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 …
A 7-year-old boy was one of the victims in a double murder suicide in suburban Atlanta on Monday. DeKalb County Police said they found the boy, a 49-year-old woman, and a 51-year-old man dead just after 3 p.m., WANF said. Police have not released the names of the victims and suspect, who investigators believe was …
An Alabama woman has been charged with abuse of a corpse after her newborn daughter was found in a plastic bag in a dumpster at a convenience store in Decatur. Decatur police said they were contacted on Monday about Cindy Nicole Crow, 36, who was believed to have recently given birth but no baby was …
Police in Leon County, Florida, have issued a missing and endangered alert for two children who have disappeared south of Tallahassee. The sheriff’s office says that Harley Quinn Bohanen, 3, and Anglelic Lerissa Harvey, 11, were last seen at about 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Investigators provided photos but no further information. Anyone with information should …
A man reported missing on Sunday in Michigan shot himself to death in front of police, but the woman he was believed to be with has not been found. The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office characterized Steven Higgins, 57, and Kelly McWhirter, 60, as missing and endangered before locating Higgins in the Flushing area, WJRT reported. …
