The parents of Casey Anthony recently sparred over the events—and warning signs—that led up to the murder trial that gripped a nation. During Monday night’s airing of A&E’s “Casey Anthony’s Parents Speak,” Cindy Anthony said she’s tired of the public only knowing her and husband George as the “the Anthonys who raised Casey, a monster.” The …
A Canadian man has admitted to killing his estranged half-sister on the first day he would be tried for her shocking murder. According to the Terrace Standard, Mathew Pernosky, 33, entered a surprise guilty plea for the March 2013 slaying of Rachel Pernosky, 18. The mother to a then-1-year-old boy vanished from her British Columbia home and …
Police will continue their search Tuesday morning for a missing Sodus, New York,toddler, who vanished almost two weeks earlier. Per WHEC, 173 volunteers combed a farm along Joy Road Monday for 14-month-old Owen Hidalgo-Calderon and will resume their search first thing tomorrow. The Sodus farm is of extreme interest because the missing toddler’s mother, Helena Hidalgo-Calderon, 19, …
A Virginia woman and her fiancé are accused of beating the woman’s 11-year-old daughter so seriously that the child’s stomach split open days before she died. Latoya Smith, 33, and Demont Harris, 43, are charged with second-degree murder for the May 18 slaying of Heaven Watkins, who relatives told WSET had autism and cerebral palsy. …
A Florida agriculture teacher who allegedly drowned two raccoons and an opossum during class earlier this month won’t face criminal charges—as authorities determined the killings weren’t cruel or inhumane. In a four-page “decline to file” letter obtained by the Ocala StarBanner, Assistant State Attorney Toby Hunt explained his controversial decision not to prosecute Forest High School agriculture teacher Dewie Brewton. …
A recorded phone call reportedly caught suspect Terrence Roach admitting to kidnapping Beckerle to get back at the teen’s mother
A 71-year-old Massachusetts woman was found dead Saturday night after reportedly falling into her backyard fire pit. MassLive.com identified the deceased woman as Worchester resident Jacqueline Cardinal. The woman’s daughter, Michelle Gay, told the newspaper that Cardinal was fine 10 minutes before she and her husband came upon the horrifying scene. Fire officials said they believe Cardinal …
Prosecutors announced Friday that they wouldn’t be filing charges against a Texas woman who falsely accused a state trooper of rape. Though Sherita Dixon-Cole, 37, made “blatantly false and malicious allegations,” the Ellis County District Attorney said she won’t face criminal charges as she never made a formal complaint, according to KDFW. “This office shares the outrage …
A Florida man was arrested last week for allegedly battering his girlfriend then holding her captive at gunpoint for two days. The Orlando Sentinel reported that the victim had tipped off staff at DeLand Animal Hospital on Friday by slipping them a note. “Call the cops. My boyfriend is threatening me. He has a gun. …
Dr. Windell Davis Boutté, the Georgia dermatologist who has gone viral with videos of herself dancing while performing surgery, is facing numerous malpractice lawsuits. Per WSB-TV, Dr. Boutté is facing at least seven lawsuits, which include claims that she used unqualified staff during medical procedures that allegedly left her patients disfigured. Two additional lawsuit settlements are …
A North Carolina mother who lost her 12-year-old son to suicide has accused the school district of not telling her that the teen was being bullied. Mother Sharon McDonald told WNCN that her son, Logan, ended his life on August 15, 2017, just as he entered the seventh grade. “Mike and I were having our …
A California businessman who pleaded no contest to raping a 5-year-old girl will not only never see the inside of a jail, but isn’t required to register as a sex offender. KMOV reported that Lyle Burgess, 79, was sentenced on Wednesday to 90 days of house arrest and five years probation for the 2016 incident involving a …
