A North Carolina middle school was shut down on Tuesday after an eighth-grader died by suicide on campus, according to reports. WRAL reported that Wendell Middle School students were sent home after Austin Pendergrass, 13, died following a “medical crisis” on school grounds. Officials did not disclose where or how the teen died. Pendergrass’ family …
Alcohol intoxication reportedly played a role in the death of a Texas woman who was found dead in her car three weeks after her disappearance. Christina Powell, 39, whose body was discovered in a car parked outside Huebner Oaks Shopping Center in San Antonio on July 23, reportedly died from hyperthermia. The medical examiner ruled …
A Canadian parole board will review why the man who is accused of killing 10 people in Saskatchewan on Saturday was released from custody despite having 59 prior convictions. The Toronto Sun reported that Myles Sanderson, 30, has been arrested for crimes ranging from robbery to domestic violence and assault with a weapon. In February …
A New Hampshire man will admit on Wednesday that he killed his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son last year. The Boston Globe reported that Joseph Stapf, 31, will plead guilty to manslaughter, second-degree assault, falsifying physical evidence, and witness tampering. Stapf was dating Elijah Lewis’ mother at the time of his disappearance and death. In October, a …
An Iowa girl will be sentenced on Wednesday for killing her alleged rapist when she was 15. Pieper Lewis, 17, said in a plea agreement that she stabbed Zachary Brooks, 30 times in June 2020 after he raped her multiple times in the weeks leading up to the slaying. The teen claimed she did not …
A Pennsylvania woman was sentenced on Friday to 12 to 25 years in prison for the 2019 death of her 3-year-old daughter, who was fatally beaten by her boyfriend. According to The Daily Item, Northumberland County Judge Charles Saylor told Samantha Delcamp, 25, that she failed to protect Arabella Parker by cohabitating with Jahrid Burgess, …
New details have emerged about Monday’s discovery of missing Tennessee teacher Eliza Fletcher. An affidavit stated that Memphis police spotted vehicle tracks in tall grass which led to a vacant apartment. Officers combing the area noticed footprints and “an odor of decay” before locating a deceased woman who was ultimately identified as Fletcher, 34, next …
A North Carolina man has been arrested in connection with last month’s robbery that left a store employee dead. Charles Haywood, 22, was accused of killing Margaret Bracey, 42, during a robbery at the Exotic Hemp Company in Surf City. Surveillance footage showed Haywood inquiring about products at the store before brandishing a knife, taking …
A suspect sought in Saturday’s series of stabbings in Saskatchewan that killed 10 people was reportedly found dead on Saturday — but Canadian police said his brother remains at large. Rhonda Blackmore, commanding officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Saskatchewan, said Damien Sanderson, 31, was found dead with injuries that were apparently not …
A Nevada woman is expected to plead guilty to killing her 7-year-old son in 2021 and leaving his body on a trail. Hikers discovered Liam Husted’s body near the Mountain Springs Trailhead on May 28, 2021. On Thursday, Samantha Moreno-Rodriguez, 36, entered a guilty plea agreement in Las Vegas in connection with her son’s slaying, …
Missouri authorities have arrested a man who fled after allegedly killing his wife and dousing a house with gasoline on Sunday. Gregory Smith III, 40, reportedly beat, stomped, and stabbed Cristina Garcia, 37, at a Hazelwood home. The couple’s two children — an infant and a boy younger than 10 — were present during the …
A New York driver was reportedly filmed on Wednesday violently dragging an elderly woman out of his car. According to the New York Post, Access-A-Ride driver Mohamed Ahmed Elsakran was seen in Brooklyn yanking Catherine Shine, 78, out the back of his vehicle by her leg. The video shows Shine lying in the street and …
