An arrest has been made in the murder of a Maryland teen who disappeared last month after going out to put gas in her vehicle. The body of 19-year-old Dacara Thompson was found in Anne Arundel County on Sunday, and on Friday, Prince George’s County Police Chief George Nader announced the arrest of Hugo Rene …
A SWAT standoff in a Houston suburb overnight Wednesday began when the suspect’s father came to Stafford police headquarters, saying his son had killed someone, and ended hours later with the suspect dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. The suspect, identified as 35-year-old Adrian Mercado, shot at police when they first arrived around 10 p.m., …
The parents of missing baby Emmanuel Haro were in court on Thursday to enter not guilty pleas to murder charges. An attorney for Rebecca Haro suggested moving the case to the Banning Justice Center rather Riverside, about 40 miles away, the Press-Enterprise reported. Superior Court Judge Gary Polk told him to file a motion making …
A Florida jury deliberated for just over three hours on Thursday before finding Donna Adelson guilty of organizing a murder-for-hire scheme against her former son-in-law in 2014. Adelson, 75, becomes the fifth person convicted in the murder of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel, who was in the midst of a bitter custody battle …
An Illinois man is behind bars after his wife ran out of her home and sought help from a landscaper, saying her husband was trying to kill her. Buffalo Grove police say the landscaper shielded the woman from 34-year-old Cody Romano as he tried to drag her back into their home, the Lake & McHenry …
Detectives running a Florida undercover operation netted a Michigan family practice doctor, charging him with soliciting a sexual relationship with a 5-year-old girl. The Port St. Lucie Police Department said that William Murdoch exchanged “stomach churning messages” with their undercover “mom,” detailing “his plan to groom the child and quickly turn the situation sexual.” The …
An Illinois man has been arrested six weeks after he shot and killed his 14-year-old daughter while shooting blindingly into into a building in an attempt to kill a buzzard. David Schultheis, 34, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm in the July 21 shooting that left Emma Schultheis dead, the Monroe County Sheriff’s …
A Pennsylvania couple has been arrested after state police found their five children living in “deplorable condiions,” locked into their room for hours and hours at a time and monitored inside their “dungeon” by video cameras. “It is sickening. That is the only word to describe it. It’s sickening,” Trooper Ally Wilson said, according to …
Buoyed by several members of the US Congress — including four Republicans — accusers of Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking operation spoke out on Wednesday, some for the first time. The survivors urged release of what’s become known as the “Epstein files” — documents Attorney General Pam Bondi said in February were “on my desk” …
Preliminary autopsy results on a newborn found dead in a University of Kentucky student’s closet are inconclusive. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn confirmed that the infant found in 21-year-old Laken Snelling’s closet in Lexington last week was a baby boy, WKYT reported. “I understand the community’s concern and sensitivity surrounding the death of a child,” …
Nevada authorities have identified a man found dead in a pool of blood at the annual Burning Man Festival over the weekend. Vadim Kruglov, 37, was found dead Saturday night at around the time the titular man began to burn, the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His family …
The Ohio mother accused of drowning her 4-year-old son at Atwood Lake last month was released from a mental health facility and booked into jail on Monday. Ruth Miller is expected to appear in court for a bond hearing on Friday. On Tuesday, Judge Nanette VonAllman ordered her to have no contact “with protected persons” …
