A Maryland man is behind bars facing numerous charges in connection with the death of a stepfather who was fatally injured while protecting his stepson during an altercation. According to a statement released by the Anne Arundel County Police Department, police arrested Trevor Garrett Taylor, 26, on Tuesday and charged him with manslaughter, assault, affray, …
A former South Carolina church youth pastor now faces 91 criminal sex charges in two counties after an extensive investigation added more counts onto previous charges filed against him in Greenville and Greenwood Counties. The 20 new counts charge Daniel Kellan Mayfield, 35, with voyeurism and sexual exploitation of a minor, the Greenville News said. …
Accused Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann’s wife had few words when confronted with her husband’s arrest. In an interview with Fox 5, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said 59-year-old Heueremann’s wife, Asa Ellerup, was shocked when she heard her husband was accused of killing three women and dumping their bodies at Gilgo Beach. …
A Mississippi man was charged this week with beating his mother to death and setting fire to her home to hide the crime. William Walden faces charges of capital murder and arson in the death of his mother, Flora Walden, the Vicksburg News reported. The Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office said Walden’s two-bedroom mobile home …
A Florida mom was arrested this week and charged with trying to hire a hitman to kill her 3-year-old son. Arrest documents say that Jazmin Paez, 18, used the parody website rentahitman.com to request the murder, WTVJ reported. The website owner, Robert Innes, told the station he receives multiple such requests a day but found …
A jury on Wednesday awarded a Florida family $800,000 in a lawsuit alleging a McDonald’s chicken nugget severely burned a 4-year-old girl in 2019. Back in May, the jury reached a split verdict in the suit brought by Philana Holmes and Humberto Caraballo Estevez, parents of now-8-year-old Olivia Caraballo, saying the girl suffered second-degree burns …
One person is dead and another was wounded after a shooting Wednesday afternoon inside a Florida Walmart. Police and medical units responded to the Florida City store at about 3 p.m. and took one person into custody after searching the store, WPLG reported. Miami-Dade Police said the shooting happened during an altercation between two groups …
Russell told investigators in a brief interview Saturday night that she was abducted by a man with orange hair and a woman. They have not spoken with her again.
The wife of suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann has filed for divorce. Attorney Robert Macedonio told Newsdsay that he is representing 59-year-old Asa Ellerup, Heuermann’s wife, and that she filed for divorce on Wednesday in Suffolk County Supreme Court. “I can confirm a summons and a complaint has been filed,” Macedonio told the …
The murders of four Portland women have now been classified as the work of a serial killer. Detectives have linked the murders to a man granted early release from his sentence. Jesse Lee Calhoun, 38, was granted early release after he joined a group of inmates fighting devastating wildfires. Calhoun had been sentenced to four …
A Wisconsin couple was arrested after the woman’s two sons reportedly escaped their home last week covered in blood and feces. On July 13, a Milwaukee resident saw Katie Koch’s two sons, ages 7 and 9, climb onto an air conditioner unit and walk down the street naked. A child who witnessed the ordeal described …
Alabama woman Carlee Russell searched for the movie “Taken” and how to take money from a cash register without getting caught, among other search queries, police said during a Wednesday morning press conference. “I find that very strange,” Hoover Alabama Police Chief Nicholas Derzis said Wednesday. He added that it’s hard for him to understand …
