A doctor in England has been convicted of multiple crimes for attempting hundreds of twisted exorcism rituals on his girlfriend, which involved dangerous chemicals and drugs, BBC News reports. Authorities say 60-year-old Hossam Metwally performed a “dangerous perversion” of an Islamic ritual called Ruqya about 250 times on the woman over four years to expel spirits, …
Five young children died in a horrific fire Friday – on their mother’s birthday – at a St. Louis-area apartment where they had been living since their previous home was destroyed in a blaze earlier this year, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The fire is believed to have started around 3 a.m. at an apartment building …
Several potential gravesites and other “areas of interest” have been identified under parking lots near a Florida Major League Baseball stadium, the Tampa Bay Times reports. On Friday, the city of St. Petersburg announced that a contractor it hired had located the possible graves beneath a pair of parking lots outside Tropicana Field, home of the …
A manhunt is underway for a Minnesota man accused of fatally stabbing his wife in a jealous rage and leaving her to bleed out and die in the family driveway, KMSP-TV reports. A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of 44-year-old Eric Reinbold, who has been charged with murder in connection …
A Florida mother was found shot to death in a vehicle with her two young children inside, prompting police to ask for the public’s help in finding her killer, WFLA-TV reports. Around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, authorities in St. Petersburg received a 911 call reporting that a person had been shot in the 100 block of 60th …
A young girl has died after she was struck by a rock that crashed through a windshield in Idaho, the Idaho State Journal reports. The incident occurred in the southeast part of the state, where 10-year-old Kambrie Horsley was riding in the passenger seat of a vehicle driven by her father, Brad Horsley. As the …
Authorities have confirmed that a young boy whose body was found near Las Vegas in May died as a result of strangulation, KSNV-TV reports. The body of 7-year-old Liam Husted was found May 28 near a hiking trail in Mountain Springs, Nevada. On Thursday, Clark County Coroner Melanie Rouse announced that Husted’s death was officially ruled …
Authorities in the United Kingdom are asking for the public’s help in their search for a missing 2-year-old boy, the Reading Chronicle reports. The toddler, Andrew Junior Leighton, was reportedly taken from his home around 1:25 a.m. local time on Sunday by this father, according to the newspaper. The boy lives in Chalgrove, a village …
Authorities are asking for the public’s help to find an elderly man with serious health conditions who is missing in Georgia, WSB-TV reports. Edward Brown, 78, is believed to have walked away from his home on the 2100 block of Shawnee Drive near Jonesboro, Georgia, on Friday around 6 p.m. Jonesboro is a city of about …
The body of a missing Virginia woman who vanished last month after grocery shopping has been found, and someone she knew has been charged with her murder, WRC-TV reports.Emily Lu, 72, disappeared more than seven weeks ago on the evening of June 3 after shopping at an Aldi store in Woodbridge, Virginia, about 20 miles southwest …
The boyfriend of a woman who went missing in the U.S. Virgin Islands in March is rebutting claims from police that they have lost track of him, Fox News reports. Sarm Heslop, 41, disappeared the evening of March 7 after dining out with her boyfriend, Ryan Bane, 44, and possibly returning to his nearly $600,000 yacht …
Lori Vallow flew out of Idaho the day before her brother attempted to shoot Tammy Daybell and returned to the state the day after Daybell died – all within weeks of Vallow marrying Daybell’s husband, KSAZ-TV reports. The revelation comes from 2,500 emails related to the investigation that police in Chandler, Arizona, released on Friday in response …
