Biloxi native Amber Marie Holliman was loving life in Atlanta. The single mom just saw her daughter, Payton, graduate from high school. Payton also had started work with her mom at The Rusty Nail, a family restaurant, The Sun Herald reported.Holliman's friends at The Rusty Nail say she was planning to leave her longtime boyfriend, Patrick Joseph "P.J." Nolan. He was a recovering alcoholic who had brought her to Atlanta in the first place. But Nolan was drinking again, say The Rusty Nail's proprietors, and Holliman was ready to move on.She never got the chance. Police in Sandy Springs, Georgia, say Nolan killed Holliman on Saturday, shooting her in the head, then setting their bedroom on fire.Police are searching for Nolan, who is considered armed and dangerous. He faces charges of murder, arson and aggravated assault with intent to commit murder.Authorities say he could be in Mississippi, but he also has ties to Alabama, New York and Colorado.
The mother of a 33-year-old former teacher who was fatally shot multiple times in Pennsylvania earlier this month said there is "no way" a local police department should be involved in the investigation into her death. Lisa DelTondo, the mother of Rachael DelTondo, is calling for an external agency to investigate her daughter's killing, the Beaver Countian reports.Lisa DelTondo fears the Aliquippa Police Department's involvement in the probe will provide ample fodder for the defense team if an arrest is made in the case, according to the Beaver Countian.
The son of an Austin jeweler and the teenager's girlfriend have been arrested for hiring someone to murder his father so he could get his hands on a lucrative multi-million dollar life insurance payout. Nicolas Shaughnessy and Jaclyn Edison, both 19, were charged on Tuesday over the violent home invasion that saw his father Theodore Shaughnessy shot dead.Police say Shaughnessy had approached multiple people in the months before the shooting asking if they were willing to kill his parents for payment. via Knit