Investigators believe that a 5-year-old South Carolina girl whose mother was found dead on Thanksgiving Day has been taken by her father to North Carolina. The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office says that 46-year-old Crystal Jumper, little Aspen Jeter’s mother, was shot to death, the Charleston Post and Courier reported. While police have not named her …
High school soccer star Zach Didier thought he was taking a mild pain killer. Instead, he swallowed a fentanyl pill that was a real killer. His father found him dead, slumped over his desk. Now his parents are fighting back.
Philadelphia police have solved at least one part of a 65-year-old mystery — they have identified a young boy found dead and stuffed into a box in the city in 1957. Investigators used DNA and intricate genealogical sleuthing to uncover the boy’s name, KYW reports, and criminal charges may be filed in his death. Philadelphia …
The Virginia sheriff’s deputy who catfished a California teen and murdered her family before setting fire to the house died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Riverside Police Chief Larry Gonzalez said Wednesday that Austin Lee Edwards, 28, posed as a 17-year-old boy to get the 15-year-old girl’s personal information and then drove cross-country to her …
The judge in actor Danny Masterson’s rape trial declare a mistrial Wednesday after the jury said it could not reach a verdict. The seven men and five women deliberated for six days, The Hollywood Reporter said, including a do-over beginning on Monday after two jurors were replaced with alternates. “After thorough and considerable discussion, it …
University of Florida quarterback Jalen Kitna was arrested Wednesday on charges of distribution and possession of child pornography. The Gainesville Police Department said its investigation revealed that Kitna had shared two images depicting child pornography via his Discord account, and found three three more such images on his electronic devices. The 19-year-old son of former …
One of two murder victims found dead Monday morning in Covingon, Louisiana, has been identified as a retired parish priest reported missing the day before. Otis Young, 71, and another victim were found dead, their bodies burned beyond recognition, behind a downtown business early Monday. Young, who retired in July following several health issues, and …
A Florida doctor. accused last week of raping sedated women in his practice at a medical spa, is dead. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office investigated on Monday after Eric Andrew Salata’s ankle monitor had not moved for several hours, according to WINK. They found him in a ditch in a wooded area near his home …
A California man was ordered held without bail on Tuesday, charged with beating his wife to death and dumping her body on the side of a road, then abandoning his 12-year-old daughter at a Mojave Desert gas station. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office said it located Jesus Jaimes-Rosas, 37, about two hours after they …
South Carolina authorities are still searching for a 5-year-old girl who is missing after her mother was found dead in her home on Thanksgiving Day. Family members have identified the little girl’s mother as Crystal Jumper, who was found in bed with a gunshot wound, WIS reported. What’s more, the station reported, the little girl …
The woman accused of helping Army Specialist Aaron Robinson dispose of the body of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen pleaded guilty on Tuesday to accessory after the fact and three counts of making a false statement, avoiding a trial that was set to begin in January. Cecily Aguilar now faces a maximum of 30 years …
A retired Louisiana priest and a pastoral associate at his Covington church are missing, and parishioners at St. Peter Catholic Church fear the worst — that two burned bodies found behind a downtown business Monday morning are the Rev. Otis Young and Ruth Prats. Covington Police have made an arrest connected with the bodies. Antonio …
