An Oregon teen appeared in court Thursday amid allegations that he shook his 8-month-old son to the point he was left virtually brain dead. Isiah Hill, 19, was charged with first-degree assault and first-degree criminal mistreatment for allegedly dropping, squeezing, and shaking Milo Hill. The father initially claimed he had fallen over the dog while …
A convicted child molester who was serving a life sentence at a California prison died Wednesday in what officials are reportedly investigating as a homicide. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement that officers at Mule Creek State Prison found Deandre Austin, 46, unresponsive in his cell while responding to a …
On Tuesday, police in Louisiana issued an arrest warrant for a man who allegedly fatally beat his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter earlier this month. A law enforcement source told the Times-Picayune that Anfernee Steele, 21, was entrusted to watch Jo’nyri Hawkins at a New Orleans hotel room on October 3. The mother reportedly returned to the …
On Thursday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania denied a request to dismiss charges against the man accused of opening fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in October 2018, killing 11 people. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Robert Bowers sought to have charges dropped that were related to the Hate Crimes Protection Act and the …
A Montana man was booked into jail Thursday for allegedly murdering his stepsister, who was found dead in a car in Iowa in 1999. Matt Kennedy, 52, was charged with the first-degree murder of Kimberly Ratliff, 22. Ratliff was found dead in her car in a parking lot in Council Bluffs; her body was mutilated …
Lawyers representing R. Kelly said Friday that jail staff stood by as an inmate attacked the singer in his cell in August. Attorney Michael Leonard asked yet again for Kelly’s release from the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in Illinois. Leonard wrote in court documents that inmate Jeremiah Farmer, 39, “roamed a great distance” in the …
A toddler who was left at an Indiana emergency room Tuesday with life-threatening injuries has died, according to reports. Citing police radio communications, the South Bend Tribune reported that a blue van was seen dropping off Kardie Rose Weathersby, 3, at Memorial Hospital’s emergency room at around 1 a.m. The blue van was reportedly spotted leaving …
A Connecticut woman was arrested Tuesday in connection with the July 6 death of her 11-month-old son — who reportedly died after ingesting a fatal combination of cocaine, fentanyl, and morphine. Rebecca Dixon, 35, was charged with second-degree manslaughter for the infant’s death, which was deemed a homicide in early September. Dixon had called police …
An investigation is underway after an Oklahoma woman incarcerated for allegedly killing a toddler girl in 2015 died Sunday while awaiting trial. According to KFOR, Lesley Hendrix, 37, was pronounced dead at a hospital after collapsing in a shower at Canadian County Jail. Her cause of death remains under investigation. Incarcerated since 2016, Hendrix was …
A prominent pastor from North Carolina allegedly urinated on a sleeping passenger Monday during a Delta flight from Nevada to Michigan. Alicia Beverly told WJBK that she was awakened by a warm feeling during the Detroit-bound flight. Beverly said the man did not say anything during the bizarre ordeal. “I jump up and I seen …
A Pennslyvania woman has been declared blind after she was targeted in a random acid attack last week, according to reports. WPVI reported that on October 6, an unidentified man hurled acid at Helen Jones, 61, outside of her Philadelphia home as she walked to her car. At the time of the attack, Jones, a …
An Indiana man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend in 2014 was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Joseph Oberhansley was convicted of murder and burglary in the death of Tammy Jo Blanton, 46. WLKY reported that Blanton’s mutilated body was found under a tarp in the bathroom of her Clark …
