Investigators are probing the death of a Middle Tennessee State University professor who was found shot dead in the middle of a roadway in Dekalb County early Thursday morning. The Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office said deputies responded to the shooting and found “a loaded and cocked handgun” next to the body of 41-year-old Ashleigh …
A Florida judge sentenced a man to life in prison on Wednesday for the brutal murder of a woman he met on a dating app because she wasn’t “following his relationship rules.” Daniel Stearns, 35, was convicted in October, WESH reported. Stearns was arrested in March 2023 after police followed him to an undeveloped Palm …
A grand jury this week indicted a 24-year-old Georgia man on multiple charged related to the death of a 66-year-old retired firefighter at a Wilmington Island restaurant in 2019. Charles Alexander Jacobson Teeple IV, who was 19 at the time, is charged with two counts of felony murder, aggravated assault, and exploitation and intimidation of …
A California man who earlier this year pleaded guilty to stabbing his stepmother to death and trying to kill his father has been sentenced to decades behind bars. Justin Tray Buchanan, 34, pleaded guilty in October to the murder of Kelly Jean Buchanan, the attempted murder of William Louis Buchanan, and a knife assault on …
A South Carolina woman has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon nearly two years after a man was found dead long Highway 321 in Gaston County. Prosecutors said in court Tuesday that Shirley Dukes forced Glen Miller to live in a tent behind her apartment threatened him with hammer before his body was …
A Kansas man who pleaded no contest charges relating to the death of his 6-year-old daughter learned his fate on Wednesday. Joseph Schroer was sentenced to 48 months probation after his plea to two counts of aggravated endangering of a child and Medicaid fraud, KWCH reported. Should he violate the terms of the probation, he’ll …
A Massachusetts state trooper has been suspended after he was charged with punching his son in the face. Michael Gagnon was arrested on November 25, according to the Plympton Police Department, which said he was charged with domestic assault and battery and aggravated assault on a child under age 14. He was given a $1,000 …
Milwaukee police are searching for a critically missing 4-year-old boy who may be with his possibly armed 12-year-old sister. Nevin Powell was last seen walking down N. Fifth Street in Milwaukee with his sister, Sanuya Wooten-Powell. He was last in contact with his guardian Tuesday night, WISN reported. Nevin is described as 3 feet tall …
An Arizona woman declared “Today is my independence day” last week when she allegedly slashed her boyfriend’s throat in an attempt to kill him. Tamala Rudeseal, 52, called 911 herself just after 8 p.m. on Thursday, reporting that she had tried to kill her boyfriend, according to court documents reported by KTVK. Responding officers found …
An elderly Texas couple who disappeared on their way home from spending Thanksgiving with relatives have been found dead in New Mexico. Gary Lightfoot, 82, and Linda Lightfoot, were found Tuesday, still in their car in a pasture near Tucumcari, KVII reported. Law enforcement believe they died from hypothermia. The Lightfoots left their relatives’ home …
Eighteen-year-old Emily Finn came home from State University of New York Oneonta on the day before Thanksgiving and went to her ex-boyfriend’s home to return some of his belongings. She didn’t leave alive. Suffolk County Police say her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend shot her to death and then shot himself in the face, Newsday reported. His parents …
A former Georgia beauty queen is on trial this week for the murder of her boyfriend’s 18-month-old son in her Georgia Southwestern State University dorm room nearly two years ago. Trinity Poague is charged with malice murder, two counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated battery, and cruelty to children in the death of …
