Emmett Till murder case may be re-opened, more than 60 years later
Cold Cases
Two white men were acquitted of murdering the boy after an all-white jury deliberated for less than an hour
Court
April 8, 2017
Group home workers accused of choking, striking disabled teen patient
Two Connecticut group home workers were arrested this week for allegedly choking and striking a disabled 19-year-old with a mop and broom. The victim’s mother reported the January 12 incident to the state Department of Developmental Services after noticing bruising on her daughter. Video footage from the Hamden group home showed Victoria Dancy, 50, and Melissa Smith, 41, …
Police
April 8, 2017
Hero officer saves toddler’s life on his wedding day
Late last month, a police officer reportedly rescued a 3-year-old girl having a seizure on the morning of his wedding. On March 28, Indiana University officer John O’Rourke was in a Sanford, Florida, Donuts to Go getting breakfast when he noticed a crowd gathered around a little girl who was acting irregularly. Instructing a bystander to call …
Mugshots
April 7, 2017
Caped Villain: Plano police nab samurai sword-swinging perp donning armor & cape
A Texas man wearing armor and a cape was arrested after he ignored cops’ orders to drop his samurai sword. Officers arrived at a north Plano neighborhood Thursday morning after receiving reports of an armed man. According to The Dallas Morning News, the man, later identified as Charles Vincent Chiquillo, 25, was seen on a street corner swinging …
Celebrity Justice
April 6, 2017
Does his first wife know? Just out of dead-beat dad court hearing, Tori Spelling’s husband splurges on new motorcycle and spa treatments
Owing thousands to an ex-wife and debtors didn’t stop Dean McDermott from supposedly splurging on a motorcyle—and cryotherapy. The Daily Mail reported that McDermott, 50, showed off his ride, valued at $15,000, on April 1. Shortly thereafter he was seen heading to a cosmetic dentist then into cryotherapy spa for a one-hour appointment. McDermott and wife Tori …
Child Abuse
April 6, 2017
Police: Toddler cried ‘I want my mommy’ as man carried out, taped sexual assault
A Burtonsville, Maryland, man is accused of routinely befriending women so he could rape their young children. During one video, Kyle S. Thompson, 31, reportedly responded “Your mommy can’t save you,” as the toddler screamed “I want my mommy.” Police, who recovered 15 registered weapons from Thompson’s apartment, believed he bound and held his victims at gunpoint, …
Missing
April 6, 2017
Mermaid out of water? Cops struggling to ID woman with webbed toes found wandering wet and naked in California
‘Splash’ sequel? The ‘mermaid’ says her name is Joanna
Child Abuse
April 5, 2017
‘House of horrors’: Man allegedly molested eight foster kids, performed oral sex on dog in their presence
A man testified Wednesday that his adoptive father threatened to murder him if he didn’t accept his sexual advances. Taking in more than 140 boys in a 20-year span, Cesar Gonzales-Mugaburu, 60, is accused of molesting eight kids he had in his care. According to the New York Daily News, the 29-year-old witness, who was about …
Sex Offenders
April 5, 2017
‘Where is Jesus right now?’ Man taunts victim, sexually assaults her in Christian bookstore
A convicted murderer reportedly admitted to saying “Where’s Jesus right now,” to a woman he raped and choked in a Christian bookstore. Two days after killing a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Australia, Sean Price, 33, continued his reign of terror in a Melbourne bookstore. According to the Herald Sun, Price asked the victim if they sold …
Juveniles
April 4, 2017
Mom who self-delivered baby boy convicted of manslaughter
A woman who delivered a baby boy on the bathroom floor was convicted of manslaughter on Monday. On June 8, 2014, Jodie Renee Tarnawskyj, 38, went into labor in her Queensland, Australia, home and gave birth to a boy named Oliver. Believing Oliver was stillborn, Tarnawskyj testified that she cut his umbilical cord, wrapped him in …
April 3, 2017
Prosecutor: Wisconsin dad beat the life out of 2-month-old son
Wisconsin coroners said an 8-week-old baby died from “homicidal abusive head trauma,” possibly at the hands of his father. De’Anthony Hodges, 31, of Beloit, allegedly carried out the unthinkable abuse on March 20. A doctor who suspected Amanii’s was shaken or slammed also compared his injuries to that sustained in a high-speed collision without a seatbelt, according to …
Kidnapping
April 2, 2017
Police: Man kidnaps, assaults, tries to marry woman he met on Facebook
A Florida college student reportedly traveled to Indiana to “steal” a woman, impregnate her, and force her into marriage, police said. An Indiana State Police trooper supposedly caught Kung Bik Cem, 19, trying to rape the woman in broad daylight in the backseat of his car. According to the Daily Journal, the 19-year-old told the trooper that …