A California woman has been charged with murder after police found the body of a 59-year-old man with cerebral palsy she was supposedly caring for. Richard McClintic’s family had been unable to reach him for more than month, KCRA reported, and Christina Cowens had refused to let them into his apartment after they began receiving …
A Tennessee man has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and arson after he allegedly lit his grandmother on fire. An arrest report says that a witness restrained Christopher Medula, 39, until deputies arrived on the scene, WRCB reported. The victim was flown to a hospital in Nashville with burns on 70 percent of …
The Tennessee man accused of killing four members of a family and kidnapping a baby has been indicted on multiple charges by a grand jury. Prosecutors said Austin Drummond was formally charged with four counts of first degree murder, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, aggravated kidnapping, and possession …
Arizona tribal authorities are investigating the death of a White Mountain Apache girl found dead a week after she was reported missing. The US Department of the Interior’s Indian Affairs division said detectives were looking at the death of 16-year-old Challistia Colelay as a murder, KTVK reported. Colelay was reported missing to White Mountain Apache …
A San Antonio police officer was arrested this week and charged with multiple counts of injury to a child for several incidents that took place in 2024. Jacob Ryan, 24, turned himself in on Tuesday after he was indicted and an arrest warrant was issued, KSAT reported. He faces three counts of injury to a …
An Oregon man has been charge with attempted murder after he allegedly set off an explosion and fired gunshots at the front door of an apartment in Cornelius. Samuel Christian Lund, 37, was charged last week with five counts of attempted aggravated murder, four counts of unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree arson, felon in …
An Indiana man is charged with neglect and intimidation against four children who said he threatened to suffocate them if they didn’t go to sleep, beat them, and forced them to stand in a corner for hours. Hancock Superior Court Judge Dan Marshall issued four no contact orders on 35-year-old Curtis Edward Bordenkircher after giving …
A suspicious death investigation is underway in San Diego after a woman with a head wound was found dead in a parking lot. San Diego Police said the woman was bleeding from her head, KNSD reported. The call came in just after 2:30 p.m. to a parking lot belonging to the Westwood Club, a community …
A California woman reported missing by her husband last month was found dead a week later — on her property. Hiroko Nagao’s body was found by her husband, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said. The husband told deputies that he left home at about noon on October 23 and when he returned that day, …
An Oklahoma woman has been arrested for falling asleep drunk on top of her infant son, killing him. Sarah Jamison, 31, was charged only with child neglect after a three-week investigation into the 5-month-old boy’s October 18 death, KOTV reported. Bixby police said they were called to the home early in the morning and found …
A Texas mom pleaded guilty on Monday to charges in connection with the death of her 2-year-old daughter more than seven years ago. Sarah Elizabeth Newsom pleaded to a charge of injury to a child by failure to protect in the death of Scarlette Oliva Newsom in October 2018, KFDX reported. She was sentenced to …
A Kansas woman who pleaded no contest to multiple charges related to the death of her 6-year-old daughter was sentenced on Monday to nearly 18 years in prison. Crystina Schroer entered her plea — meaning she didn’t admit guilt but also did not contest the allegations — in August, KWCH reported. Kennedy Schroer’s decomposed remains …
