An arrest is made in the case of a tech exec stabbed to death while jogging on a Washington, DC, sidewalk. Nancy Graces looks at the case with a panel of experts including Marc Klaas — victims advocate and founder of Klaas Kids Foundation, Atlanta prosecutor Kenya Johnson, lawyer and psychologist Dr. Brian Russell — …
Police in Texas believe a group of children—ranging in age from 11 to 14—are behind a rash of violent crimes which have left one Houston neighborhood on edge. KTRK reported that police think the boys have been victimizing residents in and around one Houston neighborhood for the past four months. So far, law enforcement has identified six …
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating a fatal shooting after a boy allegedly killed his father on Saturday, during a domestic altercation. NBC10 reports that a 12-year-old boy shot his father, Kevron Thomas ‘Tommy’ Durham, 56, in the chest after the child intervened during a domestic violence dispute. According to TBI, the incident occurred in a home …
Prosecutors in the Chris Watts murder case are seeking the suspect’s footprints, reportedly for comparison to evidence found at the crime scene. Watts was arrested last month and charged with the murder his pregnant wife Shanann Watts and their daughters Bella, 4, and Celeste, 3. The bodies of all three victims were found on the …
ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) — Three people were killed Thursday morning in a shooting at a Rite Aid distribution center in northeast Maryland, officials said. A law enforcement official with knowledge of the shooting stressed that the number of dead is based on preliminary information. The official wasn’t authorized to discuss details by name and spoke …
Authorities in Alabama say an elementary school student brought a stolen gun to Blossomwood Elementary School this week and shot himself in the hand. A statement from Huntsville City Schools Superintendent Christie Finley confirmed the two children involved are in second grade at the school. They were inside a restroom during physical education class at …
A woman in Colorado who hasn’t been heard from since late July reportedly sent friends and family alarming texts before her disappearance. KMGH reported that Erin Vandewiele, 40, moved from Wisconsin to Denver weeks before she vanished. A friend reported her missing on July 23, after not hearing from Vandewiele following a series of concerning texts. …
By DAVE KOLPACK, Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota man accused of helping to kill a pregnant woman tightened a rope around her neck after his girlfriend sliced the baby from the victim’s womb, a prosecutor said Wednesday, later suggesting the girlfriend couldn’t have restrained the mom-to-be alone. William Hoehn is charged with …
Authorities in Pennsylvania say a man was killed after he opened fire in a Masontown courthouse. According to Fox News, police received reports of gunshots at about 2 p.m. Wednesday near Judge Daniel Shimshock’s office inside the building. As of the latest reports available, it was unclear whether the suspected gunman was killed by his …
A Georgia man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for raping a woman who spotted him at an Atlanta train station six years after the August 2007 attack. The Fulton County District Attorney’s office announced that Antonio White, 54, was sentenced to life without parole following his rape conviction Friday. The victim was …
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Days before sentencing, Bill Cosby’s trial judge denied a defense motion to step down from the sex assault case because of what Cosby’s team called a long-ago grudge with a pretrial witness. Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill has seen the case through two trials, hard-fought pretrial hearings and 15 defense lawyers …
The suspected gunman who opened fire in a Middleton, Wisconsin, building on Wednesday was fatally shot by police, the Chicago Tribune reports. Middleton Police Chief Chuck Foulke told the newspaper that the suspect was fatally shot by police. Three more people were injured after the unidentified suspect opened fire at WTS Paradigm, a software company in …
