Children’s author Kouri Richins tried before to kill her husband, new counts allege

A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a children’s book about grief, now faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging him weeks earlier, on Valentine’s Day. Kouri Richins, 33, is accused of killing her husband with a lethal dose of fentanyl at their home in a small … Read more

Hours before dawn, police find man dead in Boston’s first fatal shooting of 2024

The sun had not yet risen and less than 6 hours of the new year passed before the city of Boston recorded its first shooting death of 2024. According to the Boston Police Department, officers assigned to District 11 in Dorchester were sent to High Street around 5:30 a.m. in response to reports a person … Read more

Brockton murder suspect held without bail after nearly 2-week search ends

A nearly two-week long search for a Brockton murder suspect ended Wednesday, and the suspect is now being held without bail, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz. Massachusetts State Police found Donta Hood, 33, at an Assonet home Wednesday after investigators obtained a warrant for his arrest on Dec. 8 relating to the … Read more