Mom Sentenced in Death of Quadriplegic Daughter

FLINT, Michigan - A Flint woman was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in prison for the death of her adopted quadriplegic daughter whose starved body was stashed in a storage unit. Lorrie Thomas appeared in Genesee County Circuit Court on Monday, a month after pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter. The body of 9-year-old Shylae Thomas was discovered in a storage unit last April. In a tearful plea to the judge, Thomas denied killing Shylae and said, ?I am not a monster.? ---...More

Kids sentence Marcus the lamb to death

LONDON - A group of school children who reared a lamb from birth and named it Marcus has overridden objections by parents and rights activists and voted to send the animal to slaughter. Marcus the six-month-old lamb has now been culled, the head teacher of the primary school in Kent confirmed, after the school’s council - a 14-member group of children aged 6 to 11 - voted 13-1 to have him killed...More

Mother of Branch Davidian sect leader David Koresh stabbed to death

HOUSTON — The mother of infamous Branch Davidian sect leader David Koresh has been stabbed to death, and Koresh's aunt was in custody on a murder charge Saturday.
Bonnie Clark Halderman, 60, was found Friday afternoon at the home of her sister, Beverly Clark, in a rural area near Chandler, Henderson County Sheriff Ray Nutt said. Chandler is about 175 miles north of Houston. More...