A 57-year-old Florida man is being held without bond after he shot his girlfriend in the head on Sunday when she reportedly ended their engagement. Timothy Hyder and Natalie “Dawn” Du’Mee had been drinking at a football watch party on Sunday. In the course of the party, an affidavit says, they argued. They returned home …
A Virginia man already in jail on a charge of concealing a dead body was indicted Monday on murder charges after tests on blood found in his home came back a match to his missing wife. According to WUSA, Naresh Bhatt now faces charges of first degree murder and physically defiling a dead body. The …
A Florida woman convicted to leaving her boyfriend to die in a suitcase will spend the rest of her life in prison. Prior to the sentence on Monday, Judge Michael Kraynick denied a defense motion for a new trial on the grounds of denial of court-appointed counsel, emotional outbursts in the courtroom, and prosecutorial misconduct, …
Jury selection begins Tuesday in the trial of a Maine man charged in the Christmas Day death of his girlfriend’s toddler daughter two years ago. Tyler Witham-Jordan is charged with indifference murder in the death of the 3-year-old, Makinzlee Handrahan, as CrimeOnline reported. He pleaded not guilty and has tried to shift the blame to …
A Texas man was arrested last week for a road rage shooting that killed a mother of four early last month. San Antonio police responded to a rollover crash on Interestate 35 at about 9:30 p.m. on November 8 and found 31-year-old Julie Marie Butcher inside the vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head, …
Investigators believe a body found near an Alabama state park over the weekend is that of a hiker who disappeared in the area in October. A hunter found the body on Saturday morning, about five miles northeast of Cheaha State Park, the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Department said. Investigators said evidence indicated the body is Vendula …
Florida police made short work locating a man who allegedly broke into a woman’s home in Tice early Sunday and stabbed her while she was sleeping. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to the call at about 1:20 a.m. and deployed a drone to find Bonnier Jose Sarmiento Lanza, 33, just one street away and …
A new lawsuit accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs of threatening to kill a woman and dangling her over the balcony of a 17th floor apartment. Fashion designer Bryana “Bana” Bongolan filed the lawsuit this week in Los Angeles, accusing the rap mogul of sexual battery, infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment, according to Rolling Stone. …
A Missouri man reportedly suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was arrested on Friday after he repeatedly bashed his wife’s 12-year-old daughter in the head, knocking her unconscious, for not cleaning her room. Dustin Woodrow Pierce, 39, allegedly told the little girl she was “fine” and “weak” after battering her, Lincoln News Now reported. A …
A 17-year-old Georgia girl initially charged with concealing the death of her newborn baby has now been charged with the infant’s murder. The Marietta Police Department said Friday it had charged Leticia Rodriguez with felony murder and felony aggravated assault, WXIA reported. She was previously charted with concealing a death, abuse of a dead body, …
A New York woman was indicted last week for setting a fire in Queens that killed her ex-boyfriend and another person earlier last month. Edward Jacobs, 35, and Anastasia Ettienne, 33, died the “raging inferno” on November 2 from smoke inhalation and thermal injuries, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement announcing the …
A 19-year-old Texas man was arrested in Atlanta Saturday night after he allegedly shot and killed a 70-year-old man in a carjacking outside a liquor store. According to WSB, officers were called to the scene of the shooting shortly before 7 p.m. The man, whose identity has not been released, was pronounced dead at a …
