Two suspects are in custody in the shooting death of an Illinois police sergeant and the wounding of her partner earlier this week. Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic, 49, was killed and Officer Tyler Bailey, 27, was critically wounded Wednesday night when responded to a call about barking dogs left unattended in a car in …
A Durham, North Carolina, woman has died after she was apparently struck by a falling bullet from celebratory gunfire Friday night, despite a warning from police this week for New Year’s celebrants to refrain from the practice. Durham Police released a public service announcement on Wednesday noting the death of 74-year-old Paulette Thorpe on July …
A Pennsylvania man was arrested Friday and charged with the death of 2-year-old Brielle Swinton. Kyrell Morgan, 19, faces charges of criminal homicide and endangering the welfare of children in the toddler’s death early Thursday morning. The criminal complaint against Morgan says he squeezed the girl around the mid-section the day before, which caused a …
A Utah woman is lucky to be alive after she was allegedly kidnapped and held hostage by a man who may have shot at her as she was fleeing, KSL-TV reports.The 24-year-old victim told police that she had arranged to meet the man at a Salt Lake City hotel to consider buying shoes from him.At the …
A Georgia mother is accused of selling her young daughter for “sexual servitude” to a man before he allegedly raped, sodomized and strangled the girl, WRBL-TV reports.The disturbing allegations were made public in court records the television station obtained Friday after the mother, 35-year-old Kelly Siple, was arrested for murder and human trafficking in connection with the death …
Authorities are still investigating the death of Gabby Petito, but it remains unclear why or what exactly law enforcement is focusing on at this stage of the case, WFLA-TV reports. Petito captured the nation’s attention when the 22-year-old went missing in August while on a cross-country road trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie. On September 19, Petito’s remains were …
