Month: January 2022

Murder
January 8, 2022

Update: Mom, 2 Siblings Charged in Death of 6-Year-Old Boy Initially Reported Missing

The mother and two siblings of a 6-year-old North Chicago boy have been charged in connection with his death after investigators found his body Saturday in Gary, Indiana. Damari Perry was initially reported missing on Wednesday afternoon, and his family said that he disappeared after a man and a woman drove him and his 16-year-old …

Murder
January 8, 2022

SC Woman Shoots Boyfriend Dead, Dumps Body, and Reports Him Missing: Cops

A South Carolina woman who reported her boyfriend missing before Christmas has now been charged with his murder. Taylor Wardlaw, 29, reported 26-year-old Terrell Sims missing on December 22, according to Columbia police, who described him as an “acquaintance” of Wardlaw. Sims’s sisters, however, told WLTX that their brother had been with Wardlaw for some …

Fraud
January 8, 2022

Bank CEO Fired Over Links to Murdaugh Investigation: Report

A member of another storied South Carolina family lost his job at the family business on Friday after his name surfaced in the ever-broadening investigations into the affairs of disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh. The board of directors of Palmetto State Bank fired CEO Russell Laffitte after subopoenas from the South Carolina Supreme Court’s Office of …

Murder
January 8, 2022

Alabama Cop Charged with Fatally Shooting Girlfriend

A Huntsville police officer was arrested and charged with capital murder after an “incident” that resulted in the death of a person in a vehicle. Sources said that David McCoy, 28, shot his girlfriend in the head Friday morning and then called police to report a woman sitting in a parked car who appeared to …

Murder
January 8, 2022

Missing 6-Year-Old North Chicago Boy Found Dead in Indiana; 3 Family Members in Custody

A 6-year-old boy reporting missing from Chicago’s northern suburbs earlier this week was found dead Saturday morning near an abandoned house in Gary, Indiana. The North Chicago Police Department said that three adult members of Damari Perry’s family “believed to be responsible for Damari’s death are in police custody.” Other juvenile members of the family …

Missing
January 8, 2022

Timeline: What We Know So Far About Harmony Montgomery Disappearance

*Editor’s Note: The missing child’s name was incorrectly listed as Hannah. The story has been updated to reflect the correct information* Harmony Montgomery hasn’t been seen since 2019, according to police, but was only reported missing in late 2021. Earlier this month, police arrested Adam Montgomery, 31, on charges of felony second-degree assault, interference with …

Sarah Maguire
Murder
January 8, 2022

Couple Beats Woman with Crowbar, Has Sex on Her Bed While Listening to her Die: Reports

An Oklahoma couple allegedly attacked a woman with a crowbar and then had sex on the woman’s bed, even while they heard the victim struggle to live in her final moments, KNWA-TV reports. Authorities made the disturbing allegations in court documents charging 25-year-old Brinlee Denison and 28-year-old Nicholas Johnson with first-degree murder in connection with …