17-Year-Old Tennessee Girl Charged With Overdose Deaths of 2 Classmates
Drugs
The girl was hospitalized in critical condition after all three girls were found in a high school parking lot earlier this week.
AMBER Alert
May 18, 2023
Amber Alert: Idaho Toddler Abducted, Believed Possibly Headed to Oregon
Idaho State Police have issued an Amber Alert for a 2-year-old boy taken from his home in Nampa. Rudy Ozaih Reyes is believed to be in danger. He is described as about 2 feet tall and 50 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. The boy was last seen wearing a grey and white t-shirt …
Child sex crimes
May 18, 2023
Georgia County Commissioner Charged With Child Molestation, Sexual Battery
An 84-year-old Georgia county commissioner has been arrested on child molestation and sexual battery charges. Effingham County Commissioner Reginald “Reggie” Loper was arrested and released on bail on Wednesday Documents obtained by WTOC revealed that a teenage victim and her mother reported multiple sexual assaults to the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office on January 5, the …
Murder
May 18, 2023
Suspects in Shooting Death of 6-Year-Old Kansas City Boy Arrested in South Dakota
Two suspects in the murder of a 6-year-old Kansas City, Kansas, boy earlier this month were arrested 350 miles away from the scene Tuesday night in South Dakota. Lakevis Sloan, 20, and an unnamed 17-year-old were taken into custody as they stepped off a Greyhound bus in Sioux Falls, KMBC reported. They face second degree …
Hot car deaths
May 18, 2023
Florida Toddler Found Dead After She’s Left in Hot Car for 14 Hours
A Florida couple has been charged with child neglect after their toddler was left in a locked car for about 14 hours. The 2-year-old girl was pronounced dead at about 4 p.m. on Tuesday after a 911 call came in 15 minutes earlier. Holmes County Sheriff John Tate said the girl’s body temperature was 107 …
Murder
May 18, 2023
Mom’s Boyfriend Charged With Murder in Death of 5-Year-Old Boy Found in Suitcase Beside Interstate
The former boyfriend of a 5-year-old boy’s mother has been charged with murder in the death of the child, who was found in a suitcase next to a Massachusetts highway in 2014. Jeremiah Oliver was found dead in April 2014 in Sterling on Interstate 190, although he was last seen alive in September 2013 and …
Bad Doctors
May 18, 2023
Plastic Surgeon Who Livestreams Surgeries on TikTok Fights to Get Her License Back
An Ohio plastic surgeon is presenting her case this week to have her license reinstated after the State Medical Board suspended it over issues involving her livestreaming surgeries over TikTok. Katharine Roxanne Grawe, known to her social media followers as Dr. Roxy, has been barred from practicing since November 18, 2022, when the board determined …
Rape
May 18, 2023
Denver Cardiologist Charged With Drugging 10 Women, Raping 3 of Them
A Denver cardiologist charged in March with drugging and raping a woman he met on a dating app was arrested again this week after nine additional victims came forward with similar stories. Stephen Matthews, 35, was arrested outside a courtroom on Monday as he prepared for a preliminary hearing on the initial case, KCNC reported. …
Child sex crimes
May 17, 2023
West Virginia Man Faces 43 Counts of Sex Crimes Against 5 Children
A West Virginia man has been charged with 43 counts of sex crimes against children after wide-ranging investigation. Dennis James Maze is accused of crimes against five victims. His charges include 16 counts of sexual abuse, six counts of sexual assault, 20 counts of sexual abuse by a person in a position of trust, and …
Death investigation
May 17, 2023
Mom Reported Missing on Mother’s Day Found Dead By New Jersey Highway
A body found dumped beside a busy New Jersey highway early Wednesday has been identified as a 32-year-old mother of two reported missing on Sunday. Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said that Norelis Mendoza was last seen at her mother’s home at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, NJ.com reported. Mendoza lived in Lindenwold in Camden County …
Trials
May 17, 2023
Juror: Lori Vallow Daybell Let Me ‘Put a Face to Evil’
A juror in “cult mom” Lori Vallow Daybell’s murder trial admits that he was the reason the jury took two days to reach a guilty verdict. Vallow Daybell was convicted on murder and conspiracy to murder charges in the deaths of two of her children, 7-year-old JJ Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan, and Tammy Daybell, …
Attempted Murder
May 17, 2023
Parents Accused of Trying to Starve to Death 10-Year-Old Son
A Georgia couple has been charged with trying to starve their 10-year-old son to death. A neighbor found the boy wandering alone in his neighborhood on Friday after he escaped the home. Griffin police reported that he was barefoot and hungry and begged to not be taken back home, WAGA reported. “As a mother, I …