A fatal carjacking in Henderson, Nevada, turned out to be nothing of the sort, KLAS reports. Instead, police say, a woman hit the victim and killed him when the two had an argument. The incident happened Tuesday afternoon. Police and fire responded to a report of an auto-pedestrian accident and found Kent E. Reed, 44, …
Firefighters responding to a mobile home fire found a decomposing body inside, and now the owner of the trailer has been arrested, KSLA reports. The Louisiana Office of the State Fire Marshal said that Ronald Griffith, 58, had been living with the body at his trailer in Natchitoches for months. Investigators also found a dog’s …
A Brazilian nurse ‘beat the hell’ out of a stranger she caught leering at her as she was recording some dance moves in her Paranagua home, the New York Post reports. Angela Goncalves posted the altercation to her Instagram and Facebook accounts. “I get scared and act naturally as if I knew him until he …
A New Jersey corrections officer has been charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend and her best friend after they returned from a Valentine’s Day weekend trip to Cancun, NJ.com reports. Court documents say that John Menendez, 23, confessed to killing Anna Shpilberg and Luiza Shinkarevskaya, both 40, after picking them up at Newark Liberty International …
A Pennsylvania teenager has been charged with stabbing her older sister to death early Monday, Lancaster Online reports. Claire Miller, 14, was “hysterical” when police arrived at the home after the 9th grader herself called 911, according to a probable cause affidavit. She pointed them to a bedroom where they found 19-year-old Helen Miller, who …
A New York father-to-be was killed Sunday morning when the gender reveal device he was building exploded, the New York State Police said. Christopher Pekny, 28 was killed at his home in the Catskills town of Liberty, police said, and his 27-year-old brother Michael was injured by the exploding device. Pekny as transported to Garnet …
A Missouri man was arrested early Monday and charged with killing two people he believed killed his girlfriend. Newton County deputies were investigating the death of 25-year-old Brylee O’Banion, whose body was found just after 4 p.m. Saturday in a ditch in Loma Linda. According to Newton County Sheriff Ken Jennings, investigators considered Mason McClure, …
The wife of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera was arrested Monday at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, the Justice Department said. Emma Coronel Aispuro, 31, is charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana to import in to the United States. Coronel, who holds dual US/Mexican citizenship, is also alleged …
A panhandler punched a 2-year-old boy in the face on a Manhattan subway train on Saturday, and the toddler’s mom said no one on the crowded train came to her aid. The New York Post said the boy was sitting on his mother’s lap Saturday afternoon when a female panhandler came through, asking passengers for …
A suspect who randomly fired at first responders tending to a patient needing medical assistance was later charged with murder when the investigation led deputies to a home where they found a 64-year-old man dead, according to the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office. Darryon Williams, 26, has been charged with murder in the death of 64-year-old …
The family of an 11-year-old boy who died Tuesday amid the bitter winter storm that pummeled Texas is suing state energy officials over the death, KTRK reports. Houston attorney Tony Buzbee told the station he is filing a lawsuit asking for $100 million plus court costs for the untimely death of Cristian Pavon. “And other …
Louisiana police on Friday arrested a man they say killed a couple he was living with and hid their bodies, WAFB reports. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said that Iva Jane Travis, 54, and Lewis “Payton” Travis, 55, had not been seen or heard from since Valentine’s Day but weren’t reported missing until Thursday. While …
