New details emerged in court this week after a Georgia mother and her partner allegedly beat an 8-year-old girl to death, then reported her missing and posed as a worried parent. Warrants for 27-year-old Brittany Hall and her partner, Celeste Owens, paint a grim picture of Nicole “Amari” Hall’s last days before her death, Atlanta’s …
A South Carolina dad drives his five children around the deep south for nine days. Their bodies are in garbage bags in the trunk. Timothy Jones Jr. strangles four of them. The other, a 6-year-old boy named Nahtahn, is forced to exercise until he dies. The dad uses the activity as punishment after he accuses …
An Illinois woman was reportedly shot and killed on Wednesday at the memorial site for her 14-year-old son, who was also fatally shot days earlier. Delisa Tucker, 31, was reportedly shot in the chest as she lit candles where her son, Kevin Tinker Jr., was shot 12 times on Sunday in Roseland, a neighborhood in …
A New Jersey police officer has been charged with striking and killing a pedestrian on the Garden State Parkway then leaving the scene with the victim in his backseat. Louis Santiago, 25, faces multiple charges, including reckless vehicular homicide and desecrating human remains in the November 1 incident, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. Albert …
A Texas woman has been charged with the death of a woman from Missouri who died after receiving an illegal silicone injection from the suspect. A judge set bond for Lisa Fernandez, 47, at $40,000, according to KTRK, but jail records show her bond is $100,000. Fernandez is charged with manslaughter in the death of …
A Connecticut mother and grandmother have been arrested on charges relating to the death of the mother’s 6-week-old son. Emergency responders were called to the home of Crystal Czyzewski, 35, on November 17 on a report of an unresponsive infant, according to Connecticut State Police. The baby was taken Backus Hospital and then flown to …
The suspect accused of killing six people at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday is a registered sex offender, and impregnated a 15-year-old girl. Citing the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, the New York Post reports that Darrell Brooks pleaded guilty in 2006 to having sex with a 15-year-old girl who later gave birth …
Update 8:55 pm: A 13-year-old Colorado girl reported missing Tuesday night has been found safe, and an endangered child alert for her has been deactivated, the Aurora Police Department said. Ta-Kyrah Blackman was believed to have been with 41-year-old Navarro Cathey, who was arrested in Utah. Charges against him are pending, the Colorado Springs Gazette …
An Alabama man has been jailed on charges of sexually abusing a child under 12 years old dating back to 2013. Tomas Juan Francisco, 47, is being held at the DeKalb County Detention Center in northeastern Alabama on a $2 million bond, AL.com reported. The sheriff’s office said Francisco may face more charges. “I can’t …
A volunteer reserve police officer in southeastern Tennessee has been been charged with solicitation to murder after the potential target of the “hit” read text messages on his phone when he allegedly passed out drunk. Jerry McDonald, 49, also served as EMS special operations manager for Life Force, a medical helicopter company operating in southeastern …
