Medical Examiner Says Missing Boy Found Dead in Harlem River Died From Accidental Drowning
Drowning
Alfa Barrie, 11, and Garrett Warren, 13, had been missing for a week. Warren’s body was found Thursday; Barrie’s on Saturday.
Child Abuse
May 20, 2023
Georgia Cops Find and Arrest Mother of ‘Baby India,’ Abandoned in the Woods 4 Years Ago
A Georgia woman has been charged with abandoning her newborn in a plastic bag and leaving her for dead in the woods four years ago. The infant, dubbed “Baby India” by hospital staff, survived the ordeal and is now “happy, healthy and in a safe place,” Forsyth County Sheriff Ron H. Freeman said at a …
Murder
May 20, 2023
Florida Man Calls Housekeeper to Clean Up ‘Real Mess’ After Killing Grandmother With a Hammer
Florida sheriff’s deputies arrested a blood-soaked man Wednesday after he allegedly beat his grandmother to death with a hammer and severely injured his grandfather. Anthony Michael Corrado, 34, was charged with second degree murder and aggravated battery on a person over age 65, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said only …
Death investigation
May 20, 2023
Body of 2nd Missing New York Boy Found in Hudson River
Two days after finding the body of a 13-year-old boy in the Harlem River, authorities retrieved the body of his 11-year-old friend from the Hudson River on the other side of Manhattan. A New York Police Harbor Unit team pulled the body of Alfa Barrie from the water near 102nd Street and Riverside Drive at …
Shooting
May 20, 2023
Indiana Toddler With a Gun Shoots Mom and Illinois Murder Suspect
An Indiana toddler got his hands on a loaded handgun Thursday night and pulled the trigger, shooting his mother and a friend. Neither received life-threatening injuries, but police, called when 21-year-old Jalynn Artis and 23-year-old Trayshaun Smith showed up at Franciscan Health Lafayette East with gunshot wounds, soon learned that Smith had a warrant out …
Murder
May 20, 2023
Idaho College Murders: Kohberger Allegedly Broke Into Female Colleague’s Apartment, Installed Cameras
Bryan Kohberger is said to have broken into a female coworker’s apartment so she would ask him for help, allegedly leading him to install security cameras in the residence that he may have been able to monitor, NBC’s Dateline reports. The allegations involving the female colleague have not been released officially by authorities, and Dateline …
May 20, 2023
Diamond Bradley: Woman Claims She’s Missing Toddler Who Disappeared with Sister Over 20 Years Ago
A pending DNA test could confirm whether a Texas woman is a missing toddler from Chicago who vanished more than 20 years ago, WLS-TV reports. On July 6, 2001, 3-year-old Diamond Bradley (pictured) and her 10-year-old sister, Tionda were reported missing. The girls’ mother told police that when she got home from work that day, she found …
Murder
May 20, 2023
Nevada Man Gets Life in Prison for Torture, Murder of Victim Forced to Walk Off Cliff
A Nevada man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for the horrific torture and murder of another man because of unsubstantiated allegations that the victim had abused a child, which police determined were baseless, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Earlier this week, a jury convicted 39-year-old Brad Mehn of first-degree murder and …
Famous Murder Cases
May 20, 2023
‘What a monster this woman is’: Juror Speaks Out About ‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell
An alternate juror in the Lori Vallow Daybell trial is sharing her perspective from the case, calling the woman convicted of murdering her children a “monster” in an interview with FOX 10. Last week, Lori was convicted in Idaho of murdering two of her kids in addition to conspiring to murder the wife of her …
Murder
May 19, 2023
Ex-Boyfriend Who Served Time in Prison For Manslaughter Charged With New Jersey’s Mom’s Murder
The former boyfriend of a New Jersey woman found dead just off a busy highway on Wednesday has been arrested for her murder. Gregory Mallard, 35, previously served 10 years in prison for aggravated manslaughter and was the father of 32-year-old Norelis Mendoza’s two children, NJ.com reported. Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said Mallard was …
Murder
May 19, 2023
Husband Calls 911 to Report He’s Just Killed Wife, In-Laws
A Utah man has been charged with murder after he called 911 and reported he had killed his wife and her parents. Jeremy Bailey, 34, stayed on the phone with dispatchers until officers arrived, when he was told to come outside and was taken into custody. The Layton Police Department said officers found Bailey’s wife, …
Drugs
May 19, 2023
Grandmother Wants Someone Held Accountable for Grandaughter’s Fentanyl Death
Debbie Peeden doesn’t believe that 23-year-old Ashley Whaby willingly took fentanyl.