A Pennsylvania man was charged this week with killing a woman whose death he tried to stage as a suicide. Chase Steigerwald, 34, was arraigned on Tuesday for the death of Rachel Roman, 45, on November 5, ExploreJefferson reported. Police were called to Steigerwald’s apartment in Clarion just after 7 a.m. that morning and found …
A Kentucky couple has been charged with killing a man by throwing him off a second story balcony in Elizabethtown. Shawn, 39, and Nancy Durbin, 36, were initially charged with assault when they were arrested on November 13, after Elizabethtown police officers were called about a man who may have fallen over a balcony, WLKY …
A Louisiana teenager has been charged with murder in the death of her newborn baby girl, who was found dead in tote bag at her home. The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office said it was called on Friday by medical staff at Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center who reported a 14-year-old girl had come …
A legislative aide to a North Carolina state senator was arrested this week and charged with setting fire to a Raleigh home — with two people inside. Police did not say how Diane Cook might be connected with two inside the home or whether they were injured, WNCN reported. A warrant for Cook’s arrest says …
A Michigan mother has been charged with manslaughter after the death of her 11-year-old daughter on Sunday. Prosecutors said that Sherry Leak called 911, saying there had been an “altercation” and she was performing CPR on the girl, WOOD reported. First responders were unable to revive the girl, identified by Fruitport Community Schools as Mialah …
Police have issued warrants for the arrest of a former Pennsylvania small town fire chief and his wife, charging them with having inappropriate contact with a 14-year-old junior firefighter at the department. WPXI reports that Nathan Turner, the former chief of the Fair Oaks Volunteer Fire Department, and his wife Stephanie Turner, founder of the …
A Florida man has been arrested for allegedly gunning down his two brothers while the siblings were on a hunting trip in New York state. New York State Police said they were called by one of the brothers just after 10 p.m. Sunday night in the midst of an altercation. Police say Scot Thompson, 65, …
A Boston couple has been charged in connection with the death of their 5-week-old daughter, nine months after the baby girl was rushed to Boston Medical Center and pronounced dead. Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said that Raynell Reed, 31, and Gerard Winn, 52, were indicted on Friday on a charge of manslaughter, Boston 25 …
Barbara and Jeffrey Kepner, grandparents of Anna Kepner who were on the cruise with family when she was found dead earlier this month, tell ABC News the cheerleader’s 16-year-old stepbrother says he doesn’t remember what happened in the 18-year-old’s Carnival Horizon stateroom.
A Nebraska man allegedly beat another man with a hammer until it broke then picked up a fire extinguisher to continue the assault. York County sheriff’s deputies say they were called to a motel about the assault and spoke with two victims, KOLN reported. Both men said that 49-year-old Roger Abramson attacked them, with one …
Prosecutors told a court last week that an 18-year-old driver intentionally caused a 12-car pileup up at a Las Vegas traffic light last week, killing his pregnant girlfriend and the driver of one of the other vehicles. They said they plan to charge 19-year-old Jose Gutierrez with murder, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. “We believe …
A Pennsylvania couple was arrested earlier this month after their 13-year-old son was hospitalized twice in one week with severe episodes of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). An affidavit said the boy has type 1 diabetis, autism, ADHD, and hypoglycemia unawareness and requires adult supervision over all aspects of his diabetes management, according to The Daily Voice. …
