Investigators say the little boy found inside a suitcase in rural Indiana died from an electrolyte imbalance. The medical examiner says that the imbalance was most likely due to a “viral gastroenteritis” caused by excessive vomiting or diarrhea. State police are still working to identify the boy, believed to be about five years old. Toxicology …
Florida officials believe a man who was found dead at a park on Tuesday was attacked by an alligator. Largo police said a 47-year-old man who has not been publicly identified may have been retrieving frisbees from the water at John S. Taylor Park when he was fatally mauled. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission …
A New York daycare worker was arrested earlier this month for allegedly producing child porn with at least one child in his care. On May 3, police arrested Silfredo Castillo Martinez, 32, at his home daycare in the Bronx. Investigators said Martinez has been making child porn since 2011, and they identified one of the …
Prison letters between William Clarke and Mary Branch tell a sordid story of love and hate. Clarke also wrote to several other people from his prison cell, including a U.S. Senator and one woman who proved to be pivotal regarding a solution to the case. Subscribe to the Shattered Souls podcast now to hear more. …
December 9th, 2001, novelist Michael Peterson calls 911 telling the operator that he’s found his wife at the bottom of stairs in their home. She is still breathing, but there’s lots of blood coming from her head. Kathleen Peterson later dies. When police and emergency personnel first enter the home, Peterson’s injuries are characterized as …
Bail was denied Monday for an Illinois man who last week allegedly dumped gasoline on a sleeping homeless man and lit him on fire. On Wednesday, Joseph Guardia, 27, allegedly burned Joseph Kromelis, 75, in Chicago. Surveillance footage showed Guardia silently standing over Kromelis for 16 seconds before walking to a nearby intersection, returning, pouring gas …
Illinois officials confirmed on Sunday that a body retrieved from a lake earlier this month is a grad student who vanished in late April with his girlfriend, who was also found deceased. On May 22, boaters reportedly spotted Daniel Sotelo’s body in Lake Michigan, about a mile offshore in Wilmette. The Wilmette Police Department told …
A Missouri woman says what was supposed to be a fun date turned into days of horror after a man she met on social media tortured her and stole her dentures. “He seemed pretty cool, ya know? I thought I found somebody, ya know, and it turned out to be a complete Jekyll and Hyde,” …
Florida deputies arrested an 18-year-old man after he posted a photo of himself online with guns, a tactical vest, and the message, “Hey Siri, directions to the nearest school.” The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said the handgun and rifle seen in Corey Anderson’s photo were low power “airsoft guns.” Law enforcement, however, are not playing …
An 8-year-old boy is dead after he was struck by a bullet from South Carolina man who was randomly firing at cars driving by his home over the weekend. The boy’s father was also shot and is recovering, Florence County officials said. The boy was taken to a hospital in critical condition after the shooting …
Rescue crews returned to the James River in Richmond, Virginia, Tuesday morning to continue the search for two women who are missing after a disastrous river outing on Memorial Day. The two women were part of a group of 12 that went over Bosher’s Dam on Monday, WRIC reported. The Richmond Fire Department, with the …
Deputies are called to a home on a September morning after relatives find the body of Jack Chandler, his wife, Kay, and their daughter Tiffany Ichor, All three victims have been shot multiple times with at least two different weapons. Investigators say two masked suspects can be seen on security cameras outside the rural home. …
