The “disgruntled” ex-husband of a Florida school teacher shot and killed himself in front of the rear entrance to Farnell Middle School as dozens of students were arriving for an early start program. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said that two students a few feet behind 52-year-old Jason Layman saw the shooting. “They didn’t panic, …
Georgia police found a 7-month-old boy dead in an apartment strewn with trash and fecal matter — with four other children living in the unit. Savannah police said they were called the apartment on September 27 by the child’s father, who said he had given the baby a bottle at about 3 p.m. then put …
Five-year-old twins were found dead in Florida afer their mother jumped off a bridge into Lake Jesup to her death. A motorist saw a car pulled on the shoulder of the State Road 417 bridge and a woman sliding out of the passenger side window at about 8:45 a.m. before jumping into the water, Seminole …
A 62-year-old Colorado woman was found dead and dismembered at the condo where she had gone to clean on Wednesday, and the man now suspected of killing her shot himself as police forced entry. Aurora police said that Elena Vonfeldt’s son called them late Wednesday to say that he’d been unable to reach his mother …
Members of the “Soldiers of Christ” videotaped themselves torturing a South Korean woman before she was found dead in the trunk of a car outside a Korean sauna last month. The revelation came from a Gwinnett County Police Department detective during a preliminary hearing Thursday for five of the seven people charged in the death …
A 6-year-old Georgia boy is dead after he was found stabbed multiple times inside a burning apartment. Gwinnett County police and firefighters were called to an apartment fire in Peachtree Corners shortly before 8 a.m. on Thursday, police said. Firefighters made entry into the first floor unit, where the fire was centered, and found the …
A Maryland judge was fatally shot in the driveway of his Hagerstown home Thursday night. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office, which responded calls at about 8 p.m., identified the victim as Circuit Court Judge Andrew Wilkinson, 52. He was taken to Meritus Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. WRC reported that Maryland State …
The mother of slain Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway says that her killer’s apology means nothing to her. Speaking with NBC News, Beth Holloway said Joran van der Sloot — who is serving a sentence in Peru for the murder of another woman — lacks the ability for remorse. “He doesn’t have that in his existence,” …
Police in east Alabama are looking for a 10-year-old boy they believe could be in danger. Curtis Francis was last seen in Eufaula on Wednesday and was wearing a black and grey Reebok jacket, blue jeans, and grey and white Rebokk high-top shoes, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. He has black hair and brown …
New witnesses, two of whom provided sworn affidavits, are linking Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann to the murders of Karen Vergata and Shannan Gilbert. Attorney John Ray represents to estate of Gilbert, whose disappearance in 2010 ultimately led to the discovery of the Gilgo 4 and other remains on Long Island, He held …
Dutch national Joran van der Sloot admitted killing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in 2005 in an interview with his attorney, part of the plea deal he reached with federal prosecutors to plead guilty to charges that he extorted money from Holloway’s mother. Beth Holloway told reporters after the hearing that van der Sloot admitted killing …
An Missouri woman was arrested this week on charges of murder and plotting with her mother to kill her stepfather. Ashley Nicole Jones, 29, reportedly admitted to police that she had bought ethylene glycol — a substance found in such products as antifreeze, hydraulic break fluid, solvents, paints, films, and cosmetics — from the internet, according to The …
