An Australian woman was reportedly found dead in an acid-filled bath on Sunday, leading to the arrest of her boyfriend. The Daily Telegraph reported that New South Wales police responding to a domestic violence incident discovered the body of Aminah Hayat, 19, in the bathroom of her Sydney apartment. Hayat was said to be found …
On Friday, a Wisconsin judge approved a measure to destroy the gun Kyle Rittenhouse used in the August 2020 protest shooting that left two people dead. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Rittenhouse, 18, agreed to the arrangement — which entails authorities destroying the Smith & Wesson M&P 15 rifle at the state crime lab …
‘A federal judge on Friday reduced Joe Exotic’s prison sentence by one year for violating federal wildlife laws and devising a murder-for-hire plot targeting controversial animal activist Carole Baskin. According to KOCW, Exotic, 58, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, learned of his new 21-year sentence in an Oklahoma City courtroom. Exotic was originally sentenced …
Thousands attended Friday’s funeral in New York for a rookie police officer who died last week in a shooting that also claimed the life of his partner. According to the New York Post, fallen NYPD officer Jason Rivera, 22, was posthumously promoted to detective first grade during his funeral at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. In addition …
An online petition has received more than 240,000 signatures in support of two Texas brothers and a friend who are accused of killing the brothers’ stepfather. The Change.org petition asks Governor Greg Abbott to release Alejandro Trevino, 18; Christian Trevino, 17; and Juan Eduardo Melendez, 18, who are facing various charges for killing the Trevinos’ …
An Alabama man who was arrested in 2019 for allegedly giving his pet squirrel methamphetamine to make it more aggressive had his trial delayed on Monday as he faces new charges. According to WAFF, Mickey Paulk’s trial was continued until late February because his attorney was not in court. At the time of his June …
On Wednesday, a 14-year-old Utah boy was charged with murder for a shooting earlier this month that killed two classmates and left a third seriously injured. The Hunter High School student, who has not been publicly identified, was charged in juvenile court for the January 13 shooting that killed Paul Tahi, 15, and Tivani Lopati, …
No arrests have been made more than a month after a Black man was fatally shot in Pennsylvania during a trip with a former co-worker and two other people he was vacationing with. On December 12, Pennsylvania State Police reportedly found Peter Spencer, 29, was deceased in the front yard of a cabin in Rockland …
A Connecticut mother has filed a lawsuit against Snapchat and Facebook, claiming the social media platforms are responsible for her 11-year-old daughter’s suicide last year. Social Media Victims Law Center filed a lawsuit in California on behalf of Tammy Rodriguez, whose daughter killed herself in July 2021. Rodriguez said her daughter had a severe addiction …
A recently-completed investigation found no evidence of a coverup in the 2013 death of Kendrick Johnson, who was found in a rolled-up mat at his Georgia high school. The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office reopened Kendrick’s case last March. Upon releasing a 16-page synopsis report, sheriff Ashley Paulk told WCTV that he is “100 percent sure there …
A New Mexico woman was arrested on Monday, nearly a year after her alleged involvement in a ransom plot that resulted in the murder of the captive’s brother, an ex-corrections officer. Anna Bella Dukes, 18, reportedly connected with Nicholas Otero on Snapchat and lured him to Alvarado Park in Albuquerque — where three armed men, including her …
A Georgia woman was charged with murder on Tuesday after an ongoing search for her 4-year-old son reportedly led to the discovery of human remains. Jayceon Mathis was reported missing by family members on January 20, after he was not seen for several months. The boy’s mother, Keara Cotton, 27, was initially charged on Monday …
