Investigators have found the remains of a missing New York woman they believe was murdered. As the New York Post reports, Vermont State Police have identified human remains found in August 2019 as belonging to Jessica Hildenbrandt, of Ballston Spa, New York, who fell out of contact with family in July of the same year. …
A New Hampshire man admitted that he told his 12-year-old daughter that her mother didn’t “need to live” if she kept insulting him. A week later, the woman was beaten and stabbed to death. The Concord Monitor reports that Emerson Figueiredo, 43, pleaded guilty last week to the death of his wife, Nathalia Da Paixao, …
A retired professional ballet dancer is behind bars in connection with the September death of her husband. According to a press release by the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, Ashley Benefield, 28, was charged on Friday with second-degree murder. She’s accused of killing her husband, Doug Benefield. Benefield allegedly shot the victim twice. She was in …
A babysitter kidnapped a 4-month-old Utah boy and fled with him to Colorado, where she was taken into custody 580 miles away in Denver. Peyton Everett Caraballo-Winston’s mother called Cedar City police at about 10 p.m. Friday, telling them that she had allowed all three of her children to stay the night with their babysitter, …
A 6-year-old South Carolina boy was killed early Sunday morning when he was hit by a car while he was walking alone along an east Columbia road. Kayden Valdez was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead, The State reported. An autopsy revealed he died from multiple trauma from the collision. The …
An alleged trespasser held South Carolina police at bay for nearly five hours on Saturday — only for detectives to find a body in the backyard after the suspect surrendered. York County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on Tom Barber Road south of Rock Hill. The trespasser was identified as Prince Demario Barber, …
A 25-year-old Chicago man was ordered held without bail this week for the June murders of his girlfriend, her mother, and her sister — apparently because his girlfriend wasn’t feeling well and wouldn’t cook for him or braid his hair. Shonta Harris, 24, and John Matthews had a 4-month-old son together, although they lived in …
Police in central Georgia have arrested a man for a triple murder at a Macon boarding house Saturday night, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies along with the US Marshals Southeast Fugitive Task Force found Ronald Green Jr., 51, at a motel in north Macon, several miles from the crime scene on the east …
Authorities have identified the victims in a tragic shooting and hostage situation earlier this week outside of Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. But one question has yet to be answered: Whether one of the victims was shot by the gunman or police. On Tuesday, 38-year-old Jason Bourne shot and killed 38-year-old Dianne Hawatmeh and 33-year-old Veronica Muniz at …
Mexican authorities have arrested a man in connection with the murders of a Mormon family a year ago in Sonora state, according to the Mexican Attorney General’s Office. Three woman and six children were killed in the November 4, 2019, attack that the Mexican Public Security Ministry believes was perpetrated by an organized crime group, …
Human remains found in a rural western Missouri bean field this week are those of woman who’s been missing for almost a year. Nicole Mallatt was reported missing on November 29, 2019, and was last seen three days earlier near the Butler home she shared with her boyfriend, KCTV reported. Nine days later, her phone, …
A Florida fire captain died earlier this week when he was shot by a friend who was displaying a gun he planned to give the fireman. Jay Rind, 63, has been charged with manslaughter and improper exhibition of a firearm in the death of James Gilliard, 48, the Palm Beach Post reports. In court on …
