Hate crime? FBI now investigating fatal stabbing of black student after finding suspect belongs to racist Facebook group
Hate Crimes
Richard Collins III was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army days before he was stabbed to death.
Murder
May 21, 2017
Parents accused of starving toddler who died at 7 pounds: ‘There’s no law that I have to hold my daughter’
Newly released police interviews revealed that the mother of a 13-month old who starved to death claimed she didn’t know her daughter was the weight of a newborn when she died. The tapes, released by the State Attorney’s Office on Thursday, provided a glimpse into Kristen Meyer-Aleman and Alejandro Aleman’s mindsets months after the April …
Bullies
May 21, 2017
Sayat.me suicide: Teen reportedly kills himself after abuse on ‘bullying app’
A 15-year-old boy has reportedly taken his own life after being bullied and harassed by a popular social media app for teenagers. According to the Telegraph, George Hessay, from Yorkshire, UK, had been using the Sayat.me, a website and app that is a forum for users to give anonymous feedback about one another. It appears to …
Weird Crime
May 21, 2017
Man left trying to explain how car ended up in swimming pool
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man is trying to explain how his car ended up in a swimming pool. Local news outlets report someone noticed the empty car submerged in the swimming pool at a Winston-Salem apartment complex. Police think it plunged in early Friday morning. Owner James Bradley Poe told police the …
Celebrity Justice
May 21, 2017
Conrad Hilton released: Paris Hilton’s brother out on $90k bail, family want him to enter psychiatric hospital
Conrad Hilton was reportedly released from a Los Angeles jail on Thursday following his arrest for stealing a Bentley and violating a restraining order. Hilton, 23, was released from the Twin Towers Correctional Facility a week after a judge ordered him to post $90,000 bail. Hilton was placed in his father’s custody. Robert Shapiro, the hotel …
Weird Crime
May 20, 2017
Elderly woman found with part of her chin bitten off and human bite marks all over; caregiver arrested
An elderly woman in Arkansas who was found with human bites marks all over her died on Thursday, and police say the woman hired to care for her is possibly responsible for her murder. ABC 7 reports that the victim was found on the floor of her Cherokee Village home by her son, unconscious and with from human bite marks …
May 20, 2017
Drowning woman ABANDONED, left to die by man she met on vacation: Police
A man is facing charges after he did nothing to help a woman who drowned on Sunday. The Sun reported that Elaine O’Donovan, 41, died early Sunday while in the sea off the Canary Islands. The Irishwoman was reportedly vacationing with family at the time. Authorities believe the 41-year-old decided to take a swim after a night …
Missing
May 20, 2017
UPDATE: Police confirm missing Duke student Michael Doherty found dead in Massachusetts
Update: May 22, 8:38 ET: Authorities confirmed on Monday that a body found over the weekend in Franklin, Massachusetts, is Michael Doherty, who had been missing for a week. According to the Daily News, Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey confirmed the death in a press release. “Our first thought is with Michael’s family and friends. …
Celebrity Justice
May 20, 2017
Aaron Hernandez asked to share prison cell with fellow inmate he called his ‘heart’
A new report shows that Aaron Hernandez asked to be moved to a different part of the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Facility in Massachusetts where he was serving a life sentence, and asked to bunk with another inmate who he described as his “heart.” The five letters, obtained by the Boston Globe and WCVB 5, Hernandez repeatedly asks …
Police
May 20, 2017
LA Deputies manhandle elderly woman, 76, who didn’t stand up fast enough
Cell phone video caught Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies forcibly removing a 76-year-old woman from a train station’s reserved seating area. KCBS reported that the woman’s friend recorded the ordeal, which transpired at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The friend, only identified as Tina, claimed the elder often sits in the reserved area with no issues. …
Violent Crime
May 20, 2017
Student stabs another to death on University of Maryland campus
A University Maryland is in custody for the stabbing murder of a Bowie Stats University student on the University of Marlyland’s College Park campus. According to The Baltimore Sun, the stabbing took place at about 3 a.m., near a bus stop and the school’s Montgomery Hall. Police have not yet released the name of the …
May 20, 2017
Passengers stop unruly, ‘disheveled’ man on jet heading to Hawaii
The mad had to be duct taped to his seat