Report Says Search for Maine Shooting Suspect Was ‘Utter Chaos,’ Including Intoxicated Deputies
Mass shooting
Murder
May 22, 2024
Mother, Adult Daughter Found Stabbed to Death in Basement of Philadelphia Home
A 75-year-old woman and her 58-year-old daughter were found stabbed to death Tuesday in the basement of their home in Philadelphia’s Crescentville neighborhood. Police identified the victims as Angela Trejo and her daughter, Alma Barberena, and said both women suffered multiple stab wounds, WPVI reported. They were pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators said they …
Lawsuit
May 22, 2024
Judge Halts Attemped Auction of Elvis Presley’s Graceland
A judge in Tennessee and gaveled off the potential sale of Elvis Presley’s Graceland. A company had filed documents claiming the singer’s daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, used the iconic home as collateral for a $3.8 million loan in 2018 but then failed to repay it before she died. The sale at the Shelby County courthouse …
Murder
May 22, 2024
Florida Teen Charged with Killing Father, 2nd Teen Who Helped With Murder
A Florida teen has been arrested conspiring to kill his father in 2022 and then killing the accomplice who helped him murder the father. Shane Payne Sr. was found shot to death inside his home in August 2022, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. Three days later, Jacksonville deputies found 16-year-old Timothy Dixon suffering from a …
Murder
May 22, 2024
US Soldier Murdered at Her Off-Base Home Near Fort Campbell
A 101st Airborne Division soldier was found dead at her home near Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and authorities are looking for her killer. Private First Class Katia Duenas-Aguilar, 23, was assigned to the division’s Combat Aviation Brigade, Military.com reported. “We are stunned by the death of Pfc. Duenas-Aguilar,” Lt. Col. Tony Hoefler, spokesperson for the 101st …
Celebrity
May 22, 2024
New Lawsuit: Model Claims ‘Diddy’ Sexually Assaulted Her at NYC Studio in 2003
A new lawsuit filed in New York City claims Sean “Diddy” Combs raped a former model in his recording studio in 2003. Crystal McKinney says in her lawsuit she was 22 when she met the rap mogul at a restaurant in Manhattan and he invited her to his studio later that night, the Associated Press …
Missing
May 21, 2024
Madalina Cojocari: Missing Girl’s Mother Pleads Guilty to Not Reporting Disappearance; Stepdad’s Trial Begins Wednesday
A North Carolina mother who has been held in jail since December 2022 pleaded guilty on Monday to not reporting the girl missing and is expected to be released from jail soon. Diana Cojocari and her husband, Christopher Palmiter, were both charged with failing to report Madalina Cojocari missing, but Palmiter’s bond was lowered from …
Custody interference
May 21, 2024
LOCATED: 9-Year-Old Georgia Boy Reportedly Taken by Non-Custodial Mom Found
Update 8:55p.m.: Newton County officials said they had located the missing boy and taken his mother into custody. No further information was available. Original story: Georgia police are looking for a mother they say kidnapped her 9-year-old son from school Tuesday morning. The Newton County Sheriff’s Office said that 24-year-0od Mya Mechelle Favors lost her …
Murder
May 21, 2024
Alabama Woman Found Dead on Front Porch; Body Had Been There for Days
A Alabama woman was found dead on a front porch Tuesday afternoon in Birmingham’s Inglenook neighborhood, and police say her body had been there for a couple of days. “This did not just happen,’’ Officer Truman Fitzgerald told AL.com. Fitzgerald said the death was being investigated as a murder after “officers observed signs of trauma …
Court
May 21, 2024
Bodies of Murdered Kansas Women Found Buried in Freezer in Oklahoma, Docs Say
The bodies of two Kansas women who disappeared in late March while on their way to Oklahoma were found in a chest freezer buried on property leased by one of the suspects in their murders. Newly released court documents provide the new information, KFOR reported, although the documents say nothing new about the deaths of …
Missing
May 21, 2024
Missing Dartmouth Student Found Dead in Connecticut River
A Dartmouth grad student who has been missing since last week was found dead Monday in the Connecticut River. A fisherman reported to police he’d seen a body in the water in Windsor, Vermont, at about 4:30 p.m., and Kexin Cai’s body was recovered about an hour later, WVNY reported. Investigators said they don’t believe …
Drunk Drivers
May 21, 2024
Pregnant Michigan Mom Charged With Drunk Driving Deaths of 2
A pregnant mother of four has been charged with driving under the influence after she rammed into a group of pedestrians over the weekend, killing two people and causing serious injuries to others. Ashley Marie Monroe, 35, was charged with 11 felonies in the incident on Saturday, including operating under the influence causing death and …