murder

Gulfport police searching for murder suspect

The Gulfport Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 34-year-old Stephen Redmond who is wanted on the charge of murder. On April 4, 2017 at approximately 5:22 p.m., patrol officers responded to an address in the 13000 block…

Man accused of killing toddler appears in Hancock County court

A new trial date is set for the Hancock County man facing charges for killing his girlfriend’s baby. Charles Connetti III pleaded not guilty for murdering his girlfriend’s one-year-old son. Connetti entered the plea after appearing in Hancock County court…

Second man charged in Biloxi woman’s murder

Colorado authorities arrested a second man believed to have played a part in the murder of a Biloxi woman. Twenty-six year-old Adam Miller was arrested for the murder of Ke’Lei Morris and is expected to be extradited back to Mobile…

Man charged with killing his mother

An Alabama man has been charged with the murder of his mother. Mobile police arrested 34-year-old Clark Raines and charged him with his mother’s murder. Kay Raines had been reported missing after last being seen at the Beau Rivage in…

Boyfriend under arrest in Gautier murder

On Wednesday, February 8, Amanda Hicks went missing from Gautier. She was last seen with her boyfriend and father of her 15-year-old son, James Vanlaningham Jr. The camper trailer that the couple lived in at Santa Maria RV Park was…

Search for Murder Suspect

According to officials with The Jackson County Sheriff's Department, the man found in a freezer in the Latimer Community died of strangulation. An autopsy performed Wednesday on 65 year old Jery Kirkendall revealed he was strangled. Jackson county authorities believe…

Searching for Jackson County murder suspect

The Jackson County capital murder suspect accused of killing and leaving the body of the victim inside a freezer is now believed to be back on the Coast. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department tells News 25 Thomas Elliot Stafford returned…

Search continues for suspect in murder

Jackson County investigators are in Mt. Vernon, Alabama this morning searching the stolen car belonging to the man whose body was found Monday morning in a freezer in a Latimer home. Sheriff Mike Ezell says a relative of Thomas Elliot…

Suspect named in Jackson County murder

The search is on for a man wanted in connection to the body found in a freezer in the Latimer community on Monday. News 25’s Kendra Turley brings us the latest details on the suspect and the victim. A chilling…

Arrest made in murder of Biloxi woman

Mobile police have arrested a man in the death of a Biloxi woman who was shot to death more than two years ago. Steve Mason is charged in the slaying of 24-year-old Ke’Lei Morris. Morris, a St. Patrick and University…

Man charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old

A Gulfport man is facing murder charges for allegedly shooting a 17-year-old at 11:30 last night in the Crown Hill subdivision. Harrison County Sheriff Troy Peterson said 22-year-old Edward Earl Dubose was arrested on the charge of murder. Last night,…

Hate crime sentencing postponed

The federal court sentencing of a Mississippi man who killed an Alabama transgender woman has been postponed. U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. on Thursday delayed the hearing until May 15th. The defendant, Joshua Vallum’s, lawyer sought the move. Vallum…

Guilty plea to 2014 murder

A Gulfport man has pled guilty to the 2014 murder of 41-year-old Lamont Hayes. Twenty-two year-old Rashad Johnson pled guilty to first degree murder today, confessing that he and his co-defendant, Jalen Williams, went to the Hayes home to rob…

Harvill Richardson returns to court

Today Harvill Richardson, the Biloxi man previously convicted of murder in 2011, was back in court after the state supreme court’s 2014 ruling for a retrial. Richardson was found guilty of murder for the 2009 shooting death of Rudy Quilon.…

Gulfport man charged with murder

One man is now behind bars, charged with murder in the strangulation death of a Gulfport woman. Police say 34-year-old Willie Cenales was charged with murdering 52-year-old Tammy Brown. Officers responded to the report of a suspicious death at 8…

Three people killed in New Orleans

A shooting in a New Orleans home has left a woman and two children dead and a second female in serious condition at a hospital. The coroner has identified the dead as 30-year-old Monique Smith and two boys, six-year-old Jumyrin…

Sentenced to life for 2015 murder

Twenty-seven year-old Chris Fairley was found guilty of murder by a jury in Harrison County from a 2015 July murder. The jury deliberated for just over an hour before reaching a guilty verdict. Testimony showed the defendant had an ongoing…

Murder suspect in custody after standoff in Gulfport

The suspect wanted in last night’s murder in Long Beach is now in custody after nearly a two and a half hour standoff with police. Gulfport police got a tip around 8 this morning that 28-year-old James McDowell was at…

One Person Dead Following Shooting

Meantime, police are still searching for 28 year old James Wilson McDowell, wanted for murder. Police responded to the shooting on North Lang Avenue around 7:30 Monday evening. Police found the victim dead of a gunshot wound. The identity of…

Arrested For Accessory After The Fact

Two people are behind bars and police are searching for one more after a person was shot dead in long beach last night. 29 year old Michael Taylor and 29 year old Charity McDowell are both charged with accessory after…