• Ed Andrieski / AP

    Tiffany Hartley speaks at a rally at the Capitol in Denver on March 30, 2011, where she demanded that the U.S. government do more to find the body of her husband, David Hartley, who was presumably gunned down on a lake along the Texas - Mexico border.

    Colorado woman pleads for help in finding the body of her murdered husband

    AP reports
    DENVER — A Colorado woman is demanding that the U.S. government do more to find the body of her husband, six months after he was presumably gunned down on a lake along Texas' border with Mexico.

    Tiffany Hartley, who lives east of Greeley in Weld County, said nothing has been done since Mexican officials called off a search for David Hartley on Oct. 14. She held a rally with family and supporters at the Colorado Capitol on Wednesday asking state officials to pressure the Obama administration to do more to find her husband and to secure the border.

    Tiffany Hartley told authorities she and her husband were using personal watercraft on Falcon Lake when they were approached Sept. 30 by Mexican pirates who shot and killed her husband. The couple were returning to Texas after photographing a historic church on the Mexican side of the lake, Hartley said.

    "We don't want to leave him in the hands of the enemy," she told The Associated Press, referring to suspected pirates or drug smugglers known to roam the lake about 45 miles northwest of McAllen, Texas. "If we get his body back, we can at last honor him the way he would want to be honored, at least by his family."

    No death certificate has been issued, and Mexican officials have told Hartley the case remains open.

    Click here for the full story.

  • Police fear 'war on cops'

    Patrick Farrell / POOL via Getty Images

    Officer Roger Castillo's widow Debbie, right, grieves as her sons Anthony, Michael and Bryan sit at her side during the memorial service for Miami-Dade police detectives Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth at the American Airlines Arena Jan. 24, 2011 in Miami, Florida. Castillo and Haworth were killed last Thursday when they were serving an arrest warrant. Today in St Petersburg, Florida two of that city's police officers were gunned down.

    Pool / Getty Images

    Sgt. Kim Halburian (right) cries along with other officers during the memorial service for Miami-Dade police officers Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth at the American Airlines Arena Jan. 24 in Miami, Florida. Miami-Dade Police officers Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth were killed last Thursday when they were serving an arrest warrant. Today in St Petersburg, Florida two of the city's police officers were gunned down.

    By Rich Shulman

     Jonathan Woods blogged on this story earlier today. Click here for the Full story.

    In a brutal month for law enforcement officials, two more police officers were killed in the line of duty in Florida on Monday--it was the latest in a stretch of five similar incidents in as many days. NBC's Mark Potter reports.

     

  • Miami mourns two fallen police officers

    Joe Raedle / Getty Images

    Mounted police officers salute beside citizens as hearses arrive for a memorial service at AmericanAirlines Arena on Monday, Jan. 24.

    J Pat Carter / AP

    Police officers embrace before the funeral for two Miami-Dade police officers in Miami on Monday. Thousands of law enforcement officers paid respects to 41-officers Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth, killed Jan. 20 as they tried to serve a felony warrant.

    Police officers salute as a hearse carrying the body of one of two Miami-Dade police officers arrives for a memorial service at the AmericanAirlines Arena on Monday in Miami.

    By Jonathan Woods, msnbc.com

    Family, friends and fellow officers paid final respects Monday morning two two Miami-Dade officers who were killed in the line of duty last week. Funerals followed a memorial service for Officers Roger Castillo and Amanda Haworth.

    The two officers' bodies arrived were led by a procession from the Vista Memorial Gardens and Funeral Home in Miami Lakes to the arena, where Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski and Miami-Dade Police Director James Loftus spoke at the memorial.

    Thousands showed up Sunday at the wake for Castillo and Haworth at Vista Memorial Gardens, forming a long line that stretched outside the funeral home.

    Castillo and Haworth were killed last Thursday in a shootout with murder suspect Johnny Simms in Liberty City. Castillo, 41, and Haworth, 44, were part of a warrant task force that was looking for the 22-year-old Simms, who police described as a career criminal.

    Castillo, a 21-year veteran of the force, left behind a wife and three children. Haworth, a 23-year veteran, was the single mother of a teen son.

  • Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images

    John McAreavey carries the coffin of his wife Muchaela on January 17, 2011 in Ballygawley, Northern Ireland. Mrs McAreavey who is the daughter of Tyrone Gaelic manager Mickey Harte , was murdered on her honeymoon in Mauritius last week.

