The trial of a policewoman accused of murdering five relatives and a boyfriend to cash in on insurance claims has captivated South Africa, struck by her brass in the face of blood-curdling allegations.

Eyebrows raised in defiance, Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu, 46, sat nonchalantly in the dock of a Johannesburg court on Monday, hair pinned into two lopsided buns.

A formerly respected cop, she has puzzled South Africans with her frivolous court behaviour, pulling faces and throwing peace signs at cameras.

Prosecutors have compiled a chilling litany of evidence against her.

Between 2012 and 2017, they say, her cousin, sister, boyfriend, niece, nephew and another relative were found dead -- bludgeoned, strangled or shot.

Ndlovu is the main suspect behind their murders, accused of taking out life and funeral insurance in the victims' names and claiming the money after their death.

Her trial has kept South Africans glued to their television screens since it kicked off in mid-September.

Ndlovu walked confidently into the courtroom on Monday in shiny black heels and a green dress, grey shawl wrapped around her shoulders.

She denies any wrongdoing.

"I am not the person who took out my (murdered) sister's insurance policies," she said in Tsonga through a translator, crunching up her nose as the prosecutor pushed on with the cross-examination.

'Caught red-handed'

Twitter has been abuzz with screenshots of Ndlovu's blasé expressions and thickly painted eyebrows twisted into odd shapes.

Initially relishing the media attention, she turned aggressive last week and hurled potato chips at photographers, prompting police to leg-shackle her.

She has teared up several times in court, particularly at the mention of her late boyfriend.

The trial has been adjourned on two occasions after she complained of dizziness and chest pains.

"It's not your typical South African raping and killing serial murderer," forensic psychologist Gerard Labuschagne told AFP via telephone. "It's a woman, she's a cop, and (almost) all her victims were family members."

Investigators allege Ndlovu made around 1.4 million rand ($93,000) from her bloody deeds.

She has been charged with several counts of murder, conspiracy and fraud.

The affidavit contains hair-raising details of her alleged modus operandi.

While hitmen are suspected to have carried out most of the dirty work, Ndlovu is said to have personally taken care of her sister Audrey: poisoning her tea before strangling her.

She was caught red-handed in 2018, when one of her hitmen tipped off the police after she hatched a plan to burn down the house of another sister, prosecutors said.

The fire would have torched the woman and her five children, including a five-mont- old baby, knocked out by sleeping pills, their mouths stuffed with socks to avoid screaming.

It proved too horrific even for a professional killer.

Days earlier, a different hitman faltered at the sight of Ndlovu's elderly mother. He renounced the job, asked the frail lady for a cup of water, and left the house.

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Shoshana Strook was the 34-year-old daughter of Orit Strook, a highly influential, far-right lawmaker who currently serves as Israel’s Minister of Settlements and National Missions. 

In early 2025, Shoshana went to the police and took to social media. She claimed her parents and one of her brothers had subjected her to severe sexual and physical abuse beginning when she was a toddler. In her videos, she alleged she was raised in a "sadistic cult," was forced to attend "pedophile ceremonies," underwent conversion therapy, and claimed her father had pimped her out as a teenager. 

Rather than a transparent process, Israeli authorities placed a sweeping gag order on the case. The press was legally barred from publishing the names involved or the details of the allegations. The investigation was handled by the Lahav 433 unit, which ultimately closed the case citing a "lack of evidence." Crucially, the police decided against even questioning her parents. Critics and women’s rights groups immediately cried foul, pointing out the massive conflict of interest in local police investigating a sitting government minister. 

Orit Strook and the rest of the family fiercely denied the claims. They, along with some public figures, stated that Shoshana had been suffering from severe mental illness and false memory syndrome. (It is worth noting the family’s prior controversies; one of Shoshana’s brothers, Zviki, previously served prison time for kidnapping and abusing a Palestinian teenager and kicking a newborn goat to death). 

Shoshana spent her final months in hiding, publicly stating that there were active attempts to suppress her claims and that she feared for her life. A few weeks before her death, she launched a crowdfunding campaign, explaining she had fled her home for her safety and lacked stable housing.  On March 15, 2026, Shoshana was found dead in a vacation rental in Amirim, northern Israel. The Israeli police almost immediately announced that they did not suspect criminal involvement or foul play. Her mother casually announced her passing on Facebook.

