International Business News - Mother http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Two teenage girls are accused of stabbing a 75-year-old man to death in a robbery that netted them just $15, and police say the mother of one of the teens helped put them up to it. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/police-mom-2-teen-girls-kill-man-in-15-robbery.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:05:19 EDT A judge on Friday accepted a plea deal that reduced the murder charge for a software programmer who led authorities to his wife's body after his initial conviction. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/plea-deal-accepted-for-calif-man-who-killed-wife.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:21:46 EDT A 61-year-old Japanese woman gave birth to her own grandchild, using an egg donated by her daughter, a clinic said Thursday. Surrogate births are extremely rare in Japan and banned by industry groups, but they are not illegal. The Suwa Maternity Clinic in Nagano, northwest of Tokyo, refused to provide information such as the date of the birth or gender of the baby. News reports said the baby was born last year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/61-year-old-woman-gives-birth-in-japan.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:23:42 EDT Police say a 12-year-old Arizona boy shot and killed his mother with a handgun after an argument. Cochise County sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas says deputies were called to a home Friday near Douglas on the Mexican border. They found 34-year-old Sara Madrid shot multiple times, and she died at a hospital. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080802/arizona-boy-12-charged-with-moms-fatal-shooting.htm Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:05:29 EDT Investigators confirmed Tuesday that a body a prominent software engineer led them to is, in fact, that of the estranged wife he was about to be sentenced for killing, pulling closer together the final pieces of a murder mystery. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88242-missing-mother.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/programmer-facing-sentencing-leads-cops-to-a-body.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/programmer-facing-sentencing-leads-cops-to-a-body.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:12:58 EDT A prominent software programmer who had denied having anything to do with his estranged wife's disappearance even after he was convicted of her murder led police Monday to what is believed to be her body, defense attorneys said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87603-missing-mother.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/convicted-husband-leads-calif-police-to-a-body.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/convicted-husband-leads-calif-police-to-a-body.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:06:35 EDT On one side of his notebook, a British man convicted of murdering his wife and baby professed love for his "Orange Rose" and "my Lilly." On the other side, he drafted letters to editors, looking to sell the story of their deaths to the highest bidder. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/80039-mother-and-baby-dead.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/british-man-gets-life-in-deaths-of-wife-baby.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/british-man-gets-life-in-deaths-of-wife-baby.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:30:23 EDT A British man convicted of shooting to death his 9-month-old baby and wife as they cuddled together in bed showed no reaction Thursday as he was sentenced to two life prison terms without the opportunity for parole. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/79706-mother-and-baby-dead.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/briton-convicted-of-murdering-wife-baby-in-mass.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/briton-convicted-of-murdering-wife-baby-in-mass.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:52:40 EDT A British man who fled the U.S. after his wife and baby were shot to death was convicted of murder Wednesday by a jury that rejected defense claims that the mother killed her daughter and herself as they snuggled in bed. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/79320-mother-and-baby-dead.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/briton-convicted-of-murdering-wife-baby-in-mass.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/briton-convicted-of-murdering-wife-baby-in-mass.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:36:23 EDT A woman charged in the drunken-driving death of her son went to a bar after his funeral instead of reporting back to jail, state police said. A judge had given Erin Howard, 26, of Corry, permission to leave the Erie County Prison for 24 hours to attend her son's funeral in Ohio, with orders to return to the lockup by 3 p.m. Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/police-say-dui-suspect-went-to-bar-instead-of-jail.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:38:43 EDT A defense attorney for a British man accused of killing his wife and 9-month-old daughter told a jury Monday that his wife shot the baby and committed suicide, and that he covered up her actions to "protect her honor." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/77683-mother-and-baby-dead.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/defense-claims-murder-suicide-in-britons-trial.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/defense-claims-murder-suicide-in-britons-trial.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:37:20 EDT Jurors in a British man's double-murder trial on Friday heard a taped police interview in which he repeatedly denied killing his wife and baby but struggled to explain why he fled the U.S. for his native country a day after the slayings. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/76164-mother-and-baby-dead.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/on-tape-briton-denies-killing-his-wife-daughter.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/on-tape-briton-denies-killing-his-wife-daughter.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:22:28 EDT In the weeks before his wife and baby daughter were slain, a British man posted a profile on a swingers Web site, saying he was looking to meet "American women of all ages" for sex, a detective testified Thursday at the man's murder trial. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/75589-mother-and-baby-dead.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/police-briton-accused-in-slayings-looked-for-sex.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/police-briton-accused-in-slayings-looked-for-sex.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:26:50 EDT A police detective testified Tuesday that a laptop computer taken from the home of a British man accused of killing his wife and 9-month-old daughter was used to search online for "how to kill with a knife" four days before the slayings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/computer-expert-briton-searched-for-how-to-kill.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:28:11 EDT Jurors in the trial of a British man accused of killing his wife and 9-month-old daughter were shown the baby's undershirt and polka-dot pajamas caked with dried blood Monday--a sight that drew gasps in the courtroom. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/73122-mother-and-baby-dead.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/babys-bloody-pajamas-shown-at-double-murder-trial.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/babys-bloody-pajamas-shown-at-double-murder-trial.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:48:24 EDT Prosecutors at the trial of a British man accused of killing his wife and baby daughter have presented piece after piece of evidence against him: his flight to England after their deaths, his familiarity with the gun used in the killings, his failure to attend the funerals. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080615/defense-portrays-happy-life-in-double-murder-trial.htm Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:52:30 EDT A British man accused of fatally shooting his wife and 9-month-old daughter asked if they could be buried together because "that's the way I left them," his father-in-law testified Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080609/slain-victims-stepfather-testifies-in-mass-trial.htm Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:19:24 EDT A British man despondent over his sex life and his mounting debt shot his wife and baby daughter to death as they lay in bed together, covered them with a comforter, then bought a one-way ticket home to England, a prosecutor told a jury Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/65590-mother-and-baby-dead.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/prosecutor-british-man-fatally-shot-wife-kid.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/prosecutor-british-man-fatally-shot-wife-kid.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:27:56 EDT A lawyer for a British man accused of killing his wife and baby complained Monday that he would have difficulty picking an impartial jury because a judge barred him from asking potential jurors their feelings about the man's alleged use of Internet sex sites. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/61103-mother-and-baby-dead.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/jury-selection-begins-in-murder-trial-of-british-man.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/jury-selection-begins-in-murder-trial-of-british-man.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:57:20 EDT The young woman and her baby girl were snuggled together in bed, the infant nestled in her mother's arms, tucked under a thick comforter in the master bedroom of their home outside Boston. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/60121-mother-and-baby-dead.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080601/man-goes-on-trial-in-killings-of-wife-infant.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080601/man-goes-on-trial-in-killings-of-wife-infant.htm Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:02:31 EDT