A Rhode Island woman who adopted eight children with special needs was arrested when a 9-year-old girl in her care was reportedly found dead inside her filthy home. Michele Rothgeb, 55, was arrested on January 13, more than a week after police responded to her Warwick home and found the girl unresponsive in the bathtub. The …
Police said an Israeli student attending college in Australia was on the phone with her sister, using FaceTime when she was killed in a “horrendous, horrific” attack on Tuesday. According to the BBC, the body of Aiia Maasarwe, 21, was found Wednesday morning in Melbourne near LaTrobe University. Maasarwe was reportedly last seen getting off a tram near …
A 16-year-old girl in Ohio reportedly called 911 on her father for taking away her cell phone, only to get a much-needed reality check from the officer who responded to the non-emergency call. “My father took property, which is an $800 phone that doesn’t belong to him. He didn’t buy it,” the teen’s heard telling …
The jailed ex-boyfriend of a Texas woman whose charred remains were found along with her male friend’s in a burn pit in Oklahoma was named a possible person of interest in another woman’s 2009 disappearance, according to reports. KCEN reported that Minnesota police are investigating Cedric Marks, 44, as a person of interest in the …
A kidnapping survivor and advocate has spoken out in a viral video to explain why holidays are especially hard for her—and could be for others who’ve experienced trauma. Alicia Kozakiewicz, 30, revealed that the holidays are especially traumatic for her as a man she met online kidnapped her on New Year’s Day 2002. She says …
Singer and makeup mogul Rihanna is reportedly suing her father, accusing him of using her Fenty brand for his own gain and claiming he fraudulently posed as her agent. From TMZ, Rihanna, 30, has accused Ronald Fenty of unilaterally creating a talent development brand called Fenty Entertainment—despite the singer obtaining a trademark for the word …
A Texas woman who was 14 when she intentionally drowned a 2-month-old baby girl was paroled less than four years after she was sentenced to juvenile detention for the 2015 murder. The Dallas Morning News reported that the unnamed 19-year-old had been in juvenile lockup since drowning Justice Hull in January 2015. In May 2015, District Judge Cheryl …
A driver’s dash camera reportedly captured the tense moment when a 2-year-old girl in her car seat fell out of a moving vehicle in Minnesota. According to KMSP, motorist Chad Cheddar Mock was driving on Minnesota Street Monday morning when he spotted the toddler falling out the car from the rear driver’s side and landing in the middle …
A Florida man has been accused of threatening to kill a neighbor with a machete that he aptly named “kindness.” The Pensacola News Journal reported that Bryan Duane Stewart, 30, was arrested Thursday for cutting another neighbor with a knife that he presumably wrote the word “kindness” on. The next-door neighbor who Stewart allegedly injured told …
A North Carolina man is facing criminal charges for allegedly assaulting three girls after a video reportedly showed him punching an 11-year-old girl outside a mall on Saturday. According to the Asheville Citizen Times, David Steven Bell, 51, was charged with two additional counts of assault as he’s accused of pushing two 13-year-old girls. An incident report …
Police in Arizona have arrested the woman accused of fatally mowing down a Nevada manicurist after failing to pay a $35 manicure bill. People confirmed that Krystal Whipple, 21, was arrested in Phoenix on Friday, 11 days after striking and killing Nhu Nguyen, 53, who attempted to stop her from leaving her Las Vegas business, Crystal Nails & …
The mother of the 3-year-old boy who allegedly started a New York City apartment fire that killed 13 people in December 2017 has reportedly sued for $1.1 billion, accusing 11 agencies or entities of “negligence.” According to the New York Post, mom-of-two Rita Yeboah is seeking $100 million from 11 defendants, including the city, her …
