A 1-year-old Texas girl and her father are both dead after he reportedly kidnapped the toddler from her babysitter’s home and fled with her in a stolen tow truck. An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday night for Leylani Ordonez after Alexander Barrios Ordonez, 24, first entered a business, stabbed a man, and stole his tow …
Police in Florida are searching for a masked gunman who broke into a New Port Richey home early Tuesday morning and fatally shot a woman who had been sleeping with her two children. The children — both under the age of 12 — and a second woman in the home were not physically harmed, WTVT …
Early reports of a rooftop gunman turned out to be false; the officers, now in stable condition, were shot at close range.
A long-haul trucker from Massachusetts has been arrested and charged with the death of a woman whose body was found in a Georgia woods in early October. Investigators tracked Jason Michael Palmer, 47, to Cambridge City, Indiana, after the Camden County Sheriff’s Office determined that Jessica Goodrich, 46, had been a passenger in his truck, …
A New York man who shot and killed his estranged wife in front of her children just a day after he was released from jail on assault charges was indicted last month for her murder. Adam Bennefield, 45, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges at his arraignment on October 21 and was ordered held without …
The conspiracy theorist accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and beating her husband with a hammer was ordered held without bail Tuesday during his first court appearance since the incident early Friday morning. Prosecutors said in a court filing on Tuesday that David DePape, 42, told investigators he was on …
Police in Michigan have arrested a man in connection with a body found in the back of a pickup truck after a minor fender bender last week. Prosecutors said that 62-year-old Gabriele Seitz’s body showed “obvious” signs of strangulation, including a shoelace around her neck, the Macomb Daily reported. Stephen Lee Freeman, 19, was charged …
Eight people were shot, one fatally, Monday night at an invitation-only Halloween party attended by many high school age kids. Kansas City, Kansas, Police Chief Karla Oakman said a group of uninvited people arrived at the home and were asked to leave. They opened fire as they left just after 9 p.m. “This is very …
A Tennessee man arrested last week for rape of a missing teen has now been charged with the girl’s murder. Charles “Chuck” Carter, 63, was arrested on a charge of statutory rape last Wednesday, the same day 15-year-old Olivia Daryl Taylor’s parents reported her missing, WZTV reported. Taylor’s body was found on Thursday in a …
A North Carolina father will face charges related to the shooting death of his 2-year-old son, who found a loaded handgun in the front seat of his father’s truck and shot himself in the head with it. Johnston County District Attorney Susan Doyle’s office said that Warren Bennett Oser died on October 15 from a …
A Pennsylvania man shot and killed another man Saturday night in an argument over hunting. Pennsylvania police said that David Heathcote told troopers he shot the other man, identified as Robert Wingard, after the two argued and Wingard threatened to shoot Heathcote’s daughter, KDKA reported. At that point, police said, Heathcote shot Wingard, who died …
One person was killed and eight more hurt Saturday night when multiple shooters opened fire on crowded Tallahassee streets near Florida State University’s football stadium. Police were already on the scene shortly before midnight, controlling the crowds who swarmed the streets, many in Halloween costumes or wearing the colors of Florida State or Florida A&M, …
