Police in south Alabama on Friday arrested an 18-year-old man they say raped, tortured, and robbed a Mobile County college student last week. Investigators say that Elijah Persons knew the victim and arranged to meet her in Semmes on the night of October 4. She was waiting in her car, detectives say, when a masked …
A Florida judge has granted a delay in the trial of a woman accused of dressing as a clown and shooting her lover’s wife in the face after prosecutors found a 25-page “clown sighting file” with 40 possible suspect leads. Sheila Keen-Warren’s attorneys had been seeking the file for some time, while prosecutors claimed they …
The woman found dead in the trunk of a car involved in a pursuit and crash in Nebraska Friday has been identified as Michelle Roenz, 49, who was reported missing in Texas along with her 17-year-old son on Thursday. Tyler Roenz, the son, was driving the Mazda 3 that fled from an attempted traffic stop …
Missouri police are trying to identify the people involved in a brawl that broke out in the self-checkout area of a Ferguson Walmart this week. Ferguson Police Chief Frank McCall said the melee broke out Tuesday night, after another, small incident earlier in the evening that was handled by staff without calling police. “Apparently, it …
California authorities have arrested a man they believe is linked to six murders in Stockton and Oakland, dating back to April 2021. Five of the victims were shot and killed in Stockton between July 8 and September 22; Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said that the suspect, 43-year-old Wesley Brownlee, was taken into custody at …
Louisiana authorities have arrested a 15-year-old boy in the shooting death of a 19-year-old woman earlier this week in LaPlace. St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s deputies found Yasmine Halum fatally wounded Sunday afternoon in the front yard of a home in LaPlace, NOLA.com reported. She had been shot in the torso and was rushed …
A California mother and her 8-year-old son were hospitalized after they were shot by a suspect who rammed their car and fled the scene after the shooting. City of Pittsburg police said that the shooting was domestic-violence related and that the mother was specifically targeted by the suspect, East County Today reported. The mother was …
The body of a 17-year-old girl was found on Interstate 94 Friday morning in suburban Detroit. The girl, whose identity has not been released, had a gunshot wound to the head, Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw told the Detroit News on Saturday. Police responded to the scene shortly before 8 a.m. on Friday, between …
Police in Louisiana are asked for help finding a 15-year-old girl last seen in Baton Rouge on October 10. Kaylen Gautreau is described as 5 feet 4 inches tall and about 115 pounds with blonde hair and green eyes, according to WAFB. Gautreau was last seen near Alello Drive on the city’s east side. Anyone …
Florida prosecutors have dropped charges against the ex-boyfriend of a woman who was found dead, buried in a shallow grave in an Alabama barn earlier this year. Marcus Spanevelo remains in jail in Santa Rosa County, Florida, however, on an out-of-state fugitive warrant from St. Clair County, Alabama, jail records show. Cassie Carli was last …
A Kentucky man has been charged with physically abusing a toddler and posting a video of the abuse on Snapchat. Benjamin J. Franklin, 23, faces charges of criminal abuse of a child under 12 and strangulation. Arraignment is scheduled for October 19, according to WAVE. According to Franklin’s arrest report, the 2-year-old’s mother told investigators …
One of the victims was the 15-year-old suspect’s older brother.
