A Nevada teen is accused of stabbing her roommate to death for continuing to talk while she watched television. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Dymund Ellis, 19, is facing murder charges in connection with the stabbing death of Jace Trevon Ernst, 25. The pair were reportedly at their North Las Vegas home Friday night when Ernst told Ellis …
A California toddler is dead and her 17-month-old twin sister is in critical condition after they reportedly climbed out of a living room window and plunged into a pool as their parents slept. The girl’s family told KTLA that Maya and Makayla Edwards suffered traumatic brain injuries on April 29 when they managed to push out …
State officials are investigating after a Florida high school reportedly incorporated a caged tiger into their jungle-themed prom. According to ABC News, “Welcome to the Jungle” was the theme of Christopher Columbus High School’s prom, which was held Friday night at the DoubleTree Hotel at the Miami International Airport. Video shot that night appears to show a …
A Texas mother was drunk when she was ousted from her child’s high school play, assaulted an officer, and flooded a jail cell by setting off the sprinkler system, police said. The Houston Chronicle reported that Christy Ann Churchwell, 35, was at Friendswood Junior High School Thursday night at around 8 p.m. to watch her child’s performance …
Three New Jersey teens who disappeared last week were reportedly found safe over the weekend in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Bloomfield police announced Saturday that Ulises Yance, 16, Alex Lopez, 15, and Alexa Arenas, 16, were found safe but declined to provide additional details at this point in time. Alexa’s father, Carlos Arenas, told NJ.com that the teens had taken …
An Oklahoma father is accused of fatally shooting his 17-year-old daughter’s two dogs as punishment for not doing the dishes or having the house cleaned. According to The Oklahoman, Jeffrey Don Edwards, 35, was arrested Wednesday following an altercation with his daughter for not doing her chores. The teen reportedly told investigators that Edwards was angry …
More than 30 years after a Texas college student was shot, stabbed, run over, and mutilated, law enforcement is still working to find her killer. KTRK reported that a worker was unloading items behind a sporting goods store on April 8, 1988, when he discovered the bloodied body of Jacqueline Michelle Graham, 19. Authorities said the worker first …
A convicted sex offender was reportedly allowed to work at a community center for high-risk children as he faced criminal charges for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy. David Walker, 64, was found guilty in 1981 of abusing two boys—ages nine and 11. He was then charged in 2015 with violating another child and was ordered …
Florida prosecutors charged four men under the state’s hate-crime enhancement law for allegedly attacking a gay couple during Miami Beach’s pride parade. From the Miami Herald, Juan Carlos Lopez, 21, Luis M. Alonso Piovet, 20, Adonis Diaz, 21, and Pablo Reinaldo Romo-Figueroa, 21, face up to 30 years in prison if found guilty of assaulting Rene Chalarca and …
A California mother and her boyfriend are facing first-degree murder charges after the woman’s 2-year-old son was found dead in a remote area late last month. Bakersfield.com reported that Ayled Chavez, 19, originally told police that she was walking on Union Avenue with Ramon Angel Reyes-Chavez in her arms when a Hispanic man jumped out of a …
More than a year after her disappearance, Pennsylvania State Police confirmed that their search for a missing mother had turned into a murder investigation. Police said Anna Bronislawa Maciejewska was reported missing by her husband, Allen Gould, on April 10, 2017. WCAU reported that the Poland native was the mother to a 3-year-old son and a successful …
A Missouri mother who admitted to letting her blind and autistic son die in a field could spend as little as 120 days behind bars. According to the Springfield News-Leader, Kimberly Lightwine, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and elder abuse in connection with the 2016 death of her son, Austin Anderson, 19. Prior to …
