A Georgia dentist, his wife, and his 15-year-old daughter were found dead in their suburban Atlanta home Sunday afternoon in what police say was a murder-suicide. Johns Creek police said they responded to the home for a welfare check shortly after 4 p.m. and found James Choi, 52; Muong Choi, 52; and Grace Choi, 15, …
Police in Michigan have arrested a suspect in the murders of a 41-year-old Hazel Park woman and her 12-year-old son. The 43-year-old man, who has not been named, was arrested on Tuesday, the Hazel Park Police Department said. The victims, since identified as Linda Hill and her son Kardi Jackson, were found dead in their …
An Oklahoma state representative won’t spend any time in jail after pleading guilty to domestic violence charges, but he did tender his resignation from the state House. Ty Burns waited two days after his guilty plea to misdemeanor charges to tender his resignation, the Oklahoma Voice reported. Calls for his resignation came from Gov. Kevin …
A Colorado judge on Tuesday denied a request from accused wife killer Barry Morphew to lower his bond from $3 million to $500,000, but she did change the requirements of the bond to make it slightly easier for him to get out of jail until his trial. District Court Judge Amanda Hopkins changed Morphew’s bond …
A Las Vegas woman has been charged with murder after she fatally shot her boyfriend while he was taking pictures of her posing with a gun. Allysandra Blea, 20, was arrested on August 26 and faces a charge of open murder with a deadly weapon for the August 23 shooting, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police …
A Nebraska couple has been charged with child abuse resulting in death after their 4-month-old daughter died earlier this month. An autopsy indicated that the baby girl died from a traumatic brain injury consistent with shaken baby syndrome, police said in court documents, according to the Lincoln Journal Star. Ryan Greenwood, 36, called 911 at …
An Iowa mother was sentenced to a decade in prison for repeatedly injecting her toddler son with insulin to make him appear sick. Alexandra Marie Frost, 26, pleaded guilty in June to to child endangerment and administering harmful substances charges, The Gazette reported, and returned to court on Friday for sentencing. In courts, she asked …
Police in Indianapolis are investigating after the discovery of a dead newborn in a park on Monday. The infant’s body was found in a wooded area of Brookside Park by a passerby at about 3 p.m. Investigators believe the male child was less than a day old, WXIN reported. It’s not clear when or how …
A 16-year-old Atlanta boy is dead after his mother’s boyfriend mistook him for a burglar and shot him early Monday morning as he was returning home. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’ Office identified the victim as Daquavius Royalston, according to WAGA. “Appears to be a true tragedy,” said Atlanta Police Homicide Commander Lt. Andrew Smith. …
A 52-year-old Illinois man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for an incident last month that killed a 9-year-old boy at a Chicago Transit Authority station. Police announced the arrest of Michael Korosa on Monday, WMAQ reported. Investigators said 9-year-old Elijah Flores was exiting a train with his mother’s boyfriend shortly after 11 a.m. on …
Authorities in Colorado have taken into custody a man who rammed his vehicle into two houses while trying to track down his ex-girlfriend’s family, then trying to run over her mother. The man was taken into custody after he rammed the mother’s home in the Denver suburb of Westminster for the second time on Sunday, …
Authorities are investigating an apparent murder at Nevada’s Burning Man Festival over the weekend. The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said one of its deputies was flagged down by a participant in the largely affluent, avante garde festival in the Nevada desert Saturday night and reported finding “a male subject lying in a pool of blood.” …
