A Connecticut mother who starved her disabled teen son until he died—weighing 84 pounds—was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Tuesday. According to WVIT, mother Katiria Tirado, 34, was found to have screwed kitchen cabinets shut and locked the refrigerator to prevent son Matthew Tirado, 17, from overeating. Katiria had claimed that the teen had …
A hot-headed Oregon man allegedly broke a woman’s arm and knocked her fiancee unconscious during a suspected road rage incident Friday. According to OregonLive.com, Jay Allen Barbeau, 49, is facing felony assault charges for his barbaric attack on two women. The incident reportedly occurred when the women pulled in front of a truck driven by …
Casey Anthony, the Florida mom famously acquitted for daughter Caylee’s murder, could be sued for claims she reportedly made following the toddler’s death. Roy Kronk was the man who found Caylee Anthony’s body a decade ago. He initially sued Casey for defamation five months after her acquittal. Kronk alleged that, during the trial, Casey’s attorneys falsely claimed …
UPDATE (7:55 p.m. EST): On Wednesday afternoon, West Memphis police reportedly arrested Kadasha Bedford, the Arkansas mother wanted in connection with last month’s overdose of her toddler son. There is no additional information available at this time. Original story: An Arkansas woman is wanted on second-degree murder charges after her 17-month-old son reportedly ingested a deadly …
A prank caller reportedly “swatted” Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student David Hogg Tuesday morning, summoning SWAT teams to the shooting survivor’s Parkland home. Broward County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Gina Carter said an 8:39 a.m. 911 call described someone being at the Florida home with a weapon and holding hostages. Carter went on to confirm that the call …
A Russian woman has died 13 months after undergoing a breast enlargement surgery which resulted in her slipping into a coma that she would never come out of. According to the Daily Mail, the death of Galina Rakushina, 30, was the latest in a chain of fatalities attributed to plastic surgeries performed at one Moscow clinic. …
One Texas bicyclist is in critical condition after a woman allegedly drove into a crowd of five cyclists traveling down a dark Galveston road Monday night. The unnamed driver reportedly struck two people as they rode down 69th Street toward the seawall. Police claimed the woman turned onto the street moments before the 10 p.m. collision, …
A 15-year-old girl was learning how to drive in a Philadelphia shopping center parking lot Monday night when she reportedly struck and killed two homeless men sitting outside a store. According to KTRK, the teen was driving a Ford Explorer in the Port Richmond area when she mowed over two men outside of a Dollar …
An Iowa man who was sentenced to probation for repeatedly sexually assaulting his then-6-year-old granddaughter is challenging a ruling that could give his lottery winnings to the girl’s family. The Courier reported that the victim’s mother, Kasey Hilpipre, won a default judgment late last month because Dean Hilpipre had failed to respond to her civil lawsuit by …
A Michigan State University physicist was charged Monday for allegedly using his hands and penis to penetrate a dog. The Michigan Office of the Attorney General announced in a statement that Joseph Hattey, 51, is facing two counts of bestiality. The dog involved in the alleged incidents is in the custody of Ingham County Animal Control following …
Police said that they found no sign of human trafficking at an abandoned Arizona campsite, contradicting explosive allegations levied by a local volunteer group. KVOA reported that the Tucson Police Department inspected a campsite off of I-19 and Valencia Road multiple times but didn’t find any evidence of illegal activity. Despite this, police reassured the …
A man believed to be behind at least four recent murders reportedly killed himself in an Arizona hotel room Monday morning just as police were closing in on him. Per Fox News, the yet-unidentified man who was found dead at the Extended Stay Hotel in Scottsdale was a prime suspect in four fatal shootings in …
