 54 and 70 were being held captive in the garage.
