Eight Philadelphia high school students were shot at a transit bus stop in the city’s northeast. Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said three gunmen got out of a vehicle near a Dunkin’ store and opened fire as students from Northeast High School were waiting for a bus, WPVI reported. A 16-year-old boy was shot nine times …
The woman in charge of weaponry on the set of Alec Baldwin’s western movie was found guilty Wednesday of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The jury deliberated for less than three hours after getting the case Wednesday afternoon before returning the verdict. The jurors found Hannah Gutierrez-Reed not guilty of tampering …
A Texas man was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole in the death of his girlfriend, who was pregnant with their twin boys at the time. Darionne Burley was found shot to death on June 29, 2020, in the passenger seat of Maurice Kelso Smith’s vehicle in Mansfield, where he left the …
A drunk driver killed three women returning home from a baby shower in California over the weekend. Victor Siharath, 36, has been charged with three counts of murder and one count of DUI in the collision, which was captured on surveillance video, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said. The victims were identified by …
A Missouri fire captain’s fiancee died from “intoxication” of multiple drugs, and her manner of death was listed as “undetermined.” The St. Louis County Medical Examiner said that Sarah Sweeney, a 39-year-old podiatrist, was found dead at the home of Robert Daus on January 13 — the second of his fiancee’s to die mysteriously. Grace …
New documents released in the Florida case of Madeline Soto, a 13-year-old girl who went missing and was found dead days later, reveal the girl was a victim of sexual battery for years at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend. Stephan Sterns has been charged with sexual battery and possession of child sexual abuse material, …
Casey Anthony, who many people believe got away with killing her toddler daughter Caylee Anthony in 2008, is pitching a reality television program about her life. The proposal promises “an intimate window into the daily life of one of the most controversial women in America,” The New York Post reported. The show would be filmed …
A Florida police department was called to investigate an unattended toddler at a Live Oak apartment complex and found a woman in an apartment “with severe injuries and unresponsive.” Blake Reaves, 30, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Live Oak Police Department. Police said that “observations of the scene” led them to …
The father of two young New Hampshire girls who were the subject of an Amber Alert on Friday has been charged with murder in their mother’s death. Caitlyn Naffziger was found dead from a single gunshot to the head in a Berlin apartment at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday. That discovery led to the Amber Alert …
A California teenager was arrested on suspicion of murder early Sunday morning after a double stabbing at a Riverside party. Riverside police said they were called to a home just before 12:30 a.m. and found two male teenagers with stab wounds. One was pronounced dead at the scene, while the second was hospitalized, the Press-Enterprise …
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced to life in prison last week for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl and the rape of a second victim afterward. Jason Shackelford, 40, pleaded guilty to first degree murder, rape of a child, two counts of rape, three counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, four counts of …
A North Carolina mother has been charged with the deaths of her 4-year-old twin sons on Saturday. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office said the twins’ father reported them dead when he arrived at his estranged wife’s home to pick them up for custody. Later that day, the estranged wife, identified as Genevieve Springer, was arrested …
