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The South African
02-05-2025
- The South African
Four suspects arrested for allegedly killing two women in Gqeberha
Four suspects have been arrested by police after allegedly killing two women in Sakhasonke Village, Gqeberha on Thursday, 1 May 2025. According to police reports, at approximately 8:30 pm, SAPS Walmer officers responded to reports of gunfire. Upon arrival, police discovered two lifeless bodies of women aged 40 and 19 with multiple gunshot wounds. As detectives were examining the crime scene, crucial leads led the police to search local hospitals, where they arrested the first suspect. 'At Dora Nginza Hospital, they arrested a suspect receiving treatment for a leg injury, which was later connected to the Walmer murders. Further investigations led the members to a residence in Greenshields Park, where three more suspects were arrested,' the police statement read. During the operation, police seized a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun and a box of 9mm ammunition. Police are still investigating the motive behind the murders. The suspects are facing charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition and are set to appear at the Gqeberha Magistrate's Court on Monday, 5 May 2025. The SAPS in Limpopo are searching for suspects who killed a 78-year-old farmer on Wednesday, 30 April 2025, at Stoffkraal Farm, Harteles. 'A 78-year-old male victim was found by a family member with a cloth on his mouth and also tied with a wire inside the bathroom, with a pool of blood with visible severe wounds on the forehead,' said SAPS. His vehicle, a blue Cherry, was discovered abandoned after having overturned, about six kilometres from the crime scene. The police are pleading to anyone with information that can lead to the apprehension of the suspects to contact the Investigating Officer Sergeant Millicent Mokgomogane, on 076 614 0141 or Crime Stop number 08600 10111 or the nearest police station or the MySAPS App. Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1 Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
TimesLIVE
02-05-2025
- TimesLIVE
Four suspects arrested for murders of two Gqeberha women
Police have arrested four suspects aged between 28 and 46 for the alleged murders of two women in Sakhasonke Village, Gqeberha, on Thursday. The motive behind the killings of the women, aged 40 and 19, is under investigation. The arrest of the two suspects was the result of a joint operation led by the Nelson Mandela Bay district detective intervention task team and Operation Bamba members. 'On Thursday night at about 8.30pm, SAPS Walmer officers responded to reports of gunfire. On arrival they discovered the lifeless bodies of two women, aged 40 and 19, both with multiple gunshot wounds,' said Capt Sandra Janse van Rensburg. Acting on a lead, members expanded their search for the suspects to local hospitals. They arrested the first suspect at Dora Nginza Hospital while he was receiving treatment for a leg injury. 'Further investigations led the members to a residence in Greenshields Park, where three more suspects were arrested.' During the operation, police confiscated a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun and a box of 9mm ammunition. 'The suspects are facing charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition,' said Van Rensburg. They are set to appear in the Gqeberha magistrate's court on Monday.
The Herald
02-05-2025
- The Herald
Four arrested for murder of teenage girl and woman in Walmer
Four suspects will appear in the Gqeberha high court on Monday for their alleged involvement in the brutal double murder of a teenage girl and woman from Walmer township. Police spokesperson Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg said the lifeless bodies of the victims, aged 19 and 40, were found with multiple gunshot wounds in Sakhasonke Village, Walmer township, at about 8.30pm on Thursday. 'As detectives processed the crime scene, crucial leads prompted the task team and Operation Bamba members to expand their search to local hospitals. 'At Dora Nginza Hospital, they arrested a suspect receiving treatment for a leg injury, which was later connected to the Walmer murders.' She said further investigations led the police to a residence in Greenshields Park, where three more suspects were arrested. 'During the operation, police confiscated a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun and a box of 9mm ammunition. 'The motive behind the killings remains under investigation. 'The suspects, aged between 28 and 46, are facing charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.' The Herald
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Yahoo
Gulf war Army vet Jeffrey Hutchinson to be executed for murder of girlfriend, 3 children
Gulf war veteran Jeffrey G. Hutchinson is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in Florida on May 1 for the 1998 murders of his girlfriend and her three young children in Crestview. Hutchinson's attorneys have blamed his actions on brain damage and cognitive impairment from injuries suffered during the Gulf War, but an appeal to the Florida Supreme Court was unanimously denied on April 21. Maria DeLiberato, executive director of Floridians for Alternatives for the Death Penalty and liaison for Hutchinson's legal team, told USA TODAY that there are significant questions around Hutchinson's competency to be executed. "There should be a pause to have a full and fair and complete hearing to determine the significance of his long-standing mental illness and brain damage and how that impacted him back then, at the time of trial, his sentencing, and how it impacts his ability to proceed with this execution," DeLiberato said. However, when the state Supreme Court upheld an April 4 ruling against Huchinson from Okaloosa County Circuit Judge Lacey Powell Clark, the court said facts "that he was exposed to sarin gas and numerous explosions while serving in the Middle East as well as his various post-war symptoms" were well-known during or before his trial. If the execution goes as planned, Hutchinson will be the fourth execution in Florida and the 15th in the United States this year. A fifth Florida execution, for convicted murderer and serial killer Glen E. Rogers, is scheduled for Thursday, May 15, 2025. The previous executions were James Ford on Feb. 13, Edward James on March 20 and Michael Tanzi on April 8. Florida did not execute any inmates in 2020, 2021 and 2022 but put to death six men in 2023 and one man, Loran K. Cole, in 2024. Here's what to know. Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson, now 62, was convicted and sentenced to death for the quadruple murder in 1998 of his girlfriend Renee Flaherty, 32, and her three children, Geoffrey, 9, Amanda, 7, and Logan, 4. A former mechanic and security guard before joining the Army and becoming a paratrooper and Army Ranger, Hutchinson was raised in Florida but was living with Flaherty in Spokane, Washington, before they moved to the Sunshine State. Flaherty was estranged from her husband, who was stationed in Alaska, and Hutchinson was twice-divorced. Jeffrey Hutchinson: War 'broke' Army veteran before quadruple murder of mom, 3 kids, defense says According to court records, Hutchinson and Flaherty had been fighting on Sept. 11, 1998, before he packed some clothes and firearms into his truck and went to a nearby bar. As he drank, he told the bartender (an acquaintance) that he was "pissed off." Prosecutors said Hutchinson came back to the house with a Mossberg 12-gauge pistol-grip shotgun and shot and killed the occupants within an hour of leaving the bar. He shot each of the victims once in the head, they said, with the oldest child also shot in the chest. Hutchinson called the police and told a dispatcher, "I just shot my family." Police arrived to find him spattered with blood and lying in a daze on the garage floor, still holding the phone. During Hutchinson's sentencing, Florida Circuit Judge G. Robert Barron found that the veteran's Gulf War service didn't correlate to the murders, and said that Geoffrey's death was particularly heinous because he was alive and wounded in the chest when he was killed with a head shot, the Associated Press reported at the time. "The terror suffered in that moment is incomprehensible to this court," Barron said. "The defendant walked over to that 9-year-old boy and without pity, and without conscience, aimed the shotgun one final time." A broken promise: He promised to care for Washington mom and her 3 kids. Then he killed them all in Florida. At times, Hutchinson claimed the murders were carried out by two masked men, that he was heavily intoxicated at the time so it couldn't be first-degree murder, and that he had diminished responsibility due to mental disorders from his service. Hutchinson was diagnosed as suffering from Gulf War Syndrome, but the trial judge ruled him competent to stand trial. He was found guilty and given three death sentences for the children's murders and a life sentence for Flaherty. Multiple appeals over the years have been rejected or dismissed by the Florida Supreme Court, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Hutchinson's execution is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at Florida State Prison in Raiford. From 1924 until May 1964, the state of Florida executed 196 people. There were no executions from May 1964 until May 1976. In 1972, the United States Supreme Court struck down the death penalty, but it was reinstated in 1976. Florida has carried out 107 executions since then. Glen Rogers, known as "The Casanova Killer" or "The Cross Country Killer," is scheduled to be executed on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Rogers was convicted and sentenced to death in 1997 for the stabbing murder of Tina Marie Cribbs near Tampa two years previously. In 1999, Rogers was tried in California for raping and strangling Sandra Gallagher and was sentenced to death again. The two women were part of the four Rogers was believed to have killed, all red-haired and in their 30s, as he was driving across the country in 1995. At one point, Rogers claimed he'd killed nearly 70 people, although he later said he was kidding. He also claimed to have been paid by O.J. Simpson to kill Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1994, as explained in the documentary "My Brother the Serial Killer." James Powel, USA TODAY NETWORK, contributed to this story. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Florida execution today: Jeffrey Hutchinson to die for murders
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
A Gulf War veteran convicted of killing his girlfriend and 3 children is set for execution
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Gulf War Army veteran convicted of the shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three children has been scheduled for execution in Florida, the fourth death warrant signed this year by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Jeffrey Hutchinson, 59, is set to die by lethal injection May 1 at Florida State Prison near the city of Starke. DeSantis, a Republican, signed the death warrant Monday night. On the night of Sept. 11, 1998, in the panhandle town of Crestview, Florida, Hutchinson had an argument with his girlfriend, Renee Flaherty, and left to go to a bar, court records show. A bartender recalled that Hutchinson made remarks about their argument, drank some beer and then left abruptly. About 40 minutes later, investigators said, there was a call to 911 from Hutchinson's home in which someone later identified as him said, 'I just shot my family.' Police arrived to find Flaherty, 32, and her three young children — Geoffrey, 9; Amanda, 7; and Logan, 4 — dead from shotgun wounds. Hutchinson was found sitting in the garage with a phone in his hand, still connected to the 911 operator, the court records show. The murder weapon, a 12-gauge Mossberg shotgun, was found on a kitchen counter, and police say Hutchinson had gunshot residue on his hands. The Florida Supreme Court in 2022 rejected Hutchinson's appeals, which claimed new evidence had surfaced that could exonerate him. After his sentencing, Hutchinson said in court that he didn't kill anyone. 'I did not kill Renee and the kids and I believe I was framed,' he said. The judge's sentencing order noted that Hutchinson served eight years in the Army, including in the Gulf War, and that he had been diagnosed with Gulf War Illness, which produces a range of problems including pain, memory loss and insomnia. Two other executions have taken place in Florida this year, with a third upcoming next week. All are by lethal injection. On March 20, 63-year-old Edward James was executed for killing an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother in 1993. James Dennis Ford, 64, was put to death Feb. 13 for the 1997 slayings of a married couple while out on a fishing trip. A third inmate, 48-year-old Michael Tanzi, is scheduled to die by lethal injection April 8 for the kidnapping and murder of a woman in the Florida Keys in 2000.
