Jacquelyn Gray

‘They Didn’t Ask Me for Anything’: Family Member Called DCS Before Police Found Disabled Girl Dead in Garbage Outside Home
Child Abuse

Tennessee’s Department of Children Services was reportedly involved with a 4-year-old girl before she was found dead last Tuesday. Sequoia Samuels’ mother, Brittany Jackson, allegedly admitted that her daughter died weeks before she and her live-in boyfriend, Jaylon Hobson, reported her missing. Memphis police found Samuels in a garbage container outside her home — and …

Missing
June 19, 2023

Missing Lyft Customer Who Called 911 After Canceled Ride Found Dead in Marsh

An investigation is underway in Massachusetts after a man who vanished earlier this month was found dead on Friday. Dickson De Los Reyes, 24, was last seen on June 11 leaving a party in Chelsea and getting into a Lyft. Police said De Los Reyes called 911 after the ride was canceled, but the call …

Missing
June 16, 2023

Mom Says She Kept 4-Year-Old Daughter’s Body in Bag For Weeks Before Reporting Her Missing

The mother of a 4-year-old Tennessee girl whose remains were discovered late Thursday night allegedly told police that her daughter had been dead for weeks before she reported her missing. According to WREG, Brittany Jackson originally told Memphis police that she realized Sequoia Samuels was missing after getting text messages from her aunt about the …

Missing
June 15, 2023

Endangered Toddler and Infant Just Reported Missing Despite Vanishing in March

Mississippi officials recently issued a missing child alert for two babies who vanished in March and may be in danger. WTOK reported that  Miracle Brown, 8 months, and Willie Love, 2, were last seen in Scott County with Symone Brown, 29. The woman’s connection to the children — and details regarding their disappearance — were …

Court
June 15, 2023

Delphi Murders: Suspect Confessed ‘5 or 6 Times’ to Killing Teen Girls in 2017

Indiana authorities said on Thursday that a suspect confessed multiple times to killing two 14-year-old girls in 2017. Caroll County Prosecutor Nick McLeland said Richard Allen admitted “five or six times” to killing friends Abby Williams and Libby German, 14, in Delphi. McLeland said Allen made those confessions to multiple people, according to WXIN. Allen’s …

PICTURED: Officials ID Couple Found Dead at Lux Mexico Resort
Unsolved
June 15, 2023

PICTURED: Officials ID Couple Found Dead at Lux Mexico Resort

Two Americans found dead in a Mexican hotel room near the Californian peninsula were identified on Thursday. According to ABC News, the Baja California Sur Attorney General’s office identified the decedents as John Heathco, 41, and Abby Lutz, 28, of California. Officials said Heatheo and Lutz died from “intoxication by substance to be determined” 10 …

Unsolved
June 15, 2023

Teen Found Dead Behind Home After Outing With Friends

A New Hampshire woman was reportedly found dead behind a home in Massachusetts on Tuesday, prompting an investigation. WCVB reported that an Everett resident discovered the body of Kya Donovan, 18, behind their home. Donovan reportedly went to Everett on Monday with some friends, and her father contacted the police when she did not return. …

Court
June 15, 2023

‘Cult Mom’ Trial Judge Rules on Victim Impact Statements as Lori Vallow Requests New Trial

Last Thursday, an Idaho judge presiding over Lori Vallow Daybell’s triple murder trial decided that three relatives can provide victim impact statements before July’s sentencing hearing. KTVB reported that Kay Woodcock, Summer Shiflet, and Colby Ryan are allowed to give their statements while addressing themselves as immediate family members or a representative of a family …

Animal Abuse
June 14, 2023

Man Rapes Family Dog on Couch, Then Threatens to Kill Mom Who Witnessed it

An Indiana man was arrested last month for sexually abusing his dog and physically threatening his mother, who allegedly caught him carrying out the act. In March 2022, an Elkhart woman reportedly witnessed her son, Blake Reffett, 20, with his pants down while raping her dog that was pinned on the couch. Before fleeing, Reffett …