‘Absolutely no excuse to hurt a baby’: Florida mother kills 4-month-old baby girl, blames it on toddler [Police]
Murder
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Police
May 28, 2020
SEE IT: Video shows George Floyd urging youth to end gun violence: ‘Our young are clearly lost, clearly lost’
A video has resurfaced showing George Floyd — the Minnesota man reportedly killed Monday by police — urging young people to end gun violence. According to the Daily Mail, Floyd, 46, filmed himself recounting an incident in which he heard an adult encouraging the use of guns. He went on to lament the fact that …
Court
May 28, 2020
Pregnant woman sues police after losing baby, says cop stomped on & left shoe mark on her stomach [Court Docs]
A California woman filed a lawsuit against the San Leandro Police Department on Monday, claiming excessive force caused her to lose her unborn baby. The Mercury News reports that the incident happened on June 7, 2019, when plaintiff Emily Black and her fiance were pulled over by San Leandro police for bad registration tags. According …
Consumer
May 28, 2020
Wedding photography business refuses to return heartbroken groom’s deposit after fiancee’s sudden death, says they hope he ‘sobs and cries’ on would-be wedding day
“We hope you sob and cry all day for what would have been your wedding day,” the company reportedly wrote alongside a picture of the couple on the day they would have been married
Missing
May 28, 2020
MISSING: Desperate search resumes for non-verbal autistic Ohio boy
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.* Ohio authorities are searching for a 5-year-old autistic boy who hasn’t been seen since Wednesday afternoon. CBS 11 reports that hundreds of volunteers showed up Wednesday to search for Isaac Schroeder, who disappeared from the Fort Jennings area wearing only underpants …
Missing
May 27, 2020
MISSING TODDLERS: Searchers find bodies of 2 children in Oklahoma waterways; identification is under way
Police in Oklahoma have found the bodies of a young girl and a young boy in waterways near Tulsa, where two toddlers have been missing since Friday. Tulsa Police said the body of young girl found in the Verdigris Navigational Channel in Wagoner County Tuesday night has been taken to the medical examiner’s office for …
Family Crime
May 27, 2020
‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow was drawn in by Chad Daybell’s ‘unusual’ teachings, friend says
Melanie Gibb has been in hiding since Idaho police launched a missing persons case into the disappearance of cult mom Lori Vallow’s children, Joshua “JJ” Vallow, 7, and Tylee Ryan, 17. Gibb knows both Vallow and her new husband, Chad Daybell, and when the tales of disappearances and deaths began surfacing, she was afraid. “When …
Violent Crime
May 27, 2020
UConn murder fugitive was childhood neighbor of Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza; ran a triathalon months ago to raise funds for anti-gun violence nonprofit
The University of Connecticut senior who is the focus of a manhunt has a childhood connection to the gunman who killed 27 children and adults at a Connecticut school in 2012. The New York Post reports that Peter Manfredonia, who is being sought in connection to the murder of two men and the kidnapping of …
Court
May 27, 2020
Judge who told rape victim to ‘close your legs’ is permanently removed from bench
A New Jersey judge who in 2016 suggested that a rape victim should have tried to stop her attacker by closing her legs was officially removed from the bench Tuesday. The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of John Russo Jr.’s permanent barring as judge in the state. The seven-justice committee determined that Russo, …
Animal Abuse
May 27, 2020
Teen stomps mom’s dog to death in front of her, then goes out with friends: Police
A Massachusetts man is facing a slew of criminal charges for allegedly killing his family’s pet Chihuahua Monday. Weymouth police officers responded to a local apartment building following reports that Shykeim Basden, 19, had killed a dog. MassLive reported that after a witness told officers that Basden killed a small dog named CoCo, a family …
Famous Murder Cases
May 27, 2020
Bonus Podcast: Till Death Do Us Part? Broderick divorce ends in shocking double murder
In 1985, Betty Broderick’s marriage ended when her medical malpractice lawyer husband met a younger replacement and moved out of their once seemingly happy home. For years, Betty Broderick was the sole provider for her family while husband Dan Broderick attended law school. She said she worked several jobs and took care of their four …
Family Crime
May 27, 2020
SEE IT: ‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow believed Tammy Daybell would die before she moved to Idaho; flaunted relationship with Chad Daybell while he was still married, friend says [VIDEO]
A former friend of Lori Vallow says that Lori and her husband Chad Daybell were open about their romantic relationship while Daybell was still married. Melanie Gibb, who knew Vallow and her family when they lived in Arizona, said in an interview with East Idaho News that Vallow incorrectly predicted that Daybell’s wife Tammy Daybell …