murder

Hitchhiking Canadian Robot Dismembered in City of Brotherly Love

Jay Hathaway · 08/03/15 12:00PM

HitchBot, a friendly Canadian robot sent on a mission to autonomously hitchhike across America, had a pleasant, successful journey across our fair nation, meeting friendly locals who were happy to help the little bot get where it was going. Until it got to Philadelphia.

Cops: Our Contact With "Jinx" Filmmaker Is Part of Murder Investigation

Sam Biddle · 06/18/15 12:20PM

Ever since HBO’s very good investigative pornography show “The Jinx” exploded this past spring, viewers and critics have wondered how much creator Andrew Jarecki’s own digging influenced the active murder investigations in Los Angeles and Westchester, N.Y., into his subject, the sociopathic millionaire Robert Durst. A freedom of information request filed by Gawker suggests the two are intertwined.

New Jersey Cop Allegedly Murdered His Ex-Wife in Front of Their Daughter

Andy Cush · 06/17/15 02:40PM

Neptune, N.J., police sergeant Phil Seidle shot and killed his ex-wife Tamara Seidle in front of the couple’s seven-year-old daughter in Asbury Park on Tuesday morning, according to police. After a bizarre 30-minute standoff with police, Seidle was arrested on the scene and charged with murder.