The family of an Illinois girl who vanished on December 4 released a surveillance video that shows her before her disappearance. According to WMAQ, Brissa Romero, 17, went missing while on the way to a holiday work party at a Bowlero in Vernon Hills. Police said she was last seen near an intersection, and her …
The attorney for Roberta and Chris Laundrie denies that he knew Gabby Petito had died while on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend, Brian Laundrie, and denies that Brian’s parents had “full knowledge” that their son murdered Gabby. On December 8, Bertolino filed a response with the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court in Sarasota, Florida, after …
A 17-year-old Georgia high school football player was found dead on Sunday — a day after he was reported missing and a day before his team was to play in the state championship. Brandon Smith played for Manchester High School’s football team, Meriwether County School System Superintendent Robert A. Griffin and Manchester High Principal Suze …
Detroit police have taken a “person of interest” into custody related to the murder of Jewish community leader Samantha Woll in October. According to the Detroit News, the man appears to be a stranger and not an acquaintance of Woll’s, citing sources. The sources said he is not the same man who was detained in …
A California man is dead from what prosecutors called a “justifiable homicide” early Saturday morning after he tried to kidnap his estranged wife and was shot by a witness. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office says Christopher Saunders, 35, drove to an apartment in Sacramento shortly after midnight, left his car running in the parking lot, …
A Roman Catholic priest in Nebraska was stabbed to death early Sunday morning by an Iowa man who broke into the rectory of his church. Father Stephen Gutgsell called 911 to report the break-in at about 5 a.m., The Associated Press said. Gutgsell was taken from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Fort Calhoun …
A Los Angeles woman was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after she pleaded no contest to drugging her special needs son and hiding him in a closet until he died. Veronica Aguilar, now 46, told her husband, 11-year-old Yonatan Daniel Aguilar’s stepfather, that she had sent to boy back to Mexico because …
A high school basketball player and his brother were arrested earlier this month after they assaulted the team coach, who benched the 17-year-old player for bad behavior during a game. Jevin Allen, who played for Willis High School, was benched during a game at Conroe High School for his behavior toward an opposing player, but …
A Minnesota grand jury brought a three-count indictment against a mand who allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend just days after he was released from jail for assaulting her twice. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said that Matthew Scott Brenneman, 39, was indicted on one count of first degree murder and two counts of second degree murder. …
A Colorado man convicted in October of killing a 9-month-old baby has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, but the baby’s father said he’s disappointed the killer didn’t get the maximum 48 years. Cain Gallardo was found guilty of child abuse resulting in the death of Gianna “Gigi” Rosales in August 2020, KMGH reported. …
A 42-year-old Washington state man was arrested after an hour-long standoff with Pierce County deputies, which followed the discovery of his son’s mother’s body in his apartment. The investigation began shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday when the concerned parents of a woman requested a welfare check, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said. The parents said …
A 54-year-old Alabama man has been charged with killing his former girlfriend’s 17-year-old daughter. Dothan Police said the girl appeared to have been beaten to death during some kind of altercation, but an autopsy has not yet been completed to confirm that supposition. The girl, whose name has not been released, was taken to a …
