An Arizona judge ruled last week that “cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell can represent herself in her trial for the murder of her fourth husband and attempted murder of her niece’s ex-husband. Lori Vallow Daybell was previously convicted in Idaho on the murders of two of her children, 7-year-old JJ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, …
A Wisconsin man who faked his own death and left his wife and four children behind to be with a woman in eastern Europe is now back in the United States and in jail. Ryan Borgwardt was returned to the United States on Tuesday and charged with a misdemeanor obstruction of justice charge after prompting …
A 262-word “manifesto” published online “largely resembled” the handwritten document found when Luigi Mangione was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday, law enforcement sources told at least one other media outlet. A “spiral notebook,” referenced in the “manifesto,” provides more details about Mangione’s plans, a law enforcement source told CNN, including his specific plan to target …
A former Oklahoma deputy sheriff was sentenced to life without parole in the shooting death of his wife, who as also a deputy in the same department. Vaughn Cannon and Jordan Pile both worked for the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office at the time of the shooting in August 2023, KOKO reported. Pyle’s 17-year-old son was …
An 8-year-old Ohio boy found a loaded, unsecured handgun at his home in Akron Monday afternoon and shot himself with it. The boy, identified as D’Angelo Darrell Alcorn, was rushed to Akron Children’s Hospital, where he died, the Akron Beacon Journal said. The newspaper said the boy’s mother was home at the time of the …
A court has awarded custody of the twin children of slain Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan to the parents of his ex-wife — who remains in jail charged with killing him. The 12-year-old children had been living with Sterling and Shelli Gardner since their daughter, 37-year-old Shanna Gardner, was arrested in the twisting plot to kill …
A 37-year-old Maryland woman has been arrested for allegedly drowning her 3-month-old infant in a bath. Mackenzie Rose Colgan called 911 and said she had killed the baby, Montgomery County Police said. First responders arrived and took the child to a hospital, but the baby was ultimately pronounced dead. Colgan has been charged with first …
New York officials have filed second degree murder charges against 26-year-old Luigi Mangione for the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The charges were filed late Monday, WABC reported. Mangione was also charged with possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a forged instrument, and criminal possession of a weapon, court dockets say. The Manhattan …
An Houston lawyer has been charged with fatally shooting his 20-year-old son, burning his body, and cleaning up the crime in scene in what he told deputies was a “horrible accident.” Michael C. Howard is being held in the Sabine County jail on bonds totaling $20 million after he called police a week ago to …
A Kentucky judge shot and killed in his chambers by the county sheriff earlier this year was part of a sex-for-favors scheme, according to a witness in the case against a deputy convicted in January of raping a prisoner in 2022. Sabrina Adkina, 43, told investigators that the deputy, Ben Fields, had videos of “girls, …
Divers returned to Central Park on Monday as they search for clues to the fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week. The 50-year-old executive of the world’s largest private health insurance company was shot dead shortly before 7 a.m. as he walked from his hotel to the Hilton Midtown Hotel across the …
A lawsuit now accuses rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z of raping a 13-year-old girl alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2000. The anonymous accuser says the sexual assault happened as she was driven to a party following the MTV Video Music Awards that year, according to NBC News. The lawsuit was originally filed in federal court in …
