‘I will kill you all’: Three children die when arsonists pour fuel down chimney and torch home
Arson
Their mother is also seriously injured, and does not yet know what happened to her children
Sex Offenders
December 12, 2017
Predator films himself sexually abusing toddler, hounds 9-year-old girl online for nude pictures
A Florida man who exchanged sexually explicit texts with a 9-year-old girl was sentenced to life in prison last week. The Miami Herald reported that a North Carolina father found messages between his daughter and Scott Trader, 32, on the “SayHi” application on his child’s phone. The father contacted local police on May 30 and …
Court
December 11, 2017
Justice served? Drug using mom who left toddler son to freeze to death on front porch could soon be released from jail
“If Landyn was here, he would be happy right about now,” the boy’s grandmother said.
Weird Crime
December 11, 2017
WATCH: Unruly passenger threatens to kill everyone on Southwest Airlines flight after she’s caught smoking in the bathroom
A woman was arrested Saturday after allegedly threatening to kill everyone on a Southwest Airlines flight from Portland to Sacramento. KOVR reported that Valerie Curbelo, 24, was ordered to go back to her seat after being caught attempting to smoke in the airplane bathroom. The man who recorded the video claimed that Curbelo also pushed a …
December 11, 2017
Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind: Suspect CONFESSES to kidnapping, murder of pregnant woman
The woman accused of kidnapping and killing pregnant North Dakota woman Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind changed her plea on Monday. Brooke Crews, one of two suspects facing charges, appeared in the Cass County Courthouse and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, kidnapping, and providing false information to police. Crews had previously pleaded not guilty. Crews will be sentenced …
Missing
December 11, 2017
Urgent! SILVER Alert issued for missing disabled teen believed to be endangered
Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a North Carolina teen who was last seen in Concord. The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert Friday for Precious Maxwell, 15. WNCN reported that officials haven’t said when she was last seen but the alert did say she was spotted near …
Family Crime
December 11, 2017
‘Dad’ fatally shoots two young children before turning the gun on himself: Police
An investigation is underway after a father and his two children were found dead in their Texas home early Saturday in an apparent murder-suicide. KDAF reported that the children’s uninjured mother called 911 from their North Richland Hills home. The mother allegedly told police that her husband and their 5-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son were …
Consumer
December 10, 2017
Those round silver sprinkles on holiday cookies are not edible: FDA
A 1970s report by the Food and Drug Administration indicated that the ever-popular silver sprinkles seen on many homemade holiday sweets are not edible. The FDA deemed in 1977 that silver sprinkles, also known as silver dragées, are to be used only for decoration and are not intended for human consumption due to their metal coating. “When …
Homicide
December 9, 2017
Little girl dies two days after being sexually assaulted, strangled: Police
The case of a dead North Carolina girl has reportedly turned into a homicide investigation as police revealed the 5-year-old was raped and strangled. On November 13, staff at Pender Memorial Hospital notified police about Paitin Fields, who was admitted with injuries consistent with assault. A report obtained Friday by WECN revealed that Fields died …
Cold Cases
December 8, 2017
Family demands answers five years after college student found drowned in bathtub near bloodied gloves
No arrests have been made nearly five years after Eastern Michigan University student Julia Niswender was found dead with her clothes cut off in the bathtub of her off-campus apartment. According to M Live, authorities determined the 23-year-old’s cause of death was asphyxiation associated with drowning. Police noted that Niswender was deprived of oxygen before being placed in …
Mass shooting
December 8, 2017
Child who lost mom, two sisters in Texas church shooting asks for Christmas cards to cheer him up while he spends holiday in hospital
A 5-year-old boy who survived the Sutherland Springs church shooting is asking people to send him Christmas cards while he spends the holidays in the hospital. KSAT reported that Ryland Ward lost his stepmother, JoAnn, and two sisters, Brooke, 5, and Emily Garza, 7, in the November 5 shooting that killed a total of 26 …
Celebrity Justice
December 8, 2017
Gag order issued as Jennifer Hudson accuses ex David Otunga of lying about being awarded custody of their son
Singer Jennifer Hudson was granted a gag order in her custody dispute with ex-boyfriend David Otunga following reports that Otunga was awarded temporary custody of their 8-year-old son–a claim her camp denies. The Chicago Tribune reported that an Illinois judge issued the gag order, which bans Hudson, Otunga, and their representatives from disclosing, publishing, and posting videos, statements, …