When Leonardo Valdez Cruz killed Jo’Anna Bird on March 19, 2009, plunging a knife into her with such savagery that an autopsy could not determine how many times she was stabbed, she'd known him for ...
The jury forewoman had barely begun announcing the verdict Friday against Leonardo Valdez-Cruz - guilty of first-degree murder - when an officer in the packed Mineola courtroom pulled the defendant's ...
WARNING: This investigation includes graphic descriptions of domestic violence. Jo'Anna Bird was driving past a cemetery on Long Island when she turned to her mother and said matter-of-factly: This is ...