A Houston man has been charged with killing his wife just days after the couple signed a $250,000 life insurance policy. Christopher Collins, 41, made a non-emergency call to police on November 18, saying he’d been on the phone with his brother and missed texts from his wife, Yuanhua Liang, who told him someone was …
A Pennsylvania man was shot to death Thursday night as he was eating Thanksgiving dinner with his family, struck by a stray bullet that crashed through a window and killed him. Crews flew Edilberto Miguel Palaez Moctezuma to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center after the shooting, but he was pronounced dead on arrival, the Montgomery County …
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A Michigan man has been arrested and charged with fatally shooting his mother while they were riding in a car on Thanksgiving evening. The unnamed 22-year-old man then reportedly got out of the car and walked away, ultimately firing shots at three passing vehicles, WDIV reported. One of the gunshots struck a 43-year-old woman in …
A New Jersey police officer has been charged with striking and killing a pedestrian on the Garden State Parkway then leaving the scene with the victim in his backseat. Louis Santiago, 25, faces multiple charges, including reckless vehicular homicide and desecrating human remains in the November 1 incident, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. Albert …
A Texas woman has been charged with the death of a woman from Missouri who died after receiving an illegal silicone injection from the suspect. A judge set bond for Lisa Fernandez, 47, at $40,000, according to KTRK, but jail records show her bond is $100,000. Fernandez is charged with manslaughter in the death of …
A Connecticut mother and grandmother have been arrested on charges relating to the death of the mother’s 6-week-old son. Emergency responders were called to the home of Crystal Czyzewski, 35, on November 17 on a report of an unresponsive infant, according to Connecticut State Police. The baby was taken Backus Hospital and then flown to …
Update 8:55 pm: A 13-year-old Colorado girl reported missing Tuesday night has been found safe, and an endangered child alert for her has been deactivated, the Aurora Police Department said. Ta-Kyrah Blackman was believed to have been with 41-year-old Navarro Cathey, who was arrested in Utah. Charges against him are pending, the Colorado Springs Gazette …
An Alabama man has been jailed on charges of sexually abusing a child under 12 years old dating back to 2013. Tomas Juan Francisco, 47, is being held at the DeKalb County Detention Center in northeastern Alabama on a $2 million bond, AL.com reported. The sheriff’s office said Francisco may face more charges. “I can’t …
A volunteer reserve police officer in southeastern Tennessee has been been charged with solicitation to murder after the potential target of the “hit” read text messages on his phone when he allegedly passed out drunk. Jerry McDonald, 49, also served as EMS special operations manager for Life Force, a medical helicopter company operating in southeastern …
Police searching for a University of South Carolina student who’s been missing since Saturday night found a body at the bottom of a Richland County quarry. Columbia Police Deputy Chief Melron Kelly said the body has not yet been identified and that the Richland County Sheriff’s Department was handling the investigation at the Vulcan Quarry, …
Two four-year-olds died from gun violence in Pennsylvania’s Alleghany County on Monday, including one who was shot and killed by a 6-year-old sibling. Police said the sibling shooting took place at about 5:30 p.m. in Penn Hills, KDKA reported. They did not say what led to the shooting. Allegheny County homicide detectives are investigating; neither …
