A Florida man had allegedly stolen at least $200,000 from his parents and brother and wired it to a Bulgarian woman he’d met on a pornographic site months before fatally shooting them execution style. WKMG reported that Grant Amato, 29, was arrested Monday in connection with the deaths of his parents, Chad Amato, 59, and Margaret Amato, 61, …
A New York City woman has sued a local hospital, alleging that she terminated life support for a man doctors claimed was her brother but ended up being a complete stranger. Shirell Powell, 48, told the New York Post that she sat by a brain-damaged Freddy Clarence Williams’ bedside for several days after he was …
A cell phone video reportedly shows a 17-year-old waving around a rifle minutes before it fires, fatally shooting his 15-year-old girlfriend. Javon Martin was charged with criminally negligent homicide for Sunday’s shooting that left Makaila Simon dead. Authorities told KSAT that Martin wounded Simon in her chest at a home in Spring; Simon’s mother claimed her …
Update 1/29 @ 1:20 p.m.: KFLY updated their story to reflect that Andrew Luke, 14, was found safe in September 2018. Furthermore, Lafayette police told CrimeOnline that Nori Benoit, 13, was found safe yesterday at 12:15 p.m. Original story: A 13-year-old Louisiana girl reportedly remains unheard from since late last year when she vanished from the …
The mother of a brother and sister killed in Saturday’s shooting spree in Louisiana reportedly posted about the news on social media before realizing her children were among the five victims. According to WAFB, Rhonda Champagne saw a post about the shooting and reposted it to her Facebook profile before learning her daughter and son, Summer …
A New York man was sentenced to eight years in a Japanese prison for killing and beheading a woman he met through a dating app and concealing her remains all around the country. Per the Tokyo Reporter, Yevgeniy Vasilievich Bayraktar, 27, was sent to prison Tuesday after confessing to strangling Saki Kondo, 27, at a rented …
Authorities in Illinois have reportedly released images showing the inside of R. Kelly’s Chicago recording studio—a location the singer’s been accused of using to hold women captive. On Tuesday, a judge hit Kelly, 52, with 66 building code violations and ordered that the studio can’t double as a residence. Rolling Stone reported that the “Ignition” …
Two Ohio parents were recently sentenced to prison nearly a year after their 2-year-old daughter froze to death on their front porch. WOIO reported that Tierra Williams, 23, was sentenced to 18 months while Dariaun Parker, 25, was sentenced to two years for the February 2018 death of Wynter Parker. The toddler girl wandered out of their …
The last of three men has been sent to prison for the March 2015 drive-by shooting death of a 3-year-old Missouri boy who was sleeping in bed. From The Kansas City Star, the driver, SirTerry L. Stevenson, 26, was sentenced to 15 years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts …
A Michigan mother will spend the next 20 to 80 years in prison for the death of her 6-month-old son—who she left strapped in a car seat in a hot attic for 32 hours as she partied and did drugs with friends. On Thursday, Lovily Johnson, 23, apologized for the July 2017 death of her son, …
A substitute teacher in Florida was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly having inappropriate, sexual relationships with three underage students. According to the Citrus County Chronicle, Angela Cone-Stanton, 50, was accused of sexually assaulting one student and sending sexually-explicit photos to two more. The Citrus County School District said they hired Cone-Stanton on January 3 as a short-term …
An Illinois city has agreed to pay $1.25 million to a Ph.D. student who police reportedly struck at least 10 times and jailed for stealing a car that ended up being his. The city of Evanston will finalize the million-dollar payout to Dr. Lawrence Crosby during their January 28 meeting. Crosby’s lawsuit, which was filed in October 2016, sought $50,000 from the city and …
