A Tennessee man has been charged with murder in the death of his mother. Linda Spivey, 76, was found dead at her Lake Tansi home on November 3 when deputies conducted a welfare check, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office teamed up with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the 13th Judicial …
Florida prosecutors have dropped charges against a family of four accused of abusing their nine adopted and foster children after determining that the family was just doing to best it could under difficult circumstances. Brian Griffeth, 47, Jill Griffeth, 41, and their two biological children — 21-year-old Dallin Griffeth and 19-year-old Liberty Griffeth — have …
An Indiana father charged with murder in the death of his 6-year-old son has pleaded guilty to the charge. Franklin Elmore Jr., 29, entered the guilty plea earlier this month and is scheduled to be sentenced on November 25, WNDU reported. Elmore and his wife, 27-year-old Cheyenne Elmore — 6-year-old Justin Elmore’s stepmother — were …
A Texas man is charged with murder in the death of his roommate, who was burned alive in a RV fire in Amarillo last week. James (Jaime) Sosa was found dead on October 27 after firefighters extinguished the blaze in the early morning hours, KVII reported. Court documents indicated Sosa had been alive during the …
A New England nurse pleaded not guilty last week to replacing a hospice patient’s oxycodone with a household cleaner. Lori Robertson worked at a long-term care facility in Amesbury, Massachusetts, Boston.com reported. Court documents say she was charged in federal court with one count of tampering with a consumer product. The incident took place in …
A Mississippi teenager has been charged with murder in the beating death of his 73-year-old grandmother at her church. Ollie Hamilton was found last Wednesday inside Smith Chapel Holiness Church and pronounced dead at the scene, The Monroe Journal reported. Monroe County Sheriff Kevin Crook said the investgation ultimately led to Hamilton’s 17-year-old grandson. “This …
A Minnesota man was arrested in Iowa on Sunday, hours after he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home and gunned her down alongside her new boyfriend. The woman’s child called 911 just after 4 a.m. and said Randy Thomas Zimmerman, 45, broke into their home and shot his mom, the Brown County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies …
Court martial proceedings at a Wyoming Air Force base this month revealed a cover-up of an airman’s shooting death earlier this summer. The fellow airman accused of killing Airman Brayden Lovan on July 20 was found dead in his dormitory at F.E. Warren Air Force Base on October 8, Military.com reported. Court martial proceedings for …
Nain Bethany Contreras=Pena, 8, was last seen on August 3 in Hastings, Nebraska. She has not been seen since, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. She may be in the company of her mother. According to the Nebraska State Patrol, Nain is 3 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 53 …
The father of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro was sentenced Monday to more than 30 year to life in prison after he pleaded guilty last month to killing the boy. Jake Haro, 32, pleaded guilty to one count each of murder, assault on a child under eight causing death, and filing a false police reported, the Riverside …
A Louisiana couple hhas been charged with murder in the death of their 2-month-old daughter who suffered internal bleeding when her lower spine was severed. Opelousas Police said they were called to a home on October 25 just after 8 p.m. and found the newborn not breathing. Officers began life-saving measures and paramedics took her …
A Missouri man has been charged with stalking, kidnapping, and child endangerment after he allegedly followed a woman home from a Target store earlier this month and grabbed her while she was holding her toddler son. Joshua Allen York, 30, claimed he struck up a conversation with his victim at the store and she invited …
