Warnings circulate over men with violent pasts on dating apps
There is growing alarm online after recent social media posts warn that two men convicted of killing women have been active on dating apps in Alberta.
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Family and friends of murdered Idaho students speak of love and anger at killer's sentencing
Friends and relatives of four University of Idaho students murdered in their rental home by Bryan Kohberger delivered powerful statements of love, anguish and condemnation at his sentencing hearing Wednesday. "This world was a better place with her in it," Scott Laramie, the stepfather of Madison Mogen, told the court. "Karen and I are ordinary people, but we lived extraordinary lives because we had Maddie." The father of Kaylee Goncalves taunted Kohberger for leaving his DNA behind and getting caught despite being a graduate student in criminology at nearby Washington State University at the time. "You were that careless, that foolish, that stupid," Steve Goncalves said. "Master's degree? You're a joke." Judge Steven Hippler ordered Kohberger to serve four life sentences without parole for four counts of first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing deaths of Mogen, Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin early on Nov. 13, 2022. He was also given a 10-year sentence for burglary and assessed $270,000 US in fines and civil penalties. The defendant pleaded guilty early this month, just weeks before his trial was to start, in a deal to avoid the death penalty. Kohberger broke into the home through a kitchen sliding door and brutally stabbed the four friends, who appeared to have no connection with him. No motive has been offered, and Kohberger chose not to speak at the hearing. Dylan Mortenson, a roommate who told police of seeing a strange man with bushy eyebrows and a ski mask in the home that night, sobbed as she described how Kohberger, seated across the room in an orange jumpsuit, "took the light they carried into each room." "He is a hollow vessel, something less than human," Mortenson said. "A body without empathy without remorse." Mortenson and another surviving roommate, Bethany Funke, described crippling panic attacks and anxiety after the attack. "I slept in my parents' room for almost a year, and had them double lock every door, set an alarm and still check everywhere in the room just in case someone was hiding," Funke wrote in a statement read by a friend. "I have not slept through a single night since this happened. I constantly wake up in panic, terrified someone is breaking in or someone is here to hurt me, or I'm about to lose someone else that I love." 'Delusional, pathetic, hypochondriac loser' Alivea Goncalves's voice didn't waver as she asked Kohberger questions about the killings, including what her sister's last words were. She drew applause after belittling Kohberger, who remained expressionless as she insulted him. "You didn't win, you just exposed yourself as the coward you are," Alivea Goncalves said. "You're a delusional, pathetic, hypochondriac loser." Kohberger's mother and sister also attended the hearing, sitting in the gallery near the defence table. His mother quietly wept at times as the other parents described their grief. She sobbed briefly when Maddie Mogen's grandmother said that her heart goes out to the other families, including Kohberger's. Kim Kernodle, Xana Kernodle's aunt, said she forgave Kohberger and asked him to call her from prison, hoping he would answer her lingering questions about the killings. "Bryan, I'm here today to tell you I have forgiven you, because I no longer could live with that hate in my heart," she said. "And for me to become a better person, I have forgiven you. And any time you want to talk and tell me what happened, get my number. I'm here. No judgment." Police initially had no suspects in the killings, which terrified the rural western Idaho city of Moscow. Some students at both universities left mid-semester, taking the rest of their classes online because they felt unsafe. A knife sheath left near Mogen's body had a single source of male DNA on the button snap, investigators said, and surveillance videos showed a white Hyundai Elantra near the rental home around the time of the murders. Police used genetic genealogy to identify Kohberger as a possible suspect and accessed cellphone data to pinpoint his movements the night of the killings. Online shopping records showed Kohberger had purchased a military-style knife months earlier, along with a sheath like the one at the home. Kohberger was arrested in Pennsylvania about six weeks after the killings. Both the investigation and the case drew widespread attention. Discussion groups proliferated online, with members eagerly sharing their theories and questions about the case. Some armchair web-sleuths pointed fingers at innocent people simply because they knew the victims or lived in the same town. Misinformation spread, piling additional distress on the already-traumatized community.
CTV News
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- CTV News
Man charged following viral video of him driving on a sidewalk in Brampton
The man behind the wheel of a Lexus caught on video speeding along a Brampton sidewalk in an effort to bypass traffic has been charged. The man behind the wheel of a Lexus caught on video speeding along a Brampton sidewalk in an effort to bypass traffic has been charged. In a release on Wednesday, Peel police said officers from their Safer Roads Team were able to locate and arrest the driver. A video posted online showed a white Lexus sedan using the sidewalk to get around traffic while pedestrians were standing at a bus shelter and in the intersection. Police say an investigation of the video determined the incident happened along Bovaird Drive West, near Gillingham Drive, on June 11. The driver of the vehicle, 56-year-old Ranjit Singh of Brampton, was arrested and charged with dangerous operation and stunt driving on July 8, according to police. His driver's licence has been suspended for 30 days, and the Lexus was impounded for 14 days.
CTV News
22 minutes ago
- CTV News
Police searching for suspects in Scarborough Indian restaurant arson cases
Toronto police are attempting to identify two suspects in connected arson cases. (Credit: Toronto Police Service) Police have released surveillance camera images of two suspects wanted in connection with a pair of deliberately set fires at Indian restaurants in Scarborough in May. The fires were set at two separate restaurants in the Lawrence Avenue and Kennedy Road area over the span of less than 24 hours. Police have said that they believe the cases to be connected. The first fire occurred at around 2:47 a.m. on May 23. Police have previously said that two masked men broke into Shaaz Indian cuisine, located in the vicinity of Lawrence Avenue and Kennedy Road. Police say that the suspects poured an accelerant inside the restaurant and lit it before fleeing the scene. Police said in a press conference that there were employees inside but that they escaped the blaze in time. The next day, on May 24 just before 4 a.m., police say that two men in forced their way into Bisi Bisi in the same area. Again, police say the suspects poured accelerant inside the restaurant before lighting it. This time, investigators reported that the suspects fled the area in a vehicle. CTV News Toronto previously obtained security footage from outside the restaurant showing two suspects, one of whom was carrying a red cannister, forcing their way inside. Arson Suspect Toronto police are seeking the public's assistance in finding two suspects in arson cases. (Credit: Toronto Public Service) Moments later the suspects emerge from the restaurant and one person lights a fire and throws it through the door before the building bursts into flames. Police say that the suspects were seen driving a silver SUV that is possibly a Honda CRV. The vehicle had a purple light on the driver's side of the dashboard. This past weekend did see another fire at a business in the plaza where Bisi Bisi is located. Police, however, have not connected this fire to the May arsons or deemed it suspicious at this point. Police are seeking the public's assistance in locating the two suspects. Investigators have released surveillance images of the suspects to help the public in identifying them.