The case leaves a deeply unsettling legacy. We are left with a 34-year-old woman who begged the public for help, an abruptly closed police investigation that refused to interrogate powerful suspects, and a government minister who remains untouched. Whether Shoshana was experiencing a tragic mental health crisis or was the silenced victim of unimaginable depravity, the shadow of a systemic cover-up continues to fuel public outrage.

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Juniper Blessing, a 19-year-old transgender woman, was found dead Sunday night inside a laundry room at the Nordheim Court Apartments near the UW campus.
The King County Medical Examiner determined Blessing suffered more than 40 stab wounds to her head, neck, shoulders, arms, and hands, according to court documents.

The Destiny Chiveral case out of Cecil County is one of those cases that just keeps getting darker the more details come out.

It started in Rising Sun, Maryland after a 911 call came in on the morning of December 4, 2025 for an unresponsive infant at a home on Leedle Circle.

EMS got there and found a 5-week-old baby girl. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Her name was Kai’Ella.

At first this sounded like a heartbreaking infant death where everyone was waiting to find out what happened. But once investigators started digging, things changed fast.

Maryland State Police homicide investigators got involved and started piecing together the hours before Kai’Ella died.

According to court records and reporting, they pulled phone data, videos, and search warrants and started building a timeline. People who had talked with Destiny that night reportedly described drinking, video calls, and normal everyday conversation while Kai’Ella was around.

The thing that makes it hit harder is that all of this was happening within just a few hours.

Investigators say videos from Destiny’s phone allegedly showed her becoming more intoxicated through the night. One reportedly showed her saying she was “too drunk” while trying to get over a baby gate. Another reportedly showed Kai’Ella crying on the couch shortly before investigators believe the fatal injuries happened.

Then came the autopsy findings.

According to court records, Kai’Ella had bleeding near the back of her brain around the cerebellum and a bruise on her forehead. Doctors reportedly concluded that a significant amount of force caused the head injuries.

And this is where investigators said things stopped lining up.

Destiny reportedly told investigators that she woke up and found Kai’Ella wedged between couch cushions and the back of the couch. She even demonstrated it with a doll.

But investigators said the injuries they found didn’t match that explanation. They reportedly told her the head injuries were unexplained by her account of what happened.

About a week later, Destiny Faith Chiveral, 24, was arrested and charged with:

• First-degree murder
• Child abuse resulting in death
• Related charges

She was held without bond.

The legal side is one thing.

But the part that sticks with me is Kai’Ella herself.

Five weeks old.

Not five months. Not five years.

Five weeks.

Long enough for people to start memorizing her little face, figuring out who she looked like, and imagining her whole future.

Then suddenly her name wasn’t being said in baby pictures anymore.

It was being said in court.

Dunblane is a close-knit town of around 10,000 people, situated on the edge of the Scottish Highlands yet well within reach of the country’s major cities. It sits in a fold of green hills above the River Allan, a few miles north of Stirling. In the 1990s it was the kind of commuter town where people moved to raise families. It was safe, quiet, and small enough that most people knew their neighbours. The children who attended Dunblane Primary School had grown up together. Many of their parents had grown up here too. It was not the kind of place where terrible things happened.
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On the morning of 13 March 1996, that changed forever.

Thomas Watt Hamilton was born in Glasgow on 10 May 1952. Shortly after his birth, his parents separated and later divorced. He and his mother moved in with her adoptive parents in Cranhill, Glasgow, and in 1956, when Hamilton was four-years-old, he was formally adopted by them. His name was changed to Thomas Watt Hamilton. He grew up believing that his natural mother was his sister. The family relocated to Stirling in 1963, and Hamilton spent the rest of his life in the area. His adoptive mother died in 1987. By 1996 he was living alone at 7 Kent Road, Stirling – a loner in a community that had long since grown wary of him.

In 1973, Hamilton was appointed assistant leader of the 4th/6th Stirling Scout group. Within months, complaints began to emerge about his conduct. Parents raised concerns that boys had been ordered to sleep in close proximity to Hamilton inside his van during expeditions. On 13 May 1974, his Scout Warrant was withdrawn and he was blacklisted by the Scout Association, meaning he could never hold another appointment within the organisation. Hamilton would spend the next two decades attempting to reverse that decision, writing letters to officials and politicians, but he was rebuffed at every turn.

