A Texas woman who was arrested on capital murder charges for last year’s death of her 7-month-old son was sentenced to probation after accepting a plea deal. Johnnette Dukes was 19 when her son died in May 2021. The infant was found unresponsive in a laundry basket under a pile of clothes, according to KVIA. …
Investigators believe the girl died in 2021, even though her body was possibly dumped last month
U.S. Marshals are now handling the case of three inmates who reportedly escaped from a Missouri jail on Friday and remain at large. Lance Stephens, Matthew Crawford, and Christopher Blevins allegedly escaped from the Barry County Jail by making holes in the ceiling of their cells. Sheriff Danny Boyd told ABC News that the ceiling is …
Two Louisiana women were arrested on Friday, the same day they allegedly broke into a closed hotel that was damaged last year during Hurricane Ida. According to Lafourche Parish police, the owner of a Galliano hotel claimed Dana Chouest, 58, and Dena Leboeuf, 46, were stealing items. Though the pair was gone by the time …
A pair in Pennsylvania that was arrested in January for producing and disseminating child pornography is facing additional charges after investigators reportedly found more illicit materials involving an infant. The Daily Voice reported that Matteo Arriaga, 20, was originally charged after he posted 271 sexually-explicit videos, including a 23-second video that was posted in a …
A Kentucky deputy who was killed last month was fatally shot by a suspect he allowed to take a smoke break, investigators said. Gary Rowland, 30, used a hidden gun to kill Calloway County Chief Deputy Jody Cash on May 16. Rowland had been arrested for absconding from parole and drug and firearm-related charges and …
On Friday, a North Carolina man was sentenced to death for murdering and raping his 15-year-old daughter in 2019. Joshua Lee Burgess, 35, was convicted in Union County of strangling and slitting Zaria Burgess’ throat after psychologically and sexually torturing her for 22 hours. The teen’s body was discovered after her father walked into a …
A Texas woman who vanished in May was reportedly found dead in a car trunk on Sunday. Montgomery County police said that two men riding four-wheelers discovered two bodies in a vehicle after inspecting it as it had been in the same spot for the past couple of weeks. After they found a long gun …
A 911 dispatcher was fired on Thursday for mishandling an emergency call by a grocery store worker during last month’s shooting in New York that left 10 people dead. The Buffalo News reported that Erie County call taker Sheila Ayers was terminated following a disciplinary hearing. Ayers, who had worked for the police department for …
A Mississippi man who faked his death in 2018 to avoid being prosecuted for raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl was sentenced on Friday to 85 years in prison. Jacob Blair Scott, 45, admitted to sexually assaulting the girl in Jackson County. Scott purchased her Plan B and various pills when she became pregnant with …
A Robb Elementary School teacher has been left traumatized by Texas officials’ false claim that she left a back door propped open that gunman Salvador Ramos used to enter the school and kill 19 children and two educators, the woman’s lawyer said on Thursday. Attorney Don Flanary told ABC that the teacher, who has not …
Texas authorities are seeking to arrest a third person in connection with Tuesday’s death of a 3-year-old boy who reportedly weighed 19 pounds. According to KBMT, Port Arthur police officers who discovered King Dewey deceased also found a padlocked closet they believe the disabled toddler was kept in. Detective Mike Hebert described the closet as …
