A retired NYPD officer says he will do whatever it takes to bring his daughter’s killer to justice, the New York Post reports. “Whoever did this, you took away the mother of a 3-year-old,” Carlos Ruiz told the Post. “I will never forgive you, and I hope you pay for everything you have done. And …
An Alabama man who allegedly tried to poison his wife with lead-tainted vitamins has been released from jail so he can pay alimony and child support, WHNT-TV reports. On Wednesday, 34-year-old Brian Mann was released from the Morgan County Jail pending the outcome of an attempted murder charge. Prosecutors allege that Mann intentionally gave his …
A Missouri girl courageously escaped an attempted abduction from her own backyard, prompting a manhunt for the accused kidnapper and two others involved, KOLR-TV reports. Around 7:15 p.m. Friday, police in Ash Grove, Missouri, notified the Greene County Sheriff’s Office about an attempted abduction of an 11-year-old girl. The child told police that she had …
A North Carolina husband and wife are accused of abusing their young son to the point of killing him, WRAL-TV reports. On Friday, police arrested 41-year-old Joseph “Joe” Paul Wilson and 38-year-old Jodi Ann Wilson in connection with the death of their son, 4-year-old Skyler Wilson. The couple each have been formally charged with murder, …
A California boy was stabbed to death after being confronted by a group of teens at a Chick-fil-A restaurant, leaving his family heartbroken, KTLA-TV reports. Around 5:40 p.m. Wednesday, the teens allegedly confronted 13-year-old Marco Murillo at the fast-food restaurant near 7th and Flower streets in downtown Los Angeles. The teens then chased Murillo about a half-block …
A beloved Texas elementary teacher was allegedly shot to death by a man she met on a dating app recently, KHOU-TV reports. On January 7, 28-year-old Wendy Duan was found dead in her backyard in Sugar Land, Texas, near Houston. She had been shot multiple times. Authorities on Wednesday arrested Charvas Thompson in Louisiana in connection …
The man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students is said to have authored online posts years ago describing an inability to feel emotions, at one point writing that he could do “whatever I want with little remorse,” The New York Times reports. “I feel like an organic sack of meat with no self …
A man who allegedly knew and spent time with accused Idaho murderer Bryan Kohberger says he did drugs with the quadruple homicide suspect, Fox News reports. Rich Pasqua, a guest Saturday on Fox’s “Cross Country,” told host Lawrence Jones that he worked with Kohberger in a pizza restaurant and that they both were heroin addicts. …
A woman who lied about helping a homeless veteran to fraudulently fundraise more than $400,000 will spend the next few years in prison, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. On Friday, a New Jersey judge sentenced 32-year-old Katelyn McClure to three years in state prison for her role in the con, which garnered national attention. McClure was …
A U.S. Army veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder allegedly murdered his mother and wrote in an apology that he “gave into the Devil” on the night of the killing, TCPalm.com reports. On December 31, police in Port Salerno, Florida, were called to a home shared by 58-year-old Christina Ruth Diorio and her son, 34-year-old …
The surviving roommate who told police she encountered an intruder in the home where four University of Idaho students were murdered was “scared to death,” according to an attorney for one of the victim’s families. “She was scared. She was scared to death, and rightly so,” lawyer Shanon Gray told Fox News on Saturday. “This …
Legal experts are weighing in about the strength of the evidence against Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students, the Daily Mail reports. This week, authorities released an affidavit detailing the basis for probable cause to arrest Kohberger in connection with the vicious November 13 stabbings of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison …
