The mother of three young boys whose father never brought them home after Thanksgiving in 2010 has filed a petition to have them legally declared dead. A hearing on the petition, filed last June, is set to begin on Monday, The Associated Press reports. Tanya Zuvers and John Skelton were divorcing in 2010 and Andrew, …
A Missouri man was shot dead by police Friday morning after two murders and a child abduction the night before. The Platte County Sheriff’s Office said police gunned down George Manning, 43, just after 7:30 a.m. Friday, hours after the night of terror began when he allegedly shot and killed a woman in a car …
A 24-year-old California man was arrested last week after a police chase and charged with the murder of his mother, whose body was found in the trunk of the car. The El Cajon Police Department said it was called to a Motel 6 last week by Richard Leyva’s brother, who told them he’d gone to …
A Utah woman accused of killing her National Guardsman husband last fall was denied bond last week after a judge last month ordered her to stand trial. Jennifer Gledhill waived a preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty in the death of Matthew Johnson, whose body has not been found. Prosecutors entered into evidence on Friday …
Oregon authorities are searching for a toddler who was last seen on Saturday playing in the yard of a home in Siletz. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has organized an extensive search involving multiple agencies with foot searches and aerial drones equipped with cameras and thermal imaging. The 2-year-old boy, Dane Paulsen, was last seen …
An Illinois college student was arrested and charged with strangling a woman in his campus dorm room and attacking her with a deadly weapon. Lake Forest Police did not provide details of the assault, but siad Luca Vulpescu, 22, was charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault, and battery. He was released without bond after an …
Two people have been found dead in a Wisconsin home and a third “person of interest” has been jailed on unrelated charges, but police have released little other information about the case that began unfolding Friday morning. The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department said it conducted a welfare check on a family at the home shortly …
A 9-year-old boy found dead and buried in a shallow grave behind his former home in Detroit earlier this year told Child Protective Services 10 months earlier that his mom regularly choked him and “wants to kill him.” Zemar King’s mother, 41-year-old Brandee Katrice Pierce, heard the words of her son Friday during her formal …
Florida man was allowed to enter a plea agreement late last month, pleading guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl and forcing her to take the “morning after pill” to prevent her from becoming pregnant. Robert Joseph McGuire Jr., 34, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery on a person 12 to 18 years of …
Indiana parents were charged with neglect this week after police found their “extremely skinny” 10-year-old son with “scars and marks on his wrists” that were “consistent with restraints” and allegeations of “nutritional” neglect and child abuse. Melody Rose Greenwood, 38, and Adam Jon Greenwood, 36, were released on $15,000 and $10,000 bonds while the county …
A 28-year-old Florida woman was arrested this week on multiple charges after she allegedly sicced her dogs on utility company employees and a sheriff’s deputy who responded to their 911 call. Two Duke Energy employees were at the home of Tiffany Perkins, investigating the possible theft of utilities there, when she allegedly released her dogs …
An Ohio woman pleaded guilty this week to killing her father-in-law with her daughter’s prescription narcotic pain pills and ZZZQuil, then keeping the man’s body hidden away in her home for weeks before a 911 call to Zanesville Police reported a dead body in a shed behind the house. According to the Muskingum County Prosecutor’s …
