A mother of five was brutally knifed to death in broad daylight by a total stranger as she shopped at a supermarket. Wendy Boudreau, 59, was stabbed in the throat by another woman, 31 year old Connor MacCaliste (pictured above) yes that's a woman - in what police have described as a random attack.

The horrific incident took place at Shaw’s Supermarket, in Saco, Maine, at around 2.54pm on Wednesday August 19th. Two paramedics, who were already in the grocery store at the time, were unable to save the victim and she died shortly after the attack. Brave shoppers who witnessed the bloodbath heroically took down the assailant and prevented her from getting away.

Connor MacCalister, has been arrested for the murder and is currently being held at the York County jail. 

A 22-year-old man simply identified as Emmanuel, reportedly went to ease himself in the early hours of Tuesday, leaving his father and sister inside their one-room apartment. His sister, who had waited  for his return, went to check on him in the toilet situated at the boys quarters of the building on Alafia Street. She reportedly found her brother on fire on the ground which made her raise an alarm, which attracted tenants. They rushed him to 2 hospitals which were said to have rejected Emmanuel. He reportedly died before he could get proper help.

An Alabama judge says a woman should die for the 2010 murder of her common-law husband's 3-year-old son.

Mobile County Circuit Court judge Roderick Stout on Thursday sentenced Leavell-Keaton to death by lethal injection, upholding jurors' recommendation.

A policeman accused of raping a 15-year-old girl has been found dead in an apparent suicide, it has been reported.
Joel Doseau, 43, is believed to have taken his own life at his parent's home around 11.15am on Thursday morning.

A hospital is investigating the death of a newborn baby sent home the day after a traumatic birth - as his distraught young parents waited over two hours for a midwife.
Colby Risso was born to 16 year-old mother Caitlin Walsh 2 weeks ago after a problematic 11 day labour.
Immediately after the birth Caitlin and her partner Jack Risso, 19, noticed the left side of the baby's face was droopy and his eye would not open properly.

A man was arrested after allegedly trying to chase down an airplane to stop it leaving without him - to avoid missing a high school reunion.
Marc Rehmar has been charged following the bizarre incident at Denver International Airport in the United States earlier this month.
According to prosecutors, the 58-year-old ran onto the concourse in a bid to stop the departing flight on August 6.