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Bone fragments in fireplace found in home of missing woman connected to vanished gold coins lead to murder arrest

 Bone fragments in fireplace found in home of missing woman connected to vanished gold coins lead to murder arrest
Murder

New Jersey authorities have arrested a man for his missing wife’s presumed murder, alleging he killed her to get his hands on approximately $3 million worth of gold coins. Earlier this month, Cumberland County prosecutors announced criminal homicide charges against Hap Seiders in connection with the presumed death of his wife, Rabihan Seiders. The couple lived in Silver Spring …

AMBER Alert: Dad arrested for allegedly shooting & killing ex, but still no sign of his missing toddler daughter
Missing
March 14, 2019

AMBER Alert: Dad arrested for allegedly shooting & killing ex, but still no sign of his missing toddler daughter

Wisconsin police arrested a man who allegedly shot and killed his 2-year-old daughter’s mother. He’s the prime suspect in the toddler’s ongoing disappearance. On Wednesday, Milwaukee police announced the arrest of Dariaz Higgins, 34, and a second person for harboring and aiding a fugitive. Higgins is accused of fatally shooting his daughter’s mother, Sierra Robinson, 24, and wounding a …

Man who dipped testicles in customer’s salsa threatens his plea deal by laughing in court
Weird Crime
March 13, 2019

Man who dipped testicles in customer’s salsa threatens his plea deal by laughing in court

A giggle nearly derailed a plea deal for a Tennessee man who admitted to putting his testicles in a container of salsa that was delivered to a customer who tipped 89 cents. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Howard Matthew Webb, 31, pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor assault/offensive touching. He originally faced felony adulteration of food, liquids or pharmaceuticals. …

DEVELOPING: Student fatally shoots herself in high school auditorium, prompting lockdown
School Crimes
March 13, 2019

DEVELOPING: Student fatally shoots herself in high school auditorium, prompting lockdown

A Florida high school was reportedly placed on lockdown Wednesday morning after a 17-year-old student fatally shot herself in the school auditorium. WESH reported that a Lake Mary High School student took her own life five minutes after asking to use the bathroom at 7:45 a.m. A teacher reportedly heard a single gunshot, prompting an …

Missing backpacker in Guatemala found dead with severe head injuries: Report
Missing
March 13, 2019

Missing backpacker in Guatemala found dead with severe head injuries: Report

A British woman who vanished while backpacking in Guatemala was reportedly found dead Monday on the mountainside with head injuries. Citing the National Institute of Forensic Sciences of Guatemala, the BBC reported that Catherine Shaw, 23, was found naked, face-down, and with visible injuries to her body. The institute said Shaw’s body was discovered four to …

Mom throws infant son into door for crying, causing permanent brain injuries
Child Abuse
March 12, 2019

Mom throws infant son into door for crying, causing permanent brain injuries

A Texas mother who admitted to causing her 2-month-old son’s severe brain trauma by throwing him into a door in April 2017 was sentenced to prison last week. The Mineral Wells Index reported that Brooke Lauren Reed, 26, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree injury to a child causing serious bodily injury. …

VIDEO: Inmate accused of snapping wealthy wife’s neck demonstrates chokehold in jail’s law library
Court
March 12, 2019

VIDEO: Inmate accused of snapping wealthy wife’s neck demonstrates chokehold in jail’s law library

A New York court viewed surveillance footage which apparently showed a jailed Rod Covlin demonstrating a chokehold on another inmate before he was to stand trial for his wife’s strangulation death. The footage was reportedly shot in November at the Brooklyn Detention Center’s law library. According to the New York Daily News, prosecutors accused Covlin of bragging …

HEAR IT: Secret recording catches parents evicting accused wife killer Rod Covlin & accusing him of stealing his kids’ college money
Court
March 12, 2019

HEAR IT: Secret recording catches parents evicting accused wife killer Rod Covlin & accusing him of stealing his kids’ college money

A New York jury heard a secret recording where an accused murderer’s parents are apparently heard evicting him from their home and chastising him for stealing money from his two children’s college funds. According to the Daily Mail, Rod Covlin had his then-girlfriend, Debra Oles, covertly record the heated 2012 exchange between him and his parents. In …