Investigators have found the remains of an Indiana mom who disappeared more than a week ago. Gary police spokesman Jack Hamady said the body of Ariana Taylor, 23, was found in a shallow drainage ditch at about 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, WFLD said. Taylor, the mother of a 4-year-old son, was last seen leaving her …
A Florida woman is facing first-degree murder charges for the deaths of her son and daughter, who were reportedly found strangled at their home on Tuesday. The Miami Herald reported that police found Laural Belval, 5, and Jeffrey Belval, 3, dead at their Little River home after their mother, Odette Joassaint, 41, told responding officers, …
Lori Vallow Daybell will stand trial for the deaths of her two children. On Monday, an Idaho court found Lori Vallow Daybell fit to stand trial. Seventh District Judge Steven Boyce ordered Daybell’s release from the Department of Health and Welfare after reviewing three evaluation reports. Daybell has been undergoing treatment since last summer, but …
A Texas grand jury indicted a man last week in connection with the September 2021 death of his disabled, elderly mother — who authorities said was neglected for months before she died. In September 2021, Bexar County police responded to an Elmendorf residence amid reports that Juan Huerta’s mother, Maria Huerta, 74, had died in …
New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin resigned on Tuesday, the same day he was scheduled to appear in federal court for campaign finance fraud. Benjamin stepped down hours after an unsealed federal indictment alleged he funneled $50,000 in state funds to Harlem real estate investor Gerald Migdol’s charity, Friends of Public School Harlem. In exchange, …
On Tuesday, South Dakota’s House of Representatives voted to impeach Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, who has said he has no intention to resign before a Senate vote. Voting 36 to 31, the state House issued articles of impeachment for Ravnsborg, 45, who in September 2020 fatally struck Joe Boever, 55, on the shoulder of Highway …
Former physical therapist Anthony Todt is on trial for the brutal 2020 murders of his wife, children, and their family dog. Todt took the stand Wednesday morning in Osceola County, Florida. A day after jurors viewed a video of Todt confessing to suffocating his wife and children, he took the witness stand and denied being present …
A Maryland woman is accused of fatally running over and dragging a man with his own vehicle after he allegedly propositioned her for sex and became angry when she declined, WBAL-TV reports. Police on Sunday arrested 25-year-old Katie Foster on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 52-year-old Joseph Dawson following …
Daytona Beach police are searching for an 11-year-old boy who hasn’t been seen since he got of his school bus Tuesday afternoon. Connor Robertson is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall and about 130 pounds with blond hair, the Daytona Beach Police Department said. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and gray pants …
A Louisiana woman has been charged with cruelty to children after she flipped an SUV she was driving with her 11 chidren inside. Central Police Chier Roger Corcoran said all 11 children survived the crash — which happened after 10 p.m. on Sunday — although one, who was ejected from the vehicle, was taken to …
Sherri Papini, the so-called “Super Mom” charged with faking her own kidnapping six years ago, has agreed to a plea deal admitting that she orchestrated the hoax. Papini released a statement through her attorney on Tuesday saying she was “deeply ashamed of myself for my behavior and so sorry for the pain I’ve caused my …
Three people are found dead at a Georgia gun range. The owners, 71-year-old Thomas Richard Hawk Sr., his wife, Evelyn Hawk, and their 19-year-old grandson, Luke Hawk, were found shot, in what authorities say appears to be a violent triple murder and robbery. Richard Hawk, Luke’s father, drove to the shooting range to check on …
