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Police say Patrick Jesernik shot his wife Cheryl Jesernik, then himself, on Thursday. He'd reportedly told family members that he was afraid he and his wife had contracted the novel coronavirus. Experts predicted the stresses of the pandemic and lockdown could lead to an uptick in domestic violence. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. A man in Chicago suburb Lockport Township killed his...

A Chicago man is charged with first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault after killing a college student who ignored his catcalling, prosecutors said. Authorities said Ruth George, 19, was walking alone on campus to her parked car when Donald Thurman, 26, tried to speak to her. Thurman grew enraged at being ignored, then grabbed her around the neck from behind, threw her into her...

A well-known Russian historian and Napoleon expert confessed to murdering his lover, a former student of his, after he was rescued from the Moika River in Saint Petersburg with a backpack containing the woman's sawed-off arms. Oleg Sokolov, 63, told police he killed Anastasia Yeshchenko, 24, during an argument. He then says he sawed off her head, arms, and legs, and planned to get...

Five hitmen and the businessman who allegedly contracted the murder were sentenced to time in prison on October 17, at the Nanning Intermediate People's Court in China's southern Guangxi province, CNN reported. In October 2013, real estate developer Tan Youhui hired the first hitman, Xi Guangan, to take out his competitor, Wei, whose surname was only available, according to a court release. The businessman...

A former Texas police officer who shot and killed a woman in her own home over the weekend was booked at the Tarrant County Jail and charged with murder on Monday evening local time, according to local news reports. Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean shot Atatiana Jefferson, 28, through a window of her home while she was playing video games with her...