A Missouri man faces life in prison after he was convicted this week of brutally murdering his pregnant wife with a hammer, KMOV-TV reports.On Thursday, jurors found 31-year-old Beau Rothwell guilty of first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and abandonment of a corpse in connection with the 2019 death of his wife, 28-year-old Jennifer Rothwell.Beau Rothwell admitted to the …
A Florida man is accused of fatally shooting his own mother after she told him to stop smoking in his bedroom, WFLA-TV reports.Authorities say the incident happened Thursday morning in Lake Wales, Florida, a city between Tampa and Orlando.The 52-year-old victim, whose name has not been released, had just returned home after bringing her 14-year-old daughter …
A petition calling for new DNA analysis of evidence from the crime scene of JonBenet Ramsey’s murder has been launched. On Saturday, John Ramsey spoke at the CrimeCon 2022 convention in Las Vegas, where he announced the petition.Ramsey supports the push for an independent agency to conduct the DNA analysis instead of the Boulder Police Department, …
Loved ones of a California woman are pleading for the public’s help to find her after she went missing following a date two weeks ago, KTXL-TV reports.Leslie Ben-Iesau of Sacramento vanished April 15 after reportedly meeting someone she met on the dating app OkCupid.There has been no activity on the woman’s phone since 8:45 a.m. that …
A man with a history of kidnapping allegedly raped and murdered a 2-year-old girl at an Oklahoma hotel, where her body was found floating in a pool with shorts around her neck, KFOR-TV reports.Michael S. Geiger, 51, has been charged with first-degree murder, first-degree rape, kidnapping and burglary in connection with the death of the girl, …
Ever since Alex Murdaugh’s wife and son were murdered last year, the South Carolina lawyer has been the subject of increasingly bizarre and brazen accusations, including fraud, embezzlement, and a failed suicide-for-hire plot.As authorities inch closer in the murder probe — reportedly finding high-velocity impact splatter on Murdaugh’s clothes, suggesting that he was at the scene of …
Authorities investigating the death of Tammy Daybell, the former wife of Lori Vallow’s current husband, initially determined that she died from a “cardiac event,” KSAZ-TV reports. That’s according to court records obtained by the television station, which show Fremont County Coroner Brenda Dye determined Daybell’s death was caused by pulmonary edema or an accumulation of …
A woman who vanished nearly six months ago and may have been working with police as a witness against her boyfriend still has not been found, the Journal-Standard reports. Melissa Trumpy, 37, a mother of three children, went missing in late October. The disappearance came shortly after she and her boyfriend at the time, 35-year-old …
A cosmetics company says it’s just trying to correct the record after becoming an unwitting participant in Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard, TMZ reports. As opening statements were delivered earlier this week, Elaine Bredehoft, a lawyer for Heard, said that her client had Milani Conceal + Perfect All-in-One Correcting Kit with her at …
A California man whose three young children were murdered by his former girlfriend sued police and social workers this week alleging that they ignored repeated red flags and failed to do their jobs, CBS News reports. On Thursday, Erik Denton filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against the Los Angeles Police Department and …
A man suspected of shooting four people in Washington, D.C., on Friday was found dead in an apartment with numerous weapons and ammunition, WUSA-TV reports. “This was very much a sniper-type setup with a tripod, and this person, obviously, his intent was to kill and hurt members of our community,” D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Chief …
A Pennsylvania toddler who was shot three years ago while his father used him as a “human shield” during a drug deal has died, prompting an investigation into whether his death was a direct result of injuries from the shooting, KYW-TV reports. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced on Tuesday that 3-year-old Yaseem Jenkins died. …
