An 8-year-old North Carolina boy died after he was hit in the chest with a BB gun bullet. Citing a statement from the Alexander County Sheriff’s Office, the Greensboro News & Record reports that an unidentified 8-year-old boy went into cardiac arrest after he was struck by “a single shot from a BB or pellet …
The accused killer moved the girl’s scooter from outside the market, then grabbed her when she went to retrieve it
Court proceedings were canceled Monday in connection with a California man accused of beheading his two oldest children, after the court had concerns over his mental competency. NBC 4 reports that 34-year-old Maurice Taylor Sr. appeared at the Antelope Valley Courthouse in Lancaster, where a judge scheduled him to undergo a mental health evaluation. The …
Authorities in Texas did not immediately suspect something may have been terribly wrong when police were first notified of an abandoned, totaled car on Salt Flat Road in Luling last week. A county sheriff’s department is now playing catch-up as multiple investigative agencies are sharpening their focus on different aspects of the case. The car …
Lynette Hernandez was thinking about moving to Brooklyn in September to live with her boyfriend, NBC’s Dateline reports. Her mother, Lourdes Pinzón, wasn’t sure that was a good idea, but the 27-year-old was “excited to move to an apartment in Brooklyn,” she said. Hernandez and her 6-year-old daughter Bella were living with Pinzón, but neither …
Investigators in South Carolina are looking for a 21-year-old woman last seen on December 15, the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office says. Flavie Alix Marie Cocard told her family she was leaving that day, but did not say why or where she was going. Two days later, the Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office found Cocard’s abandoned vehicle …
California investigators say they believe that a woman and her 13-year-old daughter, missing for more than a year, may have been kidnapped, the Irvine Police Department said. Amber Aiaz, 35, — also known as Mei Yi Wu — and Melissa Fu were last seen on November 22, 2019, at their apartment. Aiaz’s husband told police …
A Connecticut woman was arrested Tuesday amid allegations that police found dozens of animals, alive and dead, in her home in October. According to the Fairfield Daily Voice, a warrant was issued for Donna Scirocco, 59, on October 26 after Hamden police and animal control units from multiple cities executed a search warrant at Scirocco’s …
Joshua Burks was initially charged with reckless manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Troy Ellis last May, but this month a grand jury upgraded the charges.
A Colorado paralegal who leaked unsealed court documents The Gazette reports that Sherie Farstveet, 54, pleaded guilty this month in the Adams County Court to attempted official misconduct. In April, Farstveet accessed court filings and shared them with the media. The affidavit, which was made public days later, detailed graphic information about the disappearance and …
On Saturday, a New Mexico man allegedly shot and killed a teen who he believed was involved in his son’s death months earlier. According to KTSM, Santiago Rascon, 71, confessed to shooting Edgar Segovia, 19, as Segovia sat inside his truck. Segovia was reportedly pronounced dead at the scene after officers found him in front …
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* Authorities in Fayetteville, North Carolina, are investigating a murder-suicide after a Fort Bragg soldier allegedly shot his wife, then turned the gun on himself. WRAL reports that the soldier, identified as Keith Lewis, 31, shot his pregnant wife, Sarah Lewis, 34, …
