After 22 Years, Justice Found in Bank Robbery Killing

For more than two decades, the case of Monica Leech, the teller at the Western Financial Bank who was shot in the back of the head and killed during a 1997 bank robbery in Thousand Oaks, California, remained unsolved. On Monday, however, 55-year-old San Bernardino resident Kevin Ray James, accused of being one of the two men involved in the robbery and murder of Monica, was arrested by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, Ventura County …

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Stray Bullet Kills Mom

Michelle Cummings was shot and killed by a stray bullet in June of 2021 and her husband has been in court trying to get closure after his wife’s murder. A forensic chemist testified that DNA from at least two contributors was found on a piece of clothing. Angelo Harrod, 31, is one of the shooters charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Michelle Cummings, 57. The state called four witnesses Wednesday morning to claim …

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Death Row Inmate Executed For Killing Ex-Girlfriend And Unborn Son To Cover Up Affair

Stephen Barbee is scheduled to be executed today after suffocating his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her unborn son 17 years ago. He is seeking to stop his execution over religious freedom violations. The inmate killed his ex-girlfriend and her son because he didn’t want his wife to know Underwood was seven months pregnant with his child. Despite this conflict, it was later determined through DNA evidence that the unborn child did not belong to the convict. …

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