Police in Washington announced on Wednesday that they’ve identified the person who raped and murdered a 12-year-old girl in 1985. Spokane police said Clayton Giese stabbed Marsi Belecz 29 times, raped her, and slit her throat 34 years earlier. The Spokesman-Review reported that Belecz ran away from home after buying herself a new dress. Her mother …
A 1-year-old Alabama boy was pronounced dead Monday after being found unresponsive at his home — with rodent bites all over his body. An unnamed source told WALA about the apparent bites marks discovered on the unidentified toddler’s body. The boy’s mother and grandmother, Alexis Ansley, 23, and Donnetta Ansley, 43, were charged with child …
Authorities announced that remains discovered in Ohio on Sunday belong to a Kentucky girl who mysteriously vanished in 2010. An unidentified man reportedly contacted the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office and claimed he’d discovered possible human remains in a wooded area near Williamsburg Township. Clermont County police, along with the Clermont County coroner and Covington, Kentucky, …
Prosecutors recently upgraded charges against an Arkansas couple whose 7-month-old daughter reportedly starved to death in September. In February, Crystal Morrow, 24, and Dustin Harley, 19, were arrested on manslaughter charges in connection with the death of their daughter, Kimberly Harley. The Texarkana Gazette reported that they were also criminally charged with child endangerment, as …
A Tennessee mother was arrested on first-degree charges on Monday, weeks after she allegedly called police and told them that she killed her 4-month-old daughter in 2010. Metro Nashville police claimed Zohal Sakwall, 40, originally lied about how her daughter died, destroyed evidence, and staged her baby’s death to make it look like an accident. …
A parolee in Utah who was released from a halfway house early due to the coronavirus pandemic allegedly broke into a random home and held a woman at knifepoint. KSL reported that the incident involving Joshua Haskell, 42, occurred in American Fork on March 19. Haskell allegedly forced entry into a home and, while brandishing …
A Virginia man was arrested last week for allegedly driving under the influence before spitting on officers and claiming he had coronavirus. WWBT reported that Henrico police arrested Clarence Jones on March 17 after spotting him drive away from the scene of an accident. Officers who pulled over Jones reportedly smelled alcohol, prompting them to …
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Three people in West Virginia were arrested on murder charges Friday after a 5-year-old boy reportedly died at a hospital on March 20 with suspicious injuries. According to WBOY, West Virginia State Police said hospital employees asked them to investigate after a boy was admitted with brain bleeding, various bruises, and a one-and-a-half-inch laceration on …
Georgia officials said a former school and church volunteer who was serving a life sentence for molesting nine boys was killed in a prison altercation earlier this month. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Cesar Pastrana, 33, died March 13 from injuries he sustained in a fight with another inmate at Hancock State Prison in Sparta. …
Federal officials reportedly issued an alert to law enforcement warning that white supremacist groups were encouraging members who’ve contracted the novel coronavirus to spread the disease to police, racial minorities, and Jewish people. The Federal Protective Service, which is a division of Homeland Security, wrote in an intelligence brief for the week of February 17-24 …
Police in Ohio have arrested three women who allegedly sexually abused several boys and girls as young as 3 years old. Magan Richmond, 32, Tasha Stringer, 37, and Kathryn McMullen, 36, were charged with felony rape. The Scioto County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted to Facebook that the women molested several children, between …
