Newly ‘Discovered Evidence’ in Alex Murdaugh Double Murder Requires NEW TRIAL, Says Defense
Prison
The disbarred attorney has also lost his phone privileges in prison for violating Department of Corrections policies.
Serial Killers
September 2, 2023
South Carolina Officials Say They Can’t Link Missing Woman With Serial Killer Suspect Rex Heuermann
South Carolina officials say they have uncovered no information linking the disappearance of a woman in 2017 with Long Island serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann. Julia Ann Bean, 32, was last seen on May 31, 2017, in Sumter, South Carolina, where she lived. Her daughter, now in her 20s, contacted police after seeing pictures of …
Murder
September 2, 2023
Beloved Maryland Teacher Found Dead Days After Disappearance; Suspect in Custody
A suspect has been charged with the death of a Maryland teacher who disappeared more than a month ago and whose remains were found 20 miles from where she vanished. Mariame Toure Sylla, 59, was last seen on July 29 when she headed out for a walk in Greenbelt’s Schrom Hills Park, where she regularly …
Murder
September 2, 2023
Siblings Shot Dead, Bodies Left Beside Georgia Interstate Highway
Police in Georgia are looking for two men they say shot a young mother and her 16-year-old brother, leaving their bodies on the side of an interstate highway in Gwinnett County. Maria Rosaria Montes Dorantes, 23, and Juan Angel Montes were found dead last Sunday beside Interstate 85. Gwinnett County police say they have charged …
Child sex crimes
September 2, 2023
Fugitive Child Rapist Caught in Thailand
A man wanted for raping a young child in Oklahoma was arrested last month by police in Thailand. The Oklahoma City Police Department said it enlisted the aid of the US Marshals Service earlier in the summer to find Kyle Mayes, 30. Investigators received a tip that Mayes had fled the country, possibly to the …
Missing
August 31, 2023
4-Year-Old Girls Tells Cops Dad Stabbed Her, Killed Her Mother
A Pennsylvania mother is dead and her 4-year-old daughter fighting for her life after a brutal attack by the girl’s father. “Daddy had a knife,” the girl told detectives. She suffered life-threatening injuries to vital organs, WFMZ reported. Richard Fantauzzi-Aviles, 38, has been charged with homicide, attempted homicide, aggraated assault, and endangering the welfare of …
Shooting
August 31, 2023
2 Dead, 1 Critically Injured in Texas Mall Shooting
Two people were killed and several injured in a shooting incident at the upscale Arboretum shopping center in Austin, Texas. According to KTBC, a suspect was in custody. “At this time we do not have any information to believe there’s a threat to the public,” police said. Emeregency medical personnel pronounced two people dead at …
Jail Breaks
August 31, 2023
Manhunt on for Escaped Convicted Murderer Who Stabbed Ex-Girlfriend 38 Times
A manhunt is under way for a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison. Danelo Cavalcante, 34, was conviected earlier this month of stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death 38 times in front of her two young children in 2021, ABC News reported. At the time, Cavalcante was wanted in his native Brazil for a …
Missing
August 31, 2023
Elderly Couple Disappears En Route to a Fruit Stand
An elderly California couple vanished on Wednesday while on their way to a fruit stand. Jose and Maria Dutra set off for Casa De Fruta in Gilroy and last spoke with their daughter by phone at about 10:30 p.m., KION reported. At that time, they said they were in a parking lot with a Target …
Road Rage
August 30, 2023
Road Rage Incident Between 2 Truckers Leaves 1 Dead
A North Carolina truck driver was arrested after an Ohio truck driver was found dead a parking lot Wednesday morning. The dead man was identified as Tyler Welsh, 32, of Eaton, WHIO reported. Sidney Police arrested Lawshawn Dean Hughes, 48, after he fled the scene in his semi-truck. Investigators believe the two men got into …
Child sex crimes
August 30, 2023
Arizona Middle School Teacher Charged with Sexual Conduct With Former Student, a Minor
An Arizona teacher has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of sexual conduct with a minor who was a former student. The Payson Unified School District was tipped off to middle school teacher Miles Huff’s behavior on August 14 and launched an investigation, AZFamily.com reported. He was arrested on Tuesday after investigators investigators interviewed …
Cold Cases
August 30, 2023
Man Arrested in 36-Year-Old Murder of California Teen Was Suspected at the Time
A 76-year-old man arrested for the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl nearly four decades ago was suspected of involvement in the disappearance at the time. Bender’s body has not been found. Court documents concerning the arrest of Raymond Lewis Stafford in Texas earlier this month say he allegedly confessed to an employee that he had …