Murder Suspect Surrenders After Neighbors Report Helping Him Carry Large, Heavy Object to Car
Murder
Declan Perry’s body was found in the back seat of his own car at a Massachusetts hospital.
Murder
September 1, 2025
Charges Filed Against Man Who Shot 11-Year-Old Prankster in the Back
Update 10:50 a.m. – CNN identified the 11-year-old boy’s killer as 42-year-old Leon Gonzalo Jr. He was booked into jail Tuesday morning. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Gonzalo is “the defendant charged with shooting and killing the child.” The victim has not been publicly identified. Update 8 a.m. Tuesday: Court records say that …
Murder
August 29, 2025
Utah Attorney General Files Murder Charges In Fatal Fire After County Officials Rule It ‘Tragic Accident’
Utah state officials this week filed murder charges against a man for a fire that killed his girlfriend — a fire that county officials last year ruled a “tragic accident.” The Utah Attorney General’s Office filed a charge of murder — or in the alternative, manslaughter — against Alexander Paul Wardell, 33, in the death …
Child sex crimes
August 29, 2025
Former Megachurch Pastor Caught in Florida After Child Sex Abuse Indictment in Massachusetts
A former pastor of a Baltimore megachurch indicted earlier this year on child sex abuse charges was captured this week in Florida. Eric Anderson, 80, is being held without bail in Manatee County and is fighting extradition to Massachusetts, where the Greater Grace World Outreach church was headquartered when the abuse took place, according to …
Cold Cases
August 29, 2025
Tennessee Authorities Say New Evidence Indicates ‘Walking Tall’ Sheriff Buford Pusser Responsible for Wife’s 1967 Death
Investigators said Friday that new evidence indicates that the Tennessee sheriff made famous in the movie “Walking Tall” was likely responsidble for the death of his wife in 1967. Mark Davidson, district attorney for the state’s 25th judicial district, said at a news conference that the evidence they’d found would “more likely than not” bring …
Death investigation
August 29, 2025
Florida Man Arrested on Domestic Violence Charge After Wife Found Dead in Canal
A Florida man was arrested on a domestic violence charge after his wife was found dead and floating in a nearby canal. Coral Springs Police said that Jeffrey Ernest Evans, 43, called 911 Monday night just before 9 p.m. and said his wife was having a “mental break” and needed assistance., WPLG reported. Six minutes …
Murder-Suicide
August 29, 2025
Report: Mom in NH Murder-Suicide Had Been Accused of Embezzling Funds From Her Job
A New Hampshire mom who killed her husband and two children earlier this month before taking her own life may have been embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from the the company where she worked. According to WCVB, Emily Long was director of operations of Wing-Itz, a chicken wing restaurant with multiple locations in New …
Murder
August 29, 2025
Travis Decker: FBI Completes Grid Search of Area Where 3 Young Girls Were Murdered by Their Father
Federal authorities conducted an extensive grid searcht his week in the area where a Washington state Army veteran suffocated his three young daughters, months after Travis Decker killed the girls and vanished into the wilderness. Officials said that several items were found in the search, which covered nearly 250 acres in the rugged terrain near …
Child death
August 28, 2025
Allegations of Child Abuse Followed 10-Year-Old Arizona Girl for a Decade Before Her Death
A 10-year-old Arizona girl may have suffered a decade of abuse before her death last month, three days after she was found in a wash in Holbrook, unconscious and with multiple injuries. Rebekah Baptiste’s father, 32-year-old Richard Daniel Baptiste, and his girlfriend, 29-year-old Anicia Woods, told investigators that a neighbor found the girl in the …
Child Abuse
August 28, 2025
Teens Charged With Abuse That Led to Death of 8-Year-Old Boy
Texas authorities announced Thursday they had arrested a second person in connection with the death of a 8-year-old child earlier this year. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said that Kara Walker, 17, was charged with injury to a child with serious bodily injury. Her boyfriend, 18-year-old Nolan Stallings, was arrested on the same charge in …
Shooting
August 28, 2025
Stepdad Pleads Guilty to Fatally Shooting 8-Year-Old Boy While Trying to ‘Look Cool’
A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty Wednesday to reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of his 8-year-old stepson earlier this year while trying to “look cool” by showing off his guns. Steven Merkel, 53, is expected to be sentenced on November 20, the Town of Geneva said in a Facebook post. Merkel called 911 at about …
Trials
August 28, 2025
Florida Mom Goes on Trial for Death of Tot Son
A Florida mother went on trial this week for the death of her toddler son in 2021. Erica Dotson and her boyfriend, Joshua Manns, both face charges in the death of 3-year-old Jameson Nance, WESH reports, but a judge severed their cases earlier this year. A date has not been set for Manns’ trial. As …