A 24-year-old pregnant woman is dead after several suspects allegedly tied her up inside a vehicle and set it on fire. Newsweek reports that Ellen Priscila Ferreira da Silva was found deceased inside her mother’s car on October 17, in a rural area of Sao Paulo, Brazil. According to police, da Silva was four months …
Authorities in Massachusetts are taking a new look at a cold-case murder of a Springfield woman who was found dead exactly 20 years ago. As Boston.com reports, Karen Soucie’s landlord entered her residence in November 2000 after noticing that her mail and her car had been untouched for two days. The landlord then found the …
Authorities in Milwaukee are searching for a 3-year-old boy who has been missing for well over 24 hours. As WTMJ reports, 3-year-old Elijah Jackson was last seen around 11 a.m. on Monday in the 3400 block of North 23rd Street. The circumstances of his disappearance are unclear, and it is not known if he is …
On Monday, a Wisconsin judge set bail at $2 million for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Illinois boy accused of fatally shooting two people during an August 25 protest in Kenosha. WLS-TV reported that Monday’s hearing was held via video conference. The judge also scheduled Rittenhouse’s preliminary hearing for December 3. Rittenhouse allegedly used an AR-15-style …
Lesley Luna Pantaleon’s family reports her missing, last seen by her family members as she left home in her mother’s 2006 Blue Chevrolet Trailblazer. Montgomery Police department issues a missing person alert. Her body was found 10 days later in Catoma creek, a half-mile from where the attack happened. Police have arrested three 16-year-olds in …
A Nevada teen is dead after a man walked up to a McDonald’s restaurant off Interstate 80 in Elko, and opened fire in a drive-thru window, police say. FOx 13 reports that 16-year-old Kylee Leniz was working at the restaurant’s window at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday night, when a man, identified as 24-year-old Justin Michael …
A Wisconsin man who was charged Friday with killing his grandfather possibly carried out the slaying due to his grandfather’s sex offender status. Charles Luitze, 70, was found dead in his Kenosha home on August 15. A responding police officer said Luitze was lying dead on a bed and blood was splattered on the walls, …
Authorities in California are searching for a 19-year-old woman who abruptly disappeared after learning she had been laid off from her job at a Home Depot in Sacremanto. As “Dateline” reports, Veta Belford has not been seen since October 17. That day, her father drove her to work for her 2 p.m. shift at Home …
Law enforcement agencies throughout the United States are preparing for the possibility of violent uprisings as the votes for the 2020 general election are tallied. While millions of registered voters have already cast their ballots at early polling sites or voted via absentee ballot, millions more are expected to line up at the polls on …
A former Alabama couple has been sentenced to a combined 1,161 years in prison for sexually abusing two juvenile family members, allegations that first surfaced in 2007, WIAT reports. Lisa Marie Lesher, 41, was sentenced Monday to 738 years after her conviction on October 1 on two counts of rape in the first degree, four …
A Florida man has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl and uploading videos to the Kik messenger app, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. John D. Taylor, 32, was arrested on Friday, the sheriff’s office said. He’s being held without bail on one count of sexual battery on a child, …
A south Florida woman is in critical condition after her boyfriend allegedly set her on fire early Monday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. Noe Jimenez-Cortes, 40, was taken into custody Monday evening in North Lauderdale, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies are investigating the incident as an attempted murder. Jimenez-Cortes has not yet been booked, according …
