Murdaugh Murders: Former SC trooper reveals suspicions in 2015 cold case linked to Murdaugh family
Hit-and-Run
“Nothing about this case from the very beginning pointed towards it being a hit and run.”
Shooting
June 27, 2021
Massachusetts man shoots teen girl in the chest while ‘playing’ with loaded gun
A 23-year-old Massachusetts man faces several charges stemming from an incident on Saturday while he was “playing” with gun he didn’t know was loaded and “accidentally” shot a 15-year-old girl. Michael Tate was arrested after police rushed to the residence where the shooting took place. Lynn police say their investigation thus far indicates an accident. …
child neglect
June 26, 2021
Maine mom covers toddler’s bruises with temporary tattoos, can’t explain brutal injuries that killed the boy
A Maine woman charged with depraved indifference murder in the death of her 3-year-old son appeared in court Friday and was given a $150,000 bail. Jessica Trefethen — who also goes by Jessica Johnson and Jessica Williams — was arrested on Wednesday, following the death of 3-year-old Maddox Williams on Sunday, WCSH reported. Police said …
Road Rage
June 26, 2021
Pregnant woman shot in road rage incident; her baby ‘doing well’ after delivery
A pregnant Texas woman was in critical condition Saturday after she was shot in an apparent road rage incident, and the baby she was carrying was “doing well” after an emergency delivery. Dallas police said the incident took place at about 10:15 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Murdock Road and Great Trinity Forest Way …
Shooting
June 26, 2021
3 dead after suspected gunman steals truck, crashes it, shoots 2 on the street
Winthrop, Massachusetts, police are investigating a bizarre incident that left three people dead Saturday afternoon. State police said a man stole a truck belonging to a plumbing company and crashed into a building, WCVB reported. The man exited the vehicle and fled on foot, at some point shortly after the crash shooting a man and …
National
June 26, 2021
Collapsed Miami building had ‘major structural damage’ caused by poor drainage 3 years ago: Report
A 2018 engineering assessment found “major structural damage” caused by a lack of proper drainage beneath the Champlain Towers pool deck, three years before the south tower collapsed in a cloud of dust this week. The report also found damage to balconies, cracks on parking garage columns, exposed steel support beams on the garage deck, …
Missing
June 26, 2021
Missing woman’s car found submerged with body inside
Authorities in Mississippi pulled a submerged vehicle from a body of water just inside the Mississippi state line on Friday and found the body of a woman inside. The gray Mazda 6 belonged to Courtney Johnson, a Louisiana woman who went missing on Tuesday on her way to meet friends at a casino in Biloxi, …
Missing
June 26, 2021
Madeleine McCann suspect’s girlfriend had secret compound near where toddler disappeared: Report
Investigators trying to link convicted German pedophile Christian Brueckner to the disappearance and probable death of toddler Madeleine McCann in 2007 say they have uncovered a secret compound that belonged to Brueckner’s former girlfriend. The compound came to light recently when German authorities interviewed Nicole Fehlinger’s father for a second time, the UK tabloid The …
Shooting
June 25, 2021
Cops: Colorado ‘good Samaritan’ was holding suspect’s AR-15 when he was shot by police
The suspect who shot and killed an Arvada police officer left a note detailing his desire to kill officers.
child endangerment
June 25, 2021
LA police find mother of newborn boy left in park trashcan
A 22-year-old woman from Guatemala was arrested this week after investigators determined that she abandoned a newborn baby boy in a restroom trashcan earlier this month. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said that the woman, who won’t be identified for her own “safety and protection,” was charged with cruelty to a child likely to cause …
Child sex crimes
June 25, 2021
Suspected child sex predator caught behind dumpster with child
A North Carolina man police say may have been sexually assaulting children for the past 40 years was arrested Thursday when he was found behind a dumpster with a child. The Concord Police Department charged Ricky Lynn McClellan, 66, with indecent liberties with a minor after following a tip about suspicious activity behind a dumpster …
Murder
June 25, 2021
NC man strangles girlfriend, stuffs her body into storage tote, heads to lake in Tennessee to dispose of it
A North Carolina man was arrested in Tennessee this week and charged with abuse of a corpse after Carter County deputies found his girlfriend’s body in a storage tote in the car he was driving. Authorities were tipped off by a friend of 24-year-old Michael Louis Cadogan who said he called her and told her …