Undeterred, he redirected his attention towards setting up and running boys’ clubs. Between 1981 and 1996 he organised and ran fifteen such clubs across the area, including the Dunblane Rovers, the Dunblane Boys Club, and the Bannockburn Boys Club, many of which were held on school premises. He taught gymnastics and sports, and took large numbers of photographs and video footage of the boys in attendance. Many of the images focused on the boys’ bodies and Hamilton had insisted that they wear particularly revealing swimwear. As the years passed, whispers began to circulate. Parents removed their sons from his clubs. Complaints were made to police. Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, the former head of Central Scotland Police’s child protection unit, wrote a report recommending that Hamilton’s firearm licence be revoked on account of his “unsavoury character” and “unstable personality.” No action was taken. There was no concrete evidence of a criminal offence.

Hamilton had obtained his first firearms certificate in his mid-twenties. Over the following two decades he bought progressively more weapons and joined several gun clubs, working diligently on his accuracy. In the six months prior to March 1996 he stepped up his rate of ammunition purchases and increased his attendance at gun clubs. In the weeks before the massacre, an anonymous nine-year-old boy later told police that Hamilton had been questioning him weekly for two years about the layout of the school’s gymnasium and the daily routine of the pupils. Those questions stopped one week before the attack…

https://morbidology.com/the-dunblane-massacre-20-years-on/

Oakley Carlson was born on December 6th 2016 to Andrew Carlson and Jordan Bowers in Oakville, Washington. Carlson and Bowers relationship was tumultuous and marked by drug use, gambling and domestic violence which eventually led to the removal of Oakley and her siblings from their care in September 2017.

Oakley was quickly placed with Jamie-Jo and Erik Hiles and lived with them up until just before her third birthday. The Hiles planned to adopt Oakley and she thrived in their care, enjoying a safe and happy childhood. Oakley was smart, highly empathetic and loved people. She enjoyed telling jokes and making people laugh, often following up with “Waka Waka” like Fozzie bear from the muppets. She was also a big fan of Disney movies, books and dancing, she regularly accompanied Jamie-Jo to practice and liked to dance to the songs played and could often be found fast asleep surrounded by books.

Jamie-Jo and Erik cared deeply about Oakley’s wellbeing and repeatedly raised concerns about her safety during visits with her biological parents. After one such visit which was supervised in March 2019, Oakley returned with red marks or scratches on her face and an unchanged diaper, the supervisor could not explain how she had got the marks but Jamie-Jo was ignored when she highlighted this in a visit log to DCYF case worker Angela Fries. In September 2019, Jamie-Jo and Erik had their life turned upside down when they were informed that Oakley was going to be returned to the care of her parents in January 2020. They fought this decision continuously, expressing worries such as the unexplained scratching, how fast things were moving, Oakley having described witnessing domestic violence during a visit and neither parent having a job. All these concerns were shut down with case workers telling them that “she isn’t your daughter” being poor isn’t a reason for someone to not have their children” and “that Oakley loved her mom and dad”. November 29th 2019, Oakley was abruptly returned to the care of her parents, even earlier than previously planned. The Hiles begged DCYF not to take her and likened the experience of her being removed to that of a bereavement.the year following her return to her biological parents, the Hiles remained concerned about Oakley. In January 2021, Jamie-Jo was shown a photo originally taken on Christmas Day 2020 of Oakley where she appeared to have a black eye. She also heard rumours about Carlson being fired for drug use. When Jamie-Jo consulted with Elma police chief Susan Shultz she was advised to contact Washington DCYF and a sheriff in that jurisdictional area could be sent to Oakley’s home to conduct a wellness check. Jamie-Jo called to report what she knew and was talked to sternly by an intake worker who told her that because she hadn’t witnessed any incidents firsthand he presumed her information was incorrect, and warned her she could get in trouble for false reports, Jamie-Jo said she was a mandated reporter and very concerned about Oakley's safety. In February 2021, Washington DCYF opened a case and a caseworker was sent to check on Oakley and her siblings. However the case was closed without anyone actually seeing Oakley. In February 2021, Washington DCYF opened a case and a caseworker was sent to check on Oakley and her siblings. However the case was closed without anyone actually seeing Oakley. On November 6th 2021, Andrew Carlson calls dispatch just before 5pm to report a fire that had occurred around 10am that morning. He said his daughter Oakley had set fire to the couch with a cigarette lighter but that no response was needed and he had put the fire out himself. Bowers told others that Oakley had started the fire and her and Carlson fought it for hours by themselves. Throughout November 2021, local elementary school principal Jessica Swift, whose daughter was friends with Oakley’s sibling, began to get concerned about Oakley. She arrived several times at the residence to drop off supplies and each time did not manage to see Oakley. On December 4th, during a play date at her home with Oakley’s sibling, she asked where Oakley was and her sibling got very upset saying “Oakley is no more”. The following day, Swift asked the sibling again about Oakley and whether she lived with them and was told no. Swift became so concerned that on December 6th she requested a wellness check with the Grays Harbour County Sheriff’s Office. The following day, Swift asked the sibling again about Oakley and whether she lived with them and was told no. Swift became so concerned that on December 6th she requested a wellness check with the Grays Harbour County Sheriff’s Office. Swift became so concerned that on December 6th she requested a wellness check with the Grays Harbour County Sheriff’s Office.December 6th 2021 at 10am: Tumwater Police Department officers initiated a wellness check for Oakley. Her parents were interviewed at the Extended Stay America in Tumwater. After being confronted Carlson leaves the hotel and reports Oakley missing at 3:31pm on Thurston County’s non-emergency line, he states that he hasn’t seen Oakley since November 30th. During his statement to law enforcement Andrew also makes comments to the effect of Oakley being dead, or not coming back or a reunion”. That evening both Carlson and Bowers are booked into jail on suspicion of first degree manslaughter. The case as it stands today.

