The body of Stephen Smith, an openly gay 19-year-old man found dead on a lonely South Carolina road in 2015, has been exhumed and is undergoing a second autopsy. The drive to take another look at Smith’s death — initially declared a hit and run by Hampton County investigators — comes from his mother, Sandy …
Police say they’re not going to charge a Texas man who reported his car stolen and then didn’t wait for officers before he shot and killed the alleged thief. The man, who wasn’t identified, tracked the vehicle with an Apple AirTag and confronted the alleged thief at a shopping center on the southeast side of …
Two young Florida children died in separate incidents while both were under the care of their grandmother. Now that woman’s daughter, the mother of the two children, says her mom should be behind bars. “If I’m objective, she needs to go to prison,” Kaila Nix said in an interview with WSVN-TV. “As her daughter, it …
An Indiana man says he was invited to a home for some food and drugs but ended up chained in the basement where he was tortured and waterboarded, WSBT-TV reports. On Thursday, authorities in South Bend announced charges stemming from the brutal assault, which allegedly occurred on March 22. The victim told investigators that one …
A Florida man accused of gunning down an autistic teenager for no apparent reason was seen smiling Friday as police took him into custody, FOX 35 reports. On Friday, officers in Ocala arrested 20-year-old Geremy Doel Navarro on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 19-year-old Ferron Williams. The arrest comes …
A 27-year-old Nebraska woman was arrested this week and charged with murder after she allegedly ran over two employees of her apartment complex and killed them. The Lincoln Police Department said that Taylor Bradley drove some 20 to 30 yards off the roadway to hit the two men, and that video and witness accounts support …
An Indiana toddler was shot and killed this week by his 5-year-old sibling, who found a loaded handgun. Tippecanoe County Coroner Carrie Costello identified the victim as Isiah Johnson, 16-months-old, according to the Lafayette Journal & Courier. Costello said the young boy died from a single gunshot wound, but the manner of death is delayed …
A former Republican political strategist and party donor was found guilty this week of sex trafficking 15 and 16 year old girls. The jury deliberated for a little more than three hours before returning a guilty verdict for Anton Lazzaro, 32, on seven counts involved “commercial sex acts” with five minors, WCCO reported. As CrimeOnline …
A Virginia man suspected of killing his newlywed wife was himself shot by police and died later Friday night at a Richmond hospital. James Talbert III, 63, allegedly shot and killed his wife, 55-year-old Peace Talbert, Friday morning in their South Richmond home. Police were called to the scene at about 10:40 a.m., according to …
A member of an Ohio neo-Nazi group was arrested on Friday, charged federal court in relation to an attack on a Cleveland area church that planned to hold a drag brunch and drag story hour. Aimenn D. Penny, 20, is accused of hurling a Molotov cocktail at the Community Church of Chesterland, a United Church …
A Mississippi babysitter could face the death penalty for allegedly murdering a toddler and abusing his younger sister, the Daily Journal reports. This week, a grand jury in Alcorn County voted to indict 23-year-old Makallie E. Durham with four counts of child abuse stemming from an incident in September that left a 2-year-old boy dead …
