A 13-year-old Michigan boy helped save his younger sister from a kidnapper this week when he shot the suspect with his slingshot after she broke free. Michigan State Police said the 8-year-old girl was mushroom hunting in her Alpena County backyard on Wednesday when “an unknown male appeared from the woods,” ABC News reported. The …
A Georgia mother has been charged with murder when her toddler daughter died after being pulled from a pond in an office park. Sandy Springs police put out an alert for 22-month-old Nirvana Oliver Thursday night after they were called to a parking deck at the office park for a woman acting oddly. Sgt. Matt …
The mother of a Florida teen sentenced to life in prison in March for the brutal murder of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey pleaded no contest to tampering with evidence on Friday and was sentenced to 30 days in jail. Crystal Smith, 38, was seen on surveillance video washing Aiden Fucci’s bloody jeans after he stabbed Bailey …
An Ohio man indicted in March on 26 counts of sexual misconduct has now seen those charges increased after new indictments brought the total to 110 counts covering 20 years. David L. James III, 57, initially faced charges involving three juvenile victims, but the investigation now includes five more victims and a total of 110 …
Deja Taylor also attributed the 6-year-old’s actions to his ADHD diagnosis.
Beth Holloway, mother of an 18-year-old Alabama woman who disappeared in Aruba during her senior class trip in 2005, expects the prime suspect in her daughter’s disappearance to arrive in Birmingham in the next few days to face charges of wire fraud and extortion for demanding money from Holloway to reveal details of her daughter’s …
A Florida man going through a dumpster found a dead newborn in a bag, prompting Lakeland police to begin an investigation to find the parents. Lakeland Police Chief Sammy Taylor Jr. told WTSP the baby was found in dumpster behind the Just Move fitness center and still had the umbilical cord attached. He said investigators …
A 3-month-old boy died Thursday at Children’s of Alabama from injuries sustained on Monday, and his parents have been charged with murder. Jameela Biggs, 23, and Antonio Martin, 36, were initially charged with aggravated child abuse on Tuesday when they were unable to provide a reasonable explanation for the infants extensive injuries, which included multiple …
An Iowa woman reported missing in March has been found dead in the yard of a home about a half mile from where she was last seen nearly two months ago. Jeanette Marie Bear, 30, was last seen on March 14 in Des Moines and reported missing two days later. Police said she had been …
Kouri Richins has been charged with murder in Eric Richins’ death, from a fentanyl overdose, last year. Then she wrote a book about grief.
A Florida sheriff’s department special victims unit detective has been arrested, accused of falsifying information in dozens of sex crimes cases and threatening one victim with deportation. Detective Demetrious Campbell, a 21 year veteran of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, has been charged with nine counts of official misconduct and one count of extortion, WTVJ …
A 19-year-old New Mexico woman was charged with murder this week, accused of giving birth in a hospital bathroom and leaving the baby in a trash can to die. Police said that Alexee Trevizo went to a hospital emergency room in Artesia in January, complaining of back pains. Medical staff told her she was pregnant. …