August 16 - During rehearsal in The Culver Studio, Los Angeles, Michael Jackson finds out the Los Angeles Police Department's Sexually Exploited Child Unit began a criminal investigation.

He opted not to sing or dance, just watch from the sidelines, and by the end he breaks down crying. It’s important to note he knew about the allegations since at least early/mid July, after hearing the secretly recorded phone convos between Evan and David Schwartz.

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Three-year-old Nola Dinkins first showed up in the news because of a horrifying Amber Alert.

On June 10, 2025, her mom, Darrian Randle, told police a man with a gun kidnapped Nola off the side of the road in Newark, Delaware. Everybody was freaking out. Phones were going off with Amber Alerts, people were sharing her picture everywhere, and strangers were out searching hoping this baby would be found safe.

But almost right away, police started noticing things weren’t adding up. Cameras didn’t match the story. Witnesses didn’t either. And by the next day, the Amber Alert got canceled. What started as a terrifying kidnapping case turned into something way darker.

According to investigators, Nola had already died before the fake kidnapping was ever reported. Police say she was beaten with a belt inside a home in Cecil County until she stopped responding. Randle’s boyfriend, Cedrick Antoine Britten, allegedly tried CPR, but Nola never woke back up.

Then the details got even worse. Prosecutors say Nola’s body was put into a suitcase and left in a basement overnight before being dumped in a wooded area near North East, Maryland. Later, police found remains believed to be hers wrapped in plastic in a vacant lot. Investigators say Britten even drew them a map to where she was left.

That’s honestly the part that sticks with people. While thousands of people were sharing Amber Alerts, praying, searching, and hoping this little girl would come home alive… police say she was already gone the entire time.

Nola was only three years old. She should’ve been safe. She should’ve been loved. Instead, her last days were apparently filled with fear and pain, and that’s the kind of thing that sits heavy on people long after the headlines disappear.

On September 25, 2025, Randle appeared virtually from the Cecil County Detention Center for her initial appearance in the Circuit Court for Cecil County after she was indicted by a Cecil County Grand Jury. Two of the eleven charges Randle faces are First Degree and Second-Degree Murder. Randle is also charged with Child Abuse First Degree resulting in the death of a child under the age of thirteen. Several of Randle’s charges carry a maximum penalty of life in prison. During the Circuit Court hearing, Judge Robert E. Sentman granted the State’s request for Randle to be held without bond.

Britten, Randle’s boyfriend at the time of the murder, was also charged with crimes related to the child’s death, and he remains incarcerated at the Cecil County Detention Center where he is being held without bond.

The kids found hanged in the basement of their home in September 2019.Lisa Snyder was found guilty of first-degree murder in September 2024 for the deaths of her children. Snyder initially claimed the deaths were a suicide staged by her son, but investigations found evidence she planned the murders and purchased the dog leash used in the crime on the same day.

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Taylen has been found in the mouth of an alligator in a pond a few miles from their apartment. Father charged with 2 counts of murder

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — St. Pete police announced that Taylen Mosley’s body was found in an alligator’s mouth on Friday afternoon.

Police said they spotted an alligator with an object in its mouth. Officers fired a round at the alligator and it dropped the object.

Chief Anthony Holloway said officers were able to retrieve Taylen’s body intact.

”It is with great sadness that Taylen Mosley has been found,” Holloway said.

Taylen’s father is being charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

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