A Missouri man vacationing in the Florida Keys with family reportedly died Christmas Day in a freak snorkeling accident. The Springfield News-Leader reported that Owen Holmes, 69, from Ozark, was visiting Florida with family and boarded a boat operated by Starfish Snorkeling in Marathon near Sombrero Key lighthouse. While snorkeling five miles offshore, Holmes experienced some …
A Charleston, West Virginia, man is accused of hitting his pregnant girlfriend with a baseball bat and injecting her with methamphetamine against her will. According to the Charleston Gazette-Mail, the victim –who is 37-weeks pregnant–accused Kyle Wilson Stowers, 21, of striking her multiple times in the head, face, and torso and using a wooden baseball bat …
Rihanna has called for an end to gun violence after her 21-year-old cousin was reportedly shot and killed in Barbados. According to Sky News, Tavon Kaiseen Alleyne was walking near his home in Lakes Close, Eden Lodge, St. Michael, at around 7 p.m. Tuesday when a man approached him and shot him several times. The suspect is …
A missing 7-year-old boy with autism was reportedly found dead on Christmas morning in a backyard pool of a vacant home. KHON reported that Paul “Kevin” Rozier III was reported missing from his Mililani, Hawaii, home at around 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The child’s body was reportedly found at 8 a.m. the following day in a …
A South Carolina man who allegedly sprayed feces at a salad bar will face federal charges on Wednesday. Charleston police said it was a disgruntled former contractor who decided to spray a “brown liquid” in the produce section of a Harris Teeter. The mysterious liquid was later determined to be feces, The Charleston Post and Courier reported. …
A Titusville, Florida, man was charged with murder after his missing wife’s body was reportedly found in a wooded area on Christmas Eve. WFTV reported that police originally arrested Timothy Upthegrove, 53, and charged him with obstructing justice after he allegedly said that he found his wife’s car outside a Save-A-Lot on December 19 but …
Police in Kentucky have arrested the alleged owner of two pit bulls responsible for mauling a woman to death and seriously injuring her husband on Christmas Eve. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that Johnny Dale Lankford, 42, has been jailed since December 22 on a second-degree assault charge, unlawful imprisonment, and a bench warrant. Two days later, police …
An Atkins, Arkansas, man who is facing criminal charges for sexually assaulting and raping a girl from the age of 4 to 12 reportedly told the victim years later to “get over it.” According to the River Valley Leader, the Pope County Sheriff’s Office got involved on August 30, after a woman, who is active duty, …
A video circulating on social media reportedly shows the moment a woman decided to face the man who allegedly molested her when she was 6. “There’s a time and a place for everything so I’m trying to be strong,” the woman is heard saying at the beginning of the video. She then walks over to …
Akia Eggleston was 35 weeks into a high-risk pregnancy when she didn’t show up for her baby shower. Six months later, and there’s no sign of the young Maryland mother–leading authorities to believe that something sinister is at play. Eggleston, 23, was last seen on May 3 outside her home in Baltimore. It wasn’t until May …
An elderly couple allegedly caught with more than 60 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop reportedly told officers that they had planned to give it away as Christmas gifts. According to the York News-Times, York County Sheriff’s deputies pulled over Patrick Jiron, 80, Tuesday after he failed to signal and crossed the center line. Lieutenant Paul …
A mother of two whose 13-year-old son fatally stabbed her 4-year-old daughter as she slept has recounted the harrowing ordeal in a new documentary. In Investigation Discovery’s The Family I Had, Charity Lee relives February 5, 2007, the day her 13-year-old son, Paris Bennett, choked her daughter Ella Lee, 4, before stabbing her 17 times. Charity said …
