Homicide
Kitana Kendrick, 30, was killed by a stray bullet while riding with her boyfriend during an Uber drop-off in Rochester. Her grieving mother, Nadine Dukes, described Kendrick as her “mini-me” and a deeply loyal person. The tragedy unfolded as Dukes received news of her daughter’s death while caring for her grandmother in hospice. Family members […]
A 30-year-old man, Charles Wilson of Rochester, has died after sustaining a severe injury early Saturday outside Lush Resto Lounge on East Ridge Road in Irondequoit. Police responded to a fight involving several women outside the lounge, during which someone crashed through the front glass window. Wilson was found with a serious torso wound and […]
Lorenz Kraus, 53, admitted during a CBS6 interview that he killed his parents eight years ago and buried them in the backyard of their Albany home. The confession came a day after investigators exhumed two bodies amid a probe into continued Social Security payments for Franz and Theresia Kraus, who hadn’t been seen in years. […]
A 19-year-old man, Dhymere Bailey, was arraigned on Saturday in Rochester City Court for the homicide of 39-year-old Sandra Blanding. He pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon. The incident occurred Wednesday morning near a vacant lot on Spencer Street. Police apprehended Bailey on Friday after he attempted […]
The family of Robert Brooks, who died in a state prison, gathered with community advocates and members of the Rochester Police Accountability Board at East High School to demand accountability and systemic change. Brooks, 43, was serving a 12-year sentence and died on December 10, a day after being beaten by officers on his first […]
The death of Robert Brooks, an incarcerated man who was beaten at Marcy Correctional Facility in December, has been officially ruled a homicide, according to his family’s attorney. The medical report determined the cause of death as compression of the neck and multiple blunt force injuries. Brooks, a Greece, NY resident, was transferred to Marcy […]
Rochester police are investigating a homicide after a man in his 40s was found shot dead in a crashed, burning pickup truck on Coulton Place late Wednesday night. Officers responded just before 11 p.m. to reports of a crash and vehicle fire, discovering the driver with at least one gunshot wound to the upper body. […]
Irondequoit police are now investigating a fire at a home over the weekend that’s now the scene of a homicide after the bodies of 4 people, 2 kids and 2 adults were discovered inside after the house fire was under control. It’s still unclear what happened to the victims. The victims were identified as Fraime […]
Several people were found dead inside a home in Irondequoit following a fire early Saturday morning. Firefighters quickly controlled the flames, but the discovery of the bodies led authorities to investigate the incident as a homicide. The exact number of victims and their identities have not yet been released, and the Medical Examiner is working […]
RPD made an arrest in connection with a triple shooting that happened earlier this week on Hazelwood Terrace that killed a 19-year-old female and injured 2 teen boys 15 and 16. Reports say one of the teen boys was the intended target and the female was stuck by a stray bullet. The 2 suspects, both […]
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