Judge fast-tracks release of Ghislaine Maxwell’s deposition after Circuit Court ruling
Court
US District Court Judge Loretta Preska orders document release by 9 a.m. Thursday.
Unsolved
October 21, 2020
Florida deputies investigating 2 sets of remains found on same abandoned property 10 months apart
Florida sheriff’s deputies have opened an investigation into a suspicious death after they found human remains buried on a property in the Florida Highlands neighborhood of Dunnellon. It’s the second set of remains found on the abandoned property this year. Marion County deputies found the remains of an as yet unidentified man on February 2 …
Manslaughter
October 21, 2020
Adult brother shoots, kills twin while both are playing with guns: Cops
A 23-year-old Florida man has been charged with manslaughter after he accidentally shot his twin brother in the face, killing him. Gulfport police said that Mathias and Thomas Parkinson-Freeman, along with a mutual friend, were sitting in a 1995 Nissan Pathfinder, parked at the brothers’ home. The three men were said to be talking and …
Juveniles
October 19, 2020
Family night of fun ends with rape of 15-year-old girl: Cops
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl following a trip to a haunted house, according to WTAJ. Chadrick R. Magee, 36, visited the Halloween attraction with a family member and the girl and her family Saturday night, police said. After the visit, the girl’s father, a friend and co-worker of …
Celebrity Justice
October 19, 2020
Court rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of ruling ordering release of deposition
A federal appeals court on Monday slapped down Ghislaine Maxwell’s attempts to quash a deposition she gave in a now-settle civil suit and denied her request to combine her appeals of several overlapping cases into one. According to the Miami Herald, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a …
Sex Crimes
October 19, 2020
Caretaker rapes disabled woman under his care: Cops
A caretaker who works at several facilities in southern California has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in his care described as “severely disabled” and taking video of the incident. Anaheim police said the 45-year-old woman had been under the care of Raul Salgadocastro, 40, for 20 years, CBSLA reported. Police said the …
Juveniles
October 19, 2020
18-year-old man rapes teen girls he dates over four year period
A Pennsylvania man has been charged with repeatedly raping three teen girls he dated between 2016 and May 2020, TribLive reported Monday. Pennsylvania state police began investigating after a tip to the state’s child abuse hotline, Childline, this summer. The tip said that an alleged victim had told an acquaintance that Joshua E. Kunkle, 18, …
Murder
October 18, 2020
Florida couple dead in ‘gruesome’ murder-suicide: Cops
Zachary Winton had threatened to kill Sabrina Dumdei in September, police say.
Child Abuse
October 18, 2020
Estranged dad, under investigation for child abuse, kills wife and daughter, then himself
A Tennessee mom and her 17-year-old daughter were found dead on Saturday alongside her estranged husband, who apparently shot himself after killing them. According to the Bristol Tennessee Police Department, Michael Robinson, 47, was under investigation for child abuse, the Bristol Herald Courier said. Bristol police found the bodies of Kristina Robinson, 36, her daughter, …
Child Abuse
October 18, 2020
Parents overdose at Tennessee intersection with toddler in back seat
A Tennessee couple has been charged with aggravated child abuse when they were found overdosing in their car with their 2-year-old daughter in the back seat, WKRN reports. Leslie Lucas, 23, and Lindsey Vincion, 25, were stopped Thursday at an intersection near Antioch High School in Nashville’s Antioch neighborhood, according to the arrest warrant. A …
Child Abuse
October 18, 2020
Mom, boyfriend to be charged with murder in death of toddler twin
A Michigan couple already facing child abuse charges for their treatment of a 13-month-old baby now expects to be arraigned on Monday for the murder of that child’s twin, according to the Detroit Free Press. Ecorse police responded to a report of child abuse on July 28 and found Zyaire Reed and his brother Zion …
Court
October 18, 2020
Nancy Grace questions competency hearing for undocumented immigrant who killed Kate Steinle
An undocumented immigrant acquitted of killing a woman on a San Francisco pier but still faces federal gun charges told a magistrate this week to either accept his guilty plea and send him to prison or deport him back to Mexico, CBS San Francisco reported. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate is currently awaiting a determination about …