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Landlord allegedly kills girlfriend, tenants over rent dispute

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QUEENS, NY – A grim discovery was made in Queens on Tuesday as a landlord, aged 54, is suspected to have fatally stabbed his girlfriend and two of his tenants. The incident unfolded in a house on Milburn Street. Police arrived at the scene around 7:15 a.m., to find three victims: a woman and two men, all pronounced dead due to presumed stab wounds. The underlying issue leading to the homicide is believed to be …

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Man convicted for killing roommate with sword

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Jerry Thompson, a 45-year-old Connecticut man, has been convicted of the brutal decapitation of his roommate, Victor King, using a samurai sword. The gruesome act was the culmination of a rent dispute, as stated by the Hartford State Attorney’s Office. Thompson, who dismissed his court-appointed lawyer, chose to represent himself during the trial, speaking minimally and refraining from cross-examining the state’s witnesses. Thompson submitted a handwritten legal document, “Sovereign Immunity,” in which he claimed that …

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