Newly obtained adoption records have provided a lead in the search for the biological relatives of one of two children who remain missing after the rest of their family was killed in an apparent murder-suicide earlier this year. Hannah Hart, 16, and Devonte Hart, 15, remain missing after their adoptive parents Jennifer and Sarah Hart …
The father of 6-year-old Maddox Ritch took to social media Thursday to mourn his son’s death and to ask for time to heal. On his Facebook page, Ian Scott Ritch, 42, recalled the mix of emotions he experienced during and following his son’s disappearance and confirmed death. Ritch wrote that he “wasn’t so worried” Saturday …
By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After a dramatic flurry of last-minute negotiations, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh cleared a key procedural hurdle Friday, but his confirmation prospects were still deeply uncertain as Republicans agreed to ask for a new FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations. Under pressure …
A 12-year-old New York girl who disappeared Wednesday and became the subject of an AMBER Alert was found safe Friday. According to the Albany Times Union, the AMBER Alert for Malaya Johnson was canceled at 1 p.m. after police confirmed she was with family. Since then, George Torres, 19, was charged with kidnapping and endangering the …
A Pennsylvania man on the lam since last week after being charged with child rape and assaulting an officer was reportedly found Friday in the bedroom closet of an Aston home. According to Lehigh Valley Live, U.S. Marshals arrested David Allen Hamilton Jr., 47, without incident after receiving a tip indicating that he was staying with a family member. …
A Florida man claims he found his wife dead in a bathtub inside their upscale Orlando home but police aren’t buying his story. Authorities said the man “fake cried” about his wife’s death while evidence indicated he killed her. The Orlando Sentinel reports that 50-year-old David Tronnes is behind bars on a first-degree murder charge for …
Police in California have confirmed that the decomposing headless body found in a fish tank belongs to a homeowner who’s been missing since late July. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that officers discovered the body of Brian Egg, 65, in his San Francisco home on August 17, three days after neighbors saw a hazardous materials cleanup crew …
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Although the body of missing boy Maddox Ritch was likely found in North Carolina on Thursday, authorities indicated that the investigation is hardly over. They’re still seeking a possible witness seen in a white truck on the day the boy disappeared. The Charlotte Observer reports that the FBI, along with local law enforcement, are searching …
Day four of testimony is underway at the murder retrial of Quinton Tellis, the suspect accused of burning Jessica Chambers alive in December 2014. First responders found the 19-year-old former cheerleader clinging to life in Courtland, Mississippi, her body almost completely covered in burns and her car in flames nearby. It would be a year …
The man accused of burning alive a 19-year-old former cheerleader in Mississippi admitted to deleting her text messages and contacts in the days immediately following her horrific murder. Quinton Tellis is facing a jury for a second time as testimony in his retrial for the murder of Jessica Chambers began this week. Tellis has been …
A New York man was arrested on Thursday night in connection with a girl who disappeared on Wednesday. As of Friday morning, she still hasn’t been found. ABC10 reports that authorities arrested 19-year-old George Torres and charged him with endangering the welfare of a child, in connection with the disappearance of 12-year-old Malaya Johnson. The girl was reportedly …
