Shooting in Crime-Wracked DC Corridor Claims Life of 6-Year-Old Girl
Shooting
The shooting took place outside a liquor store that was the site of a community protest over conditions in the area two months ago.
Court
July 16, 2021
‘Hollywood Ripper’ Gets Death Penalty for Killing 2 Women, Including Actor Ashton Kutcher’s 2001 Date
A California judge formally handed down the death sentence to 45-year-old Michael Gargiulo, nearly two years after a Los Angeles jury convicted him of murdering two women and stabbing a third, who survived. Media outlets dubbed Gargiulo “the Hollywood Ripper” for the Los Angeles-area killings of Ashley Ellerin, 22, on February 22, 2001, and Maria …
Murder
July 16, 2021
3 children inside apartment as mom is stabbed to death; 1 calls 911
Florida police are investigating the stabbing death of a woman Friday morning after one of her children called to report the incident. Three children were in the apartment on University Boulevard in Jacksonville, News4Jax reported, and none of them were hurt, First Coast News reported. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office arrested Nathan Matthew Rines, 40, and …
Court
July 16, 2021
Jury Finds Mark Redwine GUILTY of Killing His 13-Year-Old Son Dylan
A Colorado jury found Mark Redwine guilty of second degree murder and child abuse in connection with the death of his 13-year-old son Dylan, who disappeared while on a court-ordered visit with his father in November 2012. The jury began deliberating on Thursday and conferred for about 6 1/2 hours before returning their verdicts, Denver …
Court
July 16, 2021
LAST PHOTO OF JJ VALLOW? Massive document dump reveals Lori Vallow’s iCloud photos, emails between PD and FBI
The Chandler, Arizona, Police Department on Friday released some 2,500 documents from their investigation into “cult mom” Lori Vallow after the disappearance of two of her children, 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan. Among the documents is a photo of young JJ, dated September 22, 2019, Fox 10 Phoenix reports. It’s unknown if …
Unsolved
July 15, 2021
Kansas Woman Reported Missing in May Found Dead in Missouri
A 32-year-old Kansas woman whose family lost contact with her last October was found dead this week in Missouri. Kensie Aubry was reported missing in May and said to have been last seen in Independence, in the company of two men and a woman, KSHB reported. Indpendence Police told FOX4 on Thursday that Aubry’s remains …
Violent Crime
July 15, 2021
Heavily Armed Suspect Found with Bullets Labeled ‘Cop Killer,’ and Plans to ‘Wipe Out’ Minorities: Cops
California police officers investigating a man reported for prowling around a Campbell car lot last week found multiple weapons, body armor, bullets inscribed with sayings like “Cop Killer,” and a handwritten manifesto detailing his plans to “wipe out the Black, Hispanic and Jewish populations.” Wesley Charles Martines, 32, was arrested on July 9 in Campbell, …
Court
July 15, 2021
Jury Finds Gunman Criminally Responsible for Deadly Newsroom Shooting
A Maryland jury took less than two hours Thursday to find Jarrod Ramos criminally responsible for his murderous attack on the newsroom of the Capital Gazette in 2018. Ramos pleaded guilty to all 23 charges filed against him in 2019, including five counts of first degree murder for the deaths of John McNamara, Wendi Winters, …
Family Crime
July 15, 2021
Grandmother Kept Toddler’s Mother From Police After 3-year-old dies: Affidavit
Some of 3-year-old Maddox Williams’s injuries were hidden by temporary tattoos.
Murder
July 14, 2021
Naval Academy mom’s alleged killer cut off ankle monitor 2 months before fatal shooting
The mother of a newly inducted Naval Academy midshipman was shot and killed in Annapolis last month by a man police were searching for after he allegedly cut off an ankle monitor in May. Annapolis police said Angelo Reno Harrod, 29, was charged with first- and second-degree murder for the June 29 death of Michelle …
Child Abuse
July 14, 2021
Oklahoma mom punches, stabs, and bites 2 young children
A Oklahoma woman has been jailed on child abuse charges after her two children called their father and told him she was abusing them. The father called police, reporting that Sheila Marie Riggie, 32, has a drinking problem and her behavior has been getting more extreme, News 9 reported. The man said he filed a …
Celebrity Justice
July 14, 2021
Appeals panel orders court to resentence ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic
A federal appeals court ordered a lower court to resentence Joseph Maldonado-Passage, aka “Tiger King” Joe Exotic, for his conviction in a murder for hire plot and violating federal wildlife laws. Maldonado-Passage was sentenced to 22 years in prison in in January 2020 when he was convicted of hiring two different hitmen to kill his …