    Peter Muhly / AFP - Getty Images

    John McAreavey kisses the the coffin of his late wife, Michaela McAreavey, during a funeral procession in Ballygawley, Northern Ireland, on January 17, 2011. The funeral of Michaela McAreavey, the daughter of a prominent Irish sports personality murdered during her honeymoon in Mauritius, took place on Monday, with First Minister Peter Robinson saying the death had united Northern Ireland in grief.

    Bride murdered on her honeymoon, buried in her wedding dress

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    According to AP:

    Tens of thousands of people have attended the funeral in Northern Ireland of a 27-year-old schoolteacher strangled on her honeymoon on the resort island of Mauritius. Mourners packed narrow country lanes leading to a Catholic Church to honor Michaela Harte McAreavey. Her widower, Gaelic footballer John McAreavey, and father Mickey Harte led pallbearers carrying her coffin. She was buried in her wedding dress. McAreavey was known as Ulster's candidate in the 2004 Rose of Tralee, Ireland's traditional beauty pageant, and as a match-day sidekick to Harte, a national championship-winning Gaelic football coach. Mauritian police say she was strangled a week ago after encountering burglars in her honeymoon suite. Three hotel employees have been charged in connection with her slaying.

  • Reflections of the destruction of a landmark hotel in east Jerusalem and of gruesome murders in Mexico

    By Katie Cannon, Senior Multimedia Editor

    I ran across the picture of the murdered men yesterday and then saw the image from east Jerusalem this morning and realized how much I like this technique when it is done well. It adds depth to the picture, makes the reader think a little more and work just a little harder to see all of the details and can soften a horrible scene. You can read more about the demolition of the hotel here and more about the muders in Mexico here.

    Bernat Armangue / AP

    A reflection of the Shepherd Hotel is seen on a window of a passing bus in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheik Jarrah, Sunday, Jan. 9. Bulldozers demolished the hotel in an Arab east Jerusalem neighborhood Sunday to make way for a new Israeli enclave, moving ahead with a plan that has angered the Palestinians and the U.S.

    Bernandino Hernandez / AP

    Mexican policemen are reflected in the glass of a taxi that was found stuffed with six bodies in Acapulco, Mexico, Saturday, Jan. 8. Several separate violent incidents overnight in this Pacific resort city have dozens dead, including one where the bodies of 15 men, all but one of them headless, were found on a street outside a shopping center.

  • Final frame: 'Killer' caught on camera by victim

    By Elena Grothe

    While taking a photo of his family on New Year's Eve, Filipino councilman Reynaldo Dagso inadvertantly photographed his shooter and lead police to his suspected killer's arrest. Read the full story HERE.

    Reynaldo Dagsa / The Dagsa Family via AP

    In this handout photo provided by the Dagsa Family on Tuesday, Jan. 4, an alleged assassin aims a gun at Reynaldo Dagsa, who was taking a picture of his family early Jan. 1, just outside their residence at Caloocan city, north of Manila, Philippines. Police say Dagsa was shot seconds later and died of his wounds. The photo was given to police by the family and the man identified in the picture was arrested Monday. The original photograph given to the police showed the three surviving family members smiling at the camera. The family, fearing further attacks, requested that the photograph be cropped to protect their identities.

    Rolex Dela Pena / EPA

    The wife of killed local village councilman Reynaldo Dagsa views his remains at their home in Caloocan City, east of Manila, Philippines, Jan. 4. Philippine police said slain village councilman Reynaldo Dagsa inadvertently photographed the gunman taking aim at him shortly before he was shot dead on Jan. 1. The suspected gunman was arrested Jan. 3 after the victim‘s family showed police the photograph. City police chief Jude Santos said the photograph showed the gunman, Michael Gonzales, in the background taking aim at Dagsa while a companion served as a lookout.

  • Brant Sanderlin / AP

    A portrait of Bobby Tillman is carried out of the Siloam Church International in College Park, Ga., followed by some of his closest friends, Saturday, Nov. 13, during the funeral for the slain teenager. Tillman, 18, was beaten to death in a random attack outside a house party in the Atlanta suburb of Douglasville last Sunday. Investigators said he was stomped, kicked and punched to death.

    Teen beaten to death at house party laid to rest

    By Katie Cannon, Senior Multimedia Editor

    As the mother of a three-year-old boy, stories like this make my heart race when I think about the years ahead, as the world seems to become a more and more dangerous place. Either that, or as we age, we become more acutely aware of the dangers that have always been out there. This site offers some tips that may come in handy if your child wants to either host or attend a party. Do any of you parents or kids out there have tips to add?

    Read the full story here, and watch the report from Lester Holt here.

Newer posts